diff --git "a/datasets/contexts/legal.txt" "b/datasets/contexts/legal.txt" new file mode 100644--- /dev/null +++ "b/datasets/contexts/legal.txt" @@ -0,0 +1,92919 @@ +Exhibit 10.1 + +EXECUTION VERSION + +CONFIDENTIAL – Subject to FRE 408 + +THIS RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE (NOR SHALL IT BE +CONSTRUED AS) AN OFFER WITH RESPECT TO ANY SECURITIES OR A SOLICITATION OF +ACCEPTANCES OR REJECTIONS AS TO ANY PLAN OF REORGANIZATION. ANY SUCH OFFER OR +SOLICITATION WILL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF SECURITIES, +BANKRUPTCY, AND/OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS. + +  + +  + +  + +RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT + +AMONG + +ENDOLOGIX, INC. + +AND + +THE SUPPORTING LENDERS IDENTIFIED HEREIN + +DATED AS OF JULY 5, 2020 + +  + +  + +  + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +TABLE OF CONTENTS + +  + +         Page   ARTICLE I        DEFINITIONS        + +Section 1.1 + +  + +Defined Terms + +     6   + +Section 1.2 + +  + +Terms Defined Elsewhere in this Agreement + +     15   ARTICLE II        DEFINITIVE DOCUMENTS        + +Section 2.1 + +  + +Incorporation of Exhibits and Schedules + +     17   + +Section 2.2 + +  + +Definitive Documents + +     17   ARTICLE III        COMMITMENTS OF THE SUPPORTING LENDERS        + +Section 3.1 + +  + +Support of Restructuring + +     17   + +Section 3.2 + +  + +Rights of Supporting Lenders Unaffected + +     19   + +Section 3.3 + +  + +Transfer of Claims + +     20   ARTICLE IV        COMMITMENTS OF THE COMPANY        + +Section 4.1 + +  + +Commitments of the Company + +     20   + +Section 4.2 + +  + +Rights of the Debtors Unaffected + +     23   ARTICLE V        REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY        + +Section 5.1 + +  + +Qualification, Organization, Subsidiaries, etc. + +     24   + +Section 5.2 + +  + +Capitalization + +     24   + +Section 5.3 + +  + +Corporate Authority + +     25   + +Section 5.4 + +  + +Consents and Approvals + +     26   + +Section 5.5 + +  + +No Violations + +     26   + +Section 5.6 + +  + +SEC Filings; Financial Statements + +     27   + +Section 5.7 + +  + +No Undisclosed Liabilities + +     28   + +Section 5.8 + +  + +Absence of Certain Changes + +     28   + +Section 5.9 + +  + +Brokers or Finders + +     29   + +Section 5.10 + +  + +Litigation + +     29   + +Section 5.11 + +  + +Intellectual Property + +     30   + +  + +i + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 5.12 + +  + +Data Privacy and Cybersecurity; IT Assets + +     31   + +Section 5.13 + +  + +Real Property Leases + +     32   + +Section 5.14 + +  + +Material Contracts + +     32   + +Section 5.15 + +  + +Compliance with Laws; Anticorruption; Permits; Trade Compliance + +     35   + +Section 5.16 + +  + +Employee Benefit Matters + +     37   + +Section 5.17 + +  + +Labor Matters + +     38   + +Section 5.18 + +  + +Environmental Matters + +     39   + +Section 5.19 + +  + +FDA and Related Regulatory Matters + +     39   + +Section 5.20 + +  + +Taxes + +     42   + +Section 5.21 + +  + +Insurance + +     43   + +Section 5.22 + +  + +No Other Representations; No Reliance + +     43   ARTICLE VI        REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SUPPORTING +LENDERS        + +Section 6.1 + +  + +Qualification; Organization + +     44   + +Section 6.2 + +  + +Corporate Authority + +     44   + +Section 6.3 + +  + +Consents and Approvals + +     45   + +Section 6.4 + +  + +No Violations + +     45   + +Section 6.5 + +  + +Brokers + +     45   + +Section 6.6 + +  + +Ownership of Claims + +     46   + +Section 6.7 + +  + +No Other Representations; No Reliance + +     46   ARTICLE VII        COVENANTS        + +Section 7.1 + +  + +Interim Operations + +     47   + +Section 7.2 + +  + +Access and Information + +     50   + +Section 7.3 + +  + +Approvals and Consents; Cooperation; Notification + +     50   + +Section 7.4 + +  + +Employee Communications + +     51   + +Section 7.5 + +  + +Alternative Transaction Procedures + +     51   + +Section 7.6 + +  + +Insurance + +     52   ARTICLE VIII        CONDITIONS PRECEDENT        + +Section 8.1 + +  + +Conditions to Obligation of the Company and the Supporting Lenders + +     53   + +Section 8.2 + +  + +Conditions to Obligation of the Company + +     53   + +Section 8.3 + +  + +Conditions to Obligation of the Supporting Lenders + +     54   + +Section 8.4 + +  + +Frustration of Conditions + +     55   + +  + +ii + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +ARTICLE IX        TERMINATION        + +Section 9.1 + +  + +Termination + +     55   + +Section 9.2 + +  + +Termination Upon Effective Date or Outside Date + +     58   + +Section 9.3 + +  + +Effect of Termination + +     59   ARTICLE X        GENERAL PROVISIONS        + +Section 10.1 + +  + +Agreement Effective Time + +     60   + +Section 10.2 + +  + +No Solicitation + +     60   + +Section 10.3 + +  + +Purpose of Agreement + +     60   + +Section 10.4 + +  + +Admissibility of this Agreement + +     61   + +Section 10.5 + +  + +Several, Not Joint Obligations + +     61   + +Section 10.6 + +  + +Survival + +     61   + +Section 10.7 + +  + +Public Announcements + +     61   + +Section 10.8 + +  + +Notices + +     61   + +Section 10.9 + +  + +Descriptive Headings; Interpretative Provisions + +     62   + +Section 10.10 + +  + +Representation by Counsel; No Strict Construction + +     63   + +Section 10.11 + +  + +Entire Agreement + +     63   + +Section 10.12 + +  + +Governing Law and Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial + +     63   + +Section 10.13 + +  + +Transaction Expenses + +     64   + +Section 10.14 + +  + +Amendments and Waivers + +     64   + +Section 10.15 + +  + +Parties, Succession and Assignment + +     65   + +Section 10.16 + +  + +No Waiver of Participation and Reservation of Right + +     65   + +Section 10.17 + +  + +No Third-Party Beneficiaries + +     66   + +Section 10.18 + +  + +Counterparts; Effectiveness + +     66   + +Section 10.19 + +  + +Severability + +     66   + +Section 10.20 + +  + +Specific Performance + +     66   + +Section 10.21 + +  + +Conflicts + +     66   + +Schedule 1 Company Subsidiaries + +Exhibit A Restructuring Term Sheet + +Exhibit B Interim DIP Order + +Exhibit C Form of Transfer Joinder + +Exhibit D Milestones + +  + +iii + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT + +This RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT (as amended, modified or supplemented from +time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, and including all exhibits, +annexes, schedules and attachments hereto, this “Agreement”), dated as of +July 5, 2020, is entered into by and among Endologix, Inc., a Delaware +corporation (“Endologix” or the “Company”), on behalf of itself and its +Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 1 hereto (each, a “Company Subsidiary” and +collectively, the “Company Subsidiaries,” and, together with Endologix, each a +“Debtor,” and collectively, the “Debtors”), Deerfield Partners, L.P. (“DPLP”), +Deerfield Private Design Fund III, L.P. (“PDIII”) and Deerfield Private Design +Fund IV, L.P. (“PDIV” or “Term Loan Agent”, and together with DPLP and PDIII, +the “Supporting Lenders”), the lenders pursuant to that certain Amended and +Restated Facility Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2018 (as amended, +supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the +terms thereof, the “Prepetition Facility Agreement”), by and among the Term Loan +Agent, as agent, and the Supporting Lenders, as lenders, the lenders pursuant to +that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2018 (as amended, +supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the +terms thereof, the “Prepetition Credit Agreement”), by and among Deerfield ELGX +Revolver, LLC, as agent (in such capacity, the “ABL Agent”, and together with +the Term Loan Agent the “Prepetition Agents”), and the Supporting Lenders, as +lenders (the “Prepetition Lenders”). The Company and the Supporting Lenders are +each referred to herein as a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties.” +Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined have the meanings +ascribed to them in the Restructuring Term Sheet. + +RECITALS + +WHEREAS, the Debtors are engaged in the business of, directly or indirectly, +researching, developing, manufacturing, marketing and selling medical devices +for the treatment of aortic disorders (including abdominal aortic aneurysms +(“AAA”)) and other products that are as of the date of this Agreement being +researched, developed, tested (including through clinical trials), +commercialized, manufactured, stored, sold, licensed, or distributed by or on +behalf of any of the Debtors, including (i) the AFX® Endovascular AAA System, +(ii) the Ovation® Abdominal Stent Graft System (including the Ovation Alto® +Abdominal Stent Graft System) and (iii) the Nellix® Endovascular Aneurysm +Sealing System (such business, the “Business”; and such products, including +(i)-(v) and any other medical devices, materials, methods, processes, materials, +products or therapies, that are distributed by the Company, including those that +have been acquired, or have been or are under development, manufacture, +distribution or commercialization, by or on behalf of any of the Debtors +(including any Affiliate thereof), taken together, the “Products”); + +WHEREAS, the Company and the ABL Agent entered into that certain Forbearance +Agreement, dated May 26, 2020 (as amended from time to time, the “Term Loan +Forbearance Agreement”), under which the ABL Agent agreed to forbear from +exercising certain default-related rights and remedies against the Company with +respect to certain specified defaults under the Prepetition Credit Agreement; + +  + +4 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +WHEREAS, the Prepetition Agents hold first priority (subject to certain +Permitted Liens (as defined in the Prepetition Credit Agreement and Prepetition +Facility Agreement)) liens on all Collateral, Patent Collateral and Trademark +Collateral, as applicable (as defined in the Prepetition Security Agreements), +which includes all of the assets of the Debtors, including all Company +Intellectual Property, except for Excluded Property and Excluded Accounts (as +defined in the Prepetition Security Agreements); + +WHEREAS, as of the date and time of this Agreement, the Company has not +commenced a case under chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the +“Bankruptcy Code”); + +WHEREAS, the Parties have negotiated a restructuring of the Company (the +“Restructuring”) which shall be implemented in accordance with a pre-negotiated +chapter 11 plan of reorganization, a copy of which has been provided to the +Prepetition Agents (the “Plan”) that implements a reorganization and +recapitalization of the Company pursuant to chapter 11 cases (the “Chapter 11 +Cases”) commenced under the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy +Court for the Northern District of Texas (the “Bankruptcy Court”) which will be +filed on the Petition Date (as defined below), and which will be subject to the +Debtors’ evaluation of Alternative Transactions in accordance with the terms +hereof; + +WHEREAS, subject to the Company’s evaluation of Alternative Transactions as set +forth herein, the Restructuring contemplated by this Agreement shall be +implemented upon the terms and conditions set forth in the term sheet attached +hereto as Exhibit A (together with all exhibits, schedules, and attachments +thereto and as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time in +accordance with the terms hereof, the “Restructuring Term Sheet”); + +WHEREAS, subject to Bankruptcy Court approval, the Debtors have obtained the +agreement of the Prepetition Agents for (a) the DIP Facility (as defined below) +on the terms and conditions set forth in a debtor-in-possession credit +agreement, whose form and substance shall be acceptable to the DIP Agent and the +Company and (b) the consensual use of “cash collateral” in each case pursuant to +the terms and conditions of the proposed DIP order attached hereto as Exhibit B +(the “Interim DIP Order”) and a proposed final order to be on terms +substantially identical to the terms set forth in the Interim DIP Order with +such changes necessary to convert the Interim DIP Order into a final order (the +“Final DIP Order” and together with the Interim DIP Order the “DIP Orders” and +each a “DIP Order”) to be entered by the Bankruptcy Court in form and substance +mutually acceptable to the Company and the DIP Agent; + +WHEREAS, in order to effectuate the Restructuring, the Debtors intend to file +petitions commencing (the date of commencement being the “Petition Date”) the +Chapter 11 Cases under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code; + +WHEREAS, this Agreement is the product of arm’s-length, good-faith negotiations +among the Parties and is not intended to be and shall not be deemed to be a +solicitation of acceptances of any chapter 11 plan; and + +WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to support the Restructuring subject to and in +accordance with the terms of this Agreement and to use commercially reasonable +efforts to + +  + +5 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +complete the negotiation of the terms of the documents and completion of the +actions specified to effect the Restructuring in accordance with the +Restructuring Term Sheet. + +NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants and +agreements herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the +receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties covenant +and agree as follows: + +ARTICLE I + +DEFINITIONS + +Section 1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have +the following meanings: + +“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly +or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such +Person, and the term “control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under +common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power +to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, +whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. + +“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble and shall include the +Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein. + +“Alternative Transaction” means (i) any alternative refinancing, +recapitalization, share exchange, rights offering, equity investment or other +transaction or any purchase, sale, or other disposition of all or a material +portion of a Debtor’s business or assets, except for the sale of assets in the +ordinary course of business, in each case, other than pursuant to the +Restructuring, (ii) any issuance, sale, or other disposition of any equity +interest (including securities or instruments directly or indirectly convertible +or exchangeable into equity but excluding any intercompany transactions +necessary or desirable in connection with the Restructuring) in a Debtor (by +such Debtor) in each case other than the Restructuring, (iii) any merger, +acquisition, consolidation, or other business combination transaction involving +a Debtor (excluding any intercompany transactions necessary or contemplated in +connection with the Restructuring) or (iv) any other reorganization, +restructuring or other transaction the purpose or effect of which is to +restructure a significant portion of the Debtor’s business or assets or result +in a significant reduction of the Debtors’ outstanding indebtedness. + +“Antitrust Laws” means any applicable supranational, national, federal, state, +county or local antitrust, competition or trade regulation Laws that are +designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the +purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or lessening +competition through merger or acquisition, including the HSR Act, the Sherman +Act, the Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act, in each case, as +amended, and other similar antitrust, competition or trade regulation Laws of +any jurisdiction other than the United States. + +“Approved KEIP” means that certain Key Employee Incentive Plan as consented to +by the Supporting Lenders prior to the Petition Date. + +  + +6 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Approved KERP” means that certain Key Employee Retention Plan as consented to +by the Supporting Lenders prior to the Petition Date. + +“Board” means the Board of Directors of Endologix. During the term of this +Agreement, the Board shall at all times include one (1) independent director +designated by the Agent (as defined in the Term Loan Forbearance Agreement) in +accordance with the terms of the Term Loan Forbearance Agreement. + +“Books and Records” means all documents of, or otherwise in the possession, +custody or control of, or used by, the Debtors in connection with, or relating +to, the Business or the operations of the Debtors, including all books and +records (financial, laboratory and otherwise), files, instruments, papers, +microfilms, photographs, letters, budgets, forecasts, ledgers, journals, title +policies, lists of past, present and/or prospective customers, supplier lists, +regulatory filings, billing records, and patient support and market research +programs and related databases, documents relating to the filing, prosecution, +maintenance, enforcement or defense of Intellectual Property, technical +documentation (design specifications, functional requirements, operating +instructions, manufacturing procedures, methods, and records, validation +protocols and records, supplier qualification and purchasing information, logic +manuals, flow charts, etc.), user documentation (installation guides, user +manuals, training materials, release notes, working papers, etc.), data +(including safety data, clinical trial data, patient data), reports (including +environmental reports and assessments), plans, mailing lists, price lists, +marketing information and procedures, advertising and promotional materials, +equipment records, warranty information, architects agreements, construction +contracts, drawings, plans and specifications, records of operations, standard +forms of documents, and related books, records and workpapers, manuals of +operations or business procedures and other similar procedures (including all +discs, tapes and other media-storage data containing such information), all +non-conforming material reports and assessments, complaint files and adverse +event files in the safety and quality databases of the Debtors or their +Affiliates, in each case, whether or not in electronic form. + +“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday and any day that is a +legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are +authorized by Law or other governmental action to close. + +“Business Permits” means all Permits that are required for the operation of the +Business, in each case, as conducted or owned and used by the Debtors on the +date of this Agreement. + +“Cause of Action” means any action, suit, claim, complaint, litigation, +investigation, proceeding, arbitration or other similar dispute by or before any +Governmental Entity. + +“Claim” means any “claim” (as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code) +against the Debtors. + +“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. + +“Company Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property owned or +purported to be owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including all +Company Registered Intellectual Property (other than Company Registered +Intellectual Property identified on Section 5.11(a)(ii) of the Company +Disclosure Letter), and all of the Company’s and each of its + +  + +7 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Subsidiaries’ rights therein, and, in the case of Trademarks, all goodwill +associated with or symbolized thereby. + +“Company IT Assets” means the IT Assets owned, used or held for use by any of +the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. + +“Company Specified Representations” means the representations and warranties +contained in the first sentence of Section 5.1, Section 5.3 and Section 5.9. + +“Confirmation Order” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Term Sheet. + +“Contract” means any agreement, commitment, promise, undertaking, contract, +subcontract, settlement agreement, lease, sublease, instrument, permit, +concession, franchise, binding understanding, note, option, bond, mortgage, +indenture, trust document, loan or credit agreement, license, sublicense, +insurance policy or other legally binding commitment or instrument, whether +written or oral. + +“Copyrights” means all copyrights and applications for copyright. + +“Debtor Plan” means any benefit or compensation plan, program, policy, practice, +agreement, contract, arrangement or other obligation, whether or not in writing +and whether or not funded, in each case, which is sponsored or maintained by, or +required to be contributed to, or with respect to which any potential liability +is borne by, any of the Debtors or any of their Subsidiaries. Debtor Plans +include, but are not limited to, “employee benefit plans” within the meaning of +Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA, employment, consulting, +retirement, severance, separation, termination or change in control agreements, +relocation, repatriation, expatriation, termination pay, performance awards, +bonuses, incentives, equity-based awards, phantom equity, supplemental +retirement, deferred compensation, profit sharing, insurance, medical, welfare, +fringe or other benefits, but excluding any such plans established pursuant to +statute. + +“Deerfield” means Deerfield Management Company, L.P. and its Affiliates. + +“Definitive Documents” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Term +Sheet. + +“DIP Agent” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Term Sheet. + +“DIP Facility” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Term Sheet. + +“Disclosure Statement” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Term +Sheet. + +“Disclosure Statement Order” means the order to be entered by the Bankruptcy +Court approving the Disclosure Statement and Solicitation Materials as +containing, among other things, “adequate information” as required by section +1125 of the Bankruptcy Code. + +“Effective Date” means the date that the Plan becomes effective. + +  + +8 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Encumbrance” means any lien, pledge, hypothecation, mortgage, deed of trust, +security interest, encumbrance, covenant, charge, claim, lease, sublease, +option, right of first refusal, easement, servitude, restrictive covenant, +encroachment, right of use or possession, right of way, encroachment, occupancy +right, preemptive right, community property interest or restriction of any +nature, whether arising prior to or subsequent to the commencement of the +Chapter 11 Cases, and whether imposed by Law, Contract or otherwise. + +“Entity” has the meaning set forth in Section 101(15) of the Bankruptcy Code. + +“Environmental Laws” means all Laws relating to the protection of the +environment. + +“Equity Interests” means all equity interests of any kind, including common and +preferred stock, options, warrants and other agreements or rights to acquire the +same (including any arising under or in connection with any employment +agreement, incentive plan, benefit plan, or the like). + +“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, +and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. + +“ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to any entity, trade or business, any +other entity, trade or business that is a member of a group described in +Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA that +includes the first entity, trade or business, or that is a member of the same +“controlled group” as the first entity, trade or business pursuant to +Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA. + +“ERISA Plan” means an “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) +of ERISA. + +“Estates” means individually or collectively, the estate or estates of each +Debtor created under section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code. + +“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. + +“Excluded Matter” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Material +Adverse Effect”. + +“Exit Facility” has the meaning set forth in the Restructuring Term Sheet. + +“Exit Facility Documents” means the documents and agreements memorializing and +otherwise related to the Exit Facility. + +“Expense Reimbursement Amount” means the dollar amount equal to the aggregate +amount of all reasonable and documented out of pocket costs, expenses and fees +incurred by the Supporting Lenders or their respective Affiliates, in connection +with evaluating, negotiating, documenting and performing the transactions +contemplated by this Agreement, the Restructuring Term Sheet and the Definitive +Documents, including fees, costs and expenses of any professionals (including +financial advisors, outside legal counsel, accountants, experts and consultants) +retained by the Supporting Lenders or their respective Affiliates in connection +with + +  + +9 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +or related to the authorization, preparation, investigation, negotiation, +execution and performance of this Agreement, the transactions contemplated +hereby, including the Chapter 11 Case and other judicial and regulatory +proceedings related to such transactions, which amount shall, subject to +Bankruptcy Court approval, constitute an administrative expense priority claim +under Section 503(b)(1)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code and shall be payable as set +forth in Section 9.3(b). + +“FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration. + +“FDCA” means the U.S. Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, as amended +(21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.). + +“Final Order” means an Order which has not been stayed (or with respect to which +any stay has been lifted) and (i) as to which the time to file an appeal, a +motion for rehearing or reconsideration (excluding any motion under +Section 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure) or a petition for writ of +certiorari has expired and no appeal, motion, stay or petition is pending, or +(ii) in the event that such an appeal or petition thereof has been sought, +either (A) such Order shall have been affirmed by the highest court to which +such Order was appealed or certiorari shall have been denied, and the time to +take any further appeal or petition of certiorari shall have expired or (B) such +appeal, motion, stay or petition shall not have been granted and shall no longer +be pending and the time for seeking such appeal, motion, stay or petition shall +have expired. + +“GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles. + +“Governmental Entity” means any U.S. or non-U.S. governmental or regulatory +authority, agency, commission, body, court or other legislative, executive, +judicial, or administrative governmental entity at any level, or any agency, +department or instrumentality thereof. + +“Guarantors” means (i) CVS/DMS Acquisition Corp., (ii) Nellix, Inc., (iii) +TriVascular Technologies, Inc., (iv) TriVascular, Inc., (v) Endologix Canada, +LLC, (vi) TriVascular Sales LLC and (vii) RMS/Endologix Sideways Merger Corp. + +“Hazardous Substance” means any substance that is listed, classified or +regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law. + +“HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as +amended. + +“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, (a) all obligations for +borrowed money, (b) all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or +similar instruments, (c) all Indebtedness of others secured by any Encumbrance +on owned or acquired property of the reference Person, whether or not the +Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (d) all guarantees (and any other +arrangement having the economic effect of a guarantee) of Indebtedness of +others, (e) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an +account party in respect of financial guaranties, letters of credit, letters of +guaranty, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (f) all obligations +representing the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property (other than +trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with + +  + +10 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +past practice), (g) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, in respect of +bankers’ acceptances and (h) net cash payment obligations of such Person under +swaps, options, derivatives and other hedging agreements or arrangements that +will be payable upon termination thereof (assuming they were terminated on the +date of determination). + +“Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property rights and proprietary +rights of any kind or nature, including any and all of the following arising in +any jurisdiction of the world: (a) Patents; (b) Trademarks; (c) Trade Secrets; +(d) Copyrights; (e) internet domain names; and (f) all applications for, and +registrations of, any of the foregoing. + +“Inventory” means any and all raw materials, packaging and labelling materials, +components, parts or other supplies or inventories to which the Debtors have +title that are in the possession of the Debtors or any third party and used or +held for use in connection with any Product or related to the Business, whether +located at any premises of the Debtors or elsewhere. + +“IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States. + +“IT Assets” means technology devices, computers, Software, servers, networks, +workstations, routers, hubs, circuits, switches, data communications lines, and +all other information technology equipment and all associated documentation. + +“Knowledge of the Debtors” means the actual knowledge of the individuals set +forth on Section 1.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter. + +“Law” means any U.S. or non-U.S. federal, state, provincial or local law, +statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation, Order, stipulation, award or common +law requirement. + +“Lender Specified Representations” means the representations and warranties +contained in the first sentence of Section 6.1, Section 6.2 and Section 6.5. + +“Liability” means any debt, loss, liability, claim (including “claim” as defined +in the Bankruptcy Code), commitment, undertaking, damage, expense, fine, +penalty, cost, royalty or obligation (including those arising out of any action, +such as any settlement or compromise thereof or judgment or award therein), of +any nature, whether known or unknown, disclosed or undisclosed, express or +implied, primary or secondary, direct or indirect, matured or unmatured, fixed, +absolute, contingent, accrued or unaccrued, asserted or not asserted, liquidated +or unliquidated, and whether due or to become due, and whether in Contract, tort +or otherwise. + +“Material Adverse Effect” means any event, change, effect, condition, state of +facts or occurrence (regardless of whether such event, change, effect, +condition, state of facts or occurrence constitutes a breach of any +representation, warranty or covenant of the Debtors hereunder) which has had or +would reasonably be expected to have, individually or when considered together +with any other events, changes, effects, conditions, states of facts or +occurrences, (a) a material adverse effect on or a material adverse change in or +to the business, results of operations, financial condition, assets, or +liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) or (b) a +material adverse effect on the ability of the Debtors to consummate the +Transactions or perform their obligations under this Agreement or the +Restructuring Term Sheet on a timely basis; provided, however, that a Material +Adverse Effect shall not be deemed + +  + +11 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +to include events, changes, effects, conditions, states of facts or occurrences +arising out of, relating to or resulting from: (i) changes in the United States +or foreign economies or financial markets in general, (ii) general changes or +developments in business, regulatory or macroeconomic conditions or trends that +affect the industries and markets in which the Business operates, (iii) public +announcement of this Agreement or the Chapter 11 Cases, the public announcement +or the consummation of the Restructuring and the Transactions, the commencement +of the Chapter 11 Cases or the identity of the Supporting Lenders, (iv) any +action or omission by the Supporting Lenders in breach of this Agreement, +(v) any action which is expressly requested in writing by a Supporting Lender, +(vi) changes in any applicable Laws or applicable accounting regulations or +principles or the enforcement or interpretation thereof, (vii) any outbreak or +escalation of hostilities or war or any act of terrorism or natural disaster or +act of God (except to the extent related to any effects or conditions resulting +from a disease or pandemic, including SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, or any +governmental or other response thereto, in each case, whether or not involving +the United States or any other country in which the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries operate) and (viii) any failure of the Business to meet any +budgets, plans, projections or forecasts (internal or otherwise) or any decline +in the trading price or trading volume of the Company’s common stock or any +change in the ratings or ratings outlook for the Company as a result of the +commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases (each of clauses (i) through (viii), an +“Excluded Matter”); provided further that with respect to clauses (i), (ii), +(vi) and (vii), such effects shall not be deemed to arise out of, relate to or +result from an Excluded Matter to the extent the same disproportionately +adversely affects the Company and its Subsidiaries or the Business, in each +case, taken as a whole, as compared to other similarly situated entities or +businesses. + +“Milestones” means those Milestones set forth in Exhibit D. + +“Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Stock Exchange. + +“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Asset Control of the United States Department +of the Treasury. + +“Order” means any order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling, writ, assessment +or arbitration award of, or entered, issued, made or rendered by, a Governmental +Entity, or any settlement agreement entered in connection therewith. + +“Outside Date” means October 5, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. + +“Patents” means patents and patent applications, invention disclosures and +rights in respect of utility models or industrial designs, including all related +continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, reissues, re-examinations, +renewals, revisions, supplementary protection certificates, substitutions, and +extensions thereof. + +“Permits” means all licenses, permits, franchises, approvals, registrations, +listings, authorizations, consents or orders of, or filings with, any +Governmental Entity. + +“Permitted Encumbrance” means any (a) Encumbrances for Taxes not yet due and +payable or that are being contested in good faith through appropriate +proceedings, (b) Encumbrance for assessments and other governmental charges or +landlords’, carriers’, + +  + +12 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +warehousemen’s, mechanics’, repairmen’s, workers’ or any similar Encumbrance +incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, in +each case, for sums not yet due and payable or due, but not delinquent or being +contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (c) Encumbrance imposed or +promulgated by applicable Law or any Governmental Entity with respect to real +property, including zoning, building, fire, health and Environmental Laws and +similar regulations, (d) pledges or deposits in connection with workers’ +compensation, unemployment insurance, social security and other similar +legislation, (e) Encumbrance incurred in the ordinary course of business +consistent with past practice, in connection with workers’ compensation, +unemployment insurance and other types of social security, (f) licenses, +covenants not to sue or similar rights with respect to Intellectual Property +that are granted in the ordinary course of business and (g) those Encumbrances +granted under the DIP Orders. + +“Person” means any individual, partnership, joint venture, limited liability +company, corporation, trust, unincorporated organization, group, governmental or +regulatory authority, or any other legal entity or association, including the +United States Trustee and any official or ad hoc committee formed in the +Chapter 11 Cases. + +“Personal Information” means any information or data that alone, or together +with any other data or information, identifies any person or device, and any +other personal information whose processing, security, collection, storage, use, +disclosure, transfer or other exploitation is governed under any applicable Laws +with respect to privacy or data protection. + +“Plan Supplement” means the documents and forms of documents, schedules and +exhibits to the Plan, to be filed by the Debtors no later than ten (10) calendar +days before the deadline to vote on the Plan filed with the Bankruptcy Court +(including any amendments or supplements thereto). Such documents shall be +consistent with the terms of the Restructuring, the Restructuring Term Sheet and +the Plan and acceptable in form and substance to the Parties. + +“Post-Restructuring Insurance” means insurance (under one or more policies, +including product liability insurance) that is acceptable to the Supporting +Lenders in their sole discretion providing coverage for the risks of the +Business and the Reorganized Debtors and their properties and assets. + +“Prepetition Security Agreements” means (i) the Amended and Restated Guaranty +and Security Agreement, dated August 9, 2018, among the Company, the Term Loan +Agent and the Guarantors, as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from +time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, (ii) the Guaranty and +Security Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2018, among the Company, the ABL Agent +and the Guarantors, as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to +time in accordance with the terms thereof, (iii) the Patent Security Agreement, +dated as of August 9, 2918, among the Company, Nellix, Inc., TriVascular, Inc. +and the ABL Agent, as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to +time in accordance with the terms thereof and (iv) the Trademark Security +Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2018, among the Company, TriVascular, Inc. and +the ABL Agent, as amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time +in accordance with the terms thereof. + +“Registered Intellectual Property” means all applications, registrations and +filings for Intellectual Property that have been registered or filed with or by, +or are the subject of an + +  + +13 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +application before, any Governmental Entity or internet domain name registrar, +including the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States +Copyright Office, including issued Patents and Patent applications, registered +Trademarks and Trademark applications, registered Copyrights and Copyright +applications, and internet domain name registrations. + +“Regulatory Authority” means any national or supranational Governmental Entity, +including the FDA, with responsibility for granting any license, registrations +or approvals with respect to the Products. + +“Representatives” means, when used with respect to any Person, the directors, +officers, partners, managers, employees, consultants, financial advisors, +accountants, counsel, investment bankers and other agents, advisors and +representatives of such Person and its Subsidiaries. + +“Sarbanes-Oxley Act” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended. + +“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. + +“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. + +“Software” means any and all (a) computer programs and other software, including +software implementations of algorithms, models, and methodologies, whether in +source code, object code or other form, including libraries, subroutines and +other components thereof, together with input and output formats; +(b) computerized databases and other computerized compilations and collections +of data or information; (c) screens, user interfaces, command structures, report +formats, templates, menus, buttons and icons; (d) descriptions, flow charts, +architectures, development tools, and other materials used to design, plan, +organize and develop any of the foregoing; and (e) all documentation, including +development, diagnostic, support, user and training documentation related to any +of the foregoing. + +“Solicitation Materials” means, collectively, the Disclosure Statement and the +other solicitation materials in respect of the Plan. + +“Subsidiary” means with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited +liability company, partnership or other organization, whether incorporated or +unincorporated, of which (a) at least a majority of the outstanding shares of +capital stock of, or other Equity Interests, having by their terms ordinary +voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or others performing +similar functions with respect to such corporation, limited liability company, +partnership or other organization is directly or indirectly owned or controlled +by such Person or by any one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and +one or more of its Subsidiaries or (b) with respect to a partnership, such +Person or any other Subsidiary of such Person is a general partner of such +partnership. + +“Takeover Statute” means any “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share +acquisition” or other similar anti-takeover Law. + +“Tax” or “Taxes” means any and all U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. +taxes, assessments, levies, duties, tariffs, imposts and other similar charges +and fees imposed by any Governmental Entity, including income, franchise, +windfall or other profits, gross receipts, + +  + +14 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +property, sales, use, net worth, capital stock, payroll, employment, social +security, workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, excise, withholding, +ad valorem, stamp, transfer, value-added, occupation, environmental, disability, +real property, personal property, registration, alternative or add-on minimum, +or estimated tax, including any interest, penalty, additions to tax and any +additional amounts imposed with respect thereto. + +“Tax Return” means any return, filing, report, questionnaire, information +statement, claim for refund or declaration of estimated Taxes, including any +schedule or attachment thereto or any amendment thereof, filed or required to be +filed with any Taxing Authority in connection with the determination, assessment +or collection of any Tax, or the administration of any laws, regulations or +administrative requirements relating to any Tax, including consolidated, +combined and unitary tax returns. + +“Taxing Authority” means any U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. Governmental +Entity or authority exercising regulatory authority in respect of taxes or +responsible for the imposition of any Tax. + +“Trade Secrets” means trade secrets and rights in confidential or proprietary +information, inventions, know-how, discoveries, methods, processes, formulae, +models, methodologies, drawings, prototypes, designs, customer lists and +supplier lists. + +“Trademarks” means trademarks, trade names, service marks, trade dress, +certification marks, collective marks, d/b/a’s, symbols, design rights and other +similar designations of origin, together with the goodwill associated with or +symbolized by any of the foregoing. + +“Transaction Expenses” means all fees and expenses of the Prepetition Agents, +the Supporting Lenders, and each of their advisors, that are incurred in +connection with the Restructuring. + +“Transactions” means the acquisition of the Equity Interests of the reorganized +Debtors by the Supporting Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof and the +Restructuring Term Sheet. + +Section 1.2 Terms Defined Elsewhere in this Agreement. The following terms are +defined elsewhere in this Agreement, as indicated below: + +  + +510(k)s    Section 5.19(b) AAA    Recitals ABL Agent    Preamble Agreement    +Preamble Alternative Transaction Notice Period    Section 7.5(b) Bankruptcy Code +   Recitals Bankruptcy Court    Recitals Business    Recitals Chapter 11 Cases +   Recitals Company    Preamble Company Disclosure Letter    Article V + +  + +15 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Company Registered Intellectual Property    Section 5.11(a) Company SEC +Documents    Section 5.6(a) Company Subsidiaries    Preamble Company Termination +Event    Section 9.1(d) Consent    Section 5.4 Debtor    Preamble Debtors    +Preamble DIP Order    Recitals DIP Orders    Recitals DPLP    Preamble Effective +Period    Section 3.1 Endologix    Preamble Enforceability Limitations    +Section 5.3 Excluded Matter    Section 1.1 FDA Law and Regulation    +Section 5.19(a) FDCA Permits    Section 5.19(b) Final DIP    Recitals Financial +Statements    Section 5.6(e) Insurance Policies    Section 5.21 Interim DIP +Order    Recitals Leases    Section 5.13(b) Material Contracts    +Section 5.14(a) Notice    Section 10.8 Other Motions    Section 4.1(b) Parties +   Preamble Party    Preamble PDIII    Preamble PDIV    Preamble Petition Date +   Recitals Plan    Recitals PMAs    Section 5.19(b) Prepetition Agents    +Preamble Prepetition Agreement Claims    Section 3.3 Prepetition Credit +Agreement    Preamble Prepetition Facility Agreement    Preamble Prepetition +Lenders    Preamble Privacy and Security Policies    Section 5.12(b) Products    +Recitals Proposed Alternative Transaction    Section 7.5(a) Restructuring    +Recitals Restructuring Term Sheet    Recitals Revised Supporting Lender Proposal +   Section 7.5(c) Successor    Section 9.3(c) Superior Alternative Transaction +   Section 7.5(b) Supporting Lender    Preamble Supporting Lender Termination +Event    Section 9.1(b) + +  + +16 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Term Loan Agent    Preamble Term Loan Forbearance Agreement    Recitals Third +Day Review Pleadings    Section 4.1(b) Transfer    Section 3.3 Transferee    +Section 3.3 Transferee Joinder    Section 3.3 + +ARTICLE II + +DEFINITIVE DOCUMENTS + +Section 2.1 Incorporation of Exhibits and Schedules. Each of the exhibits and +schedules attached hereto, including the Restructuring Term Sheet and all +exhibits thereto, are expressly incorporated by reference and made part of this +Agreement as if fully set forth herein. The Restructuring Term Sheet (including +each of the exhibits thereto) sets forth the material terms and conditions of +the Plan and the Restructuring. Except as otherwise provided herein, neither +this Agreement, the Restructuring Term Sheet nor any provision hereof or thereof +may be modified, amended, waived or supplemented except in accordance with +Section 10.14. + +Section 2.2 Definitive Documents. The Definitive Documents, including any +amendments, supplements or modifications thereof, shall contain terms and +conditions consistent in all respects with this Agreement and the Restructuring +Term Sheet. The Parties acknowledge and agree that (a) the Debtors provided +advance draft copies of the Plan and Disclosure Statement to counsel to the +Supporting Lenders; and (b) they will each use commercially reasonable efforts +to provide advance draft copies of all other Definitive Documents and other +pleadings (excluding pleadings of an administrative or ministerial nature) to +counsel to the other Parties at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date +when any Party intends to file such pleading or other document, if applicable; +provided, however, if circumstances reasonably prevent a Party from providing +such drafts at least three (3) Business Days prior to filing, no Party shall be +precluded from filing such Definitive Document and other pleadings, but such +Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide a draft to the other +Parties as soon as practicable under the circumstances prior to such filing; +provided further, however, that the Debtors shall not be required to provide +draft copies of any declarations, retention applications, any fee statements, or +any fee applications to counsel to the Supporting Lenders. + +ARTICLE III + +COMMITMENTS OF THE SUPPORTING LENDERS + +Section 3.1 Support of Restructuring. From the date of this Agreement and as +long as this Agreement has not been terminated pursuant to its terms (such +period, the “Effective Period”), subject to the terms of this Agreement, each +Supporting Lender severally agrees that it shall: + +(a) negotiate in good faith all Definitive Documents, reasonably agree to +extensions of the Milestones to the extent required to accommodate the +Bankruptcy Court’s + +  + +17 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +calendar, and comply with each of its other covenants and commitments set forth +in this Agreement and the Restructuring Term Sheet; + +(b) provide prompt written notice to the Company between the date of this +Agreement and the Effective Date of (i) the occurrence, or failure to occur, of +any event of which the occurrence or failure to occur would be reasonably likely +to cause any Lender Specified Representations to be untrue or inaccurate in any +respect or any other representation or warranty of the Supporting Lenders +contained in this Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect, +(ii) any material breach of any covenant of the Supporting Lenders contained in +this Agreement, (iii) any event, condition, fact, or circumstance that would +make the timely satisfaction of any of the conditions set forth in Article VIII +impossible or unlikely, (iv) the receipt of any written notice from any third +party alleging that the consent of such party is or may be required as a +condition precedent to consummation of the Transactions or (v) the receipt of +any written notice from any Governmental Entity that is material to the +consummation of the Transactions; + +(c) (i) subject to receipt of the Disclosure Statement and other Solicitation +Materials approved by the Disclosure Statement Order, timely vote, or cause to +be voted, all of its Claims to accept the Plan following the commencement of +solicitation of votes for the Plan, by delivering their duly executed and +completed ballots accepting the Plan; (ii) refrain from changing, revoking or +withdrawing (or causing such change, revocation or withdrawal of) such vote or +consent; provided, however, that such vote may be revoked (and, upon such +revocation, deemed void ab initio) by such Supporting Lender at any time +following the termination of this Agreement as to such Supporting Lender +pursuant to the terms hereof; and (iii) not object to, delay, postpone, +challenge, reject, oppose or take any other action that would reasonably be +expected to prevent, interfere with, delay or impede, directly or indirectly, +the releases and exculpations set forth in the Plan and to the extent it is +permitted to elect whether to opt in or opt out of any agreed upon releases or +exculpations set forth in the Plan, to elect to opt in, and not to elect to opt +out of, the releases set forth in the Plan so long as such release may be +revoked (and, upon such revocation, deemed void ab initio) by such Supporting +Lender at any time following the termination of this Agreement as to such +Supporting Lender pursuant to the terms hereof; + +(d) to the extent that a legal or structural impediment to consummation of the +Plan arises outside of the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court, and such legal +or structural impediment does not otherwise provide the Supporting Lenders with +a right to terminate this Agreement, negotiate in good faith to address any such +impediment; and + +(e) not: + +(i) object to, delay, postpone, challenge, reject, oppose or take any other +action that would reasonably be expected to prevent, interfere with, delay or +impede, directly or indirectly, in any material respect, the approval, +acceptance or implementation of the Restructuring on the terms set forth herein +or in the Restructuring Term Sheet; + +(ii) object to or oppose, or support any other Person’s efforts to object to or +oppose, any motions filed by the Company that are consistent with this +Agreement, + +  + +18 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +including any request by the Company to extend its exclusive periods solely to +file the Plan and solicit acceptances thereof; + +(iii) object to, or vote to reject, the Plan or any other Definitive Document +that comports with this Agreement; provided that the Supporting Lenders shall be +entitled to object to or vote to reject the Plan or any Definitive Document on +the basis that it does not comport with this Agreement; + +(iv) initiate any legal proceeding or enforce rights as holders of Claims that +are inconsistent with, or that would reasonably be expected to prevent or +materially delay consummation of, the Restructuring; or + +(v) take any actions where such taking would be (A) inconsistent with this +Agreement, the Restructuring Term Sheet or the Definitive Documents or +(B) otherwise inconsistent with, or reasonably expected to prevent, interfere +with or impede the implementation or consummation of, the Restructuring. + +Section 3.2 Rights of Supporting Lenders Unaffected. Nothing contained in this +Agreement shall limit: + +(a) the rights of any Supporting Lender to appear as a party in interest in any +matter to be adjudicated in order to be heard concerning any matter arising in +the Chapter 11 Cases, in each case, so long as the exercise of any such right is +not inconsistent with such Supporting Lender’s obligations hereunder; + +(b) the ability of any Supporting Lender to purchase, sell, or enter into any +transactions in connection with its Claims, subject to the terms hereof and +applicable Law; + +(c) the ability of any Supporting Lender to assert or raise any objection in +connection with any hearing in the Bankruptcy Court so long as such objection is +not inconsistent with such Supporting Lender’s obligations hereunder; + +(d) any right of any Supporting Lender to take or direct any action relating to +the maintenance, protection, or preservation of any collateral so long as such +action is not inconsistent with this Agreement; + +(e) subject to the terms hereof, any right of a Supporting Lender under (x) the +Prepetition Credit Agreements, or that constitutes a waiver or amendment of any +provision of the Prepetition Credit Agreements, (y) the Prepetition Facility +Agreements, or that constitutes a waiver or amendment of any provision of the +Prepetition Facility Agreements or (z) any other applicable agreement, +instrument or document that gives rise to a Supporting Lender’s Claims or +interests, as applicable, or that constitutes a waiver or amendment of any +provision of any such agreement, instrument or document; + +(f) the ability of any Supporting Lender to consult with other Supporting +Lenders or the Company; + +  + +19 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(g) the ability of a Supporting Lender to enforce any right, remedy, condition, +consent or approval requirement under this Agreement, the DIP Orders or any of +the other Definitive Documents; or + +(h) the right of any Supporting Lender to assert and receive distributions on +any Claims held by such Supporting Lender (including Claims that do not arise +under the Prepetition Credit Agreement, the Prepetition Facility Agreements, or +the DIP Orders ). + +Section 3.3 Transfer of Claims. During the Effective Period, no Supporting +Lender shall sell, contract to sell, give, assign, participate, hypothecate, +pledge, encumber, grant a security interest in, offer, sell any option or +Contract to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, any economic, voting +or other rights in or to, by operation of Law or otherwise (each, a “Transfer”) +all or any portion of the Claims arising under the Prepetition Credit Agreement +or Prepetition Facility Agreements (“Prepetition Agreement Claims”) (including +granting any proxies, depositing such Prepetition Agreement Claims into a voting +trust or entering into a voting agreement with respect to such Prepetition +Agreement Claims); provided, however, that any Supporting Lender may Transfer +any of its Prepetition Agreement Claims to any Person (so long as such Transfer +is not otherwise prohibited by any order of the Bankruptcy Court) that +(i) agrees in writing, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (a +“Transferee Joinder”), to be bound by the terms of this Agreement (each such +transferee, a “Transferee”) or (ii) is a Supporting Lender; provided that upon +any purchase, acquisition or assumption by any Supporting Lender of any +Prepetition Agreement Claims, such Prepetition Agreement Claims shall +automatically be deemed to be subject to the terms of this Agreement. Subject to +the terms and conditions of any order of the Bankruptcy Court limiting a +Transfer, the transferring Supporting Lender shall provide the Company and its +counsel and the Prepetition Agents with a copy of any Transferee Joinder +executed by such Transferee within one (1) Business Day following such +execution. In the case of a Transfer to a Person that is not a Supporting +Lender, the Transfer shall only be effective upon execution and delivery of a +Transferee Joinder in which event (A) the Transferee shall be deemed to be a +Supporting Lender hereunder with respect to all of its owned or controlled +Prepetition Agreement Claims and (B) the transferor Party shall be deemed to +relinquish its rights (and be released from its obligations) under this +Agreement solely to the extent of such transferred Prepetition Agreement Claims. +With respect to Prepetition Agreement Claims held by the relevant Transferee +upon consummation of a Transfer, such Transferee is deemed to make all of the +representations and warranties of a Supporting Lender set forth in this +Agreement. Any Transfer of any Supporting Lender’s Prepetition Agreement Claim +that does not comply with the foregoing shall be deemed void ab initio and the +Company and each other Party shall have the right to enforce the voiding of such +Transfer. + +ARTICLE IV + +COMMITMENTS OF THE COMPANY + +Section 4.1 Commitments of the Company. During the Effective Period, subject to +the terms of this Agreement (including the terms and conditions set forth in the +Restructuring Term Sheet), including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company’s +rights regarding Alternative Transactions to the extent set forth herein, the +Company agrees that it shall, and shall direct its Subsidiaries and its and +their respective Affiliates, to the extent applicable, to: + +  + +20 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(a) (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to seek approval of the Plan and to +complete the Restructuring; (ii) prosecute and defend any appeals relating to +the Confirmation Order; (iii) support and consummate the Restructuring in a +timely manner in accordance with this Agreement, including to negotiate in good +faith all Definitive Documents, coordinate its activities with the other Parties +hereto in respect of all matters concerning the implementation and consummation +of the Restructuring and take any and all necessary and appropriate actions in +furtherance of this Agreement, (iv) use reasonable best efforts to comply with +each Milestone as set forth in Exhibit D, including agreeing to the extension of +such Milestones as required to accommodate the Bankruptcy Court’s calendar; and +(v) comply with each of its other covenants and commitments set forth in this +Agreement and the Restructuring Term Sheet; + +(b) provide draft copies of (i) the Plan and Disclosure Statement to counsel to +the Supporting Lenders at least ten (10) calendar days prior to filing with the +Bankruptcy Court, (ii) subject to Section 2.2 hereof, the Plan Supplement, the +motion to approve the Disclosure Statement, the Solicitation Materials, any +proposed Confirmation Order, any proposed amended version of the Plan or the +Disclosure Statement, all “first day” pleadings (including forms of orders +relating thereto), and any other motions, draft orders, pleadings or briefs that +are material to the Restructuring (collectively, the “Third Day Review +Pleadings”) the Company intends to file with the Bankruptcy Court to counsel to +the Supporting Lenders at least two (2) Business Days prior to filing with the +Bankruptcy Court, with all other motions, applications, proposed orders, +pleadings and briefs (“Other Motions”) the Company intends to file with the +Bankruptcy Court to be provided to counsel to the Supporting Lenders no fewer +than twenty-four (24) hours prior to filing with the Bankruptcy Court, and in +each case, consult in good faith with such counsel regarding the form and +substance of any such proposed filing with the Bankruptcy Court or, to the +extent such filing is required to be acceptable to the DIP Agent pursuant to +this Agreement, not file such filing until it is acceptable to the DIP Agent; +provided that (x) the Debtors shall not be required to provide draft copies of +any retention applications, any fee statements, any fee applications, or any +supporting applications to counsel to the DIP Agent and (y) if the notice +required by this Section 4.1(b) with respect to the Third Day Review Pleadings +and Other Motions is not reasonably practicable with respect to any document or +pleading, the Debtors may provide such document or pleading as soon as +reasonably practicable; + +(c) timely file a formal objection to any motion filed with the Bankruptcy Court +by any Person seeking the entry of an order directing the appointment of an +examiner with expanded powers or a trustee, converting the Chapter 11 Cases to +cases under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, dismissing the Chapter 11 Cases, +modifying or terminating the Debtors’ exclusive right to file and/or solicit +acceptances of a plan of reorganization or for relief that (x) is inconsistent +with this Agreement or (y) would, or would reasonably be expected to, frustrate +the purposes of this Agreement, including by preventing the consummation of the +Restructuring; + +(d) timely file a formal written response in opposition to any objection filed +with the Bankruptcy Court by any Person with respect to the use of cash +collateral pursuant to the DIP Orders or otherwise; + +(e) timely file a formal written response in opposition to any objection filed +with the Bankruptcy Court by any Person with respect to the use of proceeds or +with respect to + +  + +21 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +any of the adequate protection granted to the Prepetition Lenders pursuant to +the DIP Orders or otherwise; + +(f) consult with the Supporting Lenders with respect to the assumption or +rejection of executory Contracts and unexpired leases of non-residential real +property; + +(g) pay all of the Transaction Expenses consistent with Section 10.13 of this +Agreement; + +(h) provide prompt written notice to the Supporting Lenders between the date of +this Agreement and the Effective Date of (i) the occurrence, or failure to +occur, of any event of which the occurrence or failure to occur would be +reasonably likely to cause any Company Specified Representations to be untrue or +inaccurate in any respect or any other representation or warranty of the Company +contained in this Agreement to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect, +(ii) any material breach of any covenant of the Company contained in this +Agreement, (iii) any event, condition, fact, or circumstance that would make the +timely satisfaction of any of the conditions set forth in Article VIII +impossible or unlikely, (iv) the receipt of any written notice from any third +party alleging that the consent of such party is or may be required as a +condition precedent to consummation of the Transactions, (v) the receipt of any +written notice from any Governmental Entity that is material to the consummation +of the Transactions, (vi) the receipt of any written notice of any proceeding +commenced or threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries that would +otherwise affect in any material respect the Transactions, and (vii) the receipt +of any written notice of any offer to purchase any material assets of (or Equity +Interests in) the Debtors; provided, however, that the delivery of any notice +pursuant to this Section 4.1(h) shall not limit or otherwise affect the remedies +available to the party receiving such notice under this Agreement; + +(i) not be in default under the DIP Orders, subject to any applicable grace and +cure periods; + +(j) consult weekly (or more frequently as reasonably requested by the Supporting +Lenders) with the Supporting Lenders’ legal counsel and financial advisor +regarding the Debtors’ strategic planning, discussions, negotiations, proposals, +or agreements with respect to the Restructuring; and + +(k) not: + +(i) object to, delay, postpone, challenge, reject, oppose or take any other +action that would prevent, interfere with, delay or impede, directly or +indirectly, in any material respect, the approval, acceptance or implementation +of the Restructuring on the terms set forth in the Restructuring Term Sheet; + +(ii) solicit, negotiate, propose, enter into, consummate, file with the +Bankruptcy Court, vote for or otherwise knowingly support, participate in or +approve any Alternative Transaction; provided, however, that nothing in this +Section 4.1(l) shall in any way limit the Debtors’ rights regarding any +Alternative Transaction in accordance with Section 7.5; + +  + +22 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(iii) take any actions where such taking would be (A) inconsistent with this +Agreement, the Restructuring Term Sheet, the DIP Orders or the other Definitive +Documents or (B) otherwise inconsistent with, or reasonably expected to prevent, +interfere with, delay or impede the implementation or consummation of, the +Restructuring; + +(iv) seek to amend or modify, or file a pleading seeking authority to amend or +modify, the Definitive Documents in a manner that is inconsistent with this +Agreement; + +(v) other than the Approved KEIP and the Approved KERP, seek the payment of any +amount pursuant to a key employee incentive plan, key employee retention plan or +other similar payments during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases, unless +consented to by the DIP Agent; or + +(vi) file or seek authority to file any pleading inconsistent with the +Restructuring or the terms of this Agreement. + +Section 4.2 Rights of the Debtors Unaffected. Nothing contained in this +Agreement shall limit: + +(a) the rights of any Debtor under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or +similar proceeding, including appearing as a party in interest in any matter to +be adjudicated in order to be heard concerning any matter arising in the +Chapter 11 Cases, in each case, so long as the exercise of any such right is not +inconsistent with the Company’s obligations hereunder; + +(b) the ability of any Debtor to assert or raise any objection in connection +with any hearing in the Bankruptcy Court so long as such objection is not +inconsistent with the Company’s obligations hereunder; + +(c) any right of any Debtor to take or direct any action relating to the +maintenance, protection, or preservation of such Debtor; so long as such action +is not inconsistent with the Company’s obligations hereunder; or + +(d) the ability of any Debtor to enforce any right, remedy, condition, consent +or approval requirement under this Agreement or any Definitive Document. + +ARTICLE V + +REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY + +Except as disclosed in (x) the Company SEC Documents publicly available prior to +the date of this Agreement (but excluding any predictive, cautionary or +forward-looking disclosures contained under the captions “risk factors,” +“forward-looking statements” or any similar precautionary sections and any other +disclosures contained therein that are predictive, cautionary or forward-looking +in nature) or (y) the disclosure letter delivered by the Company to the +Supporting Lenders simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement (the +“Company + +  + +23 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Disclosure Letter”), the Company hereby represents and warrants to the +Supporting Lenders as follows: + +Section 5.1 Qualification, Organization, Subsidiaries, etc. The Company and each +of its Subsidiaries is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in +good standing (or the equivalent thereof, if applicable, in each case, with +respect to the jurisdictions that recognize the concept of good standing or any +equivalent thereof) under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, +organization or formation, as applicable, and has all requisite corporate or +similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets, +and to carry on the Business as presently conducted by it. The Company and each +of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing (or +the equivalent thereof, if applicable, in each case, with respect to the +jurisdictions that recognize the concept of good standing or any equivalent +thereof) as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction where the +ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or the conduct of +its portion of the Business requires such qualification, except where the +failure to be so qualified or, where relevant, in good standing (x) has not been +and would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, +material to the Business (taken as a whole) or (y) would not reasonably be +expected to prevent or materially hinder or delay any of the Transactions or the +transactions contemplated by any of the Definitive Documents or affect the +ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to perform their obligations under +this Agreement, the Restructuring Term Sheet or any of the Definitive Documents. +The Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other +Equity Interests of any Person other than the Company Subsidiaries. Prior to the +date of this Agreement, the Company has made available to the Supporting Lenders +a complete and accurate copy of the organizational documents of the Company and +each of its Subsidiaries as in effect on the date of this Agreement. None of the +Company or its Subsidiaries is in violation of any of the provisions of its +certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or equivalent organizational documents), +in each case, except for violations that (i) have not been and would not +reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the +Business (taken as a whole) and (ii) would not reasonably be expected to prevent +or materially hinder or delay any of the Transactions or the transactions +contemplated by any of the Definitive Documents or affect the ability of the +Company or its Subsidiaries to perform their respective obligations under this +Agreement, the Restructuring Term Sheet or any of the Definitive Documents. + +Section 5.2 Capitalization. The authorized, issued and outstanding Equity +Interests of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is set forth on +Section 5.2 of the Company Disclosure Letter. All such Equity Interests were +validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable (except to the extent such +concepts are not applicable under the applicable Law of the Company’s or such +Subsidiary’s jurisdiction of incorporation, formation or organization, as +applicable). The Equity Interests of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries are +owned beneficially and of record as set forth on Section 5.2 of the Company +Disclosure Letter, free and clear of any Encumbrances (other than any +restrictions imposed by applicable Law) and free of preemptive rights, rights of +first refusal, subscription rights or similar right of any Person and transfer +restrictions (other than transfer restrictions under applicable Law). Other than +the Equity Interests reserved for issuance as set forth on Section 5.2 of the +Company Disclosure Letter, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries has any +Equity Interests reserved for issuance. There are no existing (a) Equity +Interests in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than the Equity +Interests set forth on + +  + +24 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 5.2 of the Company Disclosure Letter, (b) without limitation to +clause (a), rights, agreements or commitments of any character obligating the +Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates, as applicable, to +issue, transfer or sell any Equity Interests in the Company’s Subsidiaries or +securities convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any of the +foregoing, (c) contractual obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries +to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the Equity Interests in the +Company or the Company’s Subsidiaries or (d) voting trusts or similar agreements +to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party with respect to the +voting of the Equity Interests set forth on Section 5.2 of the Company +Disclosure Letter. + +Section 5.3 Corporate Authority. + +(a) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and +deliver, and to cause, directly or indirectly, any of the Company’s Subsidiaries +or their Affiliates to execute and deliver, as applicable, and, subject to the +Company obtaining necessary Bankruptcy Court approvals from and after the +Petition Date, to carry out the Restructuring and to perform its respective +obligations under this Agreement, each of the Definitive Documents and each +other agreement, document or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby to which +each such Person is a party. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the +consummation of the Transactions by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries +or their applicable Affiliates have been duly and validly authorized and +approved by all requisite corporate or similar action of such Person (subject, +from and after the Petition Date, to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court). + +(b) The Company further represents and warrants that the respective boards of +directors (or such other governing body) for the Company and each of its +Subsidiaries has approved, by all requisite action, this Agreement and all of +the Transactions, including the terms of the Restructuring set forth in the +Restructuring Term Sheet, and, subject to any necessary Bankruptcy Court +approvals, no other corporate or similar proceedings (pursuant to any such +Person’s organizational documents or otherwise) on the part of any such Person +is necessary to authorize the consummation of, and to consummate, the +Transactions. + +(c) The Board has taken all necessary action to ensure that none of the +Supporting Lenders will be an “interested stockholder” or prohibited from +entering into or consummating a “business combination” or similar transaction +with the Company (under Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or +any other applicable Takeover Statute), as a result of the execution of this +Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions in the manner contemplated +hereby. + +(d) Subject to the Company obtaining necessary Bankruptcy Court approvals from +and after the Petition Date, this Agreement and each such other document have +been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and each of its +applicable Subsidiaries and each of their applicable Affiliates, and, assuming +the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and each such +other documents by the relevant Supporting Lender or its Affiliates, as +applicable, constitute a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company and +each of its applicable Subsidiaries and each of their applicable Affiliates, +enforceable against each such Person in accordance with its terms, subject to +applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, + +  + +25 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium and similar laws affecting +creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general +principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good +faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a +proceeding at law or in equity) (the “Enforceability Limitations”). + +Section 5.4 Consents and Approvals. Except as expressly provided in this +Agreement or in the Bankruptcy Code (including, with respect to the Company from +and after the Petition Date, the approval of the Bankruptcy Court) and +Section 6.3, no consent, waiver, approval, Order, permit or authorization +(including those with respect to state licensing required to operate the +Business) of, or declaration, filing or registration with, or notification to, +any Governmental Entity, including in connection or compliance with the HSR Act +(any of the foregoing, a “Consent”) is necessary or required on the part of +(a) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the execution and +delivery of this Agreement or any other agreement, document or instrument +contemplated hereby to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party +and (b) any applicable Affiliate of the Company or any such Subsidiaries in +connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any other +agreement, document or instrument contemplated hereby to which such Person is a +party, or in connection with, in each case of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), +the performance of such Person’s obligations hereunder and thereunder, or the +consummation of the Transactions (with or without notice or lapse of time, or +both), except in each case of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), (x) for such +reports under the Exchange Act as may be required to be filed with the SEC in +connection with this Agreement or the Transactions, (y) for such Consents as may +be required under applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws and the +securities Laws of any foreign country or the rules and regulations of Nasdaq +and (z) for such other Consents which if not obtained or made, (i) would not +reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the +Business (taken as a whole) and (ii) would not reasonably be expected to prevent +or materially hinder or delay any of the Transactions or the transactions +contemplated by any of the Definitive Documents or affect the ability of the +Company or its Subsidiaries to perform their respective obligations under this +Agreement, the Restructuring Term Sheet or any of the Definitive Documents. + +Section 5.5 No Violations. The execution or delivery of this Agreement or any +agreement, document or instrument contemplated hereby by the Company or any of +its Subsidiaries or any of their applicable Affiliates, the performance of such +Person’s obligations hereunder and thereunder, and the consummation of the +transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, as applicable, do not and will not +(a) conflict with or result in any violation or breach of any provisions of the +certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of any +such Person, (b) with or without notice or lapse of time or both, conflict with +or result in any breach or violation of or constitute a default under, or give +rise to a right of, or result in, termination, modification, cancellation, first +offer, first refusal or acceleration of any obligation or to the loss of a +benefit under any Contract to which any such Person is a party or by or to which +any of their respective properties, rights or assets, or the operations or +conduct of the Business, are bound or subject or (c) conflict with or violate +any Order or Law applicable to any such Person or their respective properties, +rights or assets, or the operations or conduct of the Business, except in the +case of clauses (b) and (c), for any conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults, +rights or results that (x) have not been and would not reasonably be expected to +be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Business (taken as a +whole) or (y) would not reasonably be expected to prevent or materially hinder +or delay any of the Transactions or the + +  + +26 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +transactions contemplated by any of the Definitive Documents or affect the +ability of the Company or its Subsidiaries or their Affiliates, as applicable, +to perform their obligations under this Agreement, the Restructuring Term Sheet +or any of the Definitive Documents. + +Section 5.6 SEC Filings; Financial Statements. + +(a) The Company has timely filed with or furnished to the SEC all reports, +schedules, forms, statements, prospectuses, registration statements and other +documents required to be filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Company since +January 2, 2019 (collectively, together with any exhibits and schedules thereto +and other information incorporated therein, the “Company SEC Documents”). No +Subsidiary of the Company is required to file any report, schedule, form, +statement, prospectus, registration statement or other document with the SEC or +any similar Governmental Entity in any jurisdiction. + +(b) As of its filing date (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the +date of this Agreement, on the date of such amended or superseding filing), the +Company SEC Documents filed or furnished prior to the date of this Agreement +complied, and each Company SEC Document filed or furnished subsequent to the +date of this Agreement will comply, in all material respects with the applicable +requirements of Nasdaq, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the +Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as the case may be. + +(c) As of its filing date (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the +date of this Agreement, on the date of such amended or superseding filing), each +Company SEC Document filed or furnished prior to the date of this Agreement did +not, and each Company SEC Document filed or furnished subsequent to the date of +this Agreement will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit +to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made +therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not +misleading. + +(d) The Company is, and since January 2, 2019 has been, in compliance in all +material respects with (i) the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act +and (ii) the applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations +of Nasdaq. + +(e) The Company has made available to the Supporting Lenders copies of the +following financial statements (collectively the “Financial Statements”): +(i) the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, +2019 and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income +(loss), stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for the fiscal year then +ended; and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of +March 31, 2020 and the related consolidated statements of operations, +comprehensive income (loss), stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for +the three (3) months then ended. Subject to the notes thereto, the Financial +Statements were prepared, in all material respects, in conformity with GAAP and +present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company +(including its Subsidiaries) and its results of operations and cash flows as of +the respective dates and for the respective periods referred to in the Financial +Statements (in the case of quarterly Financial Statements, subject to normal +year-end adjustments). + +  + +27 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(f) Since January 2, 2019, each of the principal executive officer and principal +financial officer of the Company (or each former principal executive officer and +principal financial officer of the Company, as applicable) has made all +certifications required by Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act and +Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and any related rules and +regulations promulgated by the SEC and Nasdaq, and the statements contained in +any such certifications are true and complete in all material respects as of the +date on which they were made. + +Section 5.7 No Undisclosed Liabilities. There are no liabilities or obligations +of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any kind whatsoever, whether +accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, that would +be required by GAAP to be reflected on the consolidated balance sheet of the +Company and its Subsidiaries, other than (a) liabilities or obligations +disclosed and provided for in the Financial Statements or in the notes thereto, +(b) liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business +consistent with past practice since March 31, 2020, (c) liabilities arising in +connection with the Transactions, the Restructuring or the Chapter 11 Cases or +(d) other liabilities or obligations that (x) have not been and would not +reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the +Business (taken as a whole), (y) would not reasonably be expected to prevent or +materially hinder or delay any of the Transactions or the transactions +contemplated by any of the Definitive Documents or affect the ability of the +Company or its Subsidiaries to perform their obligations under this Agreement, +the Restructuring Term Sheet or any of the Definitive Documents or (z) would not +be discharged in the Chapter 11 Cases upon the Effective Date of the Plan. There +are no off-balance sheet arrangements of any type required to be disclosed +pursuant to Item 303(a)(4) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities +Act that have not been so disclosed in the Company SEC Documents. + +Section 5.8 Absence of Certain Changes. Except to the extent arising out of or +relating to the Chapter 11 Cases, this Agreement or the Transactions, from +January 2, 2019 through the date of this Agreement, the Business has been +conducted in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent +with past practice, and there has not been: + +(a) any material damage, destruction or other casualty loss with respect to any +asset or property owned, leased or otherwise used by the Company or its +Subsidiaries, whether or not covered by insurance; + +(b) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other +distribution with respect to any shares of capital stock or other Equity +Interests of the Company or its Subsidiaries (except for dividends or other +distributions by any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary to such Person +or to any wholly owned Subsidiary of such Person), or any repurchase, redemption +or other acquisition by the Company or its Subsidiaries of any outstanding +shares of capital stock or other Equity Interests of the Company or its +Subsidiaries; + +(c) any material change in any method of accounting or accounting practice by +the Company or its Subsidiaries; + +(d) (i) any material increase in the compensation payable or to become payable +to the officers or employees of any of the Company or its Subsidiaries or +material + +  + +28 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +increases in the benefits of such officers or employees (except for increases in +the compensation of non-officer employees in the ordinary course of business and +consistent with past practice), (ii) any entrance into, adoption, material +amendment or termination of any Debtor Plan (or any arrangement that would have +been a Debtor Plan were it in effect as of the date of this Agreement) that is +or would be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or +(iii) any actions taken by the Company and its Subsidiaries to accelerate the +vesting or lapsing of restrictions or payment, or fund or in any other way +secure the payment, of any material compensation or benefits under any Debtor +Plan, taken as a whole, except, in each case, to the extent required by +applicable Laws; + +(e) any agreement to do any of the foregoing; or + +(f) any event, development, change or effect that has had or would reasonably be +expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. + +Section 5.9 Brokers or Finders. Other than Jefferies LLC, none of the Company or +its Subsidiaries has employed or engaged any investment banker, broker or finder +who is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or any commission in +connection with this Agreement, the Restructuring Term Sheet, the Definitive +Documents, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other +agreement, document or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby based upon +arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any of +their Affiliates. + +Section 5.10 Litigation. + +(a) Except (x) as set forth on Section 5.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter +and (y) for the Chapter 11 Cases, there are no Causes of Action pending or, to +the Knowledge of the Debtors, threatened, and no facts (including any defects or +quality issues related to any former or current Products) exist which would give +rise to any such Causes of Action, against any of the Company or its +Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, rights or assets, or that +involves or relates to any of the Transactions or the operations or conduct of +the Business, except those which have not been and would not reasonably be +expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company or any +of its Subsidiaries. None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any +applicable Affiliates or the Business is subject to any outstanding Order, and +there are no judgments or decrees of or settlement agreements with, any +Governmental Entity, except those which have not been and would not reasonably +be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and +its Subsidiaries. + +(b) There is no (i) settlement agreement involving the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries that impedes or limits the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to +operate in the ordinary course of business, as currently conducted, or +(ii) Cause of Action of any nature pending or, to the Knowledge of the Debtors, +threatened against any Person who has a contractual right or a right to +indemnification from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries related to facts and +circumstances existing prior to the date of this Agreement, nor is there any +reasonable basis therefor, in each case, except as would not reasonably be +expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company of any +of its Subsidiaries. + +  + +29 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no representation or warranty is made under +this Section 5.10 in respect of any (i) Intellectual Property matters, which are +addressed in Section 5.11, (ii) employee benefits matters, which are addressed +in Section 5.16, (iii) environmental matters, which are addressed in +Section 5.18, (iv) healthcare regulatory matters, which are addressed in +Section 5.19 or (v) Tax matters, which are addressed in Section 5.20. + +Section 5.11 Intellectual Property. + +(a) Section 5.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and +complete list, as of the date hereof, of all Registered Intellectual Property +that is (i) owned or purported to be owned by, or (ii) exclusively licensed to, +the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (the “Company Registered Intellectual +Property, setting forth (A) the legal and record owner(s), (B) the registration +or application number (as applicable), (C) the registration or application date +(as applicable) and (D) the jurisdiction in which such item is registered or +pending or, with respect to internet domain names, the applicable internet +domain name registrar. All Company Registered Intellectual Property is +subsisting and (other than Registered Intellectual Property constituting +applications) valid, and to the Knowledge of the Debtors, enforceable. There is +no, and since January 1, 2017, there has been no, Cause of Action or notice of +any objection or claim asserted in writing or, to the Knowledge of the Debtors, +threatened by any Person, seeking to cancel, materially limit, or challenge the +ownership, validity or enforceability of any Company Registered Intellectual +Property, and the Company and each of its applicable Subsidiaries have made +timely payment of all registration, maintenance, renewal and filing fees +required with respect to the Company Registered Intellectual Property. + +(b) The Company and its Subsidiaries, taken together, solely and exclusively own +all Company Intellectual Property free and clear of any Encumbrances (other than +Permitted Encumbrances), and no other Person has any joint ownership interest in +or to any of the Company Intellectual Property. None of the Company Intellectual +Property is subject to any Order adversely affecting or restricting the validity +or enforceability thereof, or any of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ +ownership or use thereof. + +(c) The Company and its Subsidiaries own or have sufficient and valid right to +use all Intellectual Property that is material to or necessary for the conduct +of the Business as currently conducted and as currently planned to be conducted, +all of which material Intellectual Property rights shall survive the +consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without +termination or substantial acceleration of any obligation thereunder. + +(d) Except as has not resulted in, and would not reasonably be expected to +result in, material liability for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or +disruption to the Business, since the January 1, 2017, (i) neither (A) the +conduct of the Business, nor (B) the administration, use, supply, manufacture, +import, marketing, commercialization or other exploitation of any of the +Products (including by any applicable customers, suppliers or contractors), has +infringed, misappropriated, or violated any Intellectual Property of any other +Person, (ii) to the Knowledge of the Debtors, no Person has infringed, +misappropriated, or otherwise violated any Company Intellectual Property and +(iii) none of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have sent or received any +written claim, notice, demand to license, or similar + +  + +30 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +communication alleging or suggesting any infringement, misappropriation, or +other violation of the type described in clauses (i) or (ii) of this +Section 5.11(d). + +(e) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have, at all times since January 1, +2017, taken commercially reasonable efforts to protect the confidentiality of +all material Trade Secrets that are owned, used or held by any of the Company or +any of its Subsidiaries, and no such material Trade Secrets have been used by, +disclosed to or otherwise discovered by any Person except pursuant to valid and +enforceable non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements (or obligations +arising by operation of Law) that have not, to the Knowledge of the Debtors, +been breached by such Persons. + +(f) Each Person who contributed to the development or creation of any material +Company Intellectual Property used in or held for use in the conduct of the +Business as currently conducted or as currently planned to be conducted has +executed a valid and enforceable agreement containing an irrevocable present +assignment conveying to one or more of the Company or its Subsidiaries (or has +otherwise assigned by operation of Law) all of such Person’s right, title and +interest in and to such Intellectual Property. To the Knowledge of the Debtors, +no current or former employee or contractor of any of the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries retains or claims to retain any ownership interest in or to any +Company Intellectual Property. + +(g) None of the Company Intellectual Property is subject to any obligation under +any Contract or other present or contingent obligation as a result of being +developed using any funding or support from, or any arrangement with, a +Governmental Entity or nonprofit organization. + +Section 5.12 Data Privacy and Cybersecurity; IT Assets. + +(a) The Company IT Assets are sufficient for the current and currently +anticipated needs of the Business, and since January 1, 2017, there has been no +unauthorized access to or unauthorized use of any (i) IT Assets owned, used or +held for use by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) information of, or +collected, stored or processed by or on behalf of, the Company or its +Subsidiaries and collected, stored or processed by such IT Assets, or +(iii) confidential or proprietary information of the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries, in each case, in a manner that, individually or in the aggregate, +has resulted in or would reasonably be expected to result in material liability +or disruption of the Business; provided that the foregoing representations with +respect to IT Assets owned or controlled by third-party service providers are +given only to the Knowledge of the Debtors. None of the IT Assets owned, used or +held for use by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since January 1, 2017 +contain or make available any material disabling codes or instructions, spyware, +Trojan horses, worms, viruses or other software routines that facilitate or +cause unauthorized access to, or disruption, impairment, disablement, or +destruction of, Software, data or other materials. + +(b) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have established and implemented +appropriate written policies and organizational, physical, administrative and +technical measures regarding privacy, cyber security and data security, and are +no less protective than (i) reasonable practices in the industry or (ii) any +written commitments of the Company or + +  + +31 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +any of its Subsidiaries (such policies and measures, collectively, the “Privacy +and Security Policies”). + +(c) At all times since January 1, 2017, except as has not resulted in, and would +not reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, +material liability or an obligation to notify any Governmental Entity, (i) the +Company and each of its Subsidiaries have complied in all respects with all of +their respective Privacy and Security Policies and contractual obligations, and +with all applicable Laws (including (A) the Health Insurance Portability and +Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for +Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009, and their implementing regulations and +agency guidance and (B) any other applicable state or foreign privacy laws), in +each case, regarding Personal Information, including with respect to the +collection, use, storage, processing, transmission, transfer (including +cross-border transfers), disclosure and protection of Personal Information and +(ii) no Person has gained unauthorized access to or misused any Personal +Information collected, stored or processed by or on behalf of, the Company or +any of its Subsidiaries. + +Section 5.13 Real Property Leases. + +(a) None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owns any real property. + +(b) Section 5.13(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a complete and +correct list, as of the date of this Agreement, of each Contract pursuant to +which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries leases, subleases or occupies any +real property (the “Leases”). None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has +subleased, licensed or otherwise granted any Person the right to use or occupy +any real property subject to a Lease or any material portion thereof. Each Lease +is valid, binding and in full force and effect, subject to the Enforceability +Limitations, and no uncured default of a material nature on the part of the +Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Debtors, the +landlord thereunder exists with respect to any Lease. The Company and its +Subsidiaries have good and valid leasehold interests in or contractual rights to +use or occupy, subject to the terms of the applicable Lease, each real property +subject to the Leases. + +Section 5.14 Material Contracts. + +(a) Section 5.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter contains a complete and +correct list, as of the date of this Agreement, of each Contract described below +in this Section 5.14(a) under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has +any current or future rights, responsibilities, obligations or liabilities (in +each case, whether contingent or otherwise) or to which the Company or any of +its Subsidiaries is a party or to which any of their respective properties or +assets is subject, other than the Debtor Plans listed on Section 5.16(a) of the +Company Disclosure Letter (all Contracts of the type described in this +Section 5.14(a), whether or not set forth on Section 5.14(a) of the Company +Disclosure Letter, being referred to herein as the “Material Contracts”): + +  + +32 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(i) requires expenditures by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries involving +consideration in excess of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in +the next twelve (12)-month period; + +(ii) provides for payments to be received by the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries in excess of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in +any twelve (12)-month period; + +(iii) relates to the incurrence by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any +Indebtedness or any capitalized lease obligations in excess of fifty thousand +dollars ($50,000); + +(iv) relates to the acquisition or disposition outside the ordinary course of +business of any assets or any business, or any capital stock of any enterprise +(whether by merger, sale or purchase of stock, sale or purchase of assets or +otherwise) entered into in the past three (3) years, in each case, in excess of +two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000); + +(v) relates to the future acquisition or disposition of any material assets or +properties (whether by merger, sale or purchase of stock, sale or purchase of +assets or otherwise, including any option to acquire, sell, lease or license any +material assets or properties of the Business), other than (A) in the ordinary +course of business consistent with past practice, (B) as contemplated by this +Agreement, the Restructuring Term Sheet or any Definitive Document or (C) to the +extent permitted under applicable Law, any non-disclosure or similar agreement +entered into in connection with the process by which the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries, any of their respective Affiliates or any Representatives of any +of the foregoing solicited, discussed or negotiated strategic alternatives prior +to the date of this Agreement (including the Transactions or any other +transaction prior to the date of this Agreement); + +(vi) is a joint venture, profit-sharing, partnership, collaboration, +co-promotion, commercialization, research, development or other similar +agreement involving the sharing of profits or expenses (other than clinical +trial agreements, contract manufacturing agreements or other similar +subcontracting arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business); + +(vii) is a Lease; + +(viii) (A) may require the Supporting Lenders to pay milestones, royalties or +other contingent payments based on any research, testing, development, +regulatory filings or approval, sale, distribution, marketing, commercial +manufacture or other similar occurrences, developments, activities or events +with respect to any Product, in each case, which payments are in an amount +having an expected value in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) during +the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 or any fiscal year thereafter or +(B) grants to any Person a right of first refusal, right of first negotiation, +option to purchase, option to license, or any other similar rights with respect +to any Product; + +  + +33 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(ix) requires the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to purchase from a third +Person their total requirements of any products or services; + +(x) with any Governmental Entity; + +(xi) (A) limits or purports to limit, in any material respect, the freedom of +the Business to engage or compete in any line of business or with any Person or +in any geographic area, (B) contains exclusivity or “most favored nation” +obligations in favor of any Person other than the Company or its Subsidiaries or +restrictions to which the Business is subject or (C) contains any other +provisions restricting or purporting to restrict the ability of the Company or +its Subsidiaries to sell, market, distribute, promote, manufacture, develop, +commercialize, or test or research the Products, directly or indirectly through +third parties (other than any such restrictions or purported restrictions that +have a de minimis effect on the Business); + +(xii) is a material Contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries grants or receives any license, covenant not to sue or similar +right with respect to, or governs or restricts the development, ownership, use, +practice or enforcement of, any Intellectual Property (other than non-exclusive +licenses to use Software on standardized terms that are generally commercially +available); + +(xiii) relates to sales and distribution activities conducted by a third-party +wholesaler or distributor that are material to the Business; + +(xiv) relates to the ongoing supply or manufacturing of clinical and commercial +quantities of any of the Products, the termination of which would reasonably be +expected to be material to the Business (taken as a whole); + +(xv) other than the Contracts described in Section 5.14(a)(iii), under which the +Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates have borrowed or +loaned money, or any note, bond, indenture, mortgage or any guarantee of such +indebtedness, in each case, relating to amounts in excess of one hundred +thousand dollars ($100,000); + +(xvi) relates to any settlement or stipulation of any Cause of Action against +the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any other Person, other than +settlement agreements for cash that do not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars +($25,000) individually as to any such settlement or stipulation (excluding +amounts paid by insurers) or one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) +individually as to any such settlement or stipulation (including any amounts +paid by insurers), entered into since January 2, 2019; and + +(xvii) provides for indemnification of any officer, director or employee of the +Company or its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates other than in the +ordinary course of business. + +(b) True and complete copies of each Material Contract, together with all +amendments, modifications or supplements thereto, as of the date of this +Agreement have been + +  + +34 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +made available to the Supporting Lenders. None of the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries has received any written notice of termination (or intent to +terminate) with respect to a Material Contract from any third Person party to +such Material Contract. No event has occurred which, with the passage of time or +the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default under or a violation +of any Material Contract or would cause the acceleration of any obligation of +the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their applicable Affiliates or the +creation of an Encumbrance (other than Permitted Encumbrances) upon any assets +or properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for such events +that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or +in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Debtors, as +of the date of this Agreement, no other party to any Material Contract is in +breach of or default under the terms of any Material Contract where such breach +or default has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in +the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Each Material Contract is a valid, +binding and enforceable obligation of the applicable the Company or its +applicable Subsidiaries or their applicable Affiliates party thereto and, to the +Knowledge of the Debtors, of each other party thereto, and is in full force and +effect, subject to the Enforceability Limitations. + +Section 5.15 Compliance with Laws; Anticorruption; Permits; Trade Compliance. + +(a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries and their applicable Affiliates are +and since January 1, 2015 have been, operating the Business in compliance with +all applicable Laws and Orders, including (i) applicable Law administered or +enforced by the FDA, (ii) applicable Laws relating to the Medicare and Medicaid +programs, any other federal healthcare programs, and any state healthcare or +health insurance programs, (iii) applicable Laws relating to healthcare fraud +and abuse, including the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § +1320a-7b(b)), the federal False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.), the +federal Stark Law (42 U.S.C. § 1395nn), the federal False Statements Statute (42 +U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), the Exclusion Laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7), the Beneficiary +Inducement Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a(a)(5)), and the Civil Monetary +Penalties Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a), (iv) applicable Laws relating to billing +or claims for reimbursement submitted to any government or third-party payor, +(v) applicable Laws relating to fraudulent, abusive or unlawful practices +connected in any way with the provision or marketing of healthcare items or +services, (vi) Physician Payment Sunshine Act (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7h) and similar +gift and disclosure applicable Laws of any Governmental Entity, and +(vii) applicable Laws relating to health information privacy, including the +Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (including its +underlying rules) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and +Clinical Health Act of 2009, in each case of clauses (i)-(vii), except as has +not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the +aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Since January 1, 2015, none of the Company +or its Subsidiaries, nor any of their applicable Affiliates, has received any +written notice of or, to the Knowledge of the Debtors, been charged with any +violation of any Laws, except as has not been and would not reasonably be +expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Business +(taken as a whole). + +(b) The Company and its Subsidiaries and their applicable Affiliates are and, +since January 1, 2015, have been operating the Business in compliance with the +U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and any other applicable anticorruption Laws, +except where the failure to be in compliance has not been and would not +reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the + +  + +35 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +aggregate, material to the Business (taken as a whole). Since January 1, 2015, +none of the Company or its Subsidiaries, nor any of their applicable Affiliates, +nor to the Knowledge of the Debtors, any officer or director of any of the +foregoing, while acting at the direction of such Person, (a) has made, paid or +received any unlawful bribes, kickbacks or other similar payments or (b) has +made or paid any contributions, directly or indirectly, to a domestic or foreign +political party or candidate, except, in each case, as has not been and would +not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to +the Business (taken as a whole). + +(c) The Company and its Subsidiaries have all Business Permits, except where the +failure to possess such Business Permits has not had and would not reasonably be +expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. +None of the Company or its Subsidiaries, nor any of their applicable Affiliates, +is in default or violation of any term, condition or provision of any Business +Permit, except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, +individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Except as has not +had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the +aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, all Business Permits are valid and in full +force and effect, subject to the Enforceability Limitations, and, to the +Knowledge of the Debtors, no condition exists that with notice or lapse of time +or both would constitute a default of any term, condition or provision of any +such Business Permits to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of +their applicable Affiliates is a party. Since January 1, 2015, none of the +Company or its Subsidiaries, or any of their applicable Affiliates, has received +any written notice of any Cause of Action or investigation relating to the +revocation, nonrenewal, suspension or modification of any Business Permit, +except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually +or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. + +(d) Except as has not and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually +or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries +and their applicable Affiliates are and, since January 1, 2015, have been in +compliance with: (i) all Laws or regulations regarding the importation of goods, +including the U.S. import laws administered by U.S. Customs and Border +Protection; and (ii) all other applicable Laws, including the Export +Administration Regulations administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce. +Except as has not and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or +in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Company or its +Subsidiaries nor any of their applicable Affiliates, nor to the Knowledge of the +Debtors, any officer or director of any of the foregoing Persons, is (i) a +person or entity with whom U.S. persons or entities are restricted from doing +business under regulations of OFAC (including those named on OFAC’s Specially +Designated and Blocked Persons List) or under any statute, executive order +(including the September 24, 2001, Executive Order Blocking Property and +Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support +Terrorism), regulation, or other governmental action, (ii) a “specially +designated global terrorist” or other person listed in Appendix A to Chapter V +of 31 C.F.R., as the same has been from time to time updated and amended or +(iii) a person either (A) included within the term “designated national” as +defined in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515 or +(B) designated under Sections 1(a), 1(b), 1(c) or 1(d) of Executive Order +No. 13224, 66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (published September 25, 2001) or a person +similarly designated under any related enabling legislation or any other similar +executive orders. + +  + +36 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 5.16 Employee Benefit Matters. + +(a) Section 5.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a complete and +correct list of each Debtor Plan that is an “employee benefit plan” within the +meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, an equity-based plan, or an executive +employment or severance plan or agreement. With respect to each such Debtor +Plan, the Company has made available to the Supporting Lenders, to the extent +applicable, accurate and complete copies of (i) the Debtor Plan document, +including any amendments thereto, and all related trust documents, insurance +contracts or other funding vehicles, (ii) a written description of such Debtor +Plan if such plan is not set forth in writing, (iii) the most recently prepared +actuarial report, (iv) all material correspondence to or from any Governmental +Entity received since January 1, 2017 with respect to any Debtor Plan, (v) the +most recent summary plan description together with any summaries of all material +modifications thereto, (vi) the most recent IRS determination or opinion letter +issued and (vii) the most recent annual report (Form 5500 or 990 series and all +schedules and financial statements attached thereto). + +(b) (i) Each Debtor Plan (including any related trusts) has been established, +operated and administered in accordance with its terms and in compliance with +applicable Law, including ERISA and the Code, (ii) all contributions or other +amounts payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any +Debtor Plan in respect of current or prior plan years have been paid or accrued +in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and (iii) there are +no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Debtors, threatened claims (other than +routine claims for benefits) or proceedings by a Governmental Entity by, on +behalf of or against any Debtor Plan or any trust related thereto which would +reasonably be expected to result in any material liability to the Company or any +of its Subsidiaries. + +(c) Each ERISA Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the +Code has been determined by the IRS to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the +Code and, to the Knowledge of the Debtors, nothing has occurred that would +adversely affect the qualification or tax exemption of any such Debtor Plan. +With respect to any ERISA Plan, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries +has engaged in a transaction in connection with which the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries reasonably could be subject to either a civil penalty assessed +pursuant to Section 409 or 502(i) of ERISA or a tax imposed pursuant to +Section 4975 or 4976 of the Code. + +(d) None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries nor any ERISA Affiliate has, +within the six (6)-year period prior to the date of this Agreement, ever +maintained, established, sponsored, participated in, contributed to, or been +obligated to contribute to, or otherwise incurred any obligation or liability +(including any contingent liability) under any “multiemployer plan” (as defined +in Section 3(37) of ERISA) or any plan that is subject to Section 302 or Title +IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code. None of the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries nor any ERISA Affiliate has any actual or potential withdrawal +liability for any complete or partial withdrawal (as defined in Sections 4203 +and 4205 of ERISA) from any multiemployer plan. + +(e) Except as required by applicable Law, no Debtor Plan provides retiree or +post-employment medical, disability, life insurance or other welfare benefits to +any Person, and + +  + +37 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to provide +such benefits. To the extent that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries +sponsors such plans, the Company or the applicable Subsidiary has reserved the +right to amend, terminate or modify at any time each Debtor Plan that provides +retiree or post-employment disability, life insurance or other welfare benefits +to any Person. + +(f) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, shareholder or other +approval of this Agreement or the Plan nor the consummation of the transactions +contemplated by this Agreement, whether alone or in combination with any other +event, will (i) entitle any current or former employee, director, officer or +independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to severance +pay or any material increase in severance pay, (ii) accelerate the time of +payment or vesting or materially increase the amount of compensation due to any +such current or former employee, director, officer or independent contractor, +(iii) directly or indirectly cause the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to +transfer or set aside any assets to fund any material benefits under any Debtor +Plan, (iv) otherwise give rise to any material liability under any Debtor Plan +or (v) limit or restrict the right to merge, materially amend, terminate or +transfer the assets of any Debtor Plan on or following the Effective Date. + +(g) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to +provide, and no Debtor Plan or other agreement provides any individual with the +right to, a gross up, indemnification, reimbursement or other payment for any +excise or additional taxes, interest or penalties incurred pursuant to +Section 409A or Section 4999 of the Code or due to the failure of any payment to +be deductible under Section 280G of the Code. + +(h) No Debtor Plan is maintained outside the jurisdiction of the United States +or covers any employees or other service providers of the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries who reside or work outside of the United States. + +Section 5.17 Labor Matters. + +(a) The Company has made available to the Supporting Lenders a true, correct and +complete list, by employee identification number, of all employees employed by +the Company and its Subsidiaries on the date of this Agreement, identifying as +to each a job title, years of service, current amount or rate of compensation +and location of employment. + +(b) As of the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its +Subsidiaries is a party to, or bound by, any collective bargaining agreement or +other agreement with any labor union or like organization, and to the Knowledge +of the Debtors, there are no activities or proceedings by any individual or +group of individuals, including representatives of any labor organizations, or +labor unions, to organize any employees of the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries. As of the date of this Agreement, there is no pending or, to the +Knowledge of the Debtors, threatened labor strike, slowdown, lockout or work +stoppage, unfair labor practice or other labor dispute, or labor arbitration or +grievance. + +(c) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material +respects with all applicable Laws respecting labor, employment and employment +practices, terms and conditions of employment, wages and hours, and occupational +safety and health. Neither the + +  + +38 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liability or obligation +under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as amended, +and the regulations promulgated thereunder or any similar state, local or +foreign Law relating to plant closings or mass layoffs that remains unsatisfied. + +Section 5.18 Environmental Matters. + +(a) Except as has not and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually +or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: + +(i) each real property operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and +used in the conduct of their respective businesses: (i) is in compliance with +all applicable Environmental Laws, except as has not and would not reasonably be +expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; +(ii) is not the subject of any pending written notice from any Governmental +Entity alleging the violation of any applicable Environmental Law; (iii) is not +currently subject to any Orders arising under any Environmental Law; and +(iv) has not had any emissions or discharges of Hazardous Substances except as +permitted under applicable Environmental Laws; + +(ii) no order, decree, settlement or lien is pending or, to the Knowledge of the +Debtors, threatened, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to +Liability under any Environmental Law that has not been remedied as of the date +of this Agreement; and + +(iii) there are no other circumstances or conditions that would reasonably be +expected to result in any claims, liability, investigations, costs or +restrictions on the ownership, use, or transfer of the Company’s or any of its +Subsidiaries’ assets or properties in connection with any Environmental Law. + +(b) The Company has made available to the Supporting Lenders copies of all +environmental reports, studies, assessments, sampling data, memoranda and other +information in its possession. + +Section 5.19 FDA and Related Regulatory Matters. + +(a) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is conducting and has at all times +conducted its business and operations in compliance with the FDCA, 21 U.S.C. +§301 et. seq., and all applicable regulations promulgated by the FDA +(collectively, “FDA Law and Regulation”), and the Laws and regulations of other +similar Governmental Entities that regulate the safety and effectiveness of +medical device and biological products. Each Medical Device, as that term is +defined in 21 U.S.C. § 321(h) of the FDCA, that is manufactured, tested, +distributed and/or marketed by the Company and its Subsidiaries, is being +manufactured, tested, distributed and/or marketed by the Company and its +Subsidiaries in material compliance with applicable FDA Law and Regulation and +the Laws and regulations of other similar Governmental Entities that regulate +the safety and effectiveness of medical device and biological products, +including those relating to (i) good manufacturing practices, (ii) regulatory +approvals or clearances to + +  + +39 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +market Medical Devices, (iii) investigational studies, (iv) labeling, (v) record +keeping, and (vi) filing of reports to FDA or other similar Governmental +Entities. + +(b) Section 5.19(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all +registrations, clearances and approvals issued under the FDCA (“FDCA Permits”) +and held exclusively by the Company or its Subsidiaries, including pre-market +notifications under section 510(k) of the FDCA (21 U.S.C. § 360(k)) (“510(k)s”) +and pre-market approval applications and associated supplements approved in +accordance with 21 U.S.C. § 360(e) (“PMAs”). Such listed FDCA Permits are the +only FDCA Permits that are required for the Company or its Subsidiaries to +conduct the Business in the United States. Each such FDCA Permit is in full +force and effect and no suspension, revocation, cancellation or withdrawal of +such FDCA Permit is threatened and there is no basis for believing that such +FDCA Permit will be suspended, revoked, cancelled or withdrawn. The Company or +its Subsidiaries exclusively own all 510(k)s and PMAs for the Products, and the +FDA has not threatened in writing to suspend or revoke any such 510(k)s or PMAs. + +(c) The Company and its Subsidiaries have paid all fees pursuant to the Medical +Device User Fee Amendments and complied with the Device Facility Registration of +Establishment regulations and all devices of the Company and its Subsidiaries +are appropriately listed with FDA. + +(d) Except as set forth on Section 5.19(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter, +none of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have received any notice or +communication from the FDA or other similar Governmental Entities alleging +noncompliance with any applicable FDA Law and Regulation and the Laws and +regulations of other similar Governmental Entities that regulate the safety and +effectiveness of medical device and biological products. The Company and its +Subsidiaries are not subject to any enforcement, regulatory or administrative +proceedings by the FDA or other similar Governmental Entities and no such +proceedings have been threatened. There is no civil, criminal or administrative +action, suit, demand, claim, complaint, hearing, investigation, demand letter, +warning letter, untitled letter, proceeding or request for information pending +against the Company or its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any of its +Subsidiaries have any liability (whether actual or contingent) for failure to +comply with any FDA Law and Regulation or the Laws and regulations of other +similar Governmental Entities that regulate the safety and effectiveness of +medical device and biological products. There is no act, omission, event, or +circumstance that would give rise to or lead to any such action, suit, demand, +claim, complaint, hearing, investigation, notice, demand letter, warning letter, +proceeding or request for information or any such liability. There has not been +any violation of any FDA Law and Regulation and the Laws and regulations of +other similar Governmental Entities that regulate the safety and effectiveness +of medical device and biological products in product development efforts, +submissions, record keeping and reports to FDA or other similar Governmental +Entity that could require or lead to investigation, corrective action or +enforcement, regulatory or administrative action. There are no civil or criminal +proceedings relating to the Company, its Subsidiaries or any Company or +Subsidiary employee which involve a matter within or related to the FDA’s +jurisdiction or the jurisdiction of other similar Governmental Entities that +regulate the safety and effectiveness of medical device and biological products +whether within the United States or abroad. + +  + +40 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(e) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have not introduced into +commercial distribution any products manufactured by or on behalf of the Company +and its Subsidiaries or distributed any products on behalf of another +manufacturer which were upon their shipment adulterated or misbranded in +violation of 21 U.S.C. § 331 or the Laws and regulations of other similar +Governmental Entities that regulate the safety and effectiveness of medical +device and biological products. + +(f) Since January 1, 2015, there has been no false or misleading information or +significant omission in any applications, submissions, or reports submitted by +the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Governmental Entity, including the +FDA, in violation of any applicable Law or Order. + +(g) Except as identified in Section 5.19(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter, +(i) all clinical, pre-clinical and other studies and tests conducted by, or on +behalf of or sponsored by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been and +are being conducted in accordance with applicable Law, including the FDCA and +its applicable implementing regulations at 21 C.F.R. Parts 50, 54, 56, 58 and +812, (ii) no investigational device exemption filed by or on behalf of the +Company or any of its Subsidiaries with the FDA has been terminated or suspended +by any Regulatory Authority and (iii) no Regulatory Authority has commenced, or +threatened in writing to initiate, any Cause of Action to place a clinical hold +order on, or otherwise terminate, delay or suspend, any proposed or ongoing +clinical investigation conducted or proposed to be conducted by or on behalf of +the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. There have been no developments in +connection with any clinical, pre-clinical or other studies or tests conducted +by, or on behalf of or sponsored by the Company or its Subsidiaries that would +reasonably be likely to (x) impact any Governmental Entity’s approval of a +Product, (y) create the possibility of the reclassification of any Product or +(z) jeopardize the continuation of such studies or tests. + +(h) No officer, employee or agent of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has: +(i) made any untrue statement or fraudulent statement to the FDA or any other +Governmental Entity; (ii) failed to disclose a fact required to be disclosed to +the FDA or any other Governmental Entity; or (iii) committed an act, made a +statement, or failed to make a statement that would reasonably be expected to +provide a basis for the FDA or any other Governmental Entity to invoke its +policy respecting “Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and +Illegal Gratuities,” as set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191 (September 10, 1991). No +officer, employee or agent of the Company or its Subsidiaries has been convicted +of any crime or engaged in any conduct for which debarment is mandated or +permitted by 21 U.S.C. § 335a. No officer, employee or agent of the Company or +its subsidiaries has been convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct for +which such person or entity could be excluded from participating in the federal +health care programs under Section 1128 of the Social Security Act or any +similar law or regulation. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a +party to a Corporate Integrity Agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and +Human Services Office of Inspector General or has had any reporting obligations +pursuant to any settlement, deferred prosecution, consent decree, or any other +agreement entered into with any Governmental Entity. + +(i) With respect to each Product sold by the Company or its Subsidiaries, the +Company and its Subsidiaries have complied with (i) all applicable contractual +commitments applicable to such Product, (ii) all product specifications +applicable to such Product and (iii) all + +  + +41 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +express and implied warranties applicable to each such Product, in each case of +clauses (i)-(iii). The standard warranty terms for the Company and its +Subsidiaries have been made available to the Supporting Lenders. + +(j) All material product issues, incidents and complaints have been suitably +investigated, documented and managed, any applicable problem or legally required +reports have been filed with FDA and other similar Governmental Entities that +regulate the safety and effectiveness of medical device and biological products +and any necessary recalls have been fully implemented. + +Section 5.20 Taxes. + +(a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has prepared (or caused to be +prepared) and timely filed (taking into account valid extensions of time within +which to file) all material Tax Returns required to be filed by any of them, and +all such filed Tax Returns (taking into account all amendments thereto) are +accurate and complete in all material respects. + +(b) All material Taxes owed by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries that are +due and payable (whether or not shown as due on a Tax Return) have been timely +paid or, if not yet due and payable, adequately reserved against in accordance +with GAAP. + +(c) No deficiency for any amount of material Taxes has been proposed or asserted +in writing or assessed by any Taxing Authority against the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries that remains unpaid or unresolved. + +(d) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has not received written notice of +any pending Causes of Action, examinations or proposed adjustments in respect of +any material amount of Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. + +(e) All material Taxes required to be withheld or collected by the Company or +any of its Subsidiaries have been withheld and collected and, to the extent +required by applicable Law, timely paid to the appropriate Taxing Authority, and +all forms required to be filed with respect thereto have been properly completed +and timely filed. + +(f) There are no material Encumbrances for Taxes on any of the assets of the +Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than Encumbrances for Taxes or other +governmental charges not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good +faith by appropriate proceedings and are reflected on or specifically reserved +against or otherwise disclosed in any consolidated balance sheet included in the +Financial Statements. + +(g) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a “controlled +corporation” or a “distributing corporation” in any distribution occurring +during the two (2)-year period ending on the date of this Agreement that was +purported or intended to be governed by Section 355 of the Code (or any similar +provision of state, local or non-U.S. Law). + +(h) No claim has been received, or is expected by the Company to be received, +with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from a Taxing Authority +in a jurisdiction where such entity does not file Tax Returns that it is or may +be subject to taxation + +  + +42 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +by, or required to file any Tax Return in, that jurisdiction which claim has not +since been resolved. + +(i) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a member of an +affiliated group of corporations filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return +(other than a group the common parent of which is the Company) or has had any +liability for the Taxes of any person (other than the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries) under U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar +provision of any state, local or non-U.S. Law), as a transferee or successor. + +(j) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or is bound +by, or has any obligation under, any Tax sharing Contract, Tax allocation +agreement, Tax indemnity obligation or similar agreement or practice other than +(A) Contracts solely among the Company and/or its Subsidiaries and (B) customary +Tax indemnification provisions in Contracts entered into in the ordinary course +of business, the primary purpose of which does not relate to Taxes. + +(k) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has currently in effect any +waiver of any statute of limitations in respect of Taxes or any agreement to any +extension of time with respect to the filing of a Tax Return or an assessment or +deficiency for Taxes (other than pursuant to extensions of time to file Tax +Returns obtained in the ordinary course of business). + +(l) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in any +“listed transaction” within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulations +Section 1.6011-4(b). + +(m) The Company has made available to the Supporting Lenders accurate and +complete copies of any private letter ruling requests, closing agreements or +gain recognition agreements with respect to Taxes of the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries requested or executed in the past five (5) years. + +Section 5.21 Insurance. The insurance policies maintained by the Company and its +Subsidiaries (the “Insurance Policies”) provide full and adequate coverage for +all normal risks incident to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries +and their respective properties and assets, except for any such failures to +maintain such insurance policies that have not had and would not reasonably be +expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. +Each of the Insurance Policies is in full force and effect and all premiums due +with respect to all Insurance Policies have been paid, except as has not had and +would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a +Material Adverse Effect. + +Section 5.22 No Other Representations; No Reliance. + +(a) Notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to the Supporting Lenders, any of +their Affiliates or any of their respective Representatives of any documentation +or other information (including any financial projections or other supplemental +data) or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, except for the +representations and warranties expressly contained in this Article V (in each +case, as qualified by the Company Disclosure Letter), (i) neither the Company +nor any other Person has made or is making, and each of the Company and its +Affiliates expressly disclaims, any representation or warranty of any kind or +nature, whether + +  + +43 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +express or implied, at Law or in equity, with respect to the accuracy or +completeness of any information provided or made available to the Supporting +Lenders by or on behalf of the Company in connection with or related to this +Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby, or the completeness of any +information provided in connection therewith and (ii) the Company hereby +expressly disclaims any such other representations and warranties. + +(b) Except for the representations and warranties contained in Article VI, the +Company acknowledges that it (a) has had an opportunity to conduct any and all +due diligence with respect to the Supporting Lenders and any of their respective +Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, (b) has +relied solely upon its own independent review, investigation, and/or inspection +of any documents in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and +(c) did not rely upon any written or oral statements, representations, promises, +warranties, or guaranties whatsoever, whether express, implied, by operation of +Law, or otherwise regarding any Supporting Lender or any Subsidiaries or +Affiliates thereof, or with respect to any other information provided or made +available to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the +transactions contemplated hereby, or the completeness of any information +provided in connection therewith. + +ARTICLE VI + +REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SUPPORTING LENDERS + +Each applicable Supporting Lender represents and warrants to the Company (as to +itself only, severally and not jointly), as follows: + +Section 6.1 Qualification; Organization. Each Supporting Lender is a legal +entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (with respect to +jurisdictions that recognize such concept) under the laws of its jurisdiction of +organization and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to +own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as +presently conducted, except where the failure to be so existing and in good +standing or to have such power and authority would not, individually or in the +aggregate, materially impair or materially delay its ability to perform its +obligations under this Agreement. Each Supporting Lender is qualified to do +business and is in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions that recognize +such concept) as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction +where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct +of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so +qualified or, where relevant, in good standing, would not, individually or in +the aggregate, materially impair or materially delay its ability to perform its +obligations under this Agreement. + +Section 6.2 Corporate Authority. Each Supporting Lender has the requisite power +and authority to execute and deliver (or to cause one or more of its Affiliates +to execute and deliver, as applicable) this Agreement and each other agreement, +document or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby to which it is a party +and, subject to the Company obtaining necessary Bankruptcy Court approvals from +and after the Petition Date, to carry out the Restructuring and to perform its +obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this +Agreement and each other agreement, document or instrument contemplated hereby +or thereby to which it is a party and the consummation of the Transactions have +been duly authorized by all + +  + +44 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +requisite corporate or similar action on the part of each Supporting Lender. +This Agreement and each other agreement, document or instrument contemplated +hereby or thereby to which it is a party has been duly and validly executed and +delivered (subject, from and after the Petition Date, to the approval of the +Bankruptcy Court). Subject to the Company obtaining necessary Bankruptcy Court +approvals from and after the Petition Date, this Agreement and each such other +document have been duly and validly executed and delivered by each of the +applicable Supporting Lenders and each of their applicable Affiliates, and, +assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other Parties or +their Affiliates, as applicable, constitute a legal, valid and binding agreement +of each of the Supporting Lenders and their Affiliates, as applicable, +enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms, subject to the +Enforceability Limitations. + +Section 6.3 Consents and Approvals. Except as expressly provided in this +Agreement or in the Bankruptcy Code and Section 5.4, no consent, waiver, +approval, Order, permit or authorization (including those with respect to state +licensing required to operate the Business) of, or declaration, filing or +registration with, or notification to, any Governmental Entity, including in +connection or compliance with the HSR Act, is necessary or required on the part +of (a) any Supporting Lender in connection with the execution and delivery of +this Agreement or any other agreement, document or instrument contemplated +hereby to which such Supporting Lender is a party and (b) any applicable +Affiliate of any Supporting Lender in connection with the execution and delivery +of any agreement, document or instrument contemplated hereby to which such +Person is a party, or in connection with, the performance of such Person’s +obligations hereunder and thereunder, or the consummation of the Transactions +(with or without notice or lapse of time, or both), except in each case of the +foregoing clauses (a) and (b), for immaterial Consents. + +Section 6.4 No Violations. The execution or delivery of this Agreement or any +agreement, document or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby by any +Supporting Lender or any of its applicable Affiliates, the performance of such +Person’s obligations hereunder and thereunder, and the consummation of the +transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, as applicable, do not and will not +(a) conflict with or result in any violation or breach of any provisions of the +certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of any +such Person or (b) conflict with or violate any Order or Law applicable to any +Supporting Lender or its properties, rights or assets, except in the case of +clause (b), for any conflicts or violations that (y) have not been and would not +reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the +Business (taken as a whole) and (z) would not reasonably be expected to prevent +or materially hinder or delay any of the Transactions or the transactions +contemplated by any of the Definitive Documents or affect the ability of the +Supporting Lenders or their Affiliates, as applicable, to perform their +obligations under this Agreement, the Restructuring Term Sheet or any of the +Definitive Documents. + +Section 6.5 Brokers. Other than Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc., the Supporting +Lenders have not employed or engaged any investment banker, broker or finder who +is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or any commission from the +Supporting Lenders in connection with this Agreement, the Restructuring Term +Sheet, the Definitive Documents, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement +or any other agreement, document or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby +based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Supporting Lenders or any of +their Affiliates. + +  + +45 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 6.6 Ownership of Claims. Each Supporting Lender represents and warrants +to each of the other Parties that, as of the date such Party executes this +Agreement or a Transferee Joinder, as applicable: (a) it either (i) is the sole +legal and beneficial owner of the aggregate principal amount of Claims set forth +on its signature page, in each case, free and clear of any pledge, lien, +security interest, charge, claim, proxy, voting restriction, right of first +refusal or other limitation on disposition of any kind, in each case, that is +reasonably expected to adversely affect such Supporting Lender’s performance of +its obligations contained in this Agreement or (ii) has full power and authority +to vote the Claims (including Prepetition Agreement Claims held through +participations or interests or pursuant to permissible transfers) set forth on +its signature page; (b) it has full power and authority to vote on and consent +to all matters concerning the Claims set forth on its signature page and to +exchange, assign, and transfer such Claims; (c) it is either (i) a qualified +institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A of the Securities Act or (ii) an +institutional accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a)(l), (2), (3) or +(7) under the Securities Act; (d) any securities acquired by a Supporting Lender +in connection with the Restructuring described herein and in the Restructuring +Term Sheet will be acquired for investment purposes and not with a view to +distribution in violation of the Securities Act; and (e) it has made no prior +assignment, sale, participation, grant, conveyance or other Transfer of, and has +not entered into any other agreement to assign, sell, participate, grant, convey +or otherwise Transfer, in whole or in part, any portion of its right, title, or +interests in any Claims that is inconsistent with the representations and +warranties of such Supporting Lender herein or would render such Supporting +Lender otherwise unable to comply with this Agreement and perform its +obligations hereunder. + +Section 6.7 No Other Representations; No Reliance. + +(a) Notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to the Company, any of its +Affiliates or any of their respective Representatives of any documentation or +other information (including any financial projections or other supplemental +data) or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, except for the +representations and warranties expressly contained in this Article VI, +(i) neither the Supporting Lenders nor any other Person has made or is making, +and each of the Supporting Lenders and its Affiliates expressly disclaims, any +representation or warranty of any kind or nature, whether express or implied, at +Law or in equity, with respect to the accuracy or completeness of any +information provided or made available to the Company by or on behalf of the +Supporting Lenders in connection with or related to this Agreement, the +transactions contemplated hereby, or the completeness of any information +provided in connection therewith and (ii) the Supporting Lenders hereby +expressly disclaim any such other representations and warranties. + +(b) Except for the representations and warranties contained in Article V, the +Supporting Lenders acknowledge that they (a) have had an opportunity to conduct +any and all due diligence with respect to the Company and any of its respective +Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, (b) have +relied solely upon their own independent review, investigation, and/or +inspection of any documents in connection with the transactions contemplated +hereby and (c) did not rely upon any written or oral statements, +representations, promises, warranties, or guaranties whatsoever, whether +express, implied, by operation of Law, or otherwise regarding the Company or any +Subsidiaries or Affiliates thereof, or with respect to any other information +provided or made available to such Supporting Lender in connection with + +  + +46 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +the transactions contemplated hereby, or the completeness of any information +provided in connection therewith. + +ARTICLE VII + +COVENANTS + +Section 7.1 Interim Operations. + +(a) The Company covenants and agrees as to itself and its Subsidiaries that, +during the Effective Period, except (i) as otherwise expressly required or +contemplated by this Agreement or the Restructuring Term Sheet, (ii) as required +by applicable Law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or (iii) as consented to in +writing by the DIP Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, +conditioned or delayed), (x) the Business shall be conducted in the ordinary +course of business consistent with past practice and in accordance with +applicable Law and (y) the Company and its Subsidiaries shall use their +respective commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact the Business and +their relationship with customers, suppliers, distributors, wholesalers, +retailers, employees and Governmental Entities. + +(b) Without limiting the generality of, and in furtherance of, the foregoing, +during the Effective Period, except (x) as otherwise expressly required or +contemplated by this Agreement or the Restructuring Term Sheet, (y) as required +by applicable Law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or (z) as consented to in +writing by the DIP Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, +conditioned or delayed), the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its +Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly: + +(i) amend the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational +documents of the Company or its Subsidiaries; + +(ii) merge or consolidate the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any other +Person, or restructure, reorganize or completely or partially liquidate the +Company or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise enter into any agreements +providing for the sale of their respective material assets, operations or +business; + +(iii) acquire assets outside of the ordinary course of business from any other +Person; + +(iv) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant, transfer, encumber, or authorize +the issuance, sale, pledge, disposition, grant, transfer or encumbrance of, any +shares of capital stock or Equity Interests of the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries (other than the issuance of shares by a wholly owned Subsidiary of +the Company to the Company or another wholly owned Subsidiary), or securities +convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any shares of such capital +stock or Equity Interests, or any options, warrants or other rights of any kind +to acquire any of the foregoing; + +(v) incur, create or assume any Encumbrance (other than Permitted Encumbrances) +on any properties or assets, tangible or intangible, of the Company or any of +its Subsidiaries; + +  + +47 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(vi) (A) incur, assume or guarantee any Indebtedness or capitalized lease +obligations or issue any debt securities or (B) make any loans, advances, +guarantees or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person; + +(vii) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, +payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise, with respect to any of its +capital stock or Equity Interests (except for dividends paid by any direct or +indirect wholly owned Subsidiary to the Company or to any other direct or +indirect wholly owned Subsidiary) or enter into any agreement with respect to +the voting of its capital stock or Equity Interests (other than this Agreement); + +(viii) reclassify, split, combine, subdivide or redeem, purchase or otherwise +acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its capital stock or Equity Interests or +securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any of the +foregoing; + +(ix) except in accordance with the Budget (as defined in the DIP Orders), make +or authorize any capital expenditure; + +(x) enter into any Contract that would have been a Material Contract had it been +entered into prior to this Agreement; + +(xi) other than in the ordinary course of business, cancel or terminate (other +than, for the avoidance of doubt, any expiration in accordance with its terms), +or modify or amend in any material respect, or waive any material rights under, +any Material Contract; + +(xii) make any material changes with respect to material accounting policies or +procedures, except as required by changes in applicable Law or GAAP; + +(xiii) settle or compromise any (A) Cause of Action (other than settlements +involving only unsecured claims with an allowed amount of less than one hundred +thousand dollars ($100,000)), or (B) Patent-related Cause of Action involving +any of the Company Intellectual Property; + +(xiv) transfer, assign, sell, lease, grant any license (other than non-exclusive +licenses granted in the ordinary course of business) with respect to, or, to the +extent within the control of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, abandon or +permit to lapse, any material Company Intellectual Property; + +(xv) terminate or fail to renew any material Business Permit; + +(xvi) other than in the ordinary course of business, sell, pledge, dispose of, +transfer or authorize the sale, pledge, disposition or transfer of any assets or +properties of the Company or its Subsidiaries; + +(xvii) grant any material licenses, sublicenses, covenants not to assert or +similar rights with respect to any assets or properties, whether tangible or +intangible, of the Company or its Subsidiaries; + +  + +48 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(xviii) fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the Insurance +Policies or to renew or replace the Insurance Policies following their +termination; + +(xix) except as required pursuant to the terms of any Debtor Plan in effect as +of the date of this Agreement, the Approved KEIP or the Approved KERP, +(A) increase in any manner the compensation, consulting fees, incentive, bonus, +retirement, welfare, fringe or other benefits, severance or termination pay of +any employee or independent contractor, (B) become a party to, establish, adopt, +amend, commence participation in or terminate any Debtor Plan or any arrangement +that would have been a Debtor Plan had it been entered into prior to this +Agreement, (C) grant any new awards, or amend or modify the terms of any +outstanding awards, under any Debtor Plan, (D) take any action to accelerate the +vesting or lapsing of restrictions or payment, or fund or in any other way +secure the payment, of compensation or benefits under any Debtor Plan, +(E) change any actuarial or other assumptions used to calculate funding +obligations with respect to any Debtor Plan that is required by applicable Law +to be funded or change the manner in which contributions to such plans are made +or the basis on which such contributions are determined, except as may be +required by GAAP, (F) forgive any loans or issue any loans (other than routine +travel advances issued in the ordinary course of business) to any employee, +(G) hire any employee or engage any independent contractor (who is a natural +person) other than the engagement of independent contractors to fill vacancies +or staff currently existing or contemplated projects to the extent not currently +staffed or (H) terminate the employment of any officer other than for cause +other than any officer who was provided with written notice of termination prior +to the date of this Agreement and who is listed on Section 7.1(b)(xix) of the +Company Disclosure Letter; + +(xx) become a party to, establish, adopt, amend, commence participation in or +terminate any collective bargaining agreement or other agreement with a labor +union, works council or similar organization; + +(xxi) (A) change in any material respect any material method of accounting of +the Company or its Subsidiaries for Tax purposes; (B) enter into any agreement +with any Taxing Authority (including a “closing agreement” under Code +Section 7121) with respect to any material Tax or Tax Returns of the Company or +its Subsidiaries; (C) surrender a right of the Company or its Subsidiaries to a +material Tax refund; (D) change an accounting period of the Company or its +Subsidiaries with respect to any material Tax; (E) file an amended Tax Return; +(F) change or revoke any material election with respect to Taxes; (G) make any +material election with respect to Taxes that is inconsistent with past practice; +(H) file any Tax Return that is inconsistent with past practice; (I) consent to +any extension or waiver of the limitations period applicable to any material Tax +claim or assessment (other than in the ordinary course of business); or (J) take +any action (or fail to take any action) that would result in a loss of any +material Tax losses, credits or other attributes that may be used to reduce Tax +liabilities; + +(xxii) revalue any assets or properties of the Company or its Subsidiaries +(including Inventory), except to the extent required by GAAP; or + +  + +49 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(xxiii) agree, authorize or commit, in writing or otherwise, to take any of the +foregoing actions. + +(c) The Supporting Lenders shall not knowingly take or permit any of their +Subsidiaries to take any action that is reasonably likely to prevent or +materially impede the consummation of the Transactions. + +Section 7.2 Access and Information. Subject to applicable Law, the Company shall +(and shall cause its Subsidiaries to) afford the Supporting Lenders and the +Supporting Lenders’ officers, directors, employees, agents, counsel, +accountants, investment bankers, financing sources and other authorized +Representatives reasonable access, during normal business hours and upon +reasonable advance notice, to all of the Company’s, its Subsidiaries’ and their +applicable Affiliates’ properties, offices and Books and Records and, during +such period, the Company shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to) furnish as +promptly as practicable to the Supporting Lenders all information (financial or +otherwise) the Supporting Lenders may reasonably request concerning its +Business; provided that no investigation pursuant to this Section 7.2 shall +affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty made by the Company +herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required by this +Section 7.2 to provide the Supporting Lenders or their Representatives with +access to or to disclose information (i) the disclosure of which would violate +applicable Law, (ii) that in the reasonable judgment of the Company would result +in the disclosure of any Trade Secrets of third parties or violate any of its +obligations with respect to confidentiality or (iii) to disclose any privileged +information of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. + +Section 7.3 Approvals and Consents; Cooperation; Notification. + +(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company and the +Supporting Lenders shall reasonably cooperate with each other and use (and shall +cause their respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates to use) their respective +reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and to do or +cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on their +part under this Agreement and applicable Law to consummate the Transactions as +soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, including (i) unless +otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, obtaining as promptly as practicable +all necessary waiting period expirations or terminations, consents, clearances, +waivers, licenses, Orders, registrations, approvals, permits, and authorizations +necessary or advisable to be obtained from any third party and/or any +Governmental Entity, and (ii) preparing, filing and providing as promptly as +practicable all documentation to effect all necessary notices, reports and other +filings as may be necessary to obtain all such waiting period expirations or +terminations, consents, clearances, waivers, licenses, Orders, registrations, +permits, approvals, permits or authorizations. Subject to applicable Laws +relating to the exchange of information, the Supporting Lenders and the Company +shall have the right to review in advance, and, to the extent practicable, each +will consult with the other on and consider in good faith the views of the other +in connection with, all of the information relating to the Supporting Lenders or +the Company or the Business, as the case may be, and any of their respective +Affiliates, that appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted +to, any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in connection with the +Transactions. In exercising the rights specified in the foregoing sentence, the +Company and the Supporting Lenders shall act reasonably and as promptly as +practicable. + +  + +50 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b) Each of the Parties shall, in connection with and without limiting the +obligations set forth in Section 7.3(a), (i) cooperate in all respects and +consult with the other Parties in connection with any filing or submission with +any Governmental Entity in connection with this Section 7.3(b), including by +allowing the other Parties to have a reasonable opportunity to review in advance +and comment on drafts of filings or submissions and reasonably considering in +good faith comments of the other Parties and providing the other Parties with +copies of filings and submissions, (ii) submit to customary background checks in +connection therewith, (iii) respond promptly to any additional requests from +Governmental Entities and (iv) subject to applicable Laws and as required by any +Governmental Entity, keep the other Parties reasonably apprised of the status of +any waiting period expirations or terminations, consents, clearances, waivers, +licenses, Orders, registrations, approvals, permits, and authorization for the +Transactions under any Antitrust Law to the extent relating to the completion of +the Transactions and to the extent such party is aware of such information, +including promptly furnishing the other with copies of notices or other +communications received by the Company or the Supporting Lenders or any of their +respective Affiliates, as the case may be, from any Governmental Entity with +respect to the foregoing clauses (i)-(iii); provided, however, that materials +required to be provided pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i)-(iv) may be +redacted (A) to remove references concerning the valuation of any of the Parties +or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (B) as necessary to comply with +contractual arrangements and (C) as necessary to address reasonable privilege or +confidentiality concerns; provided further that any of the Parties may, as each +deems advisable and necessary, reasonably designate any competitively sensitive +material provided to the other under this Section 7.3(b) as “Outside Counsel +Only Material” and materials so designated shall only be provided to each +party’s outside counsel. + +(c) Subject to applicable Laws and as required by any Governmental Entity, the +Company and the Supporting Lenders each shall keep the other reasonably apprised +of the status of matters relating to completion of the Transactions to the +extent such Party is aware of such information. + +(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall require the +Supporting Lenders or their Affiliates to take or agree to take any action with +respect to its business or operations unless the effectiveness of such agreement +or action is conditioned upon the completion of the Transactions. + +Section 7.4 Employee Communications. During the Effective Period, prior to +making any broad-based written or oral communications to officers and employees +of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pertaining to compensation or benefit +matters that are affected by the Transactions, the Company shall provide the +Supporting Lenders with a copy of the intended communication, the Supporting +Lenders shall have no less than three (3) Business Days to review and comment on +the communication, and the Company shall consider any such comments in good +faith. + +Section 7.5 Alternative Transaction Procedures. + +(a) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary herein, the Debtors may +receive (but not actively pursue) unsolicited proposals, offers, indications of +interest or inquiries for one or more Alternative Transactions from other +parties (such Alternative Transaction, a + +  + +51 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Proposed Alternative Transaction”); provided that the Debtors shall promptly +notify the Prepetition Agents of any Proposed Alternative Transaction within two +(2) Business Days of receipt thereof with such notice to include the material +terms thereof and any accompanying documentation and/or correspondence relating +to the Proposed Alternative Transaction, including (unless prohibited by a +separate agreement) the identity of the person or group of persons submitting +such Proposed Alternative Transaction. + +(b) To the extent that the Debtors, in consultation with the Prepetition Agents, +determine, in good faith and consistent with the Debtors’ fiduciary duties, that +a Proposed Alternative Transaction would reasonably be expected to provide +better recovery to holders of Claims and Equity Interests in the Debtors as +compared to the recovery such holders would receive pursuant to the transactions +contemplated herein, including consummation of the Restructuring (such Proposed +Alternative Transaction, a “Superior Alternative Transaction”), the Debtors may +negotiate, provide due diligence in connection with, discuss, and/or analyze +such Superior Alternative Transaction without breaching or terminating this +Agreement; provided that a determination by the Board, in good faith, after +consulting its outside legal counsel, that proceeding with the Restructuring and +pursuit of confirmation and consummation of the Plan or consummation of the +Transactions instead of a Superior Alternative Transaction would be a breach of +the Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable law shall be required prior to the +Debtors electing to enter into a Superior Alternative Transaction; provided +further that the Debtors shall, prior to electing to enter into a Superior +Alternative Transaction, provide the Prepetition Agents with seven (7) Business +Days’ written notice of their intent to enter into such Superior Alternative +Transaction, with such notice to include the definitive documentation with +respect to such Superior Alternative Transaction (such seven (7) Business Day +notice period, the “Alternative Transaction Notice Period”). + +(c) At any time during the Alternative Transaction Notice Period, the Supporting +Lenders may submit to the Debtors a proposal for one or more Alternative +Transactions (any such proposal, a “Revised Supporting Lender Proposal”). The +Debtors shall, (i) promptly following the receipt of any Revised Supporting +Lender Proposal, determine in consultation with the Prepetition Agents whether +the Revised Supporting Lender Proposal would reasonably be expected to provide +equal or better recovery to holders of Claims and Equity Interests in the +Debtors as compared to the recovery such holders would receive pursuant to the +Superior Alternative Transaction, and (ii) if so, immediately terminate any +negotiations, provision of due diligence or other discussions in connection with +such Superior Alternative Transaction. + +(d) If the Debtors notify counsel to the Prepetition Agents that the Debtors +have entered, or will be entering, into definitive documentation with respect to +a Superior Alternative Transaction, all obligations of the Supporting Lenders +shall immediately terminate and all of the Supporting Lenders’ rights shall be +reserved. + +Section 7.6 Insurance. The Company shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to) +provide the Supporting Lenders with all cooperation, information and assistance +reasonably requested by the Supporting Lenders in connection with obtaining the +Post-Restructuring Insurance, including providing any prospective insurer (and +its advisors and representatives) access to information, documents and personnel +as may reasonably be requested by such Persons. + +  + +52 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +ARTICLE VIII + +CONDITIONS PRECEDENT + +Section 8.1 Conditions to Obligation of the Company and the Supporting Lenders. +The respective obligations of each Party to consummate the Transactions shall be +subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Effective Date of the following +conditions: + +(a) No Injunctions. There shall not be in effect any Order by a Governmental +Entity of competent jurisdiction restraining, enjoining or having the effect of +making the Transactions or the transactions contemplated by the Definitive +Documents illegal or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the Transactions +or the transactions contemplated by the Definitive Documents. No applicable Law +shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated and remain in effect that +prohibits or makes illegal the consummation of the Transactions or the +transactions contemplated by the Definitive Documents. + +(b) Bankruptcy Court Orders. The Bankruptcy Court shall not have entered an +Order (i) dismissing the Chapter 11 Cases or converting the Chapter 11 Cases to +a case under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) pursuant to Section 1104 of +the Bankruptcy Code appointing a trustee, receiver or an examiner to operate, +manage or examine any of the Company’s businesses or (iii) that is inconsistent +with this Agreement, the Plan or the Confirmation Order in a manner adverse to +the Supporting Lenders. + +(c) No Alternative Transaction. The Company shall not have entered into +definitive documentation with respect to any Alternative Transaction. + +Section 8.2 Conditions to Obligation of the Company. The obligations of the +Company to consummate the Transactions shall be subject to the satisfaction or +waiver (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) by the Company at or prior to +the Effective Date of the following conditions: + +(a) Representations and Warranties. (i) The Lender Specified Representations, +determined without regard to any qualification as to materiality, shall be true +and correct in all material respects at and as of the date of this Agreement and +at and as of the Effective Date as though made at and as of the Effective Date, +(ii) the representations and warranties of the Supporting Lenders contained in +Article VI (other than the Lender Specified Representations) shall be true and +correct, determined without regard to any qualification as to materiality, at +and as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Effective Date as +though made at and as of the Effective Date, except for such failures to be true +and correct as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be +expected to (x) prevent or materially hinder or delay any of the Transactions or +the transactions contemplated by any of the Definitive Documents or (y) affect +the ability of the Supporting Lenders to perform their obligations under this +Agreement or the Restructuring Term Sheet or the Supporting Lenders or any of +their Affiliates to perform their respective obligations under any of the +Definitive Documents, in each case, in any material respect; provided, however, +that in each of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), any representations and +warranties that are made as of a particular date or period shall be true and +correct (in the manner set forth above), only as of such date or period. + +  + +53 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b) Covenants and Agreements. The covenants and agreements of the Supporting +Lenders to be performed at or prior to the Effective Date shall have been +performed in all material respects in accordance with this Agreement. + +(c) Confirmation Order. The Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the Confirmation +Order and if a timely appeal shall have been filed or sought, (A) no stay of the +Confirmation Order shall be in effect or (B) if such a stay shall have been +granted, then (1) (x) the stay shall have been dissolved or lifted and (y) the +appeal would not reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impede the +consummation of the Transactions or (2) a Final Order of the district court, +circuit court, or other court having jurisdiction to hear such appeal shall have +affirmed the Confirmation Order. + +Section 8.3 Conditions to Obligation of the Supporting Lenders. The obligations +of the Supporting Lenders to consummate the Transactions shall be subject to the +satisfaction or waiver (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) by the +Supporting Lenders at or prior to the Effective Date of the following +conditions: + +(a) Representations and Warranties. (i) The Company Specified Representations, +determined without regard to any qualification as to materiality, shall be true +and correct in all material respects at and as of the date of this Agreement and +at and as of the Effective Date as though made at and as of the Effective Date, +(ii) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Article V +(other than the Company Specified Representations and the representations and +warranties set forth in Section 5.8(f)) shall be true and correct, determined +without regard to any qualification as to materiality or “Material Adverse +Effect,” at and as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Effective +Date as though made at and as of the Effective Date, except for such failures to +be true and correct as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably +be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) the representations and +warranties of the Company set forth in Section 5.8(f) shall be true and correct +at and as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Effective Date as +though made at and as of the Effective Date; provided, however, that, in each +case of the foregoing clauses (i) through (ii), any representations and +warranties that are made as of a particular date or period shall be true and +correct (in the manner set forth above), only as of such date or period. + +(b) Covenants and Agreements. The covenants and agreements of the Company to be +performed at or prior to the Effective Date shall have been performed in all +material respects in accordance with this Agreement. + +(c) Officer’s Certificates. The Company shall have delivered to the Supporting +Lenders a certificate duly executed by an executive officer of the Company +certifying to the effect that the conditions set forth in Section 8.3(a) and +Section 8.3(b) have been satisfied. + +(d) Confirmation Order. The Confirmation Order shall be a Final Order. + +(e) Post-Restructuring Insurance. The DIP Agent shall have received a commitment +(in form and substance acceptable to the DIP Agent in its sole discretion) from +the provider(s) of the Post-Restructuring Insurance to enter into the +Post-Restructuring Insurance + +  + +54 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +with the applicable Reorganized Debtors (and their applicable Affiliates) on the +Effective Date upon the effectiveness of the Plan. + +Section 8.4 Frustration of Conditions. No Party may rely on the failure of any +condition set forth in Section 8.1, Section 8.2 or Section 8.3, as the case may +be, to be satisfied if such failure was caused by such Party’s breach of any +provision of this Agreement. + +ARTICLE IX + +TERMINATION + +Section 9.1 Termination. + +(a) Mutual Termination. This Agreement and the obligations hereunder may be +terminated by mutual written consent to terminate this Agreement among the +Company and the Supporting Lenders. + +(b) Supporting Lender Termination. This Agreement and the obligations hereunder +shall automatically terminate one (1) Business Day (or such other notice period +as specifically set forth below) following the delivery of written notice from +the Supporting Lenders to the Company any time after and during the continuance +of any of the following events (each, a “Supporting Lender Termination Event”): + +(i) a breach of any of the covenants or agreements or any of the representations +or warranties set forth in this Agreement on the part of the Company which +breach, either individually or in the aggregate with other breaches by the +Company, would result in, if occurring or continuing on the Effective Date, the +failure of the conditions set forth in Section 8.3(a) or Section 8.3(b), as the +case may be, and such breach is not curable or, if such breach is susceptible to +cure, such breach remains uncured for a period of three (3) Business Days after +receipt of notice thereof (provided that the Supporting Lenders are not then in +material breach of any of the covenants, agreements, representations or +warranties set forth in this Agreement on the part of the Supporting Lenders); + +(ii) any Debtor shall pay or cause to be paid any amount outside of the ordinary +course of business or inconsistent with the Budget (as defined in the DIP +Orders), subject to Permitted Variances (as defined in the DIP Orders), without +the consent of the DIP Agent; + +(iii) the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an unstayed Order dismissing one +or more of the Chapter 11 Cases or converting any of the Chapter 11 Cases to a +case or cases under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code; + +(iv) an Order denying confirmation of the Plan shall have been entered by the +Bankruptcy Court or the Confirmation Order shall have been reversed, vacated or +otherwise modified in a manner inconsistent with this Agreement or the Plan +without the prior written consent of the DIP Agent; + +  + +55 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(v) any of the Debtors move to assume any executory Contracts or unexpired +Leases without the consent of the DIP Agent inconsistent with the Plan and such +assumption is not remedied within three (3) Business Days following notice +thereof to the Company by the Supporting Lenders; + +(vi) any court of competent jurisdiction or governmental authority, including +any regulatory authority, shall have entered a final, non-appealable judgment or +order declaring the Restructuring, this Agreement, or any material portion +hereof to be unenforceable or illegal or enjoining the consummation of a +material portion of the Restructuring and such judgment or order is not stayed, +dismissed, vacated or modified within five (5) Business Days following notice +thereof to the Company by the Supporting Lenders; provided, however, that in the +case of a stay, upon such judgment or order becoming unstayed and five +(5) Business Days’ notice thereof to the Company by the Supporting Lenders, a +Supporting Lender Termination Event shall be deemed to have occurred; + +(vii) the Company fails to comply with or achieve the Milestones set forth in +Exhibit D; provided, however, the Company shall not have failed to comply with +or achieve the Milestones set forth in Exhibit D to the extent that an extension +of any such Milestones for up to three (3) days is required to accommodate the +Bankruptcy Court’s calendar; + +(viii) the filing by the Company of any motion or pleading with the Bankruptcy +Court that is inconsistent with this Agreement and the Restructuring Term Sheet +in any material respect and such motion is not withdrawn or appropriately +modified within two (2) calendar days following notice thereof to the Company by +the Supporting Lenders; + +(ix) the Bankruptcy Court grants relief that is inconsistent with this Agreement +or the Restructuring and such inconsistent relief is not dismissed, vacated or +modified to be consistent with this Agreement and the Restructuring within five +(5) Business Days following notice thereof to the Company by the Supporting +Lenders; + +(x) any of the following shall have occurred: (a) the Company or any of its +Affiliates shall have filed any motion, application, adversary proceeding or +cause of action (1) challenging the validity, enforceability, perfection or +priority of, or seeking avoidance or subordination of any Claims (in any +capacity) of the Prepetition Lenders or the liens securing such Claims or +(2) otherwise seeking to impose liability upon or enjoin the Prepetition Lenders +(in any capacity); or (b) the Company or any affiliate of the Company shall have +supported, encouraged or solicited any other party to file any adversary +proceeding or Cause of Action referred to in the immediately preceding +clause (a) filed by a third party, or consents or does not object (without the +consent of the DIP Agent) to the standing of any such third party to bring such +application, adversary proceeding or Cause of Action; + +(xi) the Company (a) withdraws or revokes the Plan or files, propounds or +otherwise supports any chapter 11 plan other than the Plan or (b) files or +publicly + +  + +56 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +proposes, announces, enters into or otherwise supports any (i) Alternative +Transaction or (ii) amendment or modification to the Restructuring containing +any terms that are inconsistent with the implementation of, and the terms set +forth in, the Restructuring Term Sheet unless such amendment or modification is +otherwise consented to in accordance with Section 10.14; + +(xii) on or after the date of this Agreement the Company consummates any merger, +consolidation, material disposition, material acquisition, material investment, +dividend, incurrence of Indebtedness or other similar transaction outside the +ordinary course of business that is inconsistent with the restrictions set forth +in Section 7.1(b), other than with the consent of the DIP Agent; + +(xiii) the Definitive Documents and any amendments, modifications or supplements +thereto include terms that are inconsistent in any material respect with this +Agreement or the Restructuring Term Sheet and such inconsistency has not been +corrected within three (3) Business Days after notice thereof has been given by +the Supporting Lenders to the Company; + +(xiv) the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered an unstayed Order pursuant to +Section 1104 of the Bankruptcy Code appointing a trustee, receiver or an +examiner to operate and manage any of the Company’s businesses; + +(xv) the Bankruptcy Court grants relief terminating, annulling, or modifying the +automatic stay (as set forth in section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code) with regard +to material assets of the Debtors without the consent of the DIP Agent; + +(xvi) the occurrence of any event, development, change or effect since the date +of this Agreement that has had or would reasonably be expected to have, +individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; + +(xvii) the Company ceases to have the exclusive right to file and solicit +acceptances of a chapter 11 plan; or + +(xviii) the failure of the Company to pay the fees and expenses of the +Supporting Lenders in accordance with Section 10.13 of this Agreement, the +Prepetition Credit Agreement, the Prepetition Facility Agreement, the +Restructuring Term Sheet, and the DIP Orders and such fees and expenses are not +paid within three (3) Business Days following notice thereof to the Company by +the Supporting Lenders. + +The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that the termination of this +Agreement and the obligations hereunder as a result of a Supporting Lender +Termination Event, and the delivery of any notice by the Supporting Lenders +pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 9.1(b) shall not violate the +automatic stay imposed in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases. + +(c) Automatic Termination. This Agreement and the obligations hereunder shall +automatically and immediately terminate if, following the delivery of any notice +by the Supporting Lenders pursuant to Section 9.1(b), the Company or any other +party-in-interest + +  + +57 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +asserts that the termination of this Agreement or the delivery of such notice +violates the automatic stay imposed in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases. + +(d) Company Termination. This Agreement and the obligations, hereunder may be +terminated by the Company upon three (3) Business Days advance written notice +thereof to the Supporting Lenders (or such other notice period as specifically +set forth below) upon the occurrence of any of the following events (each, a +“Company Termination Event”) unless (i) to the extent curable, such Company +Termination Event has been cured by the applicable Supporting Lenders during +such three (3) Business Day notice period (or such other applicable notice +period as specifically set forth below) or (ii) such Company Termination Event +is waived in accordance with Section 10.14: + +(i) a breach of any of the covenants or agreements or any of the representations +or warranties set forth in this Agreement on the part of the Supporting Lenders +which breach, either individually or in the aggregate with other breaches by the +Supporting Lenders, would result in, if occurring or continuing on the Effective +Date, the failure of the conditions set forth in Section 8.2(a) or +Section 8.2(b), as the case may be, and such breach is not curable or, if such +breach is susceptible to cure, such breach remains uncured for a period of +twenty (20) Business Days after receipt of notice thereof (provided that the +Company is not then in material breach of any of the covenants, agreements, +representations or warranties set forth in this Agreement on the part of the +Company); + +(ii) any court of competent jurisdiction or governmental authority, including +any regulatory authority, shall have entered a Final Order declaring the +Restructuring, this Agreement, or any material portion hereof to be +unenforceable or illegal or enjoining the consummation of a material portion of +the Restructuring and such judgment or order is not stayed, dismissed, vacated +or modified within twenty-five (25) calendar days following notice thereof to +the Supporting Lenders by the Company; provided, however, that in the case of a +stay, upon such judgment or order becoming unstayed and twenty-five +(25) calendar days’ notice thereof to the Supporting Lenders by the Company, a +Company Termination Event shall be deemed to have occurred; + +(iii) the Supporting Lenders fail to provide an extension of any of the +Milestones as required to accommodate the Bankruptcy Court’s calendar; + +(iv) Deerfield fails, at any time during the Effective Period, to collectively +hold or control 66.67% or more of the aggregate principal amount of the +Prepetition Agreement Claims; or + +(v) the filing by the Supporting Lenders of any motion or pleading with the +Bankruptcy Court that is inconsistent in any material respect with this +Agreement and the Restructuring Term Sheet. + +Section 9.2 Termination Upon Effective Date or Outside Date. This Agreement +shall terminate automatically without further required action or notice upon the +sooner to occur of (a) the Effective Date and (b) any Party’s written notice to +the other Parties of termination + +  + +58 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +pursuant to this Section 9.2 on or after the Outside Date; provided, however, +that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.2 shall +not be available to any Party whose breach of any representation, warranty, +covenant, or agreement set forth in this Agreement has been the cause of, or +resulted in, the failure of the Plan to become effective on or before the +Outside Date. + +Section 9.3 Effect of Termination. + +(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9.3, in the event of +termination of this Agreement in accordance with this Article IX, (a) this +Agreement shall be of no further force and effect and each Party shall be +released from its commitments, undertakings and agreements under or related to +this Agreement, and shall have all the rights and remedies that it would have +had it not entered into this Agreement, and shall be entitled to take all +actions, whether with respect to the Restructuring or otherwise, that it would +have been entitled to take had it not entered into this Agreement, including all +rights and remedies available to it under applicable law; provided, however, +that the rights and obligations of the Parties under Section 10.13, if +applicable, with respect to the payment of fees and expenses incurred up to such +date of termination shall survive such termination and all rights and remedies +with respect to such claims shall not be prejudiced in any way; and (b) to the +extent Bankruptcy Court permission shall be required for a Supporting Lender to +change or withdraw (or cause to be changed or withdrawn) its vote in favor of +the Plan or any release, the Company shall support and not object to such change +or withdrawal and shall use reasonable best efforts to modify or amend its Plan +or other pleadings, as applicable, to permit such Supporting Lender to change or +withdraw (or cause to be changed or withdrawn) such vote or release. Nothing in +this Section 9.3 shall relieve any Party from (i) liability for such Party’s +breach of such Party’s obligations hereunder or (ii) obligations under this +Agreement that expressly survive termination of this Agreement pursuant to +Section 10.6. + +(b) In consideration of the Supporting Lenders having expended considerable time +and expense in connection with this Agreement, the Plan and the Definitive +Documentation, the Debtors shall pay to the Supporting Lenders the Expense +Reimbursement Amount upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1 +(other than pursuant to Section 9.1(d)(i), Section 9.1(d)(iii), +Section 9.1(d)(iv) or Section 9.1(d)(v)). Such Expense Reimbursement Amount +shall be due and payable within five (5) Business Days after the termination of +this Agreement. The Expense Reimbursement Amount shall, subject to Bankruptcy +Court approval, be treated as administrative expenses in the Chapter 11 Case +under Section 503(b)(1)(A) and Section 507(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code. The +Debtors acknowledge and agree that: (i) the approval and payment of the Expense +Reimbursement Amount are integral parts of the transactions contemplated by this +Agreement; (ii) in the absence of the Debtors’ obligation to pay the Expense +Reimbursement Amount, the Supporting Lenders would not have entered into this +Agreement; (iii) the entry of the Supporting Lenders into this Agreement is +necessary for preservation of the Estates and is beneficial to the Debtors +because, in the Debtors’ business judgment, it will enhance the Debtors’ ability +to maximize the value of their assets for the benefit of their creditors and +other stakeholders; and (iv) the Expense Reimbursement Amount is reasonable in +relation to the Supporting Lenders’ costs and efforts and to the magnitude of +the transactions contemplated hereby and the Supporting Lenders’ lost +opportunities resulting from the time spent pursuing the transactions +contemplated hereby. + +  + +59 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(c) Notwithstanding Section 9.3(a), the Supporting Lenders’ right to receive the +one-time payment of the Expense Reimbursement Amount from the Debtors as +provided in Section 9.3(b) shall be the sole and exclusive monetary remedy +available to the Supporting Lenders against the Debtors with respect to this +Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby in the event that this +Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.1 (other than pursuant to +Section 9.1(d)(i), Section 9.1(d)(iii), Section 9.1(d)(iv) or Section 9.1(d)(v)) +(including if terminated or terminable pursuant to one or more of such +provisions), and upon such payment of the Expense Reimbursement Amount, the +Debtors shall have no further liability or obligation arising out of any such +breach of this Agreement or failure to consummate the Transactions in connection +with such termination event. The Parties acknowledge and agree that in no event +shall the Debtors be required to pay the Expense Reimbursement Amount on more +than one occasion. The Debtors’ obligations to pay the Supporting Lenders the +Expense Reimbursement Amount in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.3(b) +will (i) be binding upon and enforceable against each Debtor immediately upon +the Bankruptcy Court’s entering the Disclosure Statement Order, (ii) not be +terminable or dischargeable thereafter for any reason, (iii) survive any +subsequent conversion, dismissal or consolidation of the Chapter 11 Case, any +plan of reorganization or liquidation in the Chapter 11 Case and (iv) survive +the subsequent termination of this Agreement by any means. The Debtors’ +obligations to pay the Supporting Lenders the Expense Reimbursement Amount, as +and when required under this Agreement, are intended to be, and upon entry of +the Disclosure Statement Order are, binding upon (A) each Debtor, (B) any +successors or assigns of any Debtor, (C) any trustee, examiner or other +representative of an Estate, (D) the reorganized Debtors and (E) any other +entity vested or revested with any right, title or interest in or to a Debtor, +or any other Person claiming any rights in or control (direct or indirect) over +any Debtor (each of (A) through (E), a “Successor”) as if such Successor were a +Debtor hereunder. The Debtors’ obligations to pay the Supporting Lenders the +Expense Reimbursement Amount, as and when required under this Agreement, may not +be discharged under Sections 1141 or 727 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise and +may not be abandoned under Section 554 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise. + +ARTICLE X + +GENERAL PROVISIONS + +Section 10.1 Agreement Effective Time. This Agreement shall become effective and +binding upon each of the Parties as of the date when counterpart signatures +pages to this Agreement are executed and delivered by the Company and the +Supporting Lenders. + +Section 10.2 No Solicitation. This Agreement is not and shall not be deemed to +be a solicitation for votes for the acceptance of the Plan (or any other +chapter 11 plan) for the purposes of sections 1125 and 1126 of the Bankruptcy +Code or otherwise or a solicitation to tender or exchange any securities. The +acceptance of the Plan by the Supporting Lenders will not be solicited until the +Supporting Lenders have received the Disclosure Statement and related ballots. + +Section 10.3 Purpose of Agreement. Each of the Parties acknowledges and agrees +that this Agreement is being executed in connection with negotiations concerning +the Restructuring. + +  + +60 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 10.4 Admissibility of this Agreement. Each Party agrees that this +Agreement, the Restructuring Term Sheet and all documents, agreements and +negotiations relating thereto (including any prior drafts of any of the +foregoing) shall not, pursuant to Rule 408 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, any +applicable state rules of evidence and any other applicable law, foreign or +domestic, be admissible into evidence or constitute an admission or agreement in +any proceeding involving a Party, other than the final execution versions of +this Agreement and the Exhibits thereto. + +Section 10.5 Several, Not Joint Obligations. The agreements, representations, +and obligations of the Supporting Lenders under this Agreement are, in all +respects, several and not joint. No prior history, pattern, or practice of +sharing confidences among or between the Parties shall in any way affect or +negate this Agreement. + +Section 10.6 Survival. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement +pursuant to Article IX, the agreements and obligations of the Parties in this +Article X and Section 9.3 shall survive such termination and shall continue in +full force and effect for the benefit of the Parties in accordance with the +terms hereof; provided, however, that any liability of a Party for failure to +comply with the terms of this Agreement shall survive such termination. + +Section 10.7 Public Announcements. Unless otherwise required by applicable Law +or by obligations of the Company or the Supporting Lenders or their respective +Affiliates pursuant to any listing agreement with or rules of any securities +exchange or in order to enforce a party’s rights or remedies under this +Agreement, the Company, on the one hand, and the Supporting Lenders, on the +other hand, shall consult with each other before issuing any other press release +or otherwise making any public statement with respect to this Agreement, the +Transactions or the activities and operations of the other and shall not issue +any such release or make any such statement without the prior written consent of +the other (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or +delayed). + +Section 10.8 Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals and +other communications (each, a “Notice”) hereunder shall be in writing and +delivered by (i) courier or messenger service, (ii) express or overnight mail, +(iii) electronic mail, or (iv) by registered or certified mail, return receipt +requested and postage prepaid, addressed to the respective Parties as follows: + +  + +  (a) + +if to the Supporting Lenders, to: + +Deerfield Management Company, L.P. + +780 Third Avenue, 38th Floor + +New York, New York 10017 + +Email:        bsendrowski@deerfield.com + +                  epress@deerfield.com + +Attention:  Bryan Sendrowski + +                  Elliot Press + +  + +61 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +with copies (which will not constitute notice) to: + +Sullivan & Cromwell LLP + +125 Broad Street + +New York, New York 10004 + +Attention:    Brian E. Hamilton + +                    Ari B. Blaut + +                    James L. Bromley + +Email:         hamiltonb@sullcrom.com + +                    blauta@sullcrom.com + +                    bromleyj@sullcrom.com + +and + +  + +  (b) + +if to the Company, to: + +Endologix, Inc. + +2 Musick + +Irvine, CA 92618 + +Email:          jonopchenko@endologix.com + +Attention:    John Onopchenko, CEO + +with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to: + +DLA Piper LLP (US) + +1251 Avenue of the Americas + +New York, NY 10020-1104 + +Email:          thomas.califano@dlapiper.com + +Attention:    Thomas R. Califano + +or to such other addresses a Party may hereafter designate. Notice by courier or +messenger service or by express or overnight mail, shall be effective upon +receipt. Notice by electronic mail shall be effective upon delivery by the +sender. Notice by mail shall be complete at the time of deposit in the U.S. mail +system, but any right or duty to do any act or make any response within any +prescribed period or on a date certain after the service of such Notice given by +mail shall be, without further action by any Party, automatically extended three +(3) days. + +Section 10.9 Descriptive Headings; Interpretative Provisions. The headings of +the sections, paragraphs and subsections of this Agreement are inserted for +convenience only, and shall not affect the Agreement’s interpretation. The words +“hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this +Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular +provision of this Agreement. References to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and +Schedules are to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement +unless otherwise specified. All Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules annexed hereto +or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this +Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Any capitalized terms used in any +Exhibit, Annex or Schedule but not otherwise defined therein, shall have the +meaning as defined in this Agreement. Any singular term in this Agreement shall +be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular. Where a word +or phrase is defined herein, + +  + +62 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +each of its other grammatical forms shall have a corresponding meaning. Whenever +the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they +shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation,” whether or not +they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import. Whenever the +last day for the exercise of any right or the discharge of any duty under this +Agreement falls on other than a Business Day, the party hereto having such right +or duty shall have until the next Business Day to exercise such right or +discharge such duty. Unless otherwise indicated, the word “day” shall be +interpreted as a calendar day. References to “dollars” or “$” mean United States +dollars, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary. No summary of this +Agreement prepared by or on behalf of any party hereto shall affect the meaning +or interpretation of this Agreement. + +Section 10.10 Representation by Counsel; No Strict Construction. Each Party +acknowledges that it has been represented by counsel (or had the opportunity to +be so represented and waived its right to do so) in connection with this +Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Accordingly, any +rule of law or any legal decision that would provide any Party with a defense to +the enforcement of the terms of this Agreement against such Party based upon +lack of legal counsel shall have no application and is expressly waived. This +Agreement is the product of arm’s-length negotiations among the Parties and its +provisions shall be interpreted in a neutral manner and one intended to effect +the intent of the Parties. This Agreement shall be deemed to have been +negotiated and prepared at the joint request, direction and construction of the +Parties, at arm’s length and be interpreted without favor to any Party. + +Section 10.11 Entire Agreement. Subject to the Restructuring Term Sheet and the +Definitive Documents, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the +Parties related to the Restructuring, and supersedes all other prior +negotiations, agreements and understandings, whether written or oral, among the +Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided that the Parties +acknowledge that any confidentiality agreements (if any) heretofore executed +between the Company and any Supporting Lender (and such Supporting Lender’s +advisors) shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with and only to +the extent of their respective terms. + +Section 10.12 Governing Law and Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial. + +(a) This Agreement, and all Causes of Action (whether in contract, tort or +statute) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or +the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any claim +or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation +or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to +enter into this Agreement), shall be governed by, and enforced in accordance +with, the Laws of the State of New York, including its statutes of limitations, +without giving effect to any borrowing statute or applicable principles of +conflicts of law to the extent that the application of the laws (including +statutes of limitation) of another jurisdiction (whether of the State of New +York or any other jurisdiction) would be required thereby. + +(b) By its execution and delivery of this Agreement, subject to the commencement +of the Chapter 11 Cases, each Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally +consents to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court for the +purpose of any + +  + +63 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Cause of Action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement +or any of the transactions contemplated hereby. At any time prior to the filing +of the Chapter 11 Cases, each of the Parties hereby irrevocably and +unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal +courts located within in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York in the +State of New York for purposes of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of +or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby. +Each party hereto hereby consents to service of process in the manner and at the +address set forth in Section 10.8. + +(c) EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT +PERMITTED BY LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY +ACTION BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE +TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND CERTIFIES +(I) THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE OTHER PARTY HAS +REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE +EVENT OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (II) IT +UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (III) IT MAKES +THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (IV) IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS +AGREEMENT, THE RESTRUCTURING TERM SHEET AND THE DEFINITIVE DOCUMENTS AND THE +TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL +WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 10.12(c). + +Section 10.13 Transaction Expenses. The Debtors shall pay (a) one (1) Business +Day prior to the Petition Date, (b) subject to the DIP Orders, including the +payment procedures set forth therein, on the Effective Date and (c) otherwise in +accordance with the terms of any applicable fee letters and court orders during +the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases, all accrued and unpaid fees, costs and +expenses of the Supporting Lenders in connection with the Restructuring +(provided that the amount paid pursuant to (a) above shall be agreed by the +Debtors and the Supporting Lenders and shall be less than the total amount of +accrued and unpaid expenses owing to the Supporting Lenders as of such date) +without the need to file any application with, or obtain any order from, the +Bankruptcy Court, including, without limitation, the fees, costs and expenses of +(i) Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, (ii) Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc., (iii) local +Texas counsel, (iv) any other professionals that may be retained by the +Supporting Lenders in connection with the Restructuring and (v) counsel for the +Prepetition Agents. The Debtors shall also enter into ordinary and customary fee +letters with the foregoing professionals and fund the retainers and other +amounts required thereunder as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of +this Agreement. + +Section 10.14 Amendments and Waivers. + +(a) Any amendment or modification of any term or provision of this Agreement or +the Restructuring and any waiver of any term or provision of this Agreement or +of the Restructuring or of any default, misrepresentation, or breach of warranty +or covenant hereunder shall not be valid unless the same shall be in writing and +(i) signed by the Company and the DIP Agent or (ii) confirmed by email by both +counsel to the Company and counsel to the + +  + +64 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +DIP Agent representing that it is acting with the authority of the Company and +the DIP Agent, respectively. + +(b) Any waiver shall not be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent default, +misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder or affect in any +way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent default, +misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant. + +(c) The failure of any Party to exercise any right, power or remedy provided +under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in +equity, or to insist upon compliance by any other Party with its obligations +hereunder shall not constitute a waiver by such Party of its right to exercise +any such or other right, power or remedy or to demand such compliance. + +(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.14, no +amendment, modification or waiver of any term or provision of this Agreement or +the Restructuring shall be effective with respect to any Supporting Lender +without such Supporting Lender’s prior written consent to the extent such +amendment, modification or waiver materially affects such Supporting Lender in a +manner that is disproportionately adverse to such Supporting Lender in relation +to the other Supporting Lenders. + +(e) All rights, powers, and remedies provided under this Agreement or otherwise +available in respect hereof at law or in equity shall be cumulative and not +alternative, and the exercise of any right, power, or remedy thereof by any +Party shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise of any other such +right, power, or remedy by such Party. + +Section 10.15 Parties, Succession and Assignment. This Agreement is intended to +bind and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors, +assigns, heirs, executors, estates (including the Estates), administrators and +representatives. No rights or obligations of any Party under this Agreement may +be assigned or transferred to any other person or entity except as otherwise +expressly provided herein. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, shall +give to any person or entity, other than the Parties (and those permitted +assigns under Section 3.3), any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy +or claim under this Agreement; provided, however, that a Supporting Lender may +assign some or all of its rights or delegate some or all of its obligations +hereunder to one or more Affiliates without any other Party’s consent. Upon any +such permitted assignment, the references in this Agreement to the applicable +Party will also apply to any such assignee unless the context otherwise +requires. + +Section 10.16 No Waiver of Participation and Reservation of Right. Except as +expressly provided in this Agreement or the Plan, nothing herein is intended to, +nor does, in any manner waive, limit, impair, or restrict any right of any Party +or the ability of each of the Parties to protect and preserve its rights, +remedies and interests, including Claims against and interests in the Company. +If the Restructuring is not consummated, or following the occurrence of a +Supporting Lender Termination Event, a Company Termination Event, an event +triggering automatic termination pursuant to Section 9.1(c), or the termination +of this Agreement, nothing herein shall be construed as a waiver by any Party of +any or all of such Party’s rights, and the Parties expressly reserve any and all +of their respective rights. This Agreement, the Plan, and any + +  + +65 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +related document shall in no event be construed as or be deemed to be evidence +of an admission or concession on the part of any Party of any claim or fault or +liability or damages whatsoever. The Parties acknowledge that this Agreement, +the Plan, and all negotiations related hereto are part of a proposed settlement +of matters that may otherwise be the subject of litigation. + +Section 10.17 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Unless expressly stated herein, this +Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of the Parties and no other person or +entity shall be a third-party beneficiary. + +Section 10.18 Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Agreement and any amendments, +joinders, consents or supplements, may be executed in one or more counterparts, +each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall constitute one +and the same agreement. Scanned signatures on this Agreement shall be treated as +originals for all purposes. Executed copies of this Agreement may be delivered +by facsimile or by electronic mail in portable document format (.pdf), which +shall be deemed to be an original for the purposes of this Section 10.18. + +Section 10.19 Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability at any time of +any provision hereof shall not affect or diminish in any way the continuing +validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof. If any +provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of +competent jurisdiction or other authority of competent jurisdiction to be +invalid, void or unenforceable, or the application of such provision, covenant +or restriction to any Person or any circumstance, is held by a court of +competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, +(a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to +carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of +such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this Agreement +and the application of such provision, covenant or restriction to other Persons +or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, +nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or +enforceability of such provision, or the application of such provision, in any +other jurisdiction and the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and +restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall +in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated. + +Section 10.20 Specific Performance. Each Party hereto recognizes and +acknowledges that a breach by it of any covenants or agreements contained in +this Agreement would cause the other Parties to sustain damages for which such +Parties would not have an adequate remedy at law for money damages, and +therefore each Party hereto agrees that in the sole event of any breach, the +other Parties shall be entitled to the remedy of specific performance and +injunctive or other equitable relief (including attorney’s fees and costs) to +enforce such covenants and agreements, in addition to any other remedy to which +such non-breaching Party may be entitled, at law or in equity, without the +necessity of proving the inadequacy of money damages as a remedy, including an +order of the Bankruptcy Court requiring any Party to comply promptly with any of +its obligations hereunder. + +Section 10.21 Conflicts. In the event the terms and conditions set forth in the +Restructuring Term Sheet and in this Agreement are inconsistent, the +Restructuring Term Sheet shall control. In the event of any conflict among the +terms and provisions of the Plan, this + +  + +66 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Agreement and the Restructuring Term Sheet, the terms and provisions of the Plan +shall control. In the event of any conflict among the terms and provisions of +the Confirmation Order, the Plan, this Agreement and the Restructuring Term +Sheet, the terms of the Confirmation Order shall control. Notwithstanding the +foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 10.21 shall affect, in any way, the +requirements that the Plan and the Confirmation Order be in all material +respects materially consistent with this Agreement and the Restructuring Term +Sheet and the requirements set forth herein for the amendment of this Agreement. + +[Signature Page Follows] + +  + +67 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Supporting Lenders have caused this +Agreement to be executed on their behalf as of the date first written above. + +  + +ENDOLOGIX, INC. + +By:   + +/s/ John Onopchenko + +  + +Name: John Onopchenko + +  + +Title: Chief Executive Office + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SUPPORTING LENDERS: + +DEERFIELD PRIVATE DESIGN FUND III, L.P. + +By:   Deerfield Mgmt III, L.P., General Partner By:   J.E. Flynn Capital III, +LLC, General Partner By:   + +/s/ David Clark + +  Name: David Clark   Title:   Authorized Signatory + +DEERFIELD PRIVATE DESIGN FUND IV, L.P. + +By:   Deerfield Mgmt IV, L.P., General Partner By:   J.E. Flynn Capital IV, LLC, +General Partner By:   + +/s/ David Clark + +  Name: David Clark   Title:   Authorized Signatory + +DEERFIELD PARTNERS, L.P. + +By:   Deerfield Mgmt, L.P., General Partner By:   J.E. Flynn Capital, LLC, +General Partner By:   + +/s/ David Clark + +  Name: David Clark   Title:   Authorized Signatory + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Schedule 1 + +Company Subsidiaries + +  + +  1. + +CVD/RMS Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation. + +  + +  2. + +Nellix, Inc., a Delaware corporation. + +  + +  3. + +RMS/Endologix Sideways Merger Corp., a Delaware corporation. + +  + +  4. + +ELGX International Holdings GP, a Cayman Islands company. + +  + +  5. + +Endologix International Holdings B.V., a Dutch corporation. + +  + +  6. + +Endologix International B.V., a Dutch corporation. + +  + +  7. + +Endologix New Zealand Co., a New Zealand unlimited liability company. + +  + +  8. + +Endologix Bermuda L.P., a Bermuda partnership. + +  + +  9. + +Endologix Italia S.r.l., an Italian corporation. + +  + +  10. + +Endologix Singapore Private Limited, a Singaporean limited private company. + +  + +  11. + +Endologix Poland sp. zo.o, a Polish limited company. + +  + +  12. + +TriVascular Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation. + +  + +  13. + +TriVascular, Inc., a California corporation. + +  + +  14. + +TriVascular Sales LLC, a Texas limited liability company. + +  + +  15. + +TriVascular Germany GmbH, a German limited liability company. + +  + +  16. + +TriVascular Italia Sarl, an Italian limited liability company. + +  + +  17. + +Endologix Canada, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Exhibit A + +Restructuring Term Sheet + +[Attached] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Exhibit B + +Interim DIP Order + +[Attached] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Exhibit C + +Form of Transfer Joinder + +Form of Transfer Joinder + +The undersigned (“Transferee”) hereby (i) acknowledges that it has read and +understands the Restructuring Support Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of +July 5, 2020 among Endologix, Inc. (“Endologix”) and the Supporting Lenders,1 +and (ii) agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions thereof with respect to +all of its owned or controlled Prepetition Credit Agreement Claims to the extent +and in the same manner as if Transferee was a Supporting Lender thereunder. +Transferee hereby shall be deemed a “Supporting Lender” and a “Party” under the +Agreement, and shall be deemed to make all of the representations and warranties +of a Supporting Lender set forth in the Agreement. + +  + +[TRANSFEREE] + +By:   + +                 + +  + +Name: + +  + +Title: + +Aggregate amount of Prepetition Credit Agreement Claims (whether owned directly +by such Transferee or for which such Transferee has investment or voting +discretion or control): + +  + +[ADDRESS] + +Attention: [________] + +Email: [________] + +  + +1  + +Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms +in the Agreement. + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Exhibit D + +Milestones + +  + +With respect to the Chapter 11 Cases, no later than 11:59 p.m. (Central Time) +on: + +1.  Petition Date + +   Plan, Disclosure Statement filed. + +2.  Petition Date + 2 days + +   Hearing to approve ‘first day’ motions. + +3.  Petition Date + 3 days + +   Solicitation Procedures filed. + +4.  40 days after the Petition Date + +   + +Disclosure Statement approval hearing. + +Disclosure Statement Order entered. + +5.  60 days after the Petition Date + +   DIP Final Order approved. + +6.  75 days after the Petition Date + +   + +Confirmation Hearing to approve Plan. + +Confirmation Order entered within three business days following conclusion of +Confirmation Hearing. + +7.  As promptly as possible after entry of the Confirmation Order but not later +than 90 days after the Petition Date + +   Plan Effective Date. + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +CONFIDENTIAL + +  + +  + +  + +COMPANY DISCLOSURE LETTER + +TO + +RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT1 + +AMONG + +ENDOLOGIX, INC. + +AND + +THE SUPPORTING LENDERS IDENTIFIED HEREIN + +DATED AS OF JULY 5, 2020 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +1 + +Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined have the meanings +ascribed to them in the Restructuring Support Agreement. + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 1.1 + +“Knowledge” of the Debtors + +  + +1. + +John Onopchenko + +  + +2. + +Vaseem Mahboob + +  + +3. + +Cindy Pinto + +  + +4. + +Tim Brady + +  + +5. + +Simpson Kwan + +  + +6. + +James Tejedor + +  + +7. + +Reyna Fernandez + +  + +8. + +Tim Benner + +  + +9. + +Matt Thompson + +  + +10. + +Jeff Fecho + +  + +11. + +Jeff Brown + +  + +12. + +Mike Chobotov + +  + +13. + +Valerie Tansley + +  + +14. + +Elisa Webb + +  + +15. + +Joey Lopes + +  + +16. + +Steffanie Cook + +  + +17. + +Tim Chaplin + +  + +18. + +Carlos Ortega + +  + +19. + +Barbara Kelleter + +  + +20. + +Kimberly Stanley + +  + +21. + +Mark Phillips + +  + +22. + +Virgil Aguirre + +  + +23. + +John Washington + +  + +24. + +Janet McCusker + +  + +25. + +Vay Yam + +  + +26. + +Regional Sales Managers + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 5.2 + +Capitalization + +Company and its Subsidiaries Outstanding Equity Interests + +  + +Name of Issuer + +   + +Authorized + +Securities + +   + +Issued and + +Outstanding Securities + +   + +Certificated +(Yes or No) + +   + +Loan Party/ + +Subsidiary Owner + +Endologix, Inc.    170,000,000 Shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value    +19,299,228 Shares of Common Stock Issued and 19,173,845 Outstanding    Yes    +N.A.    5,000,000 Shares of Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, 1,150,000 +designated as Series DF-1 Preferred Stock    14,648.75 Shares of Series DF-1 +Preferred Stock Outstanding    Yes    N.A. Nellix, Inc.    1,000 Shares of +Common Stock, $0.001 par value    100 Shares of Common Stock    Yes    +Endologix, Inc. CVD/RMS Acquisition Corp.    100 Shares of Common Stock, $0.001 +par value    100 Shares of Common Stock    Yes    Endologix, Inc. RMS/Endologix +Sideways Merger Corp.    100 Shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value    100 +Shares of Common Stock    Yes    Endologix, Inc. TriVascular Technologies, Inc. +   1,000 Shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value    100 Shares of Common Stock +   Yes    Endologix, Inc. ELGX International Holdings GP    Unspecified Number +of Partnership Interests    Unspecified Number of Partnership Interests    No    +Endologix, Inc. Endologix Bermuda, L.P.    Unspecified Number of Partnership +Interests    Unspecified Number of Partnership Interests    No    Endologix, +Inc. Endologix Singapore Private Limited    Unspecified Number of Company +Interests    Unspecified Number of Company Interests    No    Endologix, Inc. +Endologix New Zealand Co.    Unspecified Number of Company Interests    +Unspecified Number of Company Interests    No    Endologix, Inc. TriVascular, +Inc.    100 Shares of Common stock, $0.01 par value    100 Shares of Common +Stock    No    TriVascular Technologies, Inc. + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Name of Issuer + +   + +Authorized + +Securities + +   + +Issued and + +Outstanding Securities + +   + +Certificated +(Yes or No) + +   + +Loan Party/ + +Subsidiary Owner + +Endologix International Holdings B.V.    Unspecified Number of Company Interests +��  Unspecified Number of Company Interests    No    Endologix Bermuda, L.P. +Endologix Poland spolkda z ograniczona odpowiedzialnoscia    Unspecified Number +of Company Interests    Unspecified Number of Company Interests    No    +Endologix International Holdings B.V. Endologix International B.V.    +Unspecified Number of Company Interests    Unspecified Number of Company +Interests    No    Endologix International Holdings B.V. Endologix Italia S.r.l +   Unspecified Number of Company Interests    Unspecified Number of Company +Interests    No    Endologix International Holdings B.V. TriVascular Sales LLC +   1,000 Units of Membership Interests    1,000 Units of Membership Interests    +No    TriVascular, Inc. Endologix Canada, LLC    1,000 Units of Membership +Interests    1,000 Units of Membership Interests    No    TriVascular, Inc. +TriVascular Italia Sarl    Unspecified Number of Company Interests    +Unspecified Number of Company Interests    No    TriVascular, Inc. TriVascular +Germany GmbH    Unspecified number of Company Interests    Unspecified number of +Company Interests    No    TriVascular, Inc. + +Options and Equity Incentive/Compensation Plans: + +2015 Stock Incentive Plan: The Company’s 2015 Stock Incentive Plan as amended +(the “2015 Plan”) authorizes the grant of equity awards to purchase up to +5.13 million shares of Common Stock. As of June 30, 2020 approximately +1.9 million shares were reserved for issuance under outstanding stock options, +including stock options granted under equity compensation plans preceding the +2015 Plan, and approximately 730,000 shares were subject to unvested restricted +stock awards. The outstanding stock options have exercise prices ranging from +$4.71 to $175.80 and a weighted average exercise price of $10.15. There have +been no material changes to the items discussed in this paragraph as of the date +of the Agreement. + +Amended and Restated 2006 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”): As of +June 30, 2020, approximately 374,000 shares of Common Stock were available for +issuance under the ESPP. There have been no material changes to such amount as +of the date of the Agreement. + +2017 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan: The Board has reserved 900,000 shares of +the Company’s Common Stock for issuance pursuant to awards granted under the +2017 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan. As of June 30, 2020, approximately 218,000 +shares of Common Stock were available for + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +issuance under this plan. There have been no material changes to such amount as +of the date of the Agreement. + +Non-Plan Inducement Grants: In connection with its merger with TriVascular +Technologies, Inc., on February 4, 2016 the Company issued non-plan inducement +stock options to purchase 140,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of +$75.30 per share, and non-plan inducement restricted stock units for +approximately 8,000 shares of Common Stock. As of June 30, 2020, there were +non-plan inducement stock options outstanding to purchase approximately 14,000 +shares of Common Stock of the Company at a weighted-average exercise price of +$20.40 per share and zero outstanding non-plan inducement restricted stock +units. + +Warrants: + +In connection with its merger with TriVascular Technologies, Inc. on February 3, +2016, the Company assumed unexercised out-of-the-money warrants of TriVascular +Technologies, Inc., which converted into warrants to purchase 3,508 shares of +Common Stock, 2,426 at an exercise price of $125.80 per share and 1,082 at an +exercise price of $282.10 per share. + +The Company has previously issued warrants to Lenders (as defined in the +Prepetition Facility Agreement) to purchase an aggregate of 1,522,002 shares of +Common Stock of the Company at an exercise price of $6.61 per share. + +On April 3, 2019, the Company issued and sold a pre-paid warrant exercisable for +the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $6.61 per share to an +investor, as contemplated pursuant to Equity Financing Documents (as defined in +the Prepetition Facility Agreement). The exercise price for the pre-paid warrant +was fully paid at issuance and is exercisable at any time until April 3, 2029, +subject to satisfaction of certain equity ownership limitations as described in +such warrant. + +Convertible Notes: + +2020 3.25% Convertible Notes; 2024 5.0% Convertible Senior Notes: On November 2, +2015, the Company issued $125.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.25% +Convertible Notes. Pursuant to the terms of the Prepetition Facility Agreement +with Deerfield, $40.5 million of the aggregate principal amount of the 3.25% +Convertible Notes was cancelled; $84.5 million aggregate principal amount of +3.25% Convertible Notes were thereafter outstanding. At the Second Amendment +Effective Date (as defined in the Prepetition Facility Agreement), approximately +$73.4 million of the remaining $84.5 million of 3.25% Convertible Notes was +exchanged for (i) approximately $42 million of new 5.0% Voluntary Convertible +Senior Notes due 2024; and $25 million of new 5.0% Mandatory Convertible Senior +Notes due 2024. At the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (as defined in the +Prepetition Facility Agreement), approximately $11.00 million of aggregate +principal plus outstanding interest of the remaining outstanding 3.25% +Convertible Notes will be exchanged for approximately $11.1 million of new 5.0% +Voluntary Convertible Senior Notes due 2024. + +Pursuant to the Prepetition Facility Agreement, the Company may issue Conversion +Shares (as defined in the Prepetition Facility Agreement) pursuant to and in +accordance with the terms of the Notes (as defined in the Prepetition Facility +Agreement). + +Other Rights to Securities of the Company: + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +In connection with its merger with Nellix, Inc. (“Nellix”), the Company agreed +to issue shares of Common Stock to the former stockholders of Nellix upon the +Company’s receipt of FDA approval to sell its Nellix EVAS System in the United +States (the “PMA Milestone”). The number of shares of Common Stock issuable to +the former stockholders of Nellix upon achievement of the PMA Milestone shall +equal the quotient obtained by dividing $15.0 million by the average per share +closing price of Common Stock on The Nasdaq Global Select Market for each of the +30 consecutive trading days ending with the fifth trading day immediately +preceding the date of the Company’s receipt of FDA approval to sell its Nellix +EVAS System in the United States, subject to a stock price floor of $45.00 per +share, but not subject to a stock price ceiling. + +Registration Rights + +Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement dated as of August 9, 2018, +as amended, by and among the Company, the Lenders and Agent. + +Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated October 27, 2010, by and +among the Company, Nepal Acquisition Corporation, Nellix, Inc., certain of +Nellix, Inc.’s stockholders listed therein and Essex Woodlands Health Ventures, +Inc., as representative of Nellix, Inc.’s stockholders (Section 6.12 contains +registration obligation) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 5.10 + +Litigation + +(a) + +Active Matters: Set forth below are certain legal matters that are either in +active litigation or could proceed to active litigation. It is possible that the +Company’s aggregate liability arising for monetary judgements or relief arising +out of these matters, and other litigation involving the Company, could be +material to the Company or its Subsidiaries, however the Company does not +believe that any one of the matters discussed below (including the AFX product +liability suits considered as a consolidated group) would individually result in +monetary judgements or relief which would be material to the Company or its +Subsidiaries. + +  + +  •   + +Derivative Lawsuits: As of June 11, 2017, four shareholders have filed +derivative lawsuits on behalf of the Company, the nominal plaintiff, based on +allegations substantially similar to those alleged by lead plaintiff in Vicky +Nguyen v. Endologix, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:17-cv-00017 (United States +District Court, Central District of California). Those actions consist of: +Sindlinger v. McDermott et al., Case No. BC662280 (Los Angeles Superior Court); +Abraham v. McDermott et al., Case No. 30-2018-00968971-CU-BT-CSC (Orange County +Superior Court); and Green v. McDermott et al., Case No. 8:17-cv-01155-AB +(PLAx), consolidated with Cocco v. McDermott et al., Case No. 8:17-cv-01183-AB +(PLAx) (U.S. District Court for the Central District of California). Plaintiffs +in the Sindlinger, Abraham and Green derivative actions have agreed to stay +litigation pending resolution of the Nguyen action by the United States Court of +Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. A related case, Ahmed v. Endologix, Inc., et al. +(Filed January 11, 2017 in the United States District Court, Central District of +California; Case No. 8:17-cv-00061) was consolidated into Nguyen v. Endologix, +Inc. + +  + +  •   + +Kerr: On July 30, 2019, an action was brought in United States District Court +for the Central District of California (Case No. 8:19-cv-01457) against the +Company and certain other Loan Parties by Andrew Kerr, M.D., alleging +infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,257,423, 9,050,182 and 10,105,209, which +allegedly were issued to and are owned by Dr. Kerr. As alleged in the complaint, +the accused infringing devices include the Ovation Abdominal Stent Graft System, +the Ovation Prime Abdominal Stent Graft System, the Ovation Prime, the Ovation +IX Abdominal Stent Graft System, and the Ovation iX (collectively, the “Ovation +Devices”). The Company believes plaintiff’s claims are without merit and is +vigorously defending the action. + +  + +  •   + +AFX: The Company has been named as a defendant in a number of complaints, in +each case alleging a variety of product liability-based claims pertaining to the +Company’s AFX with Strata product. The Company believes it has insurance +responsive to these claims, which insurance provides for a $150,000 per claim +deductible and an aggregate one million dollar aggregate deductible (for the +policy year applicable to these claims). The Company believes plaintiffs’ claims +are without merit and is vigorously defending the action. + +  + +  •   + +Kaiser: The Company has received a letter, dated January 10, 2020, from outside +counsel to KP Select, LLC, one of the Kaiser Permanent family of companies +(“Kaiser”), demanding that the Company provide reimbursement to Kaiser in the +amount of $4.1 million dollars for costs allegedly incurred by Kaiser for +treating patients whose AFX Endovascular AAA Systems were subject to the July +2018 recall notice. This demand was subsequently lowered to $2.8 million dollars +in March 2020 The Company vigorously disputes this payment demand. Since it is +presently not possible to determine the outcome of any future discussions with +Kaiser regarding this matter, and + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +whether litigation will ensue, or the outcomes associated with potential +litigation, no provision has been made in the Company’s financial statements for +the ultimate resolution. + +  + +  •   + +Royalty Demand: The Company has received a letter, dated February 13, 2020, from +a licensor under one of the Company’s inbound patent license agreements alleging +that the Company is in breach of certain royalty payment obligations under such +agreement. In this letter, licensor has expressed a desire to reach a reasonable +and amicable resolution of this matter. The Company vigorously disagrees with +this payment demand. Since it is presently not possible to determine the outcome +of any future discussions with the licensor regarding this matter, and whether +litigation will ensue, or the outcomes associated with potential litigation, no +provision has been made in the Company’s financial statements at this time for +the ultimate resolution. Should a bona fide dispute ensure, it is possible that +the Company will be required to deposit the disputed amount into escrow pending +resolution of the dispute. + +  + +  •   + +Other IP Infringement Notice: The Loan Parties have received notice from an +individual claiming that certain of our products read on certain issued patents +held by such individual. The Loan Parties, after consultation with independent +patent counsel, strongly disagrees with these claims. Since it is presently not +possible to determine the outcome of any future discussions with these +individuals in regard to their patents, and whether litigation will ensue, or +the outcomes associated with potential litigation, no provision has been made in +the Company’s financial statements for the ultimate resolution. + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 5.11 + +Intellectual Property + +(a) + +See attached list of Registered Intellectual Property. + +(b) + +The matters described under the headings “Kaiser” and “Other IP Infringement +Notice” in Section 5.10 are hereby incorporated by reference. + +(d)(i) + +The matters described under the headings “Kaiser” and “Other IP Infringement +Notice” in Section 5.10 are hereby incorporated by reference. + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 5.13 + +Real Property + +(b) + +Leased Real Property: + +  + +Loan Party or Subsidiary + +   + +Complete street and mailing address, including zip code + +   + +Landlord name and contact + +information + +Endologix, Inc.    + +2 Musick, Irvine, County of Orange, + +California 92618 U.S.A.; + +33 and 35 Hammond, Irvine, County of + +Orange, California 92618 U.S.A. + +   The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Endologix International +Holdings B.V.    + +Europalaan 30, 5232 BC, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, + +The Netherlands + +   EL30 B.V. TriVascular Technologies, Inc.    3910 Brickway Blvd., Santa Rosa, +County of Sonoma, CA 95403 U.S.A.    Sonoma Airport Properties LLC Endologix +Singapore Private Limited    6 Raffles Quay #16-01 Singapore 048580    JustCo +(Raffles Quay) Pte. Ltd. Endologix International B.V.    Rahmannstraße 11, 65760 +Eschborn, Germany    IntReal International Real Estate +Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH + +Subleased Real Property: + +  + +Loan Party or Subsidiary + +   + +Complete street and mailing address, including +zip code + +   + +Landlord and sublandlord name and contact +information + +N/A       + +Other Real Property Operated or Occupied: + +  + +Loan Party or Subsidiary + +   + +Complete street and mailing address, including +zip code + +   + +Nature of use + +N/A + +      + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 5.14(a) + +Material Contracts + +(i) + +  + +  1. + +Commercial Premium Finance Agreement, dated May 12, 2020 by and between the +Company and First Insurance Funding. + +  + +  2. + +Engagement Letter, dated March 4, 2020, by and between the Company and Jefferies +LLC + +  + +  3. + +Marketing & Sales Preferred Distribution Agreement, dated September 1, 2019, by +and between the Company and Merit Medical Systems, Inc. + +  + +  4. + +Engagement Letter, dated September 7, 2017, by and between the Company and DLA +Piper LLP (US). + +  + +  5. + +Master Services Agreement, dated June 24, 2020, by and between the Company and +Ernst & Young LLP. + +  + +  6. + +Engagement Letter, dated September 24, 2019, by and between the Company and +KPMG. + +  + +  7. + +Engagement Letter, dated April 7, 2020, by and between the Company and FTI +Consulting Inc. + +  + +  8. + +Carrier Agreement, by and between the Company and United Parcel Services, Inc. + +(ii) + +  + +  1. + +Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement for Japan, dated July 4, 2016, by +and between the Company and Japan Lifeline (JLL), as amended by that certain +Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement for Japan dated +November 9, 2018. + +  + +  2. + +International Distribution Agreement, dated December 31, 2018, by and between +the Company and Angiocor S.A, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to +International Distribution Agreement dated January 1, 2020. + +  + +  3. + +Sales Pricing Agreement, dated November 26, 2019, by and between Scottsdale +Healthcare Hospitals (d/b/a HonorHealth) and the Company, as amended by that +certain First Amendment to Sales Pricing Agreement, dated January 23, 2020. + +  + +  4. + +International Distribution Agreement, dated January 1, 2019, by and between the +Company and H.S. S.r.l., as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to +International Distribution Agreement, dated February 3, 2020. + +  + +  5. + +International Distribution Agreement, dated March 22, 2019, by and between the +Company and Somnotec(S) Pte Ltd. + +  + +  6. + +Special Pricing Agreement, dated May 13, 2016, by and between the Company and +Freeman Health Systems, as amended. + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  7. + +Special Pricing Agreement, dated June 9, 2016, by and between the Company and +Kaleida Health, as amended by that First Amendment to Special Pricing Agreement +dated October 15, 2018. + +  + +  8. + +Agreement for AAA and TAA Endoprosthesis, dated as of January 1, 2019, by and +between the Company and Tenet Business Services Corporation, as amended by that +certain Amendment to Agreement dated December 2, 2019. + +  + +  9. + +Customer Contracts with the customers listed on Exhibit A of this Company +Disclosure Letter + +(iii) + +  + +  1. + +Promissory Note, dated May 1, 2020, from Bank of America, N.A. + +(vii) + +  + +  1. + +Lease for office space located at Europalaan 30, 5232 BC, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The +Netherlands, dated July 17, 2019, by and between Endologix International +Holdings B.V. and EL30 B.V. + +  + +  2. + +Lease Agreement for Santa Rosa facility for the building located at 3910 +Brickway Boulevard, Santa Rosa, California, dated June 16, 2005, by and between +Trivascular, Inc. and Sonoma Airport Properties LLC, as amended. + +  + +  3. + +Lease Agreement for office space located at Rahmannstraße 11, 65760 Eschborn, +Germany, dated April 5, 2016 by and between Endologix Internation B.V. and +IntReal International Real Estate Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH. + +  + +  4. + +Membership Agreement for the office space located at 6 Raffles Quay #16-01 +Singapore 048580 dated January 7, 2020, by and between Endologix Singapore +Private Limited and JustCo (Raffles Quay) Pte. Ltd. + +  + +  5. + +Standard Industrial/Commercial Multi-Tenant Lease - Net, for 2 Musick and 35 +Hammond, located in Irvine, California, dated June 12, 2013, by and between the +Company and The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, as amended. + +  + +  6. + +Standard Industrial/Commercial Multi-Tenant Lease - Net, for 33 Hammond, Suite +203 located in Irvine, California, dated April 1, 2014, by and between the +Company and The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. + +(viii) + +  + +  1. + +Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated October 27, 2010, by and +among Endologix, Inc., Nepal Acquisition Corporation, Nellix, Inc., certain of +Nellix, Inc.’s stockholders listed therein and Essex Woodlands Health Ventures, +Inc., as representative of Nellix, Inc.’s stockholders. + +(ix) + +  + +  1. + +Marketing & Sales Preferred Distribution Agreement, dated September 1, 2019, by +and between the Company and Merit Medical Systems, Inc. + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(xiii) + +  + +  1. + +See agreements in Section 5.14(a)(ii) above. + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 5.16 + +Employee Benefit Matters + +  + +  •   + +2020 Short Term Incentive Plan + +  + +  •   + +Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended + +  + +  •   + +Amended and Restated 2006 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended + +  + +  •   + +2017 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan, as amended + +  + +  •   + +See Employment Agreements included as exhibits to the Company’s Form 10-K for +the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 + +  + +  •   + +Medical Plans through Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Aetna Health of +California + +  + +  •   + +Dental Plan through Metropolitan Life Insurance + +  + +  •   + +Vision Plan through Metropolitan Life Insurance + +  + +  •   + +Life Insurance Plan through Metropolitan Life Insurance + +  + +  •   + +Short Term and Long Term Disability Plans through Metropolitan Life Insurance + +  + +  •   + +Health Savings Account + +  + +  •   + +Health Care Flexible Savings Account + +  + +  •   + +Pet Plan through National Casualty Company + +  + +  •   + +Online Healthcare Plan through Walkingspree USA Ltd. + +  + +  •   + +Cancer Plan through Wamberg Genomic Advisors, Inc. + +  + +  •   + +Coverage under COBRA + +  + +  •   + +Sick Leave Policy + +  + +  •   + +Vacation Policy + +  + +  •   + +Holiday Policy + +  + +  •   + +Endologix, Inc. 401(k) Plan through Great-West Trust Company, LLC + +  + +  •   + +Endologix, Inc. Severance Program + +  + +  •   + +Online Employee Rewards Program through Global Engagement Solutions, Inc. + +  + +  •   + +Legal Services and Advice through LegalShield + +  + +  •   + +Transportation Program with Metrolink + +  + +  •   + +Benefit Plans listed below: + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Medical: + +2 Plans provided by Kaiser + +  + +  •   + +HMO - Core Plan + +  •   + +HMO - Buy Up Plan + +4 Plans provided by Aetna + +  + +  •   + +HMO - Limited Network + +  •   + +HMO - Full Network + +  •   + +PPO + +  •   + +HSA + +Dental: PPO Plan provided by MetLife + +Vision: + +2 Plans provided by MetLife + +  + +  •   + +PPO + +  •   + +Buy up PPO + +Flexible Spending Account : Provided by FlexFacts + +Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account: Provided by FlexFacts + +Life and AD&D: Employer paid provided by MetLife (2x annual earnings up to +$200,000) + +Voluntary Plans by MetLife: + +  + +  •   + +Short Term Disability + +  + +  •   + +Long Term Disability + +  + +  •   + +Life and AD&D (additional policies and dependent policies) + +  + +  •   + +Critical illness Insurance + +  + +  •   + +Accident Insurance + +Additional Benefits: + +  + +Benefits Support Line    Provided by Marsh & Mclennan 401k Program    Managed by +Empower EE Stock Purchase Program    Managed by Endologix Employee Assistance +Program    Provided by MetLife Benefits Support Line    Health Advocate + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 5.19 + +FDA and Related Regulatory Matters + +(b) + +FDA Facility Registrations and Device Listings: + +Endologix International Holdings B.V. (Netherlands), Registration Number +3013162347 + +  + +  •   + +Specification Developer for: + +  + +  •   + +AFX Delivery System; Powerlink System (P040002) + +  + +  •   + +AFX introducer System (K120212) + +  + +  •   + +Dual Lumen Catheter (K991601) + +Endologix, Inc. (Santa Rosa, CA), Registration Number 3008011247 + +  + +  •   + +Manufacturer for Ovation Stent Graft System (P120006) + +  + +  •   + +Manufacturer and Complaint File Establishment for Alto Abdominal Stent Graft +System; Ovation Abdominal Stent Graft System; Ovation iX Abdominal Stent Graft +System; Ovation iX Iliac Stent Graft; Ovation Prime Abdominal Stent Graft System +(P120006) + +ENDOLOGIX, INC. (Irvine, CA), Registration Number 3011063223 + +  + +  •   + +Contract Manufacturer and Complaint File Establishment for: + +  + +  •   + +AFX Delivery System; Powerlink System (P040002) + +  + +  •   + +AFX Introducer System (K120212) + +  + +  •   + +Dual Lumen Catheter (K991601) + +FDA Clearances: + +AFX Introducer System + +  + +  •   + +K110090 + +  + +  •   + +K111747 + +  + +  •   + +K120212 + +Dual Lumen Catheter + +  + +  •   + +K991601 + +FDA Approvals: + +Ovation Platform (including Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System ) + +  + +  •   + +P120006; Supplements S001 through S021, S023 through S026, S028 through S032, +and S034 (withdrawn supplements not included); and annual reports filed with FDA +pertaining to such approval + +  + +  •   + +Ovation IDE G090239; sequentially, Supplements S001 through S045; and interim +and final reports pertaining to such investigational uses + +  + +  •   + +Alto IDE G160226; sequentially, Supplements S001 through S005; and interim and +final reports pertaining to such investigational uses + +AFX Delivery System; Powerlink System: + +  + +  •   + +P040002; sequentially, Supplements S001 through S063; and annual reports filed +with FDA pertaining to such approval + +Nellix Endovascular Aneurysm Sealing System: + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  •   + +IDE G130005; Supplements S001 through S034 and S036 through S056 (withdrawn +supplement not included); and interim and final reports pertaining to such +investigational uses + +(d) + +The Company is subject to an action FDA Form 483 and its associated response +process. In addition, the Company had a verbal Regulatory Meeting with FDA +regarding the 483 and the Company’s responses. Thus far, the Company has +received no indication that a warning letter is imminent, however, in dealing +with regulators it is difficult to predict their every move and reaction and, as +such, the Company cannot preclude that a warning letter may be issued until such +time as the 483 and its responses are closed and recognized as such by FDA. + +(g) + +None. + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 7.1(b)(xix) + +Interim Operations + +None. + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Exhibit A + +[Attached] +Exhibit 10.12 + + +SECOND AMENDMENT TO +GOLF COURSE USE AGREEMENT + + +THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO GOLF COURSE USE AGREEMENT (this “Second Amendment”) is +made this 20th day of July, 2020, by and among Rio Secco LLC, Cascata LLC, +Chariot Run LLC and Grand Bear LLC, each a Delaware limited liability company +(collectively, and together with their respective successors and assigns, +“Owner”), and Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC and CEOC, LLC, each a Delaware +limited liability company (collectively, and together with their respective +successors and assigns, “User”), and, solely for purposes of reaffirming its +obligations under Section 2.1(c) of the Use Agreement (as defined below), +Caesars License Company, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“CLC”). +WHEREAS, Owner and User (and CLC solely for purposes of Section 2.1(c) of the +Use Agreement) entered into that certain Golf Course Use Agreement dated +October 6, 2017, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Golf Course Use +Agreement, dated April 20, 2018 (as amended, collectively, the “Use Agreement”) +for certain rights and privileges with respect to access and use of the Golf +Courses, as more particularly described in the Use Agreement; and +WHEREAS, Owner, User and CLC desire to amend the Use Agreement as set forth +herein. +NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency +of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: +1.Amendments to Use Agreement. Effective as of the date hereof, the Use +Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as set forth in Exhibit A +attached hereto. +2.Other Documents. Any and all agreements entered into in connection with the +Use Agreement which make reference therein to “the Use Agreement” (or any +similar reference) shall be intended to, and are deemed hereby, to refer to the +Use Agreement as amended by this Second Amendment. +3.Miscellaneous. +(a)    Except as hereby specifically amended, the Use Agreement is hereby +confirmed and ratified in all respects and shall remain in full force and +effect. +(b)    This Second Amendment may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of +which shall be deemed to be a valid and binding original and all of which taken +together shall constitute but one and the same instrument, and any party hereto +may execute this Second Amendment by signing such counterpart. This Second +Amendment may be effectuated by the exchange of electronic copies of signatures +(e.g.,.pdf), with electronic copies of this executed Second Amendment having the +same force and effect as original counterpart signatures hereto for all +purposes. +(c)    Each person executing this Second Amendment by such person’s execution +hereof, represents and warrants that such person is fully authorized to execute +this Second + + +1 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +Amendment on behalf of the party such person is executing this Second Amendment +on behalf of, and that no further action or consent on the part of the party for +whom such person is acting is required to the effectiveness and enforceability +of this Second Amendment against such party following the execution hereof. +(d)    Each party hereto agrees that Section 27.2, Section 27.6, Section 27.9 +and Section 27.12 of the Use Agreement shall apply to this Second Amendment +mutatis mutandis. +(e)    Neither this Second Amendment nor any provision hereof may be changed, +modified, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in +writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of such change, +modification, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. +(f)    This Second Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of +the parties and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and +permitted assigns. +- Signature page attached - + + +2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Second Amendment as of +the date hereof. +OWNER: +RIO SECCO LLC, +a Delaware limited liability company + + +By: /s/ David Kieske       +Name: David Kiese +Title: Treasurer + + + + + +CASCATA LLC, +a Delaware limited lability company +By: /s/ David Kieske       +Name: David Kiese +Title: Treasurer + + + + + +CHARIOT RUN LLC, +a Delaware limited liability company +By: /s/ David Kieske       +Name: David Kiese +Title: Treasurer + + + + + +GRAND BEAR LLC, +a Delaware limited liability company +By: /s/ David Kieske       +Name: David Kiese +Title: Treasurer + + + +[Signature Page to Second Amendment to Golf Course Use Agreement] + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + +USER: +CEOC, LLC, +a Delaware limited liability company +  +By: /s/ Edmund L. Quatmann, Jr. +  +Name: Edmund L. Quatmann, Jr. +  +Title: Secretary +  + + + + + +CAESARS ENTERPRISE SERVICES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company + + +By: /s/ Edmund L. Quatmann, Jr. +Name: Edmund L. Quatmann, Jr. +  +Title: Secretary +  + + + +[Signature Page to Second Amendment to Golf Course Use Agreement] + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + +CLC: + + +CAESARS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC, +a Nevada limited liability company +  + + +By: /s/ Edmund L. Quatmann, Jr. +  +Name: Edmund L. Quatmann, Jr. +  +Title: Secretary +  + + + +[Signature Page to Second Amendment to Golf Course Use Agreement] + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + +EXHIBIT A +COMPOSITE GOLF COURSE USE AGREEMENT +Conformed through Second Amendment +[To be attached] + + + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + + + + + + + +GOLF COURSE USE AGREEMENT +By and Among +Rio Secco LLC, Cascata LLC, Chariot Run LLC and Grand Bear LLC +(collectively, and together with their respective successors and assigns), +as “Owner” +and +Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC and CEOC, LLC +(collectively, or if the context clearly requires, individually, and together +with their respective successors and assigns), +as “User” +and, +solely for purposes of Section 2.1(c) hereof, Caesars License Company, LLC +dated +October 6, 2017 + + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + +TABLE OF CONTENTS +  +  +Page +Article I DEFINITIONS +1 +Article II GRANT OF LICENSE; TERM +17 +2.1 +Golf Courses; Rights and Privileges; Minimum Rounds; Trademark License +17 +2.2 +Term +18 +2.3 +Renewal Terms +19 +Article III GOLF COURSE USE PAYMENTS +19 +3.1 +Payment of Membership Fee and CES Use Fee +19 +3.2 +Late Payment +20 +3.3 +Method of Payment +21 +3.4 +Monthly Invoice +21 +3.5 +Payment of Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee +21 +Article IV ADDITIONAL CHARGES +23 +Article V NO TERMINATION, ABATEMENT, ETC. +23 +Article VI OWNERSHIP OF GOLF COURSES +24 +Article VII PRESENT CONDITION & USE +24 +7.1 +Condition of the Golf Courses +24 +7.2 +Use of the Golf Courses +24 +7.3 +Ground Leases +25 +Article VIII REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES +26 +Article IX MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND OPERATIONS +26 +Article X INSURANCE +27 +Article XI CASUALTY +27 +11.1 +Property Insurance Proceeds +27 +11.2 +Owner’s Obligations Following Casualty +28 +11.3 +No Abatement of Golf Course Use Payments +29 +11.4 +Waiver +29 +Article XII EMINENT DOMAIN +29 +12.1 +Condemnation +29 +12.2 +Award Distribution +30 +12.3 +Temporary Taking +30 +12.4 +No Abatement of Membership Fee +30 +Article XIII DEFAULTS & REMEDIES +30 +13.1 +User Events of Default +30 +13.2 +Owner Remedies +31 +13.3 +Owner Events of Default; User Remedies +32 +13.4 +Damages +32 +13.5 +Application of Funds +33 + + + +i + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT'D) + + +13.6 +Owner’s Right to Cure User’s Default +33 +13.7 +Reduction of Minimum Rounds Per Month and Minimum Rounds Per Year +33 +13.8 +Miscellaneous. +33 +Article XIV LICENSING EVENTS +34 +14.1 +Owner Licensing Event +34 +14.2 +User Licensing Event +35 +Article XV INDEMNIFICATION +35 +Article XVI TRANSFERS BY OWNER +36 +16.1 +Transfers Generally +36 +16.2 +Severance Agreements +37 +16.3 +No Release of Owner’s Obligations; Exception +38 +Article XVII TRANSFERS BY USER +39 +17.1 +Assignment +39 +17.2 +Permitted Assignments and Transfers +39 +17.3 +Costs +39 +17.4 +No Release of User’s Obligations; Exception +39 +17.5 +Merger of CEOC +40 +17.6 +Merger of CEC +40 +Article XVIII ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATES +40 +Article XIX NO WAIVER +40 +Article XX REMEDIES CUMULATIVE +41 +Article XXI ACCEPTANCE OF SURRENDER +41 +Article XXII OWNER FINANCING +41 +Article XXIII INTENTIONALLY OMITTED +42 +Article XXIV NOTICES +42 +Article XXV ATTORNEYS’ FEES +42 +Article XXVI ANTI-TERRORISM REPRESENTATIONS +43 +Article XXVII MISCELLANEOUS +43 +27.1 +Survival +43 +27.2 +Severability +43 +27.3 +Non-Recourse +43 +27.4 +Successors and Assigns +44 +27.5 +Arbitration +44 +27.6 +Governing Law +45 +27.7 +Waiver of Trial by Jury +45 +27.8 +Entire Agreement +46 +27.9 +Headings +46 +27.1 +Counterparts +46 +27.11 +Interpretation +46 +27.12 +Further Assurances +46 + + + +ii + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT'D) + + +27.13 +Confidential Information. +46 +27.14 +Time of Essence +47 +27.15 +Consents, Approval and Notices +47 +27.16 +Apportionment of Revenue and Expenses +48 +27.17 +Single, Indivisible Agreement +48 +27.18 +Termination of this Agreement +49 + + + + + +iii + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + +EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES +EXHIBIT A-1 +— +GOLF COURSES +EXHIBIT A-2 +— +GROUND LEASED GOLF COURSES; EXISTING GROUND LEASES +EXHIBIT B +— +USER RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES +EXHIBIT C +— +OWNER RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES +EXHIBIT D +— +CES USE FEE +EXHIBIT E-1 +— +MINIMUM ROUNDS +EXHIBIT E-2 +— +AGGREGATE MINIMUM ROUNDS +EXHIBIT F +— +APPROVED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS +EXHIBIT G +— +LICENSED TRADEMARKS +EXHIBIT H +— +TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE OF THE LICENSED TRADEMARKS +EXHIBIT I +— +REQUIRED INSURANCE + + + +iv + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + +GOLF COURSE USE AGREEMENT +THIS GOLF COURSE USE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of October +6, 2017, by and among Rio Secco LLC, Cascata LLC, Chariot Run LLC and Grand Bear +LLC, each a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, and together with +their respective successors and assigns, “Owner”), and Caesars Enterprise +Services, LLC and CEOC, LLC, each a Delaware limited liability company +(collectively, or if the context clearly requires, individually, and together +with their respective successors and assigns, “User”), and, solely for purposes +of Section 2.1(c) hereof, Caesars License Company, LLC, a Nevada limited +liability company (“CLC”). +RECITALS +A.Commencing on January 15, 2015 and continuing thereafter, Caesars +Entertainment Operating Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and certain of +its direct and indirect subsidiaries (collectively, the “Debtors”) filed +voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States +Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois +(the “Bankruptcy Court”), jointly administered under Case No. 15-01145, and the +Bankruptcy Court has confirmed the “Debtors’ Third Amended Joint Plan of +Reorganization Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code” (as it may be +altered, amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time in accordance with +the terms of Article X thereof, the “Bankruptcy Plan”). +B.Pursuant to the Bankruptcy Plan, on the Commencement Date certain of the +Debtors transferred the Golf Courses to Owner, and Owner hereby grants to User +certain priority rights and privileges with respect to access and use of the +Golf Courses and User hereby secures from Owner such priority rights and +privileges with respect to access and use of the Golf Courses, and Owner and +User hereby make certain other agreements relating to User’s access and use of +the Golf Courses, in each case upon the terms set forth in this Agreement. +C.Immediately following the execution of this Agreement on the Commencement +Date, Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation, +merged into CEOC, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. +D.Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are +defined in Article I hereof. +NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency +of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows: +ARTICLE I +DEFINITIONS +For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or +unless the context otherwise requires, (i) the terms defined in this Article I +have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as +well as the singular and any gender as the context requires; (ii) all accounting +terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in +accordance with GAAP; (iii) all references in this Agreement to designated +“Articles,” “Sections,” “Exhibits” and other subdivisions are to the designated +Articles, Sections, Exhibits and other subdivisions of this Agreement; (iv) the +word “including” shall have the same meaning as the phrase “including, + + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +without limitation,” and other similar phrases; (v) the words “herein,” “hereof” +and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a +whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; (vi) all +Exhibits, Schedules and other attachments annexed to the body of this Agreement +are hereby deemed to be incorporated into and made an integral part of this +Agreement; (vii) all references to a range of Sections, paragraphs or other +similar references, or to a range of dates or other range (e.g., indicated by +“-” or “through”) shall be deemed inclusive of the entire range so referenced; +and (viii) the fact that CEOC is sometimes named herein as “CEOC” is not +intended to vitiate or supersede the fact that CEOC is included as one of the +entities constituting User. +“Additional Charges”: All amounts, liabilities and obligations (excluding the +Golf Course Use Payments) which User assumes or agrees or is obligated to pay +under this Agreement and, in the event of any failure on the part of User to pay +any of those items, every fine, penalty, interest and cost which may be added +for non-payment or late payment of such items pursuant to the terms hereof or +under applicable law. +“Adjusted Membership Fee”: An amount equal to the product of (a) the +then-applicable Membership Fee (i.e., the Membership Fee immediately prior to +the applicable adjustment), multiplied by (b) the quotient of (x) the new +monthly Rent amount payable under the Regional Lease (i.e., the monthly Rent +amount payable under the Regional Lease immediately after the applicable +adjustment), divided by (y) the then-applicable monthly Rent amount payable +under the Regional Lease (i.e., the monthly Rent amount payable under the +Regional Lease immediately prior to the applicable adjustment). +“Affiliate”: When used with respect to a specified Person, another Person that +directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is +Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. In no event +shall User or any of its Affiliates be deemed to be an Affiliate of Owner or any +of Owner’s Affiliates as a result of this Agreement and/or as a result of any +consolidation by User or Owner of the other such party or the other such party’s +Affiliates with User or Owner (as applicable) for accounting purposes. +“Aggregate Minimum Rounds Per Year”: The aggregate of the Minimum Rounds Per +Year for all of the Golf Courses during each calendar year as more particularly +set forth on Exhibit E-2 attached hereto. +“Aggregate Minimum Rounds Per Month”: The aggregate of the Minimum Rounds Per +Month for all of the Golf Courses during each calendar month as more +particularly set forth on Exhibit E-2 attached hereto. +“Agreement”: As defined in the preamble. +“Annual Minimum Rounds Fee”: With respect to each Golf Course, an annual amount +equal to the product of (1) the applicable Minimum Rounds Rate for such Golf +Course multiplied by (2) the applicable number of Minimum Rounds Per Year for +such Golf Course. + + +2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +“Annual Other Sponsored Rounds Fee”: With respect to each Golf Course, an annual +amount equal to the aggregate of the Other Sponsored Rounds Charges for all of +the Other Sponsored Rounds For The Year at such Golf Course. +“Approved Capital Improvements”: As defined in Article IX. +“Award”: All compensation, sums or anything of value awarded, paid or received +from the applicable authority on a total or partial Taking or Condemnation, +including any and all interest thereon. +“Beginning CPI”: As defined in the definition of CPI Increase. +“Business Day”: Each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that (i) is +not a day on which national banks in the City of Las Vegas, Nevada or in New +York, New York are authorized, or obligated, by law or executive order, to +close, and (ii) is not any other day that is not a “Business Day” as defined +under any of the Leases. +“Cash”: Cash and cash equivalents and all instruments evidencing the same or any +right thereto and all proceeds thereof. +“Casualty Event”: Any loss, damage or destruction with respect to the Golf +Courses or any portion thereof. +“CEC”: Caesars Entertainment Corporation, a Delaware corporation. On the Fifth +Amendment Date, CEC was renamed Caesars Holdings, Inc. +“CEOC”: CEOC, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as successor by merger +to Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation. +“CES”: Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. +“CES Use Fee”: An annual amount payable as provided in Article III, calculated +as follows: For the first (1st) Usage Year of the Term, the CES Use Fee shall be +equal to Three Million and No/100 Dollars ($3,000,000.00), which amount is +allocable among the Golf Courses during the first (1st) Usage Year of the Term +as set forth on Exhibit D. The CES Use Fee shall thereafter be adjusted annually +as set forth in the following sentence. On each CES Use Fee Escalator Adjustment +Date during the second (2nd) Usage Year of the Term through and including the +final Usage Year of the Term, the CES Use Fee payable for such Usage Year shall +be adjusted to be equal to the CES Use Fee payable for the immediately preceding +Usage Year, multiplied by the Escalator, and shall be allocated among the Golf +Courses in the same proportions as the amounts set forth on Exhibit D. +“CES Use Fee Escalator Adjustment Date”: The first (1st) day of each Usage Year, +excluding the first (1st) Usage Year of the Initial Term. +“CES Use Fee Reduction Amount”: A proportionate reduction of the CES Use Fee, +which proportionate amount shall be determined in accordance with the following +sentence. In the + + +3 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +event that this Agreement terminates with respect to any Golf Course(s) pursuant +to Section 11.2(a), Section 11.2(b), Section 12.1(a), Section 12.1(b), Section +12.3 or Article XVI, the above-described proportionate amount shall be equal to +the product of (a) the then-applicable CES Use Fee (i.e., the CES Use Fee +immediately prior to the applicable adjustment) multiplied by (b) a fraction, +(x) the numerator of which shall be the amount(s) related to the applicable Golf +Course(s) for which this Agreement terminates as set forth in the “Total” column +on Exhibit D, and (y) the denominator of which shall be Three Million and No/100 +Dollars ($3,000,000.00). +“Change of Control”: With respect to any party, the occurrence of any of the +following: (a) the direct or indirect sale, exchange or other transfer (other +than by way of merger, consolidation or amalgamation), in one or a series of +related transactions, of all or substantially all the assets of such party and +its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to one or more Persons; (b) an officer of +such party becomes aware (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to +Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) of +the consummation of any transaction or series of related transactions +(including, without limitation, any merger, consolidation or amalgamation), the +result of which is that any “person” or “group” (as used in Section 13(d)(3) of +the Exchange Act or any successor provision) becomes the beneficial owner (as +defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act or any successor +provision), directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of the +Voting Stock of such party or other Voting Stock into which such party’s Voting +Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting +power rather than number of securities or other ownership interests; (c) the +occurrence of a “change of control”, “change in control” (or similar definition) +as defined in any indenture, credit agreement or similar debt instrument under +which such party is an issuer, a borrower or other obligor, in each case +representing outstanding indebtedness in excess of One Hundred Million and +No/100 Dollars ($100,000,000.00); or (d) such party consolidates with, or merges +or amalgamates with or into, any other Person (or any other Person consolidates +with, or merges or amalgamates with or into, such party), in any such event +pursuant to a transaction in which any of such party’s outstanding Voting Stock +or any of the Voting Stock of such other Person is converted into or exchanged +for Cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where +such party’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction +constitutes, or is converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the +outstanding Voting Stock of the surviving Person or any direct or indirect +Parent Entity of the surviving Person immediately after giving effect to such +transaction measured by voting power rather than number of securities or other +ownership interests. For purposes of the foregoing definition: (x) a party shall +include any Parent Entity of such party; and (y) “Voting Stock” shall mean the +securities or other ownership interests of any class or classes having general +voting power under ordinary circumstances, in the absence of contingencies, to +elect the directors, managers or trustees (or other similar governing body) of a +Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (A) the transfer of assets between or +among a party’s wholly owned subsidiaries and such party shall not itself +constitute a Change of Control; (B) the term “Change of Control” shall not +include a merger, consolidation or amalgamation of such party with, or the sale, +assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially +all of such party’s assets to, an Affiliate of such party (1) incorporated or +organized solely for the purpose of reincorporating such party in another +jurisdiction, and (2) the owners of which and the number and type of securities +or other ownership interests in such party, measured by voting power and number +of securities or other ownership interests, owned by each of them immediately +before and immediately following such transaction, are materially + + +4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +unchanged; (C) a “person” or “group” shall not be deemed to have beneficial +ownership of securities subject to a stock or asset purchase agreement, merger +agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related +thereto) prior to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such +agreement; (D) [intentionally omitted]; (E) a transaction will not be deemed to +involve a Change of Control in respect of a party if (1) such party becomes a +direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company, and (2) the +direct or indirect owners of such holding company immediately following that +transaction are the same as the owners of such party immediately prior to that +transaction and the number and type of securities or other ownership interests +owned by each such direct and indirect holder immediately following such +transaction are materially unchanged from the number and type of securities or +other ownership interests owned by such direct and indirect holder in such party +immediately prior to that transaction; and (F) a transaction will not be deemed +to involve a Change of Control in respect of a party (the “Subject Entity”) if +(1) the Subject Entity becomes a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of +an entity (an “Intervening Entity”) (which Intervening Entity may own other +assets in addition to its equity interests in the Subject Entity), and (2) all +of the direct and indirect owners of the Subject Entity immediately following +that transaction (the “Subject Transaction”) are the same as all of the direct +and indirect owners of the Subject Entity immediately prior to the Subject +Transaction and the number and type of securities or other ownership interests +owned by each such direct and indirect owner of the Subject Entity immediately +following such transaction are materially unchanged from the number and type of +securities or other direct and indirect ownership interests in the Subject +Entity owned by such direct and indirect owners of the Subject Entity +immediately prior to that transaction (except, in the case of each direct and +indirect owner of the Intervening Entity immediately following such transaction, +by virtue of being held through the Intervening Entity; it being understood +that, immediately following the Subject Transaction, each direct and indirect +owner of the Intervening Entity shall indirectly own the same proportion and +percentage of the ownership interests in the Subject Entity as such direct or +indirect owner owned immediately prior to the Subject Transaction). +Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall ERI +be a Subject Entity under clause (F) hereof. +“Commencement Date”: As defined in Section 2.2. +“Complimentary Golf Rounds”: Rounds of golf at the Golf Courses that are (i) +sponsored by User (i.e., paid for by User hereunder through the Complimentary +Golf Rounds Fee) and (ii) awarded by User (or User’s Affiliates) to User’s (or +User’s Affiliates’) guests on a complimentary basis in order to encourage such +guests to participate in Gaming Activities at User’s (or User’s Affiliates’) +casinos or for any other reason as determined by User (or User’s Affiliates). +“Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee”: An annual amount payable as provided in Article +III, equal to the sum of (1) the aggregate of the Annual Minimum Rounds Fees for +all of the Golf Courses plus (2) the aggregate of the Annual Other Sponsored +Rounds Fees for all of the Golf Courses. +“Complimentary Golf Rounds Reimbursement Amount”: As defined in Section 3.5. +“Condemnation”: The exercise of any governmental power, whether by legal +proceedings or otherwise, by any public or quasi-public authority, or private +corporation or + + +5 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +individual, having such power under Legal Requirements, either under threat of +condemnation or while legal proceedings for condemnation are pending. +“Control”: The possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or +cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through +the ownership of voting securities, partnership interests or any other Equity +Interests or by contract, and “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have meanings +correlative thereto. +“CPI”: The United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Revised +Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (1982-84=100), U.S. City Average, +All Items, or, if that index is not available at the time in question, then the +index designated by such Department as the successor to such index, and if there +is no index so designated, an index for an area in the United States that most +closely corresponds to the entire United States, published by such Department, +or if none, by any other instrumentality of the United States, all as reasonably +determined by Owner and User. +“CPI Increase”: The greater of (a) zero and (b) a fraction, expressed as a +decimal, determined as of each Escalator Adjustment Date, (x) the numerator of +which shall be the difference of (i) the average CPI for the three (3) most +recent calendar months (the “Prior Months”) ending prior to such Escalator +Adjustment Date (for which the CPI has been published as of such Escalator +Adjustment Date) minus (ii) the average CPI for the three (3) corresponding +calendar months occurring one (1) year prior to the Prior Months (such average +CPI, the “Beginning CPI”), and (y) the denominator of which shall be the +Beginning CPI. +“CPLV Landlord”: The “CPLV Landlord” as defined in the Las Vegas Lease. +“CPLV Tenant”: The “CPLV Tenant” as defined in the Las Vegas Lease. +“Cut-off Time”: As defined in Section 27.16. +“Dollars” and “$”: The lawful money of the United States. +“Environmental Laws”: Any and all federal, state, municipal and local laws, +statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, decrees or judgments, whether +statutory or common law, as amended from time to time, now or hereafter in +effect, or promulgated, pertaining to the environment, public health and safety +and industrial hygiene and relating to the use, generation, manufacture, +production, storage, release, discharge, disposal, handling, treatment, removal, +decontamination, cleanup, transportation or regulation of any Hazardous +Substance, including the Industrial Site Recovery Act, the Clean Air Act, the +Clean Water Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Comprehensive +Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, the Resource Conservation +and Recovery Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act, the Safe +Drinking Water Act and relevant provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health +Act. +“Equity Interests”: With respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, +participations, equity interests, voting interests or other equivalents, +including membership interests (however designated, whether voting or +non-voting), of equity of such Person, including, if such + + +6 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +Person is a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited) and +any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to +receive a share of the profit, and losses of, or distributions of assets of, +such partnership. +“ERI”: Eldorado Resorts, Inc., a Nevada corporation. On the Fifth Amendment +Date, ERI was renamed Caesars Entertainment, Inc. and converted to a Delaware +corporation. +“Escalator”: The sum of (a) one (1) plus (b) the greater of (i) two +one-hundredths (0.02) and (ii) the CPI Increase. +“Escalator Adjustment Date”: CES Use Fee Escalator Adjustment Date or Minimum +Rounds Rate Escalator Adjustment Date, as applicable. +“Estoppel Certificate”: As defined in Article XVIII. +“Exchange Act”: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules +and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. +“Existing Fee Mortgage”: As defined in the Regional Lease. +“Expert”: An independent third party professional, with expertise in respect of +a matter at issue, appointed by the agreement of Owner and User or otherwise in +accordance with Section 27.5 hereof. +“Expiration Date”: The Stated Expiration Date, or such earlier date as this +Agreement is terminated pursuant to its terms. +“Fee Mortgage”: Any mortgage, pledge agreement, security agreement, assignment +of leases and rents, fixture filing or similar document creating or evidencing a +lien on Owner’s interest (which interest may be fee or leasehold) in the Golf +Courses or any portion thereof (or an indirect interest therein, including +without limitation, a lien on direct or indirect interests in Owner) in +accordance with the provisions of Article XXII hereof. +“Fee Mortgagee”: The holder(s) or lender(s) under any Fee Mortgage or the agent +or trustee acting on behalf of any such holder(s) or lender(s). +“Fifth Amendment Date”: July 20, 2020. +“Fiscal Quarter”: Each calendar quarter ending on March 31, June 30, September +30 and December 31 of each year. +“Fiscal Year”: The annual period commencing January 1 and terminating December +31 of each year. +“Fourth Amendment Date”: December 26, 2018. + + +7 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +“GAAP”: Generally accepted accounting principles in the United States +consistently applied in the preparation of financial statements, as in effect +from time to time. +“Gaming Activities”: The conduct of gaming or gambling activities, race books +and sports pools, or the use, manufacture, distribution or branding of gaming +devices, equipment and supplies in the operation of a casino, simulcasting +facility, card club or other enterprise, including, without limitation, slot +machines, video lottery terminals, gaming tables, cards, dice, gaming chips, +player tracking systems, cashless wagering systems, mobile gaming systems, poker +tournaments, inter-casino linked systems and related and associated equipment, +supplies and systems, and the distribution, sale or service of liquor. For +avoidance of doubt, the terms “gaming” and “gambling” as used in this Agreement +are intended to include the meanings of such terms under NRS 463.0153, as +amended from time to time, and the term “gaming device” as used in this +Agreement is intended to include the meaning of such term under NRS 463.0155, as +amended from time to time. +  +“Gaming Authority” or “Gaming Authorities”: Individually or in the aggregate, as +the context may require, any foreign, federal, state or local governmental +entity or authority, or any department, commission, board, bureau, agency, court +or instrumentality thereof, regulating Gaming Activities or related activities +(including, but not limited to, the Nevada Gaming Commission, the Nevada State +Gaming Control Board and the Clark County Liquor and Gaming Licensing Board). + + +“Gaming Law”: Any applicable law regulating or otherwise pertaining to Gaming +Activities or related activities, including, but not limited to, the provisions +of the Nevada Gaming Control Act, as codified in NRS Chapter 463, as amended +from time to time, all regulations of the Nevada Gaming Commission promulgated +thereunder, as amended from time to time, the provisions of the Clark County +Code, as amended from time to time, and all other rules, regulations, orders, +ordinances and legal requirements of any Gaming Authority. + + +“Gaming License”: “Gaming License” as defined in the Regional Lease. +“Golf Course” or “Golf Courses”: As defined in Section 2.1(a). +“Golf Course Use Payments”: Collectively, the Membership Fee, the CES Use Fee +and the Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee. +“Golf TRS”: VICI Golf LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the parent of +Owner. +“Ground Leased Golf Courses”: Collectively, the Golf Courses leased pursuant to +the Ground Leases. The Ground Leased Golf Courses in respect of the Ground +Leases in effect as of the Commencement Date are described in Exhibit A-2 +attached hereto. Each of the Ground Leased Golf Courses is referred to +individually herein as a “Ground Leased Golf Course.” +“Ground Leases”: Collectively, those certain leases with respect to certain of +the Golf Courses, pursuant to which Owner is a tenant and which leases are in +effect as of the Commencement Date and listed on Exhibit A-2 hereto or, subject +to Section 7.3, subsequently added + + +8 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +to the Golf Courses in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Each of +the Ground Leases is referred to individually herein as a “Ground Lease.” +“Ground Lessor”: As defined in Section 7.3. +“Guarantor”: ERI, together with its successors and permitted assigns, in its +capacity as guarantor under the Guaranty. +“Guaranty”: That certain Guaranty of Lease, dated as of the Fifth Amendment +Date, made by Guarantor and Landlord (as defined in the Regional Lease). +“Hazardous Substances”: Collectively, any petroleum, petroleum product or by +product or any substance, material or waste regulated pursuant to any +Environmental Law. +“Initial Stated Expiration Date”: As defined in Section 2.2. +“Initial Term”: As defined in Section 2.2. +“Joliet Landlord”: The “Landlord” as defined in the Joliet Lease. +“Joliet Lease”: That certain Lease (Joliet), dated as of the Commencement Date, +by and between Harrah’s Joliet Landco LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, +as “Landlord”, and Des Plaines Development Limited Partnership, a Delaware +limited partnership, as “Tenant”, as (i) amended by that certain First Amendment +to Lease (Joliet), dated as of the Fourth Amendment Date, (ii) further amended +by that certain Omnibus Amendment, (iii) further amended by that certain Second +Amendment to Lease (Joliet), dated as of the Fifth Amendment Date, and (iv) may +be further amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time. +“Joliet Tenant”: The “Tenant” as defined in the Joliet Lease. +“Landlord REIT”: VICI Properties Inc., a Maryland corporation, the indirect +parent of Owner. +“Las Vegas Lease”: That certain Lease (CPLV), dated as of the Commencement Date, +by and among CPLV Property Owner LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as +“Landlord”, and Desert Palace LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Caesars +Entertainment Operating Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and CEOC (as +successor by merger to Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc.), +collectively as “Tenant”, as (i) amended by that certain First Amendment to +Lease (CPLV), dated as of the Fourth Amendment Date, (ii) further amended by +that certain Omnibus Amendment, (iii) further amended by that certain Second +Amendment to Lease (CPLV), dated as of the Fifth Amendment Date and (iv) may be +further amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time. +“Leases”: Collectively or individually, as the context may require, the Regional +Lease, the Las Vegas Lease and the Joliet Lease. + + +9 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +“Leased Property”: The “Leased Property” as defined in each of the Leases, +collectively or individually, as the context may require. +“Legal Requirements”: All applicable federal, state, county, municipal and other +governmental statutes, laws (including securities laws), rules, policies, +guidance, codes, orders, regulations, ordinances, permits, licenses, covenants, +conditions, restrictions, judgments, decrees and injunctions, whether now or +hereafter enacted and in force, as applicable to any Person or to any Golf +Course, including those (a) that affect either the Golf Courses or any portion +thereof, or otherwise in any way affecting the business operated or conducted +thereat, as the context requires, and (b) which may regulate the transport, +handling, use, storage or disposal or require the cleanup or other treatment of +any Hazardous Substance. +“License Term”: As defined in Section 2.1(c). +“Licensed Trademarks”: All rights in, to and under the trademarks, service marks +and domain names set forth on Exhibit G hereto, including the registrations +shown on Exhibit G therefor, and the reputation symbolized by the foregoing. +“Membership Fee”: An annual amount payable as provided in Article III, in an +initial amount equal to Ten Million and No/100 Dollars ($10,000,000.00) per +Usage Year. The Membership Fee shall be increased or decreased, as applicable, +to be equal to the Adjusted Membership Fee, from time to time, any time the +monthly amount of Rent required to be paid under the Regional Lease is adjusted +in accordance with the terms of the Regional Lease, in which event such Adjusted +Membership Fee shall be deemed to be the Membership Fee for purposes hereof. +“Membership Fee Reduction Amount”: With respect to any Severance Agreement, a +proportionate reduction of the Membership Fee, which proportionate amount shall +be equal to the product of (a) the then-applicable Membership Fee (i.e., the +Membership Fee immediately prior to the applicable adjustment) multiplied by (b) +a fraction, (x) the numerator of which shall be the amount(s) related to the +applicable Golf Course(s) that is the subject of such Severance Agreement set +forth in the “Total” column on Exhibit D, and (y) the denominator of which shall +be Three Million and No/100 Dollars ($3,000,000.00). +“Membership Fee Retainage Election”: As defined in Section 16.2. +“Minimum Rounds Per Month”: As defined in Section 2.1. +“Minimum Rounds Per Year”: As defined in Section 2.1. +“Minimum Rounds Rate”: For each Golf Course, the rate to be used in calculating +the applicable Monthly Minimum Rounds Fee or the applicable Annual Minimum +Rounds Fee (as the case may be) for such Golf Course, determined as follows: For +the period commencing on the Commencement Date and ending on December 31, 2018, +the Minimum Rounds Rate for each Golf Course shall be the corresponding rate set +forth on Exhibit E-1 for such Golf Course. The Minimum Rounds Rate for each Golf +Course shall thereafter be adjusted annually as set forth in the following +sentence. On each Minimum Rounds Rate Escalator Adjustment Date during the Term, +the + + +10 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +Minimum Rounds Rate for each Golf Course for such calendar year shall be +adjusted to be equal to the applicable Minimum Rounds Rate for such Golf Course +during the immediately preceding calendar year, multiplied by the Escalator. +“Minimum Rounds Rate Escalator Adjustment Date”: The first day of each Fiscal +Year commencing on January 1, 2019. +“Minimum Rounds Reduction Amount”: A proportionate reduction of the minimum +number of Complimentary Golf Rounds applicable in determining the Minimum Rounds +Per Month and the Minimum Rounds Per Year, which proportionate amount shall be +determined in accordance with the following sentence. In the event that this +Agreement terminates (or expires) with respect to any Golf Course(s) (including +any Ground Leased Golf Course(s)) pursuant to Section 7.3, Section 11.2(a), +Section 11.2(b), Section 12.1(a), Section 12.1(b), Section 12.3 or Article XVI, +the above-described proportionate amount shall be equal to (a) in the case of +the Minimum Rounds Per Month, the amount(s) related to the applicable Golf +Course(s) for which this Agreement terminates (or expires) set forth in each +“Minimum # of Complimentary Golf Rounds Per Month (Minimum Rounds Per Month)” +column on Exhibit E-1, and (b) in the case of the Minimum Rounds Per Year, the +amount(s) related to the applicable Golf Course(s) for which this Agreement +terminates (or expires) set forth in the “Total (Minimum Rounds Per Year)” +column on Exhibit E-1. +“Monthly Invoice”: As defined in Section 3.4. +“Monthly Minimum Rounds Fee”: With respect to each Golf Course, a monthly amount +equal to the product of (1) the applicable Minimum Rounds Rate for such Golf +Course multiplied by (2) the applicable number of Minimum Rounds Per Month for +such Golf Course. +“Monthly Other Sponsored Rounds Fee”: With respect to each Golf Course, a +monthly amount equal to the aggregate of the Other Sponsored Rounds Charges for +all of the Other Sponsored Rounds For The Month at such Golf Course. +“Notice”: A notice given in accordance with Article XXIV. +“NRS”: The Nevada Revised Statutes, as amended or supplemented from time to +time. +“OFAC”: As defined in Article XXVI. +“Omnibus Amendment”: That certain Omnibus Amendment to Leases by and among +Regional Landlord, CPLV Landlord, Joliet Landlord, Regional Tenant, CPLV Tenant, +Joliet Tenant and the other parties party thereto, dated as of June 1, 2020. +“Other Sponsored Rounds Charge”: For each of the Other Sponsored Rounds For The +Year or each of the Other Sponsored Rounds For The Month (as the case may be), +an amount equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the then applicable Tee Sheet +Rate. + + +11 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +“Other Sponsored Rounds For The Month”: With respect to each Golf Course, all +Complimentary Golf Rounds, to the extent in excess of the Minimum Rounds Per +Month, at such Golf Course during the applicable calendar month. +“Other Sponsored Rounds For The Year”: With respect to each Golf Course, all +Complimentary Golf Rounds, to the extent in excess of the Minimum Rounds Per +Year, at such Golf Course during the applicable calendar year. +“Overdue Rate”: On any date, a rate equal to five (5) percentage points above +the Prime Rate, but in no event greater than the maximum rate then permitted +under applicable law. +“Owner”: As defined in the preamble. +“Owner Event of Default”: As defined in Section 13.3. +“Owner Indemnified Parties”: As defined in Article XV. +“Owner Licensing Event”: (a) Either (1) a communication (whether oral or in +writing) by or from any Gaming Authority to User or any of its Affiliates or +other action by any Gaming Authority that indicates that such Gaming Authority +may find that, or (2) a determination by User, in its sole but reasonable +discretion and pursuant to customary internal processes that, the association of +any member of the Owner Subject Group with User or any of its Affiliates is +likely to (i) result in a disciplinary action relating to, or the loss of, +inability to reinstate or failure to obtain, any registration, application or +license or any other rights or entitlements held or required to be held by User +or any of its Affiliates under any Gaming Law, or (ii) violate any Gaming Law to +which User or any of its Affiliates is subject; or (b) any member of the Owner +Subject Group is required to be licensed, registered, qualified or found +suitable under any Gaming Law, and such Person is not or does not remain so +licensed, registered, qualified or found suitable within any applicable +timeframes required by the applicable Gaming Authority, or, after becoming so +licensed, registered, qualified or found suitable, fails to remain so. For +purposes of this definition, an “Affiliate” of User includes any Person for +which User or its Affiliate is providing management services. +“Owner Rights and Privileges”: As defined in Section 2.1. +“Owner Subject Group”: Owner, Owner’s Affiliates and its and their principals, +direct or indirect shareholders, officers, directors, agents, employees and +other related Persons (including in the case of any trusts or similar Persons, +the direct or indirect beneficiaries of such trust or similar Persons), +excluding User and its Affiliates. +“Owner’s Statement”: As defined in Section 3.5. +“Parent Entity”: With respect to any Person, any corporation, association, +limited partnership, limited liability company or other entity which at the time +of determination (a) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than fifty +percent (50%) of the total voting power of shares of capital stock (without +regard to the occurrence of any contingency) entitled to vote in the election of +directors, managers or trustees of such Person, (b) owns or controls, directly +or indirectly, more + + +12 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +than fifty percent (50%) of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total +equity and voting interests or general and limited partnership interests, as +applicable, of such Person, whether in the form of membership, general, special +or limited partnership interests or otherwise, or (c) is the controlling general +partner or managing member of, or otherwise controls, such entity. +“Partial Taking”: As defined in Section 12.1(b). +“Party��� and “Parties”: Owner and/or User, as the context requires. +“Payment Date”: Any due date for the payment of the installments of Golf Course +Use Payments or Additional Charges payable under this Agreement. +“Permitted User Lender”: The lender or noteholder or other investor or any agent +or trustee or similar representative on behalf of one or more lenders or +noteholders or other investors in connection with indebtedness secured by a +Permitted User Security Instrument, in each case as and to the extent such +Person has the power to act (subject to obtaining the requisite instructions) on +behalf of all lenders, noteholders or other investors with respect to such +Permitted User Security Instrument; provided such lender or noteholder or other +investor or such agent or trustee or similar representative (but not necessarily +the lenders, noteholders or other investors which it represents) is a banking or +other institution that in the ordinary course acts as a lender, agent or trustee +or similar representative (in each case, on behalf of a group of lenders or +noteholders) in respect of financings of similar size as the Tenant’s Initial +Financing; and provided, further, that, in all events, (i) no agent, trustee or +similar representative shall be User, CEOC, CEC or any of their Affiliates, +respectively (each, a “ Prohibited Agent”), and (ii) no (A) Prohibited Agent +(excluding any Person that is a Prohibited Agent as a result of its ownership of +publicly-traded shares in any Person), or (B) entity that owns, directly or +indirectly (but excluding any ownership of publicly-traded shares in CEC or any +of its Affiliates), higher than the lesser of (1) ten percent (10%) of the +Equity Interests in User or (2) a Controlling legal or beneficial interest in +User, may collectively hold an amount of the indebtedness secured by a Permitted +User Security Instrument higher than the lesser of (x) twenty-five percent (25%) +thereof and (y) the principal amount thereof required to satisfy the threshold +for requisite consenting lenders to amend the terms of such indebtedness that +affect all lenders thereunder. +“Permitted User Security Instrument”: Any security agreement, pledge agreement +or similar document creating or evidencing a lien on User’s interest in this +Agreement (or all the direct or indirect interest therein at any tier of +ownership, including without limitation, a lien on direct or indirect Equity +Interests in User), granted to or for the benefit of a Permitted User Lender as +security for the indebtedness of User or its Affiliates. +“Person”: Any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, +joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated +organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any +other form of entity. +“Primary Intended Use”: (i) Eighteen (18) hole golf course and related uses, +(ii) ancillary retail use, (iii) such other uses required under any Legal +Requirements (including those mandated by any applicable regulators), (iv) such +other ancillary uses, but in all events consistent + + +13 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +with the current use of the Golf Courses or any portion thereof as of the +Commencement Date or with then-prevailing golf course industry use (including +developing, altering and/or improving portions of the property on which any Golf +Course is situated as expressly permitted by the last sentence of Section +2.1(a)(i) and otherwise provided by this Agreement), and/or (v) such other use +as shall be agreed to by Owner and User from time to time in their reasonable +discretion. +“Prime Rate”: On any date, a rate equal to the annual rate on such date publicly +announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (provided that if JPMorgan Chase Bank, +N.A. ceases to publish such rate, the Prime Rate shall be determined according +to the comparable prime rate of another comparable nationally known money center +bank reasonably selected by Owner), to be its prime rate for ninety (90)-day +unsecured loans to its corporate borrowers of the highest credit standing, but +in no event greater than the maximum rate then permitted under applicable law. +“Prior Months”: As defined in the definition of CPI Increase. +“Products and Materials”: All products, merchandise and other materials, in any +format now or hereafter known, bearing or incorporating any of the Licensed +Trademarks, which identify or promote the Rio Secco Golf Course, or goods or +services offered thereby or in connection therewith, including goods, packaging, +labeling, point-of-sale materials, websites, social media pages, trade show +displays, sales materials and advertising. +“Prohibited Agent”: As defined in the definition of Permitted User Lender. +“Prohibited Persons”: As defined in Article XXVI. +“PropCo”: VICI Properties L.P., a Delaware limited partnership. +“PropCo 1”: VICI Properties 1 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. +“Protected Names”: As defined in Section 27.13. +“Regional Landlord”: The “Landlord” as defined in the Regional Lease. +“Regional Lease”: That certain Lease (Non-CPLV), dated as of the Commencement +Date, by and among the entities listed on Schedule A thereto, CEOC and the +entities listed on Schedule B thereto, and, solely for the purposes of the +penultimate paragraph of Section 1.1 thereof, Propco TRS LLC, a Delaware limited +liability company, as (i) amended by that certain First Amendment to Lease +(Non-CPLV), dated as of December 22, 2017, (ii) further amended by that certain +Second Amendment to Lease (Non-CPLV) and Ratification of SNDA, dated as of +February 16, 2018, (iii) further amended by that certain Third Amendment to +Lease (Non-CPLV), dated as of April 2, 2018, (iv) further amended by that +certain Fourth Amendment to Lease (Non-CPLV), dated as of the Fourth Amendment +Date, (v) further amended by that certain Omnibus Amendment, (vi) further +amended by that certain Fifth Amendment to Lease (Non-CPLV), dated as of the +Fifth Amendment Date, and (vii) may be further amended, restated or otherwise +modified from time to time. +“Regional Tenant”: The “Tenant” as defined in the Regional Lease. + + +14 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +“Renewal Notice”: As defined in Section 2.3. +“Renewal Term”: As defined in Section 2.3. +“Rent”: “Rent” as defined in the Regional Lease. +“Representatives”: With respect to any Person, such Person’s officers, +employees, directors, accountants, attorneys and other consultants, experts or +agents of such Person, and actual or prospective arrangers, underwriters, +investors or lenders with respect to indebtedness or Equity Interests that may +be issued by such Person, to the extent that any of the foregoing actually +receives non-public information hereunder. In addition, and without limitation +of the foregoing, the term “Representatives” shall include, (a) in the case of +Owner, PropCo 1, PropCo, Landlord REIT, Golf TRS and any Affiliate thereof, and +(b) in the case of User, CEOC, CEC and any Affiliate thereof. +“Rio”: Rio Properties, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company. +“Rio Secco Golf Course”: The Rio Secco golf course property located in +Henderson, Nevada as of the Commencement Date. +“SEC”: The United States Securities and Exchange Commission. +“Section 27.5 Dispute”: As defined in Section 27.5. +“Severance Agreement”: A separate agreement with respect to a Golf Course, +created when Owner transfers any individual Golf Course (or several Golf Courses +but not all of the Golf Courses), which agreement shall comply with the +requirements set forth in Article XVI hereof. +“Stated Expiration Date”: As defined in Section 2.2. +“Subsidiary”: As to any Person, (i) any corporation more than fifty percent +(50%) of whose stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof +ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation +(irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any class or classes of +such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the +happening of any contingency) is at the time of determination owned by such +Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, and (ii) any partnership, +limited liability company, association, joint venture or other entity in which +such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person has more than a fifty +percent (50%) Equity Interest at the time of determination. +“Taking”: Any taking of all or any part of the Golf Courses, in or by +Condemnation, including by reason of the temporary requisition of the use or +occupancy of all or any part of the Golf Courses by any governmental authority, +civil or military. +“Tee Sheet Rate”: With respect to an individual round of golf at a particular +Golf Course, the applicable rate which a walk-in member of the general public +would be charged to play such round of golf at such Golf Course if such member +did not pay a reduced rate based on any discount associated with such member’s +stay at any local resort or casino, including those operated by User, +promotional code, coupon or other discount. + + +15 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +“Tenant Event of Default”: “Tenant Event of Default” as defined in the Regional +Lease. +“Tenant’s Initial Financing”: “Tenant’s Initial Financing” as defined in the +Regional Lease. +“Term”: As defined in Section 2.2. +“Unavoidable Delay”: Delays due to strikes, lockouts, inability to procure +materials, power failure, acts of God, governmental restrictions, enemy action, +civil commotion, fire, unavoidable casualty or other causes beyond the +reasonable control of the Party responsible for performing an obligation +hereunder; provided, that lack of funds, in and of itself, shall not be deemed a +cause beyond the reasonable control of a Party. +“Unsuitable for Its Primary Intended Use”: A state or condition of any +individual Golf Course such that by reason of a Partial Taking or a sale, +assignment, transfer or conveyance of a portion (but not all) of such Golf +Course pursuant to Section 16.1 (or other event, as applicable) such Golf Course +cannot, following restoration thereof (to the extent commercially practical and +solely with respect to a Partial Taking), be operated on a commercially +practicable basis as an eighteen (18) hole golf course, taking into account, +among other relevant economic factors, the amount of square footage and the +estimated revenue affected by such Partial Taking or such sale, assignment, +transfer or conveyance of a portion (but not all) of such Golf Course pursuant +to Section 16.1 (or other event, as applicable). +“Usage Year”: The first (1st) Usage Year of the Term shall be the period +commencing on the Commencement Date and ending on the last day of the calendar +month in which the first (1st) anniversary of the Commencement Date occurs, and +each subsequent Usage Year shall be each period of twelve (12) full calendar +months after the last day of the prior Usage Year, except that the final Usage +Year of the Term shall end on the Expiration Date. +“User”: As defined in the preamble. +“User Event of Default”: As defined in Section 13.1. +“User Indemnified Parties”: As defined in Article XV. +“User Licensing Event”: (a) Either (1) a communication (whether oral or in +writing) by or from any Gaming Authority to Owner or any of its Affiliates or +other action by any Gaming Authority that indicates that such Gaming Authority +may find that, or (2) a determination by Owner, in its sole but reasonable +discretion and pursuant to customary internal processes that, the association of +any member of the User Subject Group with Owner or any of its Affiliates is +likely to, (i) result in a disciplinary action relating to, or the loss of, +inability to reinstate or failure to obtain, any registration, application or +license or any other rights or entitlements held or required to be held by Owner +or any of its Affiliates under any Gaming Law, or (ii) violate any Gaming Law to +which Owner or any of its Affiliates is subject; or (b) any member of the User +Subject Group is required to be licensed, registered, qualified or found +suitable under any Gaming Law, and such Person is + + +16 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +not or does not remain so licensed, registered, qualified or found suitable +within any applicable timeframes required by the applicable Gaming Authority, +or, after becoming so licensed, registered, qualified or found suitable, fails +to remain so. For purposes of this definition, an “Affiliate” of Owner includes +any Person for which Owner or its Affiliate is providing management services. +“User Rights and Privileges”: As defined in Section 2.1. +“User Subject Group”: User, User’s Affiliates and its and their principals, +direct or indirect shareholders, officers, directors, agents, employees and +other related Persons (including in the case of any trusts or similar Persons, +the direct or indirect beneficiaries of such trust or similar Persons), +excluding Owner and its Affiliates. +ARTICLE II + +GRANT OF LICENSE; TERM +2.1 +Golf Courses; Rights and Privileges; Minimum Rounds; Trademark License. + +(a)    User and Owner Rights and Privileges. +(i)    Upon and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, Owner +grants to User, and User accepts from Owner, certain priority rights and +privileges with respect to access and use of the golf course properties +described on Exhibit A-1 attached hereto (each, a “Golf Course”; collectively, +the “Golf Courses”) as more particularly set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto +(collectively, the “User Rights and Privileges”). Such User Rights and +Privileges are granted subject to all covenants, conditions, restrictions, +easements and other matters of any nature, whether or not of record, affecting +the Golf Courses or any portion thereof as of the Commencement Date and such +subsequent covenants, conditions, restrictions, easements and other matters of +any nature, whether or not of record, affecting the Golf Courses or any portion +thereof that do not materially and adversely affect User’s rights under this +Agreement or as may otherwise be agreed to in writing by Owner and User, whether +or not of record, including any matters which would be disclosed by an +inspection or accurate survey of the Golf Courses or any portion thereof. With +respect to each Golf Course, Owner shall have the right to enter into any +covenants, conditions, restrictions, easements and other matters of any nature, +whether or not of record, affecting such Golf Course or any portion thereof +without having agreed to same in writing with User but Owner may do so only if +and to the extent the same does not render such Golf Course Unsuitable for Its +Primary Intended Use. In addition, Owner shall have the right to develop, alter +and/or improve portions of the property on which any Golf Course is situated for +other uses but Owner may do so only if and to the extent that doing so does not +render such Golf Course Unsuitable for Its Primary Intended Use. +(ii)    In consideration of the foregoing grant of the User Rights and +Privileges, User shall (A) pay to Owner the Membership Fee and the CES Use Fee +(as more particularly described in Article III), (B) provide to Owner (or cause +User’s Affiliates to provide to Owner) the rights and privileges set forth on +Exhibit C attached hereto (collectively, the + + +17 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +“Owner Rights and Privileges”) and (C) sponsor (i.e., pay for, and use +commercially reasonable efforts to refer to Owner), on a monthly basis, the +Aggregate Minimum Rounds Per Month and, on an annual basis, the Aggregate +Minimum Rounds Per Year (as more particularly described in Section 2.1(b) +below). +(b)    Minimum Rounds. +(i)    User agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to refer to Owner, at +each Golf Course, a minimum number of Complimentary Golf Rounds per calendar +year as more particularly set forth on Exhibit E-1 attached hereto +(collectively, the “Minimum Rounds Per Year”), which Minimum Rounds Per Year +shall be apportioned among each calendar month during each such calendar year as +more particularly set forth on Exhibit E-1 attached hereto (collectively, the +“Minimum Rounds Per Month”), in each case as such amounts may be reduced by the +applicable Minimum Rounds Reduction Amount as described in Section 7.3, Section +11.2(a), Section 11.2(b), Section 12.1(a), Section 12.1(b), Section 12.3 and +Article XVI. +(ii)    In consideration of the tee times that will be reserved (i.e., set +aside) by Owner in order to accommodate the Aggregate Minimum Rounds Per Year +and any Other Sponsored Rounds For The Year (as applicable), User shall pay to +Owner the Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee (as more particularly described in +Article III). For the avoidance of doubt, User’s failure to refer to Owner, at +each Golf Course, the Minimum Rounds Per Year shall in no way affect User’s +obligation to pay to Owner the portion of the Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee +attributable to the aggregate of the Annual Minimum Rounds Fees for all of the +Golf Courses. +(c)    Trademark License. Subject to the terms and provisions set forth in this +Agreement, CLC hereby grants to Owner, and Owner hereby accepts, a worldwide, +royalty-free and non-transferable right and sublicense, for a term of eight (8) +years from the Commencement Date (the “License Term”), to use the Licensed +Trademarks solely (x) in connection with the operation, advertising, marketing +and promotion of the Rio Secco Golf Course and (y) on or in connection with the +use, manufacture, marketing, promotion, distribution, offer for sale and sale of +Products and Materials. Owner acknowledges and agrees that the Licensed +Trademarks are owned by Rio and licensed to CLC. Owner therefore agrees to +comply with the terms and conditions applicable to sublicensees of the Licensed +Trademarks, as set forth on Exhibit H hereto. The sublicense granted pursuant to +this Section 2.1(c) shall be non-exclusive, except that such license shall be +exclusive as to CES and its subsidiaries (including CLC); provided, that CES and +its subsidiaries (including CLC) may continue to use the Licensed Trademarks and +reference the Rio Secco Golf Course as necessary to comply with the terms and +conditions of this Agreement (including, e.g., for promotional purposes in +connection with the User Rights and Privileges set forth on Exhibit B hereto). +2.2    Term. The term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall commence on the +Commencement Date and expire on the Expiration Date (i.e., the Term shall +consist of the Initial Term plus all Renewal Terms, to the extent exercised as +set forth in Section 2.3 below, subject to any earlier termination of the Term +pursuant to the terms hereof). The initial stated term of this + + +18 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +Agreement (the “Initial Term”) shall commence on October 6, 2017 (the +“Commencement Date”) and expire on July 31, 2035 (the “Initial Stated Expiration +Date”). The “Stated Expiration Date” means the Initial Stated Expiration Date or +the expiration date of the most recently exercised Renewal Term, as the case may +be. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein, +(a) if all of the Leases terminate in accordance with their respective terms, +then, simultaneously with such termination of the Lease that terminates last, +this Agreement shall automatically terminate, and (b) this Agreement may be +terminated by User with respect to one or more Golf Courses, provided that any +such termination pursuant to this clause (b) shall not relieve or diminish +User’s obligation to pay the full amount of the Membership Fee as provided +herein, which obligation shall survive the termination of this Agreement until +all of the Leases have terminated in accordance with their respective terms, nor +relieve or diminish Guarantor’s obligations under the Guaranty. +2.3    Renewal Terms. The Term may be extended for four (4) separate “Renewal +Terms” of five (5) years each if (a) at least twelve (12), but not more than +eighteen (18), months prior to the then current Stated Expiration Date, User +delivers to Owner a “Renewal Notice” stating that it is irrevocably exercising +its right to extend this Agreement for one (1) Renewal Term; and (b) no User +Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date Owner +receives the Renewal Notice or on the last day of the then current Term (other +than an User Event of Default that is in the process of being cured by a +Permitted User Lender in compliance in all respects with Section 17.2). Subject +to the provisions, terms and conditions of this Agreement, upon User’s timely +delivery to Owner of a Renewal Notice, the Term shall be extended for the then +applicable Renewal Term. During any such Renewal Term, except as specifically +provided for herein, all of the provisions, terms and conditions of this +Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. After the last Renewal Term, +User shall have no further right to renew or extend the Term. If User fails to +validly and timely exercise any right to extend this Agreement, then all +subsequent rights to extend the Term shall terminate. Notwithstanding the +foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) if any right to +extend the term of any of the Leases is validly and timely exercised pursuant to +Section 1.4 of such Lease, then (A) User shall be required to exercise the +corresponding right to extend this Agreement for the corresponding Renewal Term +hereunder, (B) User shall be deemed to have validly and timely exercised such +right to extend this Agreement described in the foregoing clause (A), and (C) +this Agreement shall automatically be extended for the applicable Renewal Term +without any further action by User, and (ii) if all of the rights to extend the +terms of the Leases fail to be validly and timely exercised pursuant to Section +1.4 of each of the Leases, then all corresponding and subsequent rights to +extend the Term hereunder shall terminate and User shall not have any right to +extend this Agreement. +ARTICLE III + +GOLF COURSE USE PAYMENTS +3.1 +Payment of Membership Fee and CES Use Fee. + +(a)    Generally. During the Term, User will pay to Owner each of the Golf +Course Use Payments and Additional Charges in lawful money of the United States +of America and legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, in the +manner provided in Section 3.3. On the + + +19 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +Commencement Date, a prorated portion of the first monthly installment of the +Membership Fee shall be paid by User for the period from the Commencement Date +until the last day of the calendar month in which the Commencement Date occurs, +based on the number of days during such period. Thereafter, the Membership Fee +shall be payable by User in consecutive monthly installments equal to +one-twelfth (1/12th) of the Membership Fee amount for the applicable Usage Year +on the first (1st) day of each calendar month (or the immediately preceding +Business Day if the first (1st) day of the month is not a Business Day), in +advance for such calendar month, during that Usage Year. With respect to the CES +Use Fee, (i) on the Commencement Date, a prorated portion of the first quarterly +installment of the CES Use Fee shall be paid by User for the period from the +Commencement Date until the last day of the calendar quarter in which the +Commencement Date occurs, based on the number of days during such period, and +(ii) thereafter, the CES Use Fee shall be payable by User in consecutive +quarterly installments equal to one-fourth (1/4th) of the CES Use Fee amount for +the applicable Usage Year on the first (1st) day of each calendar quarter (or +the immediately preceding Business Day if the first (1st) day of the quarter is +not a Business Day), in advance for such calendar quarter, during that Usage +Year. The Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee shall be payable in accordance with the +terms and provisions of Section 3.5 below. +(b)    Proration for Partial Usage Year. Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties +in writing, the Golf Course Use Payments shall each be prorated on a per diem +basis as to any Usage Year containing less than twelve (12) full calendar +months, and with respect to any installment thereof due for any partial months +at the beginning and end of the Term. +3.2    Late Payment. User hereby acknowledges that the late payment by User to +Owner of any of the Golf Course Use Payments or Additional Charges will cause +Owner to incur costs not contemplated hereunder, the exact amount of which is +presently anticipated to be extremely difficult to ascertain. Accordingly, if +any installment of any of the Golf Course Use Payments or Additional Charges +payable directly to Owner shall not be paid within four (4) days after its due +date, User shall pay to Owner on demand a late charge equal to the lesser of +(a) five percent (5%) of the amount of such installment or Additional Charges +and (b) the maximum amount permitted by law. The Parties agree that this late +charge represents a fair and reasonable estimate of the costs that Owner will +incur by reason of late payment by User. The Parties further agree that any such +late charge constitutes Golf Course Use Payments or Additional Charges (as +applicable), and not interest, and such assessment does not constitute a lender +or borrower/creditor relationship between Owner and User. If any installment of +any of the Golf Course Use Payments (or Additional Charges payable directly to +Owner) shall not be paid within nine (9) days after its due date, the amount +unpaid, including any late charges previously accrued and unpaid, shall bear +interest at the Overdue Rate (from such ninth (9th) day after the due date of +such installment until the date of payment thereof) (including interest accruing +during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar +proceeding, whether or not a claim for such interest is allowed or allowable in +such proceeding), and User shall pay such interest to Owner on demand. The +payment of such late charge or such interest shall not constitute a waiver of, +nor excuse or cure, any default under this Agreement, nor prevent Owner from +exercising any other rights and remedies available to Owner. No failure by Owner +to insist upon strict performance by User of User’s obligation to pay late +charges and interest on sums overdue shall constitute a waiver by Owner of its +right to enforce the provisions, terms and conditions of this Section 3.2. No +payment by User nor receipt by Owner of a lesser + + +20 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +amount than may be required to be paid hereunder shall be deemed to be other +than on account of any such payment, nor shall any endorsement or statement on +any check or any letter accompanying any check tendered as payment be deemed an +accord and satisfaction and Owner, in its sole discretion, may accept such check +or payment without prejudice to Owner’s right to recover the balance of such +payment due or pursue any other right or remedy in this Agreement provided. +3.3    Method of Payment. Each of the Golf Course Use Payments and Additional +Charges to be paid to Owner shall be paid by electronic funds transfer debit +transactions through wire transfer, ACH or direct deposit of immediately +available federal funds and shall be initiated by User for settlement on or +before the applicable Payment Date in each case (or, in respect of Additional +Charges, as applicable, such other date as may be applicable hereunder); +provided, however, if the Payment Date is not a Business Day, then settlement +shall be made on the preceding Business Day. Owner shall provide User with +appropriate wire transfer, ACH and direct deposit information in a Notice from +Owner to User. If Owner directs User to pay any of the Golf Course Use Payments +or any Additional Charges to any party other than Owner, User shall send to +Owner, simultaneously with such payment, a copy of the transmittal letter or +invoice and a check whereby such payment is made or such other evidence of +payment as Owner may reasonably require. No amounts due and payable under this +Agreement may be offset against any amounts due and payable under any other +agreement. +3.4    Monthly Invoice. Within ten (10) Business Days after the end of each +calendar month during the Term, Owner shall furnish to User an invoice for all +Monthly Minimum Rounds Fees, Monthly Other Sponsored Rounds Fees and Additional +Charges (if any) which are then payable hereunder (each, a “Monthly Invoice”). +For the avoidance of doubt, each Monthly Invoice will be based solely on +activities at the Golf Courses for the calendar month to which such Monthly +Invoice relates, and any reconciliation credits or refunds will be applied +against the invoiced amounts only after the corresponding end-of-quarter +reconciliation (as more particularly described below) has been completed. Within +thirty (30) days following the date of the giving of a Monthly Invoice (which +shall be determined in accordance with Article XXIV hereof), User shall pay to +Owner all amounts set forth on such Monthly Invoice. No delay by Owner in +providing any statement, invoice or billing (including, without limitation, any +Monthly Invoice or any Owner’s Statement) to User shall be deemed a default by +Owner or a waiver of amounts due to Owner. User’s failure to object to any +statement, invoice or billing by Owner (including, without limitation, any +Monthly Invoice or any Owner’s Statement) within ninety (90) days after the date +of the giving thereof (which shall be determined in accordance with Article XXIV +hereof) shall constitute User’s approval of, and waiver of any objection to, +such statement, invoice or billing and shall conclusively establish such +statement, invoice or billing as being in accordance with this Agreement. +3.5    Payment of Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee. Notwithstanding the foregoing +or anything to the contrary contained herein, the provisions of this Section 3.5 +shall be applicable with respect to the Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee, and in +the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Section 3.5 and the +other provisions of this Article III, the provisions of this Section 3.5 shall +govern.  Payments in respect of the Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee shall be made +by User to Owner, in consecutive monthly installments on or before the thirtieth +(30th) day following the date of the giving of each Monthly Invoice (which shall +be determined in accordance + + +21 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +with Article XXIV hereof) (in arrears for the calendar month to which such +Monthly Invoice relates), and each such payment shall include the applicable +Monthly Minimum Rounds Fees and the applicable Monthly Other Sponsored Rounds +Fees for all of the Golf Courses (subject to quarterly reconciliation as set +forth below).  Within forty-five (45) days after the end of each calendar +quarter during the Term, Owner shall furnish to User a statement showing (a) the +number of Complimentary Golf Rounds attributable to such calendar quarter, (b) +the year-to-date (as of the end of such calendar quarter) number of +Complimentary Golf Rounds attributable to the calendar year of which such +calendar quarter is a part, and (c) a calculation of the Complimentary Golf +Rounds Reimbursement Amount (if any) which is then owing hereunder (each, an +“Owner’s Statement”).  Within thirty (30) days following the date of the giving +of an Owner’s Statement (which shall be determined in accordance with Article +XXIV hereof), Owner shall provide to User a credit against payments in respect +of the Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee next coming due (or a refund if at the end +of the Term, subject to Article XIII) in the amount of the Complimentary Golf +Rounds Reimbursement Amount (if any) set forth on such Owner’s Statement.  For +purposes hereof, the term “Complimentary Golf Rounds Reimbursement Amount” shall +mean an amount equal to the difference of (i) the aggregate amount of the +installment payments theretofore made by User to Owner in respect of the +Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee pursuant to this Section 3.5 during the applicable +calendar year, minus (ii) the sum of (A) the aggregate amount of all Monthly +Minimum Rounds Fees for all of the Golf Courses, on a year-to-date basis, +payable for all of the months during such calendar year, through and including +such calendar quarter, plus (B) the aggregate amount of the following for all of +the Golf Courses: with respect to each Golf Course, the product of (1) the +greater of (x) zero (0), and (y) the difference of (I) for such Golf Course, as +applicable, the aggregate number of Complimentary Golf Rounds at such Golf +Course, on a year-to-date basis, for such calendar year, through and including +such calendar quarter, minus (II) for such Golf Course, as applicable, the +aggregate number of Minimum Rounds Per Month for such Golf Course for all of the +months during such calendar year, through and including such calendar quarter, +multiplied by (2) the applicable Other Sponsored Rounds Charge for such Golf +Course. For the avoidance of doubt, in performing any end-of-quarter +reconciliation, with respect to each Golf Course, (aa) the aggregate +year-to-date number of Complimentary Golf Rounds at such Golf Course will be +applied first towards satisfaction of each of the Minimum Rounds Per Month for +such Golf Course through and including the applicable calendar quarter (and, in +connection therewith, some or all of the Other Sponsored Rounds For The Month at +such Golf Course during the applicable calendar quarter may ultimately be +applied to satisfy the Minimum Rounds Per Month of a preceding, or subsequent, +month in the calendar year of which the applicable calendar quarter is a part); +and (bb) if the aggregate year-to-date number of Other Sponsored Rounds For The +Month for such Golf Course exceeds the aggregate year-to-date number of +unsatisfied Minimum Rounds Per Month for such Golf Course, then the +reconciliation will include an adjustment of the rate applicable to such excess +for purposes of calculating the Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee (i.e., the +applicable rate with respect to such excess will be the applicable Minimum +Rounds Rate for such Golf Course (rather than the then applicable Tee Sheet +Rate)). +ARTICLE IV + +ADDITIONAL CHARGES + + +22 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +Owner and User acknowledge and agree that the Golf Course Use Payments are in +consideration of the User Rights and Privileges and the tee times to be reserved +(i.e., set aside) to accommodate the Aggregate Minimum Rounds Per Year and any +Other Sponsored Rounds For The Year (as applicable). In addition to the Golf +Course Use Payments, User shall (a) pay Owner for charges for goods and services +(other than greens fees) provided by Owner at the Golf Courses (e.g., food, +beverages and pro shop merchandise) to, or at the written request (which may be +via electronic mail) of, User, in each case in a manner consistent with past +practice, and (b) be responsible for other Additional Charges in accordance with +the applicable terms hereof. +ARTICLE V + +NO TERMINATION, ABATEMENT, ETC. +Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, User shall remain +bound by this Agreement in accordance with its terms. The obligations of Owner +and User hereunder shall be separate and independent covenants and agreements +and each of the Golf Course Use Payments and all other sums payable by User +hereunder shall continue to be payable in all events unless the obligations to +pay the same shall be terminated pursuant to the express provisions of this +Agreement or by termination of this Agreement as to all of the Golf Courses as a +result of all of the Leases having been terminated in accordance with their +respective terms other than a termination of this Agreement by Owner pursuant to +Section 13.2. Without limitation of the preceding sentence, the respective +obligations of Owner and User shall not be affected by reason of, except as +expressly set forth in Articles XI and XII, (a) any damage to or destruction of +the Golf Courses or any portion thereof from whatever cause, or any Condemnation +of the Golf Courses or any portion thereof or, discontinuance of any service or +utility servicing the same; (b) the lawful or unlawful prohibition of, or +restriction upon, User’s use of the Golf Courses or any portion thereof or the +interference with such use by any Person; (c) any claim that User has or might +have against Owner by reason of any default or breach of any warranty by Owner +hereunder or under any other agreement between Owner and User or to which Owner +and User are parties; (d) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, +consolidation, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, winding up or other +proceedings affecting Owner or any assignee or transferee of Owner; or (e) for +any other cause, whether similar or dissimilar to any of the foregoing. User +hereby specifically waives all rights arising from any occurrence whatsoever +which may now or hereafter be conferred upon it by law (i) to modify, surrender +or terminate this Agreement, or (ii) which may entitle User to any abatement, +deduction, reduction, suspension or deferment of or defense, counterclaim, claim +or set-off against any of the Golf Course Use Payments or other sums payable by +User hereunder, except in each case as may be otherwise specifically provided in +this Agreement. +ARTICLE VI +OWNERSHIP OF GOLF COURSES +Owner and User acknowledge and agree that they have executed and delivered this +Agreement with the understanding that (i) the Golf Courses are the property of +Owner, (ii) User has only the right to access and use the Golf Courses upon the +terms and conditions of this Agreement, (iii) during the Term, each Golf Course +is an amenity relating to the Leased Property under the + + +23 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +Leases as well as a third-party business open to the public, (iv) the business +relationship created by this Agreement and any related documents is and at all +times shall remain that of licensor and licensee, (v) this Agreement has been +entered into by each Party in reliance upon the mutual covenants, conditions and +agreements contained herein, and (vi) none of the agreements contained herein is +intended, nor shall the same be deemed or construed, to create a partnership +between Owner and User, to make them joint venturers, to make User an agent, +legal representative, partner, subsidiary or employee of Owner, or to make Owner +in any way responsible for the debts, obligations or losses of User. +ARTICLE VII + +PRESENT CONDITION & USE +7.1    Condition of the Golf Courses. User confirms that User has examined and +otherwise has knowledge of the condition of the Golf Courses prior to and as of +the execution and delivery of this Agreement and has found the same to be +satisfactory for its purposes hereunder, it being understood and acknowledged by +User that, immediately prior to Owner’s acquisition of the Golf Courses and +contemporaneous entry into this Agreement, User (or its Affiliates) was the +owner of all of Owner’s interest in and to the Golf Courses and, accordingly, +User is charged with, and deemed to have, full and complete knowledge of all +aspects of the condition and state of the Golf Courses as of the Commencement +Date. Without limitation of the foregoing and regardless of any examination or +inspection made by User, and whether or not any patent or latent defect or +condition was revealed or discovered thereby, User is using the Golf Courses “as +is” in its present condition. Without limitation of the foregoing, User waives +any claim or action against Owner in respect of the condition of the Golf +Courses including any defects or adverse conditions not discovered or otherwise +known by User as of the Commencement Date. OWNER MAKES NO WARRANTY OR +REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN RESPECT OF THE GOLF COURSES +OR ANY PART THEREOF, INCLUDING AS TO ITS FITNESS FOR USE, DESIGN OR CONDITION +FOR ANY PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE OR OTHERWISE. This Section 7.1 shall not be +construed to limit Owner’s express indemnities made hereunder. +7.2 +Use of the Golf Courses. During the Term, each Golf Course shall be used for the +Primary Intended Use. + +7.3    Ground Leases. +(a)    Subject to Section 7.3(b) and Section 7.3(c) below, in the event of +cancellation or termination of any Ground Lease for any reason whatsoever +whether voluntary or involuntary (by operation of law or otherwise) prior to the +Expiration Date (other than the cancellation or termination of a Ground Lease +entered into in connection with a sale-leaseback transaction by Owner (other +than if such cancellation or termination resulted from User’s default under this +Agreement), which cancellation or termination results in the Golf Course leased +under such Ground Lease no longer being subject to this Agreement), then this +Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and User’s obligation to pay +each of the Golf Course Use Payments (excluding the portion of the Complimentary +Golf Rounds Fee attributable to such Ground Leased Golf Course) and all +Additional Charges required by this Agreement, and all other obligations of User +hereunder (other than such obligations + + +24 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +of User hereunder that concern solely the applicable Ground Leased Golf Course +demised under the affected Ground Lease (including, without limitation, the +obligations of User hereunder with respect to the portion of the Complimentary +Golf Rounds Fee attributable to such Ground Leased Golf Course), which, for the +avoidance of doubt, shall under no circumstances include or be deemed to include +the obligations of User hereunder with respect to all or any portion of the +Membership Fee), shall continue unabated (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the +Minimum Rounds Per Month and the Minimum Rounds Per Year shall each be adjusted +in accordance with the Minimum Rounds Reduction Amount (and the Complimentary +Golf Rounds Fee shall be re-determined in connection therewith)); provided that +if Owner enters into a replacement lease with respect to the applicable Ground +Leased Golf Course on substantially similar terms to those of such cancelled or +terminated Ground Lease, then such replacement lease shall automatically become +a Ground Lease hereunder and such Ground Leased Golf Course shall remain part of +the Golf Courses hereunder. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall create, or +be construed as creating, any privity of contract or privity of estate between +the lessor under any applicable Ground Lease (in each case, the “Ground Lessor”) +and User. +(b)    With respect to any Ground Leased Golf Course, the Ground Lease for which +has an expiration date (taking into account any renewal options exercised +thereunder as of the Commencement Date or hereafter exercised) prior to the +Expiration Date, this Agreement shall expire solely with respect to such Ground +Leased Golf Course concurrently with such Ground Lease expiration date (taking +into account the following sentences of this Section 7.3(b)). There shall be no +reduction in any of the Golf Course Use Payments by reason of such expiration +with respect to, and the corresponding removal from this Agreement of, any such +Ground Leased Golf Course, except that the portion of the Complimentary Golf +Rounds Fee attributable to such Ground Leased Golf Course shall no longer +constitute a part of the Golf Course Use Payments (and, for the avoidance of +doubt, the Minimum Rounds Per Month and the Minimum Rounds Per Year shall each +be adjusted in accordance with the Minimum Rounds Reduction Amount (and the +Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee shall be re-determined in connection therewith)). +Unless all of the rights to extend the terms of the Leases fail to be validly +and timely exercised pursuant to Section 1.4 of each of the Leases, Owner (as +ground lessee) shall be required to (at the appropriate times) exercise all +renewal options contained in each Ground Lease so as to extend the term thereof, +and Owner shall provide User with a copy of Owner’s exercise of such renewal +option. +(c)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, in +the event that, despite any cancellation or termination of any Ground Lease for +any reason whatsoever whether voluntary or involuntary (by operation of law or +otherwise), Owner continues to be able to make available to User use of the +applicable Ground Leased Golf Course demised under the affected Ground Lease for +the Primary Intended Use, then all rights and obligations of Owner and User with +respect to such Ground Leased Golf Course shall continue in full force and +effect. +(d)    Nothing contained in this Agreement amends, or shall be construed to +amend, any provision of the Ground Leases. +ARTICLE VIII + +REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES + + +25 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +Each Party represents and warrants to the other that as of the Commencement +Date: (i) this Agreement has been duly authorized and shall be binding upon it; +(ii) it is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws +of the state of its formation and, as applicable, is duly authorized and +qualified to perform this Agreement within the States where the Golf Courses are +located; and (iii) neither this Agreement nor any other document executed or to +be executed in connection herewith violates the terms of any other agreement of +such Party. +ARTICLE IX + +MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND OPERATIONS +Subject to the following provisions of this Article IX, Owner shall, at Owner’s +sole cost and expense, (a) operate, maintain, repair and replace the Golf +Courses, and every portion thereof, including, without limitation, undertaking +and performing capital improvements, in each case (i) in a manner substantially +consistent with the prior operating history of the Golf Courses and/or +applicable portion thereof, and (ii) in conformity in all material respects with +all Legal Requirements, and (b) be responsible for all taxes, utilities, and +other costs of ownership of the Golf Courses. Except to the extent necessary +during restoration after a Casualty Event, Taking or Condemnation, or necessary +or appropriate for purposes of performing maintenance and repairs and/or +renovations in Owner’s (and only Owner’s) business judgment, Owner shall keep +the Golf Courses continuously open for business and operating in the ordinary +course. In the event that a Golf Course closes as a result of any restoration or +renovation, User’s obligation to pay each of the Golf Course Use Payments and +all Additional Charges required by this Agreement shall remain unabated during +the period that such Golf Course is closed; except, however, if such Golf Course +remains closed for six (6) consecutive calendar months, then, during the period +commencing on the day immediately after the expiration of such six (6)-month +period and ending on the day immediately preceding the date on which such Golf +Course reopens, User shall not be required to (i) sponsor any portion of the +Aggregate Minimum Rounds Per Month and/or Aggregate Minimum Rounds Per Year that +would have been attributable to such Golf Course for such period had such Golf +Course not been closed during such period, or (ii) pay any portion of the +Monthly Minimum Rounds Fee and/or Annual Minimum Rounds Fee that would have been +attributable to such Golf Course for such period had such Golf Course not been +closed during such period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained +herein, (A) to the extent not paid in full on or before the Commencement Date, +User shall pay (or cause to be paid) in full all costs and expenses for +completing those capital improvements for the Golf Courses (notwithstanding the +amounts provided for on Exhibit F attached hereto) that have either (1) +commenced on or before the Commencement Date or (2) been approved by User as of +the Commencement Date (collectively, the “Approved Capital Improvements”), which +Approved Capital Improvements are more particularly described on Exhibit F +attached hereto, promptly following User’s receipt of an invoice for the same, +and (B) to the extent not complete on or before the date hereof, User shall +diligently prosecute completion of the Approved Capital Improvements. User +hereby represents and warrants to Owner that, as of the Commencement Date, User +paid One Million Eight Hundred Ninety-Two Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Nine and +36/100 Dollars ($1,892,839.36) with respect to the Approved Capital +Improvements. + + +26 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +ARTICLE X + +INSURANCE +During the Term, Owner shall, at its own cost and expense, maintain the minimum +kinds and amounts of insurance described on Exhibit I attached hereto. Such +insurance shall apply to the ownership, maintenance, use and operations related +to the Golf Courses and all property located in or on the Golf Courses. All +policies shall be written with insurers authorized to do business in all States +where the Golf Courses are located and shall maintain A.M. Best ratings of not +less than “A-” “VII” or better in the most recent version of Best’s Key Rating +Guide. In the event that any of the insurance companies’ ratings fall below the +requirements set forth above, Owner shall have one hundred eighty (180) days +within which to replace such insurance company with an insurance company that +qualifies under the requirements set forth above. It is understood that Owner +may utilize so called Surplus lines companies and will adhere to the standard +above. In furtherance of the foregoing, Owner shall maintain, with financially +sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance (subject to customary +deductibles and retentions) in such amounts and against such risks as are +reasonable and customarily maintained by similarly situated companies engaged in +the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations. +Certificates of insurance, evidencing the insurance coverage required by this +Article X shall be delivered to User as described on Exhibit I attached hereto. +The Parties hereby confirm that the amounts and types of insurance that Owner +has in effect as of the Commencement Date satisfies the requirements of this +Article X. +ARTICLE XI + +CASUALTY +11.1    Property Insurance Proceeds. All proceeds payable by reason of any +property loss or damage to the Golf Courses, or any portion thereof, under any +property policy of insurance required to be carried hereunder or otherwise +maintained by Owner shall be paid to Owner or as otherwise agreed between Owner +and Fee Mortgagee and, subject to the limitations set forth in this Article XI, +used for the repair of any damage to or restoration or reconstruction of the +Golf Courses, provided that the Golf Courses are rebuilt in a manner that is +substantially the same condition as existed immediately prior to the applicable +casualty or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Owner. Any excess proceeds of +insurance remaining after the completion of the restoration or reconstruction of +the Golf Courses to substantially the same condition as existed immediately +before the damage or destruction and with materials and workmanship of like kind +and quality or otherwise to Owner’s reasonable satisfaction shall be paid to +Owner. + + +27 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +11.2    Owner’s Obligations Following Casualty +(a)    Subject to Section 11.2(b) below, in the event of a Casualty Event with +respect to any individual Golf Course, (i) Owner shall restore such Golf Course +to substantially the same condition as existed immediately before such damage or +otherwise in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Owner and (ii) the damage +caused by the applicable Casualty Event shall not terminate this Agreement; +provided, however, that if the applicable Casualty Event shall occur not more +than two (2) years prior to the then-Stated Expiration Date and the cost to +restore the applicable Golf Course to the condition immediately preceding the +Casualty Event, as determined by a mutually approved contractor or architect, +would equal or exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the fair market value (as +reasonably determined by the parties) of such Golf Course immediately prior to +the time of such damage or destruction, then each of Owner and User shall have +the option, exercisable in such Party’s sole and absolute discretion, to +terminate this Agreement with respect to such Golf Course, upon written notice +to the other Party hereto delivered to such other Party within thirty (30) days +of the determination of the amount of damage and the fair market value (as +reasonably determined by the parties) of such Golf Course and, if such option is +exercised by either Owner or User, (i) this Agreement shall terminate with +respect to such Golf Course and Owner shall not be required to restore such Golf +Course and any insurance proceeds payable as a result of the damage or +destruction shall be payable in accordance with Section 11.2(c), and (ii) +commencing upon the date of such termination, (A) the CES Use Fee shall be +adjusted in accordance with the CES Use Fee Reduction Amount and (B) the Minimum +Rounds Per Month and the Minimum Rounds Per Year shall each be adjusted in +accordance with the Minimum Rounds Reduction Amount (and the Complimentary Golf +Rounds Fee shall be re-determined in connection therewith). Notwithstanding +anything to the contrary contained herein, if a Casualty Event occurs (and/or if +the determination of the amount of damage and/or the thirty (30) day period +referred to in the preceding sentence is continuing) at a time when User could +send a Renewal Notice (provided, for this purpose, User shall be permitted to +send a Renewal Notice under Section 2.3 not more than twenty-four (24) months +(rather than not more than eighteen (18) months) prior to the then current +Stated Expiration Date), if User has elected or elects to exercise the same at +any time following User’s receipt of such notice of termination from Owner, +neither Owner nor User may terminate this Agreement under this Section 11.2(a). +(b)    If the cost to restore any individual Golf Course exceeds the amount of +proceeds received from the insurance required to be carried hereunder, then (i) +Owner shall not be obligated to restore such Golf Course, and (ii) Owner shall, +by written notice to User delivered to User within thirty (30) days of the final +determination of the amount of proceeds received from the insurance required to +be carried hereunder or otherwise maintained by Owner, elect to either (A) +restore such Golf Course to substantially the same condition as existed +immediately before such damage or otherwise in a manner reasonably satisfactory +to Owner (in which event this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect) +or (B) terminate this Agreement with respect to such Golf Course (in which event +(1) this Agreement shall terminate with respect to such Golf Course and any +insurance proceeds payable as a result of the damage or destruction shall be +payable in accordance with Section 11.2(c), and (2) commencing upon the date of +such termination, (x) the CES Use Fee shall be adjusted in accordance with the +CES Use Fee Reduction Amount and (y) the Minimum Rounds Per Month and the +Minimum Rounds Per Year shall each be adjusted in accordance with the Minimum +Rounds + + +28 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +Reduction Amount (and the Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee shall be re-determined +in connection therewith)). +(c)    In the event Owner is not required to, and does not elect to, repair and +restore any applicable Golf Course, all insurance proceeds shall be paid to and +retained by Owner free and clear of any claim. +11.3    No Abatement of Golf Course Use Payments. Except as expressly provided +in Article IX or this Article XI, this Agreement shall remain in full force and +effect and User’s obligation to pay each of the Golf Course Use Payments and all +Additional Charges required by this Agreement shall remain unabated during any +period following a Casualty Event. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary +contained herein, for the avoidance of doubt, under no scenario, including, +without limitation, the termination of this Agreement as a result of a Casualty +Event or otherwise, shall User be relieved of its obligation to pay the +Membership Fee before all of the Leases have terminated in accordance with their +respective terms. +11.4    Waiver. User waives any statutory rights of termination which may arise +by reason of any damage or destruction of any applicable Golf Course but such +waiver shall not affect any contractual rights granted to User under this +Agreement. +ARTICLE XII + +EMINENT DOMAIN +12.1    Condemnation. Owner shall promptly give User written notice of the +actual or threatened Condemnation or any Condemnation proceeding affecting any +Golf Course of which Owner has knowledge and shall deliver to User copies of any +and all papers served in connection with the same. +(a)    Total Taking. If all of any individual Golf Course is subject to a +permanent Taking, then (i) this Agreement shall automatically terminate with +respect to such Golf Course as of the day before the date of such Taking, and +(ii) commencing upon the date of such termination, (A) the CES Use Fee shall be +adjusted in accordance with the CES Use Fee Reduction Amount and (B) the Minimum +Rounds Per Month and the Minimum Rounds Per Year shall each be adjusted in +accordance with the Minimum Rounds Reduction Amount (and the Complimentary Golf +Rounds Fee shall be re-determined in connection therewith). +(b)    Partial Taking. If a portion (but not all) of any individual Golf Course +is subject to a permanent Taking (“Partial Taking”), then (i) this Agreement +shall remain in effect so long as such Golf Course is not thereby rendered +Unsuitable for Its Primary Intended Use, and (ii) none of the Golf Course Use +Payments shall be adjusted; provided, however, that if the applicable Golf +Course is rendered Unsuitable for Its Primary Intended Use, then (A) this +Agreement shall terminate with respect to such Golf Course as of the day before +the date of such Partial Taking, and (B) commencing upon the date of such +termination, (1) the CES Use Fee shall be adjusted in accordance with the CES +Use Fee Reduction Amount and (2) the Minimum Rounds Per Month and the Minimum + + +29 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +Rounds Per Year shall each be adjusted in accordance with the Minimum Rounds +Reduction Amount (and the Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee shall be re-determined +in connection therewith). +(c)    Restoration. If there is a Partial Taking and this Agreement remains in +full force and effect, the Award shall be paid to Owner. In such event, (i) +subject to receiving such Award, Owner shall accomplish all necessary +restoration in accordance with the following sentence (whether or not the amount +of the Award received by Owner is sufficient), and (ii) none of the Golf Course +Use Payments shall be adjusted. Owner shall restore the affected Golf Course as +nearly as reasonably possible under the circumstances to a complete +architectural unit of the same general character and condition as existed +immediately prior to the applicable Partial Taking or otherwise reasonably +satisfactory to Owner (but in any case consistent with the Primary Intended +Use). +12.2    Award Distribution. The Award resulting from any Taking or Condemnation +shall be paid to and retained by Owner free and clear of any claim. +12.3    Temporary Taking. The taking of any individual Golf Course, or any part +thereof, shall constitute a Taking by Condemnation only when the use and +occupancy by the taking authority has continued for longer than one hundred +eighty (180) consecutive days. During any shorter period, which shall be a +temporary taking, all the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full +force and effect (except that (a) the CES Use Fee shall be adjusted in +accordance with the CES Use Fee Reduction Amount and (b) the Minimum Rounds Per +Month and the Minimum Rounds Per Year shall each be adjusted in accordance with +the Minimum Rounds Reduction Amount (and the Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee shall +be re-determined in connection therewith), in each case in proportion to the +duration of such temporary taking) and the Award shall be paid to Owner. +12.4    No Abatement of Membership Fee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary +contained herein, for the avoidance of doubt, under no scenario, including, +without limitation, the termination of this Agreement as a result of a Taking, +Partial Taking or otherwise, shall User be relieved of its obligation to pay the +Membership Fee before all of the Leases have terminated in accordance with their +respective terms. +ARTICLE XIII + +DEFAULTS & REMEDIES +13.1    User Events of Default. Any one or more of the following shall +constitute a “User Event of Default”: +(a)    User shall fail to pay any installment of any of the Golf Course Use +Payments when due and such failure is not cured within ten (10) days after +written notice from Owner of User’s failure to pay such installment when due +(and such notice of failure from Owner may be given any time after such +installment payment is one (1) day late); +(b)    User shall fail to pay any Additional Charge within ten (10) days after +written notice from Owner of User’s failure to pay such Additional Charge when +due (and such notice of failure from Owner may be given any time after such +Additional Charge payment is one (1) day late); + + +30 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +(c)    User shall: +(i)    file a petition in bankruptcy or a petition to take advantage of any +insolvency law or statute under Federal law, specifically including Title 11, +United States Code, §§ 101-1532, or analogous state law; +(ii)    make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or +(iii)    consent to the appointment of a receiver of itself or of the whole or +substantially all of its property; +(d)    User shall be adjudicated as bankrupt or a court of competent +jurisdiction shall enter an order or decree appointing, without the consent of +User, a receiver of User or of all or substantially all of User’s property, or +approving a petition filed against User seeking reorganization or arrangement of +User under Federal law, specifically including Title 11, United States Code, +§§ 101-1532, or analogous state law, and such judgment, order or decree shall +not be vacated or set aside or stayed within sixty (60) days from the date of +the entry thereof; +(e)    entry of an order or decree liquidating or dissolving User, provided that +the same shall not constitute an User Event of Default if such order or decree +shall be vacated, set aside or stayed within ninety (90) days from the date of +the entry thereof; +(f)    a transfer of User’s interest in this Agreement (including pursuant to a +Change of Control) shall have occurred without the consent of Owner to the +extent such consent is required under Article XVII or User is otherwise in +default of the provisions set forth in Section 17.1 below; +(g)    User shall fail to observe or perform any other term, covenant or +condition of this Agreement and such failure is not cured within thirty (30) +days after written notice thereof from Owner, provided, however, if such failure +cannot reasonably be cured within such thirty (30) day period and User shall +have commenced to cure such failure within such thirty (30) day period and +thereafter diligently proceeds to cure the same, then such thirty (30) day +period shall be extended for such time as is reasonably necessary for User in +the exercise of due diligence to cure such failure, provided that, with respect +to any failure to perform (i) that is still continuing on or after the first day +of the sixth (6th) Usage Year such cure period shall not extend beyond the later +of such first day of the sixth (6th) Usage Year or one hundred eighty (180) days +in the aggregate, and (ii) that is first arising on or after the first day of +the sixth (6th) Usage Year, such cure period shall not exceed one hundred eighty +(180) days in the aggregate; provided, further, however, that no User Event of +Default under this clause (g) or under clause (h) below shall be deemed to exist +under this Agreement during any time the curing thereof is prevented by an +Unavoidable Delay, provided that upon the cessation of the Unavoidable Delay, +User remedies the default within the time periods otherwise required hereunder; +and +(h)    the occurrence of any Tenant Event of Default under the Regional Lease. +13.2    Owner Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an +User Event of Default, Owner may, subject to the terms of Section 13.4 below, do +any one or more of + + +31 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +the following: (a) terminate this Agreement by giving User no less than ten (10) +days’ notice of such termination and the Term shall terminate and all rights and +obligations of User under this Agreement shall cease, subject to any provisions +that expressly survive the Expiration Date, (b) seek damages as provided in +Section 13.4 hereof, or (c) except to the extent expressly otherwise provided +under this Agreement, exercise any other right or remedy hereunder, at law or in +equity available to Owner as a result of any User Event of Default. User shall +pay as Additional Charges all costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of +Owner, including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and expenses, as a +result of any User Event of Default hereunder. +13.3    Owner Events of Default; User Remedies. +(a)    An “Owner Event of Default” shall have occurred if Owner shall fail to +observe or perform any term, covenant or condition of this Agreement, which +failure materially and adversely affects User, and such failure is not cured +within thirty (30) days after written notice thereof from User, provided, +however, if such failure cannot reasonably be cured within such thirty (30) day +period and Owner shall have commenced to cure such failure within such thirty +(30) day period and thereafter diligently proceeds to cure the same, then such +thirty (30) day period shall be extended for such time as is reasonably +necessary for Owner in the exercise of due diligence to cure such failure, +provided that, with respect to any failure to perform (i) that is still +continuing on or after the first day of the sixth (6th) Usage Year such cure +period shall not extend beyond the later of such first day of the sixth (6th) +Usage Year or one hundred eighty (180) days in the aggregate, and (ii) that is +first arising on or after the first day of the sixth (6th) Usage Year, such cure +period shall not exceed one hundred eighty (180) days in the aggregate; +provided, further, however, that no Owner Event of Default under this clause (a) +shall be deemed to exist under this Agreement during any time the curing thereof +is prevented by an Unavoidable Delay, provided that upon the cessation of the +Unavoidable Delay, Owner remedies the default within the time periods otherwise +required hereunder. +(b)    Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Owner Event of +Default, User may, except to the extent expressly otherwise provided in this +Agreement, exercise any right or remedy hereunder, at law or in equity available +to User as a result of any Owner Event of Default, including, without +limitation, seeking the remedy of specific performance. +13.4    Damages. If Owner elects to terminate this Agreement in writing upon an +User Event of Default during the Term, User shall forthwith (x) pay to Owner all +Golf Course Use Payments due and payable under this Agreement to and including +the date of such termination (together with interest thereon at the Overdue Rate +from the date the applicable amount was due), and (y) pay on demand all damages +to which Owner shall be entitled at law or in equity, which, for the avoidance +of doubt, shall include the aggregate amounts of the Membership Fee and the CES +Use Fee that would have been due and payable under this Agreement throughout the +Term (including all Renewal Terms) but for such termination; provided, however, +Owner’s damages with regard to unpaid Golf Course Use Payments from and after +the date of termination shall equal, as liquidated and agreed current damages in +respect thereof, the sum of: (A) the worth at the time of award of the amount by +which the unpaid Golf Course Use Payments (excluding the portion of the +Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee attributable to the aggregate of the Annual Other +Sponsored + + +32 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + + + + +33 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + + + + +34 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + + + + +35 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + + + + +36 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + + + + +37 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + + + + +38 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + + + + +39 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + + + + +40 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + + + + +41 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + + + + +42 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + + + + +43 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + + + + +44 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + + + + +45 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + + + + +46 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + + + + +47 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + + + + +48 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + +Rounds Fees for all of the Golf Courses) that (if this Agreement had not been +terminated) would have been payable hereunder after termination until the time +of award exceeds the amount of such Golf Course Use Payments (excluding the +portion of the Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee attributable to the aggregate of +the Annual Other Sponsored Rounds Fees for all of the Golf Courses) loss that +User proves could have been reasonably avoided; plus (B) (x) the Golf Course Use +Payments (excluding the portion of the Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee +attributable to the aggregate of the Annual Other Sponsored Rounds Fees for all +of the Golf Courses) which (if this Agreement had not been terminated) would +have been payable hereunder from the time of award until the then Stated +Expiration Date, discounted to present value by applying a discount rate equal +to the discount rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at the time of +award, plus one percent (1%), less (y) the Golf Course Use Payments (excluding +the portion of the Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee attributable to the aggregate +of the Annual Other Sponsored Rounds Fees for all of the Golf Courses) loss from +the time of the award until the then Stated Expiration Date that User proves +could be reasonably avoided, discounted to present value by applying a discount +rate equal to the discount rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at the +time of award, plus one percent (1%) (it being understood the foregoing +calculation of damages for unpaid Golf Course Use Payments applies only to the +amount of unpaid Golf Course Use Payments damages owed to Owner pursuant to +User’s obligation to pay Golf Course Use Payments hereunder and does not +prohibit or otherwise shall not limit Owner from seeking damages for any +indemnification or any other obligations of User hereunder, with all such rights +of Owner reserved). As used in clause (A), the “worth at the time of award” +shall be computed by allowing interest at the Overdue Rate from the date the +applicable amount was due. +13.5    Application of Funds. Any payments received by Owner under any of the +provisions of this Agreement during the existence or continuance of any User +Event of Default which are made to Owner rather than User due to the existence +of an User Event of Default shall be applied to User’s obligations in the order +which Owner may reasonably determine or as may be prescribed by applicable Legal +Requirements. +13.6    Owner’s Right to Cure User’s Default. If User shall fail to make any +payment or to perform any act required to be made or performed hereunder when +due, in all cases, after the expiration of any cure period provided for herein, +Owner, without waiving or releasing any obligation or default, may, but shall be +under no obligation to, make such payment or perform such act for the account +and at the expense of User. All sums so paid by Owner and all costs and +expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, so incurred, +together with interest thereon at the Overdue Rate from the date on which such +sums or expenses are paid or incurred by Owner, shall be paid by User to Owner +on demand as an Additional Charge. +13.7    Reduction of Minimum Rounds Per Month and Minimum Rounds Per Year. +Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if Owner breaches +its obligations under Schedule 1 to Exhibit B attached hereto to reserve (i.e., +set aside) tee times for User’s (or User’s Affiliates’) guests’ use, then the +applicable Minimum Rounds Per Month and the applicable Minimum Rounds Per Year +shall each be reduced by the applicable number of tee times which Owner fails to +reserve (i.e., set aside) for User’s (or User’s Affiliates’) guests’ use in +accordance with Schedule 1 to Exhibit B attached hereto (and the Complimentary +Golf Rounds Fee shall be re-determined in connection therewith). +13.8    Miscellaneous. +(a)    Suit or suits for the recovery of damages, or for a sum equal to any +installment or installments of Golf Course Use Payments payable hereunder, or +for any other sums payable by User to Owner pursuant to this Agreement, may be +brought by Owner from time to time at Owner’s election, and nothing herein +contained shall be deemed to require Owner to await the date whereon this +Agreement and the Term would have expired by limitation had there been no User +Event of Default or termination. +(b)    No failure by either Party to insist upon the strict performance of any +agreement, term, covenant or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any +right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof, and no acceptance by Owner of +full or partial payment of any Golf Course Use Payments during the continuance +of any such breach, shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or of such +agreement, term, covenant or condition. No agreement, term, covenant or +condition of this Agreement to be performed or complied with by either Party, +and no breach thereof, shall be or be deemed to be waived, altered or modified +except by a written instrument executed by the Parties. No waiver of any breach +shall affect or alter this Agreement, but each and every agreement, term, +covenant and condition of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect +with respect to any other then existing or subsequent breach thereof. In the +event Owner claims in good faith that User has breached any of the agreements, +terms, covenants or conditions contained in this Agreement, Owner shall be +entitled to seek to enjoin such breach or threatened breach and shall have the +right to invoke any rights and remedies allowed at law or in equity or by +statute or otherwise as though summary proceedings or other remedies were not +provided for in this Agreement. +(c)    Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each +right and remedy of a Party provided for in this Agreement shall be cumulative +and shall be in addition to every other right or remedy provided for in this +Agreement or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity (subject to the +limitations on the calculation of unpaid Golf Course Use Payments set forth in +Section 13.4 above). +(d)    Nothing contained in this Article XIII or otherwise shall vitiate or +limit User’s or Owner’s obligation to pay the other Party’s attorneys’ fees as +and to the extent provided in Article XXV hereof, or any indemnification +obligations under any express indemnity made by User of Owner or of any Owner +Indemnified Parties or by Owner of User or of any User Indemnified Parties as +contained in this Agreement. +ARTICLE XIV + +LICENSING EVENTS +14.1    Owner Licensing Event. If there shall occur an Owner Licensing Event and +any aspect of such Owner Licensing Event is attributable to a member of the +Owner Subject Group, then User shall notify Owner as promptly as practicable +after becoming aware of such Owner Licensing Event (but in no event later than +twenty (20) days after becoming aware of such Owner Licensing Event). In such +event, Owner shall, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the +other members of the Owner Subject Group to, use commercially reasonable efforts +to assist User and its Affiliates in resolving such Owner Licensing Event within +the time period required by the applicable Gaming Authorities by submitting to +investigation by the relevant Gaming Authorities and cooperating with any +reasonable requests made by such Gaming Authorities (including filing requested +forms and delivering information to the Gaming Authorities). If, despite these +efforts, such Owner Licensing Event cannot be resolved to the satisfaction of +the applicable Gaming Authorities within the time period required by such Gaming +Authorities, User shall have the right, at its election in its sole discretion, +either to (a) terminate this Agreement or (b) cause this Agreement to +temporarily cease to be in force or effect, until such time, if any, as the +Owner Licensing Event is resolved to the satisfaction of the applicable Gaming +Authorities and User in its sole discretion, upon no less than ninety (90) days’ +written notice thereof to Owner following an Owner Licensing Event which is not +cured within the period required by the applicable Gaming Authorities (or such +lesser time as required by any applicable Gaming Authority). +14.2    User Licensing Event. If there shall occur a User Licensing Event and +any aspect of such User Licensing Event is attributable to a member of the User +Subject Group, then Owner shall notify User as promptly as practicable after +becoming aware of such User Licensing Event (but in no event later than twenty +(20) days after becoming aware of such User Licensing Event). In such event, +User shall, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the other +members of the User Subject Group to, use commercially reasonable efforts to +assist Owner and its Affiliates in resolving such User Licensing Event within +the time period required by the applicable Gaming Authorities by submitting to +investigation by the relevant Gaming Authorities and cooperating with any +reasonable requests made by such Gaming Authorities (including filing requested +forms and delivering information to the Gaming Authorities). If, despite these +efforts, such User Licensing Event cannot be resolved to the satisfaction of the +applicable Gaming Authorities within the time period required by such Gaming +Authorities, Owner shall have the right, at its election in its sole discretion, +either to (a) terminate this Agreement or (b) cause this Agreement to +temporarily cease to be in force or effect, until such time, if any, as the User +Licensing Event is resolved to the satisfaction of the applicable Gaming +Authorities and Owner in its sole discretion, upon no less than ninety (90) +days’ written notice thereof to User following a User Licensing Event which is +not cured within the period required by the applicable Gaming Authorities (or +such lesser time as required by any applicable Gaming Authority). +ARTICLE XV + +INDEMNIFICATION +In addition to the other indemnities contained herein, and notwithstanding the +existence of any insurance carried by or for the benefit of Owner or User, and +without regard to the policy limits of any such insurance, (a) User shall +protect, indemnify, save harmless and defend Owner and its principals, partners, +officers, members, directors, shareholders, employees, managers, agents and +servants (collectively, the “Owner Indemnified Parties”; each individually, an +“Owner Indemnified Party”), from and against all liabilities, obligations, +claims, damages, penalties, causes of action, suits, criminal or civil actions +or similar proceedings, costs and expenses, including reasonable documented +attorneys’, consultants’ and experts’ fees and expenses, imposed upon or +incurred by or asserted against any Owner Indemnified Party (excluding any +indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages as provided in Section +27.3) by reason of any gross negligence or willful misconduct of any User +Indemnified Party (as hereinafter defined); and (b) Owner shall protect, +indemnify, save harmless and defend User and its principals, partners, officers, +members, directors, shareholders, employees, managers, agents and servants +(collectively, the “User Indemnified Parties”; each individually, a “User +Indemnified Party”) from and against all liabilities, obligations, claims, +damages, penalties, causes of action, suits, criminal or civil actions or +similar proceedings, costs and expenses, including reasonable documented +attorneys’, consultants’ and experts’ fees and expenses, imposed upon or +incurred by or asserted against any User Indemnified Party (excluding any +indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages as provided in Section +27.3) by reason of any gross negligence or willful misconduct of any Owner +Indemnified Party. Any amounts which become payable by Owner or User under this +Article XV shall be paid within ten (10) days after liability therefor is +determined by a final non appealable judgment or settlement or other agreement +of the Parties, and if not timely paid shall bear interest at the Overdue Rate +from the date of such determination to the date of payment. Owner, with its +counsel and at its sole cost and expense, shall contest, resist and defend any +such claim, action or proceeding asserted or instituted against the User +Indemnified Parties; and User, with its counsel and at its sole cost and +expense, shall contest, resist and defend any such claim, action or proceeding +asserted or instituted against the Owner Indemnified Parties. For purposes of +this Article XV, any acts or omissions of Owner, or by employees, agents, +assignees, contractors, subcontractors or others acting for or on behalf of +Owner, shall be strictly attributable to Owner; and any acts or omissions of +User, or by employees, agents, assignees, contractors, subcontractors or others +acting for or on behalf of User, shall be strictly attributable to User. +ARTICLE XVI + +TRANSFERS BY OWNER +16.1    Transfers Generally. Owner may sell, assign, transfer or convey, without +User’s consent, all of the Golf Courses, any individual Golf Course or any +portion of any Golf Course, or any interest therein. If the subject transaction +involves a sale, assignment, transfer or conveyance of all of the Golf Courses, +then this Agreement shall be assigned to the applicable transferee such that +such transferee shall become successor Owner as if an original party to this +Agreement. If the subject transaction involves a sale, assignment, transfer or +conveyance of any individual Golf Course (or several Golf Courses but not all of +the Golf Courses), then (a) subject to Section 16.2 below, this Agreement shall +remain in full force and effect with respect to the Golf Course(s) not +transferred to the applicable transferee, and (b) a Severance Agreement with +such transferee shall be entered into with respect to the Golf Course(s) +transferred to the applicable transferee as described in Section 16.2 below. If +the subject transaction involves a sale, assignment, transfer or conveyance of a +portion (but not all) of any individual Golf Course, then (i) this Agreement +shall remain in effect so long as such Golf Course is not thereby rendered +Unsuitable for Its Primary Intended Use, and (ii) none of the Golf Course Use +Payments shall be adjusted; provided, however, that if the applicable Golf +Course is rendered Unsuitable for Its Primary Intended Use, then (A) this +Agreement shall terminate with respect to such Golf Course as of the closing of +such transaction, and (B) commencing upon the date of such termination, (1) the +CES Use Fee shall be adjusted in accordance with the CES Use Fee Reduction +Amount and (2) the Minimum Rounds Per Month and the Minimum Rounds Per Year +shall each be adjusted in accordance with the Minimum Rounds Reduction Amount +(and the Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee shall be re-determined in connection +therewith). If Owner (including any successor Owner) shall convey all of the +Golf Courses, any individual Golf Course or any portion of any Golf Course, then +Owner shall be released from all future liabilities and obligations of Owner +under this Agreement with respect to the Golf Course(s) or the applicable +portion of a Golf Course (provided such conveyance of such portion of the Golf +Course does not affect the Primary Intended Use of the remaining portion of such +Golf Course as an eighteen (18) hole golf course) transferred to the applicable +transferee upon the later of (x) such conveyance and (y) the applicable +transferee’s (A) express assumption of all liabilities and obligations of Owner +under this Agreement relating to such transferred Golf Course(s) arising after +such conveyance and (B) in the event at least one (1), but less than all, of the +Golf Courses are so conveyed, execution of a Severance Agreement, and all +liabilities and obligations of Owner hereunder relating to such transferred Golf +Course(s) shall thereafter be binding upon such transferee. Notwithstanding +anything to the contrary herein, Owner shall not sell, assign, transfer or +convey any of the Golf Courses, or assign this Agreement, to (1) a Tenant +Prohibited Person (as defined in the Regional Lease) or (2) any Person that is +associated with a Person who has been found “unsuitable”, denied a Gaming +License or otherwise precluded from participation in the gaming industry by any +Gaming Authority, where such association may adversely affect any of User’s or +its Affiliates’ Gaming Licenses or User’s or its Affiliates’ then-current +standing with any Gaming Authority. Any assignment or transfer under this +Article XVI shall be subject to all applicable Legal Requirements, and no such +assignment or transfer shall be effective until any applicable approvals, if +applicable, are obtained. +16.2    Severance Agreements. In the event Owner desires to sell or otherwise +transfer at least one (1), but less than all, of the Golf Courses (in whole but +not in part) to a third party or to an affiliate of Owner, then the Parties +shall enter into a Severance Agreement with respect to such Golf Course, in +accordance with the following provisions: +(a)    Owner shall give User not less than fifteen (15) days’ advance written +notice of a Severance Agreement, and User shall thereafter, within said fifteen +(15)-day period (or such longer period of time as Owner may require; it being +understood that Owner may delay or cancel a Severance Agreement in the event +that the underlying sale or transfer of a Golf Course is delayed or cancelled +for any reason), execute, acknowledge and deliver a Severance Agreement to the +new owner of the applicable Golf Course for the remaining Term and on +substantially the same terms and conditions as this Agreement (except for +appropriate adjustments (including to Exhibits and Schedules), including such +adjustments as are described in this Article XVI), and in any case no less +favorable to User than the terms and conditions of this Agreement. +(b)    In the event a Severance Agreement is entered into, Owner may, before the +Severance Agreement is executed, elect, in its sole discretion, for the +Membership Fee that was in effect under this Agreement immediately prior to the +effective date of such Severance Agreement to remain in full force and effect +under this Agreement (a “Membership Fee Retainage Election”). If Owner timely +makes a Membership Fee Retainage Election (which election may be included in the +notice provided pursuant to Section 16.2(a) above), then the Severance Agreement +shall provide that no amount is payable under such Severance Agreement in +respect of any Membership Fee and the Membership Fee payable under this +Agreement shall not be reduced. If Owner does not timely make a Membership Fee +Retainage Election, then (i) the Membership Fee payable under the Severance +Agreement at the time of the commencement of such Severance Agreement shall be +equal to the amount of the Membership Fee Reduction Amount for the applicable +Golf Course to be subject to such Severance Agreement, and (ii) correspondingly, +upon the effective date of the Severance Agreement, the Membership Fee payable +hereunder shall be reduced by such Membership Fee Reduction Amount. +(c)    The CES Use Fee payable under the Severance Agreement at the time of the +commencement of such Severance Agreement shall be equal to the amount of the CES +Use Fee Reduction Amount for the applicable Golf Course to be subject to such +Severance Agreement. Correspondingly, upon the effective date of the Severance +Agreement, the CES Use Fee payable hereunder shall be reduced by such CES Use +Fee Reduction Amount. +(d)    The Minimum Rounds Per Month and Minimum Rounds Per Year under the +Severance Agreement at the time of the commencement of such Severance Agreement +shall be determined in accordance with the Minimum Rounds Reduction Amount for +the applicable Golf Course to be subject to such Severance Agreement (and the +Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee payable under such Severance Agreement shall be +determined in connection therewith). Correspondingly, upon the effective date of +the Severance Agreement, the Minimum Rounds Per Month and Minimum Rounds Per +Year hereunder shall each be adjusted in accordance with such Minimum Rounds +Reduction Amount (and the Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee payable hereunder shall +be re-determined in connection therewith). +(e)    This Agreement shall automatically terminate with respect to the +applicable Golf Course that is subject to such Severance Agreement as of the +effective date of such Severance Agreement. +(f)    User shall take such actions and execute and deliver such documents, +including, without limitation, amended Memorandum(s) of Agreement and, if +requested by Owner, an amendment to this Agreement, as are reasonably necessary +and appropriate to effectuate fully the provisions and intent of this Article +XVI, and as Owner may reasonably request to evidence such removal of the +applicable Golf Course from this Agreement. +(g)    All reasonable, documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses actually +incurred relating to a Severance Agreement (including reasonable, documented +attorneys’ fees and other reasonable, documented out-of-pocket costs incurred by +User for outside counsel, if any) shall (i) be borne by Owner and not User and +(ii) be reimbursed to User by Owner within ten (10) days after Owner’s receipt +of written demand therefor from User. +(h)    At the option of such new owner, a Severance Agreement may provide that +the new owner of the applicable Golf Course shall have the right to terminate +such Severance Agreement on or after the date that is five (5) years after the +commencement of such Severance Agreement (the date on which such Severance +Agreement terminates pursuant to such new owner’s exercise of such termination +right, the “Severance Agreement Termination Date”), in which event such +Severance Agreement and the obligations of User to pay the Golf Course Use +Payments payable thereunder shall continue through (and including) the Severance +Agreement Termination Date. +16.3    No Release of Owner’s Obligations; Exception. The liability of Owner and +any immediate and remote successor in interest of Owner (by assignment or +otherwise), and the due performance of the obligations of this Agreement on +Owner’s part to be performed or observed, shall not in any way be discharged, +released or impaired by any (i) stipulation which extends the time within which +an obligation under this Agreement is to be performed, (ii) waiver of the +performance of an obligation required under this Agreement that is not entered +into by User in a writing executed by User and expressly stated to be for the +benefit of Owner or such successor, or (iii) failure to enforce any of the +obligations set forth in this Agreement, provided that Owner shall not be +responsible for any additional obligations or liability arising as the result of +any modification or amendment of this Agreement by User and any assignee of +Owner that is not an Affiliate of Owner. +ARTICLE XVII +TRANSFERS BY USER +17.1    Assignment. Other than as expressly provided herein (including the +permitted assignments described in this Article XVII), User shall not, without +Owner’s prior written consent (which, except as specifically set forth herein, +may be withheld in Owner’s sole and absolute discretion), voluntarily or by +operation of law assign (which term includes any transfer, sale, encumbering, +pledge or other transfer or hypothecation), directly or indirectly, in whole or +in part, this Agreement. Any Change of Control of User (or, subject to Section +17.2 below, any transfer of direct or indirect interests in User that results in +a Change of Control) shall constitute an assignment of User’s interest in this +Agreement within the meaning of this Article XVII and the provisions requiring +consent contained herein shall apply thereto. Any assignment or transfer under +this Article XVII shall be subject to all applicable Legal Requirements, and no +such assignment or transfer shall be effective until any applicable approvals, +if applicable, are obtained. +17.2    Permitted Assignments and Transfers. Notwithstanding the foregoing or +anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) the assignments, transfers and +other actions or transactions (excluding Subleases (as such term is defined in +the Regional Lease)) permitted under Section 22.2 of the Regional Lease shall be +permitted hereunder, and (ii) this Agreement may be assigned or transferred by +User to the Person(s) to whom the Regional Tenant assigns or transfers its +interest in the Regional Lease in accordance with the terms thereof. Further, +any Permitted User Lender shall have the same right to receive any notice of a +default by User under this Agreement or termination of this Agreement and the +same right to cure such default or act or omission which gave rise to such +default as such Permitted User Lender would have with respect to a default by +the Regional Tenant under the Regional Lease or termination of the Regional +Lease as set forth in Article XVII of the Regional Lease, as if such provisions +were set forth in this Agreement mutatis mutandis. +17.3    Costs. User shall reimburse Owner for Owner’s reasonable out-of-pocket +costs and expenses actually incurred in conjunction with the processing and +documentation of any assignment or transfer of this Agreement by User, including +reasonable documented attorneys’, architects’, engineers’ or other consultants’ +fees whether or not such assignment or transfer is actually consummated. +17.4    No Release of User’s Obligations; Exception. No assignment shall relieve +User of its obligation to pay each of the Golf Course Use Payments and to +perform all of the other obligations to be performed by User hereunder. The +liability of User and any immediate and remote successor in interest of User (by +assignment or otherwise), and the due performance of the obligations of this +Agreement on User’s part to be performed or observed, shall not in any way be +discharged, released or impaired by any (i) stipulation which extends the time +within which an obligation under this Agreement is to be performed, (ii) waiver +of the performance of an obligation required under this Agreement that is not +entered into by Owner in a writing executed by Owner and expressly stated to be +for the benefit of User or such successor, or (iii) failure to enforce any of +the obligations set forth in this Agreement, provided that User shall not be +responsible for any additional obligations or liability arising as the result of +any modification or amendment of this Agreement by Owner and any assignee of +User that is not an Affiliate of User. +17.5    Merger of CEOC. The Parties acknowledge that, immediately following the +execution of this Agreement on the Commencement Date, Caesars Entertainment +Operating Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation, merged into CEOC, LLC, a +Delaware limited liability company. Notwithstanding anything herein to the +contrary, Owner consents to such merger. +17.6    Merger of CEC. The Parties acknowledge that: (i) on or before the Fifth +Amendment Date, CEC caused (a) in a series of steps, CEOC to be transferred from +CEC to Caesars Resort Collection, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and +a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of CEC, and (b) the Las Vegas Restructuring +(as defined in the Regional Lease) to be completed; and (ii) contemporaneously +with the Fifth Amendment Date, (a) Colt Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation +and a wholly owned subsidiary of ERI, merged with and into CEC, with CEC +surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of ERI, (b) ERI was renamed +Caesars Entertainment, Inc. and converted to a Delaware corporation and (c) CEC +was renamed Caesars Holdings, Inc.. Notwithstanding anything herein to the +contrary, Owner consents to, and waives all notice requirements with respect to, +such transfer, restructuring, renaming, conversion and merger. +ARTICLE XVIII + +ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATES +Each of Owner and User shall, at any time and from time to time upon receipt of +not less than ten (10) Business Days’ prior written request from the other +Party, furnish a certificate (an “Estoppel Certificate”) certifying (i) that +this Agreement is unmodified and in full force and effect, or that this +Agreement is in full force and effect and, if applicable, setting forth any +modifications; (ii) each of the Golf Course Use Payments and Additional Charges +payable hereunder and the dates to which each of the Golf Course Use Payments +and Additional Charges payable have been paid; (iii) that the address for +notices to be sent to the Party furnishing such Estoppel Certificate is as set +forth in this Agreement (or, if such address for notices has changed, the +correct address for notices to such Party); (iv) whether or not, to its actual +knowledge, such Party or the other Party is in default in the performance of any +covenant, agreement or condition contained in this Agreement (together with +back-up calculations and information reasonably necessary to support such +determination) and, if so, specifying each such default of which such Party may +have knowledge; and (v) responses to such other questions or statements of fact +as such other Party may reasonably request. Any such Estoppel Certificate may be +relied upon by the receiving Party and any current or prospective Fee Mortgagee +(and their successors and assigns) or purchaser of one or more Golf Courses or +any portion of a Golf Course, as applicable. +ARTICLE XIX +NO WAIVER +No delay, omission or failure by Owner to insist upon the strict performance of +any term hereof or to exercise any right, power or remedy hereunder and no +acceptance of full or partial payment of any Golf Course Use Payments during the +continuance of any default or User Event of Default shall impair any such right +or constitute a waiver of any such breach or of any such term. No waiver of any +breach shall affect or alter this Agreement, which shall continue in full force +and effect with respect to any other then existing or subsequent breach. +ARTICLE XX + +REMEDIES CUMULATIVE +To the extent permitted by law, each legal, equitable or contractual right, +power and remedy of Owner now or hereafter provided either in this Agreement or +by statute or otherwise shall be cumulative and concurrent and shall be in +addition to every other right, power and remedy and the exercise or beginning of +the exercise by Owner of any one or more of such rights, powers and remedies +shall not preclude the simultaneous or subsequent exercise by Owner of any or +all of such other rights, powers and remedies. +ARTICLE XXI + +ACCEPTANCE OF SURRENDER +No surrender to Owner of this Agreement or of the Golf Courses or any part +thereof, or of any interest therein, shall be valid or effective unless agreed +to and accepted in writing by Owner, and no act by Owner or any representative +or agent of Owner, other than such written acceptance by Owner, shall constitute +an acceptance of any such surrender. +ARTICLE XXII +OWNER FINANCING +Owner may from time to time, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause +to exist any Fee Mortgage upon the Golf Courses or any portion thereof or +interest therein (including direct or indirect interests in Owner which are +pledged pursuant to a mezzanine loan or other financing arrangement). This +Agreement is and at all times shall be subject and subordinate to any Existing +Fee Mortgage and any other Fee Mortgage which may hereafter affect the Golf +Courses or any portion thereof or interest therein and in each case to all +renewals, modifications, consolidations, replacements, restatements and +extensions thereof or any parts or portions thereof. If, in connection with +obtaining any Fee Mortgage or entering into any agreement relating thereto, +Owner shall request in writing (a) reasonable cooperation from User or (b) +reasonable amendments or modifications to this Agreement, in each case required +to comply with any reasonable request made by a Fee Mortgagee, User shall +reasonably cooperate with such request, so long as (i) no default in any +material respect by Owner beyond applicable cure periods is continuing, (ii) all +reasonable documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by User in +connection with such cooperation, including, but not limited to, its reasonable +documented attorneys’ fees, shall be paid by Owner and (iii) any requested +action, including any amendments or modifications of this Agreement, shall not +(A) increase User’s monetary obligations under this Agreement by more than a de +minimis extent, or increase User’s non-monetary obligations under this Agreement +in any material respect, or decrease Owner’s obligations under this Agreement in +any material respect, (B) diminish User’s rights under this Agreement in any +material respect, (C) adversely impact the value of the Golf Courses by more +than a de minimis extent or otherwise have a more than de minimis adverse effect +on the Golf Courses, User or Owner, or (D) result in a default under any +Permitted User Security Instrument. +ARTICLE XXIII + +INTENTIONALLY OMITTED + + +ARTICLE XXIII +NOTICES +Any notice, request, demand, consent, approval or other communication required +or permitted to be given by either Party hereunder to the other Party shall be +in writing and shall be sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid +and return receipt requested, by hand delivery or express courier service, by +email transmission or by an overnight express service to the following address: +To Owner: +c/o VICI Golf LLC +535 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor +New York, NY 10022 +Attention: General Counsel +Email: corplaw@viciproperties.com + + +To User: +Caesars Enterprise Services, LLC and CEOC, LLC +c/o Caesars Entertainment, Inc. +100 West Liberty Street, Suite 1150 +Reno, NV 89501 +Attention: General Counsel +Email: equatmann@eldoradoresorts.com +or to such other address as either Party may hereafter designate. Notice shall +be deemed to have been given on the date of delivery if such delivery is made on +a Business Day, or if not, on the first Business Day after delivery. If delivery +is refused, Notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date delivery was +first attempted. Notice sent by email shall be deemed given only upon an +independent, non-automated confirmation from the recipient acknowledging +receipt. +ARTICLE XXV + +ATTORNEYS’ FEES +If Owner or User brings an action or other proceeding against the other to +enforce or interpret any of the terms, covenants or conditions hereof or any +instrument executed pursuant to this Agreement, or by reason of any breach or +default hereunder or thereunder, the Party substantially prevailing in any such +action or proceeding and any appeal thereupon shall be paid all of its costs and +reasonable documented outside attorneys’ fees incurred therein. In addition to +the foregoing and other provisions of this Agreement that specifically require +User to reimburse, pay or indemnify against Owner’s attorneys’ fees, User shall +pay, as Additional Charges, all of Owner’s reasonable documented outside +attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement +(except to the extent provided above), including reasonable documented +attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with the review, negotiation or +documentation of any assignment or any consent requested in connection with such +enforcement, and the collection of any past due Golf Course Use Payments. +ARTICLE XXVI +ANTI-TERRORISM REPRESENTATIONS +Each Party hereby represents and warrants to the other Party that neither such +representing Party nor, to its knowledge, any persons or entities holding any +Controlling legal or beneficial interest whatsoever in it are (i) the target of +any sanctions program that is established by Executive Order of the President or +published by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the +Treasury (“OFAC”); (ii) designated by the President or OFAC pursuant to the +Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 5, the International Emergency +Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701-06, the Patriot Act, Public Law 107-56, +Executive Order 13224 (September 23, 2001) or any Executive Order of the +President issued pursuant to such statutes; or (iii) named on the following list +that is published by OFAC: “List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked +Persons” (collectively, “Prohibited Persons”). Each Party hereby represents and +warrants to the other Party that no funds tendered to such other Party by such +tendering Party under the terms of this Agreement are or will be directly or +indirectly derived from activities that may contravene U.S. federal, state or +international laws and regulations, including anti-money laundering laws. +Neither Party will during the Term knowingly engage in any transactions or +dealings, or knowingly be otherwise associated with, any Prohibited Persons in +connection with the Golf Courses. +ARTICLE XXVII + +MISCELLANEOUS +27.1    Survival. Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary +notwithstanding, all claims against, and liabilities, obligations and +indemnities of User or Owner arising or in respect of any period prior to the +Expiration Date shall survive the Expiration Date. +27.2    Severability. Subject to Section 27.17, if any term or provision of this +Agreement or any application thereof shall be held invalid or unenforceable, the +remainder of this Agreement and any other application of such term or provision +shall not be affected thereby. +27.3    Non-Recourse. User specifically agrees to look solely to the Golf +Courses for recovery of any judgment from Owner (and Owner’s liability hereunder +shall be limited solely to its interest in the Golf Courses, and no recourse +under or in respect of this Agreement shall be had against any other assets of +Owner whatsoever). The provision contained in the foregoing sentence is not +intended to, and shall not, limit any right that User might otherwise have to +obtain injunctive relief against Owner, or any action not involving the personal +liability of Owner. In no event shall either Party ever be liable to the other +Party for any indirect, consequential, lost profits, punitive, exemplary, +statutory or treble damages suffered from whatever cause (other than, as to all +such forms of damages, (i) if Owner has terminated this Agreement, any damages +as provided under Section 13.4 hereof, (ii) if Owner has not terminated this +Agreement, any damages as provided for herein, and (iii) a claim (including an +indemnity claim) for recovery of any such damages that the claiming party is +required by a court of competent jurisdiction or the expert to pay to a third +party (other than to the extent resulting from the claiming Party’s gross +negligence, willful misconduct or default hereunder), and the Parties +acknowledge and agree that the rights and remedies in this Agreement, and all +other rights and remedies at law and in equity, will be adequate in all +circumstances for any claims the Parties might have with respect to damages. It +is specifically agreed that no constituent member, partner, owner, director, +officer or employee of a Party shall ever be personally liable for any judgment +(in respect of obligations under or in connection with this Agreement) against, +or for the payment of any monetary obligation under or in respect of this +Agreement, such Party, to the other Party. +27.4    Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon Owner and +its permitted successors and assigns and, subject to the provisions of Article +XVII, upon User and its successors and assigns. +27.5    Arbitration. In the event of a dispute with respect to this Agreement, +or in any case when this Agreement expressly provides for the settlement or +determination of a dispute or question by an Expert pursuant to this Section +27.5 (in any such case, a “Section 27.5 Dispute”), such dispute shall be +determined in accordance with an arbitration proceeding as set forth in this +Section 27.5. +(a)    Any Section 27.5 Dispute shall be determined by an arbitration panel +comprised of three members, each of whom shall be an Expert (the “Arbitration +Panel”). No more than one panel member may be with the same firm and no panel +member may have an economic interest in the outcome of the arbitration. +(b)    The Arbitration Panel shall be selected as set forth in this Section +27.5(b). If a Section 27.5 Dispute arises and if Owner and User are not able to +resolve such dispute after at least fifteen (15) days of good faith +negotiations, then either Party shall each have the right to submit the dispute +to the Arbitration Panel, upon written notice to the other Party (the +“Arbitration Notice”). The Arbitration Notice shall identify one member of the +Arbitration Panel who meets the criteria of the above paragraph. Within five (5) +Business Days after the receipt of the Arbitration Notice, the Party receiving +such Arbitration Notice shall respond in writing identifying one member of the +Arbitration Panel who meets the criteria of the above paragraph. Such notices +shall include the name, address and other pertinent contact information, and +qualifications of its member of the Arbitration Panel. If a Party fails to +timely select its respective panel member, the other Party may notify such Party +in writing of such failure, and if such Party fails to select its respective +panel member within three (3) Business Days after receipt of such notice, then +such other Party may select and identify to such Party such panel member on such +Party’s behalf. The third (3rd) member of the Arbitration Panel will be selected +by the two (2) members of the Arbitration Panel who were selected by Owner and +User; provided, that if, within five (5) Business Days after they are +identified, they fail to select a third (3rd) member, or if they are unable to +agree on such selection, Owner and User shall cause the third (3rd) member of +the Arbitration Panel to be appointed by the managing officer of the American +Arbitration Association. +(c)    Within ten (10) Business Days after the selection of the Arbitration +Panel, Owner and User each shall submit to the Arbitration Panel a written +statement identifying its summary of the issues. Owner and User may also request +an evidentiary hearing on the merits in addition to the submission of written +statements. The Arbitration Panel shall make its decision within twenty (20) +days after the later of (i) the submission of such written statements, and (ii) +the conclusion of any evidentiary hearing on the merits. The Arbitration Panel +shall reach its decision by majority vote and shall communicate its decision by +written notice to Owner and User. +(d)    The decision by the Arbitration Panel shall be final, binding and +conclusive and shall be non-appealable and enforceable in any court having +jurisdiction. All hearings and proceedings held by the Arbitration Panel shall +take place in New York, New York unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties +and the Arbitration Panel. +(e)    The resolution procedure described herein shall be governed by the +Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association and the Procedures for +Large, Complex, Commercial Disputes in effect as of the Commencement Date. +(f)    Owner and User shall bear equally the fees, costs and expenses of the +Arbitration Panel in conducting any arbitration described in this Section 27.5. +27.6    Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT WAS NEGOTIATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, +WHICH STATE THE PARTIES AGREE HAS A SUBSTANTIAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE PARTIES AND +TO THE UNDERLYING TRANSACTION EMBODIED HEREBY. ACCORDINGLY, IN ALL RESPECTS THIS +AGREEMENT (AND ANY AGREEMENT FORMED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS HEREOF) SHALL BE +GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF +THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OR CONFLICTS OF LAW) AND ANY +APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. +27.7    Waiver of Trial by Jury. EACH OF OWNER AND USER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS +HAD THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL OF ITS CHOICE WITH RESPECT TO ITS RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY +JURY UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATES OF NEVADA AND +NEW YORK. EACH OF OWNER AND USER HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY +JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION (i) ARISING UNDER THIS +AGREEMENT (OR ANY AGREEMENT FORMED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS HEREOF) OR (ii) IN ANY +MANNER CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF OWNER AND USER +WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT (OR ANY AGREEMENT FORMED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS +HEREOF) OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT EXECUTED OR DELIVERED IN +CONNECTION HEREWITH; OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO, IN EACH CASE +WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREINAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT OR +TORT OR OTHERWISE; EACH OF OWNER AND USER HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY +SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY A COURT TRIAL +WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT EITHER PARTY MAY FILE A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY +COURT AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF EACH SUCH PARTY TO THE WAIVER OF +ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. +27.8    Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Exhibits and Schedules +hereto) constitutes the entire and final agreement of the Parties with respect +to the subject matter hereof, and may not be changed or modified except by an +agreement in writing signed by the Parties. Owner and User hereby agree that all +prior or contemporaneous oral understandings, agreements or negotiations +relative to the use of the Golf Courses are merged into and revoked by this +Agreement (together with the related agreements referenced above). +27.9    Headings. All captions, titles and headings to sections, subsections, +paragraphs, exhibits or other divisions of this Agreement, and the table of +contents, are only for the convenience of the Parties and shall not be construed +to have any effect or meaning with respect to the other contents of such +sections, subsections, paragraphs, exhibits or other divisions, such other +content being controlling as to the agreement among the Parties. +27.10    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of +counterparts, each of which shall be a valid and binding original, but all of +which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement may +be effectuated by the exchange of electronic copies of signatures (e.g., .pdf), +with electronic copies of this executed Agreement having the same force and +effect as original counterpart signatures hereto for all purposes. +27.11    Interpretation. Both Owner and User have been represented by counsel +and this Agreement and every provision hereof has been freely and fairly +negotiated. Consequently, all provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted +according to their fair meaning and shall not be strictly construed against any +party. +27.12    Further Assurances. The Parties agree to promptly sign all documents +reasonably requested to give effect to the provisions of this Agreement. +27.13    Confidential Information. Each Party hereby agrees to, and to cause its +Representatives to, maintain the confidentiality of all non-public information +received pursuant to this Agreement (including the names of any and all +individuals that use any Complimentary Golf Rounds (the “Protected Names”)); +provided that nothing herein shall prevent any Party from disclosing any such +non-public information (a) other than with respect to the Protected Names, in +the case of Owner, to any Affiliate of Owner, (b) in the case of User, to any +Affiliate of User, (c) in any legal, judicial or administrative proceeding or +other compulsory process or otherwise as required by applicable Legal +Requirements (in which case the disclosing Party shall promptly notify the other +Parties, in advance, to the extent permitted by law), (d) upon the request or +demand of any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over a Party or its +affiliates (in which case the disclosing Party shall, other than with respect to +routine, periodic inspections by such regulatory authority, promptly notify the +other Parties, in advance, to the extent permitted by law), (e) to its +Representatives who are informed of the confidential nature of such information +and have agreed to keep such information confidential (and the disclosing Party +shall be responsible for such Representatives’ compliance therewith), (f) to the +extent any such information becomes publicly available other than by reason of +disclosure by the disclosing Party or any of its respective Representatives in +breach of this Section 27.13, (g) other than with respect to the Protected +Names, to the extent that such information is received by such Party from a +third party that is not, to such Party’s knowledge, subject to confidentiality +obligations owing to the other Parties or any of their respective affiliates or +related parties or (h) other than with respect to the Protected Names, to the +extent that such information is independently developed by such Party. The +foregoing shall not preclude Owner from sending Owner’s golf offers and other +promotional materials to (i) any individual that uses any Complimentary Golf +Rounds, provided Owner has independently obtained the name and contact +information of such individual (i.e., other than by reason of such individual’s +use of any Complimentary Golf Rounds) and such individual has consented to +receive such promotional materials, and (ii) any individual that has golfed at +any of the Golf Courses prior to the Commencement Date and whose name and +contact information are included in the Golf Database Information (as such term +is defined on Exhibit C attached hereto), provided such individual has consented +to receive such promotional materials. Each of the Parties acknowledges that it +and its Representatives may receive material non-public information with respect +to the other Party and its Affiliates and that each such Party is aware (and +will so advise its Representatives) that federal and state securities laws and +other applicable laws may impose restrictions on purchasing, selling, engaging +in transactions or otherwise trading in securities of the other Party and its +Affiliates with respect to which such Party or its Representatives has received +material non-public information so long as such information remains material +non-public information +27.14    Time of Essence. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH +PROVISION HEREOF IN WHICH TIME OF PERFORMANCE IS ESTABLISHED. +27.15    Consents, Approval and Notices. +(a)    All consents and approvals that may be given under this Agreement shall, +as a condition of their effectiveness, be in writing. The granting of any +consent or approval by Owner or User to the performance of any act by User or +Owner requiring the consent or approval of Owner or User under any of the terms +or provisions of this Agreement shall relate only to the specified act or acts +thereby consented to or approved and, unless otherwise specified, shall not be +deemed a waiver of the necessity for such consent or approval for the same or +any similar act in the future, and/or the failure on the part of Owner or User +to object to any such action taken by User or Owner without the consent or +approval of the other Party, shall not be deemed a waiver of their right to +require such consent or approval for any further similar act; and User hereby +expressly covenants and agrees that as to all matters requiring Owner’s consent +or approval under any of the terms of this Agreement, User shall secure such +consent or approval for each and every happening of the event requiring such +consent or approval, and shall not claim any waiver on the part of Owner of the +requirement to secure such consent or approval. +(b)    Each Party acknowledges that in granting any consents, approvals or +authorizations under this Agreement, and in providing any advice, assistance, +recommendation or direction under this Agreement, neither such Party nor any +Affiliates thereof guarantee success or a satisfactory result from the subject +of such consent, approval, authorization, advice, assistance, recommendation or +direction. Accordingly, each Party agrees that neither such Party nor any of its +Affiliates shall have any liability whatsoever to any other Party or any third +party by reason of: (i) any consent, approval or authorization, or advice, +assistance, recommendation or direction, given or withheld; or (ii) any delay or +failure to provide any consent, approval or authorization, or advice, +assistance, recommendation or direction (except in the event of a breach of a +covenant herein not to unreasonably withhold or delay any consent or approval); +provided, however, each agrees to act in good faith when dealing with or +providing any advice, consent, assistance, recommendation or direction. +(c)    Any notice, report or information required to be delivered by User +hereunder may be delivered collectively with any other notices, reports or +information required to be delivered by User hereunder as part of a single +report, notice or communication. Any such notice, report or information may be +delivered to Owner by User providing a representative of Owner with access to +User’s or its Affiliate’s electronic databases or other information systems +containing the applicable information and notice that information has been +posted on such database or system. +27.16    Apportionment of Revenue and Expenses. For the avoidance of doubt, the +Parties hereby acknowledge that (a) all items of operating revenue and operating +expenses of each Golf Course, with respect to the period prior to 12:00 a.m. +local time (the “Cut-off Time”) at such Golf Course on the Commencement Date, +shall be for the account of the entity that owned such Golf Course on the day +immediately preceding the Commencement Date, and (b) all items of operating +revenue and operating expenses of each Golf Course, with respect to the period +from and after the Cut-off Time, shall be for the account of Owner. +27.17    Single, Indivisible Agreement. This Agreement constitutes one +indivisible usage agreement with respect to the Golf Courses and not separate +usage agreements governed by similar terms. The Golf Courses constitute one +economic unit, and each of the Golf Course Use Payments and all other provisions +have been negotiated and agreed upon based on usage of all of the Golf Courses +by User as a single, composite, inseparable transaction and would have been +substantially different had separate usage agreements or a divisible usage +agreement been intended. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement for +specific, isolated purposes (and then only to the extent expressly otherwise +stated), all provisions of this Agreement apply equally and uniformly to all +components of the Golf Courses collectively as one unit. The Parties intend that +the provisions of this Agreement shall at all times be construed, interpreted +and applied so as to carry out their mutual objective to create an indivisible +usage agreement with respect to all of the Golf Courses and, in particular but +without limitation, that, for purposes of any assumption, rejection or +assignment of this Agreement under 11 U.S.C. Section 365, or any successor or +replacement thereof or any analogous state law, this is one indivisible and +non-severable usage agreement and executory contract dealing with one legal and +economic unit and that this Agreement must be assumed, rejected or assigned as a +whole with respect to all (and only as to all) of the Golf Courses. The Parties +may elect (in each Party’s respective sole discretion, but subject to the +applicable terms of this Agreement) to amend this Agreement from time to time to +exclude one or more components or portions of, and/or to include one or more +additional components as part of, the Golf Courses, and any such future +exclusion of or addition to the Golf Courses shall not in any way change the +indivisible and nonseverable nature of this Agreement and all of the foregoing +provisions shall continue to apply in full force. Furthermore, under certain +circumstances as more particularly and expressly provided in this Agreement +above, one or more of the Golf Courses hereunder may, subject to the provisions +of this Agreement, be removed from this Agreement and no longer be part of the +Golf Courses and such reduction of the Golf Courses shall not in any way change +the indivisible and nonseverable nature of this Agreement and all of the +foregoing provisions shall continue to apply in full force with respect to the +balance of the Golf Courses. +27.18    Termination of this Agreement. Wherever in this Agreement the action of +terminating this Agreement with respect to any Golf Course (or action of similar +import) is discussed, such action shall mean the termination of User’s rights in +and to the use of such Golf Course and the termination of such obligations of +User hereunder that concern solely such Golf Course (including, without +limitation, the obligations of User hereunder with respect to the portion of the +Complimentary Golf Rounds Fee attributable to such Golf Course), which, for the +avoidance of doubt, shall under no circumstances include or be deemed to include +the obligations of User hereunder with respect to all or any portion of the +Membership Fee). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if +this Agreement is terminated with respect to any Golf Course, such termination +shall not affect the applicable Term of this Agreement with respect to the +balance of the Golf Courses with respect to which this Agreement is not so +terminated, and this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect with +respect to such balance of the Golf Courses, and User shall remain obligated to +pay the entirety of the Membership Fee (subject to the third (3rd) sentence of +Section 16.2(b)). Following any such termination, the Parties shall execute an +amendment to this Agreement to memorialize such termination; provided, however +the failure to do so will not affect the effectiveness of such termination. + + +49 +  + +Exhibit 10.1 + +  + +EXECUTION COPY + +  + +  + +$2,000,000,000 + +  + +364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT + +dated as of + +May 1, 2020 + +among + +CUMMINS INC., + +The SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS Referred to Herein, + +The LENDERS Party Hereto, + +JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., +as Administrative Agent, + +BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., +as Syndication Agent + + +  + +and + +  + +CITIBANK, N.A. + +HSBC BANK USA, N.A., and + +ING BANK N.V., DUBLIN BRANCH, + +as Documentation Agents + +  + +  + + + +  + +JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., + +BofA SECURITIES, INC., + +CITIBANK, N.A., + +HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC. and + +ING BANK N.V., DUBLIN BRANCH, + +as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers + +  + +  + + + +  + +  + + + +  + +       TABLE OF CONTENTS        + +  + +  Page + +  + +Article 1 + +Definitions + +  Section 1.01.   Defined Terms 1     Section 1.02.   Classification of Loans +and Borrowings 24     Section 1.03.   Terms Generally 24     Section +1.04.   Accounting Terms; GAAP 24     Section 1.05.   [Reserved] 25     Section +1.06.   Interest Rates; LIBOR Notification 25     Section 1.07.   Certain +Calculations 26     Section 1.08.   Divisions 26     + +Article 2 + +The Credits + +  Section 2.01.   Commitments 26     Section 2.02.   Loans and Borrowings 26     +Section 2.03.   Requests for Revolving Borrowings 27     Section +2.04.   [Reserved] 28     Section 2.05.   [Reserved] 28     Section +2.06.   Funding of Borrowings 28     Section 2.07.   Interest Elections 29     +Section 2.08.   Termination and Reduction of Commitments 30     Section +2.09.   Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt 31     Section 2.10.   Prepayment +of Loans 32     Section 2.11.   Fees 33     Section 2.12.   Interest 34     +Section 2.13.   Alternate Rate of Interest 34     Section 2.14.   Increased +Costs 36     Section 2.15.   Break Funding Payments 37     Section 2.16.   Taxes +38 + +  + + + +i + +  + +  + +Section 2.17.   Foreign Subsidiary Costs 40     Section 2.18.   Payments +Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs 41     Section +2.19.   Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders 42     Section +2.20.   Currency Equivalents 44     Section 2.21.   Margin Determinations 44     +Section 2.22.   Illegality 46     Section 2.23.   Defaulting Lenders 47     + +Article 3 + +Representations and Warranties + +  Section 3.01.   Organization; Powers 47     Section 3.02.   Authorization 48   +  Section 3.03.   Enforceability 48     Section 3.04.   Governmental Approvals +48     Section 3.05.   Financial Statements 48     Section 3.06.   Litigation; +Compliance with Laws 49     Section 3.07.   Federal Reserve Regulations 49     +Section 3.08.   No Regulatory Restrictions on Borrowing 49     Section +3.09.   [Reserved] 49     Section 3.10.   [Reserved] 49     Section +3.11.   [Reserved] 49     Section 3.12.   Beneficial Ownership Certification 49 +    Section 3.13.   Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions 49     + +Article 4 + +Conditions + +  Section 4.01.   Effective Date 50     Section 4.02.   Each Credit Event 51     +Section 4.03.   First Borrowing by Each Eligible Subsidiary 51     + +Article 5 + +Affirmative Covenants + +  Section 5.01.   Existence; Businesses and Properties 52     Section +5.02.   Insurance 52     Section 5.03.   Taxes 53     Section 5.04.   Financial +Statements, Reports, Etc. 53 + +  + + + +ii + +  + +  + +Section 5.05.   Litigation and Other Notices 55     + +Section 5.06.   Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections + +55     Section 5.07.   Use of Proceeds 56     Section 5.08.   Compliance with +Laws 56     + +Article 6 + +Negative Covenants + +  Section 6.01.   Negative Pledge 56     Section 6.02.   Mergers, +Consolidations, and Sales of Assets 58     Section 6.03.   Priority Indebtedness +59     + +Article 7 + +Financial Covenant + +  Section 7.01.   Net Debt to Total Capital 59     + +Article 8 + +Events of Default + +  + +Article 9 + +The Agents + +  Section 9.01.   Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent 62     +Section 9.02.   Rights and Powers of Administrative Agent as a Lender 62     +Section 9.03.   Limited Duties and Responsibilities of Administrative Agent 62   +  Section 9.04.   Authority of Administrative Agent to Rely on Certain Writings, +Statements and Advice 63     Section 9.05.   Sub-Agents and Related Parties 63   +  Section 9.06.   Resignation; Successor Administrative Agent 63     Section +9.07.   Credit Decisions by Lenders 64     Section 9.08.   Administrative +Agent’s Fee 64     Section 9.09.   Other Agents 64     Section 9.10.   Certain +ERISA Matters 64     Section 9.11.   Posting of Communications 65     + +Article 10 + +Representations and Warranties of Eligible Subsidiaries + +  Section 10.01.   Organization; Powers 67     Section 10.02.   Authorization 67 + +  + + + +iii + +  + +  + +Section 10.03.   Enforceability 67     Section 10.04.   Taxes 67     + +Article 11 + +Guaranty + +  Section 11.01.   The Guaranty 68     Section 11.02.   Guaranty Unconditional +68     Section 11.03.   Discharge Only Upon Payment in Full; Reinstatement in +Certain Circumstances 69     Section 11.04.   Waiver by the Company 69     +Section 11.05.   Subrogation 69     Section 11.06.   Stay of Acceleration 69     +Section 11.07.   Continuing Guaranty 69     + +Article 12 + +Miscellaneous + +  Section 12.01.   Notices 69     Section 12.02.   Waivers; Amendments 70     +Section 12.03.   Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver 72     Section +12.04.   Successors and Assigns 73     Section 12.05.   Survival 80     Section +12.06.   Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness 80     Section +12.07.   Severability 81     Section 12.08.   Right of Set-off 81     Section +12.09.   Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process 81     +Section 12.10.   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL 82     Section 12.11.   Judgment Currency +82     Section 12.12.   Headings 83     Section 12.13.   Confidentiality 83     +Section 12.14.   USA Patriot Act and Beneficial Ownership Regulation +Notification 83     Section 12.15.   No Fiduciary Duty 84     Section +12.16.   Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-in of Affected Financial +Institutions 85     Section 12.17.   Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported +QFCs 85 + +  + + + +iv + +  + +  + +SCHEDULES + +  + +Schedule 2.01 _ Commitments + +  + + + +EXHIBITS           Exhibit A – Form of Assignment and Assumption       Exhibit +B-1 – Form of Opinion of Company’s External Counsel       Exhibit B-2 – Form of +Opinion of Company’s Internal Counsel       Exhibit B-3A – [Reserved]       +Exhibit B-3B – [Reserved]       Exhibit C – Form of Opinion of Eligible +Subsidiary’s Counsel       Exhibit D – Form of Election to Participate       +Exhibit E – Form of Election to Terminate       Exhibit F – Form of Compliance +Certificate       Exhibit G – [Reserved]       Exhibit H – [Reserved]       +Exhibit I – Form of Borrowing Request + +   + + + +v + +  + +  + + + +364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of May 1, 2020 among CUMMINS INC., the +SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS referred to herein, the LENDERS party hereto and JPMORGAN +CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent (as amended, restated, amended and +restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this +“Agreement”). + +  + +In consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, the +parties hereto agree as follows: + +  + +Article 1 +Definitions + +  + +Section 1.01.      Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms +have the meanings specified below: + +  + +“ABR”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such +Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate +determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate. + +  + +“ABR Margin” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21. + +  + +“Acquisition Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries that has been issued for the purpose of financing, in whole or in +part, a Material Acquisition and any related transactions or series of related +transactions (including for the purpose of refinancing or replacing all or a +portion of any pre-existing Indebtedness of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries +or the person(s) or assets to be acquired); provided that (a) the release of the +proceeds thereof to the Company and its Subsidiaries is contingent upon the +consummation of such Material Acquisition and, pending such release, such +proceeds are held in escrow (and, if the definitive agreement (or, in the case +of a tender offer or similar transaction, the definitive offer document) for +such acquisition is terminated prior to the consummation of such Material +Acquisition or if such Material Acquisition is otherwise not consummated by the +date specified in the definitive documentation relating to such Indebtedness, +such proceeds shall be promptly applied to satisfy and discharge all obligations +of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of such Indebtedness) or (b) such +Indebtedness contains a “special mandatory redemption” provision (or other +similar provision) or otherwise permits or requires such Indebtedness to be +redeemed or prepaid if such Material Acquisition is not consummated by the date +specified in the definitive documentation relating to such Indebtedness (and if +the definitive agreement (or, in the case of a tender offer or similar +transaction, the definitive offer document) for such Material Acquisition is +terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the consummation of such +Material Acquisition or such Material Acquisition is otherwise not consummated +by the date specified in the definitive documentation relating to such +Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is so redeemed or prepaid within 90 days of such +termination or such specified date, as the case may be). + +  + +“Adjusted LIBO Rate” means (a) with respect to any Euro-Currency Borrowing +denominated in Dollars for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal +to (i) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (ii) the Statutory +Reserve Rate and (b) with respect to any Euro-Currency Borrowing denominated in +an Alternative Currency for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum +equal to the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period. + +  + +“Administrative Agent” means JPMCB and its Affiliates, as applicable, in each +case in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, provided +that the rights of the Administrative Agent under Article 8, Section 12.02 and +Section 12.04 shall be exercised solely by JPMCB (or its successors) in its +capacity as Administrative Agent. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form +supplied by the Administrative Agent. + +  + +“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) +any UK Financial Institution. + +  + +“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that +directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is +Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. + +  + +“Agents” means the Administrative Agent, each Syndication Agent and each +Documentation Agent. + +  + +“Agreement” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph. + +  + +“Alternate Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the highest +of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on +such day plus ½ of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month Interest +Period on such day (or if such day is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day, on the +immediately preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day) plus 1%, provided that for the +purpose of this definition, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on +the LIBO Screen Rate (or if the LIBO Screen Rate is not available for such one +month Interest Period, the Interpolated Rate) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London +time on such day. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the +Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and +including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or +the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively. If the Alternate Base Rate is being used +as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.13 hereof, then the +Alternate Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall +be determined without reference to clause (c) above. For the avoidance of doubt, +if the Alternate Base Rate as so determined would be less than 1.50%, such rate +shall be deemed to be 1.50% for purposes of this Agreement. + +  + +“Alternative Currency” means, from and after the time of such approval pursuant +to clause (b), any currency requested by the Company; provided that (a) such +requested currency is a lawful currency that is readily available and freely +transferable and convertible into Dollars and (b) each of the Lenders and the +Administrative Agent have provided prior written approval of such currency. +There are no Alternative Currencies as of the Effective Date. + +  + +“Alternative Currency Loan” means a Loan that is made in an Alternative Currency +pursuant to the applicable Borrowing Request. + +  + + + +2 + +  + +  + +“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any +jurisdiction applicable to Credit Parties or their respective subsidiaries from +time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption. + +  + +“Applicable Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender, (a) in the case +of its ABR Loans, its Domestic Lending Office and (b) in the case of its +Euro-Currency Loans, its Euro-Currency Lending Office. + +  + +“Applicable Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.11(c). + +  + +“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the +total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment; provided that in the +case of Section 2.23 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Applicable +Percentage” shall mean the percentage of the total Commitments (disregarding any +Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the +Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be +determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to +any assignments and to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of +determination. + +  + +“Applicable Rate” means, for any day, with respect to any ABR Loan or +Euro-Currency Loan, or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as +the case may be, the applicable ABR Margin or Euro-Currency Margin or the +Commitment Fee Rate, respectively, in each case as determined for such day in +accordance with Section 2.21. + +  + +“Approved Electronic Platform” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section +9.11(a). + +  + +“Approved Fund” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.04. + +  + +“Approved Jurisdiction” means (i) the United States, (ii) England and Wales in +the United Kingdom, (iii) the Netherlands and (iv) any other jurisdiction +approved for this purpose by each of the Lenders. + +  + +“Arranger” means each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., BofA Securities, Inc., +Citibank, N.A., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and ING Bank N.V., Dublin Branch, +each in its capacity as a joint bookrunner and joint lead arranger under this +Agreement. + +  + +“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a +Lender and an assignee (with the consent of each party whose consent is required +by Section 12.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of +Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the +Company. + +  + +“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to +but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of +the Commitments in whole. + +  + +“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by +the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected +Financial Institution. + +  + + + +3 + +  + +  + +“Bail-In Legislation” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country +implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and +of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or +requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in +the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, +Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and +any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to +the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial +institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration +or other insolvency proceedings). + +  + +“Bail-In Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(b). + +  + +“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled +“Bankruptcy”, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute. + +  + +“Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the +subject of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or +has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for +the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or +liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith +determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance +of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such +proceeding or appointment or has had any order for relief in such proceeding +entered in respect thereof, provided that, for avoidance of doubt, a Bankruptcy +Event shall not result solely by virtue of (i) any ownership interest, or the +acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental +Authority or instrumentality thereof or (ii) in the case of a solvent person, +the precautionary appointment of an administrator, guardian, custodian or other +similar official by a Governmental Authority under or based on the law of the +country where such Person is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if +applicable law requires that such appointment not be publicly disclosed, in any +such case, where such action does not result in or provide such Person with +immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the +enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such +Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, +disavow or disaffirm any obligations of such Person hereunder. + +  + +“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial +ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation. + +  + +“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230. + +  + +“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in +Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as +defined in Section 4975 of the Code to which Section 4975 of the Code applies, +and (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of the Plan Asset +Regulations or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the +Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”. + +  + +“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined +under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party. + +   + +4 + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +   + +“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United +States of America. + +  + +“Borrower” means the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower, as the context may +require, and their respective successors, and “Borrowers” means all of the +foregoing. When used in relation to any Loan, references to “the Borrower” are +to the particular Borrower to which such Loan is or is to be made. + +  + +“Borrowing” means Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued +on the same date and, in the case of Euro-Currency Loans, denominated in the +same currency and as to which a single Interest Period is in effect. + +  + +“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in +accordance with Section 2.03 and in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit +I hereto or such other form as the Administrative Agent and the Company may +approve from time to time. + +  + +“Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person +to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying +the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which +obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on +a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP as in effect on December 14, 2018 +(without giving effect to the phase-in of the effectiveness of any amendments to +GAAP that have been adopted as of such date), and the amount of such obligations +shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP as in +effect on December 14, 2018 (without giving effect to the phase-in of the +effectiveness of any amendments to GAAP that have been adopted as of such date). + +  + +“Change in Control” means that (a) any Person or group of persons within the +meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 becomes the +beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of the outstanding +common stock of the Company or (b) individuals who constitute the Continuing +Directors cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the board of +directors of the Company (which, for the purpose of this definition, shall be +deemed not to mean any committee of the board of directors of the Company). + +  + +“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement (or, with +respect to any Lender, if later, the date on which such Lender becomes a +Lender), of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, +rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or +treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any +Governmental Authority, or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rules, +guideline, requirement or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by +any Governmental Authority; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything +herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer +Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives +thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, and +(ii) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives promulgated by +the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking +Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or +foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in +each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law” regardless of the date enacted, +adopted, issued or implemented. + +  + + + +5 + +  + +  + +“Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to such Loan, +or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, as being Revolving Loans. + +  + +“CLO” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.04. + +  + +“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. + +  + +“Combination” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(c). + +  + +“Combined Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(c). + +  + +“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender +to make Revolving Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the +maximum aggregate Dollar Amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure +hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to +Section 2.08, (b) [reserved] and (c) reduced or increased from time to time +pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 12.04. The +initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in +the Assignment and Assumption or other documentation or record (as such term is +defined in Section 9-102(a)(70) of the New York Uniform Commercial Code) as +provided in Section 12.04(b)(ii)(C) or other documentation contemplated hereby +pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable. +The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is $2,000,000,000. + +  + +“Commitment Fee Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21. + +  + +“Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, +information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Credit +Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein +which is distributed by the Administrative Agent or any Lender by means of +electronic communications pursuant to Section 9.11(c), including through an +Approved Electronic Platform. + +  + +“Company” means Cummins Inc., an Indiana corporation. + +  + +“Consolidated” means, as applied to any financial or accounting term with +respect to any Person, such term determined on a consolidated basis in +accordance with GAAP for such Person and all consolidated subsidiaries thereof. + +  + +“Consolidated Net Debt” means Total Debt, minus (i) domestic cash and cash +equivalents that are unrestricted and unencumbered (except for the Liens +contemplated in clause (x) below) and (ii) foreign cash and cash equivalents +that are unrestricted, unencumbered (except for the Liens contemplated in clause +(x) below) and freely transferable to the United States (it being understood and +agreed that the transfer of cash and cash equivalents being subject to (a) any +procedures or limitations which are solely within the control of the Company or +applicable Subsidiary, (b) any approval, filing, consent or the like of any +third party or Governmental Authority (1) that is merely of a routine or +administrative nature, (2) that is routinely and ordinarily provided or accepted +by such third party or Governmental Authority in the ordinary course and (3) the +most recent of which, at the time of determination, has not been denied or +rejected by such third party or Governmental Authority and/or (c) the imposition +of any nominal governmental stamp, documentary or similar nominal tax, charge or +similar levy, in each case, shall not cause such cash and cash equivalents not +to be “unrestricted, unencumbered and freely transferable” within the meaning of +the foregoing), in each case, to the extent such cash and cash equivalents (x) +are not subject to a Lien in favor of any creditor (other than any Lien of the +type contemplated by Sections 6.01(a) and 6.01(r)) and (y) exceed, in the +aggregate after giving effect to clause (i), $250,000,000. + +  + + + +6 + +  + +  + +“Consolidated Subsidiary” means, at any date, any Subsidiary or other entity the +accounts of which would be Consolidated with those of the Company in its +Consolidated financial statements if such statements were prepared as of such +date. + +  + +“Consolidated Total Capital” means, with respect to the Company on any date, the +sum of (x) Consolidated Net Debt plus (y) consolidated shareholders’ equity of +the Company and its Subsidiaries (including, for the avoidance of doubt, +noncontrolling interests), Consolidated in accordance with GAAP (excluding for +this purpose the impact of accumulated other comprehensive income or loss), in +each case determined as of such date. + +  + +“Continuing Director” means any member of the board of directors of the Company +who is (i) a director of the Company on the date of this Agreement, (ii) +nominated by the board of directors of the Company or (iii) appointed or +otherwise approved by directors referred to in clauses (i) and (ii). + +  + +“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct +or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether +through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. +“Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto. + +  + +“Covered Entity” means any of the following: + +  + +(i)         a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in +accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); + +  + +(ii)        a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in +accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or + +  + +(iii)       a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in +accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). + +  + +“Covered Party” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 12.17. + +  + +“Credit Party” means the Company and each other Borrower. + +  + +“Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or +which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become +an Event of Default. + +  + +“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be +interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as +applicable. + +  + + + +7 + +  + +  + +“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Domestic +Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund all or any +portion of its Loans, (ii) [reserved] or (iii) pay over to any Lender Party any +other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause +(i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Company in +writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s reasonable +determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and +including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has +notified the Company or the Administrative Agent and the Company in writing, or +has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to +comply with all or any portion of its funding obligations under this Agreement +(unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based +on such Lender’s reasonable determination that a condition precedent +(specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to +funding under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other +agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three +Domestic Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent or the Company, +acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized +officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations to fund +prospective Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to +be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon the Administrative +Agent’s or the Company’s receipt of such certification in form and substance +satisfactory to it, or (d) has become (or has a Parent that has become) the +subject of a Bankruptcy Event and/or a Bail-In Action. + +  + +“Disqualified Institution” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section +12.04. + +  + +“Documentation Agents” means each of Citibank, N.A., HSBC Bank USA, N.A. and ING +Bank N.V., Dublin Branch in its capacity as documentation agent in respect of +this Agreement. + +  + +“Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America. + +  + +“Dollar Amount” of any amount of any currency means, at the time of +determination thereof, (a) if such amount is expressed in Dollars, such amount, +(b) if such amount is expressed in an Alternative Currency, the equivalent of +such amount in Dollars determined by using the rate of exchange for the purchase +of Dollars with such Alternative Currency last provided (either by publication +or otherwise provided to the Administrative Agent) by the applicable Reuters +source on the Business Day (New York City time) immediately preceding the date +of determination or if such service ceases to be available or ceases to provide +a rate of exchange for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency, +as provided by such other publicly available information service which provides +that rate of exchange at such time in place of Reuters chosen by the +Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion (or if such service ceases to +be available or ceases to provide such rate of exchange, the equivalent of such +amount in Dollars as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, in +consultation with the Company, using any reasonable method of determination it +deems reasonably appropriate) and (c) if such amount is denominated in any other +currency, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars as reasonably determined by +the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Company, using any reasonable +method of determination it deems reasonably appropriate. + +  + +“Dollar-Denominated Loan” means a Loan that is made in Dollars. + +  + + + +8 + +  + +  + +“Dollar-Denominated Revolving Borrowing” means a Revolving Borrowing denominated +in Dollars. + +  + +“Domestic Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on +which commercial banks in New York City are authorized by law to close. + +  + +“Domestic Lending Office” means, as to each Lender, its office located at its +address set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire (or identified in its +Administrative Questionnaire as its Domestic Lending Office) or such other +office as such Lender may hereafter designate as its Domestic Lending Office by +notice to the Company and the Administrative Agent. + +  + +“DQ List” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.04(g)(iv). + +  + +“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any institution or firm established in any +EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution +Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent +of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any +financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary +of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is +subject to consolidated supervision with its parent. + +  + +“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, +Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway. + +  + +“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any +person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country +(including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA +Financial Institution. + +  + +“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section +4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.02). + +  + +“Election to Participate” means an Election to Participate substantially in the +form of Exhibit D. + +  + +“Election to Terminate” means an Election to Terminate substantially in the form +of Exhibit E. + +  + +“Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached +to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with +the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record. + +  + +“Eligible Subsidiary” means any Wholly-Owned Consolidated Subsidiary organized +under the laws of an Approved Jurisdiction (i) as to which an Election to +Participate shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and approved +and countersigned by the Administrative Agent and each Lender pursuant to +Section 4.03(e) and (ii) as to which an Election to Terminate with respect to +such Election to Participate shall not have been delivered to the Administrative +Agent. Each such Election to Participate and Election to Terminate shall be duly +executed on behalf of such Wholly-Owned Consolidated Subsidiary and the Company +in such number of copies as the Administrative Agent may request. If at any time +a Subsidiary theretofore designated as an Eligible Subsidiary no longer +qualifies as a Wholly-Owned Consolidated Subsidiary, the Company shall cause to +be delivered to the Administrative Agent an Election to Terminate terminating +the status of such Subsidiary as an Eligible Subsidiary. The delivery of an +Election to Terminate shall not affect any obligation of an Eligible Subsidiary +theretofore incurred or the Company’s guarantee thereof. The Administrative +Agent shall promptly give notice to the Lenders of the receipt of any Election +to Participate or Election to Terminate. + +  + + + +9 + +  + +  + +“Environmental Laws” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, +orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, +promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way +to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, or the +management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material. + +  + +“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise +(including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, +penalties or indemnities), of the Company or any Subsidiary directly or +indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, +(b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or +disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, +(d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the +environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement +pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the +foregoing. + +  + +“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, +membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a +trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options +or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such +equity interest. + +  + +“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended +from time to time. + +  + +“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) +that, together with the Company, is treated as a single employer under +Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of +ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section +414 of the Code. + +  + +“ERISA Event” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of +ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an +event for which the 30-day notice period is waived), (b) the filing pursuant to +Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a +waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, (c) the +incurrence by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under +Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan, (d) the receipt +by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of +any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint +a trustee to administer any Plan, (e) the incurrence by the Company or any of +its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial +withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (f) the receipt by the Company +or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan +from the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition +of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is +expected to be, “insolvent” within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or in +“endangered” or in “critical” status within the meaning of Section 432 of the +Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (g) a determination that any Plan is or is +reasonably expected to be in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 430 +of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (h) the conditions contained in Section +303(k)(1)(A) of ERISA for imposition of a lien shall have been met with respect +to any Plan; (i) the cessation of operations at a facility of the Company or any +ERISA Affiliate in the circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA; or +(j) a Foreign Plan Event. + +  + + + +10 + +  + +  + +“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule +published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect +from time to time. + +  + +“Euro-Currency”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to +whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest +at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate (except pursuant to +clause (c) of the definition of “Alternate Base Rate”). + +  + +“Euro-Currency Business Day” means a Euro-Dollar Business Day; provided that, +when used in connection with an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in an +Alternative Currency, the term “Euro-Currency Business Day” shall exclude any +day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits in the applicable +currency in the London interbank market. + +  + +“Euro-Currency Lending Office” means, as to each Lender, its office, branch or +affiliate located at its address set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire +(or identified in its Administrative Questionnaire as its Euro-Currency Lending +Office) or such other office, branch or affiliate of such Lender as it may +hereafter designate as its Euro-Currency Lending Office by notice to the Company +and the Administrative Agent; provided that any Lender may from time to time by +notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent designate separate +Euro-Currency Lending Offices for its Loans in different currencies and/or to +different Borrowers, in which case all references herein to the Euro-Currency +Lending Office of such Lender shall be deemed to refer to any or all of such +offices, as the context may require. + +  + +“Euro-Currency Loan” means a Euro-Dollar Loan or an Alternative Currency Loan. + +  + +“Euro-Currency Margin” means the applicable rate determined in accordance with +Section 2.21. + +  + +“Euro-Dollar”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing made in Dollars, +refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing +interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate (except +pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Alternate Base Rate”). + +  + +“Euro-Dollar Business Day” means any Domestic Business Day on which commercial +banks are open for international business (including dealings in Dollar +deposits) in London. + +  + +“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article 8. + +  + + + +11 + +  + +  + +“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or +any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation +of any Borrower under any Loan Document, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed +on (or measured by) its net income by the United States or by the jurisdiction +under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal +office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its Applicable Lending +Office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of +America, or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in +clause (a) above, (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee +pursuant to a request by the Company under Section 2.19(b)), any withholding tax +that (i) is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such +Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new Applicable +Lending Office), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, +if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Applicable Lending +Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from any Borrower with +respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.16(a) or (ii) is +attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.16(e), +(f) and (g), and (d) Taxes resulting from FATCA. + +  + +“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this +Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable +and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future +regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into +pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any fiscal or regulatory +legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental +agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing +such Sections of the Code. + +  + +“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the +NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, +as determined in such manner as shall be set forth on the Federal Reserve Bank +of New York’s Website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding +Euro-Dollar Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate; +provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate as so determined would be less +than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this +Agreement. + +  + +“Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website” means the website of the NYFRB at +http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source. + +  + +“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting +officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer. + +  + +“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a +jurisdiction outside the United States. + +  + +“Foreign Plan” shall mean any benefit plan maintained or contributed to by the +Company or any Subsidiary that, under applicable law other than the laws of the +United States or any political subdivision thereof, is required to be funded +through a trust or other funding vehicle other than a trust or funding vehicle +maintained exclusively by a Governmental Authority. + +  + + + +12 + +  + +  + +“Foreign Plan Event” shall mean, with respect to any Foreign Plan, (a) the +existence of unfunded liabilities in excess of the amount permitted under any +applicable law, or in excess of the amount that would be permitted absent a +waiver from a Governmental Authority; (b) the failure to make the required +contributions or payments, under any applicable law, on or before the due date +for such contributions or payments; (c) the receipt of a notice by a +Governmental Authority relating to the intention to terminate any such Foreign +Plan or to appoint a trustee or similar official to administer any such Foreign +Plan, or alleging the insolvency of any such Foreign Plan; (d) the incurrence of +any liability by the Company or any Subsidiary under applicable law on account +of the complete or partial termination of such Foreign Plan or the complete or +partial withdrawal of any participating employer therein; or (e) the occurrence +of any transaction that is prohibited under any applicable law and that could +reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any liability by the +Company or any Subsidiary, or the imposition on the Company or any Subsidiary of +any fine, excise tax or penalty resulting from any noncompliance with any +applicable law. + +  + +“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as +described in Section 1.04. + +  + +“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, +any other nation, any supranational body or any political subdivision thereof, +whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory +body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, +judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or +pertaining to government, including any applicable supranational bodies (such as +the European Union or the European Central Bank). + +  + +“Guarantee” of or by any Person means, without duplication, any obligation, +contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic +effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary +obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any +obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or +advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or to +purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for +the payment of such Indebtedness, (b) to purchase property, securities or +services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the +payment of such Indebtedness or (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital +or other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as +to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness; provided, however, that +the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in +the ordinary course of business. It is understood and agreed that the amount of +any Guarantee of or by any Person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) the +amount of Indebtedness in respect of which such Guarantee exists and (b) the +maximum amount for which such Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the +instrument embodying such Guarantee. + +  + +“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes +and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including +petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, +polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other +substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law. + +  + +“IBA” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.06. + +  + + + +13 + +  + +  + +“Impacted Interest Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in the +definition of “LIBO Rate”. + +  + +“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of +such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by +bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such +Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to +property or assets purchased by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person +issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services, (e) +all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such +Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) +any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the +obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (f) all Guarantees by such Person +of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) +all obligations of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of +credit and bankers’ acceptances and (i) net obligations under Swap Agreements. +The Indebtedness of any Person shall also include the Indebtedness of any +partnership in which such Person is a general partner, except to the extent that +recourse against such general partner (as a general partner) has been +contractually waived or limited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term +“Indebtedness”, in respect of the Company and its Subsidiaries, shall not +include (i) deferred compensation and employee benefit obligations for officers +and employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) trade and similar +payables and accrued expenses or liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of +business, (iii) any customary earnout or holdback in connection with an +acquisition not prohibited by this Agreement, (iv) any obligations in respect of +customer advances held in the ordinary course of business, (v) performance +bonds, performance guarantees or similar obligations (or contingent +reimbursement obligations in respect of bank guarantees or letters of credit in +lieu thereof) entered into in the ordinary course of business, (vi) any +Indebtedness that has been discharged and/or defeased, provided that funds in an +amount equal to all such Indebtedness (including interest and any other amounts +required to be paid to the holders thereof in order to give effect to such +discharge and/or defeasance) have been irrevocably deposited with a trustee for +the benefit of the relevant holders of such Indebtedness or (vii) interest, +fees, make-whole amounts, premiums, charges or expenses, if any, relating to the +principal amount of Indebtedness. If any Indebtedness is limited to recourse +against a particular asset or assets of a Person, the amount of the +corresponding Indebtedness shall be equal to the lesser of the amount of such +Indebtedness and the fair market value of such asset or assets, as determined by +the Company in good faith, at the date for determination of the amount of such +Indebtedness. For all purposes of this Agreement, the amount of Indebtedness of +the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be calculated without duplication of +guaranty obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect thereof. + +  + +“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with +respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower +under this Agreement. + +  + +“Ineligible Institution” means (a) a natural person, (b) a Defaulting Lender or +its Lender Parent, (c) the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its +Affiliates, (d) a company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and +operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person or relative(s) thereof or +(e) a Disqualified Institution. + +   + +14 + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +“Interest Election Request” means a request by the Borrower to convert or +continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07. + +  + +“Interest Payment Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of +each March, June, September and December and (b) with respect to any +Euro-Currency Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the +Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Euro-Currency +Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day +prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three +months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period. + +  + +“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Euro-Currency Borrowing, the period +commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the same day of the next +week (herein, a “weekly period”) or on the numerically corresponding day in the +calendar month that is one, two, three, or six months, or (subject to the +availability to each Lender of matching deposits for such periods in the London +interbank market) twelve months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided +that: (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Euro-Currency +Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding +Euro-Currency Business Day unless (except in the case of a weekly period) such +next succeeding Euro-Currency Business Day would fall in the next calendar +month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding +Euro-Currency Business Day; and (b) any Interest Period (other than a weekly +period) pertaining to a Euro-Currency Borrowing that commences on the last +Euro-Currency Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is +no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest +Period) shall end on the last Euro-Currency Business Day of the last calendar +month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing +initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter, +other than for purposes of Section 4.02, shall be the effective date of the most +recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing. + +  + +“Interpolated Rate” means, at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per +annum determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be +conclusive and binding absent demonstrable error) to be equal to the rate that +results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBO Screen Rate +for the longest period (for which the LIBO Screen Rate is available for the +applicable currency) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period; and (b) +the LIBO Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which the LIBO Screen Rate is +available for the applicable currency) that exceeds the Impacted Interest +Period, in each case, at such time; provided that if any Interpolated Rate shall +be less than 0.50%, such rate shall be deemed to be 0.50% for the purposes of +this Agreement. + +  + +“JPMCB” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a national banking association. + +  + +“Lender Party” means the Administrative Agent or any other Lender. + +  + +“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that +shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or +other documentation contemplated hereby, other than any such Person that ceases +to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or other +documentation contemplated hereby. + +  + + + +15 + +  + +  + +“LIBO Rate” means, with respect to any Euro-Currency Borrowing for any Interest +Period, the LIBO Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two +Euro-Currency Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, +as the rate for deposits in Dollars or the relevant Alternative Currency with a +maturity comparable to such Interest Period; provided that if the LIBO Screen +Rate shall not be available for such Interest Period for such currency at such +time (an “Impacted Interest Period”) but rates are then available on the Screen +for other periods for such currency, then the LIBO Rate shall be the +Interpolated Rate; provided that if any LIBO Rate determined in accordance with +the foregoing shall be less than 0.50%, the LIBO Rate shall be deemed to be +0.50% for all purposes of this Agreement. + +  + +“LIBO Screen Rate” means, for any day and time, with respect to any +Euro-Currency Borrowing for any Interest Period, the London interbank offered +rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that +takes over the administration of such rate) for the applicable currency for a +period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on such day and time +on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters Screen that displays such rate (or, +in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or Screen, on any +successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the +appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from +time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable +discretion), provided that if the LIBO Screen Rate as so determined would be +less than 0.50%, such rate shall be deemed to be 0.50% for the purposes of this +Agreement. + +  + +“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, +pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in or on such +asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale +agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease +having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating +to such asset, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any operating lease. + +  + +“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, any amendment thereto, each Election to +Participate and any promissory notes issued to any Lender hereunder. + +  + +“Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to this +Agreement. + +  + +“Material Acquisition” means any acquisition if the aggregate consideration paid +or to be paid (including liabilities to be assumed as part of the purchase +consideration) by the Company or a Subsidiary in respect of such acquisition is +equal to or greater than $350,000,000. + +  + +“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, +assets, operations or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries +taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Company to perform any of its material +obligations under the Loan Documents or (c) the validity or enforceability of, +or the rights of or remedies available to the Lenders under, the Loan Documents; +provided, however, that events, circumstances, changes, effects or conditions +with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries disclosed in any Form 10-K, +Form 10-Q or Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange +Commission prior to the Effective Date shall not constitute a “Material Adverse +Effect” to the extent so disclosed. + +  + + + +16 + +  + +  + +“Maturity Date” means April 30, 2021. + +  + +“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. + +  + +“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) +of ERISA to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or with respect +to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability. + +  + +“Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to any Specified Equity or Specified +Indebtedness, as applicable, (a) the cash proceeds received in respect of such +Specified Equity or Specified Indebtedness, as applicable, (other than from the +Company or any of its Subsidiaries) including any cash received in respect of +any non-cash proceeds, but only as and when received, net of (b) the sum of (i) +all fees, commissions, costs and other expenses incurred in connection with such +Specified Equity or Specified Indebtedness, as applicable, (excluding amounts +paid to Affiliates), including any legal, accounting and investment banking +fees, underwriting discounts and fees, commissions, costs and other expenses +incurred by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries in connection with the +incurrence, issuance, offering or placement of such Specified Equity or +Specified Indebtedness, as applicable, (ii) the amount of all taxes paid (or +reasonably estimated by the Company to be payable) during the year that such +Specified Equity or Specified Indebtedness was issued or the next succeeding +year and that are directly attributable to such issuance (after taking into +account any available tax credit or deductions), (iii) any repatriation costs +associated with the receipt by the applicable taxpayer of such proceeds, and +(iv) any costs associated with unwinding any related Swap Agreement in +connection with the repayment of indebtedness at the time of the issuance of +such Specified Indebtedness; provided, however, that the amount determined +pursuant to the foregoing shall be reduced, in the case of any Net Cash Proceeds +received by a joint venture Subsidiary, by the amount attributable to (and not +available for distribution to, or for the account of, the Company or a +Wholly-Owned Consolidated Subsidiary) noncontrolling interests in such joint +venture Subsidiary owned by any Person other than the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries. + +  + +“Net Debt to Total Capital Ratio” has the meaning assigned to such term in +Section 7.01. + +  + +“NYFRB” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. + +  + +“NYFRB Rate” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective +Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on +such day (or for any day that is not a Euro-Currency Business Day, for the +immediately preceding Euro-Currency Business Day); provided that if none of such +rates are published for any day that is a Euro-Currency Business Day, the term +“NYFRB Rate” means the rate quoted for such day for a federal funds transaction +quoted at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such day received by the +Administrative Agent from a federal funds broker unaffiliated with the +Administrative Agent of recognized standing selected by it; provided, further, +that if any of the aforesaid rates as so determined would be less than zero, +such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement. + +  + + + +17 + +  + +  + +“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp, documentary, or filing +taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising +from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or +enforcement of or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan +Document. + +  + +“Overnight Bank Funding Rate” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both +overnight federal funds and overnight Euro-Currency borrowings by U.S.-managed +banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be +determined by the NYFRB as set forth on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s +Website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Euro-Dollar +Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate. + +  + +“Parent” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender +is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary. + +  + +“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.04(c). + +  + +“Participant Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section +12.04(c). + +  + +“Participating Member States” means those members of the European Union from +time to time which adopt a single, shared currency. + +  + +“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in +ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions. + +  + +“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, +trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority +or other entity. + +  + +“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) +subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA, and in respect of which the +Company or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under +Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) +of ERISA. + +  + +“Plan Asset Regulations” means 29 CFR § 2510.3-101 et seq., as modified by +Section 3(42) of ERISA, as amended from time to time. + +  + +“Pound Sterling” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom. + +  + +“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal +as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote +such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Board in Federal +Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank +prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate +quoted therein (as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Administrative +Agent) or any similar release by the Board (as determined reasonably and in good +faith by the Administrative Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be +effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or +quoted as being effective. + +  + + + +18 + +  + +  + +“Priority Indebtedness” shall mean, at any time, without duplication, (i) the +aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Company then outstanding +which Indebtedness is secured by Liens on property and assets of the Company or +any Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness secured by Liens described in (a) +through (l) of Section 6.01), and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all +outstanding Indebtedness of all Subsidiaries (other than (x) Indebtedness +hereunder, (y) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries payable to the Company or any +Wholly-Owned Consolidated Subsidiary and (z) any unsecured Guarantee of +Indebtedness issued by the Company; provided that such Subsidiary shall also +have guaranteed the obligations hereunder on or prior to the date on which such +Guarantee is given). + +  + +“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. +Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time. + +  + +“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, +and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D). + +  + +“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 12.17. + +  + +“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.04(b)(iv). + +  + +“Regulation D” shall mean Regulation D of the Board, as the same is from time to +time in effect, and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or +thereof. + +  + +“Regulation U” shall mean Regulation U of the Board, as from time to time in +effect, and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof. + +  + +“Regulation X” shall mean Regulation X of the Board, as from time to time in +effect, and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof. + +  + +“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s +Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and +advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates. + +  + +“Replacement Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(c). + +  + +“Required Lenders” means, subject to Section 2.23, (a) at any time prior to the +earlier of the Loans becoming due and payable pursuant to Article 8 or the +Commitments terminating or expiring, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures +and Unfunded Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the Total +Revolving Credit Exposure and Unfunded Commitments at such time, provided that, +solely for purposes of declaring the Loans to be due and payable pursuant to +Article 8, the Unfunded Commitment of each Lender shall be deemed to be zero; +and (b) for all purposes after the Loans become due and payable pursuant to +Article 8 or the Commitments expire or terminate, Lenders having Revolving +Credit Exposures representing more than 50% of the Total Revolving Credit +Exposure; provided that, in the case of clauses (a) and (b) above, for the +purpose of determining the Required Lenders needed for any waiver, amendment, +modification or consent of or under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, +any Lender that is the Company or an Affiliate of the Borrower shall be +disregarded. + +  + + + +19 + +  + +  + +“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any +UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority. + +  + +“Retired Commitments” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(c). + +  + +“Reuters” means Thomson Reuters Corp., Refinitiv or any successor thereto. + +  + +“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the +outstanding Dollar Amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans at such time. + +  + +“Revolving Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.03. + +  + +“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of S&P Global +Inc. + +  + +“Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is +itself the subject or target of any Sanctions. + +  + +“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any +Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign +Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of +State or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her +Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or Canada, (b) any Person organized or +resident in a Sanctioned Country in violation of Sanctions and (c) any Person +50% or greater owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in +the foregoing clauses (a) or (b). + +  + +“Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, +administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including +those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. +Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United +Nations Security Council, the European Union, Canada or Her Majesty’s Treasury +of the United Kingdom. + +  + +“Screen” means (a) with respect to Dollar-Denominated Loans, the Reuters +“LIBOR01” screen displaying the London interbank offered rate as administered by +ICE Benchmark Administration and (b) with respect to Alternative Currency Loans, +the Reuters screen selected by the Administrative Agent that displays rates for +interbank deposits in the appropriate Alternative Currency or, in the case of +either (a) or (b), any successor or substitute screen provided by Reuters, or +any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations +comparable to those currently provided on such screen, as determined by the +Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion (and +consistent with any such determination by the Administrative Agent generally +under substantially similar credit facilities for which it acts as +administrative agent) for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates +applicable to deposits in the London interbank market. + +  + +“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary (which term, as used in this +definition, includes such Subsidiary’s subsidiaries) which meets any of the +following conditions: + +  + + + +20 + +  + +  + +(i)       the Company’s and the other Subsidiaries’ outstanding investments in +and advances to such Subsidiary exceed 10% of the Consolidated total assets of +the Company, in each case as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal +year of the Company for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant +to Section 5.04(a); + +  + +(ii)       the total assets (after intercompany eliminations) of such Subsidiary +exceed 10% of the Consolidated total assets of the Company as of the end of the +most recently completed fiscal year of the Company for which financial +statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a); + +  + +(iii)       the net sales of such Subsidiary (after intercompany eliminations) +exceed 10% of the Consolidated net sales of the Company for the most recently +completed fiscal year of the Company for which financial statements have been +delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a); or + +  + +(iv)       any Subsidiary with or into which a Significant Subsidiary is merged +or which has acquired all or substantially all the assets of a Significant +Subsidiary in either case pursuant to a transaction permitted by Section 6.02; +provided, however, that such Subsidiary shall cease to be a Significant +Subsidiary at the time of delivery pursuant to Section 5.04(a) of financial +statements covering the fiscal year in which such transaction occurred unless +one of the conditions set forth in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above is satisfied +with respect to such Subsidiary. + +  + +“Specified Equity” means any equity interests in any underwritten offering or +private placement (other than (i) pursuant to any employee equity compensation +plan or agreement or other employee equity compensation arrangement, any +employee benefit plan or agreement or other employee benefit arrangement or any +nonemployee director equity compensation plan or agreement or other non-employee +director equity compensation arrangement or pursuant to the exercise or vesting +of any employee or director stock options, restricted stock or restricted stock +units, warrants or other equity awards, pursuant to dividend reinvestment +programs, or in respect of contributions to pension funds or plans, (ii) any +such issuance by a Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or any other +Subsidiary of the Company, (iii) securities or interests issued or transferred +(and not constituting cash proceeds of any issuance of such securities or +interests) as consideration for, or in connection with, any acquisition, +divestiture or joint venture arrangement, (iv) equity issued upon conversion or +exercise of outstanding securities or options, and (v) any issuance of such +equity interests the Net Cash Proceeds of which do not exceed an aggregate +amount of $50,000,000 (and then only the portion in excess of $50,000,000 shall +be subject to any prepayment and/or mandatory commitment reduction requirement +pursuant to Section 2.10(c))). + +  + +“Specified Indebtedness” means any indebtedness in the form of publicly issued +or privately placed debt securities issued in the capital markets (including +hybrid securities and debt securities convertible into equity securities) +pursuant to a public registered offering or Rule 144A or other private +placement, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) syndicated credit or +loan facilities (for the avoidance of doubt excluding term loan B facilities), +(ii) bilateral credit or loan facilities, (iii) commercial paper, (iv) +sale-leaseback transactions, (v) purchase money indebtedness, capital leases +and/or inventory financing, (vi) indebtedness incurred to refinance, extend, +renew and/or refund any existing indebtedness due within twelve (12) months of +the closing date (other than under this Agreement) to the extent that the +outstanding principal amount of such existing indebtedness is not increased +(except as grossed-up for customary fees and expenses incurred in connection +with such refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding), and (vii) any +incurrence of such indebtedness the Net Cash Proceeds of which do not exceed an +aggregate amount of $50,000,000 (and then only the portion in excess of +$50,000,000 shall be subject to any prepayment and/or mandatory commitment +reduction requirement pursuant to Section 2.10(c)). + +  + + + +21 + +  + +  + +“Statutory Reserve Rate” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the +numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number +one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any +marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal +established by the Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject for +eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in +Regulation D). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to +Regulation D. Euro-Currency Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency +funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or +credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to +time to any Lender under Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The +Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the +effective date of any change in any reserve percentage. + +  + +“subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (herein referred to as the +“parent”), any corporation, association or other business entity of which +securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the +ordinary voting power are, at the time any determination is being made, owned, +controlled or held by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent. + +  + +“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Company. + +  + +“Subsidiary Borrower” means each Eligible Subsidiary, and “Subsidiary Borrowers” +means all or any combination of the foregoing as the context may require. For +the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this +Agreement, no Subsidiary may be or become a Subsidiary Borrower without the +prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender. + +  + +“Supported QFC” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 12.17. + +  + +“Surviving Commitment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(c). + +  + +“Surviving Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(c). + +  + +“Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future +or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled +by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt +instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures +of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or +any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar +plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or +former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company or the +Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement. + +  + + + +22 + +  + +  + +“Syndication Agent” means Bank of America, N.A. in its capacity as syndication +agent in respect of this Agreement. + +  + +“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, +deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority, +including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto. + +  + +“Total Debt” means, with respect to the Company on any date, all indebtedness +for borrowed money of the Company and its Subsidiaries, Consolidated in +accordance with GAAP, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, intercompany +indebtedness. + +  + +“Total Revolving Credit Exposure” means, at any time, the outstanding principal +amount of the Revolving Loans at such time. + +  + +“Trade Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.04(g)(i). + +  + +“Transactions” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Credit +Parties of the Loan Documents and the borrowing of Loans hereunder. + +  + +“Type”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the +rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is +determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate. + +  + +“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined +under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United +Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 +of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United +Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions +and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or +investment firms. + +  + +“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public +administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK +Financial Institution. + +  + +“Unfunded Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the Commitment of such +Lender less its Revolving Credit Exposure. + +  + +“United States” or “U.S.” means the United States of America, including the +States thereof and the District of Columbia, but excluding its territories and +possessions. + +  + +“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” has the meaning assigned to it in Section +12.17. + +  + +“Wholly-Owned Consolidated Subsidiary” means any Consolidated Subsidiary all of +the shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of which (except +directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time owned by the Company or one or +more Wholly-Owned Consolidated Subsidiaries. + +  + + + +23 + +  + +  + +“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a +complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are +defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA. + +  + +“Withholding Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.16(a). + +  + +“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution +Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority +from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member +Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In +Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of +the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, +reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution +or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all +or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person +or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have +effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in +respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation +that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers. + +  + +Section 1.02.      Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this +Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving +Loan”) or by Type (e.g., an “ABR Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., an “ABR +Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class +(e.g., a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., an “ABR Borrowing”) or by +Class and Type (e.g., an “ABR Revolving Borrowing”). + +  + +Section 1.03.      Terms Generally. 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” and +the word “permit” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the +word “suffer”. Unless the context requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or +reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be +construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from +time to time amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified +(subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications +set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to +include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on +assignment set forth herein), (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, +and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in +its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references +herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer +to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and +(e) 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. + +  + + + +24 + +  + +  + +   + +Section 1.04.      Accounting Terms; GAAP. Unless otherwise specified herein, +all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting +determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to +be delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect +from time to time; provided that, if the Company notifies the Administrative +Agent that the Company wishes to amend any provision hereof to eliminate the +effect of any change in GAAP or in the application thereof (or if the +Administrative Agent notifies the Company that the Required Lenders wish to +amend any provision hereof for such purpose), then such provision shall be +applied on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant change +became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such provision is +amended in a manner satisfactory to the Company and the Required Lenders. +Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting +or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of +amounts and ratios referred to herein (including computations in respect of +compliance with Section 7.01) shall be made (i) without giving effect to any +election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other +Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a +similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the +Company or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein, (ii) without +giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness under Accounting Standards +Codification 470-20 or 2015-03 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification +or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any +such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and +such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal +amount thereof and (iii) without giving effect to any change to, or modification +of, GAAP (including any future phase-in of changes to GAAP that have been +approved as of December 14, 2018) which would require the capitalization of +leases characterized as “operating leases” as of December 14, 2018 (it being +understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, financial statements +delivered pursuant to Sections 5.04(a) and 5.04(b) shall be prepared without +giving effect to this sentence). + +  + +Section 1.05.      [Reserved]. + +  + +Section 1.06.      Interest Rates; LIBOR Notification. The interest rate on +Euro-Currency Loans is determined by reference to the LIBO Rate, which is +derived from the London interbank offered rate. The London interbank offered +rate is intended to represent the rate at which contributing banks may obtain +short-term borrowings from each other in the London interbank market. In July +2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced that, after the end of +2021, it would no longer persuade or compel contributing banks to make rate +submissions to the ICE Benchmark Administration (together with any successor to +the ICE Benchmark Administrator, the “IBA”) for purposes of the IBA setting the +London interbank offered rate. As a result, it is possible that commencing in +2022, the London interbank offered rate may no longer be available or may no +longer be deemed an appropriate reference rate upon which to determine the +interest rate on Euro-Currency Loans. In light of this eventuality, public and +private sector industry initiatives are currently underway to identify new or +alternative reference rates to be used in place of the London interbank offered +rate. In the event that the London interbank offered rate is no longer available +or in certain other circumstances as set forth in Section 2.13(b) of this +Agreement, such Section 2.13(b) provides a mechanism for determining an +alternative rate of interest. The Administrative Agent will notify the Company, +pursuant to Section 2.13, in advance of any change to the reference rate upon +which the interest rate on Euro-Currency Loans is based. However, the +Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and +shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or +availability of the London interbank offered rate or other rates in the +definition of “LIBO Rate” or with respect to any alternative or successor rate +thereto, or replacement rate thereof, including without limitation, whether the +composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement +reference rate, as it may or may not be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.13(b), +will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the +LIBO Rate or have the same volume or liquidity as did the London interbank +offered rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability (other than, for the +avoidance of doubt, with respect to its obligation to apply the definition of +such rate in accordance with its terms and comply with its obligations in +Article 2 (including Section 2.13) of this Agreement). + +  + +  + +25 + +  + + + +Section 1.07.      Certain Calculations. No Default or Event of Default shall +arise as a result of any limitation or threshold set forth in Dollars in +‎Articles 6 and 8 under this Agreement being exceeded solely as a result of +changes in currency exchange rates from those rates applicable on the last day +of the fiscal quarter of the Company immediately preceding the fiscal quarter of +the Company in which the applicable transaction or occurrence requiring a +determination occurs. + +  + +Section 1.08.      Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in +connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any +comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, +right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, +obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have +been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if +any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have +been organized and acquired on the first date of its existence by the holders of +its equity interests at such time. + +  + +Article 2 +The Credits + +  + +Section 2.01.      Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth +herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars or in +an Alternative Currency as the applicable Borrower elects pursuant to Section +2.03 to such Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period; provided +that, immediately after each such Loan is made, the amount of each Lender’s +Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment. Within the +foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, any +Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans. + +  + +Section 2.02.      Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made +as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably +in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to +make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of +its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are +several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to +make Loans as required. Each Lender may, at its option, make any Loan available +to any foreign Subsidiary Borrower by causing any foreign or domestic branch or +Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such +option shall not affect the obligation of such foreign Subsidiary Borrower to +repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. + +  + +(b)         Subject to Section 2.13, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised +entirely of ABR Loans or Euro-Currency Loans as the Borrower may request in +accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any Euro-Currency Loan +by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make +such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the +obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of +this Agreement. + +  + + + +26 + +  + +  + +(c)         At the time that any Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing +shall be (i) in the case of a Dollar-Denominated Revolving Borrowing, in an +aggregate Dollar Amount that is not less than $10,000,000 and an integral +multiple of $1,000,000 and (ii) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in an +Alternative Currency, in an aggregate amount in such Alternative Currency that +is not less than 10,000,000 units of such Alternative Currency and an integral +multiple of 1,000,000 units of such Alternative Currency; provided that an ABR +Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire +unused balance of the total Commitments. Borrowings of more than one Type and +Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any +time be more than a total of ten Euro-Currency Borrowings outstanding. + +  + +(d)         Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower +shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any +Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after +the Maturity Date. + +  + +Section 2.03.      Requests for Revolving Borrowings. To request a Revolving +Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request +(a) in the case of a Euro-Dollar Borrowing, by irrevocable written notice (via a +written Borrowing Request) not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three +Euro-Dollar Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing, (b) in the +case of an Alternative Currency Borrowing, by irrevocable written notice (via a +written Borrowing Request) not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, four +Euro-Currency Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (c) in +the case of an ABR Borrowing, by irrevocable written notice (via a written +Borrowing Request) not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of +the proposed Borrowing. Each such Borrowing Request shall specify the following +information in compliance with Section 2.02: + +  + +(i)             the currency and the aggregate amount (in such currency) of the +requested Borrowing; + +  + +(ii)            the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Domestic Business +Day in the case of an ABR Revolving Borrowing and a Euro-Currency Business Day +in the case of a Euro-Currency Borrowing; + +  + +(iii)            in the case of a Revolving Borrowing in Dollars, whether such +Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Euro-Dollar Borrowing; + +  + +(iv)            in the case of a Euro-Currency Borrowing, the initial Interest +Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the +definition of the term “Interest Period”; and + +  + +(v)             the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds +are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06. + +  + + + +27 + +  + +  + +If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing denominated in Dollars is +specified, then the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be a Euro-Dollar +Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month’s duration. If no Interest Period +is specified with respect to any requested Euro-Currency Borrowing, then the +Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s +duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with +this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details +thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the +requested Borrowing. + +  + +Section 2.04.      [Reserved]. + +  + +Section 2.05.      [Reserved]. + +  + +Section 2.06.      Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan +to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof solely by wire transfer: + +  + +(i)            if such Borrowing is to be made in Dollars, not later than 12:00 +noon (New York City time), in funds immediately available in New York City, to +the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated for such +purpose by notice to the Lenders; or + +  + +(ii)            if such Borrowing is to be made in an Alternative Currency, not +later than 12:00 noon (New York City time), in such Alternative Currency (in +such funds as may then be customary for the settlement of international +transactions in such Alternative Currency) to the account of the Administrative +Agent as shall have most recently been designated by the Administrative Agent +for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. + +  + +The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by +promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the +Borrower designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request. + +  + +Each Lender may, at its option, make any Loan available to any Borrower not +organized in the United States by causing any foreign or domestic branch or +Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such +option shall not affect the obligation of such Borrower to repay such Loan in +accordance with the terms of this Agreement. + +  + +(b)         Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a +Lender prior to the proposed date of any 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 paragraph (a) of this Section +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 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 +the NYFRB Rate (if such amount was distributed in Dollars) or the rate per annum +at which one-day deposits in the relevant currency are offered by the principal +London office of the Administrative Agent in the London interbank market (if +such amount was distributed in an Alternative Currency). + +  + + + +28 + +  + +  + +Section 2.07.      Interest Elections. (a) Each Dollar-Denominated Revolving +Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing +Request and, in the case of a Euro-Dollar Borrowing, shall have an initial +Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the +applicable Borrower may elect to convert any Revolving Borrowing to a different +Type or to continue any such Borrowing and, in the case of a Euro-Dollar +Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. +The applicable Borrower may elect different options with respect to different +portions of any affected Revolving Borrowing, in which case each such portion +shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such +Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a +separate Borrowing. + +  + +(b)         To make an election pursuant to Section 2.07(a) in respect of a +Revolving Borrowing, the applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative +Agent of such election by irrevocable written notice (via a written Interest +Request) by the time that a Revolving Borrowing Request for a Revolving +Borrowing would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting +a Dollar-Denominated Loan of the Type resulting from such election to be made on +the effective date of such election. + +  + +(c)         Each Interest Election Request shall specify the following +information: + +  + +(i)            the Revolving Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request +applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different +portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting +Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to +paragraphs (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting +Borrowing); + +  + +(ii)            the effective date of the election made pursuant to such +Interest Election Request, which shall be a Domestic Business Day in the case of +an ABR Borrowing and a Euro-Dollar Business Day in the case of a Euro-Dollar +Borrowing; + +  + +(iii)            whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a +Euro-Dollar Borrowing; and + +  + +(iv)            if the resulting Borrowing is a Euro-Dollar Borrowing, the +Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, +which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest +Period”. + +  + +If any such Interest Election Request requests a Euro-Dollar Borrowing but does +not specify an Interest Period, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to +have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. + +  + +(d)         Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the +Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such +Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing. + +  + + + +29 + +  + +  + +(e)         If the applicable Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest +Election Request with respect to a Euro-Dollar Borrowing prior to the end of the +Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Revolving Borrowing is +repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Revolving +Borrowing shall be continued as a Euro-Dollar Borrowing with an Interest Period +of one month’s duration. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an +Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at +the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the applicable Borrower, then, +so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Revolving +Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Euro-Dollar Borrowing and (ii) +unless repaid, each Euro-Dollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing +at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto. + +  + +(f)          Each Revolving Loan that is an Alternative Currency Loan shall have +an initial Interest Period as specified in the applicable Borrowing Request. +Thereafter, the applicable Borrower may elect to continue such Revolving +Borrowing and may elect Interest Periods therefor, by notifying the +Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time and at the office +that a Revolving Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such +Borrower were requesting an Alternative Currency Loan to be made on the +effective date of such election. The applicable Borrower may elect different +options with respect to different portions of the affected Revolving Borrowing +(each in a minimum Dollar Amount of $10,000,000), in which case each such +portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans +comprising any such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall +be considered a separate Borrowing. Promptly following receipt of such Interest +Election Request the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the +details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing. If the +applicable Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with +respect to an Alternative Currency Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest +Period applicable thereto, or any Interest Election Request fails to specify an +Interest Period, then unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, such +Borrower shall be deemed to have elected a subsequent Interest Period of one +month’s duration. + +  + +Section 2.08.      Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a) Unless +previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date. + +  + +(b)         The Company may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, +the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in +an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than +$10,000,000 and (ii) the Company shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments +if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance +with Section 2.10, the Total Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders would +exceed the total Commitments. + +  + + + +30 + +  + +  + +(c)         Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the acquisition of one Lender by +another Lender, or the merger, consolidation or other combination of any two or +more Lenders (any such acquisition, merger, consolidation or other combination +being referred to hereinafter as a “Combination” and each Lender which is a +party to such Combination being hereinafter referred to as a “Combined Lender”), +the Company may notify the Administrative Agent that it desires to reduce the +Commitment of the Lender surviving such Combination (the “Surviving Lender”) to +an amount equal to the Commitment of that Combined Lender which had the largest +Commitment of each of the Combined Lenders party to such Combination (such +largest Commitment being the “Surviving Commitment” and the Commitments of the +other Combined Lenders being hereinafter referred to, collectively, as the +“Retired Commitments”). If the Required Lenders (determined as set forth below) +and the Administrative Agent agree to such reduction in the Surviving Lender’s +Commitment, then (i) the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall be reduced by +the Retired Commitments effective upon the effective date of the Combination (or +such later date as the Company may specify in its request), provided that, on or +before such date the Borrowers have paid in full the outstanding principal +amount of the Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other +amounts payable to it hereunder of each of the Combined Lenders other than the +Combined Lender whose Commitment is the Surviving Commitment, (ii) from and +after the effective date of such reduction, the Surviving Lender shall have no +obligation with respect to the Retired Commitments, and (iii) the Company shall +notify the Administrative Agent whether it wants such reduction to be a +permanent reduction or a temporary reduction. If such reduction is to be a +temporary reduction, then the Company shall be responsible for finding one or +more financial institutions (which for the avoidance of doubt may be an existing +Lender) (each, a “Replacement Lender”), acceptable to the Administrative Agent +(such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), +willing to assume the obligations of a Lender hereunder with aggregate +Commitments up to the amount of the Retired Commitments. The Administrative +Agent may require the Replacement Lenders to execute such documents, instruments +or agreements as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems necessary or +desirable to evidence such Replacement Lenders’ agreement to become parties +hereunder. For purposes of this Section 2.08(c), Required Lenders shall be +determined as if the reduction in the aggregate amount of the Commitments +requested by the Company had occurred (i.e., the Combined Lenders shall be +deemed to have a single Commitment equal to the Surviving Commitment and the +aggregate amount of the Commitments shall be deemed to have been reduced by the +Retired Commitments). + +  + +(d)         The Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to +terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least +three (3) Domestic Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination +or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly +following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the +Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Company pursuant +to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination or +reduction of the Commitments delivered by the Company may state that such notice +is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or other +matters specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by the +Company (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified +effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction +of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments under +this Section 2.08 shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with +their respective Commitments. + +  + +(e)         In addition, the Commitments shall be permanently and irrevocably +reduced as and when provided in Section 2.10(c). + +  + +Section 2.09.      Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. + +  + +(a)           The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the +Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal +amount of each Revolving Loan on the Maturity Date. + +  + + + +31 + +  + +  + +(b)         Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an +account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Lender +resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal +and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder. + +  + +(c)         The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall +record (i) the currency and amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and +Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any +principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the +applicable Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum +received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders +and each Lender’s share thereof. + +  + +(d)         The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to +paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the +existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the +failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or +any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrowers +to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. + +  + +(e)         Any Lender may request that Loans made by it to any Borrower be +evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, such Borrower shall prepare, +execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender and +its registered assigns and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and +the Borrower. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and +interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to +Section 12.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form +payable to the payee named therein and its registered assigns. + +  + +Section 2.10.      Prepayment of Loans. (a) Each Borrower shall have the right +at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, +subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section. + +  + +(b)         The applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by +telephone (confirmed by facsimile) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case +of prepayment of a Euro-Dollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York +City time, three Euro-Dollar Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) +in the case of prepayment of an Alternative Currency Borrowing, not later than +11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Euro-Currency Business Days before the +date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Revolving +Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Domestic Business +Day before the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and +shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or +portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that (A) if a notice of prepayment is +given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments +as contemplated by Section 2.08, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked +if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.08 and (B) +a notice of prepayment by any Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned +upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or other matters specified +therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by the applicable Borrower (by +notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) +if such condition is not satisfied. Promptly following receipt of any such +notice relating to a Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise +the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Revolving +Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an +advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. +Each prepayment under this Section 2.10 shall be applied ratably to the Loans +included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by (i) +accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12 and (ii) break funding +payments required by Section 2.15. + +  + + + +32 + +  + +  + +(c)         In the event and on each occasion that any Net Cash Proceeds are +received by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from either +(i) the incurrence of any Specified Indebtedness or (ii) the issuance of any +Specified Equity, the Company shall in each case, with respect to any Loans then +outstanding, within five (5) Business Days after such Net Cash Proceeds are +received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, prepay the principal amount +of such Loans then outstanding (if any) in an amount equal to the lesser of (x) +the principal amount of Loans then outstanding and (y) 100% of the amount of +such Net Cash Proceeds, which proceeds shall be applied in each case to +minimize, to the extent reasonably practicable, any additional amounts required +under Section 2.15 (it being understood and agreed that nothing in such Section +2.15 or with respect to the amounts required thereunder in respect of such +application of proceeds shall delay the application of such proceeds as +contemplated by this Section 2.10(c)), and, regardless of whether any Loans were +outstanding and required to be so prepaid pursuant to this Section 2.10(c), +there shall be an immediate, permanent and irrevocable ratable reduction of the +Commitments then outstanding (1) effective as of the date such Net Cash Proceeds +are received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in an amount equal to +the amount by which 100% of the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds exceeds the +principal amount of Loans then outstanding, and (2) upon the earlier of such +prepayment of outstanding Loans described above and such fifth (5th) Business +Day after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds in an amount equal to the +principal amount of Loans then outstanding. The Company shall provide prior +written notice to the Administrative Agent regarding each prepayment and +commitment reduction pursuant to this Section 2.10(c). + +  + +Section 2.11.      Fees. (a) Subject to Section 2.23, the Company agrees to pay +to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee in +Dollars, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily unused amount of +the Commitment of such Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) during the period +from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which such +Commitment terminates. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on +the twentieth (20th) day following the last day of March, June, September and +December of each year and on the date on which the Commitments terminate, +commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof. If the date on +which accrued commitment fees are payable is not a Domestic Business Day, the +date for payment of such fees shall be extended to the next succeeding Domestic +Business Day. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of +360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including +the first day but excluding the last day). + +  + +(b)         On September 30, 2020, the Company agrees to pay to the +Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a duration fee in Dollars of +0.10% of the Commitment then outstanding held by such Lender on September 30, +2020. + +  + + + +33 + +  + +  + +(c)         All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in +immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in +the case of commitment fees and duration fees, to the Lenders entitled thereto. +Fees paid in accordance with this Section 2.11 shall not be refundable under any +circumstances. + +  + +Section 2.12.      Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall +bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate. + +  + +(b)         The Loans comprising each Euro-Currency Borrowing shall bear +interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such +Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate. + +  + +(c)         [Reserved]. + +  + +(d)         Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on +any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by any Borrower hereunder is not +paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such +overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate +per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of or interest on any +Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the +preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% +plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this +Section. + +  + +(e)         Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each +Interest Payment Date for such Loan, on the Maturity Date for such Loan and, in +the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Commitments; provided that +(i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section shall be payable +on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other +than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability +Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be +payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of +any conversion of any Euro-Dollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest +Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective +date of such conversion. + +  + +(f)          All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of +360 days, except that (i) interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base +Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be +computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year) and +(ii) interest computed with respect to Loans denominated in Pound Sterling (if +any) shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days, and in each case +shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day +but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate or Adjusted LIBO +Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination +shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error. + +  + +Section 2.13.      Alternate Rate of Interest. (a) If prior to the commencement +of any Interest Period for a Euro-Currency Borrowing: + +  + +(i)       the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be +conclusive and binding absent demonstrable error) that adequate and reasonable +means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate for +deposits in the relevant currency for such Interest Period; or + +   + +34 + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +(ii)       the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the +Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate applicable to Euro-Currency Borrowings in +the relevant currency for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly +reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included +in such Borrowing for such Interest Period; + +  + +then the Administrative Agent shall give notice (in reasonable detail) thereof +to the Company and the Lenders by telephone or facsimile as promptly as +practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Company +and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer +exist (which the Administrative Agent shall do promptly after becoming aware +thereof), (A) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any +Revolving Borrowing to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a +Euro-Currency Borrowing of the affected currency shall be ineffective, (B) if +any Borrowing Request requests a Euro-Dollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be +made as an ABR Borrowing and (C) if any Borrowing Request requests a +Euro-Currency Borrowing denominated in any affected Alternative Currency, such +Borrowing Request shall be deemed ineffective. + +  + +(b)       Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time the Administrative Agent +determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error), +or the Company notifies the Administrative Agent that the Company has +determined, that (i) the circumstances set forth in clause (a)(i) have arisen +and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (ii) the circumstances +set forth in clause (a)(i) have not arisen but either (w) the supervisor for the +administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate has made a public statement that the +administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate is insolvent (and there is no successor +administrator that will continue publication of the LIBO Screen Rate), (x) the +administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a +specific date after which the LIBO Screen Rate will permanently or indefinitely +cease to be published by it (and there is no successor administrator that will +continue publication of the LIBO Screen Rate), (y) the supervisor for the +administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a +specific date after which the LIBO Screen Rate will permanently or indefinitely +cease to be published or (z) the supervisor for the administrator of the LIBO +Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the +Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date +after which the LIBO Screen Rate may no longer be used for determining interest +rates for loans, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall endeavor +to establish an alternate rate of interest to the LIBO Rate that gives due +consideration to the then prevailing market convention for determining a rate of +interest for syndicated loans in the United States at such time, and shall enter +into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest +and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable; provided +that, if such alternate rate of interest as so determined would be less than +0.50%, such rate shall be deemed to be 0.50% for the purposes of this Agreement. +Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 12.02, such amendment shall +become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to +this Agreement so long as the Administrative Agent shall not have received, +within five Business Days of the date notice of such alternate rate of interest +(along with the amendment to this Agreement giving effect to the changes hereto +in respect of such alternate rate of interest) is provided to the Lenders, a +written notice from the Required Lenders stating that such Required Lenders +object to such amendment and the basis for such objection. Until an alternate +rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with this clause (b) (but, in +the case of the circumstances described in clause (ii)(w), clause (ii)(x) or +clause (ii)(y) of the first sentence of this Section 2.13(b), only to the extent +the LIBO Screen Rate for the relevant currency and such Interest Period is not +available or published at such time on a current basis), (x) any Interest +Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to, or +continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Euro-Currency Borrowing of the +affected currency shall be ineffective, (y) if any Borrowing Request requests a +Euro-Dollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing and (z) +if any Borrowing Request requests a Euro-Currency Borrowing denominated in any +affected Alternative Currency, such Borrowing Request shall be deemed +ineffective. + +  + + + +35 + +  + +  + +Section 2.14.      Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall + +  + +(i)            impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, +liquidity or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the +account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or its Applicable Lending Office +(except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate); or + +  + +(ii)            impose on any Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) or the +London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or +Euro-Currency Loans made by such Lender or participation therein; + +  + +and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such +Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) of making, continuing, converting or +maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or +to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender (or its +Applicable Lending Office) (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then +the Company will pay (or will cause the relevant Borrower to pay) to such Lender +such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such +additional costs incurred or reduction suffered. + +  + +(b)         If any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or +liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of +return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding +company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by such +Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company +could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such +Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect +to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Company will pay +(or will cause the relevant Borrower to pay) to such Lender such additional +amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding +company for any such reduction suffered. + +  + +(c)         If a Change in Law shall subject any Lender to any Taxes (other than +Indemnified Taxes and Excluded Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of +credit, commitments, or other obligations hereunder, or its deposits, reserves, +other liabilities or capital attributable thereto, and the result shall be to +increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Loan (or of +maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to reduce the amount of any +sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, +interest or otherwise), then the Company will pay to such Lender such additional +amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs +incurred or reduction suffered. + +  + + + +36 + +  + +  + +(d)         A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts +necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, +as specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section and the calculation of +such amount or amounts in reasonable detail shall be delivered to the Company +and shall be conclusive absent clearly demonstrable error; provided that such +Lender shall not be required to disclose any information to the extent +prohibited by law or regulation. The Company or the relevant Borrower, as the +case may be, shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such +certificate free of clearly demonstrable error within 15 days after receipt +thereof. In requesting any compensation pursuant to this Section, each Lender +will use good faith efforts to treat the applicable Borrower in substantially +the same manner as such Lender treats other similarly situated borrowers under +similar circumstances. + +  + +(e)         Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation +pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to +demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to +compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 2.14 for any increased costs or +reductions incurred more than 90 days prior to the date that such Lender +notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs +or reductions and of such Lender’s claim to receive compensation therefor; +provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs +or reductions is retroactive, then the 90-day period referred to above shall be +extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. + +  + +Section 2.15.      Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of +any principal of any Euro-Currency Loan other than on the last day of an +Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of +Default), (b) the conversion of any Euro-Dollar Loan other than on the last day +of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, +continue or prepay any Euro-Currency Loan on the date specified in any notice +delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked +under Section 2.10(b) and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d) the +assignment of any Euro-Currency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest +Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to +Section 2.19, then, in any such event, the relevant Borrower shall compensate +each Lender for the loss (excluding loss of margin), cost and expense +attributable to such event. Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be +deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, +of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount +of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would +have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to +the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a +failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the +Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would +accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such +Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for +deposits in Dollars or other applicable currency of a comparable amount and +period from other banks in the London interbank market; provided, however, that +such Borrower shall not be required to compensate any Lender for any costs of +terminating or liquidating any hedge or trading position (including any rate +swap, basis swap, forward rate transaction, interest rate option, cap, collar or +floor transaction, or any similar transaction). A certificate of any Lender +setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive +pursuant to this Section and the calculation of such amount or amounts in +reasonable detail shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive +absent clearly demonstrable error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount +shown as due on any such certificate free of clearly demonstrable error within +10 days after receipt thereof. + +  + + + +37 + +  + +  + +Section 2.16.      Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any +obligation of any Credit Party under the Loan Documents shall be made free and +clear of and without deduction for any Taxes, except as required by applicable +law. If any Credit Party or the Administrative Agent (the “Withholding Agent”) +shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from or in +respect of any sum payable under the Loan Documents to any Lender or the +Administrative Agent, then (i) the sum payable by such Credit Party shall be +increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including +deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the +Administrative Agent or such Lender (as the case may be) receives an amount +equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) +the Withholding Agent shall make such deductions and (iii) the Withholding Agent +shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in +accordance with applicable law. + +  + +(b)         In addition, each Credit Party shall pay any Other Taxes to the +relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. + +  + +(c)         The relevant Credit Party shall indemnify the Administrative Agent +and each Lender, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full +amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent +or such Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on +account of any obligation of such Credit Party under the Loan Documents +(including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or +attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest +and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or +not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or +asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority; provided that the relevant +Credit Party shall not be obligated to indemnify the Administrative Agent or +such Lender, as the case may be, pursuant to this Section in respect of +penalties, interest or similar liabilities arising therefrom or with respect +thereto to the extent such penalties, interest or similar liabilities are +attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Administrative +Agent or such Lender, as the case may be. A certificate as to the amount of such +payment or liability delivered to the relevant Credit Party by a Lender or by +the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be +conclusive absent clearly demonstrable error. + +  + +(d)         As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or +Other Taxes by any Credit Party to a Governmental Authority, such Credit Party +shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a +receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of +the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably +satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. + +  + + + +38 + +  + +  + +(e)         Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of +withholding Tax with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to +the Company (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times +reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, such properly +completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably +requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will permit such +payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate. In addition, any +Lender, if requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver +such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by +the Company or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Company or the +Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to any +withholding (including 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 set forth in Section 2.16(f), (g), (h) and (i) below) +shall not be required if in the Lender’s 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. + +  + +(f)          Without limiting the foregoing, at the times indicated herein, each +Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, provide the +Company and the Administrative Agent with duly and accurately executed originals +of Internal Revenue Service form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8IMY (accompanied by a form +W-8ECI, W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or W-9 and other certification documents from each +beneficial owner, as applicable) or W-8ECI (in each case accompanied by any +statements which may be required under applicable Treasury regulations), as +appropriate, or any successor form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, +certifying that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement +(i) without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income Taxes +or (ii) subject to a reduced rate of United States federal withholding Tax. Such +forms shall be provided (x) on or prior to the date of the Lender’s execution +and delivery of this Agreement in the case of each Lender listed on the +signature pages hereof, and on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender +in the case of each other Lender, and (y) on or before the date that such form +expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of any event requiring a +change in the most recent form so delivered by the Lender. + +  + +(g)         Any Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of +Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the Company and the +Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a +Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request +of the Company or the Administrative Agent), duly and accurately executed +originals of Internal Revenue Service form W-9 certifying, to the extent such +Lender is legally entitled to do so, that such Lender is not subject to U.S. +federal backup withholding Tax. For the avoidance of doubt, such Tax is an +“Excluded Tax”. + +  + +(h)         If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be +subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to +fail to comply with the applicable requirements of FATCA (including those +contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender +shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent at the time or times +prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Company +or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law +(including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such +additional documentation reasonably requested by the Company or the +Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Company or the Administrative +Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender +has or has not complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to +determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for the +purposes of this Section 2.16(h), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to +FATCA after the date of this Agreement, whether or not included in the +definition of FATCA. + +  + + + +39 + +  + +  + +(i)           Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously +delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall +update such form or certification or promptly notify the Company and the +Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so. + +  + +(j)           If the Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole +discretion, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other +Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Borrower or with respect to +which any Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.16, it +shall pay over such refund to such Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity +payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Borrower under this Section +2.16 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such +refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses with respect to such refund of the +Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any +interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such +refund); provided that such Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative +Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus +any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental +Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the +Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such +Governmental Authority. This Section shall not be construed to require the +Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any +other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the +Borrower or any other Person. + +  + +(k)         Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, +within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes or Other +Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the applicable +Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such +Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the such +Borrower to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to +comply with the provisions of Section 12.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a +Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, +in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection +with this Agreement, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with +respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or +asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount +of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent +shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the +Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing +to such Lender under this Agreement or otherwise payable by the Administrative +Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the +Administrative Agent under this paragraph (k). + +  + +(l)           Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.16 shall survive any +assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the resignation or +replacement of the Administrative Agent, the termination of the Commitments and +the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other obligations under this +Agreement. + +  + + + +40 + +  + +  + +Section 2.17.      Foreign Subsidiary Costs. If the cost to any Lender of making +or maintaining any Loan to a Subsidiary Borrower is increased, or (except as +permitted by Section 2.16) the amount of any sum received or receivable by any +Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) is reduced in each case by an amount +deemed by such Lender to be material, by reason of the fact that such Subsidiary +Borrower is incorporated in, or conducts business in, a jurisdiction outside the +United States, the Company shall indemnify such Lender for such increased cost +or reduction within 15 days after demand by such Lender (with a copy to the +Administrative Agent). A certificate of such Lender claiming compensation under +this Section 2.17 and setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid +to it hereunder (and a calculation thereof in reasonable detail) shall be +delivered to the Company contemporaneously with any such demand and shall be +conclusive in the absence of clearly demonstrable error. In requesting any +compensation pursuant to this Section, each Lender will use good faith efforts +to treat the Company in substantially the same manner as such Lender treats +other similarly situated borrowers under similar circumstances. + +  + +Section 2.18.      Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs. +(a) The Borrower shall make each payment of principal of, and interest on, the +Dollar-Denominated Loans, and of fees hereunder, not later than 12:00 noon (New +York City time) on the date when due, in Dollars in funds immediately available +in New York City. The Borrower shall make each payment of principal of, and +interest on, the Alternative Currency Loans denominated in an Alternative +Currency in the relevant Alternative Currency in such funds as may then be +customary for the settlement of international transactions in such Alternative +Currency. Each such payment shall be made without reduction by reason of any +set-off, recoupment or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any +date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been +received on the next succeeding Domestic Business Day (in the case of amounts +denominated in Dollars) or Euro-Currency Business Day (in the case of amounts +denominated in an Alternative Currency) for purposes of calculating interest +thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its +offices at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York, except that payments pursuant to +Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 12.03 shall be made directly to the Persons +entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments +received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient +promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a +day that is not a Domestic Business Day (in the case of ABR Loans denominated in +Dollars) or a Euro-Currency Business Day (in the case of Euro-Currency Loans +denominated in an Alternative Currency), the date for payment shall be extended +to the next succeeding Domestic Business Day (in the case of ABR Loans +denominated in Dollars) or Euro-Currency Business Day (in the case of +Euro-Currency Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency), and, in the case of +any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period +of such extension. + +  + +(b)         If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to +the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and +fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards 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, towards payment of principal then due hereunder, +ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of +principal then due to such parties. + +  + + + +41 + +  + +  + +(c)         If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or +counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or +interest on any of its Revolving Loans resulting in such Lender receiving +payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans +and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, +then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at +face value) participations in the Revolving Loans of other Lenders to the extent +necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the +Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and +accrued interest on their respective Revolving Loans; provided that (i) if any +such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving +rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the +purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and +(ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any +payment made by any Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express +terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for +the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee +or participant, other than to the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof +(as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). Each Borrower +consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so +under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the +foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of set-off and +counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were +a direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation. + +  + +(d)         Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the +Company or the applicable Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due +to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders that a Borrower will +not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Borrower +has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance +upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders, the amount due. In such event, +if such Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders +severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the +amount so distributed to such Lender 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 (i) the NYFRB Rate (if such +distribution was made in Dollars) or (ii) the rate per annum at which one-day +deposits in the relevant currency are offered by the principal London office of +the Administrative Agent in the London interbank market (if such distribution +was made in an Alternative Currency). + +  + +(e)         If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by +it pursuant to Section 2.06(b), 2.18(d) or 12.03(c), then the Administrative +Agent may, in its discretion and notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, +(i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the +account of such Lender under this Agreement for the benefit of the +Administrative Agent to satisfy such Lender’s obligations to it under such +Section until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid, and/or (ii) hold +any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application +to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section, in the +case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the +Administrative Agent in its discretion. + +  + + + + + +42 + +  + +  + + + +Section 2.19.      Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. + +  + +(a)         If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14 or 2.17, or +if any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any +Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, +then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different +Applicable Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to +assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches +or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or +assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section +2.14, 2.16 or 2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject +such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be +disadvantageous to such Lender. The Company hereby agrees to pay all reasonable +costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such +designation or assignment. + +  + +(b)         If any Lender or Participant of any Lender requests compensation +under Section 2.14 or 2.17, or if any Borrower is required to pay any additional +amount to any Lender, any Participant of any Lender or any Governmental +Authority for the account of any Lender (or a Participant) pursuant to Section +2.16, or if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender or invokes Section 2.22, or +if any Lender shall refuse to consent to any waiver, amendment or other +modification that would otherwise require such Lender’s consent but to which the +Required Lenders have consented, or if the credit (or similar) rating of any +Lender (or any Parent thereof) by one or more of S&P or Moody’s or any other +nationally recognized statistical rating organization shall at any time be lower +than BBB/Baa2 (or the equivalent), or if, as to any Lender, such Lender (or +Parent thereof) shall at any time have no credit (or similar) rating in effect +by at least one such organization, or if any Lender or its Parent has become the +subject of a Bail-In Action (or any case or other proceeding in which a Bail-In +Action may occur), or if any Lender is a Disqualified Institution at the time it +becomes a Lender or any Lender assigns or participates all or any portion of its +Loans and/or Commitments to a Disqualified Institution in violation of Section +12.04, without the written consent of the Borrower, then the Company may, at its +sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative +Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in +accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 12.04), all +its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that +shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender +accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Company shall have received the +prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not +unreasonably be withheld, conditioned or delayed and (ii) such Lender shall have +received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, +accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it +hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and +accrued interest and fees) or the Company or the relevant Borrower (in the case +of all other amounts). Each party hereto agrees that (1) an assignment required +pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and +Assumption executed by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the assignee +(or, to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and +Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which +the Administrative Agent and such parties are participants), and (2) the Lender +required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such +assignment to be effective and shall be deemed to have consented to and be bound +by the terms thereof; provided that, following the effectiveness of any such +assignment, the other parties to such assignment agree to execute and deliver +such documents necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by +the applicable Lender, provided that any such documents shall be without +recourse to or warranty by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding any other +provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if a Lender has become the subject +of a Bail-In Action (or any case or other proceeding in which a Bail-In Action +may occur) (each, a “Bail-In Lender”), then the Company may terminate such +Bail-In Lender’s Commitment hereunder, provided that (A) no Default or Event of +Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such Commitment +termination, (B) in the case of a Bail-In Lender, the Company shall concurrently +terminate the Commitment of each other Lender that is a Bail-In Lender at such +time, (C) the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall have consented +to each such Commitment termination (such consents not to be unreasonably +withheld, conditioned or delayed, but may include consideration of the adequacy +of the liquidity of the Company and its Subsidiaries) and (D) such Bail-In +Lender shall have been paid all amounts then due to it under this Agreement and +each other Loan Document (which, for the avoidance of doubt, the respective +Borrowers may pay in connection with any such termination without making ratable +payments to any other Lender (other than another Lender that has a Commitment +that concurrently is being terminated under this Section 2.19(b))). + +  + + + +43 + +  + +  + +Section 2.20.      Currency Equivalents. (a) The Administrative Agent shall +determine the Dollar Amount of: (i) each Alternative Currency Loan on each of +the following: (x) the date of the Borrowing of such Loan and (y) each date of a +conversion or continuation of such Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; +and (ii) any Borrowing, on any additional date as the Administrative Agent may +determine at any time when an Event of Default exists. Each day upon or as of +which the Administrative Agent determines Dollar Amounts as described in the +preceding clauses (i) and (ii) is herein described as a ��Computation Date” with +respect to each Loan and/or Borrowing for which a Dollar Amount is determined on +or as of such day, and the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the +Lenders of all such determinations and related computations on such Computation +Date. + +  + +(b)         If, other than as a result of fluctuations in currency exchange +rates, after giving effect to any such determination of a Dollar Amount, the +Total Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders exceed the aggregate amount of +the Commitments or if at any time, solely as a result of fluctuations in +currency exchange rates, the aggregate Dollar Amount of Loans exceeds 105% of +the aggregate amount of the Commitment, the Borrowers shall within five +Euro-Currency Business Days prepay outstanding Loans (as selected by the Company +and notified to the Lenders through the Administrative Agent not less than three +Euro-Currency Business Days prior to the date of prepayment) or take other +action to the extent necessary to eliminate any such excess. + +  + +Section 2.21.      Margin Determinations. The Administrative Agent shall +determine the Applicable Rate from time to time in accordance with the +provisions set forth below: + +  + +The “Euro-Currency Margin” at any date is a rate per annum equal to the then +applicable rate set forth in the “Pricing Grid” below under the column headed +“Euro-Currency Margin.” + +  + +The “ABR Margin” at any date is a rate per annum equal to the then applicable +rate set forth in the “Pricing Grid” below under the column headed “ABR Margin.” + +  + + + +44 + +  + +  + +  + +The “Commitment Fee Rate” at any date is a rate per annum equal to the then +applicable rate set forth in the “Pricing Grid” below under the column headed +“Commitment Fee.” + +  + +Pricing Grid Pricing +Level Commitment + Fee Euro-Currency +Margin ABR +Margin I 0.20% 1.25% 0.25% II 0.30% 1.50% 0.50% III 0.35% 1.75% 0.75% IV 0.40% +1.875% 0.875% V 0.50% 2.00% 1.00% + +  + +For purposes of the foregoing table, the following terms have the following +meanings, subject to the further provisions of this Section: + +  + +“Level I Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, the Company’s senior +unsecured long-term debt is rated A+ or higher by S&P and A1 or higher by +Moody’s. + +  + +“Level II Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date (i) no better Pricing +Level applies and (ii) the Company’s senior unsecured long-term debt is rated A +by S&P and A2 by Moody’s. + +  + +“Level III Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date (i) no better Pricing +Level applies and (ii) the Company’s senior unsecured long-term debt is rated A- +by S&P and A3 by Moody’s. + +  + +“Level IV Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, (i) no better Pricing +Level applies and (ii) the Company’s senior unsecured long-term debt is rated +BBB+ by S&P and Baa1 by Moody’s. + +  + +“Level V Pricing” applies at any date if, at such date, no other Pricing Level +applies. + +  + +“Pricing Level” refers to the determination of which of Level I, Level II, Level +III, Level IV or Level V Pricing applies at any date. A “better” Pricing Level +is one with a lower roman numeral. + +  + +“Rating Agency” means S&P or Moody’s (and their successors). + +  + +In determining the applicable Pricing Level: (a) if ratings are available from +the two Rating Agencies but are not equivalent, then (i) if the ratings +differential is one ratings level, the Pricing Level shall be that applicable to +the higher of the two ratings and (ii) if the ratings differential is two rating +levels or more, the Pricing Level shall be that which would be applicable to a +rating which is one rating level below the higher of the two ratings, (b) if a +rating from only one Rating Agency is available, then the Pricing Level shall be +that applicable to such rating and (c) if ratings are not available from either +of the two Rating Agencies, then Level V Pricing shall apply. + +   + +45 + +  + + + +  + +The credit ratings to be utilized for purposes of this Section are those +assigned by S&P or Moody’s to the senior unsecured long-term debt securities of +the Company without third-party credit enhancement, and any rating assigned to +any other debt security of the Company shall be disregarded; provided that if no +such rating is available from any one or more of the two Rating Agencies, the +ratings used for purposes of determining the Pricing Level with respect to each +such Rating Agency shall be the corporate family rating assigned by such Rating +Agency to the Company. The rating in effect at any date is that in effect at the +close of business on such date. If the rating system of any Rating Agency shall +change, or if any Rating Agency shall cease to be in the business of rating +corporate debt obligations, the Company and the Administrative Agent shall +negotiate in good faith to amend this Section to reflect such changed rating +system or the nonavailability of ratings from such Rating Agency and, pending +the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Pricing Level shall be determined +by reference to the rating most recently in effect prior to such change or +cessation. + +  + +Section 2.22.      Illegality. (a) If, after the Effective Date, the adoption of +any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change in any applicable law, +rule or regulation, or any change in the interpretation or administration +thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged +with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender +(or its Euro-Currency Lending Office) with any request or directive (whether or +not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable +agency shall make it unlawful or impossible for any Lender (or its Euro-Currency +Lending Office) to make, maintain or fund its Euro-Currency Loans to any +Borrower and such Lender shall so notify the Administrative Agent, the +Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the other Lenders +and the Company, whereupon until such Lender notifies the Company and the +Administrative Agent that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no +longer exist (which such Lender shall do promptly after becoming aware thereof), +the obligation of such Lender to make Euro-Currency Loans to such Borrower, or +to convert outstanding Loans to such Borrower into Euro-Dollar Loans, shall be +suspended. If such notice is given with respect to Euro-Dollar Loans, each +Euro-Dollar Loan of such Lender then outstanding shall be converted to an ABR +Loan either (i) on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable +to such Euro-Dollar Loan if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain and +fund such Euro-Dollar Loan to such day or (ii) immediately if such Lender shall +determine that it may not lawfully continue to maintain and fund such +Euro-Dollar Loan to such day. If such notice is given with respect to +Alternative Currency Loans, the relevant Borrower shall prepay such Alternative +Currency Loans either (i) on the last day of the then current Interest Period +applicable to such Alternative Currency Loan if such Lender may lawfully +continue to maintain and fund such Alternative Currency Loan to such day or (ii) +immediately if such Lender shall determine that it may not lawfully continue to +maintain and fund such Alternative Currency Loan to such day. + +  + +(b)         If it is unlawful for any Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) +to make or maintain Loans to any Subsidiary Borrower and such Lender shall so +notify the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give +notice thereof to the other Lenders and the Company, whereupon until such Lender +notifies the Company and the Administrative Agent that the circumstances giving +rise to such suspension no longer exist (which such Lender shall do promptly +after becoming aware thereof), the obligation of such Lender to make or maintain +Loans to such Subsidiary Borrower shall be suspended. If such notice is given, +each Loan of such Lender then outstanding to such Subsidiary Borrower shall be +prepaid either (i) in the case of a Euro-Currency Loan, on the last day of the +then current Interest Period applicable thereto if such Lender may lawfully +continue to maintain such Loan to such day or (ii) immediately if clause (i) +does not apply. + +  + + + +46 + +  + +  + +(c)         If so requested by the Administrative Agent and the Company, and +provided that it may lawfully do so, any Lender whose Alternative Currency Loans +have been prepaid pursuant to clause (a) of this Section or whose Loans to a +Subsidiary Borrower have been prepaid pursuant to clause (b) of this Section +shall purchase participations in the related Loans of the other Lenders, and +such other adjustments shall be made, including without limitation Loans to the +Company in an equivalent Dollar Amount in the event that participations in such +related Loans may not lawfully be purchased by such Lenders, as may be required +so that the credit exposure of the Lenders with respect to the Loans is shared +on a basis proportionate to the Commitments of the Lenders. + +  + +(d)         Before giving any notice to the Administrative Agent pursuant to +this Section, such Lender shall designate a different Applicable Lending Office +if such designation will avoid the need for giving such notice and will not, in +the judgment of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender. + +  + +Section 2.23.      Defaulting Lenders. If any Lender becomes a Defaulting +Lender, then the following provision shall apply for so long as such Lender is a +Defaulting Lender: + +  + +(a)         fees shall cease to accrue on the unused portion of the Commitment +of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(a). + +  + +In the event that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower reasonably determine +that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such +Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then on such date such Lender shall purchase +at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders as the Administrative Agent shall +determine is necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance +with its Applicable Percentage. + +  + +Article 3 +Representations and Warranties + +  + +The Company represents and warrants as of the Effective Date (and as of each +subsequent date required under Section 4.02) to the Administrative Agent and the +Lenders that: + +  + +Section 3.01.      Organization; Powers. It and each Significant Subsidiary +(a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of +the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority +to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and +as proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to have such power and +authority could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse +Effect, (c) is qualified to do business in every jurisdiction where such +qualification is required, except where the failure so to qualify could not +reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) has the +power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each +Loan Document to which it is a party and under each other agreement or +instrument contemplated thereby to which it is or will be a party and, in the +case of any Borrower, to borrow hereunder. + +  + + + +47 + +  + +  + +Section 3.02.      Authorization. The Transactions (a) have been duly authorized +by all requisite corporate, partnership, limited liability company or analogous +and, if required, stockholder, partner, member or analogous action and (b) will +not (i) materially violate any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, or +of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents +or by-laws of any Credit Party or any Significant Subsidiary, (ii) materially +violate any order of any Governmental Authority or (iii) materially violate any +provision of any material indenture, agreement or other instrument to which any +Credit Party or any Significant Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them or +any of their property is or may be bound, (iv) be in material conflict with, +result in a material breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of +time or both) a material default under any such indenture, agreement or other +instrument or (v) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any +property or assets of any Credit Party or any Significant Subsidiary (other than +under any Loan Document). + +  + +Section 3.03.      Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and +delivered by the Company and constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which +any Credit Party is party, when executed and delivered by such Credit Party, +will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each such Credit Party +enforceable against each such Credit Party in accordance with its terms, subject +to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other +similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general +principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity +or at law. The Loans and all other obligations or liabilities of the Company and +each other Borrower hereunder shall not be subordinated in right of payment to +any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Borrower, respectively (it being +understood that secured obligations of the Company or any other Borrower have, +by virtue of such security, a prior claim on the related collateral). + +  + +Section 3.04.      Governmental Approvals. No action, consent or approval of, +registration or filing with or other action by any Governmental Authority to be +made or obtained by any Credit Party is or will be required in connection with +the Transactions, except such as will have been made or obtained on or before +the Effective Date and thereafter will be in full force and effect and any +informational filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. + +  + +Section 3.05.      Financial Statements. (a) The Company has heretofore +furnished to the Lenders (i) its Consolidated balance sheet and related +Consolidated statements of earnings, cash flows and shareholders’ equity as of +and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, audited by and accompanied by +the opinion of Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP, independent public accountants and +(ii) its Consolidated balance sheet and related Consolidated statements of +earnings and cash flows as of and for the fiscal quarter ended March 29, 2020, +certified by its chief financial officer. Such financial statements present +fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its +Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and their results of operations and +cash flows for such periods. Such statements of financial position and the notes +thereto disclose all material liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Company +and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof required to be +disclosed under GAAP. Such financial statements were prepared in accordance with +GAAP applied on a consistent basis. + +  + + + +48 + +  + +  + +(b)         Since December 31, 2019, there has been no material adverse change +in the business, assets, property or financial condition of the Company and its +Subsidiaries taken as a whole (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, changes or +effects directly arising out of or otherwise directly related to the impact of +the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s operations, as described in any Form +10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and +Exchange Commission prior to the Effective Date). + +  + +Section 3.06.      Litigation; Compliance with Laws. (a) There are not any +actions, suits, proceedings or governmental investigations at law or in equity +or by or before any Governmental Authority now pending or, to the knowledge of +the Company, threatened in writing against the Company or any Subsidiary or any +business, property or rights of any such Person (i) which involve the Loan +Documents or the Transactions or (ii) as to which there is a reasonable +possibility of an adverse determination which could, individually or in the +aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. + +  + +(b)         Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is in violation of +any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, any Environmental +Law, the Trading with the Enemy Act of the United States of America (as +amended), any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States +Treasury Department (as amended) and the Patriot Act), or in default with +respect to any judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental +Authority, where such violation or default could reasonably be expected to +result in a Material Adverse Effect. + +  + +Section 3.07.      Federal Reserve Regulations. The making of the Loans +hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof as contemplated hereby will not +violate or be inconsistent with Regulation U or Regulation X. After application +of the proceeds of any Loan, not more than 25% of the assets of the Company and +its Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be represented by margin stock (within +the meaning of Regulation U). + +  + +Section 3.08.      No Regulatory Restrictions on Borrowing. Neither the Company +nor any other Borrower is (a) an “investment company” as defined in, or subject +to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (b) +subject to any other applicable regulatory scheme which restricts its ability to +incur the indebtedness to be incurred hereunder. + +  + +Section 3.09.      [Reserved]. + +  + +Section 3.10.      [Reserved]. + +  + +Section 3.11.      [Reserved]. + +  + +Section 3.12.      Beneficial Ownership Certification. As of the Effective Date, +to the best knowledge of the Borrower, the information included in the +Beneficial Ownership Certification provided on or prior to the Effective Date to +any Lender in connection with this Agreement is true and correct in all material +respects. + +  + + + +49 + +  + +  + +Section 3.13.      Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. Each of the Credit +Parties has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed +to promote and achieve compliance by the Credit Parties and their respective +subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption +Laws and applicable Sanctions, and each of the Credit Parties, their respective +subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees and, to the knowledge +of the executive officers of each Credit Party, its directors and agents are in +compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, in each case in +all material respects. None of (a) the Credit Parties or any of their respective +subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the applicable Credit Party, any of their +respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of the +Credit Parties, any agent of the Credit Parties or any of their respective +subsidiaries that will act in any capacity in connection with or directly +benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. No +Borrowing or use of proceeds thereof by any Credit Party will violate +Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions. + +  + +Article 4 +Conditions + +  + +Section 4.01.      Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans +shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following +conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.02): + +  + +(a)         The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from +each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of +such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent +(which may include facsimile transmission or e-mail of a signed signature page +of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement. + +  + +(b)         The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written +opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the +Effective Date) of Foley & Lardner LLP, special New York counsel for the +Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 and Sharon Barner, internal +counsel to the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2, , in each case +covering such other matters relating to the Company, the Loan Documents or the +Transactions as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. The Company +hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinions. + +  + +(c)         The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and +certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request +relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the Company, the +authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the +Company, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance +reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel. + +  + +(d)         The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated +the Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial +Officer of the Company, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in +paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02. + +  + +(e)         The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other +amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the +extent invoiced reasonably in advance of the Effective Date, reimbursement or +payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the +Company under the Loan Documents. + +  + +(f)          [Reserved.] + +  + + + +50 + +  + +  + +(g)         (i) The Lenders shall have received all documentation and other +information reasonably requested by such Lender in writing at least five (5) +days prior to the Effective Date in order to allow it to comply with applicable +“know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations with +respect to the Company and (ii) to the extent the Company qualifies as a “legal +entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, at least five (5) +days prior to the Effective Date, any Lender that has reasonably requested a +Beneficial Ownership Certification at least ten (10) days prior to the Effective +Date in relation to the Company shall have received such Beneficial Ownership +Certification (provided that, upon the execution and delivery by such Lender of +its signature page to this Agreement, the conditions set forth in this +clause (g) shall be deemed to be satisfied). + +  + +The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders of the +Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. + +  + +Section 4.02.      Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a +Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing is subject to the satisfaction of the +following conditions: + +  + +(a)         The representations and warranties of each Credit Party set forth in +each Loan Document to which it is party (other than those set forth in Section +3.05(b) and Section 3.06(a)(ii)) shall be true and correct in all material +respects (except to the extent such representation or warranty is already +qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in which case, in all +respects) on and as of the date of such Borrowing, except to the extent any such +representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date in which case +such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material +respects as of such earlier date (except to the extent such representation or +warranty is already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in +which case, in all respects). + +  + +(b)         At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such +Borrowing, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. + +  + +(c)         Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Request in +accordance with Section 2.03. + +  + +Each Loan shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the +Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and +(b) of this Section. + +  + +Section 4.03.      First Borrowing by Each Eligible Subsidiary. The obligation +of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of the first Borrowing by each +Eligible Subsidiary is subject to the satisfaction of the following further +conditions: + +  + +(a)         Receipt by the Administrative Agent of an opinion of counsel for +such Eligible Subsidiary reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, +substantially to the effect of Exhibit C hereto and covering such other matters +relating to the transactions contemplated hereby as the Required Lenders may +reasonably require. + +  + +(b)         Receipt by the Administrative Agent of all documents which it may +reasonably request relating to the existence of such Eligible Subsidiary, the +corporate authority for and the validity of the Election to Participate of such +Eligible Subsidiary and this Agreement of such Eligible Subsidiary, and any +other matters relevant thereto, all in form and substance reasonably +satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. + +  + + + +51 + +  + +  + +(c)         Receipt by each Lender not less than five Euro-Currency Business +Days prior to the date of such Borrowing or issuance of all documentation and +other information reasonably requested in writing by such Lender in order to +allow it to comply with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money +laundering rules and regulations with respect to such Eligible Subsidiary +(including in connection with the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership +Regulation). + +  + +(d)         Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Request in +accordance with Section 2.03. + +  + +(e)         Receipt by the Administrative Agent of the Election to Participate +for such Eligible Subsidiary, duly executed by such Eligible Subsidiary, the +Company, the Administrative Agent and each Lender. + +  + +Article 5 +Affirmative Covenants + +  + +Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and +interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in +full, the Company covenants and agrees with the Lenders that it will, and will +cause each of its Subsidiaries or Significant Subsidiaries, as appropriate, to: + +  + +Section 5.01.      Existence; Businesses and Properties. (a) Do or cause to be +done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect +its legal existence, except (i) in the case of each Subsidiary that is not a +Borrower to the extent that the failure to take any such action could not +reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) as otherwise +expressly permitted under Section 6.02. + +  + +(b)         Do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) obtain, preserve, +renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the rights, licenses, permits, +franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names (as +applicable) material to the conduct of its business, (ii) comply in all material +respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any +Governmental Authority, whether now in effect or hereafter enacted, and (iii) at +all times maintain and preserve all property material to the conduct of such +business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition +(ordinary wear and tear excepted) and from time to time make, or cause to be +made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and +replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in +connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times, except in the case +of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, to the extent that the failure to do so +could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. + +  + + + +52 + +  + +  + +Section 5.02.      Insurance. In the case of the Company and each Significant +Subsidiary, keep its insurable properties insured at all times in such amounts +(with no greater risk retention) and against such risks as are customarily +maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar +businesses operating in the same or similar locations (including without +limitation by the maintenance of self-insurance to the extent consistent with +industry practice), and maintain such other insurance, to such extent and +against such risks, including fire and other risks insured against by extended +coverage, as is customary with companies in the same or similar businesses, +including public liability insurance against claims for personal injury or death +or property damage occurring upon, in, about or in connection with the use of +any properties owned, occupied or controlled by it, except in each case to the +extent that the failure to do so could not in the aggregate reasonably be +expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. + +  + +Section 5.03.      Taxes. In the case of the Company and each Significant +Subsidiary, pay and discharge all income and other material taxes, assessments +and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits +or in respect of its property, before the same shall become delinquent or in +default; provided that such payment and discharge shall not be required with +respect to any such tax, assessment, charge or levy so long as the validity or +amount thereof shall be contested in good faith by appropriate action and the +Company or such Significant Subsidiary shall, to the extent required by GAAP, +set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto, except in each +case, to the extent that the failure to do so could not in the aggregate +reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. + +  + +Section 5.04.      Financial Statements, Reports, Etc. In the case of the +Company, furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly furnish same +to each Lender): + +  + +(a)         within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, its Consolidated +balance sheet and related Consolidated statements of earnings, cash flows and +shareholders’ equity, showing the financial position of the Company and its +Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and their results +of operations and cash flows for such year, all audited by +PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized +national standing and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which shall +not be qualified in any material respect except with the consent of the Required +Lenders) to the effect that such Consolidated financial statements fairly +present in all material respects the financial position, results of operations +and cash flows of the Company on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP +consistently applied (except with respect to consistency as otherwise indicated +therein), provided that if the independent auditor’s report with respect to such +consolidated financial statements is a combined report (that is, one report +containing both an opinion on such consolidated financial statements and an +opinion on internal controls over financial reporting), then such report may +include a qualification or limitation relating to the Company’s system of +internal controls over financial reporting due to the exclusion of any acquired +business from the management report on internal controls over financial +reporting made pursuant to Item 308 of Regulation S-K of the Securities and +Exchange Commission, to the extent such exclusion is permitted under provisions +published by the Securities and Exchange Commission; provided further, if +applicable, the independent auditor’s report may contain references to +independent audits performed by other independent public accountants of +recognized national standing as contemplated by AU Section 543, Part of Audit +Performed by Other Independent Auditors, or any successor standard under GAAP. + +  + + + +53 + +  + +  + +(b)         within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal +quarters of each fiscal year, its Consolidated balance sheet and related +Consolidated statements of earnings and cash flows showing the financial +position of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the close of +such fiscal quarter and their results of operations for such fiscal quarter and +the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year and their cash flows for the then +elapsed portion of the fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial +Officers as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial position, +results of operations and cash flows of the Company on a Consolidated basis in +accordance with GAAP consistently applied (except with respect to consistency as +otherwise indicated therein), subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and +the absence of footnotes; + +  + +(c)         concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under +paragraph (a) or (b) above, a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit +F hereto, of a Financial Officer (i) certifying that no Default has occurred or, +if a Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any +corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto and (ii) +setting forth computations in reasonable detail reasonably satisfactory to the +Administrative Agent demonstrating compliance with the covenants contained in +Section 7.01; + +  + +(d)         promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all +periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by it +with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority +succeeding to any of or all the functions of such Commission, or with any +national securities exchange, or distributed to its shareholders generally, as +the case may be; and + +  + +(e)         promptly, from time to time, (x) such other information regarding +the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Company or any +Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the +Administrative Agent, at the request of any Lender, may reasonably request and +(y) information and documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative +Agent or any Lender for purposes of compliance with applicable “know your +customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot +Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation (it being understood and agreed that +neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to disclose or +discuss, or permit the inspection, examination or making of extracts of, any +records, books, information or account or other matter (1) in respect of which +disclosure to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or their representatives is +then prohibited by applicable law or any agreement binding on the Company or its +Subsidiaries, (2) that is protected from disclosure by the attorney-client +privilege or the attorney work product privilege or (3) constitutes +non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information). + +  + +Information required to be delivered pursuant to paragraphs 5.04(a), 5.04(b) or +5.04(d) above shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which (x) +such information has been posted on the Internet by the Securities and Exchange +Commission at https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm (or any +successor website) or (y) the Company provides notice to the Administrative +Agent that such information has been posted on the Company’s website on the +Internet at www.cummins.com or at another website identified in such notice and +accessible by the Lenders without charge; provided that (i) such notice may be +included in a certificate delivered pursuant to paragraph 5.04(c) and (ii) the +Borrower shall deliver paper copies of the information referred to in paragraphs +5.04(a) or 5.04(b) to any Lender which requests such delivery. Notwithstanding +the above, if any report, certificate or other information required under this +Section 5.04 is due on a day that is not a Domestic Business Day, then such +report, certificate or other information shall be required to be delivered on +the first day after such day that is a Domestic Business Day. + +   + +54 + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  + +Section 5.05.      Litigation and Other Notices. In the case of the Company, +furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly notify each Lender) +prompt written notice of the following: + +  + +(a)         any Default of which an executive officer of the Company has +knowledge, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the corrective action +(if any) proposed to be taken with respect thereto; + +  + +(b)         the filing or commencement of, or any written threat or notice of +intention of any Person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, +whether at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority, against +the Company or any Affiliate thereof as to which there is a reasonable +possibility of an adverse determination and which, if adversely determined, +could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; + +  + +(c)         the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any +other ERISA Events which have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result +in a Material Adverse Effect; + +  + +(d)         any development that has resulted in, or could reasonably be +expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect; + +  + +(e)         any change, following the effectiveness thereof, in the Company’s +senior unsecured debt rating from S&P or Moody’s or in its corporate credit +rating from S&P; and + +  + +(f)          any change in the information provided in the Beneficial Ownership +Certification delivered to such Lender that would result in a change to the list +of beneficial owners identified in such certification. + +  + +Section 5.06.      Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections. In +the case of the Company and each Significant Subsidiary, maintain all financial +records in a manner sufficient to be able to prepare financial statements in +accordance with GAAP and permit any representatives designated by the +Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and +inspect the financial records and the properties of the Company or any +Significant Subsidiary at reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested +and to make extracts from and copies of such financial records, and permit any +representatives designated by any Administrative Agent or any Lender to discuss +the affairs, finances and condition of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary +with the officers thereof and independent accountants therefor; provided that +(i) the Company or such Significant Subsidiary may require that a representative +appointed by it be present at such inspections or discussions, (ii) the +obligations of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries under this Section +are subject to, and the Administrative Agent and any such Lender shall comply +with, all applicable confidentiality restrictions, (iii) unless an Event of +Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company and its Significant +Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall only be required to reimburse the +Administrative Agent and each Lender in the aggregate for the expenses incurred +by the Administrative Agent and each Lender for one such visit and inspection by +the Administrative Agent and each Lender in any calendar year and (iv) it is +understood and agreed that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall +be required to disclose or discuss, or permit the inspection, examination or +making of extracts of, any records, books, information or account or other +matter (1) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent, any +Lender or their representatives is then prohibited by applicable law or any +agreement binding on the Company or its Subsidiaries, (2) that is protected from +disclosure by the attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product +privilege or (3) constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial +proprietary information. + +  + + + +55 + +  + +  + +Section 5.07.      Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Loans only for the +general corporate purposes of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The Company and +its Subsidiaries are not engaged in the business of extending credit for the +purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation +U). No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or +indirectly, (a) for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the +Regulations of the Board, including Regulation T, Regulation U and Regulation X, +or (b) in any hostile acquisition of another Person. None of the Credit Parties +will request any Borrowing, and none of the Credit Parties shall use, and each +of the Credit Parties shall procure that none of its subsidiaries nor its or +their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall use, the +proceeds of any Borrowing (A) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to +pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of +value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (B) for the +purpose of funding or financing any activities, business or transaction of or +with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, in each case to the +extent such activities, business or transaction would violate Sanctions if +conducted by a company organized in the United States or by a company organized +in a European Union member state or the United Kingdom, or (C) in any other +manner that would result in liability to any Lender or the Administrative Agent +under any applicable Sanctions or the violation of any Sanctions by any Lender +or the Administrative Agent. + +  + +Section 5.08.      Compliance with Laws. Comply with all applicable laws, +statutes, rules and regulations, including Environmental Laws, and obtain, +maintain and comply with any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, +registrations or permits required by such applicable laws, statutes, rules and +regulations except to the extent that, in any such case, failure to do so could +not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Credit +Parties will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to +promote and achieve compliance by the Credit Parties and each of their +respective subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and +agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, in each case in all +material respects. + +  + +Article 6 + + + +Negative Covenants + +  + +Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and +interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full, the +Company covenants and agrees with the Lenders that it will not, and will not +cause or permit any of its Subsidiaries to: + +  + +Section 6.01.      Negative Pledge. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any +Lien on any property or assets (including stock or other securities of +Subsidiaries) now owned or hereafter acquired by it or on any income or rights +in respect of any thereof, except: + +  + + + +56 + +  + +  + +(a)         Liens imposed by law for taxes, assessments, governmental charges or +levies that are not yet due or are being contested by proper action and for +which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are established; + +  + +(b)         carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s +and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business +and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being +contested in compliance with Section 5.03; + +  + +(c)         pledges and deposits and other Liens made in the ordinary course of +business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and +other social security laws or regulations; + +  + +(d)         Liens (including deposits) to secure the performance of bids, +tenders, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal +bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of like nature, in each case in +the ordinary course of business; + +  + +(e)         easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar +encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course +of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially +detract from the value of the affected property or interfere materially with the +ordinary conduct of business of the Company or any Subsidiary; + +  + +(f)          any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition +thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not +created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition and (ii) such +Lien does not apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any +Subsidiary; + +  + +(g)         Liens (including deposits) in connection with self-insurance; + +  + +(h)         judgment or other similar Liens in connection with legal proceedings +in an aggregate principal amount (net of amounts for which relevant insurance +providers have delivered written acknowledgements of coverage) not to exceed +$300,000,000; provided that the execution or other enforcement of such Liens is +effectively stayed and the claims secured thereby are being actively contested +in good faith by appropriate proceedings; + +  + +(i)           Liens arising in connection with advances or progress payments +under government contracts; + +  + +(j)           Liens on assets of Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness payable to +the Company or any Wholly-Owned Consolidated Subsidiary; + +  + +(k)          Liens on cash and cash equivalents deposited to discharge and/or +defease Indebtedness in accordance with the terms thereof; + +  + +(l)           [Reserved] + +  + + + +57 + +  + +  + +(m)       Liens securing Indebtedness other than Indebtedness described in +paragraphs (a) through (l) above, to the extent and only to the extent that the +aggregate amount of Priority Indebtedness shall not exceed the greater of (x) +$2,500,000,000 and (y) 12.5% of the Consolidated assets of the Company and its +Consolidated Subsidiaries as reflected in the annual or quarterly report then +most recently filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, +determined at the time such Liens are granted and at the time of any subsequent +incurrence of Indebtedness secured thereby; + +  + +(n)         Liens arising from leases, subleases or licenses granted to others +which do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the Company +or any of the Subsidiaries; + +  + +(o)         Liens in respect of an agreement to dispose of any asset, to the +extent such disposal is permitted by this Agreement; + +  + +(p)         Liens arising under any retention of title arrangements entered into +in the ordinary course of business or over goods or documents of title to goods +arising in the ordinary course of documentary credit transactions; + +  + +(q)         Liens arising due to any cash pooling, netting or composite +accounting arrangements between any one or more of the Company and any of the +Subsidiaries or between any one or more of such entities and one or more banks +or other financial institutions where any such entity maintains deposits; + +  + +(r)          customary rights of set off, revocation, refund or chargeback or +similar rights under deposit disbursement, concentration account agreements or +under the Uniform Commercial Code (or comparable foreign law) or arising by +operation of law of banks or other financial institutions where the Company or +any of the Subsidiaries maintains deposit, disbursement or concentration +accounts in the ordinary course of business; + +  + +(s)          the replacement, extension or renewal of any Lien permitted by +clause (f) above upon or in the same assets subject thereto or the replacement, +extension or renewal (to the extent the amount thereof is not increased) of the +Indebtedness or other obligation secured thereby; and + +  + +(t)           Liens on proceeds of any of the assets permitted to be the subject +of any Lien or assignment permitted by this Section 6.01. + +  + +Section 6.02.      Mergers, Consolidations, and Sales of Assets. In the case of +the Company and any other Borrower, merge with or into or consolidate with any +other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, +or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a +series of related transactions) all or substantially all of its assets, or +liquidate or dissolve or reorganize in a jurisdiction that is not an Approved +Jurisdiction, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving +effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) any +Subsidiary or other Person may merge into or consolidate with the Company in a +transaction in which the Company is the surviving corporation, (ii) any +Subsidiary that is a Borrower may merge into or consolidate with any other +Person in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Wholly-Owned +Consolidated Subsidiary; provided that the surviving corporation shall be a +Borrower organized under the laws of an Approved Jurisdiction, and (iii) any +Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to any +other Person. + +  + + + +58 + +  + +  + +Section 6.03.      Priority Indebtedness. In the case of Subsidiaries, incur, +create, assume or permit to exist any Priority Indebtedness if, immediately +after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, the aggregate amount of Priority +Indebtedness would exceed the greater of (x) $2,500,000,000 and (y) 12.5% of the +Consolidated assets of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as +reflected in the annual or quarterly report then most recently filed by the +Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. + +  + +Article 7 + + + +Financial Covenant + +  + +Section 7.01.      Net Debt to Total Capital. The Company will not permit the +ratio (the “Net Debt to Total Capital Ratio”) of (a) Consolidated Net Debt to +(b) Consolidated Total Capital, each determined as of the last day of each +fiscal quarter, to be greater than 0.65:1; provided that, at any time after the +definitive agreement for any Material Acquisition shall have been executed (or, +in the case of a Material Acquisition in the form of a tender offer or similar +transaction, after the offer shall have been launched) and prior to the +consummation of such Material Acquisition (or termination of the definitive +documentation in respect thereof (or such later date as such indebtedness ceases +to constitute Acquisition Indebtedness as set forth in the definition of +“Acquisition Indebtedness”)), any Acquisition Indebtedness (and the proceeds of +such Indebtedness) shall be excluded from the determination of the Net Debt to +Total Capital Ratio. + + + +  + +Article 8 + + + +Events of Default + +  + +If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur: + +  + +(a)         any representation or warranty made, or deemed made, in or pursuant +to the Loan Documents, or any representation, warranty, statement or information +contained in any written report, certificate, financial statement or other +instrument furnished by or on behalf of any Credit Party in connection with or +pursuant to the Loan Documents, shall prove to have been false or misleading in +any material respect when so made, deemed made or furnished; + +  + +(b)         default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan +when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date +thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or pursuant to any provision +of the Loan Documents or otherwise; + +  + +(c)         default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or +any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in (b) above) due +under the Loan Documents, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and +such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five Domestic Business +Days; + +  + +(d)         default shall be made in the due observance or performance by the +Company or any Subsidiary of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in +Section 5.05(a), Section 5.07, Article 6 or Article 7 and such default shall +continue unremedied for a period of five Domestic Business Days after the +earlier of (i) a Financial Officer of the Company becoming aware thereof and +(ii) notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the Company; + +  + + + +59 + +  + +  + +(e)         default shall be made in the due observance or performance by the +Company or any Subsidiary of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in +the Loan Documents (other than those specified in (b), (c) or (d) above) and +such default shall continue unremedied for a period of ten Domestic Business +Days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the +Company; + +  + +(f)          the Company or any Subsidiary shall (i) fail to pay any of its +Indebtedness (excluding Indebtedness owing to the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries) in excess of $125,000,000 in the aggregate when due and such +failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in +the agreement or instrument relating to such Indebtedness or (ii) fail to +observe or perform any term, covenant or condition on its part to be observed or +performed under any agreement or instrument relating to any such Indebtedness, +when required to be observed or performed, and such failure shall continue after +the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, +if the effect of such failure is to accelerate, or permit the acceleration of, +the maturity of such Indebtedness or such Indebtedness has been accelerated and +such acceleration has not been rescinded; or any amount of Indebtedness in +excess of $125,000,000 shall be required to be prepaid, defeased, purchased or +otherwise acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary (other than by a regularly +scheduled required prepayment and other than secured Indebtedness that becomes +due as a result of the voluntary transfer of assets securing such Indebtedness), +prior to the stated maturity thereof; provided that none of the following shall +give rise to an Event of Default: (i) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a +result of the voluntary sale or transfer of assets securing such Indebtedness or +a casualty or similar event, (ii) mandatory prepayments or offers to purchase of +Indebtedness in accordance with the documentation governing such Indebtedness by +reason of the receipt of net cash proceeds of (A) other Indebtedness, (B) +dispositions (including, without limitation, as the result of casualty events +and governmental takings) or (C) equity issuances, or by reason of the +generation of excess cash flow in an amount equal to a percentage thereof, +(iii) change of control offers made within 60 days after an acquisition with +respect to, and effectuated pursuant to, Indebtedness of an acquired Person or +Indebtedness assumed by the Company or a Subsidiary pursuant to a mandatory +successor obligor clause under such Indebtedness in connection with the +acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person, (iv) any +default under Indebtedness of an acquired business if such default is cured, or +such Indebtedness is repaid, within 60 days after the acquisition of such +business so long as no other creditor accelerates or commences any kind of +enforcement action in respect of such Indebtedness, (v) prepayments required by +the terms of Indebtedness as a result of customary provisions in respect of +illegality, replacement of lenders and gross-up provisions for Taxes, increased +costs, capital adequacy and other similar customary requirements and (vi) any +voluntary prepayment, redemption or other satisfaction of Indebtedness that +becomes mandatory in accordance with the terms of such Indebtedness solely as +the result of the Company or any Subsidiary delivering a prepayment, redemption +or similar notice with respect to such prepayment, redemption or other +satisfaction; + +  + + + +60 + +  + +  + +(g)         an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary +petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief +in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, or of a substantial +part of the property or assets of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, +under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter +amended, or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, +receivership or similar law, (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, +custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or any +Significant Subsidiary, or for a substantial part of the property or assets of +the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, or (iii) the winding-up or +liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary; and such proceeding or +petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days, or an order or decree approving +or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; + +  + +(h)         the Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily +commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking relief under Title 11 of +the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other +Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, +(ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and +appropriate manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in +(g) above, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, +custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or any +Significant Subsidiary, or for a substantial part of the property or assets of +the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, (iv) file an answer admitting the +material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) +make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (vi) admit in writing +its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due or (vii) +take any action for the purpose of authorizing any of the foregoing; + +  + +(i)           one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate +amount in excess of $125,000,000 shall be rendered against the Company, any +Significant Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain +undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall +not be effectively stayed; provided, however, that any such judgment shall not +be included in the calculation of the aggregate amount of judgments under this +clause (i) if and for so long as (A) the amount of such judgment is covered by a +valid and binding policy of insurance between the defendant and the insurer +covering payment thereof and (B) such insurer, which shall be rated at least “A” +by A.M. Best Company, has been notified of, and has not disputed the claim made +for payment of, the amount of such judgment; + +  + +(j)           a Change in Control shall occur; + +  + +(k)         the provisions of Article 11 shall cease to constitute valid, +binding and enforceable obligations of the Company for any reason, or any Credit +Party shall have so asserted in writing; or + +  + +(l)           an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with +all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to +result in a Material Adverse Effect; + +  + + + +61 + +  + +  + +then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to any Borrower +described in paragraph (g) or (h) above), and at any time thereafter during the +continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may with the consent of the +Required Lenders, and shall at the request of the Required Lenders, by notice to +the Company, take any or all of the following actions at the same or different +times: (i) terminate forthwith the Commitments and (ii) declare the Loans then +outstanding to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the principal of the +Loans, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued fees and +all other liabilities of any Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become forthwith +due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any +kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Borrower, anything +contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding; and upon the occurrence of any +event described in paragraph (g) or (h) above with respect to any Borrower, the +Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of all Loans then +outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued fees +and all other liabilities of the Borrowers accrued hereunder, shall +automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or +any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each +Borrower, anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding. + +  + +Article 9 + + + +The Agents + +  + +Section 9.01.      Appointment and Authorization of Administrative Agent. Each +of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent +and authorizes it to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers +as are delegated to it by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such +actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. + +  + +Section 9.02.      Rights and Powers of Administrative Agent as a Lender. The +bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights +and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the +same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its +Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any +kind of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof +as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. + +  + +Section 9.03.      Limited Duties and Responsibilities of Administrative Agent. +The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those +expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of +the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any +fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred +and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take +any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except +discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the +Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the +Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be +necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 12.02) and (c) except +as expressly set forth in any Loan Document, the Administrative Agent shall not +have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable to any Lender for the failure +to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries +that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent +or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be +liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the +request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the +Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section +12.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The +Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless +and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the +Company or a Lender, and 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the +contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered under any Loan +Document or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any +of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan +Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any +Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the +satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article 4 or elsewhere in any Loan +Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be +delivered to the Administrative Agent. + +  + + + +62 + +  + +  + +Section 9.04.      Authority of Administrative Agent to Rely on Certain +Writings, Statements and Advice. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to +rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, +request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing +believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper +Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it +orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and +shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may +consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent +accountants and other experts selected by it in good faith, and shall not be +liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of +any such counsel, accountants or experts. + +  + +Section 9.05.      Sub-Agents and Related Parties. The Administrative Agent may +perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through +any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The +Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties +and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The +exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such +sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such +sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the +syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities +as Administrative Agent. + +  + +Section 9.06.      Resignation; Successor Administrative Agent. Subject to the +appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in +this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the +Lenders and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall +have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor. If no +successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have +accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent +gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on +behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a +bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. +Upon the acceptance of its appointment as a successor Administrative Agent +hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the +rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and +the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and +obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Company to a successor +Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor +unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After the +Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and +Section 12.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring +Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in +respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was +acting as Administrative Agent. + +  + + + +63 + +  + +  + +Section 9.07.      Credit Decisions by Lenders. Each Lender acknowledges that it +has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any +other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed +appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this +Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without +reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such +documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, +continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based +upon the Loan Documents, any related agreement or any document furnished +hereunder or thereunder. + +  + +Section 9.08.      Administrative Agent’s Fee. The Company agrees to pay to the +Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at +the times separately agreed upon between the Company and the Administrative +Agent. + +  + +Section 9.09.      Other Agents. Nothing in the Loan Documents shall impose on +any Agent or Arranger other than the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as an +Agent or Arranger, any obligation or liability whatsoever. + +  + +Section 9.10.      Certain ERISA Matters. (a) Each Lender (x) represents and +warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) +covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date +such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the +Administrative Agent, and each Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and +not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Company or any +other Credit Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true: + +  + +(i)            such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of the +Plan Asset Regulations) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the +Loans or the Commitments, + +  + +(ii)            the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as +PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent +qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain +transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class +exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate +accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank +collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain +transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect +to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and +performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, and the conditions +for exemptive relief thereunder are and will continue to be satisfied in +connection therewith, + +  + +(iii)            (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified +Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) +such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf +of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, +the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, +administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this +Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I +of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of +subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such +Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of +the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, or + +  + +64 + +  + +  + +   + +(iv)            such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be +agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and +such Lender. + +  + +(b)         In addition, unless sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding +clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or such Lender has 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, and the Arrangers, the Syndication Agents, the +Documentation Agents or any of their respective Affiliates, and not, for the +avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Company or any other Credit +Party, that none of the Administrative Agent, or the Arrangers, the Syndication +Agents, the Documentation Agents or any of their respective Affiliates is a +fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in the Loans, the +Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or +exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any +Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto). + +  + +(c)         Each of the Administrative Agent and each Arranger hereby informs +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 Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it +extended the Loans or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being +paid for an interest in the Loans 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. + +  + +Section 9.11.      Posting of Communications. + +  + +(a)         The Company agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not +be obligated to, make any Communications available to the Lenders by posting the +Communications on IntraLinks™, DebtDomain, SyndTrak, ClearPar or any other +similar electronic platform chosen by the Administrative Agent reasonably and in +good faith to be its electronic transmission system and used by it for such +purpose with respect to its credit facilities generally (the “Approved +Electronic Platform”). + +  + + + +65 + +  + +  + +(b)         Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal +are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies +implemented or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time +(including, as of the Effective Date, a user ID/password authorization system) +and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a per-deal authorization +method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a +deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders and the Company acknowledges and agrees +that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not +necessarily secure, that the Administrative Agent is not responsible for +approving or vetting the representatives or contacts of any Lender that are +added to the Approved Electronic Platform, and that there may be confidentiality +and other risks associated with such distribution. Each of the Lenders and the +Company hereby approves distribution of the Communications through the Approved +Electronic Platform and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution, +other than risks arising from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful +misconduct of any of the foregoing parties (as determined by a court of +competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment). + +  + +(c)         THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROVIDED +“AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. THE APPLICABLE PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT +WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, OR THE ADEQUACY OF +THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR +OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS. 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 THE +APPLICABLE PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED +ELECTRONIC PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY ARRANGER, +ANY DOCUMENTATION AGENT, ANY SYNDICATION AGENT OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE +RELATED PARTIES (COLLECTIVELY, “APPLICABLE PARTIES”) HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY +CREDIT PARTY, ANY LENDER OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, +INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, +LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY +CREDIT PARTY’S OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS +THROUGH THE INTERNET OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM, OTHER THAN DIRECT +ACTUAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE gross negligence, bad faith or willful +misconduct of any applicable party (as determined by a court of competent +jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment). + +  + +(d)         Each Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next +sentence) specifying that Communications have been posted to the Approved +Electronic Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to +such Lender for purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender agrees (i) to notify +the Administrative Agent in writing (which could be in the form of electronic +communication) from time to time of such Lender’s email address to which the +foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (ii) that the +foregoing notice may be sent to such email address. + +  + + + +66 + +  + +  + +(e)         Each of the Lenders and the Company agrees that the Administrative +Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be +obligated to, store the Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in +accordance with the Administrative Agent’s generally applicable document +retention procedures and policies. + +  + +(f)          Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative +Agent, any Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan +Document in any other manner specified in such Loan Document. + +  + +Article 10 +Representations and Warranties of Eligible Subsidiaries + +  + +Each Eligible Subsidiary shall be deemed by the execution and delivery of its +Election to Participate to have represented and warranted as of the date thereof +that: + +  + +Section 10.01.  Organization; Powers. Such Eligible Subsidiary (a) is duly +organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the +jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has the power and authority to execute, +deliver and perform its obligations hereunder and under each other agreement or +instrument contemplated thereby to which it is or will be a party and to borrow +hereunder and (c) is a Wholly-Owned Consolidated Subsidiary. + +  + +Section 10.02.  Authorization. The Transactions and the execution and delivery +by such Eligible Subsidiary of its Election to Participate and the performance +by such Eligible Subsidiary of this Agreement, (a) have been duly authorized by +all requisite corporate, partnership, limited liability company or analogous +and, if required, stockholder, partner, member or analogous action and (b) will +not (i) materially violate any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, or +of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents +or by-laws of such Eligible Subsidiary, (ii)materially violate any order of any +Governmental Authority or (iii) materially violate any provision of any material +indenture, agreement or other instrument to which such Eligible Subsidiary is a +party or by which any of them or any of their property is or may be bound, (iv) +be in material conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with +notice or lapse of time or both) a material default under any such indenture, +agreement or other instrument or (v) result in the creation or imposition of any +Lien upon any property or assets of such Eligible Subsidiary (other than under +any Loan Document). + +  + +Section 10.03.  Enforceability. Its Election to Participate has been duly +executed and delivered by such Eligible Subsidiary, and this Agreement +constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Eligible Subsidiary +enforceable against such Eligible Subsidiary in accordance with its terms, +subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or +other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general +principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity +or at law. + +  + +Section 10.04.  Taxes. Except as disclosed in such Election to Participate, +there is no income, stamp or other tax of any country, or any taxing authority +thereof or therein, imposed by or in the nature of withholding or otherwise, +which is imposed on any payment to be made by such Eligible Subsidiary pursuant +hereto, or is imposed on or by virtue of the execution, delivery or enforcement +of its Election to Participate. + +  + + + +67 + +  + +  + +Article 11 +Guaranty + +  + +Section 11.01.  The Guaranty. The Company hereby unconditionally and absolutely +guarantees the full and punctual payment (whether at stated maturity, upon +acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of and interest on each Loan made to +each other Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, and the full and punctual +payment of all other amounts payable by each other Borrower under this +Agreement. Upon failure by any other Borrower to pay punctually any such amount, +the Company agrees that it shall forthwith on demand pay the amount not so paid +at the place and in the manner specified in this Agreement. + +  + +Section 11.02.  Guaranty Unconditional. The obligations of the Company hereunder +shall be unconditional, irrevocable and absolute and, without limiting the +generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged or otherwise +affected by: + +  + +(a)         any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or release in +respect of any obligation of any Borrower or any other Person under any Loan +Document or by operation of law or otherwise (except to the extent the foregoing +expressly releases the Company’s obligations under this Article 11); + +  + +(b)         any modification or amendment of or supplement to any Loan Document +(other than any modification, amendment or supplement of this Article 11 +effected in accordance with Section 12.02); + +  + +(c)         any release, impairment, non-perfection or invalidity of any direct +or indirect security for any obligation of any Borrower or any other Person +under any Loan Document; + +  + +(d)         any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of any +Borrower or any other Person or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or +other similar proceeding affecting any Borrower or any other Person or its +assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of any Borrower +or any other Person contained in any Loan Document; + +  + +(e)         the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights which the +Company may have at any time against any other Borrower, the Administrative +Agent, any Lender or any other Person, whether in connection herewith or with +any unrelated transactions; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the +assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim; + +  + +(f)          any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against any +Borrower or any other Person for any reason of any Loan Document, or any +provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by +any Borrower of the principal of or interest on any Loan or any other amount +payable by it under any Loan Document; or + +  + +(g)         any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by any +Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Person or any other +circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this paragraph, +constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense to the Company’s +obligations hereunder (in each case other than payment in full of the +obligations guaranteed hereunder). + +  + + + +68 + +  + +  + +Section 11.03.  Discharge Only Upon Payment in Full; Reinstatement in Certain +Circumstances. Each of the Company’s obligations hereunder shall remain in full +force and effect until the Commitments shall have terminated and the principal +of and interest on the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder by the +Company and each other Borrower under this Agreement shall have been paid in +full in cash (or backed by a standby letter of credit or cash collateralized, in +each case in amounts and on terms satisfactory to the Administrative Agent). If +at any time any payment of the principal of or interest on any Loan or any other +amount payable by any other Borrower under this Agreement is rescinded or must +be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or +reorganization of such Borrower or otherwise, the Company’s obligations +hereunder with respect to such payment shall be reinstated at such time as +though such payment had been due but not made at such time. + +  + +Section 11.04.  Waiver by the Company. The Company irrevocably waives acceptance +of its guaranty under this Article 11, presentment, demand (except as provided +in Section 11.01), protest and any notice not provided for herein, as well as, +solely for purposes of Article 11 any requirement that at any time any action be +taken by any Person against any Borrower or any other Person. The Company’s +guaranty hereunder is a guaranty of payment and not merely of collection. + +  + +Section 11.05.  Subrogation. Upon making any payment with respect to any +Borrower hereunder, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the payee +against such Borrower with respect to such payment; provided that the Company +shall not enforce any payment by way of subrogation unless all amounts of +principal of and interest on the Loans to such Borrower and all other amounts +payable by such Borrower under this Agreement have been paid in full in cash. + +  + +Section 11.06.  Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of +any amount payable by any Borrower under this Agreement is stayed upon +insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of such Borrower, all such amounts +otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of this Agreement shall +nonetheless be payable by the Company hereunder forthwith on demand by the +Administrative Agent made at the request of the Required Lenders. + +  + +Section 11.07.  Continuing Guaranty. The Company’s guaranty hereunder is a +continuing guaranty, shall be binding on the Company and its successors and +assigns, and shall be enforceable by the Lenders. If all or part of any Lender’s +interest in any obligation guaranteed by the Company is assigned or otherwise +transferred, the transferor’s rights under the Company’s guaranty, to the extent +applicable to the obligation so transferred, shall automatically be transferred +with such obligation. + +  + +Article 12 +Miscellaneous + +  + +Section 12.01.  Notices. (a) Except in the case of notices and other +communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to +paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein +shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, +mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile, as follows: + +  + + + +69 + +  + +  + +(i)            if to the Company, to it at Cummins Inc., 500 Jackson Street, +Box 3005, Columbus, Indiana 47202-3005, Attention of Vice President/Treasurer +(Email: donald.jackson@cummins.com); + +  + +(ii)            if to any Subsidiary Borrower, to it care of the Company; + +  + +(iii)            if to the Administrative Agent, (A) to JPMorgan Chase Bank, +N.A., 500 Stanton Christiana Road, NCC5/1st Floor, Newark, DE 19713, Attention +of Loan & Agency Services Group – Joe Aftanis (Phone: 303-552-0847; Facsimile: +302-634-3301; Email: joe.aftanis@jpmorgan.com) and (B) in the case of a +notification of the DQ List, to JPMDQ_Contact@jpmorgan.com; and + +  + +(iv)            if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or facsimile +number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire. + +  + +(b)         Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be +delivered or furnished by using Approved Electronic Platforms pursuant to +procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing +shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article 2 unless otherwise agreed by the +Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the +Company may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications +to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by +it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular +notices or communications. + +  + +(c)         Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number for +notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties +hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in +accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been +given on the date of receipt if received during the recipient’s normal business +hours. + +  + +Section 12.02.  Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by the +Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power under any +Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial +exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of +steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise +thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of +the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents are cumulative +and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. +No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by +any Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be +permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent +shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which +given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan +shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the +Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such +Default at the time. + +  + +(b)         Except as provided in Section 2.13(b), no Loan Document nor any +provision thereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an +agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Company and the Required +Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall: + +  + + + +70 + +  + +  + +(i)            (A) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written +consent of such Lender (provided that an amendment, modification, waiver or +consent with respect to any condition precedent, covenant, mandatory prepayment +pursuant to Section 2.20(b), Event of Default or Default shall not constitute an +increase in the Commitment of any Lender), (B) reduce the principal amount of +any Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon (other than with respect to the +incremental 2% included in the determination of the applicable interest rate +under Section 2.12(d)), or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the +written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, (C) +postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan, or +any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, +waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration +of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly and +adversely affected thereby (other than any reduction of the amount of, or any +extension of the payment date for, the mandatory prepayments required under +Section 2.20(b), in each case which shall only require the approval of the +Required Lenders), (D) change Section 2.08(d) or Section 2.18(b) or Section +2.18(c) in a manner that would alter the ratable reduction of Commitments or pro +rata sharing of payments required thereby, or change any provision requiring +that funding of amounts by the Lenders be on a ratable basis, without the +written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, (E) +change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required +Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or +percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder +or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written +consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (F) release the Company from +its guaranty under Article 11 hereof, or limit its liability in respect of such +guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender, (G) change any of the +provisions of Section 2.23 without the consent of the Administrative Agent or +(H) amend the definition of “Applicable Percentage” without the written consent +of each Lender; provided that no consent of any Defaulting Lender shall be +required pursuant to clause (D), (E) or (H) above as to any modification that +does not adversely affect such Defaulting Lender in a non-ratable manner; + +  + +(ii)            amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the +Administrative Agent under any Loan Document without the prior written consent +of the Administrative Agent; or + +  + +(iii)            (A) subject any Subsidiary Borrower to any additional +obligation without the written consent of such Borrower, (B) increase the +principal of or rate of interest on any outstanding Loan of any Subsidiary +Borrower without the written consent of such Borrower, (C) accelerate the stated +maturity of any outstanding Loan of any Subsidiary Borrower without the written +consent of such Borrower or (D) change this proviso (iii) without the prior +written consent of each Subsidiary Borrower. + +  + + + +71 + +  + +  + +(c)         Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, as to any +amendment, amendment and restatement or other modifications otherwise approved +in accordance with this Section, it shall not be necessary to obtain the consent +or approval of any Lender that, upon giving effect to such amendment, amendment +and restatement or other modification, would have no Commitment or outstanding +Loans so long as such Lender receives payment in full of the principal of and +interest accrued on each Loan made by, and all other amounts owing to, such +Lender or accrued for the account of such Lender under this Agreement and the +other Loan Documents at the time such amendment, amendment and restatement or +other modification becomes effective. + +  + +(d)         Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if the +Administrative Agent and the Company acting together identify any ambiguity, +omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect in any provision of this +Agreement or any other Loan Document, then the Administrative Agent and the +Company shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such provision to cure +such ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect, and such +amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any +other party to this Agreement, so long as, in each case, the Lenders shall have +received at least ten Domestic Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and +the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within ten Domestic Business +Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the +Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment. + +  + +Section 12.03.  Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The Company shall pay +(i) all reasonable, documented and invoiced out-of-pocket expenses incurred by +the Administrative Agent, and its Affiliates, including the reasonable, +documented and invoiced fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for the +Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the credit +facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of the Loan +Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions thereof +(whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be +consummated) and (ii) all reasonable, documented and invoiced out-of-pocket +expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, including the fees, +charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent or any +Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in +connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or +in connection with the Loans made, including all such out-of-pocket expenses +incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such +Loans. + +  + +(b)         The Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Arranger, +each Lender 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 reasonable +and documented costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and +disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against +any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of any actual +or prospective claim, litigation, investigation, arbitration or proceeding, +whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether +any Indemnitee is a party thereto, relating to (i) the execution or delivery of +the Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the +performance by the parties thereto of their respective obligations thereunder or +the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated +thereby, (ii) any Loan or the use of the proceeds therefrom or (iii) any actual +or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property +owned or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any +Environmental Liability related in any way to the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be +available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or +related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final +and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from (i) the gross negligence or +willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its Affiliates or +representatives, (ii) from the material breach in bad faith by such Indemnitee +of its express obligations under the Loan Documents or (iii) a dispute solely +among Indemnitees (other than a dispute involving a claim against an Indemnitee +in its capacity as an arranger or agent in respect of the Agreement, and in any +such event described in this clause (iii) solely to the extent that the +underlying dispute does not arise as a result of any action, inaction, +representation or misrepresentation of, or information provided, or that was +failed to be provided, by or on behalf of, the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries). + +  + + + +72 + +  + +  + +(c)         To the extent that the Company fails to pay any amount required to +be paid by it to the Administrative Agent under paragraph (a) or (b) of this +Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent such +Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable +unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; +provided 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 in its capacity as such. + +  + +(d)         To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Credit Party shall +not assert, and hereby waives, 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, the Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument contemplated +thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof. + +  + +(e)         All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after +written demand therefor. + +  + +Section 12.04.  Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this Agreement +shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their +respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) no Credit +Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations +hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted +assignment or transfer by any Credit Party without such consent shall be null +and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or +obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing in this +Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person +(other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns +permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this +Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties +of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable +right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. + +  + +(b)         (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, +any Lender may assign to one or more Persons (other than an Ineligible +Institution) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement +(including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to +it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably +withheld, conditioned or delayed) of: + +  + + + +73 + +  + +  + +(A)            the Company; provided that (x) no consent of the Company shall be +required for (1) an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an +Approved Fund (it being understood that the Company shall nevertheless receive +prompt notice, either prior to or promptly after such assignment, of any such +assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund) (provided +further, notwithstanding the preceding clause (1), so long as no Event of +Default under paragraph (b), (c), (g) or (h) of Article 8 has occurred and is +continuing, the consent of the Company shall be required if, after giving effect +to such assignment, the assignee, collectively with its affiliated Lenders and +affiliated Approved Funds, would, as a result of such assignment, hold more than +fifteen percent (15%) of the aggregate amounts of Loans and unused Commitments) +or, (2) if an Event of Default under paragraph (b), (c), (g) or (h) of Article 8 +has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee and (y) the Company shall be +deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto +by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten Euro-Currency Business +Days after receipt of written notice thereof; and + +  + +(B)            the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the +Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to an assignee that is +a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender immediately prior to giving effect to such +assignment. + +  + +(ii)            Assignments shall be subject to the following additional +conditions: + +  + +(A)            except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate +of a Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning +Lender’s Commitment, the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender +subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and +Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative +Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Company and the +Administrative Agent otherwise consent; provided that no such consent of the +Company shall be required if an Event of Default under paragraph (b), (c), (g) +or (h) of Article 8 has occurred and is continuing; + +  + +(B)            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; + +  + +(C)            the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the +Administrative Agent (x) an Assignment and Assumption or (y) to the extent +applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference +pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent +and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, together with +a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; + +  + +(D)            the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the +Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; + +   + +74 + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +    + +(E)            in the case of an assignment to a CLO (as defined below), the +assigning Lender shall retain the sole right to approve any amendment, +modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, provided that the +Assignment and Assumption between such Lender and such CLO may provide that such +Lender will not, without the consent of such CLO, agree to any amendment, +modification or waiver described in paragraph (i) of the first proviso to +Section 12.02(b) that affects such CLO; and + +  + +(F)            no assignment, whether in whole or in part (including +participations), may be made to (i) the Company or any of its Affiliates or +subsidiaries, (ii) any Defaulting Lender or any Person who, upon becoming a +Lender, would constitute a Defaulting Lender, (iii) a natural Person (or holding +company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary +benefit of, a natural Person) or (iv) Disqualified Institution without the prior +written consent of the Company. + +  + +For the purposes of this Section 12.04, the terms “Approved Fund”, “CLO” and +“Disqualified Institution” have the following meanings: + +  + +“Approved Fund” means (a) a CLO and (b) with respect to any Lender that is a +fund which invests in bank loans and similar extensions of credit, any other +fund that invests in bank loans and similar extensions of credit and is managed +by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such +investment advisor. + +  + +“CLO” means any entity (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or otherwise) +that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in bank +loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business +and is administered or managed by a Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender. + +  + +“Disqualified Institution” means (i) those Persons identified by the Company to +the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in writing prior to the Effective Date, +(ii) those Persons that are reasonably determined by the Company to be +competitors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and that have been +specifically identified by the Company to the Administrative Agent and the +Lenders in writing prior to the Effective Date and (iii) in the case of each of +clauses (i) and (ii) (and any supplements thereto as contemplated below), any of +their respective Affiliates, to the extent any such Affiliate (x) is clearly +identifiable as an Affiliate of the applicable Person solely by similarity of +such Affiliate’s name and (y) is not a bona fide debt investment fund that is an +Affiliate of such Person; provided that, the Company, by notice to the +Administrative Agent and the Lenders after the Effective Date, shall be +permitted to supplement from time to time in writing by name the list of Persons +that are Disqualified Institutions to the extent that the Persons added by such +supplements are competitors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or +Affiliates of competitors that are not bona fide debt investment funds). Each +such supplement shall become effective three (3) Domestic Business Days after +delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including through +an Approved Electronic Platform) in accordance with Section 12.01, but shall not +apply retroactively to disqualify any Persons that have previously acquired an +assignment or participation interest in the Loans (but solely with respect to +such Loans). It is understood and agreed that (A) the Administrative Agent shall +have no responsibility, liability or duty, to ascertain, inquire, monitor or +enforce whether any Lender or potential Lender is a Disqualified Institution, +(B) the Company’s failure to deliver such list (or supplement thereto) in +accordance with Section 12.01 shall render such list (or supplement) not +received and not effective and (C) “Disqualified Institution” shall exclude any +Person that the Company has designated as no longer being a “Disqualified +Institution” by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent (which +notice may be distributed to the Lenders) from time to time in accordance with +Section 12.01. + +   + +75 + +  + + + +  + +(iii)            Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to +paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified +in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party +hereto 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 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 12.03). Any assignment or +transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not +comply with this Section 12.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement +as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in +accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section. + +  + +(iv)            The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a +non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at one of its offices a +copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the +recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, +and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender +pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in +the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and each Borrower, the +Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is +recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for +all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The +Register shall be available for inspection by the Company and any Lender, at any +reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. + +  + +(v)            Upon its receipt of (x) a duly completed Assignment and +Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee or (y) to the extent +applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference +pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent +and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, the +assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall +already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to +in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment +required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept +such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in +the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement +unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph. + +  + + + +76 + +  + +  + +(c)         (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of any Borrower or the +Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities +(a “Participant”), other than an Ineligible Institution, in all or a portion of +such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a +portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such +Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such +Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the +performance of such obligations, (C) each Borrower, the Administrative Agent and +the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in +connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and +(D) in the case of any sale of a participation to a Disqualified Institution, +the Borrower shall have provided its prior written consent thereto. Any +agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation +shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this +Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision +of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that +such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any +amendment, modification or waiver described in paragraph (i) of the first +proviso to Section 12.02(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph +(c)(ii) of this Section, each Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be +entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and Section 2.17 to the +same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment +pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each +Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 12.08 as though it +were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(c) +as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting +solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of each Borrower, maintain a +register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the +principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the +Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”); +provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion +of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any +Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any +commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under this +Agreement) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish +that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in +registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) or Proposed Section 1.163-5(b) of the +United States Treasury Regulations (or, in each case, any amended or successor +version) or, if different, under Sections 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code. The +entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent clearly +demonstrable error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is +recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all +purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. + +  + +(ii)            A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater +payment under Section 2.14, 2.16 or 2.17 than the applicable Lender would have +been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such +Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made +with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant shall not be entitled +to the benefits of Section 2.16 unless the Participant complies with the +obligations of (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of Section 2.16, as applicable, as if +it were a Lender (it being understood that the documentation required shall be +delivered to the participating Lender and, if required by law for reduced +withholding, copies shall be delivered to the Company and the Administrative +Agent). + +  + + + +77 + +  + +  + +(d)         Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in +all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of +such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a +Federal Reserve Bank or any central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender, +and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security +interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest +shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any +such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. + +  + +(e)         The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like +import in any Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be deemed to include +electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of +which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a +manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as +the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, +including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, +the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar +state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. + +  + +(f)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 12.04, or +elsewhere in this Agreement, the consent of the Company shall be required (such +consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) for an assignment to an +assignee that is an Affected Financial Institution unless an Event of Default +under paragraph (b), (c), (g) or (h) of Article 8 has occurred and is continuing +at the time of such assignment. + +  + +(g)         Disqualified Institutions. + +  + +(i)            No assignment or participation shall be made to any Person that +was a Disqualified Institution as of the date (the “Trade Date”) on which the +assigning Lender entered into a binding agreement to sell and assign or grant a +participation in all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this +Agreement to such Person (unless the Company has consented to such assignment or +participation in writing in its sole and absolute discretion, in which case such +Person will not be considered a Disqualified Institution for the purpose of such +assignment or participation). For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any +assignee or Participant 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 or Participant +shall not retroactively be disqualified from being a Lender or Participant and +(y) the execution by the Company 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 or participation in +violation of this clause (g)(i) shall not be void, but the other provisions of +this clause (g) shall apply. + +  + + + +78 + +  + +  + +(ii)            If any assignment or participation is made to any Disqualified +Institution without the Company’s prior written consent in violation of clause +(i) above, or if any Person becomes a Disqualified Institution after the +applicable Trade Date, the Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon +notice to the applicable Disqualified Institution and the Administrative Agent, +require such Disqualified Institution to assign, without recourse (in accordance +with and subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 12.04), all of +its interest, rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more Persons +(other than an Ineligible Institution) 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. + +  + +(iii)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this +Agreement, Disqualified Institutions to whom an assignment or participation is +made in violation of clause (i) above (A) will not have the right to (x) receive +information, reports or other materials provided to Lenders by the Company, the +Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (y) attend or participate in meetings +attended by the Lenders (or any of them) 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, each Disqualified +Lender party hereto hereby agrees (1) not to vote on such plan of +reorganization, (2) if such Disqualified Lender 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 +applicable 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 applicable 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). + +  + +(iv)            The Administrative Agent shall have the right, and the Company +hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agent, to (A) post the list of +Disqualified Institutions provided by the Company and any updates thereto from +time to time (collectively, the “DQ List”) on an Approved Electronic Platform, +including that portion of such Approved Electronic Platform that is designated +for “public side” Lenders and/or (B) provide the DQ List to each Lender or +potential Lender requesting the same. + +  + +(v)            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 hereof 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 Participant or prospective Lender or Participant is a Disqualified +‎Institution or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any +assignment or participation of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, +by any other Person to any ‎Disqualified Institution. + +  + + + +79 + +  + +  + +Section 12.05.  Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and +warranties made by the Company and any other Borrower herein and in the +certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to +this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties +hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the +making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other +party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any +Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect +representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and +shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any +accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this +Agreement is outstanding and unpaid (other than those backed by a standby letter +of credit or cash collateralized, in each case in amounts and on terms +satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and so long as the Commitments have +not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and +12.03 and Article 9 shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless +of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of +the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Commitments or the termination +of this Agreement or any provision hereof. + +  + +Section 12.06.  Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be +executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different +counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when +taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other +Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable +to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties +relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous +agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter +hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become +effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when +the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when +taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and +thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto +and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart +of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy, e-mailed .pdf or any other +electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page +shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this +Agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words +of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with +this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to +include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in +electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or +enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or +the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent +and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic +Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic +Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform +Electronic Transactions Act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, +the Borrowers hereby (i) agree that, for all purposes, including without +limitation, in connection with any workout, restructuring, enforcement of +remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among the Administrative Agent, +the Lenders and the Borrowers, electronic images of this Agreement or any other +Loan Documents (in each case, including with respect to any signature pages +thereto) shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as any +paper original, and (ii) waive any argument, defense or right to contest the +validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents based solely on the lack of +paper original copies of any Loan Documents, including with respect to any +signature pages thereto. + +  + + + +80 + +  + +  + +Section 12.07.  Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be +invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such +jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or +unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of +the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in +a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other +jurisdiction. + +  + +Section 12.08.  Right of Set-off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and +be continuing and the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated under Article +8, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and +from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set-off and apply +any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, +but excluding deposits held in a trustee, fiduciary, agency or similar capacity +or otherwise for the benefit of a third party) at any time held and other +obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit +or the account of any Credit Party against any of and all the obligations of +such Credit Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such +Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand +under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights +of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies +(including other rights of set-off) which such Lender may have. Each Lender +agrees to notify the Company and the Administrative Agent promptly after any +such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall +not affect the validity of such setoff and application. + +  + +Section 12.09.  Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) +This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the +internal law of the State of New York. + +  + +(b)         Each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby irrevocably +and unconditionally agrees that, notwithstanding the governing law provisions of +any applicable Loan Document, any claims brought against the Administrative +Agent by any Lender relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the +consummation or administration of the transactions contemplated hereby or +thereby shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the +State of New York. + +  + +(c)         Each Credit Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, +for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the +United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting in +the Borough of Manhattan (or if such court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, +the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan), +and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising +out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the +transactions relating hereto or thereto, or for recognition or enforcement of +any judgment arising out of or relating to any Loan Document or the transactions +relating hereto or thereto, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably +and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or +proceeding may be heard and determined in such Federal (to the extent permitted +by law) or New York State court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final +judgment in any such action 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 any Loan Document shall affect any right that the +Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or +proceeding relating to any Loan Document against any Credit Party or its +properties in the courts of any jurisdiction. + +  + + + +81 + +  + +  + +(d)         Each Credit Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to +the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it +may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or +proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document in any court referred +to in paragraph (c) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby +irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an +inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such +court. + +  + +(e)         Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of +process in the manner provided for notices in Section 12.01; provided that each +Subsidiary Borrower irrevocably appoints the Company as agent of process and +consents to service of process to the Company in the manner provided for notices +in Section 12.01. Nothing in any Loan Document will affect the right of any +party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. + +  + +Section 12.10.  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE +FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY +JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING +TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON +CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO +REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY +OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK +TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER +PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER +THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. + +  + +Section 12.11.  Judgment Currency. If, under any applicable law and whether +pursuant to a judgment being made or registered against any Borrower or for any +other reason, any payment under or in connection with any Loan Document is made +or satisfied in a currency (the “Other Currency”) other than that in which the +relevant payment is due (the “Required Currency”) then, to the extent that the +payment (when converted into the Required Currency at the rate of exchange on +the date of payment or, if it is not practicable for the party entitled thereto +(the “Payee”) to purchase the Required Currency with the Other Currency on the +date of payment, at the rate of exchange as soon thereafter as it is practicable +for it to do so) actually received by the Payee falls short of the amount due +under the terms of any Loan Document, such Borrower shall, to the extent +permitted by law, as a separate and independent obligation, indemnify and hold +harmless the Payee against the amount of such short-fall. For the purpose of +this Section, “rate of exchange” means the rate at which the Payee is able on +the relevant date to purchase the Required Currency with the Other Currency and +shall take into account any premium and other costs of exchange. + +  + + + +82 + +  + +  + +Section 12.12.  Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents +used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this +Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into +consideration in interpreting, this Agreement. + +  + +Section 12.13.  Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and the +Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined +below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ +directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel +and other advisors on a need-to-know basis (it being understood that the Persons +to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of +such Information and will agree to keep such Information confidential to the +same extent as if they were parties hereto and the disclosing Administrative +Agent or Lender shall be responsible for any breaches of the provisions of this +Section 12.13), (b) to the extent requested by any central bank or the Federal +Reserve or by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over it or in +connection with any pledge or assignment permitted under Section 12.04(d), +(c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena +or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in +connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or +proceeding relating to any Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder, +(f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as +those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any +prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations +under this Agreement (it being understood that the DQ List may be disclosed to +any assignee or Participant, or prospective assignee or Participant, in reliance +on and subject to the terms of this clause (f)(i)) or (ii) any actual or +prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction +relating to a Borrower and its obligations under this Agreement, (g) with the +prior written consent of the Company, (h) to the extent requested by ratings +agencies or (i) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available +other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to +the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source +other than the Company. For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means +all information received from or on behalf of the Company or any of its +Affiliates relating to the Company or its business or any of its Affiliates or +their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available +to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to +disclosure by the Company and other than information pertaining to this +Agreement routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including +league table providers, that serve the lending industry, after the Company has +publicly disclosed this Agreement in a filing with the Securities and Exchange +Commission (it being understood and agreed that the Company shall so disclose +this Agreement in such a filing as and when required by applicable law). Any +Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in +this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so +if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the +confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own +confidential information. + +  + + + +83 + +  + +  + +Section 12.14.  USA Patriot Act and Beneficial Ownership Regulation +Notification. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA Patriot +Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the +“Patriot Act”) and the requirements of the Beneficial Ownership Regulation +hereby notifies each Credit Party that pursuant to the requirements of the +Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, it is required to obtain, +verify and record information that identifies such Credit Party, which +information includes the name, address and tax identification number of such +Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify such +Credit Party in accordance with the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership +Regulation. Each Credit Party agrees to cooperate with each Lender and provide +true, accurate and complete information to such Lender in response to any such +request. + +  + +Section 12.15.  No Fiduciary Duty. (a) Each Agent, each Lender and their +Affiliates (collectively, for purposes of this Section 12.15, the “Lender +Parties”), may have economic interests that conflict with those of the +Borrowers. Each Borrower agrees that, except as expressly provided otherwise in +Section 12.04(b)(iv), nothing in the Loan Documents will be deemed to create an +advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty +between the Lender Parties and the Borrowers, its stockholders or its affiliates +in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. The Borrowers +acknowledge and agree that (i) the transactions contemplated by the Loan +Documents are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Lender Parties, +on the one hand, and the Borrowers, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith +and with the process leading to such transactions contemplated by the Loan +Documents each of the Lender Parties is acting solely as a principal and not the +fiduciary of each of the Borrower, its management, stockholders, creditors or +any other person, (iii) no Lender Party has assumed an advisory or fiduciary +responsibility in favor of any Borrower with respect to the transactions +contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any +Lender Party or any of its affiliates has advised or is currently advising any +Borrower on other matters) and (iv) each Borrower has consulted its own legal +and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. Each Borrower +further acknowledges and agrees that it is responsible for making its own +independent judgment with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and +the process leading thereto. Each Borrower agrees that it will not claim that +any Lender Party has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or +owes a fiduciary or similar duty to such Borrower, in connection with the +transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto. + +  + +(b)         The Credit Parties further acknowledge and agree, and acknowledges +its subsidiaries’ understanding, that each Lender Party and each Agent and +Arranger is a full service securities or banking firm engaged in securities +trading and brokerage activities as well as providing investment banking and +other financial services. In the ordinary course of business, any Lender Party, +Agent or Arranger may provide investment banking and other financial services +to, and/or acquire, hold or sell, for its own accounts and the accounts of +customers, equity, debt and other securities and financial instruments +(including bank loans and other obligations) of, any Credit Party and other +companies with which any Credit Party may have commercial or other +relationships. With respect to any securities and/or financial instruments so +held by any Lender Party or any such Agent or Arranger or any of its customers, +all rights in respect of such securities and financial instruments, including +any voting rights, will be exercised by the holder of the rights, in its sole +discretion. + +   + +84 + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +(c)         In addition, the Credit Parties acknowledge and agree, and +acknowledge their subsidiaries’ understanding, that each Lender Party and its +Affiliates may be providing debt financing, equity capital or other services +(including financial advisory services) to other companies in respect of which +any Credit Party may have conflicting interests regarding the transactions +described herein and otherwise. No Lender Party nor its Affiliates will use +confidential information obtained from any Credit Party, its Affiliates and/or +its representatives by virtue of the Transactions contemplated by the Loan +Documents or their other relationships with any Credit Party in connection with +the performance by such Lender Party or its Affiliates of services for other +companies, and no Lender Party nor its Affiliates will furnish any such +information to other companies. The Credit Parties also acknowledge that no +Lender Party has any obligation to use in connection with the Transactions +contemplated by the Loan Documents, or to furnish to any Credit Party, +confidential information obtained from other companies. + +  + +Section 12.16.  Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-in of Affected Financial +Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or +in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, +each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial +Institution arising under any Loan Document may be subject to the Write-Down and +Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents +to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by: + +  + +(a)         the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the +applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which +may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial +Institution; and + +  + +(b)         the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, +if applicable: + +  + +(i)            a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such +liability; + +  + +(ii)            a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares +or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its +parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise +conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be +accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under +this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or + +  + +(iii)          the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with +the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable +Resolution Authority. + +  + +To the extent not prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation, each Lender +shall notify the Company and the Administrative Agent if it has become the +subject of a Bail-In Action (or any case or other proceeding in which a Bail-In +Action could reasonably be expected to be asserted against such Lender). + +  + +Section 12.17.  Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that +the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Swap +Agreements or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support “QFC +Credit Support” and each such QFC a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge +and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit +Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of +the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the +regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in +respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below +applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in +fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the +United States or any other state of the United States): + +  + + + +84 + +  + +  + +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. + +  + +[Signature pages follow] + +  + + + +85 + +  + +  + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly +executed and delivered by their respective authorized officers as of the day and +year first above written. + +  + +  CUMMINS INC.       By: /s/ Donald G. Jackson     Name:Donald G. Jackson     +Title: Vice President – Treasurer + +  + +[Signature Page to 364-Day Credit Agreement (Cummins 2020)] + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., +as Administrative Agent and a Lender           By:       /s/ Peter S. Predun     +  Name: Peter S. Predun       Title: Executive Director + +  + + + +[Signature Page to 364-Day Credit Agreement (Cummins 2020)] + + + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., +as a Lender           By:        /s/ Stephen J. D’Elia       Name: Stephen J. +D’Elia       Title: Vice President + +  + + + +[Signature Page to 364-Day Credit Agreement (Cummins 2020)] + + + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  CITIBANK, N.A., +as a Lender           By:         /s/ Susan M. Olsen       Name: Susan M. Olsen +      Title: Vice President + +  + + + +[Signature Page to 364-Day Credit Agreement (Cummins 2020)] + + + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  HSBC Bank USA, N.A., +as a Lender           By:        /s/ Matthew McLaurin       Name: Matthew +McLaurin       Title: Director + +  + + + +[Signature Page to 364-Day Credit Agreement (Cummins 2020)] + + + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  ING BANK N.V., DUBLIN BRANCH, +as a Lender           By:          /s/ Barry Fehily       Name: Barry Fehily     +  Title: Managing Director           By:          /s/ Sean Hassett       Name: +Sean Hassett       Title: Director + +  + + + +[Signature Page to 364-Day Credit Agreement (Cummins 2020)] + + + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, +as a Lender           By:          /s/ Jill Wong       Name: Jill Wong       +Title: Director           By:         /s/ Gordon Yip       Name: Gordon Yip     +  Title: Director + +  + + + +[Signature Page to 364-Day Credit Agreement (Cummins 2020)] + + + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  MIZUHO BANK, LTD., +as a Lender           By:         /s/ Donna DeMagistris       Name: Donna +DeMagistris       Title: Authorized Signatory + +  + + + +[Signature Page to 364-Day Credit Agreement (Cummins 2020)] + + + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  MUFG UNION BANK, N.A. +as a Lender           By:        /s/ John Margetanski       Name: John +Margetanski       Title: Director + +  + + + +[Signature Page to 364-Day Credit Agreement (Cummins 2020)] + + + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +    STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, +as a Lender           By:          /s/ James Beck       Name: James Beck       +Title: Associate Director + +  + + + +[Signature Page to 364-Day Credit Agreement (Cummins 2020)] + + + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, +as a Lender           By:           /s/ Terrence Ward       Name: Terrence Ward +      Title: Senior Vice President + +  + + + +[Signature Page to 364-Day Credit Agreement (Cummins 2020)] + + + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, +as a Lender                 /s/ Bradley Magnus     Name: Bradley Magnus     +Title: Vice President + +  + + + +[Signature Page to 364-Day Credit Agreement (Cummins 2020)] + + + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED, +as a Lender           By:        /s/ Robert Grillo       Name: Robert Grillo     +  Title: Director + +  + + + +[Signature Page to 364-Day Credit Agreement (Cummins 2020)] + + + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, +as a Lender           By:         /s/ Ryan Durkin       Name: Ryan Durkin       +Title: Authorized Signatory + +  + + + +[Signature Page to 364-Day Credit Agreement (Cummins 2020)] + + + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, +as a Lender           By:         /s/ Lisa DeCristofaro       Name: Lisa +DeCristofaro       Title: SVP + +  + + + +[Signature Page to 364-Day Credit Agreement (Cummins 2020)] + + + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, +as a Lender           By:         /s/ James A. Woodward       Name: James A. +Woodward       Title: Senior Vice President + +  + + + +[Signature Page to 364-Day Credit Agreement (Cummins 2020)] + + + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  SANTANDER BANK, N.A., +as a Lender           By:          /s/ Pablo Urgoiti       Name: Pablo Urgoiti   +    Title: Managing Director            By:          /s/ Andres Barbosa       +Name: Andres Barbosa       Title: Executive Director + +  + + + +[Signature Page to 364-Day Credit Agreement (Cummins 2020)] + + + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  UNICREDIT BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH +as a Lender           By:         /s/ Douglas Riahi       Douglas Riahi       +Managing Director           By:           /s/ Laura Shelmerdine       Laura +Shelmerdine       Associate Director + +  + + + +[Signature Page to 364-Day Credit Agreement (Cummins 2020)] + + + +  + + + +  + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens001.jpg] +THE GLOBE LIFE INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED PENSION PLAN GENERALLY EFFECTIVE AS OF +JANUARY 1, 2020 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens002.jpg] +BACKGROUND Effective as of January 1, 1983, Globe Life Inc. (the "Company"), +previously known as “Torchmark Corporation,” established a defined benefit +pension plan ("Plan"), which is intended to be qualified pursuant to the +provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Plan also is +intended to provide eligible non-commissioned employees of the Company, and +those of any affiliate which adopts the Plan, with a supplemental source of +retirement income. Effective as of January 1, 1989, the Plan was amended and +restated to comply with the Tax Reform Act of 1986. The Plan was further amended +effective January 1, 1992 and January 1, 1993. Effective as of January 1, 1993, +the Employer adopted Amendments Two and Three to the Plan. Effective as of +January 1, 1989, the Employer adopted Amendment Four to the Plan. Effective as +of January 1, 1997, The Employer adopted Amendment Five to the Plan. Effective +as of January 1, 1998, the Employer adopted Amendment Six to the Plan. Effective +as of January 1, 2001, the Employer adopted Amendment Seven to the Plan. +Effective as of January 1, 1997, the Plan was amended and restated to comply +with a number of tax law changes generally described by the acronym "GUST," as +the second amendment and restatement of the Plan, which constitutes Amendment +Eight to the Plan. Effective as of January 1, 2002, the Employer adopted +Amendment Nine to the Plan. Effective as of January 1, 2001, the Employer +adopted Amendment Ten to the Plan. Effective as of January 1, 2004, the Employer +adopted Amendment Eleven to the Plan. Effective as of March 28, 2005, the +Employer adopted Amendment Twelve to the Plan. Effective as of January 1, 2008, +the Employer adopted Amendment Thirteen to the Plan. Effective as of the various +dates specified therein, the Employer adopted Amendment Fourteen to the Plan. +Effective as of January 1, 2009, the Plan was amended and restated to comply +with a number of tax law changes generally described by the acronym "EGTRRA," as +the third amendment and restatement of the Plan, which constitutes Amendment +Fifteen to the Plan. Effective as of January 1, 2012, the Employer adopted +Amendment Sixteen to the Plan. Effective as of the various dates specified +therein, the Employer adopted Amendment Seventeen to the Plan. i + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens003.jpg] +The fourth amendment and restatement of the Plan was adopted to comply with a +number of tax law changes generally described by the acronym "PPA." The fourth +amendment and restatement of the Plan was generally effective as of January 1, +2014 and constituted Amendment Eighteen to the Plan. Effective as of January 1, +2020, the Employer adopted the 2020 First Amendment to the Plan which reflected +the change in the Company’s name and the change in the Plan’s name. Effective as +of January 1, 2003, the Employer adopted the Amendment to the Plan which +constituted the correction approved by the Internal Revenue Service in the VCP +Compliance Statement dated July 16, 2020. This fifth amendment and restatement +of the Plan is adopted to incorporate prior amendments and to reflect the change +in the Company’s name and the change in the Plan’s name, and is effective +January 1, 2020. The benefit under the Plan of any Participant who terminates +employment or becomes disabled shall be determined in accordance with the +provisions of the Plan as in effect on the date of such termination of +employment or Disability. ii + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens004.jpg] +TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS +..................................................................................................... +I-1 1.1 Accrued Retirement Benefit +.......................................................................................... +I-1 1.2 Actuarial Equivalent +...................................................................................................... +I-1 1.3 Administrative Committee +............................................................................................ +I-2 1.4 Administrator +................................................................................................................ +I-2 1.5 Affiliate +......................................................................................................................... +I-2 1.6 Beneficiary +.................................................................................................................... +I-2 1.7 Benefit Commencement Date +....................................................................................... +I-2 1.8 Board of Directors or Board +.......................................................................................... +I-2 1.9 Code +.............................................................................................................................. +I-2 1.10 Company +....................................................................................................................... +I-2 1.11 Comparable Plan +........................................................................................................... +I-2 1.12 Compensation +................................................................................................................ +I-2 1.13 Covered Compensation +................................................................................................. +I-4 1.14 Credited Service +............................................................................................................ +I-4 1.15 Deferred Retirement +...................................................................................................... +I-4 1.16 Defined Benefit Plan +..................................................................................................... +I-4 1.17 Defined Contribution Plan +............................................................................................ +I-4 1.18 Disability +....................................................................................................................... +I-4 1.19 Early Retirement +........................................................................................................... +I-4 1.20 Effective Date +................................................................................................................ +I-4 1.21 Eligible Employee +......................................................................................................... +I-5 1.22 Employee +....................................................................................................................... +I-5 1.23 Employer +....................................................................................................................... +I-6 1.24 Employment +.................................................................................................................. +I-6 1.25 Entry Date +..................................................................................................................... +I-6 1.26 ERISA +........................................................................................................................... +I-6 1.27 Final Average Compensation +........................................................................................ +I-6 1.28 Hour of Service: +............................................................................................................ +I-6 1.29 Investment Manager +...................................................................................................... +I-8 1.30 Leased Employee +.......................................................................................................... +I-8 1.31 Liberty National Commissioned Participant +................................................................. I-8 1.32 +Liberty National Non-Commissioned Participant +......................................................... I-8 iii + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens005.jpg] +1.33 Liberty National Non-Commissioned Pension Plan +..................................................... I-8 1.34 Liberty National +Pension Plan +....................................................................................... +I-8 1.35 Non-Vested Separation +................................................................................................. +I-8 1.36 Normal Retirement +........................................................................................................ +I-8 1.37 Normal Retirement Age +................................................................................................ +I-8 1.38 Normal Retirement Date +............................................................................................... +I-9 1.39 One Year Break in Service +............................................................................................ +I-9 1.40 Participant +...................................................................................................................... +I-9 1.41 Participating Affiliates +.................................................................................................. +I-9 1.42 Plan +................................................................................................................................ +I-9 1.43 Plan Year +....................................................................................................................... +I-9 1.44 Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity +........................................................................... I-9 +1.45 Qualified Plan +................................................................................................................ +I-9 1.46 Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity +................................................................. I-9 1.47 +Retirement Benefit +........................................................................................................ +I-9 1.48 Schroder Plan +................................................................................................................ +I-9 1.49 Social Security Offset Percentage +................................................................................. +I-9 1.50 Social Security Retirement Age +.................................................................................. +I-10 1.51 Special Average Earnings +........................................................................................... +I-10 1.52 Spouse +......................................................................................................................... +I-10 1.53 Surviving Spouse +......................................................................................................... +I-10 1.54 Trust or Trust Fund +..................................................................................................... +I-11 1.55 Trust Agreement +.......................................................................................................... +I-11 1.56 Trustee +......................................................................................................................... +I-11 1.57 Vested Separation +........................................................................................................ +I-11 1.58 Vesting Service +........................................................................................................... +I-11 1.59 Year of Service: +........................................................................................................... +I-11 ARTICLE II PARTICIPATION +............................................................................................. +II-1 2.1 Admission as a Participant +.......................................................................................... +II-1 2.2 Reemployment +............................................................................................................ +II-1 2.3 Termination of Participation +....................................................................................... +II-1 ARTICLE III RETIREMENT BENEFIT +............................................................................ +III-1 3.1 Retirement Benefit Formula +....................................................................................... +III-1 3.2 Rules for Determining Years of Credited Service +..................................................... III-1 iv + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens006.jpg] +3.3 Retirement Benefit Formula with respect to a Liberty National Non- +Commissioned Participant or a Liberty National Commissioned Participant +............ III-3 3.4 Limitation on Benefits +................................................................................................ +III-5 ARTICLE IV VESTING PROVISIONS +............................................................................... +IV-1 4.1 Determination of Vesting +........................................................................................... +IV-1 4.2 Rules for Crediting Vesting Service +........................................................................... IV-1 +4.3 Retirement Benefit Forfeitures +................................................................................... +IV-1 4.4 TMK Hogan +............................................................................................................... +IV-2 4.5 Vesta Insurance Group, Inc. +....................................................................................... +IV-2 ARTICLE V AMOUNT AND COMMENCEMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS .... V-1 5.1 +Determination of Amount of Retirement Benefits +...................................................... V-1 5.2 Suspension of +Payments +.............................................................................................. +V-2 5.3 Limitation on Commencement of Benefits +................................................................. V-3 ARTICLE VI +FORMS OF PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFIT ........................... VI-1 6.1 +Methods of Distribution +............................................................................................. +VI-1 6.2 Election of Optional Forms +........................................................................................ +VI-2 6.3 Direct Rollovers +......................................................................................................... +VI-3 6.4 Notices +........................................................................................................................ +VI-4 ARTICLE VII DEATH BENEFITS +.................................................................................... +VII-1 7.1 Eligibility for Pre-Retirement Death Benefit +........................................................... VII-1 7.2 Form of +Pre-Retirement Death Benefit +.................................................................... VII-1 7.3 +Election to Waive +..................................................................................................... +VII-2 7.4 Beneficiaries +............................................................................................................. +VII-2 7.5 After-Death Distribution Rules +................................................................................ +VII-2 ARTICLE VIII CONTRIBUTIONS AND FORFEITURES +........................................... VIII-1 8.1 Contribution by the +Company +................................................................................. +VIII-1 8.2 Contributions by Employees +................................................................................... +VIII-1 8.3 Forfeitures +............................................................................................................... +VIII-1 8.4 Return of Employer Contributions under Special +Circumstances........................... VIII-1 ARTICLE IX FIDUCIARIES +................................................................................................ +IX-1 9.1 Named Fiduciaries +...................................................................................................... +IX-1 9.2 Employment of Advisers +............................................................................................ +IX-1 9.3 Multiple Fiduciary Capacities +.................................................................................... +IX-1 9.4 Reliance +...................................................................................................................... +IX-1 9.5 Scope of Authority and Responsibility +...................................................................... IX-1 v + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens007.jpg] +9.6 Trustee Subject to Directions of Named Fiduciary +.................................................... IX-2 ARTICLE X TRUSTEE +........................................................................................................... +X-1 10.1 Trust Agreement +.......................................................................................................... +X-1 10.2 Assets in Trust +............................................................................................................. +X-1 ARTICLE XI ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE +............................................................ XI-1 11.1 +Appointment and Removal of Administrative Committee +........................................ XI-1 11.2 Officers of Administrative +Committee +....................................................................... XI-1 +11.3 Action by Administrative Committee +........................................................................ XI-1 +11.4 Rules and Regulations +................................................................................................ +XI-1 11.5 Powers +........................................................................................................................ +XI-1 11.6 Information from Participants +.................................................................................... +XI-2 11.7 Reports +....................................................................................................................... +XI-2 11.8 Authority to Act +......................................................................................................... +XI-2 11.9 Liability for Acts +........................................................................................................ +XI-2 11.10 Compensation and Expenses +...................................................................................... +XI-2 11.11 Indemnity +................................................................................................................... +XI-3 11.12 Denied Claims +............................................................................................................ +XI-3 ARTICLE XII PLAN AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION +........................................... XII-1 12.1 Plan Amendment +...................................................................................................... +XII-1 12.2 Limitations on Plan Amendment +.............................................................................. +XII-1 12.3 Right of the Employer to Terminate Plan +................................................................ XII-1 12.4 +Effect of Partial or Complete Termination +............................................................... XII-2 12.5 +Allocation of Assets +................................................................................................. +XII-2 12.6 Residual Assets +........................................................................................................ +XII-2 12.7 Limitations Applicable to Certain Highly Paid Participants +.................................... XII-3 ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS +....................................................... XIII-1 13.1 Exclusive +Benefit of Participants +............................................................................ +XIII-1 13.2 Plan Not a Contract of Employment +....................................................................... XIII-1 +13.3 Source of Benefits +................................................................................................... +XIII-1 13.4 Benefits Not Assignable +.......................................................................................... +XIII-1 13.5 Domestic Relations Orders +...................................................................................... +XIII-1 13.6 Benefits Payable to Minors, Incompetents and Others +........................................... XIII-2 13.7 Merger or Transfer of +Assets +.................................................................................. +XIII-2 13.8 Participation in the Plan by an Affiliate Section 13.8 was amended +effective January 1, 2012 to read as follows +.......................................................................... +XIII-2 vi + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens008.jpg] +13.9 Action by Employer +................................................................................................ +XIII-3 13.10 Provision of Information +......................................................................................... +XIII-3 13.11 Controlling Law +...................................................................................................... +XIII-3 13.12 Conditional Restatement +......................................................................................... +XIII-3 13.13 Rules of Construction +.............................................................................................. +XIII-3 13.14 USERRA +................................................................................................................. +XIII-3 ARTICLE XIV MINIMUM RETIREMENT +INCOME................................................... XIV-1 14.1 Prior Plans +............................................................................................................... +XIV-1 ARTICLE XV TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS +...................................................................... XV-1 15.1 +Definitions +................................................................................................................ +XV-1 15.2 Top Heavy Rules +...................................................................................................... +XV-4 15.3 Compensation +........................................................................................................... +XV-4 15.4 Benefit +...................................................................................................................... +XV-4 15.5 Vesting +..................................................................................................................... +XV-5 15.6 Miscellaneous +........................................................................................................... +XV-5 ARTICLE XVI BENEFIT RESTRICTIONS +.................................................................... XVI-1 16.1 +Limitations Applicable If the Plan's Adjusted Funding Target Attainment +Percentage Is Less Than 80 Percent or If the Plan Sponsor Is In Bankruptcy +........ XVI-1 16.2 Provisions Applicable After Limitations Cease to Apply: +...................................... XVI-3 16.6 Definitions +............................................................................................................... +XVI-4 16.7 Effective Date +.......................................................................................................... +XVI-4 vii + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens009.jpg] +ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS Each of the following terms shall have the meaning set +forth in this Article I for purposes of this Plan: 1.1 Accrued Retirement +Benefit: As of any date, the Retirement Benefit of a Participant calculated +pursuant to the provisions of Article III (assuming he were to continue accruing +Credited Service until Normal Retirement Age) times a fraction, the numerator of +which is the number of years of Credited Service the Participant has then +completed and the denominator of which is the total years of Credited Service he +would have completed if he had continued in covered Employment until his Normal +Retirement Age. In no event shall a Participant's Accrued Retirement Benefit be +less than the Accrued Retirement Benefit to which the Participant would have +been entitled had he terminated Employment on December 31, 1988 under the +provisions of the Plan as then in effect. Notwithstanding the preceding +paragraph, the Accrued Retirement Benefit with respect to a Liberty National +Commissioned Participant or a Liberty National Non-Commissioned Participant +shall mean as of any date, the Retirement Benefit of a Participant calculated +pursuant to the provisions of Article III as if the Participant's Employment +terminated on such date, but in no event less than the Accrued Retirement +Benefit to which the Participant would have been entitled under the provisions +of the Liberty National Pension Plan or the Liberty National Non-Commissioned +Pension Plan as then in effect had he terminated Employment on December 31, +1988. 1.2 Actuarial Equivalent: An amount or a benefit of equivalent current +value to the Retirement Benefit which would otherwise be provided a Participant, +determined on the basis of the following actuarial assumptions for all forms of +benefit in determining the amount payable to a Participant having an annuity +starting date in a Plan Year beginning on or after January 1, 2008 (unless a +different assumption is mandated for a specific purpose by the Pension Benefit +Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) or IRS in which case such mandated assumption shall +be substituted): (a) Applicable mortality assumption. The applicable mortality +table within the meaning of Code § 417(e)(3)(B), as initially described in +Revenue Ruling 2007-67 (the "2008 Applicable Mortality Table") and any +subsequent mortality table promulgated by the IRS for this purpose in place of +the 2008 Applicable Mortality Table. (b) Applicable interest rate. The rate of +interest determined by the applicable interest rate described by Code § 417(e) +after its amendment by the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Specifically, the +applicable interest rate shall be the adjusted first, second, and third segment +rates applied under the rules similar to the rules of Code § 430(h)(2)(C) for +the second full calendar month (lookback month) preceding the calendar quarter +in which the annuity starting date occurs (calendar quarter stability period). +For this purpose, the adjusted first, second, and third segment rates are the +first, second, and third segment rates which would be determined under Code § +430(h)(2)(C) if: (i) Code § 430(h)(2)(D) were applied by substituting the +average yields for the month described in the preceding Section 1.2(b) for the +average yields for the 24-month period described in such Code Section; and (ii) +Code § 430(h)(2)(G)(i)(II) were applied by substituting "Code § +417(e)(3)(A)(ii)(II) for "Code § 412(b)(5)(B)(ii)(II)." I-1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens010.jpg] +1.3 Administrative Committee: The committee appointed by the Board pursuant to, +and having the responsibilities specified in, Article XI of the Plan. 1.4 +Administrator: The Company or Administrative Committee appointed by the Board of +Directors pursuant to, and having the responsibilities specified in, Article XI +of the Plan. 1.5 Affiliate: Any corporation or unincorporated trade or business +(other than the Company) while it is: (a) A member of a "controlled group of +corporations" (within the meaning of Code § 414(b)) of which the Company is a +member; (b) A trade or business under "common control" (within the meaning of +Code § 414(c)) with the Company; (c) A member of an "affiliated service group" +(within the meaning of Code § 414(m)) which includes the Company; or (d) Any +other entity required to be aggregated with the Company under Code § 414(o). 1.6 +Beneficiary: A person other than a Participant entitled to receive any payment +of benefits pursuant to the terms of this Plan. 1.7 Benefit Commencement Date: +The date, determined under Article V, as of which a Participant or a Beneficiary +receives or begins to receive, as the case may be, payment of his benefits under +the Plan. 1.8 Board of Directors or Board: The Board of Directors of the +Company. 1.9 Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as now in effect or as +amended from time to time. A reference to a specific provision of the Code shall +include such provision and any applicable Regulation pertaining thereto. 1.10 +Company: Globe Life Inc. (formerly known as Torchmark Corporation), or any +successor thereto by consolidation, merger, transfer of assets or otherwise. +1.11 Comparable Plan: A plan of the same type as described in Regulation § +1.381(c)(11)- 1(d)(4). 1.12 Compensation: The total cash compensation paid to an +Employee during a calendar year by his Employer, including salary, wages, +bonuses, any amounts not paid directly and currently in cash to an Employee but +paid for the benefit of an Employee through a "salary reduction" agreement in +conjunction with one or more welfare plans, any qualified transportation fringes +of the Employer and the total amount deferred pursuant to an Employee's election +under a "cash or deferred arrangement" in conjunction with one or more qualified +retirement plans of the Employer, but excluding: (a) Any reimbursement of or +allowances for expenses; I-2 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens011.jpg] +(b) Employer contributions to any form of employee retirement, pension, profit +sharing or thrift plan; (c) Director's fees; (d) Annual service awards; (e) +Deferred compensation accrued under any nonqualified deferred compensation +agreement or contract or any amendment or replacement thereof; (f) Commissions, +other than commissions payable with respect to or on account of the sale or +lease of real property; and (g) Payments made to any Employee after such +Employee's separation from service, in the form of severance benefits. The +definition of Compensation shall apply as set forth in this Section 1.12 with +respect to a Liberty National Non-Commissioned Participant by replacing Section +1.12(f) in the list of excluded forms of compensation above, as follows: (h) +Commissions; and The definition of Compensation shall apply as set forth in this +Section 1.12 with respect to a Liberty National Commissioned Participant by +replacing Sections 1.12(f) and (g) in the list of excluded forms of compensation +above and by adding Section 1.12(h) as follows: (i) Renewal commissions, other +than renewal commissions paid to agents authorized to solicit applications for +both ordinary and home service policies of insurance; (j) Any amounts due to or +paid to a Participant as a result of the settlement of his or her commission +account balance upon the termination of his or her Employment for any reason; +and (k) Payments made to any Employee after such Employee's separation from +service, in the form of severance benefits. The determination of Compensation +will be in accordance with records maintained by the Employer and shall be +conclusive. Anything in this definition to the contrary notwithstanding, the +Compensation taken into account for a Participant for Plan purposes for any Plan +Year commencing on or after January 1, 1989 and prior to January 1, 1994 shall +not exceed $200,000 (or such adjusted amount as may be prescribed for such Plan +Year pursuant to Code § 401(a)(17)) and for any Plan Year commencing after +December 31, 1993 shall not exceed $150,000 (or such adjusted amount as may be +prescribed for such Plan Year pursuant to Code § 401(a)(17)). The annual +Compensation of each Participant taken into account in determining benefit +accruals in any Plan Year beginning after December 31, 2001, shall not exceed +$200,000. Annual Compensation means compensation during the Plan Year or such +other consecutive 12-month period over which compensation is otherwise +determined under the Plan (the determination period). For purposes of +determining benefit accruals in a Plan Year beginning after December 31, 2001, +the annual Compensation limit for determination periods beginning before January +1, 2002, shall be $150.000 for any determination period beginning in 1996 or +earlier; $160,000 for any determination period I-3 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens012.jpg] +beginning in 1997, 1998, or 1999; and $170,000 for any determination period +beginning in 2000 or 2001. The $200,000 limit on annual Compensation shall be +adjusted for cost-of-living increases in accordance with Code § 401(a)(17)(B). +The cost-of-living adjustment in effect for a calendar year applies to annual +Compensation for the determination period that begins with or within such +calendar year. Compensation paid after "Severance from Employment" for purposes +of benefits shall be adjusted in the same manner as 415 Compensation pursuant to +Section 3.4.3(a) if those amounts would have been included in earnings if they +were paid prior to the Participant's "Severance from Employment," except in +applying Section 3.4.4, the term "Limitation Year" shall be replaced with the +term "Plan Year" and the term "415 Compensation" shall be replaced with the term +"Compensation." Compensation for purposes of benefits does not include any +termination or severance pay or final vacation pay, regardless of when paid. The +provisions of this paragraph shall apply for Plan Years beginning on and after +January 1, 2008. 1.13 Covered Compensation: The average of the annual +contribution and benefits base under § 230 of the Social Security Act for each +year for the 35 year period ending in the year the Participant reaches Social +Security Retirement Age (SSRA), except for a Participant who separates before +attainment of SSRA the base for the year of separation will be assumed to be the +base for all future years to SSRA without increases or adjustments. 1.14 +Credited Service: The Years of Service for computation of the amount of a +Participant's Retirement Benefit as defined in Article III. 1.15 Deferred +Retirement: Termination of Employment of a Participant after his Normal +Retirement Date. 1.16 Defined Benefit Plan: A plan of the type defined in Code § +414(j) maintained by the Company or an Affiliate, as applicable. 1.17 Defined +Contribution Plan: A plan of the type defined in Code § 414(i) maintained by the +Company or an Affiliate, as applicable. 1.18 Disability: Total and permanent +disability for a period of at least six months as defined by either (i) the +group disability benefit plan maintained by the Participant's Employer, or (ii) +the United States Social Security Administration. 1.19 Early Retirement: +Termination of Employment, other than by reason of Disability or death, of a +Participant prior to Normal Retirement Age who has completed at least 10 full +years of Vesting Service and has attained the age of 55. With respect to a +Liberty National Commissioned Participant or a Liberty National Non- +Commissioned Participant, Early Retirement shall mean termination of Employment, +other than by reason of Disability or death, of a Participant prior to Normal +Retirement Age who has completed at least 15 full years of Vesting Service and +has attained the age of 55. 1.20 Effective Date: The original effective date of +the Plan is January 1, 1983, while the terms and conditions of this restated and +amended Plan as herein set forth shall be effective, except as may otherwise be +specified herein, on or after January 1, 2020. I-4 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens013.jpg] +1.21 Eligible Employee: Section 1.21 was amended effective January 1, 2013 to +read as follows: Except as provided in the second paragraph of this Section +1.21, (a) all Employees of the Company; (b) all Employees of each Affiliate +(other than Liberty National Life Insurance Company) participating in the Plan +pursuant to Section 13.8; and (c) all Employees of Liberty National Life +Insurance Company who have an initial date of hire after December 31, 2011 on +the employment records of Liberty National Life Insurance Company (whether as a +new hire or a transfer of employment from an Affiliate). The foregoing paragraph +notwithstanding, the following Employees of the Company and of each Affiliate +(including Liberty National Life Insurance Company) are not included in the term +"Eligible Employee:" (d) Employees who are classified, treated or otherwise +characterized by the Employer as general agents, trainers, agents, branch +managers, regional managers, district managers, brokers, solicitors, unit +managers, assistant unit managers or any other individual whose primary duty +involves the direct sale of insurance, regardless of the mode of compensation; +(e) Employees included in a unit of employees covered by a collective bargaining +agreement between the Employer and the employee representatives in the +negotiation of which retirement benefits were the subject of good faith +bargaining, unless such bargaining agreement provides for participation in the +Plan; (f) Leased Employees; and (g) an Employee of a former "Employer," +including, without limitation, a "Participating Employer," as those terms were +defined in the Liberty National Pension Plan or the Liberty National +Non-Commissioned Pension Plan if such Employee was first credited with an Hour +of Service on or after January 1, 1995 and before January 1, 2012. The term +"Eligible Employee" shall not include, prior to January 1, 2004, Employees of a +Participating Employer in the Plan if the Participating Employer was identified +as an "Employer," including, without limitation, a "Participating Employer," in +the Liberty National Pension Plan or the Liberty National Non-Commissioned +Pension Plan prior to January 1, 2004. For historical purposes only, Eligible +Employees under the Liberty National Non- Commissioned Pension Plan did not +include: any individual whose duties include selling products of Liberty +National Life Insurance Company or an Affiliate on a commissioned basis and any +Employee of Liberty National Life Insurance Company who were first credited with +an Hour of Service on or after January 1, 1995; and Eligible Employees under the +Liberty National Pension Plan included all Employees of Liberty National Life +Insurance Company who were compensated in whole or in part by commissions or +under contract with an Employer as a District Manager or a Career Agent +performing services for remuneration for the Employer as a full-time life +insurance salesman, and did not include Employees who were first credited with +an Hour of Service on or after January 1, 1995. For purposes of this paragraph, +the meaning of the terms used herein shall have the same meaning they had under +the respective former plan. 1.22 Employee: Section 1.22 was amended effective +January 1, 2012 to read as follows: Any individual who is classified, treated or +otherwise characterized by an Employer as a common law employee of an Employer, +and Leased Employees within the meaning of Code § 414(n)(2). Notwithstanding the +foregoing, if such Leased Employees do not constitute more than 20% of the +Employer's nonhighly compensated work force within the meaning of Code § +414(n)(5)(C)(ii), the term "Employee" shall not include those Leased Employees +covered by a plan described in Code § 414(n)(5) unless otherwise provided by the +terms of this Plan. Any individual who is classified, treated or otherwise +characterized by an Employer as an independent contractor is not included in the +I-5 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens014.jpg] +term "Employee." The foregoing determination of whether an individual is an +"Employee" for purposes of this Plan shall be made by an Employer subject to the +approval and consent of the Administrator in its sole discretion. Said +determination shall apply for all purposes of this Plan and regardless of +whether such individual is later classified by any governmental agency, court, +tribunal, governing body or any other person or entity as a common law employee +of an Employer. It is the intent hereof that an Employer subject to the approval +and consent of the Administrator shall decide in its sole discretion which +individuals are classified as an Employee for purposes of this Plan. 1.23 +Employer: The Company and each Affiliate participating in the Plan pursuant to +Section 13.8. 1.24 Employment: An Employee's employment with the Company or an +Affiliate or, to the extent determined by the Administrator, any predecessor of +any of them. 1.25 Entry Date: The first day of the payroll period following the +date the Eligible Employee has satisfied the requirements of Section 2.1.1. 1.26 +ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time +to time. Reference to a specific provision of ERISA shall include such provision +and any applicable regulation pertaining thereto. 1.27 Final Average +Compensation: The highest average of the Participant's annual Compensation for +any five consecutive full calendar years of Employment during the 10 consecutive +calendar years of Employment immediately preceding the Participant's termination +of Employment, provided that any service credited for a period of Disability +shall be disregarded in determining such 10 consecutive years. In the event the +Participant does not have at least five full calendar years of Employment, Final +Average Compensation shall mean the average annual Compensation for the +Participant's total number of full years of Employment. A Participant's annual +Compensation, without annualization, during the part of the calendar year +immediately preceding his termination of Employment will be treated as his +annual Compensation for a full calendar year for the purpose of this Section +1.27 if that produces a higher average. If a Participant is rehired and is +entitled to the reinstatement of prior Credited Service and Vesting Service and +does not have at least five full consecutive years of annual Compensation after +he is rehired, then his Final Average Compensation shall mean the average of the +annual Compensation for the Participant's last five complete calendar years of +Employment. 1.28 Hour of Service: (a) Each hour for which an Employee is paid, +or entitled to payment, for the performance of duties for an Employer (or (i) +for an Affiliate in the case of an Employee who has transferred his Employment +to the Employer from such Affiliate, and (ii) with respect to a person who +became a Participant on January 1, 1985 and who on December 31, 1984 was +employed by Schroder Energy Advisors, for Schroder Energy Advisors or any other +participating employers in the Schroder Plan) during the applicable computation +period. (b) Each hour for which an Employee is paid, or entitled to payment, by +an Employer (or (i) by an Affiliate in the case of an Employee who has +transferred his Employment to the Employer from such Affiliate, and (ii) with +respect to a person who became a Participant on January 1, 1985 and who on +December 31, 1984 was employed by Schroder Energy Advisors, for Schroder I-6 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens015.jpg] +Energy Advisors or any other participating employers in the Schroder Plan) on +account of a period of time during which no duties are performed (irrespective +of whether the employment relationship has terminated) due to vacation, holiday, +illness, incapacity (including Disability), lay-off, jury duty, military duty or +leave of absence. An hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly paid +or entitled to payment on account of a period during which no duties are +performed is not credited to the Employee if such payment is made or due under a +plan maintained solely for the purpose of providing severance benefits or +complying with the applicable unemployment compensation laws. Hours of Service +are not credited for a payment which solely reimburses an Employee for medical +or medically related expenses incurred by the Employee. (c) Each hour for which +back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, is either awarded or agreed to +by an Employer (or (i) by an Affiliate in the case of an Employee who has +transferred his Employment to the Employer from such Affiliate, and (ii) with +respect to a person who became a Participant on January 1, 1985 and who on +December 31, 1984 was employed by Schroder Energy Advisors, for Schroder Energy +Advisors or any other participating employers in the Schroder Plan). The same +Hours of Service shall not be credited both under Section 1.28(a) or Section +1.28(b), as the case may be, and under this Section 1.28(c). (d) If, in +accordance with standard personnel policies applied in a non- discriminatory +manner to all Employees similarly situated, an Employer determines in writing +that an Employee's approved, unpaid leave of absence furthers the interest of +the Employer, each hour for which the Employee on the approved unpaid leave of +absence would normally have received credit under this Plan if he had been +working in his regular Employment for the Employer (or an Affiliate in the case +of an Employee who has transferred his Employment to the Employer from such +Affiliate). (e) An Employee of the Employer (or an Affiliate in the case of an +Employee who has transferred his Employment to the Employer from such Affiliate) +who is regularly employed by such Employer (or Affiliate) for at least 35 hours +a week shall be credited with 45 Hours of Service if under this Plan he would be +credited with at least one Hour of Service during the week. (f) An Employee of +the Employer (or an Affiliate in the case of an Employee who has transferred his +Employment to the Employer from such Affiliate) who is not regularly employed by +such Employer (or Affiliate) for at least 35 hours a week shall be credited with +the actual Hours of Service for which he is paid or entitled to credit under +this Plan. Provided, however, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the +preceding sentence, for the period beginning January 1, 2003 and ending December +31, 2019, an Employee of the Employer (or an Affiliate in the case of an +Employee who has transferred his Employment to the Employer from such Affiliate) +who is not regularly employed by such Employer (or Affiliate) for at least 35 +hours a week shall be credited with 45 Hours of Service if under this Plan he +would be credited with at least one Hour of Service during the week. With +respect to periods after December 31, 2019, the first sentence of this +Subsection 1.28(f) shall apply. (g) Hours of Service shall be calculated and +credited pursuant to § 2530-200b-2 of the Department of Labor Regulations which +are incorporated herein by this reference. (h) With respect to a Liberty +National Commissioned Participant, Sections 1.28(e) and (f) shall not apply, and +the following shall apply in determining Hours of Service: (i) all references to +Schroder Energy Advisors shall not apply; (ii) for years prior to January 1, +1986, an Employee whose compensation from an Employer (or an Affiliate in the +case of an Employee who has transferred his Employment to the Employer from such +Affiliate) with respect to a week consists in part of I-7 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens016.jpg] +1 commissions, or who is regularly employed by such Employer (or Affiliate) for +at least 37 /2 hours a week shall be credited with 45 Hours of Service if under +the Plan he would be credited with at least one Hour of Service during the week. +Effective January 1, 1986, an Employee of the Employer (or an Affiliate in the +case of an Employee who has transferred his Employment to the Employer from such +Affiliate) shall be credited with 45 Hours of Service if under this Plan he +would be credited with at least one Hour of Service during the week; (iii) for +years prior to January 1, 1986, an Employee whose compensation from the Employer +(or an Affiliate in the case of an Employee who has transferred his Employment +to the Employer from such Affiliate) with respect to a week does not consist in +part of commissions and who is not regularly employed by such Employer (or +Affiliate) for at least 37 '/2 hours a week shall be credited with the actual +Hours of Service for which he is paid or entitled to credit under this Plan. (i) +With respect to a Liberty National Non-Commissioned Participant, all references +to Schroder Energy Advisors shall not apply. 1.29 Investment Manager: Any person +appointed pursuant to Section 9.1 having the power to direct the investment of +assets in accordance with that Section. 1.30 Leased Employee: Any individual +(who otherwise is not an Employee of the Employer) who, pursuant to a leasing +agreement between the Employer and any other person, has performed services for +the Employer (or for the Employer and any persons related to the Employer within +the meaning of Code §144(a)(3)) on a substantially full time basis for at least +one year and who performs services under the primary direction and control of +the Employer. 1.31 Liberty National Commissioned Participant: A Former +Participant in the Liberty National Pension Plan who came into the Plan +effective January 1, 2004 pursuant to the merger of the Liberty National Pension +Plan with and into the Plan. 1.32 Liberty National Non-Commissioned Participant: +A Former Participant in the Liberty National Non-Commissioned Pension Plan who +came into the Plan effective January 1, 2004 pursuant to the merger of the +Liberty National Non-Commissioned Pension Plan with and into the Plan. This +shall specifically include Liberty National Non-Commissioned Participants who +are employees of United Investors Life Insurance Company. 1.33 Liberty National +Non-Commissioned Pension Plan: The Liberty National Life Insurance Company +Pension Plan for Non-Commissioned Employees, which merged with and into the Plan +on January 1, 2004. 1.34 Liberty National Pension Plan: The Liberty National +Life Insurance Company Pension Plan, which merged with and into the Plan on +January 1, 2004. 1.35 Non-Vested Separation: Termination of Employment (other +than by reason of death or Disability) of a Participant whose vested percentage +in his Retirement Benefit is zero percent. 1.36 Normal Retirement: Termination +of Employment of a Participant at Normal Retirement Age. 1.37 Normal Retirement +Age: Age 65. I-8 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens017.jpg] +1.38 Normal Retirement Date: The last day of the payroll period of the Employer +coinciding with or next following the date on which the Participant attains age +65. 1.39 One Year Break in Service: Any period of twelve consecutive months, +beginning with the date of an Employee's Employment or any anniversary of the +date of such Employment, during which the Employee has not completed more than +500 Hours of Service; except that effective January 1, 1985, for absences +beginning on or after January 1, 1985, a Participant who is absent from work due +to such Participant's pregnancy, the birth of the Participant's child or by +reason of the adoption of a minor child by the Participant for the purpose of +caring for such child immediately following its birth or adoption and who +provides timely information establishing to the satisfaction of the +Administrator the reasons for the absence and the number of days of such absence +will be treated as performing a normal schedule (or eight hours per day) up to a +maximum of 501 Hours of Service in either the year in which the absence begins +or the year immediately following the year in which the absence begins as +necessary to prevent such Participant from incurring a One Year Break in Service +in either (but not both) the year in which the absence begins or the year +immediately following the year in which the absence begins. 1.40 Participant: An +Employee who has commenced, but not terminated, participation in the Plan as +provided in Article II. 1.41 Participating Affiliates: Any Affiliate which in +accordance with Section 13.8 by duly authorized action has adopted the Plan and +not withdrawn therefrom. 1.42 Plan: The Globe Life Inc. Pension Plan (formerly +known as The Torchmark Corporation Pension Plan). 1.43 Plan Year: Each twelve +consecutive month period ending on December 31, during any part of which the +Plan is in effect. 1.44 Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity: An annuity for the +life of the Participant with a survivor annuity continuing after the +Participant's death to the Participant's Surviving Spouse for the Surviving +Spouse's life in an amount which is equal to 50% of the amount payable during +the joint lives of the Participant and such Surviving Spouse and which is the +Actuarial Equivalent of the Participant's Retirement Benefit. 1.45 Qualified +Plan: A Defined Contribution Plan or a Defined Benefit Plan which is qualified +under Code § 401(a). 1.46 Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity: The +pre-retirement death benefit provided for in Section 7.1.1(2). 1.47 Retirement +Benefit: The retirement benefit of a Participant calculated under Article III in +the form of a single life annuity payable monthly commencing on Normal +Retirement Date for the life of the Participant. 1.48 Schroder Plan: The +Employee's Retirement Plan of Schroder Incorporated and Associated Companies. +1.49 Social Security Offset Percentage: The percentage factor utilized in +determining the social security offset for a Participant. This offset percentage +is based on the Participant's Social I-9 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens018.jpg] +Security Retirement Age and the age at which the Participant's benefits +commence. The appropriate offset percentages are as follows: Benefit +Commencement Age Social Security Retirement Age Age 65 Age 66 Age 67 +(Interpolate for months) 55 0.750% 0.688% 0.632% 56 0.750% 0.703% 0.645% 57 +0.750% 0.706% 0.662% 58 0.750% 0.708% 0.667% 59 0.750% 0.711% 0.671% 60 0.750% +0.712% 0.675% 61 0.750% 0.682% 0.648% 62 0.750% 0.688% 0.625% 63 0.750% 0.692% +0.635% 64 0.750% 0.696% 0.643% 65 0.750% 0.700% 0.650% 66 0.750% 0.750% 0.700% +67 0.750% 0.750% 0.750% 1.50 Social Security Retirement Age: The earliest age at +which a Participant is entitled to receive his full benefit under the Social +Security Act. The appropriate Social Security Retirement Ages are as follows: +Calendar Year of Birth Age of Social Security Retirement Age 1937 and Before Age +65 1938 to 1954 Age 66 1955 and after Age 67 1.51 Special Average Earnings: The +average of the Participant's annual Compensation for the three completed +consecutive calendar year periods during his last five complete consecutive +calendar years of Employment which yields the highest average, or if employed +less than three complete consecutive calendar years the amount obtained by +converting his Compensation for the most recent period of Employment to an +annual rate, where Compensation considered for any year cannot exceed the Social +Security contribution and benefits base under § 230 of the Social Security Act +for that year. Notwithstanding the above, Special Average Earnings will not +exceed the Participant's Covered Compensation. 1.52 Spouse: The person lawfully +married to a Participant. "Lawfully married" means the marriage occurred in a +jurisdiction that recognized the marriage as legal. 1.53 Surviving Spouse: The +Spouse of a Participant on the earlier of: (a) The date of the Participant's +death; or I-10 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens019.jpg] +(b) The Participant's Benefit Commencement Date. 1.54 Trust or Trust Fund: The +trust established under the Plan in which Plan assets are held. 1.55 Trust +Agreement: The agreement between the Company and the Trustee with respect to the +Trust fund. 1.56 Trustee: The trustee appointed pursuant to Article X, and any +successor trustee. 1.57 Vested Separation: Termination of Employment of a +Participant for any reason other than Disability before he is eligible for Early +Retirement, with a vested percentage in his Retirement Benefit. 1.58 Vesting +Service: The Years of Service credited to a Participant under Section 4.2 for +purposes of determining the Participant's vested percentage in his Retirement +Benefit. 1.59 Year of Service: (a) For purposes of determining eligibility to +participate under Article II and for purposes of determining Vesting Service, +for Employment, or return to Employment after a One Year Break in Service, +beginning in 1975 or later years, a period of 12 consecutive months beginning +with the date of Employment or return to Employment during which an Employee has +not less than 1,000 Hours of Service for an Employer (or (i) for an Affiliate in +the case of an Employee who has transferred his Employment to the Employer from +such Affiliate, and (ii) with respect to a person who became a Participant on +January 1, 1985 and who on December 31, 1984 was employed by Schroder Energy +Advisors, for Schroder Energy Advisors or any other participating employer in +the Schroder Plan in employment covered by the Schroder Plan). (b) For purposes +of determining Credited Service, for Employment, or return to Employment after a +One Year Break in Service, beginning in 1975 or later years, a period of 12 +consecutive months beginning with the date of Employment or return to Employment +during which an Employee has not less than 2,000 Hours of Service for an +Employer in Employment covered by the Plan (or (i) for an Affiliate in +employment covered by such Affiliate's Comparable Plan in the case of an +Employee who has transferred his Employment to the Employer from such Affiliate, +and (ii) with respect to a person who became a Participant on January 1, 1985 +and who on December 31, 1984 was employed by Schroder Energy Advisors, for +Schroder Energy Advisors or any other participating employer in the Schroder +Plan in employment covered by the Schroder Plan). An Employee who completes at +least 1,000 Hours of Service but less than 2,000 Hours of Service in a +computation period shall be credited with a fraction of a Year of Service for +such period, determined by dividing his Hours of Service in such period by +2,000. (c) With respect to a Liberty National Commissioned Participant or a +Liberty National Non-Commissioned Participant, the following shall also apply +for purposes of determining eligibility to participate under Article II and for +purposes of determining Vesting Service: (i) All references to Schroder Energy +Advisors shall not apply; (ii) For Employment which began before 1975, with +respect to periods before the 1975 anniversary of such Employment, an aggregate +of 52 weeks during each of which an Employee was employed on a permanent basis +for at least 35 hours a week by an Employer (or by an I-11 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens020.jpg] +Affiliate in the case of an Employee who has transferred his Employment to the +Employer from such Affiliate); (iii) For Employment which began before 1975, +with respect to periods after the 1975 anniversary of such Employment, a period +of 12 consecutive months beginning with the date of such anniversary in 1975 or +later years during which an Employee has not less than 1,000 Hours of Service +for an Employer (or an Affiliate in the case of an Employee who has transferred +his Employment to the Employer from such Affiliate); and (iv) For Employees who +are former employees of Peninsular Life Insurance Company and whose employment +with Liberty National Life Insurance Company began on May 20, 1985 as a result +of the acquisition by Liberty National Life Insurance Company of the Home +Service Division of Peninsular Life Insurance Company, a period of twelve +consecutive months beginning with the date of employment or return to employment +with Peninsular Life Insurance Company during which such individuals had not +less than 1,000 Hours of Service with either or both Peninsular Life Insurance +Company and Liberty National Life Insurance Company. (d) With respect to a +Liberty National Commissioned Participant or a Liberty National Non-Commissioned +Participant, the following shall also apply for purposes of determining Credited +Service: (i) All references to Schroder Energy Advisors shall not apply; (ii) +For Employment which began before 1975, with respect to periods before the 1975 +anniversary of such Employment, an aggregate of 52 weeks during each of which an +Employee was employed in Employment covered by the Plan on a permanent basis for +at least 35 hours a week by an Employer (or by an Affiliate in employment +covered by such Affiliate's Comparable Plan in the case of an Employee who has +transferred his Employment to the Employer from such Affiliate); (iii) For +Employment which began before 1975 with respect to periods after the 1975 +anniversary of such Employment, a period of 12 consecutive months beginning with +the date of such anniversary in 1975 or later years during which an Employee has +not less than 2,000 Hours of Service in Employment covered by the Plan for an +Employer (or for an Affiliate in employment covered by such Affiliate's +Comparable Plan in the case of an Employee who has transferred his Employment to +the Employer from such Affiliate); (iv) For Employees who are former employees +of Peninsular Life Insurance Company and whose Employment with Liberty National +Life Insurance Company began on May 20, 1985 as a result of the acquisition by +Liberty National Life Insurance Company of the Home Service Division of +Peninsular Life Insurance Company and who are employed by Liberty National Life +Insurance Company for the period beginning on May 20, 1985 and ending on a date +which is no earlier than May 20, 1988, a period of 12 consecutive months +beginning with the date of employment or return to employment with Peninsular +Life Insurance Company during which such individuals had not less than 2,000 +Hours of Service with either or both Peninsular Life Insurance Company and +Liberty National Life Insurance Company; and (v) For purposes of Section +1.59(d)(iii), an Employee who completes at least 1,000 Hours of Service but less +than 2,000 Hours of Service in a computation period shall be I-12 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens021.jpg] +credited with a fraction of a Year of Service for such period, determined by +dividing his Hours of Service in such period by 2,000. I-13 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens022.jpg] +ARTICLE II PARTICIPATION 2.1 Admission as a Participant An Eligible Employee +shall become a Participant on the first day of the payroll period next following +the later of his completion of one Year of Service or his attainment of age 21. +An Employee who did not become a Participant on the Entry Date next following +the date on which he met the eligibility requirements of Section 2.1.1 because +he was not then an Eligible Employee shall become a Participant as of the first +day on which he becomes an Eligible Employee. If an Employee has not completed +1,000 Hours of Service for the Employer by the anniversary of his Employment, +the next 12-month period for determining a Year of Service shall begin on the +January 1 next following his date of Employment and thereafter any subsequent +12-month period shall begin on the anniversary of his Employment. +Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article II, an Employee who was an +employee of an "Employer" or a "Participating Employer" in the Liberty National +Pension Plan or the Liberty National Non-Commissioned Pension Plan (as those +terms were therein defined) prior to January 1, 2004 and who was excluded from +participation in those plans shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan. +2.2 Reemployment An individual who has ceased to be a Participant and who again +becomes an Eligible Employee shall become a Participant as of the first date on +which he again becomes an Eligible Employee, unless he has had a One Year Break +in Service. If an individual again becomes an Eligible Employee after a One Year +Break in Service, he shall become a Participant upon completion of one Year of +Service retroactive to a date which is not later than the date he again became +an Eligible Employee. 2.3 Termination of Participation A Participant shall cease +to be such: (a) Upon the payment to him of all nonforfeitable benefits due to +him under the Plan at a time when he is no longer eligible for any future +benefit accrual; (b) Upon his Non-Vested Separation; (c) Upon his death; or (d) +Upon the transfer of his Accrued Benefit to another Qualified Plan. II-1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens023.jpg] +ARTICLE III RETIREMENT BENEFIT 3.1 Retirement Benefit Formula A Participant's +monthly Retirement Benefit shall be an amount equal to 1/12 of the excess of (a) +over the sum of (b) and (c) below, where: (a) Is 1% of the Participant's Final +Average Compensation for each year of Credited Service up to 40 years plus 2% of +the Participant's Final Average Compensation (not to exceed 40%) for each year +of Credited Service after the Participant's attainment of age 45; (b) Is the +social security offset which is equal to the smaller of: (i) 50% of the basic +benefit calculated above in paragraph (a), but substituting Special Average +Earnings for Final Average Compensation in the formula; or (ii) The Social +Security Offset Percentage times the Participant's Special Average Earnings +times each year of Credited Service not to exceed 35 years; (c) Is the +Participant's annual retirement income (expressed in the form of a single life +annuity commencing at Normal Retirement Date) under (i) the Comparable Plan of +an Affiliate of the Employer or any corporation merged into the Employer or +whose assets were acquired by the Employer, (ii) any non-comparable plan of such +Affiliate to the extent that such benefit is an offset under any Comparable Plan +of such Affiliate and (iii) for a person who became a Participant on January 1, +1985 and who on December 31, 1984 was employed by Schroder Energy Advisors, the +Schroder Plan; provided, however, that if (iv) the assets and liabilities from +any plan referred to in this paragraph (c) have been transferred to the Plan +pursuant to a trustee-to-trustee transfer of assets and liabilities, and (v), +such transfer of assets and liabilities was made for the benefit of the +Participant, the reduction in the monthly Retirement Benefit otherwise required +by this paragraph (c) shall not apply. However, in no case shall the monthly +Retirement Benefit for any Participant described in Article XIV be less than the +monthly normal retirement benefit set forth in Article XIV. The amount of +Retirement Benefit calculated under this Section 3.1 shall be subject to +actuarial adjustment if it is payable in any other form of payment authorized by +this Plan. The Retirement Benefit of a Participant who terminated Employment or +incurred a Disability prior to the Effective Date shall be determined in +accordance with the provisions of the Plan as in effect on the date of +termination of Employment or Disability. The provisions of this Section 3.1 +shall not apply with respect to a Liberty National Commissioned Participant or a +Liberty National Non-Commissioned Participant. 3.2 Rules for Determining Years +of Credited Service Subject to Sections 3.2.2 through 3.2.7 below, Credited +Service shall mean the sum of a Participant's Years of Service, expressed in +full years and fractions thereof, except for the following: III-1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens024.jpg] +(a) Any period of Employment prior to the first anniversary of the Participant's +Employment following his 20th birthday (or 24th birthday for years prior to +January 1, 1985); and (b) Any period of Employment in a classification in which +the Participant does not qualify as an Eligible Employee. If an Employee is on +an authorized unpaid leave of absence granted by his Employer, his period of +absence shall be counted as Credited Service upon his return to active +Employment only if his Employer determines in writing, in accordance with +standard personnel policies applied in a non-discriminatory manner to all +Employees similarly situated, that such absence furthers the interest of the +Employer. If an Employee is on an authorized military leave while his +reemployment rights are protected by law and provided that he directly entered +military service from his Employer's service and shall not have voluntarily +reenlisted after the date of first entering active military service, his period +of absence shall be counted as Credited Service upon his return to active +Employment. If an Employee is on an authorized leave of absence on account of +Disability, he shall continue to receive Credited Service from the date of +Disability until the earlier of: (i) his Early Retirement Date; (ii) his Normal +Retirement Date; or (iii) his recovery from Disability. An Employee who +terminates Employment with no vested percentage in his Retirement Benefit shall, +if he returns to Employment, have no credit for Credited Service prior to such +termination of Employment if (i) for years prior to January 1, 1985, the total +of his consecutive One Year Breaks in Service immediately preceding his +reemployment exceed his aggregate years of Vesting Service (whether or not +consecutive, but excluding Vesting Service previously disregarded under Section +4.2.4) prior to the termination; or (ii) for years on or after January 1, 1985, +the total of his consecutive One Year Breaks in Service immediately preceding +his reemployment exceed the greater of five years or his aggregate years of +Vesting Service (whether or not consecutive, but excluding Vesting Service +previously disregarded under Section 4.2.4) prior to the termination. A +Participant who had a Vested Separation and returns to Employment will retain +credit for his prior years of Credited Service unless he received a distribution +of his Accrued Retirement Benefit at the time of such Vested Separation. No +Participant shall receive Credited Service during a period when such Participant +is accruing benefits under another Defined Benefit Plan of the Employer or an +Affiliate unless the Retirement Benefit under this Plan is reduced or offset by +the full amount of benefits accrued by such Participant under such other Defined +Benefit Plan; provided, however, that if (i) the assets and liabilities from +such other Defined Benefit Plan have been transferred to the Plan pursuant to a +trustee- to-trustee transfer of assets and liabilities, and (ii), such transfer +of assets and liabilities was made for the benefit of the Participant, the +reduction in the monthly Retirement Benefit otherwise required by this Section +3.2.6 shall not apply. By appropriate corporate action exercised in a uniform +and nondiscriminatory manner and, where applicable consented to by the Company, +each Employer may grant Credited Service for any Employment with such Employer +prior to the time it became an Employer. III-2 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens025.jpg] +3.3 Retirement Benefit Formula with respect to a Liberty National +Non-Commissioned Participant or a Liberty National Commissioned Participant +Section 3.3.1 was amended effective January 1, 2012 to read as follows: A +Participant's monthly Retirement Benefit shall be an amount equal to 1/12 of the +excess of (a) over the sum of (b), (c) and (d) below, where: (a) Is 2% of the +Participant's Final Average Compensation for each year of Credited Service up to +30 years plus 1% of the Participant's Final Average Compensation for each year +of Credited Service in excess of 30 years (not exceeding 10%); (b) Is the social +security offset which is equal to the smaller of: (i) 50% of the basic benefit +calculated above in paragraph (a), but substituting Special Average Earnings for +Final Average Compensation in the formula; or (ii) The Social Security Offset +Percentage times the Participant's Special Average Earnings times each year of +Credited Service not to exceed 35 years; (c) Is the Participant's "Profit +Sharing and Retirement Plan Annuity;" (d) Is the Participant's annual retirement +income (expressed in the form of a single life annuity commencing at Normal +Retirement Date) under the Comparable Plan or Plans of the Company or any +affiliate of the Company or any other corporation merged into the Company, or +whose assets were acquired by the Company. A "Profit Sharing and Retirement Plan +Annuity" shall mean the annual single life annuity, without death benefit, which +can be provided by that portion of the Participant's account under the Profit +Sharing and Retirement Plan attributable to the Company contributions and +earnings thereon. Effective March 28, 2011, the Profit Sharing and Retirement +Plan was merged into the Globe Life Inc. Savings and Investment Plan (formerly, +the “Torchmark Corporation Savings and Investment Plan”) and thereafter the +Profit Sharing and Retirement Plan account is maintained under the Globe Life +Inc. Savings and Investment Plan . In determining the amount attributable to the +Company contributions and earnings thereon for this purpose no deduction shall +be made for the amount of any loans outstanding. There shall be added to the +amount attributable to Company contributions and earnings thereon: (1) The +amount of any withdrawal(s) by, and prior distribution(s) to, the Participant to +the extent such withdrawals and prior distributions exceed the amount of the +Participant's contributions and earnings thereon; and (2) The amount of the +earnings of the Plan which would have been allocated to the amount(s) described +in the preceding paragraph (1) from the date of such withdrawals or +distributions. A Participant's Profit Sharing and Retirement Plan Annuity shall +be calculated as of his termination of Employment, based upon the Participant's +attained age and the Company's rate basis for annuities purchasable under the +Profit Sharing and Retirement Plan on such date. A Participant's Profit Sharing +and Retirement Plan Annuity may be calculated on either an immediate or III-3 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens026.jpg] +deferred basis as indicated in the context of this Plan, but, in any case, one +shall be the Actuarial Equivalent of the other. Notwithstanding Section 3.3.1, +for Participants who were participating in the Liberty National Pension Plan on +April 5, 1982, the monthly Retirement Benefit of any such Participant retiring +after April 5, 1982, shall not be less than 1/12 of (a) or (b) below, whichever +is greater, where: (a) Is (i) plus (ii) less (iii), where: (i) Applies only to +Participants with less than 30 years of Credited Service on the anniversary of +employment preceding April 5, 1982, and is 1/12 of 2% times the Final Average +Compensation times the number of complete months of service for benefit accrual +purposes from March 6, 1982, through the earlier of the 30th year of Credited +Service or the date of termination of Employment; (ii) Is 1/12 of 1% times the +Final Average Compensation times the number of complete months of service for +benefit accrual purposes from March 6, 1982, or from the 30th year of Credited +Service, if later, through the earlier of the date of termination of Employment +or the 40th year of Credited Service for benefit accrual purposes; (iii) Applies +only to Participants with less than 35 years of Credited Service on the +anniversary of Employment immediately preceding April 5, 1982, and is the lesser +of (x) 1/12 of the Social Security Offset Percentage times the Participant's +Special Average Earnings times the number of complete months of service for +benefit accrual purposes from March 6, 1982, through the earlier of the 35th +year of Credited Service for benefit accrual purposes, or the date of +termination of Employment or (y) 50% of the sum in the amounts in (a)(i) plus +(a)(ii) but substituting Special Average Earnings for Final Average Compensation +in those formulas. (b) Is (i) plus (ii) less (iii), where: (i) Is 1/12 of 2% +times the Final Average Compensation times the number of complete months of +service for benefit accrual purposes from April 5, 1982, through the earlier of +April 4, 1987 or the date of termination of Employment; (ii) Is 1/12 of 1.5% +times the Final Average Compensation times the number of complete months of +service for benefit accrual purposes from April 5, 1987, through the earlier of +April 4, 1992 or the date of termination of Employment; (iii) Is the amount +calculated above in paragraph (a)(iii). Any benefit provided under this Section +shall be based solely on Credited Service for benefit accrual purposes for an +Employer participating in the Liberty National Pension Plan or the Liberty +National Non-Commissioned Plan prior to January 1, 2004. The amount of +Retirement Benefit calculated under this Section shall be subject to actuarial +adjustment if it is payable in any other form of payment authorized by this +Plan. The Retirement Benefit of a Liberty National Commissioned Participant or a +Liberty National Non-Commissioned Participant who terminated Employment or +incurred a Disability prior to January 1, 2004 shall be determined in accordance +with the provisions of, respectively, the III-4 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens027.jpg] +Liberty National Pension Plan or the Liberty National Non-Commissioned Pension +Plan as in effect on the date of termination of Employment or Disability. 3.4 +Limitation on Benefits Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, a +Participant's Accrued Retirement Benefit shall not exceed the limitations of +Code § 415 which are hereby incorporated by reference, except to the extent the +limitations are specifically addressed below. Effect on Participants. Benefit +increases resulting from the increase in the limitations of Code § 415 will be +provided to all Employees participating in the Plan who have one Hour of Service +on or after the first day of the first limitation year ending after December 31, +2001. 415 Compensation paid after "Severance from Employment." 415 Compensation +shall be adjusted, as set forth herein, for the following types of compensation +paid after a Participant's "Severance from Employment" with the Employer +maintaining the Plan (or any other entity that is treated as the Employer +pursuant to Code § § 414(b), (c), (m) or (o)). However, amounts described in +Sections 3.4.3(a), (b) and (c) below may only be included in 415 Compensation to +the extent such amounts are paid by the later of 2 '/2 months after "Severance +from Employment" or by the end of the "Limitation Year" that includes the date +of such "Severance from Employment." Any other payment of compensation paid +after "Severance from Employment" that is not described in the following types +of compensation is not considered 415 Compensation within the meaning of Code § +415(c)(3), even if payment is made within the time period specified above. (a) +Regular pay. 415 Compensation shall include regular pay after "Severance from +Employment" if: (1) The payment is regular compensation for services during the +Participant's regular working hours, or compensation for services outside the +Participant's regular working hours (such as overtime or shift differential), +commissions, bonuses, or other similar payments; and (2) The payment would have +been paid to the Participant prior to a "Severance from Employment" if the +Participant had continued in employment with the Employer. (b) Leave cashouts. +Leave cashouts shall not be included in 415 Compensation. Leave cashouts are +amounts in payment for unused accrued bona fide sick, vacation, or other leave. +(c) Deferred Compensation. 415 Compensation will not include deferred +compensation received pursuant to a nonqualified unfunded deferred compensation +plan. (d) Salary continuation payments for military service Participants. 415 +Compensation does not include payments to an individual who does not currently +perform services for the Employer by reason of qualified military service (as +that term is used in Code § 414(u)(1)) to the extent those payments do not +exceed the amounts the individual would have received if the individual had +continued to perform services for the Employer rather than entering qualified +military service. III-5 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens028.jpg] +(e) Salary continuation payments for disabled Participants. 415 Compensation +does not include compensation paid to a Participant who is permanently and +totally disabled (as defined in Code § 22(e)(3)). Administrative delay ("the +first few weeks") rule. 415 Compensation for a "Limitation Year" shall not +include amounts earned but not paid during the "Limitation Year" solely because +of the timing of pay periods and pay dates." Inclusion of certain nonqualified +deferred compensation amounts. If the Plan's definition of Compensation for +purposes of Code § 415 is the definition in Regulation § 1.415(c)-2(b) and the +simplified compensation definition of Regulation § 1.415(c) 2(d)(2) is not used, +then 415 Compensation shall include amounts that are includible in the gross +income of a Participant under the rules of Code § 409A or Code § 457(f)(1)(A) or +because the amounts are constructively received by the Participant. Back Pay. +Payments awarded by an administrative agency or court or pursuant to a bona fide +agreement by an Employer to compensate an Employee for lost wages are 415 +Compensation for the "Limitation Year" to which the back pay relates, but only +to the extent such payments represent wages and compensation that would +otherwise be included in 415 Compensation under this Section 3.4. “Annual +Benefit.” The "Annual Benefit" otherwise payable to a Participant under the Plan +at any time shall not exceed the "Maximum Permissible Benefit." If the benefit +the Participant would otherwise accrue in a "Limitation Year" would produce an +"Annual Benefit" in excess of the "Maximum Permissible Benefit," then the +benefit shall be limited (or the rate of accrual reduced) to a benefit that does +not exceed the "Maximum Permissible Benefit." Adjustment if in two Defined +Benefit Plans. If the Participant is, or has ever been, a Participant in another +qualified Defined Benefit Plan (without regard to whether the plan has been +terminated) maintained by the Employer or a "Predecessor Employer," the sum of +the Participant's "Annual Benefits" from all such plans may not exceed the +"Maximum Permissible Benefit." Where the Participant's employer-provided +benefits under all such defined benefit plans (determined as of the same age) +would exceed the "Maximum Permissible Benefit" applicable at that age, the +Employer shall limit a Participant's benefit in accordance with the terms of the +Plans. Grandfather of limits prior to January 1, 2008. The application of the +provisions of this Section 3.4 shall not cause the "Maximum Permissible Benefit" +for any Participant to be less than the Participant's accrued benefit under all +the Defined Benefit Plans of the Employer or a "Predecessor Employer" as of +December 31, 2007 under provisions of the plans that were both adopted and in +effect before April 5, 2007. The preceding sentence applies only if the +provisions of such Defined Benefit Plans that were both adopted and in effect +before April 5, 2007, satisfied the applicable requirements of statutory +provisions, Regulations, and other published guidance relating to Code § 415 in +effect as of December 31, 2007, as described in Regulations § 1.415(a)-1(g)(4). +Other rules applicable. The limitations of Section 3.4.7 through 3.4.9 shall be +determined and applied taking into account the rules in Section 3.4.12 hereof. +Definitions. For purposes of Sections 3.4.3 through 3.4.12, the following +definitions apply. III-6 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens029.jpg] +(a) Annual Benefit. "Annual Benefit" means a benefit that is payable annually in +the form of a "Straight Life Annuity." Except as provided below, where a benefit +is payable in a form other than a "Straight Life Annuity," the benefit shall be +adjusted to an actuarially equivalent "Straight Life Annuity" that begins at the +same time as such other form of benefit and is payable on the first day of each +month, before applying the limitations of Section 3.4. For a Participant who has +or will have distributions commencing at more than one annuity starting date, +the "Annual Benefit" shall be determined as of each such annuity starting date +(and shall satisfy the limitations of Section 3.4 as of each such date), +actuarially adjusting for past and future distributions of benefits commencing +at the other annuity starting dates. For this purpose, the determination of +whether a new annuity starting date has occurred shall be made without regard to +Regulations § 1.401(a)-20, Q&A 10(d), and with regard to Regulations § +1.415(b)1(b)(1)(iii)(B) and (C). No actuarial adjustment to the benefit shall be +made for (i) survivor benefits payable to a Surviving Spouse under a Qualified +Joint and Survivor Annuity to the extent such benefits would not be payable if +the Participant's benefit were paid in another form; (ii) benefits that are not +directly related to retirement benefits (such as a qualified Disability benefit, +preretirement incidental death benefits, and postretirement medical benefits); +or (iii) the inclusion in the form of benefit of an automatic benefit increase +feature, provided the form of benefit is not subject to Code § 417(e)(3) and +would otherwise satisfy the limitations of Section 3.4, and the Plan provides +that the amount payable under the form of benefit in any "Limitation Year" shall +not exceed the limits of Section 3.4 applicable at the annuity starting date, as +increased in subsequent years pursuant to Code § 415(d). For this purpose, an +automatic benefit increase feature is included in a form of benefit if the form +of benefit provides for automatic, periodic increases to the benefits paid in +that form. The determination of the "Annual Benefit" shall take into account +Social Security supplements described in Code § 411(a)(9) and benefits +transferred from another defined benefit plan, other than transfers of +distributable benefits pursuant Regulations § 1.411(d)-4, Q&A- 3(c), but shall +disregard benefits attributable to Employee contributions or rollover +contributions. The determination of actuarial equivalence of forms of benefit +other than a "Straight Life Annuity" shall be made in accordance with (1) or (2) +below. (1) Benefit forms not subject to Code § 417(e)(3). The "Straight Life +Annuity" that is actuarially equivalent to the Participant's form of benefit +shall be determined under this Section 3.4.11(a)(1) if the form of the +Participant's benefit is either (I) a nondecreasing annuity (other than a +"Straight Life Annuity") payable for a period of not less than the life of the +Participant (or, in the case of a Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity, the +life of the Surviving Spouse), or (II) an annuity that decreases during the life +of the Participant merely because of (A) the death of the survivor annuitant +(but only if the reduction is not below 50% of the benefit payable before the +death of the survivor annuitant), or (B) the cessation or reduction of Social +Security supplements or qualified disability payments (as defined in Code § +401(a)(11)). The actuarially equivalent "Straight Life Annuity" is equal to the +greater of (C) the annual amount of the "Straight Life Annuity" (if any) payable +to the Participant under the Plan commencing at the same annuity starting date +as the Participant's form of benefit; and (D) the annual amount of the "Straight +Life Annuity" commencing at the same annuity starting date that has the same +actuarial present value as the Participant's form of benefit, computed using a +5% interest rate assumption and the applicable mortality table defined in the +Plan for that annuity starting date. III-7 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens030.jpg] +(2) Benefit Forms Subject to Code § 417(e)(3). The "Straight Life Annuity" that +is actuarially equivalent to the Participant's form of benefit shall be +determined under this Section 3.4.11(a)(2) if the form of the Participant's +benefit is other than a benefit form described in Section 3.4.11(a)(1) above. In +this case, the actuarially equivalent "Straight Life Annuity" is equal to the +greatest of (I) the annual amount of the "Straight Life Annuity" commencing at +the same annuity starting date that has the same actuarial present value as the +Participant's form of benefit, computed using the interest rate and mortality +table (or other tabular factor) specified in the Plan for adjusting benefits in +the same form; (II) the annual amount of the "Straight Life Annuity" commencing +at the same annuity starting date that has the same actuarial present value as +the Participant's form of benefit, computed using a 5.5 percent interest rate +assumption and the applicable mortality table defined in the Plan; and (III) the +annual amount of the "Straight Life Annuity" commencing at the same annuity +starting date that has the same actuarial present value as the Participant's +form of benefit, computed using the applicable interest rate and applicable +mortality table defined in the Plan, divided by 1.05. (b) Defined Benefit +Compensation Limitation. "Defined Benefit Compensation Limitation" means 100% of +a Participant's "High Three-Year Average Compensation," payable in the form of a +"Straight Life Annuity." In the case of a Participant who has had a "Severance +from Employment" with the Employer, the "Defined Benefit Compensation +Limitation" applicable to the Participant in any "Limitation Year" beginning +after the date of severance shall be automatically adjusted by multiplying the +limitation applicable to the Participant in the prior "Limitation Year" by the +annual adjustment factor under Code § 415(d) that is published in the Internal +Revenue Bulletin. The adjusted compensation limit shall apply to "Limitation +Years" ending with or within the calendar year of the date of the adjustment, +but a Participant's benefits shall not reflect the adjusted limit prior to +January 1 of that calendar year. In the case of a Participant who is rehired +after a "Severance from Employment," the "Defined Benefit Compensation +Limitation" is the greater of 100% of the Participant's "High Three-Year Average +Compensation," as determined prior to the "Severance from Employment," as +adjusted pursuant to the preceding paragraph, if applicable; or 100% of the +Participant's "High Three-Year Average Compensation," as determined after the +"Severance from Employment." (c) Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation. "Defined +Benefit Dollar Limitation" means $160,000, automatically adjusted under Code § +415(d), effective January 1 of each year, as published in the Internal Revenue +Bulletin, and payable in the form of a "Straight Life Annuity." The new +limitation shall apply to "Limitation Years" ending with or within the calendar +year of the date of the adjustment, but a Participant's benefits shall not +reflect the adjusted limit prior to January 1 of that calendar year. The +automatic annual adjustment of the "Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation" under +Code 415(d) shall not apply to Participants who have had a "Severance from +Employment." (d) Employer. "Employer" means, for purposes of this Section 3.4, +the Employer that has adopted the Plan, and all members of a controlled group of +corporations (as defined in Code § 414(b), as modified by Code § 415(h)), all +commonly controlled trades or businesses (as defined in Code § 414(c), as +modified, except in the case of a brother-sister group of trades or businesses +under common control, by Code § 415(h)), or affiliated service groups (as +defined in Code § 414(m)) of which the adopting Employer is a part, and any +other entity required to be aggregated with the Employer pursuant to Code § +414(o). III-8 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens031.jpg] +(e) Formerly Affiliated Plan of the Employer. "Formerly Affiliated Plan of the +Employer" means a plan that, immediately prior to the cessation of affiliation, +was actually maintained by the Employer and, immediately after the cessation of +affiliation, is not actually maintained by the Employer. For this purpose, +"cessation of affiliation" means the event that (i) causes an entity to no +longer be considered the Employer, such as the sale of a member of a controlled +group of corporations, as defined in Code § 414(b), as modified by Code § +415(h), to an unrelated corporation, or (ii) causes a plan to not actually be +maintained by the Employer, such as transfer of plan sponsorship outside a +controlled group. (f) High Three-Year Average Compensation. "High Three-Year +Average Compensation" means the average 415 Compensation for the three +consecutive Years of Service (or, if the Participant has less than three +consecutive Years of Service, the Participant's longest consecutive period of +service, including fractions of years, but not less than one year) with the +Employer that produces the highest average. A Participant's 415 Compensation for +a Year of Service shall not include 415 Compensation in excess of the limitation +under Code § 401(a)(17) that is in effect for the calendar year in which such +Year of Service begins. For purposes of this definition, a Year of Service with +the Employer is the 12-consecutive month period defined in the Plan which is +used to determine 415 Compensation under the Plan. In the case of a Participant +who is rehired by the Employer after a "Severance from Employment," the +Participant's "High Three-Year Average Compensation" shall be calculated by +excluding all years for which the Participant performs no services for and +receives no 415 Compensation from the Employer (the break period) and by +treating the years immediately preceding and following the break period as +consecutive. (g) Limitation Year. "Limitation Year" means the Plan Year. The +"Limitation Year" may only be changed by a Plan amendment. Furthermore, if the +Plan is terminated effective as of a date other than the last day of the Plan's +"Limitation Year," then the Plan is treated as if the Plan had been amended to +change its "Limitation Year." (h) Maximum Permissible Benefit. "Maximum +Permissible Benefit" means the lesser of the "Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation" +or the "Defined Benefit Compensation Limitation" (both adjusted where required, +as provided below). (i) Adjustment for Less Than 10 Years of Participation or +Service. If the Participant has less than 10 years of participation in the Plan, +the "Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation" shall be multiplied by a fraction — (1) +the numerator of which is the number of "Years of Participation" in the Plan (or +part thereof, but not less than one year), and (2) the denominator of which is +10. In the case of a Participant who has less than ten Years of Service with the +Employer, the "Defined Benefit Compensation Limitation" shall be multiplied by a +fraction —(3) the numerator of which is the number of "Years of Service" with +the Employer (or part thereof, but not less than one year), and (4) the +denominator of which is 10. (ii) Adjustment of "Defined Benefit Dollar +Limitation" for Benefit Commencement Before Age 62 or after Age 65. The "Defined +Benefit Dollar Limitation" shall be adjusted if the annuity starting date of the +Participant's benefit is before age 62 or after age 65. If the annuity starting +date is before age 62, the "Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation" shall be adjusted +under Section 3.4.11(h)(ii)(1), as modified by Section 3.4.11(h)(ii)(3). If the +annuity starting date is after III-9 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens032.jpg] +age 65, the "Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation" shall be adjusted under Section +3.4.11(h)(ii)(2), as modified by Section 3.4.11(h)(ii)(3). (1) Adjustment of +"Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation" for Benefit Commencement Before Age 62: (I) +Plan Does Not Have Immediately Commencing "Straight Life Annuity" Payable at +both Age 62 and the Age of Benefit Commencement. If the annuity starting date +for the Participant's benefit is prior to age 62 and occurs in a "Limitation +Year" beginning on or after January 1, 2008, and the Plan does not have an +immediately commencing "Straight Life Annuity" payable at both age 62 and the +age of benefit commencement, the "Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation" for the +Participant's annuity starting date is the annual amount of a benefit payable in +the form of a "Straight Life Annuity" commencing at the Participant's annuity +starting date that is the actuarial equivalent of the "Defined Benefit Dollar +Limitation" (adjusted under Section 3.4.11(h)(i) for years of participation less +than 10, if required) with actuarial equivalence computed using a 5% interest +rate assumption and the applicable mortality table for the annuity starting date +as defined in the Plan (and expressing the Participant's age based on completed +calendar months as of the annuity starting date). (II) Plan Has Immediately +Commencing "Straight Life Annuity" Payable at both Age 62 and the Age of Benefit +Commencement. If the annuity starting date for the Participant's benefit is +prior to age 62 and the Plan has an immediately commencing "Straight Life +Annuity" payable at both age 62 and the age of benefit commencement, the +"Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation" for the Participant's annuity starting date +is the lesser of the limitation determined under Section 3.4.11(h)(ii)(1)(I) and +the "Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation" (adjusted under Section 3.4.11(h)(i) for +years of participation less than 10, if required) multiplied by the ratio of the +annual amount of the immediately commencing "Straight Life Annuity" under the +Plan at the Participant's Annuity Starting Date to the annual amount of the +immediately commencing "Straight Life Annuity" under the Plan at age 62, both +determined without applying the limitations of Section 3.4. (2) Adjustment of +"Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation" for Benefit Commencement After Age 65: (I) +Plan Does Not Have Immediately Commencing "Straight Life Annuity" Payable at +both Age 65 and the Age of Benefit Commencement. If the annuity starting date +for the Participant's benefit is after age 65 and the Plan does not have an +immediately commencing "Straight Life Annuity" payable at both age 65 and the +age of benefit commencement, the "Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation" at the +Participant's annuity starting date is the annual amount of a benefit payable in +the form of a "Straight Life Annuity" commencing at the Participant's annuity +starting date that is the actuarial equivalent of the "Defined Benefit Dollar +Limitation" (adjusted under Section 3.4.11(h)(i) for years of participation less +than 10, if required), with actuarial equivalence computed using a 5% interest +rate assumption and the applicable mortality table for that annuity starting +date as defined in the Plan (and expressing the Participant's age based on +completed calendar months as of the annuity starting date). (II) Plan Has +Immediately Commencing "Straight Life Annuity" Payable at both Age 65 and the +Age of Benefit Commencement. If the annuity starting date for the Participant's +benefit is after age 65 and the Plan has an immediately commencing "Straight +Life Annuity" payable at both age 65 and the age of benefit commencement, the +"Defined Benefit III-10 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens033.jpg] +Dollar Limitation" at the Participant's annuity starting date is the lesser of +the limitation determined under Section 3.4.11(h)(ii)(2)(I) and the "Defined +Benefit Dollar Limitation" (adjusted under Section 3.4.11(h)(i) for years of +participation less than 10, if required) multiplied by the ratio of the annual +amount of the adjusted immediately commencing "Straight Life Annuity" under the +Plan at the Participant's annuity starting date to the annual amount of the +adjusted immediately commencing "Straight Life Annuity" under the Plan at age +65, both determined without applying the limitations of this Section 3.4. For +this purpose, the adjusted immediately commencing "Straight Life Annuity" under +the Plan at the Participant's annuity starting date is the annual amount of such +annuity payable to the Participant, computed disregarding the Participant's +accruals after age 65 but including actuarial adjustments even if those +actuarial adjustments are used to offset accruals; and the adjusted immediately +commencing "Straight Life Annuity" under the Plan at age 65 is the annual amount +of such annuity that would be payable under the Plan to a hypothetical +Participant who is age 65 and has the same accrued benefit as the Participant. +(3) Notwithstanding the other requirements of this Section 3.4.11(h)(ii), in +adjusting the "Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation" for the Participant's annuity +starting date except for Sections 3.4.11(h)(ii)(1)(I) or 3.4.11(h)(ii)(3)(I), no +adjustment shall be made to reflect the probability of a Participant's death +between the annuity starting fate and age 62, or between age 65 and the annuity +starting date, as applicable, if benefits are not forfeited upon the death of +the Participant prior to the annuity starting date. To the extent benefits are +forfeited upon death before the annuity starting date, such an adjustment shall +be made. For this purpose, no forfeiture shall be treated as occurring upon the +Participant's death if the Plan does not charge Participants for providing a +qualified pre-retirement survivor annuity, as defined in Code § 417(c), upon the +Participant's death. (iii) Minimum benefit permitted. Notwithstanding anything +else in this Section to the contrary, the benefit otherwise accrued or payable +to a Participant under this Plan shall be deemed not to exceed the "Maximum +Permissible Benefit" if: (1) The retirement benefits payable for a "Limitation +Year" under any form of benefit with respect to such Participant under this Plan +and under all other defined benefit plans (without regard to whether a plan has +been terminated) ever maintained by the Employer do not exceed $10,000 +multiplied by a fraction — (I) the numerator of which is the Participant's +number of Years (or part thereof, but not less than one year) of Service (not to +exceed 10) with the Employer, and (II) the denominator of which is 10; and (2) +The Employer (or a "Predecessor Employer") has not at any time maintained a +defined contribution plan in which the Participant participated (for this +purpose, mandatory Employee contributions under a Defined Benefit Plan, +individual medical accounts under Code § 401(h), and accounts for +post-retirement medical benefits established under Code § 419A(d)(1) are not +considered a separate defined contribution plan). (i) Predecessor Employer. +"Predecessor Employer" means, with respect to a Participant, a former employer +of such Participant if the Employer maintains a Plan that provides a benefit +which the Participant accrued while performing services for the former employer. +A former entity that antedates the Employer is also a "Predecessor Employer" +with respect to a Participant if, under the facts and circumstances, the +Employer constitutes a continuation of all or a portion of the trade or business +of the former entity. For this purpose, the formerly affiliated plan rules in +Regulations § 1.415(f) 1(b)(2) apply as if the Employer and "Predecessor +Employer" constituted a single employer under the rules described in Regulations +§ 1.415(a) 1(f)(1) and (2) immediately prior to the cessation III-11 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens034.jpg] +of affiliation (and as if they constituted two, unrelated employers under the +rules described in Regulations § 1.415(a) l(f)(1) and (2) immediately after the +cessation of affiliation) and cessation of affiliation was the event that gives +rise to the "Predecessor Employer" relationship, such as a transfer of benefits +or plan sponsorship. (j) Severance from Employment. "Severance from Employment" +means, with respect to any individual, cessation from being an Employee of the +Employer maintaining the Plan. An Employee does not have a "Severance from +Employment" if, in connection with a change of employment, the Employee's new +employer maintains the Plan with respect to the Employee. (k) Straight Life +Annuity. "Straight Life Annuity" means an annuity payable in equal installments +for the life of a Participant that terminates upon the Participant's death. (1) +Year of Participation. "Year of Participation" means, with respect to a +Participant, each accrual computation period (computed to fractional parts of a +year) for which the following conditions are met: (i) the Participant is +credited with at least the number of Hours of Service for benefit accrual +purposes, required under the terms of the Plan in order to accrue a benefit for +the accrual computation period, and (ii) the Participant is included as a +Participant under the eligibility provisions of the Plan for at least one day of +the accrual computation period. If these two conditions are met, the portion of +a "Year of Participation" credited to the Participant shall equal the amount of +benefit accrual service credited to the Participant for such accrual computation +period. A Participant who is permanently and totally disabled within the meaning +of Code § 415(c)(3)(C)(i) for an accrual computation period shall receive a +"Year of Participation" with respect to that period. In addition, for a +Participant to receive a "Year of Participation" (or part thereof) for an +accrual computation period, the Plan must be established no later than the last +day of such accrual computation period. In no event shall more than one "Year of +Participation" be credited for any 12-month period. (m) Year of Service. "Year +of Service" means, for purposes of Section 3.4.11(f), each accrual computation +period (computed to fractional parts of a year) for which a Participant is +credited with at least the number of Hours of Service for benefit accrual +purposes, required under the terms of the Plan in order to accrue a benefit for +the accrual computation period, taking into account only service with the +Employer or a "Predecessor Employer." Other rules. (a) Benefits under terminated +plans. If a defined benefit plan maintained by the Employer has terminated with +sufficient assets for the payment of benefit liabilities of all Participants and +a Participant in the Plan has not yet commenced benefits under the Plan, the +benefits provided pursuant to the annuities purchased to provide the +Participant's benefits under the terminated Plan at each possible annuity +starting date shall be taken into account in applying the limitations of Section +3.4. If there are not sufficient assets for the payment of all Participants' +benefit liabilities, the benefits taken into account shall be the benefits that +are actually provided to the Participant under the terminated Plan. (b) Benefits +transferred from the Plan. If a Participant's benefits under a Defined Benefit +Plan maintained by the Employer are transferred to another Defined Benefit Plan +maintained by the Employer and the transfer is not a transfer of distributable +benefits pursuant III-12 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens035.jpg] +Regulations § 1.411(d)-4, Q&A-3(c), then the transferred benefits are not +treated as being provided under the transferor plan (but are taken into account +as benefits provided under the transferee plan). If a Participant's benefits +under a Defined Benefit Plan maintained by the Employer are transferred to +another defined benefit plan that is not maintained by the Employer and the +transfer is not a transfer of distributable benefits pursuant to Regulations § +1.411(d)-4, Q&A-3(c), then the transferred benefits are treated by the +Employer's Plan as if such benefits were provided under annuities purchased to +provide benefits under a plan maintained by the Employer that terminated +immediately prior to the transfer with sufficient assets to pay all +Participants' benefit liabilities under the plan. If a Participant's benefits +under a Defined Benefit Plan maintained by the Employer are transferred to +another defined benefit plan in a transfer of distributable benefits pursuant to +Regulations § 1.411(d)-4, Q&A-3 (c), the amount transferred is treated as a +benefit paid from the transferor plan. (c) Formerly affiliated plans of the +Employer. A "Formerly Affiliated Plan of an Employer" shall be treated as a plan +maintained by the Employer, but the formerly affiliated plan shall be treated as +if it had terminated immediately prior to the cessation of affiliation with +sufficient assets to pay Participants' benefit liabilities under the Plan and +had purchased annuities to provide benefits. (d) Plans of a "Predecessor +Employer." If the Employer maintains a Defined Benefit Plan that provides +benefits accrued by a Participant while performing services for a "Predecessor +Employer," then the Participant's benefits under a plan maintained by the +"Predecessor Employer" shall be treated as provided under a plan maintained by +the Employer. However, for this purpose, the plan of the "Predecessor Employer" +shall be treated as if it had terminated immediately prior to the event giving +rise to the "Predecessor Employer" relationship with sufficient assets to pay +Participants' benefit liabilities under the plan, and had purchased annuities to +provide benefits; the Employer and the "Predecessor Employer" shall be treated +as if they were a single employer immediately prior to such event and as +unrelated employers immediately after the event; and if the event giving rise to +the predecessor relationship is a benefit transfer, the transferred benefits +shall be excluded in determining the benefits provided under the plan of the +"Predecessor Employer." (e) Special rules. The limitations of Section 3.4 shall +be determined and applied taking into account the rules in Regulations § +1.415(0-1(d), (e) and (h). (f) Aggregation with Multiemployer Plans. (i) If the +Employer maintains a multiemployer plan, as defined in Code § 414(0, and the +multiemployer plan so provides, only the benefits under the multiemployer plan +that are provided by the Employer shall be treated as benefits provided under a +plan maintained by the Employer for purposes of Section 3.4. (ii) A +multiemployer plan shall be disregarded for purposes of applying the +compensation limitation of Sections 3.4.11(b) and 3.4.11 (h)(i) to a plan which +is not a multiemployer plan. III-13 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens036.jpg] +ARTICLE IV VESTING PROVISIONS 4.1 Determination of Vesting In the case of a +Participant who performs at least one Hour of Service on or after January 1, +1989, he shall have a vested percentage of 100% in his Retirement Benefit upon: +(i) termination of Employment due to death or Disability or upon or after +attaining Normal Retirement Age; or (ii) completion of five years of Vesting +Service. 4.2 Rules for Crediting Vesting Service Subject to Sections 4.2.2 +through 4.2.4 below, a Participant's Vesting Service shall mean the sum of a +Participant's Years of Service under the Plan, except for Years of Service +before the Participant attained age 18 (or age 22 in the case of Participants +who do not complete at least one Hour of Service on or after January 1, 1985). +If an Employee is on an authorized unpaid leave of absence granted by his +Employer in accordance with standard personnel policies of such Employer applied +in a non- discriminatory manner to all Employees similarly situated, his period +of absence shall not be considered a Break in Service and shall be counted as +Vesting Service upon his return to active Employment. If an Employee is on an +authorized military leave while his reemployment rights are protected by law and +provided that he directly entered military service from his Employer's service +and shall not have voluntarily reenlisted after the date of first entering +active military service, his period of absence shall not be considered a Break +in Service and shall be counted as Vesting Service upon his return to active +Employment. An Employee who terminates Employment with no vested percentage in +his Retirement Benefit shall, if he returns to Employment, have no credit for +Vesting Service prior to such termination of Employment if (i) for years prior +to January 1, 1985, the total of his consecutive One Year Breaks in Service +immediately preceding his reemployment exceed his aggregate years of Vesting +Service (whether or not consecutive, but excluding Vesting Service previously +disregarded under this rule) prior to such termination; or (ii) for years on or +after January 1, 1985, the total of his consecutive One Year Breaks in Service +immediately preceding his reemployment exceed the greater of five years or his +aggregate years of Vesting Service (whether or not consecutive, but excluding +Vesting Service previously disregarded under this rule) prior to the +termination. A Participant who had a Vested Separation and returns to Employment +will retain credit for his prior years of Vesting Service. 4.3 Retirement +Benefit Forfeitures The unvested portion of the Retirement Benefit of a +Participant who has terminated Employment shall be forfeited as of the earliest +date on which such Participant's Vesting Service may be disregarded pursuant to +Section 4.2.4. Any forfeitures shall be applied to reduce the Employer actuarial +liability under the Plan. IV-1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens037.jpg] +4.4 TMK Hogan A Participant who terminated employment with the Company on +December 31, 1996, and who became as of January 1, 1997, an employee of TMK +Hogan, became fully vested in his or her Retirement Benefit as of such date. 4.5 +Vesta Insurance Group, Inc. A Liberty National Non-Commissioned Participant who +terminated Employment with Liberty National Life Insurance Company on November +12, 1993, and who became as of that same date an employee of Vesta Insurance +Group, Inc., became fully vested in his Retirement Benefit as of such date. IV-2 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens038.jpg] +ARTICLE V AMOUNT AND COMMENCEMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS 5.1 Determination of +Amount of Retirement Benefits Normal Retirement Benefits. A Participant's +benefits upon Normal Retirement shall be equal to his Retirement Benefit as of +his Normal Retirement Date. The Participant's Benefit Commencement Date shall be +the last day of the payroll period coincident with or next following his +termination of Employment. The Participant shall not be entitled to any benefits +under Section 5.1.1 unless he shall survive until his Benefit Commencement Date. +Deferred Retirement Benefits. A Participant's benefits upon Deferred Retirement +shall be equal to his Retirement Benefit determined as of the date of Deferred +Retirement (without actuarial increase for deferred commencement). The +Participant's Benefit Commencement Date shall be the last day of the payroll +period coincident with or next following his termination of Employment. The +Participant shall not be entitled to any benefits under this Paragraph unless he +shall survive until his Benefit Commencement Date. Early Retirement Benefits. A +Participant's benefits upon Early Retirement shall be equal to his Retirement +Benefit calculated as of the date of Early Retirement. The Participant's Benefit +Commencement Date shall be his Normal Retirement Date; however if he so elects, +the Benefit Commencement Date shall be the last day of the payroll period +coincident with or next following his Early Retirement, or the last day of any +payroll period thereafter which is prior to his Normal Retirement Date. If the +Participant elects a Benefit Commencement Date preceding his Normal Retirement +Date, his benefit shall equal his Accrued Retirement Benefit multiplied by the +early retirement factor shown below: Years by Which the Date of the +Participant's First Benefit Early Retirement Payment Precedes His Factor to Be +Applied Normal Retirement Date to Accrued (Interpolate for Months) Retirement +Benefit 10 .500 9 .533 8 .567 7 .600 6 .633 5 .667 4 .733 3 .800 2 .867 1 .933 0 +1.000 A Participant shall not be entitled to any benefits under this Section +5.13 unless he shall survive until his Benefit Commencement Date. V-1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens039.jpg] +Vested Separation Benefits. A Participant's benefits upon Vested Separation +shall be equal to his Retirement Benefit calculated as of the date of Vested +Separation multiplied by his vesting percentage. The Participant's Benefit +Commencement Date shall be his Normal Retirement Date; provided, however, that, +such a Participant may elect to commence receiving his benefits on or after the +earliest date that he could have been eligible for Early Retirement. If the +Participant elects a Benefit Commencement Date preceding his Normal Retirement +Date, his benefit shall equal his Accrued Retirement Benefit multiplied by the +appropriate early retirement factor shown in Section 5.1.3. A Participant shall +not be entitled to any benefits under this Section 5.1.4 unless he shall survive +until his Benefit Commencement Date. Non-Vested Separation. A Participant shall +not be entitled to any Retirement Benefit upon his Non-Vested Separation. In +addition, if a Participant who is zero percent vested in his Accrued Retirement +Benefit terminates Employment, he shall be deemed to have received a +distribution of his Accrued Retirement Benefit. 5.2 Suspension of Payments If an +Employee continues in Employment after his Normal Retirement Date or if a former +Employee is receiving monthly payment of his Retirement Benefit, payment of his +Retirement Benefit shall be suspended for each calendar month during which such +Employee or former Employee continues in (or resumes) Employment and performs +more than 40 Hours of Service per calendar month considered as service under +ERISA § 203(a)(3)(B). No payment shall be withheld by the Plan pursuant to +Section 5.2 unless the Plan notifies the Employee by personal delivery or first +class mail during the first calendar month or payroll period in which the Plan +withholds payments that his benefits are suspended. Such notifications shall +contain a description of the specific reasons why benefit payments are being +suspended, a description of the Plan provision relating to the suspension of +payments, a copy of such provisions, and a statement to the effect that +applicable Department of Labor regulations may be found in Title 29 of the Code +of Federal Regulations § 2530.203-3. In addition, the notice shall inform the +Employee of the Plan's procedures for affording a review of the suspension of +benefits. Requests for such reviews shall be considered in accordance with the +claims procedure adopted by the Administrator. If benefit payments have been +suspended, payments shall resume no later than the first day of the third +calendar month after the calendar month in which the Employee ceases to be +employed in ERISA § 203(a)(3)(B) service. The initial payment upon resumption +shall include the payment scheduled to occur in the calendar month when payments +resume and any amounts withheld during the period between the cessation of ERISA +§ 203(a)(3)(B) service and the resumption of payments. The Retirement Benefit +payable upon resumption of benefit payment shall be equal to the Participant's +Retirement Benefit as of the date of his subsequent termination of Employment +reduced by the Actuarial Equivalent of payments previously made to him; +provided, however, that such Retirement Benefit may not be less than the +Retirement Benefit previously payable. V-2 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens040.jpg] +5.3 Limitation on Commencement of Benefits Unless otherwise elected by a +Participant, the Participant's Benefit Commencement Date shall in no event be +later than the 60th day after the close of the Plan Year in which the latest of +the following events occurs: (a) The attainment by the Participant of his Normal +Retirement Age; (b) The tenth anniversary of the year in which the Participant +commenced participation in the Plan; or (c) The Participant's termination of +Employment. If the amount of benefits payable cannot be determined within such +60-day period, or if it is not possible to pay such benefits within such period +because the Administrator has been unable to locate the Participant after making +reasonable efforts to do so, then a payment, retroactive to such 60th day, shall +be made no later than 60 days after the earliest date on which the amount of +such benefits can be determined or the Participant can be located, as the case +may be. Any other provision of this Article V to the contrary notwithstanding, +the Benefit Commencement Date of a Participant must be no later than the first +day of April following the 1 calendar year in which the Participant attains age +70 /2 even if he continues in Employment after that date. Notwithstanding the +foregoing, if a Participant who is not a "five % owner" (as defined in Code 1 § +401(a)(9)) attained age 70 /2 before January 1, 1988, the Benefit Commencement +Date must be no later than the first day of April following the calendar year in +which the Participant terminates Employment. Effective as of January 1, 1997, in +the case of a Participant who is not a five % owner (as defined above) with +respect to the Plan Year ending in the calendar year in which the Participant 1 +attains age 70 /2, the Benefit Commencement Date must be no later than the later +of (i) the calendar 1 year during which the Participant attained age 70 /2, or +(ii) the calendar year in which the Participant retired. Transitional rule for +the 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 Plan Years: If a Participant attains 1 age +70 /2 during the 1997, 1998 or 1999 Plan Years and wishes to receive (or begin +receiving) the required minimum distribution that would have been payable to him +but for the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 changes to the immediately +preceding paragraph, the Participant may elect, pursuant to a procedure +established by the Administrator, to begin receiving his required minimum +distributions prior to his retirement. If a Participant who has not retired +(other than a five % owner) 1 attains age 70 /2 on or after January 1, 2002, the +Participant may not begin to receive in-service 1 distributions on account of +his attainment of age 70 /2. If a Participant retires in a calendar year after +the calendar year in which the Participant attains 1 age 70 /2, his or her +benefits under the Plan shall be actuarially increased (with any permitted +offsets or reductions) as provided for in Internal Revenue Service Notice 97-75 +or such other written guidance published by the Internal Revenue Service. V-3 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens041.jpg] +5.4 Minimum Distribution Requirements. 5.4.1 Precedence. Subject to Section +6.1.1, the requirements of this Section shall apply to any distribution of a +Participant’s interest and will take precedence over any inconsistent provisions +of this plan. 5.4.2 Requirements of Regulations Incorporated. All distributions +required under this Section shall be determined and made in accordance with Code +§ 401(a)(9), including the incidental death benefit requirement in Code +§401(a)(9)(G), and the Income Tax Regulations thereunder. 5.4.3 Limits on +Distribution Periods. As of the first distribution calendar year, distributions +to a participant, if not made in a single sum, may only be made over one of the +following periods: (a) the life of the participant, (b) the joint lives of the +participant and a designated beneficiary, (c) a period certain not extending +beyond the life expectancy of the participant, or (d) a period certain not +extending beyond the joint life and last survivor expectancy of the participant +and a designated beneficiary. 5.4.4 Required Beginning Date. The participant’s +entire interest will be distributed, or begin to be distributed, no later than +the participant’s required beginning date. 5.4.5 Death of Participant Before +Distributions Begin. If the participant dies before distributions begin, the +participant’s entire interest will be distributed, or begin to be distributed, +no later than as follows: (a) If the participant’s surviving spouse is the +participant’s sole designated beneficiary, then, distributions to the surviving +spouse will begin by December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the +calendar year in which the participant died, or by December 31 of the calendar +year in which the participant would have attained age 70½, if later. (b) If the +participant’s surviving spouse is not the participant’s sole designated +beneficiary, then, except as provided in the adoption agreement, distributions +to the designated beneficiary will begin by December 31 of the calendar year +immediately following the calendar year in which the participant died. (c) If +there is no designated beneficiary as of September 30 of the year following the +year of the participant’s death, the participant’s entire interest will be +distributed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary +of the Participant’s death. (d) If the participant’s surviving spouse is the +participant’s sole designated beneficiary and the surviving spouse dies after +the participant but before distributions to the surviving V-4 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens042.jpg] +spouse are required to begin, this Section, other than Subsection (a), will +apply as if the surviving spouse were the participant. (e) If the Participant +dies before distributions begin and there is a designated Beneficiary, +distribution to the designated Beneficiary is not required to begin by the date +covered by this Section 5.4.5, but the Participant's entire interest will be +distributed to the designated Beneficiary by December 31 of the calendar year +containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant's death. If the +Participant's Surviving Spouse is the Participant's sole designated Beneficiary +and the Surviving Spouse dies after the Participant but before distributions to +either the Participant or the Surviving Spouse begin, this election will apply +as if the Surviving Spouse were the Participant. This Section 5.4.5(e) shall +apply to all distributions. For purposes of this Section 5.4.5 and Sections +5.4.12, 5.4.13 and 5.4.14, distributions are considered to begin on the +Participant's required beginning date (or, if Section 5.4.5(d) applies, the date +distributions are required to begin to the Surviving Spouse under Section +5.4.5(a)). If annuity payments irrevocably commence to the Participant before +the Participant's required beginning date (or to the Participant's Surviving +Spouse before the date distributions are required to begin to the Surviving +Spouse under Section 5.4.5(a)), the date distributions are considered to begin +is the date distributions actually commence. 5.4.6 Form of Distribution. Unless +the Participant's interest is distributed in the form of an annuity purchased +from an insurance company or in a single sum on or before the required beginning +date, as of the first distribution calendar year distributions will be made in +accordance with Sections 5.4.7 through 5.4.14. If the Participant's interest is +distributed in the form of an annuity purchased from an insurance company, +distributions thereunder will be made in accordance with the requirements of +Code § 401(a)(9) and the Regulations. Any part of the Participant's interest +which is in the form of an individual account described in Code § 414(k) will be +distributed in a manner satisfying the requirements of Code § 401(a)(9) and the +Regulations that apply to individual accounts. 5.4.7 General Annuity +Requirements. If the Participant's interest is paid in the form of annuity +distributions under the Plan, payments under the annuity will satisfy the +following requirements: (a) The annuity distributions will be paid in periodic +payments made at intervals not longer than one year; (b) The distribution period +will be over a life (or lives) or over a period certain not longer than the +period described in Sections 5.4.10 and 5.4.11 or Sections 5.4.12 through +5.4.14. (c) Once payments have begun over a period certain, the period certain +will not be changed even if the period certain is shorter than the maximum +permitted; (d) Payments will either be nonincreasing or increase only as +follows: (i) By an annual percentage increase that does not exceed the annual +percentage increase in a cost-of-living index that is based on prices of all +items and issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; V-5 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens043.jpg] +(ii) To the extent of the reduction in the amount of the Participant's payments +to provide for a survivor benefit upon death, but only if the Beneficiary whose +life was being used to determine the distribution period described in Section +5.4.10 or 5.4.11 dies or is no longer the Participant's Beneficiary pursuant to +a qualified domestic relations order within the meaning of Code § 414(p); (iii) +To provide cash refunds of employee contributions upon the Participant's death; +or (iv) To pay increased benefits that result from a Plan amendment. 5.4.8 +Amount Required to be Distributed by Required Beginning Date. The amount that +must be distributed on or before the Participant's required beginning date (or, +if the Participant dies before distributions begin, the date distributions are +required to begin under Section 5.4.5(a) or 5.4.5(b)) is the payment that is +required for one payment interval. The second payment need not be made until the +end of the next payment interval even if that payment interval ends in the next +calendar year. Payment intervals are the periods for which payments are +received, e.g., bi-monthly, monthly, semi-annually, or annually. All of the +Participant's benefit accruals as of the last day of the first distribution +calendar year will be included in the calculation of the amount of the annuity +payments for payment intervals ending on or after the Participant's required +beginning date. 5.4.9 Additional Accruals After First Distribution Calendar +Year. Any additional benefits accruing to the Participant in a calendar year +after the first distribution calendar year will be distributed beginning with +the first payment interval ending in the calendar year immediately following the +calendar year in which such amount accrues. 5.4.10 Joint Life Annuities Where +the Beneficiary Is Not the Participant's Spouse. If the Participant's interest +is being distributed in the form of a joint and survivor annuity for the joint +lives of the Participant and a non-Spouse Beneficiary, annuity payments to be +made on or after the Participant's required beginning date to the designated +Beneficiary after the Participant's death must not at any time exceed the +applicable percentage of the annuity payment for such period that would have +been payable to the Participant using the table set forth in Q&A-2 of § +1.401(a)(9)-6T of the Treasury Regulations. If the form of distribution combines +a joint and survivor annuity for the joint lives of the Participant and a +non-Spouse Beneficiary and a period certain annuity, the requirement in the +preceding sentence will apply to annuity payments to be made to the designated +Beneficiary after the expiration of the period certain. 5.4.11 Period Certain +Annuities. Unless the Participant's spouse is the sole designated Beneficiary +and the form of distribution is a period certain and no life annuity, the period +certain for an annuity distribution commencing during the Participant's lifetime +may not exceed the applicable distribution period for the Participant under the +Uniform Lifetime Table set forth in Regulation § 1.401(a)(9)-9 for the calendar +year that contains the annuity starting date. If the annuity starting date +precedes the year in which the Participant reaches age 70, the applicable +distribution period for the Participant is the distribution period for age 70 +under the Uniform Lifetime Table set forth in Regulation § 1.401(a)(9)-9 plus +the excess of 70 over the age of the Participant as of the Participant's +birthday in the year that contains the annuity starting date. If the +Participant's Spouse is the Participant's sole designated Beneficiary and the +form of distribution is a period certain and no life annuity, the period certain +may not exceed the longer of the Participant's applicable distribution period, +as determined under this Section 5.4.11, or the joint life and last survivor +expectancy of the Participant V-6 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens044.jpg] +and the Participant's Spouse as determined under the Joint and Last Survivor +Table set forth in Regulation § 1.401(a)(9)-9, using the Participant's and +Spouse's attained ages as of the Participant's and Spouse's birthdays in the +calendar year that contains the annuity starting date. 5.4.12 Participant +Survived by Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies before the date +distribution of his or her interest begins and there is a designated +Beneficiary, the Participant's entire interest will be distributed, beginning no +later than the time described in Section 5.4.5(a) or 5.4.5(b), over the life of +the designated Beneficiary or over a period certain not exceeding: (a) Unless +the annuity starting date is before the first distribution calendar year, the +life expectancy of the designated Beneficiary determined using the Beneficiary's +age as of the Beneficiary's birthday in the calendar year immediately following +the calendar year of the Participant's death; or (b) If the annuity starting +date is before the first distribution calendar year, the life expectancy of the +designated Beneficiary determined using the Beneficiary's age as of the +Beneficiary's birthday in the calendar year that contains the annuity starting +date. 5.4.13 No Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies before the date +distributions begin and there is no designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of +the year following the year of the Participant's death, distribution of the +Participant's entire interest will be completed by December 31 of the calendar +year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant's death. 5.4.14 Death +of Surviving Spouse Before Distributions to Surviving Spouse Begin. If the +Participant dies before the date distribution of his or her interest begins, the +Participant's Surviving Spouse is the Participant's sole designated Beneficiary, +and the Surviving Spouse dies before distributions to the Surviving Spouse +begin, Sections 5.4.12 through 5.4.14 will apply as if the Surviving Spouse were +the Participant, except that the time by which distributions must begin will be +determined without regard to Section 5.4.5(a). 5.4.15 Designated Beneficiary. +The individual who is designated as the Beneficiary under Section 7.4 of the +Plan and is the "designated beneficiary" under Code § 401(a)(9) and Regulation § +1.401(a)(9)-1, Q&A-4. 5.4.16 Distribution Calendar Year. A calendar year for +which a minimum distribution is required. For distributions beginning before the +Participant's death, the first distribution calendar year is the calendar year +immediately preceding the calendar year which contains the Participant's +required beginning date. For distributions beginning after the Participant's +death, the first distribution calendar year is the calendar year in which +distributions are required to begin pursuant to Section 5.4.5. 5.4.17 Life +expectancy. Life expectancy as computed by use of the Single Life Table in +Regulation § 1.401(a)(9)-9. 5.4.18 Required beginning date. The date specified +in Section 5.3.3 of the Plan. V-7 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens045.jpg] +ARTICLE VI FORMS OF PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFIT 6.1 Methods of Distribution A +Participant's benefits shall be payable in the normal form of a Qualified Joint +and Survivor Annuity if the Participant is married on his Benefit Commencement +Date and in the normal form of an annuity for the life of the Participant with +Actuarially Equivalent payments guaranteed for 120 months if the Participant is +not married on that date, provided that, and subject to Sections 6.1.2, 6.1.3 +and 6.1.4, a Participant may within the 90-day period prior to the Benefit +Commencement Date elect, in accordance with Section 6.2, any of the following +optional forms of benefit payment instead of the normal form: (a) A Single Life +Annuity, under which monthly payments calculated in accordance with Section +3.1.1 are made to the Participant during his lifetime with no further payments +from the Plan on his behalf after his death. 2 (b) A Joint and 50%, 66 /3%, 75% +or 100% Survivor Annuity, under which Actuarially Equivalent monthly payments +are made to the Participant for the joint lives of the Participant and his +Beneficiary with payments continuing for the life of the survivor in an amount +equal to 50%, 66 %%, 75% or 100% of the joint life payments (whichever is +elected by the Participant). A Participant may elect to add a period certain of +10 years in which event no reduction in payments will be made for the longer of +the 10 year period or the period during which both the Participant and +Beneficiary remain alive. (c) A 120 Months Certain and Life Income Annuity, an +optional form of payment for a married Participant, under which reduced +Actuarially Equivalent payments are made to the Participant during the +Participant's lifetime, with the provision that if the Participant's death +occurs before he had received 120 monthly payments the value of the remaining +number of such payments shall be paid to his Beneficiary. (d) Lump Sum, under +which the Actuarially Equivalent value of the Participant's Accrued Retirement +Benefit as of December 31, 2003 is paid in one single sum. This optional form of +benefit shall be eliminated with respect to benefits accruing under the Plan +after December 31, 2003 and a lump sum option shall not be available to an +Employee who becomes a Participant on or after January 1, 2004. Notwithstanding +the preceding sentence, if the implementation of an election of a single sum +distribution of a pre-2004 Retirement Benefit would result in monthly payments +of the Participant's Retirement Benefit accrued after 2003 of an amount less +than $100, the present value of the portion of the Participant's Retirement +Benefit that accrued after 2003 shall also be paid in the form of a single sum. +Anything in Section 6.1.1 to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Actuarial +Equivalent value of a Participant's Retirement Benefit is $1,000 or less, his +benefit shall be paid in the form of a lump sum distribution and no optional +form of benefit payment shall be available. Payment in any form may only be made +over one of the following periods (or a combination thereof): (a) The life of +the Participant; VI-1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens046.jpg] +(b) The life of the Participant and a designated Beneficiary; (c) A period +certain not extending beyond the life expectancy of the Participant; or (d) A +period certain not extending beyond the joint and last survivor expectancy of +the Participant and a designated Beneficiary. If the Participant's Spouse is not +his designated Beneficiary, the method of distribution must assure that at least +50% of the present value of the Participant's Retirement Benefit is paid within +the life expectancy of the Participant. 6.2 Election of Optional Forms By notice +to the Administrator within the 180-day period prior to a Participant's Benefit +Commencement Date, the Participant may elect, in writing and subject to the +spousal consent rules as set forth in Section 6.2.4, not to receive the normal +form of benefit payment otherwise applicable and to receive instead an optional +form of benefit payment provided for in Section 6.1.1. Within a reasonable +period, but in no event later than 30 days before nor earlier than 180 days +(unless the Participant elects to waive the 30 day limitation in favor of a +seven day limitation as permitted under Code § 417(a)(7)(B)) before a +Participant's Benefit Commencement Date, the Administrator shall provide to each +Participant a written explanation of: (a) The terms and conditions of the +Participant's normal form of benefit payment; (b) The Participant's right to +make, and the effect of, an election to waive the normal form of benefit +payment; (c) The rights of the Participant's Spouse under Section 6.2.4; (d) The +right to make, and the effect of, a revocation of a previous election to waive +the normal form of benefit payment; and (e) The relative values of the various +optional forms of benefit payment. The Administrator may, on a uniform and +nondiscriminatory basis, provide for such other notices, information or election +periods or take such other action as the Administrator considers necessary or +appropriate in order to comply with Code §§ 401(a)(11) and 417. A Participant +may revoke his election to take an optional form of benefit at any time prior to +the Participant's Benefit Commencement Date, without the consent of his Spouse. +The election of an optional form of benefit by a married Participant must be in +the form of a waiver of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity. The election +must be in writing and consented to by the Participant's Spouse. The Spouse's +consent to the waiver must specify the form of benefit being elected and the +non-Spouse Beneficiary, if any, and must be witnessed by the Administrator or a +notary public. Notwithstanding this consent requirement, if the Participant +establishes to the satisfaction of the Administrator that such written consent +may not be obtained VI-2 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens047.jpg] +because there is no Spouse or the Spouse cannot be located, the Participant's +election will be deemed effective. Any consent necessary under this provision +will be valid only with respect to the Spouse who signs the consent, or in the +event of a deemed effective election, the designated Spouse. The election of an +optional form of benefit which contemplates the payment of an annuity shall not +be given effect if any person who would receive benefits under the annuity dies +before the Benefit Commencement Date. 6.3 Direct Rollovers A Participant or +Spouse may elect to have all or a portion of any amount payable to him or her +from the Plan which is an "eligible rollover distribution" (as defined in +Section 6.3.2 below) transferred directly to an "eligible retirement plan" (as +defined in Section 6.3.2 below). Any such election shall be made in accordance +with such uniform rules and procedures as the Administrator may prescribe from +time to time as to the timing and manner of the election in accordance with Code +§ 401(a)(31). For purposes of this Section and Section 7.2.4: (a) "Eligible +rollover distribution" shall mean any distribution of all or any portion of the +balance to the credit of the distributee other than: (i) any distribution that +is one of a series of substantially equal periodic payments (not less frequently +than annually) made for the life (or life expectancy) of the distributee or the +joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the distributee and the +distributee's designated Beneficiary; (ii) any distribution for a specified +period of 10 years or more; (iii) any distribution to the extent such +distribution is required under Code § 401(a)(9); (iv) the portion of any +distribution that is not includable in gross income; or (v) any hardship +distribution described in § 401(k)(2)(B)(i)(iv) received after December 31, +1998. (b) "Eligible retirement plan" shall mean an individual retirement account +or annuity described in Code § 408(a) or 408(b) ("IRA"); a Roth IRA described in +Code § 408A(b); an annuity plan described in Code § 403(a); an annuity contract +described in Code § 403(b); an eligible plan under Code § 457(b) which is +maintained by a state, political subdivision of a state, or any agency or +instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state and which agrees +to separately account for amounts transferred into such plan from this Plan; or +a qualified plan described in Code § 401(a), that accepts the distributee's +eligible rollover distribution. The definition of eligible retirement plan shall +also apply in the case of a distribution to a Surviving Spouse, or to a Spouse +or former Spouse who is the alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations +order, as defined in Code § 414(p). Direct rollover to qualified plan/403(b) +plan. Section 6.3.2(a)(4) notwithstanding, for taxable years beginning after +December 31, 2006, a Participant or Spouse may elect to transfer non-taxable or +employee after-tax contributions by means of a direct rollover to a qualified +plan or to a 403(b) plan that agrees to account separately for amounts so +transferred (including interest thereon), including accounting separately for +the portion of such distribution which is includible in gross income and the +portion of such distribution which is not includible in gross income. Non-Spouse +Beneficiary rollover right. A non-Spouse Beneficiary who is a "designated +beneficiary" under Code § 401(a)(9)(E) and the Regulations thereunder, by a +direct trustee- to-trustee transfer ("direct rollover"), may roll over all or +any portion of his or her distribution to an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) +the Beneficiary establishes for purposes of receiving the VI-3 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens048.jpg] +distribution. In order to be able to roll over the distribution, the +distribution otherwise must satisfy the definition of an "eligible rollover +distribution" under Code § 401(a) (31). If the Participant's named Beneficiary +is a trust, the Plan may make a direct rollover to an IRA on behalf of the +trust, provided the trust satisfies the requirements to be a "designated +beneficiary" within the meaning of Code § 401(a)(9)(E). If a non-Spouse +Beneficiary receives a distribution from the Plan, the distribution is not +eligible for a 60-day (non-direct) rollover. A non-Spouse Beneficiary may not +roll over an amount that is a required minimum distribution, as determined under +applicable Treasury Regulations and other Internal Revenue Service guidance. If +the Participant dies before his or her required beginning date and the +non-Spouse Beneficiary rolls over to an IRA the maximum amount eligible for +rollover, the Beneficiary may elect to use either the five-year rule or the life +expectancy rule, pursuant to Treasury Regulations § 1.401(a)(9)-3, A-4(c), in +determining the required minimum distributions from the IRA that receives the +non-Spouse Beneficiary's distribution. 6.4 Notices (a) Any reference to the +90-day maximum notice period requirements of Code §§ 402(f) (the rollover +notice), 411(a)(11) (Participant's consent to distribution), and 417 (notice +regarding the joint and survivor annuity rules) is changed to 180 days. (b) +Notices given to Participants pursuant to Code § 411(a)(11) shall include a +description of how much larger benefits will be if the commencement of +distributions is deferred. (c) Notices to Participants shall include the +relative values of the various optional forms of benefit, if any, under the Plan +as provided in Regulation § 1.417(a)-3. (d) Any notice to Participants or +election by Participants that the Plan requires to be made in writing, may, at +the option of the Administrator, be provided electronically in accordance with +Regulation § 1.401(a)-21. VI-4 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens049.jpg] +ARTICLE VII DEATH BENEFITS 7.1 Eligibility for Pre-Retirement Death Benefit A +pre-retirement death benefit shall be payable under the Plan in the event of the +death of a Participant prior to his Benefit Commencement Date who, on the date +of death, was either: (a) Actively employed by the Employer; (b) Disabled; or +(c) Terminated but eligible for Early Retirement. The death benefit payable +under this Section 7.1.1 shall be the larger of (d) or (e), where: (d) Is the +lump sum Actuarial Equivalent, as of the day before the death of the +Participant, of the Accrued Retirement Benefit that would have been payable upon +Normal Retirement of the Participant; (e) Is the lump sum Actuarial Equivalent, +as of the day before the Participant's death, of the monthly benefit which would +have been payable to the Participant's Spouse in the form of an immediate +Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity under the Plan if (i) in the case of a +Participant who dies after having attained the earliest retirement age under the +Plan, the Participant had retired on the day before his death, and (ii) in the +case of a Participant who dies before having attained the earliest retirement +age under the Plan, the Participant had separated from service as of his date of +death, survived until his earliest retirement age under the Plan, retired on the +day after attainment of his earliest retirement age under the Plan, and died +immediately thereafter. A pre-retirement death benefit shall also be payable +under the Plan in the event of the death of a married Participant prior to his +or her Benefit Commencement Date who had a Vested Separation prior to +eligibility for Early Retirement. The death benefit payable under this Section +7.1.2 shall be equal to the benefit calculated under Section 7.1.1(e). 7.2 Form +of Pre-Retirement Death Benefit The pre-retirement death benefit payable under +Section 7.1.1 shall be payable to the Surviving Spouse of such Participant in +the form of an Actuarially Equivalent single life annuity commencing on the date +of death unless the Participant has no Surviving Spouse or the Participant has +made an election under Section 7.3, with the Spouse's consent, not to have the +benefit paid in such form. If the Participant has no Surviving Spouse or has +made an effective election under Section 7.3, such benefit shall be paid to the +Participant's Beneficiary in the Actuarially Equivalent form elected by the +Participant commencing on the date elected, or if there is no designated +Beneficiary, to the Participant's estate in a single lump sum. The Surviving +Spouse or other Beneficiary may elect any other Actuarially Equivalent form of +payment permitted under Section 6.1.1, by an instrument in writing filed with +the Administrator within 60 days after the Participant's death. The +pre-retirement death benefit payable under Section 7.1.2 shall be payable to the +Surviving Spouse of such Participant in the form of an Actuarially Equivalent +single life annuity VII-1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens050.jpg] +commencing on the date the Participant would have attained earliest retirement +age, unless the Surviving Spouse shall elect another Actuarially Equivalent form +of payment permitted by Section 6.1.1, by an instrument in writing filed with +the Administrator within 60 days after the Participant's death. No benefit shall +be payable under Section 7.1.2 unless the Spouse is alive on such Benefit +Commencement Date. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 7.2.1 and 7.2.2, +if the present value of the pre-retirement death benefit payable under Section +7.1.1 or 7.1.2 is $1,000 or less, such benefit shall be distributed in a single +lump sum as soon as practicable following the death of the Participant. Any lump +sum payment payable to a Spouse pursuant to this Section 7.2 shall be eligible +for a direct rollover in accordance with Section 6.3. 7.3 Election to Waive An +election by a married Participant under Section 7.2.1 must be in the form of an +election to waive the Qualified Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity. In order for +any waiver pursuant to this Section 7.3.1 to be effective, the Participant's +Spouse must consent in writing to such election, and such consent must +acknowledge the effect of the election and must be witnessed by the +Administrator or a notary public. Such spousal consent shall be effective only +with respect to the Spouse giving this consent and, once given, such consent +shall be irrevocable. The Participant shall have the right to revoke his waiver +at any time prior to the earlier of the Participant's Benefit Commencement Date +or death. 7.4 Beneficiaries With respect to any death benefit payable pursuant +to Section 7.1.1, a Participant's Beneficiary shall be his Surviving Spouse or, +subject to the spousal consent rules in Section 7.3, other Beneficiary or +Beneficiaries designated by the Participant in accordance with rules established +by the Administrator. With respect to any death benefit payable pursuant to +Section 7.1.2, a Participant's Beneficiary shall be his Surviving Spouse. With +respect to any form of payment of a Retirement Benefit pursuant to Article V +providing for payments after the death of the Participant, a Participant shall +designate, in accordance with the election procedure under Article VI, one or +more Beneficiaries to whom amounts due after his death shall be paid, and the +rights of such Beneficiary shall be governed by the terms of the form of payment +so elected. No Spouse or other Beneficiary shall have any right to benefits +under the Plan unless he shall survive the Participant. If a Beneficiary fails +to survive a Participant for at least 30 days, it shall be presumed that the +Participant survived the Beneficiary. 7.5 After-Death Distribution Rules +Notwithstanding any Plan provision to the contrary, if a Participant dies after +distribution of his benefits has commenced, the remaining portion of such +benefits will continue to be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method +of distribution being used prior to the Participant's death. VII-2 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens051.jpg] +Notwithstanding any Plan provision to the contrary, if a Participant dies before +distribution of his benefits has commenced, the Participant's entire interest +will be distributed no later than 5 years after the Participant's death; +provided, however, that if any portion of the Participant's interest is payable +to his Beneficiary, distributions may be made in substantially equal +installments over the life or life expectancy of the Beneficiary, commencing (i) +in the case of a Beneficiary other than a Surviving Spouse, no later than one +year after the Participant's death; and (ii) in the case of a Surviving Spouse, +no later than the later of one year after the Participant's death or the date on +which 1 the Participant would have attained age 70 /2. If the Spouse dies before +payments to such Spouse begin, subsequent distributions shall be made as if the +Spouse had been the Participant. VII-3 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens052.jpg] +ARTICLE VIII CONTRIBUTIONS AND FORFEITURES 8.1 Contribution by the Company The +Company and each Participating Affiliate will make contributions to the Trust at +such times and in such amounts as the Company may determine. 8.2 Contributions +by Employees Employees are not required or permitted to make contributions under +the Plan. 8.3 Forfeitures Forfeitures under the Plan will be applied to reduce +the Company's contributions and will not be applied to increase the benefits of +any person hereunder prior to the termination of the Plan or complete +discontinuance of contributions by the Company. 8.4 Return of Employer +Contributions under Special Circumstances Notwithstanding any provision of this +Plan to the contrary, upon timely written demand by an Employer to the Trustee: +(a) Any contribution made by the Employer to the Plan under a mistake of fact +shall be returned to the Employer by the Trustee within one year after the +payment of the contribution; (b) Any contribution made by the Employer incident +to the determination by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue that the Plan is +initially a Qualified Plan shall be returned to the Employer by the Trustee +within one year after notification from the Internal Revenue Service that the +Plan is not initially a Qualified Plan; and (c) Any contribution made by the +Employer conditioned upon the deductibility of the contribution under Code § 404 +shall be returned to the Employer within one year after a deduction for the +contribution under Code § 404 is disallowed by the Internal Revenue Service, but +only to the extent disallowed. Each contribution by an Employer shall be +conditioned upon the deductibility of the contribution under Code § 404 unless +the Employer elects otherwise. VIII-1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens053.jpg] +ARTICLE IX FIDUCIARIES 9.1 Named Fiduciaries The named fiduciaries, who shall +have authority to control and manage the operation and administration of the +Plan, are as follows: (a) The Company, which shall have the sole right to (i) +appoint and remove from office the members of the Administrative Committee, the +Trustee and any investment manager; (ii) establish a funding policy relating to, +and the method for achieving the objectives of, the Plan; (iii) amend or +terminate the Plan, and (iv), at its election, direct the Trustee concerning any +aspect of the investment, management, or control of Plan assets; (b) The +Administrative Committee, which shall have the authority and duties specified in +Article XI hereof; (c) The Trustee, which shall have the authority and duties +specified in Article X hereof and the Trust Agreement; and, in addition, the +authority and duties of the Administrative Committee, in the event that no such +Committee shall be appointed or constituted by the Company; and (d) Any +investment manager or managers selected by the Company who renders investment +advice with respect to Plan assets. 9.2 Employment of Advisers A "named +fiduciary" with respect to the Plan (as defined in ERISA § 402(a)(2)) and any +"fiduciary" (as defined in ERISA § 3(21)) appointed by such a "named fiduciary" +may employ one or more persons to render advice with regard to any +responsibility of such "named fiduciary" or "fiduciary" under the Plan. 9.3 +Multiple Fiduciary Capacities Any "named fiduciary" with respect to the Plan (as +defined in ERISA § 402(a)(2)) and any other "fiduciary" (as defined in ERISA § +3(21)) with respect to the Plan may serve in more than one fiduciary capacity. +9.4 Reliance Any fiduciary with respect to the Plan may rely upon any direction, +information or action of any other fiduciary, acting within the scope of its +responsibilities under the Plan, as being proper under the Plan. 9.5 Scope of +Authority and Responsibility The responsibilities of the Administrative +Committee and the Trustee for the operation and administration of the Plan are +allocated between them in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and the +Trust Agreement wherein their respective duties are specified. Each fiduciary +shall have only the authority and duties as are specifically given to it under +this Plan, shall be responsible for the proper IX-1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens054.jpg] +exercise of its own authorities and duties, and shall not be responsible for any +act or failure to act of any other fiduciary. 9.6 Trustee Subject to Directions +of Named Fiduciary In the event the Company elects, pursuant to Section +9.1(a)(iv), to direct the Trustee with respect to the investment, management, or +control of Plan assets, the Company shall serve in such capacity as a Named +Fiduciary of the Plan, and the Trustee shall be subject to such directions from +the Company that are made in accordance with the terms of the Plan and are not +contrary to the provisions of ERISA. IX-2 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens055.jpg] +ARTICLE X TRUSTEE 10.1 Trust Agreement The Company shall enter into one or more +Trust Agreements with the Trustee or Trustees selected by it in its sole +discretion, and the Trustee shall receive the contributions to the Trust Fund +made by the Employer pursuant to the Plan and shall hold, invest, reinvest, and +distribute such fund, as applicable, in accordance with the terms and provisions +of the Trust Agreement. The Company will determine the form and terms of such +Trust Agreement and may modify such Trust Agreement from time to time to +accomplish the purposes of this Plan and may, in its sole discretion, remove any +Trustee and select any successor Trustee. 10.2 Assets in Trust Except as +otherwise permitted under the Plan, all assets of the Plan shall be held in +trust by the Trustee who upon acceptance of such office shall have such +authority as is set forth in the Trust Agreement. X-1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens056.jpg] +ARTICLE XI ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE 11.1 Appointment and Removal of +Administrative Committee The administration of the Plan shall be vested in an +Administrative Committee (hereinafter in this Article XI, the "Committee") of at +least three (3) persons who shall be appointed by the Board, and may include +persons who are not Participants in the Plan. A person appointed a member of the +Committee shall signify his acceptance in writing. The Board may remove or +replace any member of the Committee at any time in its sole discretion, and any +Committee member may resign by delivering his written resignation to the Board, +which resignation shall become effective upon its delivery or at any later date +specified therein. If at any time there shall be a vacancy in the membership of +the Committee, the remaining member or members of the Committee shall continue +to act until such vacancy is filled by action of the Board. 11.2 Officers of +Administrative Committee The Committee shall appoint from among its members a +chairman, and shall appoint as secretary a person who may be, but need not be, a +member of the Committee or a Participant in the Plan. 11.3 Action by +Administrative Committee The Committee shall hold meetings upon such notice, at +such place or places, and at such times as its members may from time to time +determine. A majority of its members at the time in office shall constitute a +quorum for the transaction of business. All action taken by the Committee at any +meeting shall be by vote of the majority of its members present at such meeting, +except that the Committee also may act without a meeting by a consent signed by +a majority of its members. Any member of the Committee who is a Participant in +the Plan shall not vote on any question relating exclusively to himself. 11.4 +Rules and Regulations Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee may from +time to time adopt such rules and regulations as it shall deem appropriate for +the administration of the Plan and for the conduct and transaction of its +business and affairs. 11.5 Powers The Committee shall have such powers as may be +necessary to discharge its duties under the Plan, including the power: (a) To +interpret and construe the Plan in its discretion, to determine all questions +with regard to employment, eligibility, Credited Service, Compensation, +Retirement Benefits, and such factual matters as date of birth and marital +status, and similarly related matters for the purpose of the Plan. The +Committee's determination of all questions arising under the Plan shall be +conclusive upon all Participants, the Board, the Company, Employers, the +Trustee, and other interested parties; (b) To prescribe procedures to be +followed by Participants and Beneficiaries filing application for benefits; XI-1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens057.jpg] +(c) To prepare and distribute to Participants information explaining the Plan; +(d) To appoint or employ individuals to assist in the administration of the Plan +and any other agents it deems advisable, including legal, accounting and +actuarial counsel; (e) To instruct the Trustee to make benefit payments pursuant +to the Plan; (f) To appoint an enrolled actuary and to receive and review the +periodic valuation of the Plan made by such actuary; (g) To receive and review +reports of disbursements from the Trust Fund made by the Trustees; and (h) To +receive and review the periodic audit of the Plan made by a certified public +accountant appointed by the Company. 11.6 Information from Participants Each +Participant shall be required to furnish to the Committee, in the form +prescribed by it, such personal data, affidavits, authorizations to obtain +information, and other information as the Committee may deem appropriate for the +proper administration of the Plan. 11.7 Reports The Committee shall prepare, or +cause to be prepared, such periodic reports to the U.S. Labor Department, the +Internal Revenue Service and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation as may be +required pursuant to the Code or ERISA. 11.8 Authority to Act The Committee may +authorize one or more of its members, officers, or agents to sign on its behalf +any of its instructions, directions, notifications, or communications to the +Trustee, and the Trustee may conclusively rely thereon and on the information +contained therein. 11.9 Liability for Acts The members of the Committee shall be +entitled to rely upon all valuations, certificates and reports furnished by the +Plan actuary or accountant and upon all opinions given by any legal counsel +selected by the Committee, and the members of the Committee shall be fully +protected with respect to any action taken or suffered by their having relied in +good faith upon such actuary, accountant or counsel and all action so taken or +suffered shall be conclusive upon each of them and upon all Participants and +their Beneficiaries. No member of the Committee shall incur any liability for +anything done or omitted by him except only liability for his own willful +misconduct. 11.10 Compensation and Expenses Unless authorized by the Board, a +member or officer of the Committee shall not be compensated for his service in +such capacity, but shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incident to the +performance of such duty. XI-2 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens058.jpg] +11.11 Indemnity The Company shall indemnify the members of the Committee and any +of their agents acting in behalf of the Plan against any and all liabilities or +expenses, including all legal fees related thereto, to which they may be +subjected as members of the Committee by reason of any act or failure to act +which constitutes a breach or an alleged breach of fiduciary responsibility +under ERISA or otherwise, except that due to a person's own willful misconduct. +11.12 Denied Claims The claims procedures set forth in ERISA Regulation § +2560.503-1 are hereby incorporated into the Plan except as otherwise provided in +this Section 11.12. If any application for payment of a benefit under the Plan +shall be denied, the Committee shall with the denial write the claimant setting +forth the specific reasons for the denial and explaining the Plan's claim review +procedure. If a claimant whose claim has been denied wishes further +consideration of his claim, he may appeal to the Committee to review his claim +in a written statement of the claimant's position filed with the Committee no +later than 60 days after the claimant receives such denial (180 days in the case +of a Disability claim). The Committee shall make a full review of the claim and +the denial, giving the claimant written notice of its decision within the next +60 days (45 days in the case of a Disability claim). Due to special +circumstances, if no decision has been made within the first 60 days (45 days in +the case of a Disability claim) and notice of the need for additional time has +been furnished within such period, the decision may be made within the following +60 days (45 days in the case of a Disability claim). A claimant shall be +required to exhaust the administrative remedies provided by this Section 11.12 +prior to seeking any other form of relief, including a civil action under ERISA, +provided that any such action must be filed no later than the 180th day after +the date of the denial of the appeal. XI-3 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens059.jpg] +ARTICLE XII PLAN AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION 12.1 Plan Amendment The Company shall +have the right at any time to amend the Plan, which amendment shall be evidenced +by an instrument in writing signed by an authorized officer of the Company, +effective retroactively or otherwise. No such amendment shall have any of the +effects specified in Section 12.2. 12.2 Limitations on Plan Amendment No Plan +amendment shall: (a) Authorize any part of the Trust to be used for, or diverted +to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of Participants or their +Beneficiaries; (b) Decrease the accrued benefits of any Participant or his +Beneficiary under the Plan (except to the extent permitted under Code § +412(c)(8)); or (c) Change the vesting schedule, either directly or indirectly, +unless each Participant having not less than three years of Vesting Service is +permitted to elect, within a reasonable period specified by the Administrator +after the adoption of such amendment, to have his vested percentage computed +without regard to such amendment. The period during which the election may be +made shall commence with the date the amendment is adopted and shall end as the +later of: (i) 60 days after the amendment is adopted; (ii) 60 days after the +amendment becomes effective; or (iii) 60 days after the Participant is issued +written notice by the Administrator. No amendment to the Plan (including a +change in the actuarial basis for determining optional or early retirement +benefits) shall be effective to the extent that it has the effect of decreasing +a Participant's accrued benefit. For purposes of this paragraph, a Plan +amendment that has the effect of (1) eliminating or reducing an early retirement +benefit or a retirement-type subsidy, or (2) eliminating an optional form of +benefit, with respect to benefits attributable to service before the amendment +shall be treated as reducing accrued benefits. In the case of a retirement-type +subsidy, the preceding sentence shall apply only with respect to a Participant +who satisfies (either before or after the amendment) the pre-amendment +conditions for the subsidy. Notwithstanding the preceding sentences, a +Participant's accrued benefit, early retirement benefit, retirement-type +subsidy, or optional form of benefit may be reduced to the extent permitted +under Code § 412(c)(8) (for Plan Years beginning on or before December 31, 2007) +or Code § 412(d)(2) (for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2007), or to +the extent permitted under Regulation §§ 1.411(d)-3 and 1.411(d)-4. For purposes +of this paragraph, a retirement-type subsidy is the excess, if any, of the +actuarial present value of a retirement-type benefit over the actuarial present +value of the accrued benefit commencing at Normal Retirement Age or at actual +commencement date, if later, with both such actuarial present values determined +as of the date the retirement-type benefit commences. 12.3 Right of the Employer +to Terminate Plan XII-1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens060.jpg] +The Company intends and expects that from year to year it will be able to and +will deem it advisable to continue this Plan in effect and to make contributions +as herein provided. The Company reserves the right, however, to terminate the +Plan at any time which termination shall be evidenced by an instrument in +writing signed by an authorized officer of the Company delivered to the +Administrator and the Trustee. 12.4 Effect of Partial or Complete Termination +Determination of Date of Complete or Partial Termination. The date of complete +or partial termination shall be established by the Administrator in accordance +with the directions of the Company in accordance with applicable law. Effect of +Termination. (a) As of the date of a partial termination of the Plan: (i) The +accrued benefit of each affected Participant who is then an Employee, to the +extent funded, shall become nonforfeitable; (ii) No affected Participant shall +be granted Credited Service based on Years of Service after such date; and (iii) +Compensation paid to affected Participants after such date shall not be taken +into account. (b) As of the date of the complete termination of the Plan: (i) +The accrued benefit of each Participant who is then an Employee, to the extent +funded, shall become non-forfeitable; (ii) No Participant shall be granted +Credited Service based on Years of Service after such date; (iii) Compensation +paid after such date shall not be taken into account; (iv) No Eligible Employee +shall become a Participant after such date; and (v) Except as may otherwise be +required by applicable law, all Employer obligations to fund the Plan shall +terminate. 12.5 Allocation of Assets At any time as the Company determines to +distribute the Trust, the Trust shall be applied to the payment of or provision +for benefits in accordance with the priority classes established by ERISA § +4044. The respective amounts allocated to such priority classes shall be +distributed to or set aside for the benefit of the persons entitled thereto in +such manner as is determined by the Administrator. 12.6 Residual Assets XII-2 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens061.jpg] +Any amounts remaining in the Trust after the satisfaction of all liabilities of +the Trust with respect to all Participants and their Beneficiaries shall revert +to the Employer. 12.7 Limitations Applicable to Certain Highly Paid Participants +Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, in any Plan Year the +annual payments to a Participant who is among the 25 "highly compensated +employees" (as defined in Code § 414(q)) with the greatest Compensation for the +Plan Year shall not exceed the amount which would be payable to such Participant +in the form of a single life annuity which is the Actuarial Equivalent of the +sum of the Participant's accrued benefit and other Plan benefits, unless: (a) +After payment of all Plan benefits to such Participant, the value of the Plan's +assets equals or exceeds 110% of the value of the Plan's "current liabilities" +(as defined in Code § 412(1)(7)); or (b) The value of such Participant's Plan +benefits is less than 1% of the value of the Plan's current liabilities. XII-3 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens062.jpg] +ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 13.1 Exclusive Benefit of Participants The +Trust shall be held for the benefit of all persons who shall be entitled to +receive payments under the Plan. It shall be prohibited at any time for any part +of the Trust (other than such part as is required to pay expenses) to be used +for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of +Participants or their Beneficiaries. 13.2 Plan Not a Contract of Employment The +Plan is not a contract of Employment, and the terms of Employment of any +Employee shall not be affected in any way by the Plan or related instruments +except as specifically provided therein. 13.3 Source of Benefits Benefits under +the Plan shall be paid or provided for solely from the Trust, and neither the +Company, an Employer, the Administrator, Trustee or Investment Manager shall +assume any liability therefor. 13.4 Benefits Not Assignable Benefits provided +under the Plan may not be assigned or alienated, either voluntarily or +involuntarily. The preceding sentence shall also apply to the creation, +assignment or recognition of a right to any benefit payable with respect to a +Participant pursuant to a "domestic relations order" (as defined in Code § +4-14(p)) unless such order is determined by the Administrator to be a "qualified +domestic relations order" (as defined in Code § 414(p)) or, in the case of a +"domestic relations order" entered before January 1, 1985, if either payment of +benefits pursuant to the order has commenced as of that date or the +Administrator decides to treat such order as a "qualified domestic relations +order" within the meaning of Code § 414(p) even if it does not otherwise qualify +as such. Exception for Certain Judgments on or after August 5, 1997: Effective +as of August 5, 1997, the Plan will recognize and comply with an order, +judgment, decree, or settlement agreement that satisfies the requirements of +Code § 401(a)(13) (relating to crimes involving the plan or certain civil +actions relating to breaches of fiduciary duty under ERISA.) 13.5 Domestic +Relations Orders Any other provision of the Plan to the contrary +notwithstanding, the Administrator shall have all powers necessary with respect +to the Plan for the proper operation of Code § 414(p) with respect to "qualified +domestic relations orders" (or "domestic relations orders" treated as such) +referred to in Section 13.4, including, but not limited to, the power to +establish all necessary or appropriate procedures, to authorize the +establishment of new accounts with such assets and subject to such restrictions +as the Administrator may deem appropriate, and the Administrator may decide upon +and direct appropriate distributions therefrom. A domestic relations order that +otherwise satisfies the requirements for a qualified domestic relations order +(QDRO) will not fail to be a QDRO: (i) solely because the order is issued after, +or XIII-1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens063.jpg] +revises, another domestic relations order or QDRO; or (ii) solely because of the +time at which the order is issued, including issuance after the annuity starting +date or after the Participant's death. 13.6 Benefits Payable to Minors, +Incompetents and Others In the event any benefit is payable to a minor or an +incompetent or to a person otherwise under a legal disability, or who, in the +sole discretion of the Administrator, is by reason of advanced age, illness or +other physical or mental incapacity incapable of handling and disposing of his +property, or otherwise is in such position or condition that the Administrator +believes that he could not utilize the benefit for his support or welfare, the +Administrator shall have discretion to apply the whole or any part of such +benefit directly to the care, comfort, maintenance, support, education or use of +such person, or pay the whole or any part of such benefit to the parent of such +person, the guardian, committee, conservator or other legal representative, +wherever appointed, of such person, the person with whom such person is +residing, or to any other person having the care and control of such person. The +receipt by any such person to whom any such payment on behalf of any Participant +or Beneficiary is made shall be a sufficient discharge therefor. 13.7 Merger or +Transfer of Assets The merger or consolidation of the Company with any other +person, or the transfer of the assets of the Company to any other person, shall +not constitute a termination of the Plan, if provision is made for the +continuation of the Plan. The Plan may not merge or consolidate with, or +transfer any assets or liabilities to, any other plan, unless each Participant +would (if the Plan then terminated) receive a benefit immediately after the +merger, consolidation or transfer which is equal to or greater than the benefit +he would have been entitled to receive immediately before the merger, +consolidation or transfer (if the Plan had then terminated). The Liberty +National Life Insurance Company Pension Plan and the Liberty National Life +Insurance Company Pension Plan for Non-Commissioned Employees were merged with +and into the Plan, effective as of January 1, 2004 pursuant to Section 13.7 of +the Plan. 13.8 Participation in the Plan by an Affiliate Section 13.8 was +amended effective January 1, 2012 to read as follows: Subject to the approval of +the Board of Directors of the Company, an Affiliate, by duly authorized action +of its board of directors, may adopt the Plan and determine the classes of its +Employees who shall be Eligible Employees. Such Affiliate shall make such +contributions to the Plan on behalf of such Employees as is determined by the +Company. If no such action is taken, the Eligible Employees and the amount of +Retirement Benefit shall be determined in accordance with the Plan provisions +applicable to an Employer. By duly authorized action of its board of directors, +an Affiliate may terminate its participation in the Plan or withdraw from the +Plan and the Trust. An Employer other than the Company shall have no power with +respect to the Plan except as specifically provided by this Section 13.8. XIII-2 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens064.jpg] +13.9 Action by Employer Any action required to be taken by an Employer pursuant +to the terms of the Plan shall be taken by the Board of Directors of the +Employer or any person or persons duly empowered to exercise the powers of the +Employer with respect to the Plan. 13.10 Provision of Information For purposes +of the Plan, each Employee shall execute such forms as may be reasonably +required by the Administrator and the Employee shall make available to the +Administrator and the Trustee any information they may reasonably request in +this regard. 13.11 Controlling Law The Plan is intended to qualify under Code § +401(a) and to comply with ERISA, and its terms shall be interpreted accordingly. +Otherwise, to the extent not preempted by ERISA, the laws of the State of +Alabama shall control the interpretation and performance of the terms of the +Plan. 13.12 Conditional Restatement Anything in the foregoing to the contrary +notwithstanding, the Plan has been restated on the express condition that it +will be considered by the Internal Revenue Service as qualifying under the +provisions of Code § 401(a) and the Trust qualifying for exemption from taxation +under Code § 501(a). If the Internal Revenue Service determines that the Plan or +Trust does not so qualify, the Plan shall be amended or terminated as decided by +the Company. 13.13 Rules of Construction Masculine pronouns used herein shall +refer to men or women or both and nouns and pronouns when stated in the singular +shall include the plural and when stated in the plural shall include the +singular, unless qualified by the context. Titles of Articles and Sections of +the Plan are for convenience of reference only and are to be disregarded in +applying the provisions of the Plan. Any reference in this Plan to an Article or +Section is to the Article or Section so specified of the Plan. 13.14 USERRA +Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the contrary, contributions, +benefits, and service credit with respect to qualified military service will be +provided in accordance with Code §414(u). In the case of a death or disability +occurring on or after January 1, 2007, if a Participant dies while performing +qualified military service (as defined in Code § 414(u)), the survivors of the +Participant are entitled to any additional benefits (other than benefit accruals +relating to the period of qualified military service) provided under the Plan as +if the Participant had resumed and then terminated Employment on account of +death. An individual receiving a differential wage payment, as defined by Code § +3401(h)(2), shall be treated as an Employee of the Employer making the payment, +the differential wage payment shall be treated as compensation, and the Plan +shall not be treated as failing to meet the requirements of any provision +described in Code § 414(u)(1)(C) by reason of any contribution or benefit which +is based on the differential wage payment. XIII-3 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens065.jpg] +XIII-4 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens066.jpg] +ARTICLE XIV MINIMUM RETIREMENT INCOME 14.1 Prior Plans In no case, shall the +monthly Retirement Benefit for any Participant who was a Participant in either +the Retirement Plan for Employees of Globe Life and Accident Insurance Company +and Its Affiliates or the Retirement Plan for Employees of United American +Insurance Company ("the Prior Plans") whichever is applicable, on December 31, +1982, be less than (a) below or (b) plus (c), whichever is greater, where: (a) +Is the monthly normal retirement income which had accrued to such Participant on +December 31, 1982, under the applicable Prior Plan, which shall be: For the +prior Globe Retirement Plan, an amount equal to 1/12 of (i) times .0115 times +(ii) plus (iii) times ((ii) - $5,520) where: (i) Is the Participant's number of +years of credited service (as defined in such Prior Plan) (with a maximum of +35); (ii) Is average salary (5 years of highest salary out of last 10 years with +a maximum of $35,000); (iii) Is the Participant's number of years of credited +service as defined in such Prior Plan times .02, with a maximum of .3. For the +prior United American Plan, an amount equal to 1/12 of (i) plus (ii), where: (i) +Is an amount equal to the number of years of credited service as defined in such +prior plan (up to 30) multiplied by 1 '/2% of average annual compensation during +the five consecutive calendar years (of the last 10) of highest average +compensation; and (ii) Is an amount equal to the number of years of credited +service after age 40 (up to 18 years) times 1 '/2% of that portion of average +annual compensation, during the five consecutive calendar years (of the last 10 +calendar years) of highest average compensation, which is in excess of the +maximum Social Security wage base. (b) Is the normal retirement income accrued +to the Participants under such Prior Plans on December 31, 1982 pursuant to (a) +above. (c) Is the additional normal retirement income such Participants could +have accrued up to December 31, 1988 under either of such Prior Plans, whichever +is applicable, if such Prior Plans had continued in effect without amendment +until December 31, 1988. For Participants who were participating in the Liberty +National Life Insurance Company Pension Plan on April 5, 1982, the amount of +annual Retirement Benefit commencing on the Normal Retirement Date of any such +Participant retiring under this Plan after April 5, 1982, shall not be less than +the amount calculated in (a) or (b) below, (whichever is greater), where: (a) Is +(i) plus (ii) less (iii), where: XIV-1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens067.jpg] +(i) Applies only to Participants with less than 30 years of Credited Service on +the anniversary of Employment immediately preceding April 5, 1982, and is 1/12 +of .02 times Final Average Compensation times the number of complete months of +service for benefit accrual purposes for an Employer participating in this Plan +from March 6, 1982, through the earlier of the 30th Year of Service for benefit +accrual purposes, or the date of separation from service; (ii) Is 1/12 of .01 +times Final Average Compensation times the number of complete months of service +for benefit accrual purposes for an Employer participating in this Plan from +March 6, 1982, or the 30th Year of Service for benefit accrual purposes, through +the earlier of the date of separation from service or the 40th Year of Service +for benefit accrual purposes; (iii) Applies only to Participants with less than +30 years of Credited Service on the anniversary of Employment immediately +preceding April 5, 1982, and is the smaller of (x) 1/12 of the Social Security +Offset Percentage times the Participant's Special Average Earnings times the +number of complete months of service for benefit accrual purposes for an +Employer participating in this Plan from March 6, 1982, through the earlier of +the 35th Year of Service for benefit accrual purposes, or the date of separation +from service or (y) 50% of the sum of the amounts in (a)(i) plus (a)(ii) but +substituting Special Average Earnings for Final Average Compensation in those +formulas. (b) Is (i) plus (ii) less (iii), where: (i) Is 1/12 of .02 times Final +Average Compensation times the number of complete months of service for benefit +accrual purposes for an Employer participating in this Plan from April 5, 1982, +through April 4, 1987; (ii) Is 1/12 of .015 times Final Average Compensation +times the number of complete months of service for benefit accrual purposes for +an Employer participating in this Plan from April 5, 1987, through April 4, +1992; (iii) Is the amount calculated in (a)(iii), above. Any benefit provided +under this Section 14.1.2 shall be based solely on Credited Service for benefit +accrual purposes for an Employer participating in this Plan. XIV-2 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens068.jpg] +ARTICLE XV TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS 15.1 Definitions As used in this Article XV, +each of the following terms shall have the meanings for that term set forth +below: (a) Defined Benefit Plan means, a plan of the type defined in Code § +414(j) maintained by the Company or an Affiliate, as applicable. (b) Defined +Contribution Plan means, a plan of the type defined in Code § 414(i) maintained +by the Company or an Affiliate, as applicable. (c) Determination Date means, for +any Plan Year subsequent to the first Plan Year, the last day of the preceding +Plan Year. For the first Plan Year of the Plan, Determination Date means the +last day of that year. (d) Determination Period means the Plan Year containing +the Determination Date and the four preceding Plan Years. (e) Key Employee means +any Employee or former Employee (including deceased Employee) who at any time +during the Plan Year that includes the Determination Date was an officer of the +Employer having annual compensation greater than $130,000 (as adjusted under +Code § 416(i)(1)), a five-percent owner of the Employer, or a one-percent owner +of the Employer having an annual compensation of more than $150,000. For this +purpose, annual compensation means compensation within the meaning of Code § +415(c)(3). The determination of who is a Key Employee will be made in accordance +with Code § 416(i)(1) and the applicable Regulations and other guidance of +general applicability issued thereunder. (f) Limitation Compensation means, for +an Employee, the Employee's earned income, wages, salaries, fees for +professional services and other amounts received for personal services actually +rendered in the course of Employment (including, but not limited to, commissions +paid salesmen, compensation for services on the basis of a percentage of +profits, commissions on insurance premiums, tips and bonuses); amounts described +in Code §§ 104(a)(3), 105(a) and 105(h) to the extent includable in the +Employee's gross income; amounts described in Code § 105(d) whether or not +excludable from the Employee's gross income; reimbursed non-deductible moving +expenses; the value of nonqualified stock options to the extent includable in +the Employee's gross income in the year of grant; the amount includable in the +Employee's gross income pursuant to an election under Code § 83(b); +distributions from an unfunded, non-qualified plan of deferred compensation; and +excluding the following: (i) Contributions to a plan of deferred compensation +which are not includible in the Employee's gross income for the taxable year in +which contributed, or contributions under a "simplified employee pension" +(within the meaning of Code § 408(k)) to the extent such contributions are +deductible by the Employee, or any distributions from a plan of deferred +compensation (other than an unfunded non-qualified plan); XV-1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens069.jpg] +(ii) Amounts realized from the exercise of a non-qualified stock option, or when +restricted stock (or other property) held by the Employee either becomes freely +"transferable" or is no longer subject to a "substantial risk of forfeiture" +(both quoted terms within the meaning of Code § 83(a)); (iii) Amounts realized +from the sale, exchange or other disposition of stock acquired under a qualified +stock option; and (iv) Other amounts which received special tax benefits, or +contributions made (whether or not under a salary reduction agreement) towards +the purchase of an annuity described in Code § 403(b) (whether or not the +amounts are actually excludable from the gross income of the Employee). +Notwithstanding the above provisions, a Participant's Limitation Compensation +will include any elective deferrals (as defined in Code §402(e)(3)), any amount +which is contributed or deferred at the election of the Participant and which is +not includable in the gross income of the Participant by reason of Code §125 or +Code §457, and a Participant's elective deductions for "qualified transportation +fringes" under Code §132(0(4). (g) Non-Key Employee means any Employee who is +not a Key Employee. (h) Permissive Aggregation Group means the Required +Aggregation Group of plans plus any other plan or plans of the Company or an +Affiliate which, when considered as a group with the Required Aggregation Group, +would continue to satisfy the requirements of Code §§ 401(a)(4) and 410. (i) +Required Aggregation Group means (i) each qualified plan of an Employer in which +at least one Key Employee participates, and (ii) any other qualified plan of an +Employer which enables a plan described in clause (i) to meet the requirements +of Code §§ 401(a)(4) and 410. (j) Super Top-Heavy Plan means the Plan, if any +Top-Heavy Ratio as determined under the definition of Top-Heavy Plan exceeds +90%. (k) Top-Heavy Plan means the Plan, if any of the following conditions +exists: (i) If the Top-Heavy Ratio for the Plan exceeds 60% and the Plan is not +part of any Required Aggregation Group or Permissive Aggregation Group of plans. +(ii) If the Plan is a part of a Required Aggregation Group of plans but not part +of a Permissive Aggregation Group and the Top-Heavy Ratio for the Required +Aggregation Group of plans exceeds 60%. (iii) If the Plan is a part of a +Required Aggregation Group and part of a Permissive Aggregation Group of plans +and the Top-Heavy Ratio for the Permissive Aggregation Group exceeds 60%. (l) +Top-Heavy Ratio means: (i) If the Company or an Affiliate maintains one or more +Defined Benefit Plans and the Company or an Affiliate has never maintained any +defined contribution Plan (including XV-2 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens070.jpg] +any "simplified employee pension" within the meaning of Code § 408(k)) which +during the five-year period ending on the Determination Date has or has had +account balances, the Top-Heavy Ratio for the Plan alone or for the Required or +Permissive Aggregation Group, as appropriate, is a fraction, the numerator of +which is the sum of the present values of accrued benefits under the aggregated +Defined Benefit Plans of all Key Employees as of the respective Determination +Date for each plan (including any part of any accrued benefit distributed in the +five-year period ending on the Determination Date), and the denominator of which +is the sum of the present values of all accrued benefits under the aggregated +Defined Benefit Plans as of the respective Determination Date for each plan +(including any part of any accrued benefit distributed in the five-year period +ending on the Determination Date) determined in accordance with Code § 416. (ii) +If the Company or an Affiliate maintains one or more Defined Benefit Plans and +the Company or an Affiliate maintains or has maintained one or more Defined +Contribution Plans (including any "simplified employee pension" within the +meaning of Code § 408(k)) which during the five-year period ending on the +Determination Date has or has had any account balances, the Top-Heavy Ratio for +any Required or Permissive Aggregation Group, as appropriate, is a fraction, the +numerator of which is the sum of the present value of accrued benefits under the +aggregated Defined Benefit Plans for all Key Employees, determined in accordance +with (i) above, plus the sum of account balances under the aggregated Defined +Contribution Plans for all Key Employees as of the respective Determination Date +for each plan, and the denominator of which is the sum of the present value of +all accrued benefits under the aggregated Defined Benefit Plans, determined in +accordance with (i) above, plus the sum of all account balances under the +aggregated Defined Contribution Plans for all Participants as of the respective +Determination Date for each plan, all determined in accordance with Code § 416. +The present values of accrued benefits of an Employee as of the determination +date shall be increased by the distributions made with respect to the Employee +under the Plan and any plan aggregated with the Plan under Code § 416(g)(2) +during the one-year period ending on the Determination Date. The preceding +sentence shall also apply to distributions under a terminated plan which, had it +not been terminated, would have been aggregated with the Plan under Code § +416(g)(2)(A)(i). In the case of a distribution made for a reason other than +severance from Employment, death, or Disability, this provision shall be applied +by substituting "five-year period" for "one-year period." (iii) For purposes of +(i) and (ii) above, the value of account balances and the present value of +accrued benefits will be determined as of the most recent Valuation Date that +falls within or ends with the 12-month period ending on the Determination Date, +except as provided in Code § 416 for the first and second plan year of a Defined +Benefit Plan. The account balances and accrued benefits of a Participant (1) who +is a Non-Key Employee but who was a Key Employee in a prior year, or (2) who has +not been credited with at least one Hour of Service with any Employer at any +time during the one-year period ending on the Determination Date will be +disregarded. The calculation of the Top-Heavy Ratio, and the extent to which +distributions, rollovers, and transfers are taken into account will be made in +accordance with Code § 416. Deductible employee contributions will not be taken +into account for purposes of computing the Top-Heavy Ratio. When aggregating +plans, the value of account balances and accrued benefits will be calculated +with reference to the respective Determination Dates for the aggregated plans +that fall within the same calendar year. (iv) Solely for the purpose of +determining if the Plan, or any other plan included in a Required Aggregation +Group of which this Plan is a part, is Top-Heavy (within the XV-3 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens071.jpg] +meaning of Code § 416(g)) such determination shall be made under (1) the method, +if any, that uniformly applies for accrual purposes under all plans maintained +by the Employer, or (2) if there is no such method, as if such benefit accrued +not more rapidly than the slowest accrual rate permitted under the fractional +accrual rate of Code § 411(b)(1)(C). (m) Valuation Date means, the date as of +which account balances, or accrued benefits are valued for purposes of +calculating the Top-Heavy Ratio. 15.2 Top Heavy Rules If the Plan is determined +to be a Top-Heavy Plan or a Super Top-Heavy Plan as of any Determination Date, +then it shall be subject to the rules set forth in this Article XV, beginning +with the first Plan Year commencing after such Determination Date. Even if, as +of a subsequent Determination Date, the Plan is determined to no longer be a +Top-Heavy Plan or a Super Top-Heavy Plan, the rules set forth in these Sections +will continue to apply. 15.3 Compensation If the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan or a +Super Top-Heavy Plan, Compensation for the purpose of this Plan shall be limited +to the first $150,000 (or such larger amounts as may be prescribed for the Plan +Year involved pursuant to Code § 416(d)(2)) of the amount that would otherwise +have been Compensation. 15.4 Benefit Except as provided in subparagraphs (a) and +(b) below, for any Plan Year in or after which the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan, +each Participant who is a Non-Key Employee and has completed one Year of Service +will accrue a Retirement Benefit (to be provided solely by Employer +contributions) and expressed as a single life annuity commencing at normal +retirement age (within the meaning of Code § 411(a)(8)) of not less than 2% of +his or her average Limitation Compensation for the five consecutive years for +which the Participant had the highest Limitation Compensation. The aggregate +Limitation Compensation for the years during such five-year period in which the +Participant was credited with one Year of Service will be divided by the number +of such years in order to determine average Limitation Compensation. The minimum +accrual is determined without regard to any Social Security contribution. The +minimum accrual applies even though under other Plan provisions the Participant +would not otherwise be entitled to receive an accrual, or would have received a +lesser accrual for the Plan Year. The suspension of benefits provisions of this +Plan shall not apply to the minimum benefits hereunder. (a) No additional +benefit accruals shall be provided pursuant to 15.4 above to the extent that the +total accruals on behalf of the Participant attributable to Employer +contributions will provide a Retirement Benefit expressed as a single life +annuity commencing at normal retirement age (within the meaning of Code § +411(a)(8)) that equals or exceeds 20% of the Participant's highest average +Limitation Compensation for the five consecutive years for which the Participant +had the highest Limitation Compensation. All accruals of Employer derived +benefits, whether or not attributable to years for which the Plan is a Top-Heavy +Plan, may be used in computing whether the minimum accrual requirement of the +preceding sentence is satisfied. XV-4 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens072.jpg] +(b) The provision in 15.4 above shall not apply to any Participant to the extent +that the Participant is covered under any other plan or plans of an Employer and +the Employer has provided in that plan that the minimum allocation or benefit +requirement applicable to this Top-Heavy Plan will be met in the other plan or +plans. (c) For purposes of satisfying the minimum benefit requirements of Code § +416(c)(1) and the Plan, in determining Years of Service with the Employer, any +service with the Employer shall be disregarded to the extent that such service +occurs during a Plan Year when the Plan benefits (within the meaning of Code § +410(b)) no Key Employee or former Key Employee. 15.5 Vesting Beginning with the +Plan Year in which this Plan is Top-Heavy, the following vesting schedule will +apply: Completed Years of Vesting Service Vested Percentage 2 20% 3 40% 4 60% 5 +100% 15.6 Miscellaneous In the event that any provision of this Article XV is no +longer required to qualify the Plan under the Code, then such provision shall +thereupon be void without the necessity of further amendment of the Plan. XV-5 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens073.jpg] +ARTICLE XVI BENEFIT RESTRICTIONS 16.1 Limitations Applicable If the Plan's +Adjusted Funding Target Attainment Percentage Is Less Than 80 Percent or If the +Plan Sponsor Is In Bankruptcy: (a) Limitations Applicable If the Plan's Adjusted +Funding Target Attainment Percentage Is Less Than 80 Percent, But Not Less Than +60 Percent: Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, if the Plan's +adjusted funding target attainment percentage for a Plan Year is less than 80 +percent (or would be less than 80 percent to the extent described in Section +16.1(a)(ii)) but is not less than 60 percent, then the limitations set forth in +Section 16.1(a)(i) apply. (i) 50 Percent Limitation on Single Sum Payments, +Other Accelerated Forms of Distribution, and Other Prohibited Payments: A +Participant or Beneficiary is not permitted to elect, and the Plan shall not +pay, a single sum payment or other optional form of benefit that includes a +prohibited payment with an annuity starting date on or after the applicable +section 436 measurement date, and the Plan shall not make any payment for the +purchase of an irrevocable commitment from an insurer to pay benefits or any +other payment or transfer that is a prohibited payment, unless the present value +of the portion of the benefit that is being paid in a prohibited payment does +not exceed the lesser of: (1) 50 % of the present value of the benefit payable +in the optional form of benefit that includes the prohibited payment; or (2) 100 +% of the PBGC maximum benefit guarantee amount (as defined in Regulation § +1.436-1(d)(3)(iii)(C)). The limitation set forth in this Section 16.1(a)(i) does +not apply to any payment of a benefit which under Code § 411(a)(11) may be +immediately distributed without the consent of the Participant. If an optional +form of benefit that is otherwise available under the terms of the Plan is not +available to a Participant or Beneficiary as of the annuity starting date +because of the application of the requirements of this Section 16.1(a)(i), the +Participant or Beneficiary is permitted to elect to bifurcate the benefit into +unrestricted and restricted portions (as described in Regulation § +1.436-1(d)(3)(iii)(D)). The Participant or Beneficiary may also elect any other +optional form of benefit otherwise available under the Plan at that annuity +starting date that would satisfy the 50 percent/PBGC maximum benefit guarantee +amount limitation described in this Section 16.1(a)(i), or may elect to defer +the benefit in accordance with any general right to defer commencement of +benefits under the Plan. During a period when Section 16.1(a)(i) applies to the +Plan, Participants and beneficiaries are permitted to elect payment in any +optional form of benefit otherwise available under the Plan that provides for +the current payment of the unrestricted portion of the benefit (as described in +Regulation § 1.436-1(d)(3)(iii)(D)), with a delayed commencement for the +restricted portion of the benefit (subject to other applicable qualification +requirements, such as Code §§ 411(a)(11) and 401(a)(9)). (ii) Plan Amendments +Increasing Liability for Benefits: No amendment to the Plan that has the effect +of increasing liabilities of the Plan by reason of increases in benefits, +establishment of new benefits, changing the rate of benefit accrual, or changing +the rate at which benefits become nonforfeitable shall take effect in a Plan +Year if the adjusted funding target attainment percentage for the Plan Year is: +XVI-1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens074.jpg] +(1) Less than 80 %; or (2) 80 % or more, but would be less than 80 percent if +the benefits attributable to the amendment were taken into account in +determining the adjusted funding target attainment percentage. The limitation +set forth in this Section 16.1(a)(ii) does not apply to any amendment to the +Plan that provides a benefit increase under a Plan formula that is not based on +compensation, provided that the rate of such increase does not exceed the +contemporaneous rate of increase in the average wages of Participants covered by +the amendment. (b) Less Than 60 Percent: Notwithstanding any other provisions of +the Plan, if the Plan's adjusted funding target attainment percentage for a Plan +Year is less than 60 percent (or would be less than 60 percent to the extent +described in Section 16.1(b)(ii)), then the limitations in Section 16.1(b)(i) +apply. (i) Single Sums, Other Accelerated Forms of Distribution, and Other +Prohibited Payments Not Permitted: A Participant or Beneficiary is not permitted +to elect, and the Plan shall not pay, a single sum payment or other optional +form of benefit that includes a prohibited payment with an annuity starting date +on or after the applicable section 436 measurement date, and the Plan shall not +make any payment for the purchase of an irrevocable commitment from an insurer +to pay benefits or any other payment or transfer that is a prohibited payment. +The limitation set forth in this Section 16.1(b)(i) does not apply to any +payment of a benefit which under Code § 411(a)(11) may be immediately +distributed without the consent of the Participant. (ii) Shutdown Benefits and +Other Unpredictable Contingent Event Benefits Not Permitted to Be Paid: An +unpredictable contingent event benefit with respect to an unpredictable +contingent event occurring during a Plan Year shall not be paid if the adjusted +funding target attainment percentage for the Plan Year is: (1) Less than 60 %; +or (2) 60 % or more, but would be less than 60 % if the adjusted funding target +attainment percentage were redetermined applying an actuarial assumption that +the likelihood of occurrence of the unpredictable contingent event during the +Plan Year is 100 %. (iii) Benefit Accruals Frozen: Benefit accruals under the +Plan shall cease as of the applicable section 436 measurement date. In addition, +if the Plan is required to cease benefit accruals under this Section +16.1(b)(iii), then the Plan is not permitted to be amended in a manner that +would increase the liabilities of the Plan by reason of an increase in benefits +or establishment of new benefits. (c) Limitations Applicable If the Plan Sponsor +Is In Bankruptcy: Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, a +Participant or Beneficiary is not permitted to elect, and the Plan shall not +pay, a single sum payment or other optional form of benefit that includes a +prohibited payment with an annuity starting date that occurs during any period +in which the Plan sponsor is a debtor in a case under title 11, United States +Code, or similar Federal or State law, except for payments made within a Plan +Year with an annuity starting date that occurs on or after the date on which the +Plan's enrolled actuary certifies that the Plan's adjusted funding target +attainment percentage for that Plan XVI-2 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens075.jpg] +Year is not less than 100 percent. In addition, during such period in which the +Plan sponsor is a debtor, the Plan shall not make any payment for the purchase +of an irrevocable commitment from an insurer to pay benefits or any other +payment or transfer that is a prohibited payment, except for payments that occur +on a date within a Plan Year that is on or after the date on which the Plan's +enrolled actuary certifies that the Plan's adjusted funding target attainment +percentage for that Plan Year is not less than 100 percent. The limitation set +forth in this Section 16.1(c) does not apply to any payment of a benefit which +under Code § 411(a)(11) may be immediately distributed without the consent of +the Participant. 16.2 Provisions Applicable After Limitations Cease to Apply: +(a) Resumption of Prohibited Payments: If a limitation on prohibited payments +under Section 16.1(a)(i), Section 16.1(b)(i), or Section 16.1(c) applied to the +Plan as of a section 436 measurement date, but that limit no longer applies to +the Plan as of a later section 436 measurement date, then that limitation does +not apply to benefits with annuity starting dates that are on or after that +later section 436 measurement date. In addition, after the section 436 +measurement date on which the limitation on prohibited payments under Section +16.1(a)(i) ceases to apply to the Plan, any Participant or Beneficiary who had +an annuity starting date within the period during which that limitation applied +to the Plan is permitted to make a new election (within 90 days after the +section 436 measurement date on which the limit ceases to apply or, if later, 30 +days after receiving notice of the right to make such election) under which the +form of benefit previously elected is modified at a new annuity starting date to +be changed to a single sum payment for the remaining value of the Participant or +Beneficiary's benefit under the Plan, subject to the other rules in this Article +XVI and applicable requirements of Code § 401(a), including spousal consent. In +addition, after the section 436 measurement date on which the limitation on +prohibited payments under Section 16.1(b)(i) ceases to apply to the Plan, any +Participant or Beneficiary who had an annuity starting date within the period +during which that limitation applied to the Plan is permitted to make a new +election (within 90 days after the section 436 measurement date on which the +limit ceases to apply or, if later, 30 days after receiving notice of the right +to make such election) under which the form of benefit previously elected is +modified at a new annuity starting date to be changed to a single sum payment +for the remaining value of the Participant's or Beneficiary's benefit under the +Plan, subject to the other rules in this Article XVI (including Section +16.1(a)(i)) and applicable requirements of Code § 401(a), including spousal +consent. (iv) Special Rules Relating to Unpredictable Contingent Event Benefits +and Plan Amendments Increasing Benefit Liability: During any period in which +none of the presumptions under Section 16.5(a) apply to the Plan and the Plan's +enrolled actuary has not yet issued a certification of the Plan's adjusted +funding target attainment percentage for the Plan Year, the limitations under +Section 16.1(a)(ii) and Section 16.1(b)(ii) shall be based on the inclusive +presumed adjusted funding target attainment percentage for the Plan, calculated +in accordance with the rules of Regulation § 1.436- 1(g)(2)(iii). (c) Special +Rules Under PRA 2010: (i) Payments Under Social Security Leveling Options: For +purposes of determining whether the limitations under Section 16.1(a)(i) or +16.1(b)(i) apply to payments under a social security leveling option, within the +meaning of Code § 436(j)(3)(C)(i), the adjusted funding XVI-3 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens076.jpg] +target attainment percentage for a Plan Year shall be determined in accordance +with the "Special Rule for Certain Years" under Code § 436(j)(3) and any +Regulation or other published guidance thereunder issued by the Internal Revenue +Service. (ii) Limitation on Benefit Accruals: For purposes of determining +whether the accrual limitation under Section 16.1(b)(iii) applies to the Plan, +the adjusted funding target attainment percentage for a Plan Year shall be +determined in accordance with the "Special Rule for Certain Years" under Code § +436(j)(3) (except as provided under section 203(b) of the Preservation of Access +to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010, if +applicable). (d) Interpretation of Provisions: The limitations imposed by this +section of the Plan shall be interpreted and administered in accordance with +Code § 436 and Regulation § 1.436-1. 16.6 Definitions: The definitions in the +following Regulations apply for purposes of Sections 16.1 through 16.5: § +1.436-1(j)(1) defining adjusted funding target attainment percentage; § +1.436-1(j)(2) defining annuity starting date; § 1.436-1(j)(6) defining +prohibited payment; § 1.436- 1(j)(8) defining section 436 measurement date; and +§ 1.436-1(j)(9) defining an unpredictable contingent event and an unpredictable +contingent event benefit. 16.7 Effective Date: The rules in Sections 16.1 +through 16.6 are effective for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 2007. +XVI-4 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[amendedandrestatedglpens077.jpg] +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, GLOBE LIFE INC. has caused this Plan to be amended and +restated, on this the 4th day of November, 2020, effective generally as of +January 1, 2020 (except as otherwise provided herein). GLOBE LIFE INC. By: /s/ +Frank M. Svoboda Its: EVP and Chief Financial Officer Attest: By: /s/ +Christopher T. Moore Its: Corporate SVP, Associate Counsel and Corporate +Secretary + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +Exhibit 10.3 + +Execution Version + +AMENDED AND RESTATED + +LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT + +OF + +NREF OP I, L.P. + +a Delaware limited partnership + +  + +  + +THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES +ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY +STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE +OF SUCH REGISTRATION, UNLESS THE TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE PARTNERSHIP AN +OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE PARTNERSHIP, TO +THE EFFECT THAT THE PROPOSED SALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED +WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE +SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS. + +  + +AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF FEBRUARY 11, 2020 + +  + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +TABLE OF CONTENTS + +  + +Page + +  + +ARTICLE 1. DEFINED TERMS + +  + +1 + +ARTICLE 2. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS + +  + +12 + +  + +Section 2.1. Continuation + +  + +12 + +  + +Section 2.2. Name + +  + +12 + +  + +Section 2.3. Registered Office and Agent; Principal Office + +  + +13 + +  + +Section 2.4. Power of Attorney + +  + +13 + +  + +Section 2.5. Term + +  + +14 + +  + +Section 2.6. Admission of Partners + +  + +14 + +ARTICLE 3. PURPOSE + +  + +15 + +  + +Section 3.1. Purpose and Business + +  + +15 + +  + +Section 3.2. Powers + +  + +15 + +  + +Section 3.3. Representations and Warranties by the Parties + +  + +15 + +  + +Section 3.4. Not Publicly Traded + +  + +17 + +ARTICLE 4. CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS + +  + +18 + +  + +Section 4.1. Capital Contributions of the Partners + +  + +18 + +  + +Section 4.2. Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests + +  + +18 + +  + +Section 4.3. Additional Funds + +  + +18 + +  + +Section 4.4. Preemptive Rights + +  + +19 + +  + +Section 4.5. No Interest + +  + +19 + +ARTICLE 5. DISTRIBUTIONS + +  + +20 + +  + +Section 5.1. Requirement and Characterization of Distributions + +  + +20 + +  + +Section 5.2. Amounts Withheld + +  + +20 + +  + +Section 5.3. Distributions Upon Liquidation + +  + +20 + +  + +Section 5.4. Restricted Distributions + +  + +20 + +  + +Section 5.5. Compliance with REIT Requirements + +  + +20 + +ARTICLE 6. ALLOCATIONS + +  + +21 + +  + +Section 6.1. Allocations For Capital Account Purposes + +  + +21 + +ARTICLE 7. MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS + +  + +22 + +  + +Section 7.1. Management + +  + +22 + +  + +Section 7.2. Certificate of Limited Partnership + +  + +25 + +  + +Section 7.3. Restrictions on General Partner Authority + +  + +26 + +  + +Section 7.4. Reimbursement of the General Partner and the Company + +  + +26 + +  + +Section 7.5. Outside Activities of the General Partner + +  + +26 + +  + +Section 7.6. Contracts with Affiliates + +  + +27 + +  + +Section 7.7. Indemnification + +  + +27 + +  + +Section 7.8. Liability of the General Partner + +  + +29 + +i + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +TABLE OF CONTENTS + +(continued) + +Page + +  + +Section 7.9. Other Matters Concerning the General Partner + +  + +30 + +  + +Section 7.10. Title to Partnership Assets + +  + +30 + +  + +Section 7.11. Reliance by Third Parties + +  + +31 + +ARTICLE 8. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS + +  + +31 + +  + +Section 8.1. Limitation of Liability + +  + +31 + +  + +Section 8.2. Management of Business + +  + +32 + +  + +Section 8.3. Outside Activities of Limited Partners + +  + +32 + +  + +Section 8.4. Return of Capital + +  + +32 + +  + +Section 8.5. Rights of Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership + +  + +33 + +  + +Section 8.6. Redemption Right + +  + +34 + +ARTICLE 9. BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS + +  + +36 + +  + +Section 9.1. Records and Accounting + +  + +36 + +  + +Section 9.2. Fiscal Year + +  + +36 + +  + +Section 9.3. Reports + +  + +36 + +ARTICLE 10.   TAX MATTERS + +  + +37 + +  + +Section 10.1. Preparation of Tax Returns + +  + +37 + +  + +Section 10.2. Tax Elections + +  + +37 + +  + +Section 10.3. Partnership Representative + +  + +38 + +  + +Section 10.4. Withholding + +  + +39 + +ARTICLE 11. TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS + +  + +40 + +  + +Section 11.1. Transfer + +  + +40 + +  + +Section 11.2. Transfer of General Partner Interest + +  + +40 + +  + +Section 11.3. Limited Partners’ Rights to Transfer + +  + +41 + +  + +Section 11.4. Substituted Limited Partners + +  + +43 + +  + +Section 11.5. Assignees + +  + +43 + +  + +Section 11.6. Drag-Along Rights + +  + +44 + +  + +Section 11.7. General Provisions + +  + +45 + +ARTICLE 12. ADMISSION OF PARTNERS + +  + +46 + +  + +Section 12.1. Admission of Successor General Partner + +  + +46 + +  + +Section 12.2. Admission of Additional Limited Partners + +  + +46 + +  + +Section 12.3. Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership + +  + +47 + +ARTICLE 13. DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION + +  + +47 + +  + +Section 13.1. Dissolution + +  + +47 + +  + +Section 13.2. Winding Up + +  + +48 + +  + +Section 13.3. Deficit Capital Account Restoration Obligation + +  + +49 + +  + +Section 13.4. Deemed Contribution and Distribution + +  + +50 + +  + +Section 13.5. Rights of Limited Partners + +  + +50 + +  + +Section 13.6. Notice of Dissolution + +  + +50 + +ii + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +TABLE OF CONTENTS + +(continued) + +Page + +  + +Section 13.7. Termination of Partnership and Cancellation of Certificate of +Limited Partnership + +  + +50 + +  + +Section 13.8. Reasonable Time for Winding Up + +  + +50 + +  + +Section 13.9. Waiver of Partition + +  + +51 + +ARTICLE 14. AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; MEETINGS + +  + +51 + +  + +Section 14.1. Amendment of Partnership Agreement + +  + +51 + +  + +Section 14.2. Meetings of the Partners + +  + +51 + +ARTICLE 15. GENERAL PROVISIONS + +  + +52 + +  + +Section 15.1. Addresses and Notice + +  + +52 + +  + +Section 15.2. Titles and Captions + +  + +52 + +  + +Section 15.3. Pronouns and Plurals + +  + +53 + +  + +Section 15.4. Further Action + +  + +53 + +  + +Section 15.5. Binding Effect + +  + +53 + +  + +Section 15.6. Creditors + +  + +53 + +  + +Section 15.7. Waiver + +  + +53 + +  + +Section 15.8. Counterparts + +  + +54 + +  + +Section 15.9. Applicable Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial + +  + +54 + +  + +Section 15.10. Invalidity of Provisions + +  + +54 + +  + +Section 15.11. Entire Agreement + +  + +54 + +  + +Section 15.12. Legal Counsel Relationships + +  + +55 + +  + +Exhibit A + +– + +Partners’ Contributions and Partnership Interests   + +  + +A-1 + +Exhibit B + +– + +Capital Account Maintenance   + +  + +B-1 + +Exhibit C + +– + +Special Allocation Rules   + +  + +C-1 + +Exhibit D + +– + +Notice of Redemption   + +  + +D-1 + +Exhibit E + +– + +Constructive Ownership Definition   + +  + +E-1 + +Exhibit F + +– + +Schedule of Partner’s Ownership with Respect to Tenants   + +  + +F-1 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +iii + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +AMENDED AND RESTATED + +LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT +OF +NREF OP I, L.P. + +THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF NREF OP I, L.P. (as +now or hereafter amended, restated, modified, supplemented, or replaced, this +“Agreement”), dated as of February 11, 2020, is entered into by and among +NexPoint Real Estate Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited +partnership (the “General Partner”), the Persons (as defined below) whose names +are from time to time set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto (as it may be +amended from time to time), and the parties to the original agreement of limited +partnership of NREF OP I, L.P. dated as of October 8, 2019 (the “Prior +Agreement”). + +WHEREAS, the limited partnership was formed on October 8, 2019 and the Prior +Agreement was entered into between Brian Mitts, as general partner (the “Initial +General Partner”), and Matthew McGraner, as the sole limited partner (the +“Initial Limited Partner”); and + +WHEREAS, the General Partner and the Persons (as defined below) that are party +hereto from time to time and whose names are set forth on Exhibit A attached +hereto (as it may be amended from time to time) desire to: (a) enter into this +Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of NREF OP I, L.P. (the +“Partnership”); (b) effect the withdrawal of Brian Mitts as the general partner +of the Partnership and Matthew McGraner as a limited partner of the Partnership; +(c) effect the admission of the General Partner as the general partner of the +Partnership; (d) effect the admission of the Persons whose names are set forth +on Exhibit A attached hereto as Limited Partners of the Partnership; (e) +continue the Partnership on the terms set forth herein; and (f) continue the +operation of the Partnership under the name NREF OP I, L.P. + +NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, and +other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby +acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: + +ARTICLE 1. + +DEFINED TERMS + +The following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly +indicated to the contrary, applied to the terms used in this Agreement. + +“704(c) Value” of any Contributed Property means the fair market value of such +property or other consideration at the time of contribution, as determined by +the General Partner, following the direction and approval of the Board of +Directors, using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt.  Subject +to Exhibit B hereof, the General Partner shall, following the direction and +approval of the Board of Directors, use such method as it deems reasonable and +appropriate to allocate the aggregate of the 704(c) Values of Contributed +Properties in a single or integrated transaction among the separate properties +on a basis proportional to their respective fair market values. + +1 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +“Act” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, 6 Del. C. +§17-101, et seq., as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor to +such statute. + +“Additional Funds” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(A). + +“Additional Limited Partner” means a Person admitted to the Partnership as a +Limited Partner pursuant to Section 12.2 hereof and who is shown as such on the +books and records of the Partnership. + +“Adjusted Capital Account” means the Capital Account maintained for each Partner +as of the end of each Partnership taxable year (i) increased by any amounts +which such Partner is obligated to restore pursuant to any provision of this +Agreement or is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate +sentences of Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704‑2(i)(5) and (ii) +decreased by the items described in Regulations Sections +1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5), and +1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6).  The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account +is intended to comply with the provisions of Regulations Section +1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith. + +“Adjusted Capital Account Deficit” means, with respect to any Partner, the +deficit balance, if any, in such Partner’s Adjusted Capital Account as of the +end of the relevant Partnership taxable year. + +“Adjusted Property” means any property, the Carrying Value of which has been +adjusted pursuant to Exhibit B hereof. + +“Adjustment Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6(A)(1) hereof. + +“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly +controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. For +purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person +means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause +the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the +ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms +“controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. + +“Agreed Value” means (i) in the case of any Contributed Property as of the time +of its contribution to the Partnership, the 704(c) Value of such property, +reduced by any liabilities either assumed by the Partnership upon such +contribution or to which such property is subject when contributed, and (ii) in +the case of any property distributed to a Partner by the Partnership, the +Partnership’s Carrying Value of such property at the time such property is +distributed, reduced by any indebtedness either assumed by such Partner upon +such distribution or to which such property is subject at the time of +distribution as determined under Section 752 of the Code and the Regulations +thereunder. + +“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto. + +“Aggregate Consideration” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.6(C). + +“Approved Sale” means a Sale of the Partnership which is approved by the +Partners holding, collectively, more than 50% of the issued and outstanding +Partnership Interests, subject to the direction and approval of the Board of +Directors. + +2 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +“Approving Partners” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.6(A). + +“Assignee” means a Person to whom all or a portion of a Partnership Interest has +been transferred in a manner permitted under this Agreement, but who has not +become a Substituted Limited Partner, and who has the rights set forth in +Section 11.5. + +“Available Cash” means, with respect to any period for which such calculation is +being made, all cash balances of the Partnership net of the Partnership’s +working capital needs, anticipated capital expenditures, operating expenses, +debt service requirements and other necessary reserves including with respect to +contingencies or commitments, each as determined by the General Partner, +following the direction and approval of the Board of Directors. + +“Bankruptcy Event” shall mean, with respect to any Person, such Person (a) is +insolvent, or is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, or admits +in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, or makes a general +assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (b) becomes the subject of a +bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, +trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or +similar person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business +appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its +consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment. + +“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company. + +“Book-Tax Disparities” means, with respect to any item of Contributed Property +or Adjusted Property, as of the date of any determination, the difference +between the Carrying Value of such Contributed Property or Adjusted Property and +the adjusted basis thereof for federal income tax purposes as of such date.  A +Partner’s share of the Partnership’s Book-Tax Disparities in all of its +Contributed Property and Adjusted Property will be reflected by the difference +between such Partner’s Capital Account balance as maintained pursuant to Exhibit +B and the hypothetical balance of such Partner’s Capital Account computed as if +it had been maintained strictly in accordance with federal income tax accounting +principles. + +“Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which +commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to +close. + +“Capital Account” means the Capital Account maintained for a Partner pursuant to +Exhibit B hereof. + +“Capital Contribution” means, with respect to any Partner, any cash, cash +equivalents or the Agreed Value of Contributed Property which such Partner +contributes or is deemed to contribute to the Partnership. + +“Carrying Value” means (i) with respect to a Contributed Property or Adjusted +Property, the 704(c) Value of such property, reduced (but not below zero) by all +Depreciation with respect to such property charged to the Partners’ Capital +Accounts following the contribution of or adjustment with respect to such +property; and (ii) with respect to any other Partnership property, the adjusted +basis of such property for federal income tax purposes, all as of the time of +determination.  The Carrying Value of any property shall be adjusted from time +to time in accordance with Exhibit B hereof, and to reflect changes, additions +or other adjustments to the Carrying Value for dispositions and acquisitions of +Partnership properties, as deemed appropriate by the General Partner, following +the direction and approval of the Board of Directors. + +3 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +“Cash Amount” means an amount of cash equal to the Value on the Valuation Date +of the OP Unit Amount. + +“Certificate” means the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership as +filed in the office of the Delaware Secretary of State on October 8, 2019, as +amended, restated and/or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the +terms hereof and the Act. + +“Charter” means the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Company filed +with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland +on February 3, 2020, as amended, restated and/or supplemented from time to time. + +“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from +time to time, as interpreted by the applicable regulations thereunder.  Any +reference herein to a specific section or sections of the Code shall be deemed +to include a reference to any corresponding provision of future law. + +“Common Units” means the Partnership Units, other than any other series of units +of Limited Partner Interest issued in the future and designated as preferred or +otherwise different from the Common Units, such difference including, but not +limited to, with respect to the payment of distributions, including +distributions upon liquidation. + +“Company” means NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc., a Maryland corporation. + +“Company Common Unit Economic Balance” means (i) the Economic Capital Account +Balance of the Company but only to the extent attributable to the Company’s +ownership of Common Units and computed on a hypothetical basis after taking into +account all allocations through the date on which any allocation is made under +Section 1(H) of Exhibit C divided by (ii) the number of the Company’s Common +Units. + +“Constructive Ownership” or “Constructively Own” means ownership under the +constructive ownership rules described in Exhibit E. + +“Contributed Property” means each property or other asset, in such form as may +be permitted by the Act (but excluding cash), contributed or deemed contributed +to the Partnership.  Once the Carrying Value of a Contributed Property is +adjusted pursuant to Exhibit B hereof, such property shall no longer constitute +a Contributed Property for purposes of Exhibit B hereof, but shall be deemed an +Adjusted Property for such purposes. + +“Conversion Factor” means 1.0, subject to adjustment as follows:  (i) in case +the Company shall (A) make a distribution on the outstanding REIT Shares in REIT +Shares, (B) subdivide or reclassify the outstanding REIT Shares into a greater +number of REIT Shares, or (C) combine or reclassify the outstanding REIT Shares +into a smaller number of REIT Shares, the Conversion Factor in effect at the +opening of business on the day following the date fixed for the determination of +shareholders entitled to receive such distribution or subject to such +subdivision, combination or reclassification shall be proportionately adjusted +so that a holder of OP Units shall be entitled to receive, upon exchange +thereof, the number of REIT Shares which the holder would have owned at the +opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination +had such OP Units been exchanged in accordance with the limited partnership +agreement of the Operating Partnership immediately prior to such determination; +(ii) in case the Operating Partnership shall subdivide or reclassify its +outstanding OP Units into a + +4 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +greater number of OP Units, the Conversion Factor in effect at the opening of +business on the day following the date fixed for the determination of holders of +OP Units subject to such subdivision or reclassification shall be +proportionately adjusted so that a holder of OP Units shall be entitled to +receive, upon exchange thereof, the number of REIT Shares which the holder would +have owned at the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for +such determination had such OP Units been exchanged in accordance with the +limited partnership agreement of the Operating Partnership immediately prior to +such determination; (iii) in case the Company (A) shall issue rights or warrants +to all holders of REIT Shares entitling them to subscribe for or purchase REIT +Shares at a price per share less than the daily market price per REIT Share on +the date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such +rights or warrants, (B) shall not issue similar rights or warrants to all +holders of OP Units of the Operating Partnership entitling them to subscribe for +or purchase REIT Shares or OP Units at a comparable price (determined, in the +case of OP Units, by reference to the Conversion Factor), and (C) cannot issue +such rights or warrants to a Redeeming Partner, then the Conversion Factor in +effect at the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such +determination shall be increased by multiplying such Conversion Factor by a +fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of REIT Shares outstanding +at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination plus the +number of REIT Shares so offered for subscription or purchase, and of which the +denominator shall be the number of REIT Shares outstanding at the close of +business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number of REIT Shares +which the aggregate offering price of the total number of REIT Shares so offered +for subscription would purchase at such daily market price per share, such +increase to the Conversion Factor to become effective immediately after the +opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination; +and (iv) in case the Company shall, by distribution or otherwise, distribute to +all holders of its REIT Shares, (A) capital shares of any class other than its +REIT Shares, (B) evidence of its indebtedness or (C) assets (excluding any +rights or warrants referred to in clause (iii) above, any cash distribution +lawfully paid under the laws of the state of organization of the Company, and +any distribution referred to in clause (i) above) and shall not cause a +corresponding distribution to be made to all holders of OP Units, the Conversion +Factor shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the ratio determined by +multiplying the Conversion Factor in effect immediately prior to the close of +business on the date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to +receive such distribution by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the +daily market price per REIT Share on the date fixed for such determination, and +of which the denominator shall be such daily market price per REIT Share less +the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose +determination shall be conclusive and described in a resolution of the Board of +Directors certified by the Secretary of the Company and delivered to the holders +of OP Units) of the portion of the capital shares or evidences of indebtedness +or assets so distributed applicable to one REIT Share, such adjustment to become +effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the +date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such +distribution. + +“Conversion Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(B) hereof. + +5 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +“Conversion Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(A) hereof. + +“Covered Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.8(A). + +“Debt” means, as to any Person, as of any date of determination, (i) all +indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase +price of property or services, (ii) all amounts owed by such Person to banks or +other Persons in respect of reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, +surety bonds and other similar instruments guaranteeing payment or other +performance of obligations by such Person, (iii) all indebtedness for borrowed +money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services secured by any +lien on any property owned by such Person, to the extent attributable to such +Person’s interest in such property, even though such Person has not assumed or +become liable for the payment thereof, and (iv) obligations of such Person +incurred in connection with entering into a lease which, in accordance with +GAAP, should be capitalized. + +“Delaware Courts” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.10(B) hereof. + +“Depreciation” means, for each taxable year, an amount equal to the federal +income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction +allowable with respect to an asset for such year, except that if the Carrying +Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax +purposes at the beginning of such year or other period, Depreciation shall be an +amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Carrying Value as the +federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction +for such year bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; provided, however, +that if the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost +recovery deduction for such year is zero, Depreciation shall be determined with +reference to such beginning Carrying Value using any reasonable method selected +by the General Partner. + +“Economic Capital Account Balance”, with respect to a Partner, means an amount +equal to such Partner’s Capital Account balance, plus the amount of its share of +any Partner Minimum Gain and Partnership Minimum Gain. + +“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended +and in effect from time to time, as interpreted by the applicable regulations +thereunder.  Any reference herein to a specific section or Title of ERISA shall +be deemed to include a reference to any corresponding provision of future law. + +“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. + +“flow through entity” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(D)(3) hereof. + +“GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, applied on a +consistent basis. + +“General Partner” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto. + +“General Partner Interest” means a Partnership Interest held by the General +Partner, in its capacity as general partner of the Partnership.  A General +Partner Interest may be (but is not required to be) expressed as a number of +Partnership Units. + +6 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +“Incapacity” or “Incapacitated” means, (i) as to any individual Partner, death, +total physical disability or entry by a court of competent jurisdiction +adjudicating him incompetent to manage his Person or his estate; (ii) as to any +corporation which is a Partner, the filing of a certificate of dissolution, or +its equivalent, for the corporation or the revocation of its charter; (iii) as +to any partnership or limited liability company which is a Partner, the +dissolution and commencement of winding up of the partnership or limited +liability company; (iv) as to any estate which is a Partner, the distribution by +the fiduciary of the estate’s entire interest in the Partnership; (v) as to any +trustee of a trust which is a Partner, the termination of the trust (but not the +substitution of a new trustee); or (vi) as to any Partner, the bankruptcy of +such Partner.  For purposes of this definition, bankruptcy of a Partner shall be +deemed to have occurred when (a) the Partner commences a voluntary proceeding +seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any bankruptcy, +insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect; (b) the Partner is +adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a final and non-appealable order for +relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in +effect has been entered against the Partner; (c) the Partner executes and +delivers a general assignment for the benefit of the Partner’s creditors; (d) +the Partner files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest +the material allegations of a petition filed against the Partner in any +proceeding of the nature described in clause (b) above; (e) the Partner seeks, +consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or +liquidator for the Partner or for all or any substantial part of the Partner’s +properties; (f) any proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other +relief of or against such Partner under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other +similar law now or hereafter in effect has not been dismissed within 120 days +after the commencement thereof; (g) the appointment without the Partner’s +consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator has not been +vacated or stayed within 90 days of such appointment; or (h) an appointment +referred to in clause (g) which has been stayed is not vacated within 90 days +after the expiration of any such stay. + +“Indemnitee” means (i) any Person made a party to a proceeding by reason of (A) +his or its status as the General Partner, or as a trustee, director, officer, +shareholder, partner, member, employee, representative or agent of the General +Partner or as an officer, employee, representative or agent of the Partnership +or as the Partnership Representative, or (B) his, her or its liabilities, +pursuant to a loan guarantee or otherwise, for any indebtedness of the +Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership (including, without limitation, +any indebtedness which the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership has +assumed or taken assets subject to); and (ii) such other Persons (including +Affiliates of the General Partner or the Partnership) as the General Partner may +designate from time to time (whether before or after the event giving rise to +potential liability) following the direction and approval of the Board of +Directors. + +“Initial Limited Partner” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto. + +“Initial General Partner” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto. + +7 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +“Limited Partner” means any Person named as a limited partner of the Partnership +in Exhibit A attached hereto, as such Exhibit may be amended from time to time, +or any Substituted Limited Partner or Additional Limited Partner, in such +Person’s capacity as a limited partner of the Partnership.  For purposes of this +Agreement and the Act, the Limited Partners shall constitute a single class or +group of limited partners. + +“Limited Partner Interest” means a Partnership Interest of a Limited Partner in +the Partnership representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests of +all Partners and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a +Partnership Interest may be entitled, as provided in this Agreement, together +with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of +this Agreement.  A Limited Partner Interest may be (but is not required to be) +expressed as a number of Partnership Units. + +“Liquidating Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1. + +“Liquidating Gains” means any net gain realized in connection with the actual or +hypothetical sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership +(including upon the occurrence of any event of liquidation of the Partnership), +including but not limited to the net gain realized in connection with an +adjustment to the Carrying Value of Partnership assets under Section 1.D of +Exhibit B attached hereto. + +“Liquidating Losses” means any net loss realized in connection with the actual +or hypothetical sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the +Partnership (including upon the occurrence of any event of liquidation of the +Partnership), including but not limited to the net loss realized in connection +with an adjustment to the Carrying Value of Partnership assets under Section 1.D +of Exhibit B attached hereto. + +“Liquidator” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.2. + +“Net Income” means, for any taxable period, the excess, if any, of the +Partnership’s items of income and gain for such taxable period over the +Partnership’s items of loss and deduction for such taxable period.  The items +included in the calculation of Net Income shall be determined in accordance with +U.S. federal income tax accounting principles, subject to the specific +adjustments provided for in Section 1.B of Exhibit B. + +“Net Loss” means, for any taxable period, the excess, if any, of the +Partnership’s items of loss and deduction for such taxable period over the +Partnership’s items of income and gain for such taxable period.  The items +included in the calculation of Net Loss shall be determined in accordance with +federal income tax accounting principles, subject to the specific adjustments +provided for in Section 1.B of Exhibit B. + +“Non-Approving Partners” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.6(A). + +“Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section +1.704-2(b)(1), and the amount of Nonrecourse Deductions for a Partnership +taxable year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations +Section 1.704-2(c). + +“Nonrecourse Liability” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section +1.752-1(a)(2). + +“Notice of Redemption” means the Notice of Redemption substantially in the form +of Exhibit D to this Agreement. + +8 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +“Operating Partnership” means NexPoint Real Estate Finance Operating +Partnership, L.P. + +“OP Units” means common partnership units of the Operating Partnership. + +“OP Unit Amount” means a number of OP Units equal to the product of (i) the +number of Partnership Units offered for redemption by a Redeeming Partner, and +(ii) the Conversion Factor; provided, that in the event the Operating +Partnership issues to all holders of OP Units rights, options, warrants or +convertible or exchangeable securities entitling the holders of OP Units to +subscribe for or purchase OP Units, or any other securities or property +(collectively, the “rights”), and the Operating Partnership can issue such +rights to the Redeeming Partner, then the OP Unit Amount shall also include such +rights that a holder of that number of OP Units would be entitled to receive. + +“Partner” means a General Partner or a Limited Partner, and “Partners” means the +General Partner and the Limited Partners collectively. + +“Partner Minimum Gain” means an amount, with respect to each Partner Nonrecourse +Debt, equal to the Partnership Minimum Gain that would result if such Partner +Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a Nonrecourse Liability, determined in +accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3). + +“Partner Nonrecourse Debt” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section +1.704-2(b)(4). + +“Partner Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning set forth in Regulations +Section 1.704-2(i)(2), and the amount of Partner Nonrecourse Deductions with +respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt for a Partnership taxable year shall be +determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2). + +“Partnership” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto. + +“Partnership Interest” means an ownership interest in the Partnership held by a +Partner and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a +partnership interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together +with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of +this Agreement.  A Partnership Interest may be (but is not required to be) +expressed as a number of Partnership Units. + +“Partnership Minimum Gain” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section +1.704-2(b)(2), and the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain, as well as any net +increase or decrease in a Partnership Minimum Gain, for a Partnership taxable +year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section +1.704-2(d). + +“Partnership Record Date” means the record date established by the General +Partner for the distribution of Available Cash pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, +which record date shall be the same as the record date established by the +Company for a distribution to its shareholders of some or all of its portion of +such distribution. + +“Partnership Representative” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3(A). + +9 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +“Partnership Unit” means a fractional, undivided share of the Partnership +Interests of all Partners issued pursuant to Sections 4.1 and 4.2 and any other +classes or series of Partnership Units established after the date hereof.  The +number of Partnership Units outstanding and the Percentage Interest in the +Partnership represented by such Partnership Units are set forth in Exhibit A +attached hereto, as such Exhibit may be amended, restated and/or supplemented +from time to time. + +“Partnership Year” means the fiscal year of the Partnership, which shall be the +calendar year. + +“Percentage Interest” means, as to a Partner, its interest in the Partnership as +determined by dividing the Partnership Units owned by such Partner by the total +number of Partnership Units then outstanding and as specified in Exhibit A +attached hereto, as such Exhibit may be amended from time to time. + +“Person” means an individual or a real estate investment trust, corporation, +partnership, limited liability company, trust, estate, unincorporated +organization, association or other entity. + +“Prior Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto. + +“Qualified REIT Subsidiary” means a qualified REIT subsidiary of the Company +within the meaning of Section 856(i)(2) of the Code. + +“Recapture Income” means any gain recognized by the Partnership upon the +disposition of any property or asset of the Partnership, which gain is +characterized as ordinary income because it represents the recapture of +deductions previously taken with respect to such property or asset. + +“Redeeming Partner” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(A). + +“Redemption Right” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(A). + +“Regulations” means the Income Tax Regulations promulgated under the Code, as +such regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding +provisions of succeeding regulations). + +“REIT” means a real estate investment trust under Section 856 of the Code. + +“REIT Shares” means shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the +Company. + +“Residual Gain” or “Residual Loss” means any item of gain or loss, as the case +may be, of the Partnership recognized for federal income tax purposes resulting +from a sale, exchange or other disposition of Contributed Property or Adjusted +Property, to the extent such item of gain or loss is not allocated pursuant to +Section 2(B)(1)(a) or 2(B)(2)(a) of Exhibit C to eliminate Book-Tax Disparities. + +10 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +“Sale of the Partnership” means (a) a sale or other disposition of all or +substantially all of the assets of the Partnership or a related series of +transactions that taken together, result in the sale or other disposition of all +or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership, (b) a transaction or +series of related transactions in which a Person, or group of related Persons, +acquires more than 50% of the outstanding Partnership Units, or (c) the merger +or consolidation of the Partnership with or into another Person that is not (i) +an Affiliate of the Partnership or (ii) a Partner, in each case in clauses (b) +and (c) above, under circumstances in which the holders of a majority of +Partnership Units, immediately prior to such transaction, own less than a +majority in voting power of the surviving or resulting Person immediately +following such transaction. + +“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. + +“Specified Redemption Date” means the 10th Business Day after receipt by the +Partnership of a Notice of Redemption; provided, that if the Operating +Partnership combines its outstanding OP Units, no Specified Redemption Date +shall occur after the record date of such combination of OP Units and prior to +the effective date of such combination. + +“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any real estate investment +trust, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of +which (a) a majority of (i) the voting power of the voting equity securities; or +(ii) the outstanding equity interests, is owned, directly or indirectly, by such +Person or (b) such Person acts as the general partner, sole member or sole +manager. + +“Substituted Limited Partner” means a Person who is admitted as a Limited +Partner to the Partnership pursuant to Section 11.4. + +“Target Balance” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(H)(1) of Exhibit C +attached hereto. + +“Tenant” means any tenant from which the Company derives rent either directly or +indirectly through partnerships or limited liability companies, including the +Partnership. + +“Trading Days” means days on which the primary trading market for REIT Shares, +if any, is open for trading. + +“Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.12. + +“transfer”, when used in this Article 11, has the meaning set forth in Section +11.1(A). + +“Unrealized Gain” attributable to any item of Partnership property means, as of +any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (i) the fair market value of +such property (as determined under Exhibit B hereof) as of such date; over (ii) +the Carrying Value of such property (prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant +to Exhibit B hereof) as of such date. + +“Unrealized Loss” attributable to any item of Partnership property means, as of +any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (i) the Carrying Value of such +property (prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant to Exhibit B hereof) as of +such date; over (ii) the fair market value of such property (as determined under +Exhibit B hereof) as of such date. + +11 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +“Valuation Date” means the date of receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of +Redemption or, if such date is not a Business Day, the first Business Day +thereafter. + +“Value” means, with respect to an OP Unit, the greater of (i) the Company’s most +recent net asset value as determined by the Board of Directors and (ii) if the +REIT Shares are listed or admitted to trading on any national securities +exchange, the volume weighted average price for the 10 consecutive Trading Days +immediately preceding the Valuation Date.  If the REIT Shares are not listed or +admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the volume weighted +average price with respect to a REIT Share will be the volume weighted average +price on such day or, if no sale takes place on such day, the average of the +closing bid and asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation +source designated by the General Partner or if no such closing bid and asked +prices are available, the average of the reported high bid and low asked prices +on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the +General Partner, or if there shall be no bid and asked prices on such day, the +average of the high bid and low asked prices, as so reported, on the most recent +day (not more than 10 days prior to the date in question) for which prices have +been so reported; provided, that if there are no bid and asked prices reported +during the 10 days prior to the date in question, the Value of the REIT Shares +shall be determined by the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis of +such quotations and other information as it considers, in its reasonable +judgment, appropriate.  In the event the OP Unit Amount includes rights that a +holder of OP Units would be entitled to receive, then the Value of such rights +shall be determined by the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis of +such quotations and other information as it considers, in its reasonable +judgment, appropriate. + +ARTICLE 2. + +ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS + +Section 2.1.  Continuation + +The Partners hereby continue the Partnership as a limited partnership under and +pursuant to the Act.  Except as expressly provided herein to the contrary, the +rights and obligations of the Partners and the administration and termination of +the Partnership shall be governed by the Act.  The Partnership Interest of each +Partner shall be personal property for all purposes. + +Section 2.2.  Name + +The name of the Partnership heretofore formed and continued hereby shall be NREF +OP I, L.P. The Partnership’s business may be conducted under any other name or +names deemed advisable by the General Partner following the direction and +approval of the Board of Directors.  The words “Limited Partnership,” “L.P.,” +“Ltd.” or similar words or letters shall be included in the Partnership’s name +where necessary for the purposes of complying with the laws of any jurisdiction +that so requires.  The General Partner, following the direction and approval of +the Board of Directors, may change the name of the Partnership at any time and +from time to time and shall notify the Limited Partners of such change in the +next regular communication to the Limited Partners. + +12 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 2.3.  Registered Office and Agent; Principal Office + +The address of the registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware +is 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, 19801 and the +registered agent for service of process on the Partnership in the State of +Delaware shall be The Corporation Trust Company.  The principal office of the +Partnership shall be 300 Crescent Court, Suite 700, Dallas, Texas 75201 or such +other place as the General Partner, following the direction and approval of the +Board of Directors, may from time to time designate by notice to the Limited +Partners.  The Partnership may maintain offices at such other place or places +within or outside the State of Delaware as the General Partner and the Board of +Directors deems advisable. + +Section 2.4.  Power of Attorney + +A.Each Limited Partner and each Assignee hereby constitutes and appoints the +General Partner, any Liquidator, and authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact +of each, and each of those acting singly, in each case with full power of +substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power +and authority in its name, place and stead to execute, swear to, acknowledge, +deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices (a) all certificates, +documents and other instruments (including, without limitation, this Agreement +and the Certificate and all amendments or restatements thereof) that the General +Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to form, qualify or +continue the existence or qualification of the Partnership as a limited +partnership (or a partnership in which the Limited Partners have limited +liability) in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which the +Partnership may or plans to conduct business or own property; (b) all +instruments that the General Partner deems appropriate or necessary to reflect +any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement in +accordance with its terms; (c) all conveyances and other instruments or +documents that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or +necessary to reflect the dissolution and winding up of the Partnership pursuant +to the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, a certificate of +cancellation; (d) all instruments relating to the admission, withdrawal, removal +or substitution of any Partner pursuant to Articles 11, 12 or 13 hereof or the +Capital Contribution of any Partner; and (e) all conveyances and other +instruments or documents that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems +appropriate or necessary to reflect the distribution or exchange of assets of +the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Nothing contained +herein shall be construed as authorizing the General Partner or any Liquidator +to amend this Agreement except in accordance with Article 14 hereof or as may be +otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement. + +13 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +B.The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a +power coupled with an interest, in recognition of the fact that each of the +Partners will be relying upon the power of the General Partner and any +Liquidator to act as contemplated by this Agreement in any filing or other +action by it on behalf of the Partnership, and it shall survive and not be +affected by the subsequent Incapacity of any Limited Partner or Assignee and the +transfer of all or any portion of such Limited Partner’s or Assignee’s +Partnership Units and shall extend to such Limited Partner’s or Assignee’s +heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives. Each such Limited +Partner or Assignee hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the +General Partner or any Liquidator, acting in good faith pursuant to such power +of attorney, and each such Limited Partner or Assignee hereby waives any and all +defenses which may be available to contest, negate or disaffirm the action of +the General Partner or any Liquidator, taken in good faith under such power of +attorney.  Each Limited Partner or Assignee shall execute and deliver to the +General Partner or the Liquidator, within 15 days after receipt of the General +Partner’s or Liquidator’s request therefor, such further designation, powers of +attorney and other instruments as the General Partner or the Liquidator, as the +case may be, deems necessary to effectuate this Agreement and the purposes of +the Partnership. + +C.Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.4, no General Partner, Liquidator, +or authorized officer or attorney-in-fact of either, may exercise the power and +authority under this Section 2.4 without the prior approval of the Board of +Directors. + +Section 2.5.  Term + +The term of the Partnership commenced on the date that the Certificate was filed +with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and shall continue until +dissolved pursuant to the provisions of Article 13 or as otherwise provided by +law. + +Section 2.6.  Admission of Partners + +On the date hereof, and upon its execution and delivery of a counterpart to this +Agreement, (a) each of the Persons identified as a limited partner of the +Partnership on Exhibit A to this Agreement is upon its delivery to the +Partnership of its initial Capital Contribution, such initial Capital +Contribution specified on Exhibit A of this Agreement pursuant to Section 4.1, +hereby admitted to the Partnership as a limited partner of the Partnership, and +(b) the General Partner is hereby admitted to the Partnership as general partner +of the Partnership. Immediately following the admission of the General Partner +as the general partner, the Initial General Partner, by its execution and +delivery of a counterpart of this Agreement, shall withdraw and be deemed +withdrawn from the Partnership and shall have no further or continuing interest +in the Partnership. By execution and delivery of a counterpart of this +Agreement, the Initial Limited Partner’s Partnership Units shall be redeemed and +the Initial Limited Partner shall have no further or continuing interest in the +Partnership. Each Limited Partner being admitted to the Partnership from time to +time after the date hereof shall be deemed admitted to the Partnership as a +limited partner of the Partnership upon such Limited Partner’s execution and +delivery of a counterpart to this Agreement and delivery to the Partnership of +its initial Capital Contribution, such initial Capital Contribution specified on +Exhibit A of this Agreement pursuant to Section 4.1. + +14 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +ARTICLE 3. + +PURPOSE + +Section 3.1.  Purpose and Business + +The purpose and nature of the business to be conducted by the Partnership is (i) +to conduct any business that may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership +formed pursuant to the Act; provided, however, that such business shall be +limited to and conducted in such a manner as to permit the Company at all times +to qualify as a REIT, unless the Company ceases to qualify as a REIT for reasons +other than as a result of the conduct of the business of the Partnership or +voluntarily revokes its election to be a REIT; (ii) to enter into any +partnership, joint venture or other similar arrangement to engage in any of the +foregoing or to own interests in any entity engaged in any of the foregoing; and +(iii) to do anything necessary, convenient or incidental to the foregoing. In +connection with the foregoing, and without limiting the Company’s right, in its +sole discretion, to cease qualifying as a REIT, the Partners acknowledge that +the Company’s current status as a REIT inures to the benefit of all of the +Partners and not solely to the General Partner, the Company or their Affiliates. + +Section 3.2.  Powers + +The Partnership shall be empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary, +appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental to or convenient for the furtherance +and accomplishment of the purposes and business described herein and for the +protection and benefit of the Partnership, and shall have, without limitation, +any and all of the powers that may be exercised on behalf of the Partnership by +the General Partner pursuant to and according to the terms of this Agreement; +provided, however, that the Partnership may not, without the General Partner’s +consent, following the direction and approval of the Board of Directors, take, +or refrain from taking, any action which, in the judgment of the General +Partner, following the direction and approval of the Board of Directors, +(i) could adversely affect the ability of the Company to qualify and to continue +to qualify as a REIT; (ii) could subject the Company to any additional taxes +under Section 857 or Section 4981 of the Code or any other related or successor +provision of the Code; or (iii) could violate any law or regulation of any +governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company, its securities +or the Partnership, unless such action (or inaction) under clause (i), clause +(ii) or clause (iii) above shall have been specifically consented to by the +Company in writing. + +Section 3.3.  Representations and Warranties by the Parties + +A.Each Partner that is an individual represents and warrants to each other +Partner that (i) such Partner has the legal capacity to enter into this +Agreement and perform such Partner’s obligations hereunder, (ii) the +consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be performed +by such Partner will not result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, +any agreement by which such Partner or any of such Partner’s property is or are +bound, or any statute, regulation, order or other law to which such Partner is +subject, (iii) such Partner is a “United States person” within the meaning of +Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, and (iv) this Agreement is binding upon, and +enforceable against, such Partner in accordance with its terms. + +15 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +B.Each Partner that is not an individual represents and warrants to each other +Partner that (i) its execution and delivery of this Agreement and all +transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by it have been duly +authorized by all necessary action, including without limitation, that of its +general partner(s), committee(s), trustee(s), beneficiaries, director(s) and/or +shareholder(s), as the case may be, as required, (ii) the consummation of such +transactions shall not result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, +its certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, trust agreement, +limited liability company operating agreement, declaration of trust, charter or +bylaws, as the case may be, any agreement by which such Partner or any of such +Partner’s properties or any of its partners, beneficiaries, trustees or +shareholders, as the case may be, is or are bound, or any statute, regulation, +order or other law to which such Partner or any of its partners, trustees, +beneficiaries or shareholders, as the case may be, is or are subject, (iii) such +Partner is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of +the Code and (iv) this Agreement is binding upon, and enforceable against, such +Partner in accordance with its terms. + +C.Each Partner represents, warrants and agrees that it has acquired and +continues to hold its interest in the Partnership for its own account for +investment only and not for the purpose of, or with a view toward, the resale or +distribution of all or any part thereof, nor with a view toward selling or +otherwise distributing such interest or any part thereof at any particular time +or under any predetermined circumstances.  Each Partner further represents and +warrants that it is a sophisticated investor, able and accustomed to handling +sophisticated financial matters for itself, particularly real estate +investments, and that it has a sufficiently high net worth that it does not +anticipate a need for the funds it has invested in the Partnership in what it +understands to be a highly speculative and illiquid investment. + +D.Each Partner further represents, warrants, covenants and agrees as follows: + +(1)Except as provided in Exhibit F hereto, at any time such Partner actually or +Constructively Owns a 25% or greater capital interest or profits interest in the +Partnership, it does not and will not, without the approval of the Board of +Directors, actually own or Constructively Own (a) with respect to any Tenant +that is a corporation, any stock of such Tenant, and (b) with respect to any +Tenant that is not a corporation, any interest in either the assets or net +profits of such Tenant. + +(2)Upon request of the General Partner, it will promptly disclose to the General +Partner and the Company the amount of REIT Shares or other capital shares of the +Company that it actually owns or Constructively Owns. + +(3)Without the approval of the Board of Directors, no Partner shall take any +action that would cause the Partnership at any time to have more than 100 +partners (including as partners those Persons indirectly owning an interest in +the Partnership through a partnership, limited liability company, S corporation +or grantor trust (such entity, a “flow through entity”), but only if +substantially all of the value of such person’s interest in the flow through +entity is attributable to the flow through entity’s interest (direct or +indirect) in the Partnership). + +16 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +E.The representations and warranties contained in this Section 3.3 shall survive +the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each Partner and the dissolution +and winding up of the Partnership. + +F.Each Partner hereby acknowledges that no representations as to potential +profit, cash flows, funds from operations or yield, if any, in respect of the +Partnership or the Company have been made by any Partner or any employee or +representative or Affiliate of any Partner, and that projections and any other +information, including, without limitation, financial and descriptive +information and documentation, which may have been in any manner submitted to +such Partner shall not constitute any representation or warranty of any kind or +nature, express or implied. + +G.Each Partner understands that if, for any reason, (a) the representations, +warranties or agreements set forth in this Section 3.3 are violated, or (b) the +Partnership’s actual or Constructive Ownership of REIT Shares or other capital +shares of the Company violates the limitations set forth in the Charter, then +(x) some or all of the Redemption Rights of the Partners may become +non-exercisable, and (y) some or all of the REIT Shares owned by the Partners +may be automatically transferred to a trust for the benefit of a charitable +beneficiary, as provided in the Charter. + +Section 3.4.  Not Publicly Traded + +The Partners intend for the Partnership to be treated as a partnership for +United States federal income tax purposes and no election to the contrary shall +be made.  The General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, shall use its best +efforts not to take any action which would result in the Partnership being a +publicly traded partnership within the meaning of either Section 469(k)(2) or +7704(b) of the Code.  Subject to this Section 3.4, it is expressly acknowledged +and agreed by the Partners that the General Partner may, following the direction +and approval of the Board of Directors, waive or otherwise modify the +application with respect to any Partner(s) or Assignee(s) of any provision +herein restricting, prohibiting or otherwise relating to (i) the transfer of a +Limited Partner Interest or the Partnership Units evidencing the same, (ii) the +admission of any Limited Partners and (iii) the Redemption Rights of such +Partners, and that such waivers or modifications may be made by the General +Partner at any time or from time to time, including, without limitation, +concurrently with the issuance of any Partnership Units pursuant to the terms of +this Agreement. + +17 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +ARTICLE 4. + +CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS + +Section 4.1.  Capital Contributions of the Partners + +At the time of their respective execution of this Agreement, the Partners shall +make or shall have made Capital Contributions as set forth in Exhibit A to this +Agreement.  The Partners shall own Partnership Units of the class or series and +in the amounts set forth in Exhibit A and shall have a Percentage Interest in +the Partnership as set forth in Exhibit A, which Percentage Interest shall be +adjusted in Exhibit A from time to time by the General Partner to the extent +necessary to reflect accurately exchanges, redemptions, additional Capital +Contributions, the issuance of additional Partnership Units (pursuant to any +merger or otherwise), or similar events having an effect on any Partner’s +Percentage Interest.  Except as provided in Section 4.2, Section 4.3, and +Section 10.4, the Partners shall have no obligation to make any additional +Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership.  Each Limited Partner that +contributes any Contributed Property shall promptly provide the General Partner +and the Board of Directors, upon either of their request, with any information +regarding such Contributed Property, including for Partnership tax return +reporting purposes. + +Section 4.2.  Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests + +The General Partner is hereby authorized, following the direction and approval +of the Board of Directors, to cause the Partnership from time to time to issue +to any existing Partner (including the General Partner and the Company) or to +any other Person, and to admit such Person as a limited partner in the +Partnership, Partnership Units (including, without limitation, Common Units and +preferred Partnership Units) or other Partnership Interests, in each case in +exchange for the contribution by such Person of property or other assets, in one +or more classes, or one or more series of any of such classes, or otherwise with +such designations, preferences, redemption and conversion rights and relative, +participating, optional or other special rights, powers and duties, including +rights, powers and duties senior to Limited Partner Interests, all as shall be +determined by the General Partner (following the direction and approval of the +Board of Directors) subject to Delaware law, including, without limitation, (i) +the allocations of items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit +to each such class or series of Partnership Interests; (ii) the right of each +such class or series of Partnership Interests to share in Partnership +distributions; and (iii) the rights of each such class or series of Partnership +Interests upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership. + +Section 4.3.  Additional Funds + +A.The General Partner may, following the direction and approval of the Board of +Directors, reasonably determine from time to time that the Partnership requires +additional funds (“Additional Funds”) for the acquisition of additional assets, +for the redemption of Partnership Units or for other reasonable +purposes.  Subject to Section 7.1, Additional Funds may be obtained by the +Partnership, at the election of the General Partner (following the direction and +approval of the Board of Directors), in any manner provided in, and in +accordance with, the terms of this Section 4.3, without the approval of any +Limited Partner (unless such approval is required under the terms of this +Agreement). + +18 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +B.Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors contemplated by Section +4.3(A) and the limitations set forth in Section 7.1, the General Partner, on +behalf of the Partnership, may obtain any Additional Funds by accepting Capital +Contributions from any Partners or other Persons.  In connection with any such +Capital Contribution, the General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the +Partnership from time to time to issue additional Partnership Units (as set +forth in Section 4.2 above) in consideration therefor, and the Percentage +Interests of the Partners shall be adjusted to reflect the issuance of such +additional Partnership Units. + +C.Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors contemplated by Section +4.3(A) and the limitations set forth in Section 7.1, the General Partner, on +behalf of the Partnership, may obtain any Additional Funds by causing the +Partnership to incur Debt upon such terms as the General Partner determines +appropriate (following the direction and approval of the Board of Directors of +such terms), including making such Debt convertible, redeemable or exchangeable +for Partnership Units, OP Units or REIT Shares; provided, however, that the +Partnership shall not incur any such Debt if such Debt is recourse to any +Partner (unless the Partner otherwise agrees). + +D.Following the direction and approval of the Board of Directors and subject to +the limitations set forth in Section 7.1, the General Partner, on behalf of the +Partnership, may obtain any Additional Funds by causing the Partnership to incur +Debt with the Company; provided, however, that the Partnership shall not incur +any such Debt if (a) a breach, violation or default of such Debt would be deemed +to occur by virtue of the transfer of any Partnership Interest, or (b) such Debt +is recourse to any Partner (unless the Partner otherwise agrees). + +Section 4.4.  Preemptive Rights + +No Person shall have any preemptive, preferential or other similar right with +respect to (i) additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership; or +(ii) the issuance or sale of any Partnership Units or other Partnership +Interests. + +Section 4.5. No Interest + +No Partner shall be entitled to interest on its Capital Contribution or on such +Partner’s Capital Account unless determined by the General Partner following the +direction and approval of the Board of Directors. + +19 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +ARTICLE 5. + +DISTRIBUTIONS + +Section 5.1.  Requirement and Characterization of Distributions + +The General Partner shall distribute at least quarterly a portion of Available +Cash generated by the Partnership during such quarter or shorter period, such +portion as determined by the General Partner following the direction and +approval of the Board of Directors, to the Partners that are Partners on the +Partnership Record Date with respect to such quarter or shorter period in +accordance with their Percentage Interests; provided, that in no event may a +Partner receive a distribution of Available Cash with respect to a Partnership +if such Partner is entitled to receive a distribution out of such Available Cash +with respect to an OP Unit or a REIT Share for which such Partnership Unit has +been exchanged, and any such distribution shall be made to the Operating +Partnership or the Company. + +Section 5.2.  Amounts Withheld + +All amounts withheld pursuant to the Code or any provisions of any state, local +or non-U.S. tax law and Section 10.4 hereof with respect to any allocation, +payment or distribution to any Partner or Assignee shall be treated as amounts +distributed to such Partner or Assignee pursuant to Section 5.1 for all purposes +under this Agreement. + +Section 5.3.  Distributions Upon Liquidation + +Proceeds from a Sale of the Partnership and any other cash received or +reductions in reserves made after commencement of the liquidation of the +Partnership shall be distributed to the Partners in accordance with Section +13.2. + +Section 5.4.  Restricted Distributions + +Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the +Partnership, and the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership, shall not +make a distribution to any Partner on account of its interest in the Partnership +if such distribution would violate Section 17-607 of the Act or other applicable +law. + +Section 5.5.  Compliance with REIT Requirements + +The General Partner shall make such reasonable efforts, following the direction +and approval of the Board of Directors and consistent with the Company’s +qualification as a REIT, to cause the Partnership to distribute sufficient +amounts to enable the Company, for so long as the Company has determined to +qualify as a REIT, to pay stockholder dividends that will (a) satisfy the +requirements for qualifying as a REIT under the Code and Regulations (the “REIT +Requirements”) and (b) except to the extent otherwise determined by the Company, +eliminate any federal income or excise tax liability of the Company. + +  + +20 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +ARTICLE 6. + +ALLOCATIONS + +Section 6.1.  Allocations For Capital Account Purposes + +A.After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section 1 of +Exhibit C attached hereto for the applicable taxable year or other allocation +period, and subject to Section 4 of Exhibit B attached hereto, Net Income for +each taxable year or other allocation period shall be allocated to the Partners’ +Capital Accounts in the following order of priority: + +(1)First, to the General Partner until the cumulative Net Income allocated to +the General Partner under this Section 6.1(A)(1) equals the cumulative Net Loss +allocated to the General Partner under Section 6.1(B)(2); + +(2)Next, to the holders of Common Units until the cumulative Net Income +allocated to such holders under this Section 6.1(A)(2) equals the cumulative Net +Loss allocated to such holders under Section 6.1(B)(1) (pro rata in accordance +with the excess of such Net Loss over such Net Income for each such holder); and + +(3)Thereafter, to the holders of Common Units pro rata in accordance with their +respective Percentage Interests. + +B.After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section 1 of +Exhibit C attached hereto for the applicable taxable year or other allocation +period, and subject to Section 4 of Exhibit B attached hereto, Net Loss for each +taxable year or other allocation period shall be allocated to the Partners’ +Capital Accounts in the following order of priority. + +(1)First, to the holders of Common Units with positive balances in their +Economic Capital Account Balances in accordance with such balances until their +Economic Capital Account Balances are reduced to zero; and + +(2)Thereafter, to the General Partner. + +21 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +ARTICLE 7. + +MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS + +Section 7.1.  Management + +A.Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all management +powers over the business and affairs of the Partnership are and shall be +exclusively vested in the General Partner, and no Limited Partner or other +Person shall have any right to participate in or exercise control or management +power over the business and affairs of the Partnership.  The General Partner may +be removed, with or without cause by the holders of a majority of the Common +Units outstanding, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors. In +addition to the powers now or hereafter granted to a general partner of a +limited partnership under applicable law or which are granted to the General +Partner under any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner, +subject to the terms of this Agreement, shall have full power and authority to +do all things deemed necessary, desirable or convenient by it to conduct the +business of the Partnership, to exercise all powers set forth in Section 3.2 +hereof and to effectuate the purposes set forth in Section 3.1 hereof. +Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner shall not do any of the +following without the prior approval of the Board of Directors: + +(1)the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money (including, +without limitation, making prepayments on loans and borrowing money to permit +the Partnership to make distributions to its Partners in such amounts as will +permit the Company (so long as the Company desires to maintain its qualification +as a REIT) to avoid the payment of any U.S. federal income tax (including, for +this purpose, any excise tax pursuant to Section 4981 of the Code) and to make +distributions to its shareholders in amounts sufficient to permit the Company to +maintain its REIT status), the assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting +for, indebtedness and other liabilities, the issuance of evidence of +indebtedness (including the securing of the same by deed, mortgage, deed of +trust or other lien or encumbrance on the Partnership’s assets or any assets of +its Subsidiaries) and the incurring of any obligations it deems necessary for +the conduct of the activities of the Partnership; + +(2)the making of tax, regulatory and other filings or elections, or rendering of +periodic or other reports to governmental or other agencies having jurisdiction +over the business or assets of the Partnership; + +(3)the acquisition, disposition, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or +exchange of any assets of the Partnership (including the exercise or grant of +any conversion, option, privilege, or subscription right or other right +available in connection with any assets at any time held by the Partnership) or +the merger or other combination of the Partnership with or into another entity +(all of the foregoing subject to any prior approval only to the extent required +by Section 7.3 hereof); + +22 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +(4)the mortgage, pledge, encumbrance or hypothecation of any assets of the +Partnership, the use of the assets of the Partnership (including, without +limitation, cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with the terms of this +Agreement and on any terms that it sees fit, including, without limitation, the +financing of the conduct of the operations of the Partnership, the Company or +any of the Partnership’s or the Company’s Subsidiaries, the lending of funds to +other Persons (including, without limitation, the Subsidiaries of the +Partnership and/or the Company) and the repayment of obligations of the +Partnership and its Subsidiaries and any other Person in which it has an equity +investment, and the making of capital contributions to its Subsidiaries; + +(5)the negotiation, execution, delivery and performance of any contracts +(including leases), conveyances or other instruments that the General Partner +considers useful or necessary or convenient to the conduct of the Partnership’s +operations or the implementation of the General Partner’s powers under this +Agreement, including, without limitation, contracting with consultants, +accountants, legal counsel, other professional advisors and other agents and the +payment of their expenses and compensation out of the Partnership’s assets; + +(6)the distribution of Partnership cash or other Partnership assets in +accordance with this Agreement; + +(7)holding, managing, investing and reinvesting cash and other assets of the +Partnership; + +(8)the amending, restating and/or supplementing of this Agreement or the +Certificate; + +(9)the establishment of one or more divisions of the Partnership, the selection +and dismissal of employees of the Partnership (including, without limitation, +employees who may be designated as officers with titles such as “president,” +“vice president,” “secretary” and “treasurer” of the Partnership), and agents, +outside attorneys, accountants, consultants and contractors of the Partnership, +and the determination of their compensation and other terms of employment or +hiring; + +(10)the formation of, or acquisition of an interest in, and the contribution of +property to, any further limited or general partnerships, limited liability +companies, real estate investment trusts, corporations, entities that are +treated as REITs, “taxable REIT subsidiaries” or as foreign corporations for +federal income tax purposes, joint ventures or other relationships that it deems +desirable (including, without limitation, the acquisition of interests in, and +the contributions of property or the making of loans to, its or the Company’s +Subsidiaries and any other Person in which it has an equity investment from time +to time or the incurrence of indebtedness on behalf of such Persons or the +guarantee of obligations of such Persons and the making of any tax, regulatory +or other filing or election with respect to any of the foregoing Persons); +provided, that as long as the Company has determined to continue to qualify as a +REIT, the Partnership may not engage in any such formation, acquisition or +contribution that would cause the Company to fail to qualify as a REIT; + +23 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +(11)the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the +Partnership, including the settlement, compromise, submission to arbitration or +any other form of dispute resolution, or abandonment of, any claim, cause of +action, liability, Debt or damages, due or owing to or from the Partnership, the +commencement or defense of suits, legal proceedings, administrative proceedings, +arbitrations or other forms of dispute resolution, and the representation of the +Partnership in all suits or legal proceedings, administrative proceedings, +arbitrations or other forms of dispute resolution, the incurrence of legal +expense, and the indemnification of any Person against liabilities and +contingencies to the extent permitted by law; + +(12)the undertaking of any action in connection with the Partnership’s direct or +indirect investment in any Subsidiary or any other Person (including, without +limitation, the contribution or loan of funds by the Partnership to such +Persons); + +(13)the determination of the fair market value of any Partnership property +distributed in kind using such reasonable method of valuation as the General +Partner may adopt; + +(14)the enforcement of any rights against any Partner pursuant to +representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities relating to such +Partner’s contribution of property or assets to the Partnership; + +(15)the exercise, directly or indirectly, through any attorney-in-fact acting +under a general or limited power of attorney, of any right, including the right +to vote, appurtenant to any asset or investment held by the Partnership; + +(16)the exercise of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this +Agreement on behalf of or in connection with any Subsidiary of the Partnership +or any other Person in which the Partnership has a direct or indirect interest, +or jointly with any such Subsidiary or other Person; + +(17)the exercise of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this +Agreement on behalf of any Person in which the Partnership does not have an +interest pursuant to contractual or other arrangements with such Person; + +(18)the making, execution, delivery and performance of any and all deeds, +leases, notes, mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements, conveyances, +contracts, guarantees, warranties, indemnities, waivers, releases or legal +instruments or agreements in writing necessary, appropriate or convenient, in +the judgment of the General Partner, for the accomplishment of any of the powers +of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement; + +24 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +(19)the issuance of additional Partnership Units and other partnership interests +to any Partners or other Persons; + +B.Subject to the rights of the Partners and the approval of the Board of +Directors as set forth in this Agreement, including, but not limited to, Section +7.1, each of the Limited Partners agrees that the General Partner is authorized +to execute, deliver and perform the above-mentioned agreements and transactions +on behalf of the Partnership, and otherwise to exercise any power of the General +Partner under this Agreement or the Act, without any further act, approval or +vote of the Partners, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement +(except as provided in Section 7.3), the Act or any applicable law, rule or +regulation, to the fullest extent permitted under the Act or other applicable +law, rule or regulation.  The execution, delivery or performance by the General +Partner or the Partnership of any agreement authorized or permitted under this +Agreement shall not constitute a breach by the General Partner of any duty that +the General Partner may owe the Partnership or the Limited Partners or any other +Persons under this Agreement or of any duty stated or implied by law or equity. + +C.At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner, following +the direction and approval of the Board of Directors, may cause the Partnership +to establish and maintain at any and all times working capital accounts and +other cash or similar balances in such amounts as the General Partner, following +the direction and approval of the Board of Directors, deems appropriate and +reasonable from time to time. + +D.In exercising its authority under this Agreement, the General Partner (solely +to the extent directed by the Board of Directors, and in all cases in accordance +with such direction from the Board of Directors) shall take into account the tax +consequences to any Partner of any action taken (or not taken) by it.  The +General Partner, the Board of Directors and the Partnership shall not be liable +to a Limited Partner under any circumstances as a result of an income tax or +other tax liability incurred by such Limited Partner as a result of an action +(or inaction) by the General Partner taken pursuant to its authority under this +Agreement or at the direction of the Board of Directors. + +Section 7.2.  Certificate of Limited Partnership + +The Initial General Partner filed the Certificate with the Secretary of State of +the State of Delaware as required by the Act. The General Partner shall use all +reasonable efforts to cause to be filed such other certificates or documents as +may be reasonable and necessary or appropriate for the formation, continuation, +qualification and operation of a limited partnership (or a partnership in which +the limited partners have limited liability) in the State of Delaware and any +other state, or the District of Columbia, in which the Partnership may elect to +do business or own property.  To the extent that such action is determined by +the General Partner to be reasonable and necessary or appropriate or convenient, +the General Partner shall file amendments to and restatements of the Certificate +and do all of the things to maintain the Partnership as a limited partnership +(or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability) under +the laws of the State of Delaware and each other state, or the District of +Columbia, in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own +property.  Subject to the terms of Section 8.5(A)(2) hereof, the General Partner +shall not be required, before or after filing, to deliver or mail a copy of the +Certificate or any amendment thereto or restatement thereof to any Limited +Partner. + +25 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 7.3.  Restrictions on General Partner Authority + +The General Partner may not take any action in contravention of an express +prohibition or limitation of this Agreement without the written consent of +Limited Partners holding a majority of the Percentage Interests held by Limited +Partners, or such other percentage of the Limited Partners as may be +specifically provided for under a provision of this Agreement. + +Section 7.4.  Reimbursement of the General Partner and the Company + +A.Except as provided in this Section 7.4 and elsewhere in this Agreement +(including the provisions of Articles 5 and 6 regarding distributions, payments, +and allocations to which it may be entitled), the General Partner shall not be +compensated for its services as general partner of the Partnership. + +B.The Partnership shall be responsible for and shall pay all expenses relating +to the Partnership’s and the General Partner’s organization and the ownership of +each of their assets and operations. The General Partner shall be reimbursed on +a monthly basis for all expenditures that it reasonably incurs relating to the +ownership and operation of, or for the benefit of, the Partnership; provided, +that the amount of any such reimbursement shall be reduced by any interest +earned by the General Partner with respect to bank accounts or other instruments +or accounts held by it on behalf of the Partnership; and provided, further, that +the General Partner shall not be reimbursed for any (i) trustees’/directors’ +fees, (ii) income tax liabilities or (iii) filing or similar fees in connection +with maintaining the General Partner’s continued existence that are incurred by +the General Partner, but the Partners acknowledge that all other expenses of the +General Partner is deemed to be for the benefit of the Partnership.  Such +reimbursement shall be in addition to any reimbursement made as a result of +indemnification pursuant to Section 7.7 hereof.  Included among the expenditures +for which the General Partner shall be entitled to reimbursement hereunder shall +be any payments of debt service made by the General Partner, in its capacity as +General Partner, as guarantor or otherwise, with respect to indebtedness +encumbering any property held by the Partnership. + +Section 7.5.  Outside Activities of the General Partner + +The General Partner and any Affiliates of the General Partner shall only conduct +the activities contemplated by this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, +the General Partner and any Affiliates of the General Partner may (a) acquire +Limited Partner Interests and shall be entitled to exercise all rights of a +Limited Partner relating to such Limited Partner Interests and (b) acquire less +than 5% of the equity securities of any Person, which securities are listed on +any national securities exchange and the General Partner or such Affiliate has +no other business relationship, direct or indirect, with the issuer of such +securities. For the avoidance of doubt, family members of Affiliates of the +General Partner are permitted to own real estate for commercial purposes. + +26 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 7.6.  Contracts with Affiliates + +A.The Partnership may lend or contribute funds or other assets to, and borrow +funds from, its or the Company’s Subsidiaries or other Persons in which it or +the Company has an equity or other interests and such Persons may borrow funds +from, and lend or contribute funds or assets to, the Partnership, on terms and +conditions established by the General Partner, following the direction and +approval of the Board of Directors.  The foregoing authority shall not create +any right or benefit in favor of any Subsidiary or any other Person. + +B.Except as provided in Section 7.5, the Partnership may transfer assets to +joint ventures, other partnerships, limited liability companies, real estate +investment trusts, corporations or other business entities in which it is or +thereby becomes a participant upon such terms and subject to such conditions +consistent with this Agreement and applicable law as the General Partner deems +appropriate, following the direction and approval of the Board of Directors. + +C.Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, neither the General Partner +nor any of its Affiliates shall sell, transfer or convey any property to, or +purchase any property from, the Partnership, directly or indirectly, except +pursuant to transactions that are determined by the General Partner in good +faith to be fair and reasonable following the direction and approval of the +Board of Directors. + +Section 7.7.  Indemnification + +A.To the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, the Partnership shall +indemnify each Indemnitee from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, +liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including, without limitation, +attorneys’ fees and other legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, +settlements, and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, +actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, +that relate to the operations of the Partnership or the Company as set forth in +this Agreement, in which such Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be +involved, as a party or otherwise, except to the extent such Indemnitee acted in +bad faith, or with gross negligence or willful misconduct.  Without limitation, +the foregoing indemnity shall extend to any liability of any Indemnitee, +pursuant to a loan guaranty or otherwise for any indebtedness of the Partnership +or any Subsidiary of the Partnership (including without limitation, any +indebtedness which the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership has +assumed or taken subject to), and the General Partner is hereby authorized and +empowered, on behalf of the Partnership, to enter into one or more indemnity +agreements consistent with the provisions of this Section 7.7 in favor of any +Indemnitee having or potentially having liability for any such +indebtedness.  Any indemnification pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall be made +only out of the assets of the Partnership, and neither the General Partner nor +any Limited Partner shall have any obligation to contribute to the capital of +the Partnership, or otherwise provide funds, to enable the Partnership to fund +its obligations under this Section 7.7. + +27 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +B.Reasonable expenses incurred by an Indemnitee who is a party to a proceeding +shall be paid or reimbursed by the Partnership in advance of the final +disposition of the proceeding, upon receipt by the Partnership of an undertaking +by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall be determined +that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section +7.7(A). + +C.The indemnification provided by this Section 7.7 shall be in addition to any +other rights to which an Indemnitee or any other Person may be entitled under +any agreement, pursuant to any vote of the Partners, as a matter of law or +otherwise, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in +such capacity unless otherwise provided in a written agreement pursuant to which +such Indemnitees are indemnified. + +D.The Partnership may purchase and maintain insurance, on behalf of the +Indemnitees and such other Persons as the General Partner shall determine, +against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be +incurred by such Person in connection with the Partnership’s activities, +regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such +Person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement. + +E.For purposes of this Section 7.7, the Partnership shall be deemed to have +requested an Indemnitee to serve as fiduciary of an employee benefit plan +whenever the performance by it of its duties to the Partnership also imposes +duties on, or otherwise involves services by, it to the plan or participants or +beneficiaries of the plan; excise taxes assessed on an Indemnitee with respect +to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall constitute fines +within the meaning of this Section 7.7; and actions taken or omitted by the +Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan in the performance of its +duties for a purpose reasonably believed by it to be in the interest of the +participants and beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose +which is not opposed to the best interests of the Partnership. + +F.In no event may an Indemnitee subject any of the Partners to personal +liability by reason of the indemnification provisions set forth in this +Agreement. + +G.An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under +this Section 7.7 because the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with +respect to which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise +permitted by the terms of this Agreement. + +H.The provisions of this Section 7.7 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees, +their heirs, successors, assigns and administrators and shall not be deemed to +create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons.  Any amendment, +modification or repeal of this Section 7.7 or any provision hereof shall be +prospective only and shall not in any way affect the Partnership’s liability to +any Indemnitee under this Section 7.7, as in effect immediately prior to such +amendment, modification, or repeal with respect to claims arising from or +relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, +modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted. + +28 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 7.8.  Liability of the General Partner + +A.Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, none of +the General Partner, its Affiliates, or any of their respective officers, +trustees, directors, shareholders, partners, members, employees, representatives +or agents or any officer, employee, representative or agent of the Partnership +and its Affiliates (individually, a “Covered Person” and collectively, the +“Covered Persons”) shall be liable for monetary damages to the Partnership, any +Partners or any Assignees for losses sustained or liabilities incurred as a +result of errors in judgment or of any act or omission if the Covered Person’s +conduct did not constitute bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct. + +B.The Limited Partners expressly acknowledge that the General Partner is acting +on behalf of the Partnership, the Limited Partners and the Company collectively, +that the General Partner is under no obligation to consider the separate +interests of the Limited Partners (except as otherwise provided herein) in +deciding whether to cause the Partnership to take (or decline to take) any +actions.  In the event of a conflict between the interests of the Company on the +one hand and the Limited Partners on the other, the General Partner shall, +consult with the Board of Directors, endeavor in good faith to resolve the +conflict in a manner not adverse to either the Company or the Limited Partners; +provided, however, that any such conflict that the General Partner in good faith +determines cannot be resolved in a manner not adverse to either the Company or +the Limited Partners shall be resolved in favor of the Company.  The General +Partner shall not be liable for monetary damages for losses sustained, +liabilities incurred, or benefits not derived by Limited Partners in connection +with such decisions; provided, that the General Partner has acted in good faith. + +C.Subject to its obligations and duties as General Partner set forth in Section +7.1(A) hereof, the General Partner may exercise any of the powers granted to it +by this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either +directly or by or through its employees and agents. + +D.Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.8 or any provision +hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations +on the Covered Person’s liability to the Partnership and the Limited Partners +under this Section 7.8 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, +modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to +matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or +repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted. + +E.To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties +(including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Partnership +or to the Partners, any Covered Person acting under this Agreement or otherwise +shall not be liable to the Partnership or to any Partner for its good faith +reliance on the provisions of this Agreement.  The provisions of this Agreement, +to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person +otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Partners to replace +such other duties and liabilities of such Covered Person. + +29 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 7.9.  Other Matters Concerning the General Partner + +A.The General Partner may rely and shall be protected in acting, or refraining +from acting, upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, +report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or +document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or +presented by the proper party or parties. + +B.The General Partner may consult with legal counsel, accountants, appraisers, +management consultants, investment bankers, architects, engineers, environmental +consultants and other consultants and advisers selected by it, following the +direction and approval of the Board of Directors, and any act taken or omitted +to be taken in reliance upon the opinion of such Persons as to matters which the +General Partner reasonably believes to be within such Person’s professional or +expert competence shall be conclusively presumed to have been done or omitted in +good faith and in accordance with such opinion. + +C.The General Partner shall have the right, in respect of any of its powers or +obligations hereunder, to act through any of its duly authorized officers and +duly appointed attorneys-in-fact.  Each such attorney shall, to the extent +provided by the General Partner in the power of attorney, have full power and +authority to do and perform each and every act and duty which is permitted or +required to be done by the General Partner hereunder. + +D.Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or the Act, any action +of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership or any decision of the +General Partner to refrain from acting on behalf of the Partnership, undertaken +in the good faith belief that such action or omission is necessary or advisable +in order (i) to protect the ability of the Company to continue to qualify as a +REIT; (ii) for the Company to otherwise satisfy the REIT Requirements; or (iii) +to avoid the Company incurring any taxes under Section 337(d), 857, 1374 or 4981 +of the Code, is expressly authorized under this Agreement and is deemed approved +by all of the Limited Partners. + +Section 7.10.  Title to Partnership Assets + +Title to Partnership assets, whether real, personal or mixed and whether +tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be owned by the Partnership as an +entity, and no Partner, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership +interest in such Partnership assets or any portion thereof. + +30 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 7.11.  Reliance by Third Parties + +Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Person dealing +with the Partnership shall be entitled to assume that the General Partner has +full power and authority, without consent or approval of any other Partner or +Person (unless set forth herein), to encumber, sell or otherwise use in any +manner any and all assets of the Partnership and to enter into any contracts on +behalf of the Partnership, and take any and all actions on behalf of the +Partnership and such Person shall be entitled to deal with the General Partner +as if the General Partner were the Partnership’s sole party in interest, both +legally and beneficially.  Each Limited Partner hereby waives any and all +defenses or other remedies which may be available against such Person to +contest, negate or disaffirm any action of the General Partner in connection +with any such dealing.  In no event shall any Person dealing with the General +Partner or its representatives be obligated to ascertain that the terms of this +Agreement have been complied with or to inquire into the necessity or expedience +of any act or action of the General Partner or its representatives.  Each and +every certificate, document or other instrument executed on behalf of the +Partnership by the General Partner or its representatives shall be conclusive +evidence in favor of any and every Person relying thereon or claiming thereunder +that (i) at the time of the execution and delivery of such certificate, document +or instrument, this Agreement was in full force and effect; (ii) the Person +executing and delivering such certificate, document or instrument was duly +authorized and empowered to do so for and on behalf of the Partnership; and +(iii) such certificate, document or instrument was duly executed and delivered +in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and is binding +upon the Partnership. + +ARTICLE 8. + +RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS + +Section 8.1.  Limitation of Liability + +Each Limited Partner acting in its capacity as such shall have no liability +under this Agreement except for liability resulting from: (a) an act or omission +on the part of such Limited Partner that was committed in bad faith or was the +result of active and deliberate dishonesty; (b) in the case of any criminal +proceeding, an act or omission that such Limited Partner had reasonable cause to +believe was unlawful; (c) any transaction for which such Limited Partner +actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services in +violation or breach of any provision of this Agreement; or (d) as expressly +provided in this Agreement or under the Act. + +31 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 8.2.  Management of Business + +No Limited Partner or Assignee (other than the General Partner, any of its +Affiliates or any officer, trustee, director, member, employee or agent of the +General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates, in their capacity +as such) shall take part in the operation, management or control (within the +meaning of the Act) of the Partnership’s business, transact any business in the +Partnership’s name or have the power to sign documents for or otherwise bind the +Partnership. The transaction of any such business by the General Partner, any of +its Affiliates or any officer, trustee, director, member, employee or agent of +the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates, in their +capacity as such, shall not affect, impair or eliminate the limitations on the +liability of the Limited Partners or Assignees under this Agreement. + +Section 8.3.  Outside Activities of Limited Partners + +Subject to any agreements entered into by a Limited Partner or its Affiliates +with the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries, any Limited Partner (other than +the Company) and any officer, trustee, director, member, employee, agent, +trustee, Affiliate or shareholder of any such Limited Partner shall be entitled +to and may have business interests and engage in business activities in addition +to those relating to the Partnership, including business interests and +activities that are in direct competition with the Partnership or that are +enhanced by the activities of the Partnership.  Neither the Partnership nor any +Partners shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any business +ventures of any Limited Partner or Assignee. None of the Limited Partners (other +than the Company) nor any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this +Agreement or the Partnership relationship established hereby in any business +ventures of any other Person and such Person shall have no obligation pursuant +to this Agreement to offer any interest in any such business ventures to the +Partnership, any Limited Partner or any such other Person, even if such +opportunity is of a character which, if presented to the Partnership, any +Limited Partner or such other Person, could be taken by such Person. + +Section 8.4.  Return of Capital + +Except pursuant to the right of redemption set forth in Section 8.6, no Limited +Partner shall be entitled to the withdrawal or return of its Capital +Contribution, except to the extent of distributions made pursuant to this +Agreement or upon termination of the Partnership as provided herein.  Except to +the extent provided by Exhibit C hereof or as otherwise expressly provided in +this Agreement, no Limited Partner or Assignee shall have priority over any +other Limited Partner or Assignee, either as to the return of Capital +Contributions or as to profits, losses or distributions. + +32 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 8.5.  Rights of Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership + +A.In addition to the other rights provided by this Agreement or by the Act, and +except as limited by Section 8.5(C), each Limited Partner shall have the right, +for a purpose reasonably related to such Limited Partner’s interest as a limited +partner in the Partnership, upon written demand with a statement of the purpose +of such demand and at such Limited Partner’s own expense (including such copying +and administrative charges as the General Partner may establish from time to +time): + +(1)to obtain a copy of the Partnership’s federal, state and local income tax +returns for each Partnership Year; + +(2)to obtain a copy of this Agreement and the Certificate and all amendments +thereto, together with executed copies of all powers of attorney pursuant to +which this Agreement, the Certificate and all amendments thereto have been +executed; and + +(3)to obtain true and full information regarding the amount of cash and a +description and statement of any other property or services contributed by each +Partner and which each Partner has agreed to contribute in the future, and the +date on which each became a Partner. + +B.The Partnership shall notify each Limited Partner, upon request, of the then +current Conversion Factor. + +C.Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 8.5, the General Partner +may keep confidential from the Limited Partners for such period of time as the +General Partner determines, following the direction and approval of the Board of +Directors to be reasonable, any information that (i) the General Partner +reasonably believes to be in the nature of trade secrets or other information, +the disclosure of which the General Partner in good faith believes is not in the +best interests of the Partnership or could damage the Partnership or its +business; or (ii) the Partnership is required by law or by agreements with an +unaffiliated third party to keep confidential. + +Upon written request by any Limited Partner, the General Partner shall cause the +ownership of Partnership Interests by such Limited Partner to be evidenced by a +certificate in such form as the General Partner may determine with respect to +any class of Partnership Interests issued from time to time under this +Agreement. The General Partner may direct a new certificate or certificates to +be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the +Partnership alleged to have been lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated, upon the +making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be +lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated. Unless otherwise determined by the General +Partner, the owner of such lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated certificate or +certificates, or his or her legal representative, shall be required, as a +condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, to +give the Partnership a bond in such sum as the General Partner may direct as +indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Partnership. + +33 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 8.6.  Redemption Right + +A.Subject to Sections 8.6(B) and 8.6(C) hereof and at any time on or after such +date as expressly provided for in any agreement entered into between the +Partnership and any Limited Partner, each holder of a Common Unit (if other than +the General Partner) shall have the right (the “Redemption Right”) to require +the Partnership to redeem on a Specified Redemption Date all or a portion of the +Partnership Units (provided that such Partnership Units constitute Common Units) +held by such holder at a redemption price equal to and in the form of the Cash +Amount to be paid by the Partnership; provided that the Partnership Units shall +have been outstanding for at least one year; provided, further, that the General +Partner, following the direction and approval of the Board of Directors, may +allow a holder to exercise its Redemption Right prior to the Common Units being +outstanding for one year in its discretion.  The Redemption Right shall be +exercised pursuant to a Notice of Redemption delivered to the Partnership (with +a copy to the General Partner) by the holder who is exercising the redemption +right (the “Redeeming Partner”); provided, however, that the Partnership shall +not be obligated to satisfy such Redemption Right if the Operating Partnership +elects to purchase the Partnership Units subject to the Notice of Redemption +pursuant to Section 8.6(B).  A holder under this Section 8.6(A) may not exercise +the Redemption Right for less than 1,000 Partnership Units at any one time or, +if such holder holds less than 1,000 Partnership Units, all of the Partnership +Units held by such Partner.  The Redeeming Partner shall have no right, with +respect to any Partnership Units so redeemed, to receive any distributions paid +on or after the Specified Redemption Date.  The Assignee of any holder herein +may exercise the rights of such Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 8.6(A), +and such Limited Partner shall be deemed to have assigned such rights to such +Assignee and shall be bound by the exercise of such rights by such Assignee.  In +connection with any exercise of such rights by an Assignee on behalf of a holder +in this Section 8.6(A), the Cash Amount shall be paid by the Partnership +directly to such Assignee and not to such holder.  Any Partnership Units +redeemed by the Partnership pursuant to this Section 8.6(A) shall be cancelled +upon such redemption. + +34 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +B.Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.6(A), a Limited Partner that +exercises the Redemption Right shall be deemed to have offered to sell the +Partnership Units described in the Notice of Redemption to the Operating +Partnership, and the Operating Partnership may, in its sole and absolute +discretion, elect to purchase directly and acquire such Partnership Units by +paying to the Redeeming Partner either the Cash Amount or the OP Unit Amount, as +elected by the Operating Partnership in its sole and absolute discretion, on the +Specified Redemption Date, whereupon the Operating Partnership shall acquire the +Partnership Units offered for redemption by the Redeeming Partner and shall be +treated for all purposes of this Agreement as the owner of such Partnership +Units.  If the Operating Partnership shall elect to exercise its right to +purchase Partnership Units under this Section 8.6(B) with respect to a Notice of +Redemption, it shall so notify the Redeeming Partner within five Business Days +after the receipt by it of such Notice of Redemption.  Unless the Operating +Partnership (in its sole and absolute discretion) shall exercise its right to +purchase Partnership Units from the Redeeming Partner pursuant to this Section +8.6(B), the Operating Partnership shall not have any obligation to the Redeeming +Partner or the Partnership with respect to the Redeeming Partner’s exercise of +the Redemption Right.  In the event the Operating Partnership shall exercise its +right to purchase Partnership Units with respect to the exercise of a Redemption +Right in the manner described in the first sentence of this Section 8.6(B), the +Partnership shall have no obligation to pay any amount to the Redeeming Partner +with respect to such Redeeming Partner’s exercise of such Redemption Right, and +each of the Redeeming Partner, the Partnership and the Operating Partnership +shall treat the transaction between the Operating Partnership and the Redeeming +Partner, for federal income tax purposes, as a sale of the Redeeming Partner’s +Partnership Units to the Operating Partnership.  Each Redeeming Partner agrees +to execute such documents as the Operating Partnership may reasonably require in +connection with the issuance of OP Units upon exercise of the Redemption +Right.  In case of any reclassification of OP Units (including, but not limited +to, any reclassification upon a consolidation or merger in which the Operating +Partnership is the surviving entity) into securities other than OP Units, for +purposes of this Section 8.6(B), the Operating Partnership (or its successor) +may thereafter exercise its right to purchase Partnership Units for the kind and +amount of shares of such securities receivable upon such reclassification by a +holder of the number of OP Units for which such Partnership Units could be +purchased pursuant to this Section immediately prior to such reclassification. + +C.Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.6(A) and Section 8.6(B), a Partner +shall not be entitled to exercise the Redemption Right pursuant to Section +8.6(A) to the extent that the delivery of OP Units to such Partner on the +Specified Redemption Date by the Operating Partnership pursuant to Section +8.6(B) (regardless of whether or not the Operating Partnership would in fact +exercise its rights under Section 8.6(B)) would (i) be prohibited, as determined +in the sole discretion of the Operating Partnership, by law or any other +agreement applicable to the Operating Partnership or (ii) cause the acquisition +of OP Units by such Partner to be “integrated” with any other distribution of OP +Units for purposes of complying with the Securities Act. + +35 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +D.Each Partner covenants and agrees that all Partnership Units delivered for +redemption shall be delivered to the Partnership free and clear of all liens; +and, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Partnership +shall be under no obligation to acquire Partnership Units which are or may be +subject to any liens. Each Partner further agrees that, if any state or local +property transfer tax is payable as a result of the transfer of its Partnership +Units to the Partnership, such Partner shall assume and pay such transfer tax. + +ARTICLE 9. + +BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS + +Section 9.1.  Records and Accounting + +The General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal office of +the Partnership those records and documents required to be maintained by the Act +and other books and records deemed by the General Partner to be appropriate with +respect to the Partnership’s business, including, without limitation, all books +and records necessary to provide to the Limited Partners any information, lists +and copies of documents required to be provided pursuant to Section 9.3 +hereof.  The books of the Partnership shall be maintained, for financial and tax +reporting purposes, on an accrual basis in accordance with GAAP, or such other +basis as the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate following +the direction and approval of the Board of Directors. + +Section 9.2.  Fiscal Year + +The fiscal year of the Partnership shall be the calendar year. + +Section 9.3.  Reports + +A.As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 105 days after the close of +each Partnership Year, the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each +Limited Partner as of the close of the Partnership Year, an annual report +containing financial statements of the Partnership, or of the Company if such +statements are prepared solely on a consolidated basis with the Company, for +such Partnership Year, presented in accordance with GAAP, such statements to be +audited by a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants +selected by the Company; provided, that if such financial statements of the +Company are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website, then +this obligation shall be satisfied. + +36 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +B.As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 105 days after the close of +each calendar quarter (except the last calendar quarter of each year), the +General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner as of the last +day of the calendar quarter, a report containing unaudited financial statements +of the Partnership, or of the Company, if such statements are prepared solely on +a consolidated basis with the Company, and such other information as may be +required by applicable law or regulation, or as the General Partner determines +to be appropriate; provided that if such financial statements of the Company are +available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website, then this +obligation shall be satisfied. + +C.The Partnership shall also cause to be promptly prepared such reports and/or +information as are necessary for the Company to determine its qualification as a +REIT and its compliance with the requirements for REITs pursuant to the Code and +Regulations. + +ARTICLE 10. + +TAX MATTERS + +Section 10.1.  Preparation of Tax Returns + +The General Partner, following the direction and approval of the Board of +Directors, shall arrange for the preparation and timely filing of all returns of +Partnership income, gains, deductions, losses and other items required of the +Partnership for federal and state income tax purposes and shall furnish by July +31 of the year immediately following each taxable year, or as soon as reasonably +practicable thereafter, the tax information reasonably required by Limited +Partners for federal and state income tax reporting purposes. + +Section 10.2.  Tax Elections + +Except as otherwise provided herein, the General Partner, following the +direction and approval of the Board of Directors, shall determine whether to +make any available election pursuant to the Code.  Notwithstanding the above, in +making any such tax election the General Partner and the Board of Directors may, +but shall be under no obligation to, take into account the tax consequences to +the Limited Partners resulting from any such election. + +The General Partner can, following the direction and approval of the Board of +Directors, elect to use any method permitted by Section 704(c) of the Code and +the Regulations thereunder to take into account any variation between the +adjusted basis of any property contributed (or deemed contributed) to the +Partnership by any Partner after the date hereof and such property’s initial +Carrying Value.  The General Partner shall have the right, following the +direction and approval of the Board of Directors, regarding the exercise of that +right, to seek to revoke any tax election it makes (including, without +limitation, an election under Section 754 of the Code) upon the General +Partner’s determination, following the direction and approval of the Board of +Directors, that such revocation is in the best interests of the Partners. + +37 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 10.3.  Partnership Representative + +A.The General Partner, or such Person as may alternatively be designated by the +General Partner, following the direction and approval of the Board of Directors, +shall be the “partnership representative” (within the meaning of Section 6223 of +the Code) (the “Partnership Representative”).  The taking of any action and the +incurring of any expense by the Partnership Representative in connection with +any such proceeding, except to the extent required by law, is a matter of the +Partnership Representative, following the direction and approval of the Board of +Directors, and the provisions relating to indemnification provisions set forth +in Section 7.7 of this Agreement shall be fully applicable to the Partnership +Representative in its capacity as such.  Each Partner hereby agrees to cooperate +with, and to take all reasonable actions requested by the Partnership +Representative and the Partnership, to avoid or reduce any tax imposed under +Section 6225 of the Code, including (i) taking such actions as may be required +to effect the General Partner’s designation as the Partnership Representative, +and on behalf of the Partnership, the General Partner’s (or its designee’s) +appointment of any “designated individual,” (ii) providing any information or +taking such other actions as may be reasonably requested by the Partnership +Representative in order to determine whether any “imputed underpayment” (within +the meaning of Section 6225 of the Code) may be modified pursuant to Section +6225(c) of the Code, (iii) providing any information or taking such other +actions as may be reasonably requested by the Partnership Representative in +connection with any election made by the Partnership Representative pursuant to +Section 6226 of the Code, and (iv) upon the request of the Partnership +Representative, filing any amended U.S. federal income tax return or comply with +the alternative procedure described in Section 6225(c)(2)(B) of the Code, and +paying any tax due in connection with such tax return in accordance with Section +6225(c)(2) of the Code or any corresponding provision of applicable state or +local law. The provisions of this Section 10.3 and a Partner’s obligation to +comply with this Section 10.3 shall survive any liquidation and dissolution of +the Partnership and the transfer, assignment or liquidation of such Partner’s +Partnership Interest (including for the avoidance of doubt through exercise of +the Redemption Right). + +B.The Partnership Representative shall receive no compensation for its +services.  All third party costs and expenses incurred by the Partnership +Representative in performing its duties as such (including legal and accounting +fees and expenses) shall be borne by the Partnership.  Nothing herein shall be +construed to restrict the Partnership from engaging an accounting and/or law +firm to assist the Partnership Representative in discharging its duties +hereunder, so long as the compensation paid by the Partnership for such services +is reasonable. + +38 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 10.4.  Withholding + +Each Limited Partner hereby authorizes the Partnership to withhold from, or pay +on behalf of or with respect to, such Limited Partner any amount of federal, +state, local, or foreign taxes that the General Partner, following the direction +and approval of the Board of Directors determines that the Partnership is +required to withhold or pay with respect to any amount distributable or +allocable to such Limited Partner pursuant to this Agreement, including, without +limitation, any taxes required to be withheld or paid by the Partnership +pursuant to Section 1441, 1442, 1445, or 1446 of the Code, and any taxes paid by +the Partnership with respect to an imputed underpayment.  Any amount paid on +behalf of or with respect to a Limited Partner shall constitute a loan by the +Partnership to such Limited Partner, which loan shall be repaid by such Limited +Partner within 15 days after notice from the General Partner that such payment +must be made unless (i) the Partnership withholds such payment from a +distribution which would otherwise be made to the Limited Partner, or (ii) the +General Partner determines, following the direction and approval of the Board of +Directors, that such payment may be satisfied out of the available funds of the +Partnership which would, but for such payment, be distributed to the Limited +Partner.  Any amounts withheld pursuant to the foregoing clause (i) or (ii) +shall be treated as having been distributed (or paid) to such Limited +Partner.  In the event that a Limited Partner fails to pay any amounts owed to +the Partnership pursuant to this Section 10.4 when due, the General Partner may, +following the direction and approval of the Board of Directors, elect to make +the payment to the Partnership on behalf of such defaulting Limited Partner, and +in such event shall be deemed to have loaned such amount to such defaulting +Limited Partner and shall succeed to all rights and remedies of the Partnership +as against such defaulting Limited Partner.  Without limitation, in such event +the General Partner shall have the right to receive distributions that would +otherwise be distributable to such defaulting Limited Partner until such time as +such loan, together with all interest thereon, has been paid in full, and any +such distributions so received by the General Partner shall be treated as having +been distributed to the defaulting Limited Partner and immediately paid by the +defaulting Limited Partner to the General Partner in repayment of such +loan.  Any amounts payable by a Limited Partner hereunder shall bear interest at +the lesser of (A) the base rate on corporate loans at large United States money +center commercial banks, as published from time to time in The Wall Street +Journal, plus four percentage points, or (B) the maximum lawful rate of interest +on such obligation, such interest to accrue from the date such amount is due +(i.e., 15 days after demand) until such amount is paid in full.  Each Limited +Partner shall take such actions as the Partnership or the General Partner shall +request in order to perfect or enforce the security interest created +hereunder.  Upon a Limited Partner’s complete withdrawal from the Partnership, +such Limited Partner shall be required to restore funds to the Partnership to +the extent that the cumulative amount of taxes withheld from or paid on behalf +of, or with respect to, such Limited Partner exceeds the sum of such amounts (i) +repaid to the Partnership by such Limited Partner, (ii) withheld from +distributions to such Limited Partner and (iii) paid by the General Partner on +behalf of such Limited Partner. + +39 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +ARTICLE 11. + +TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS + +Section 11.1.  Transfer + +A.The term “transfer,” when used in this Article 11 with respect to a +Partnership Unit, shall be deemed to refer to a transaction by which the General +Partner purports to assign all or any part of its General Partner Interest to +another Person or by which a Limited Partner purports to assign all or any part +of its Limited Partner Interest to another Person, and includes a sale, +assignment, gift, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, mortgage, exchange or any +other disposition by law or otherwise.  The term “transfer” when used in this +Article 11 does not include (i) any redemption of Partnership Interests by the +Partnership from a Limited Partner, (ii) any acquisition of Partnership Units +from a Limited Partner by the Operating Partnership pursuant to Section 8.6, or +(iii) any distribution of Partnership Units by a Limited Partner to its +beneficial owners. + +B.No Partnership Interest shall be transferred, in whole or in part, except in +accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Article 11.  Any +transfer or purported transfer of a Partnership Interest not made in accordance +with this Article 11 shall be null and void. + +C.Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article 11, the Partnership +Interests of the Company may be transferred, in whole or in part, at any time or +from time to time, to any Person that is, at the time of such transfer, a +Qualified REIT Subsidiary.  Upon any transfer permitted by this Section 11.1(C), +the Company shall be relieved of all its obligations under this Agreement.  The +provisions of Sections 11.2(B), 11.3, 11.4(A) and 11.5 hereof shall not apply to +any transfer permitted by this Section 11.1(C). + +Section 11.2.  Transfer of General Partner Interest + +A.The General Partner may not transfer any of its General Partner Interest or +withdraw as General Partner, or transfer any of its Limited Partner Interest, +except as provided in Section 11.2(B) or Section 11.2(C) hereof. + +40 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +B.Except as set forth in Section 11.2(C), the General Partner shall not withdraw +from the Partnership and shall not transfer all or any portion of its Partner +Interests in the Partnership (whether by sale, disposition, statutory merger or +consolidation, liquidation or otherwise) unless approved by the Board of +Directors.  Upon any transfer of the General Partner’s Partnership Interest in +accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.2(B), the transferee shall +become a successor General Partner for all purposes herein, and shall be vested +with the powers and rights of the transferor General Partner, and shall be +liable for all obligations and responsible for all duties of the General +Partner, once such transferee has executed such instruments as may be necessary +to effectuate such admission and to confirm the agreement of such transferee to +be bound by all the terms and provisions of this Agreement with respect to the +Partnership Interest so acquired.  It is a condition to any transfer by the +General Partner otherwise permitted hereunder that the transferee assumes, by +operation of law or express agreement, all of the obligations of the transferor +General Partner under this Agreement with respect to such transferred +Partnership Interest; provided, such transfer shall not relieve the transferor +General Partner of its obligations under this Agreement without the approval of +the Board of Directors.  In the event that the General Partner withdraws from +the Partnership, in violation of this Agreement or otherwise, the remaining +Partners may agree in writing to continue the business of the Partnership by +selecting a successor General Partner in accordance with the Act. + +C.In the event a Bankruptcy Event occurs with respect to the General Partner, +the General Partner shall automatically withdraw from the Partnership, in its +role as the General Partner, without any action on the part of the General +Partner or any other Person, and shall transfer all of its General Partner +Interest in the Partnership to the successor general partner selected by the +Board of Directors. + +Section 11.3.  Limited Partners’ Rights to Transfer + +A.Except as provided in Section 11.3(B), no Limited Partner shall transfer all +or any portion of its Partnership Interest to any transferee without the +approval of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that if a Limited Partner +is subject to Incapacity, such Incapacitated Limited Partner may transfer all or +any portion of its Partnership Interest. + +B.Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 11, a Limited Partner may +transfer all or any portion of its Partnership Interest to any of its Affiliates +and such transferee shall be admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner, all +without obtaining the approval of the Board of Directors, unless such Affiliate +does not qualify as an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule +501(a) of Regulation D. + +C.If a Limited Partner is subject to Incapacity, the executor, administrator, +trustee, committee, guardian, conservator or receiver of such Limited Partner’s +estate shall have all of the rights of a Limited Partner, but not more rights +than those enjoyed by other Limited Partners, for the purpose of settling or +managing the estate and such power as the Incapacitated Limited Partner +possessed to transfer all or any part of his or its interest in the +Partnership.  The Incapacity of a Limited Partner, in and of itself, shall not +dissolve or terminate the Partnership. + +41 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +D.Without limiting the generality of Section 11.3(B) hereof, the Board of +Directors may prohibit any transfer by a Limited Partner of its Partnership +Interest if, in the opinion of legal counsel to the Partnership or the Company, +such transfer would require filing of a registration statement under the +Securities Act or would otherwise violate any federal or state securities laws +or regulations applicable to the Partnership or the Partnership Units. + +E.No transfer by a Limited Partner of its Partnership Units may be made to any +Person if (i) in the opinion of legal counsel for the Partnership or the Company +it could result in the Partnership being treated as an association taxable as a +corporation or a publicly traded partnership within the meaning of either +Section 469(k)(2) or Section 7704(b) of the Code; (ii) such transfer could be +treated as effectuated through an “established securities market” or a +“secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)” within the meaning of +Section 7704 of the Code; (iii) such transfer could cause the Partnership to +become, with respect to any employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA or +to Section 4975 of the Code, a “party-in-interest” (as defined in Section 3(14) +of ERISA) or a “disqualified person” (as defined in Section 4975(c) of the +Code); (iv) such transfer could, in the opinion of legal counsel for the +Partnership or the Company, cause any portion of the assets of the Partnership +to constitute assets of any employee benefit plan pursuant to Department of +Labor Regulations Section 2510.3-101; or (v) such transfer could subject the +Partnership to be regulated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as +amended, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or the fiduciary +responsibility provisions of ERISA. + +F.No transfer of any Partnership Units may be made to a lender to the +Partnership or any Person who is related (within the meaning of Section +1.752-4(b) of the Regulations) to any lender to the Partnership whose loan +constitutes a Nonrecourse Liability, without the approval of the Board of +Directors. + +G.The General Partner shall keep a register for the Partnership on which the +transfer, pledge or release of Partnership Units shall be shown and pursuant to +which entries shall be made to effect all transfers, pledges or releases as +required by the applicable sections of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code, +as amended, in effect in the State of Delaware.  The General Partner shall (i) +place proper entries in such register clearly showing each transfer and each +pledge and grant of security interest and the transfer and assignment pursuant +thereto, such entries to be endorsed by the General Partner, and (ii) maintain +the register and make the register available for inspection by all of the +Partners and their pledgees at all times during the term of this +Agreement.  Nothing herein shall be deemed a consent to any pledge or transfer +otherwise prohibited under this Agreement. + +42 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 11.4.  Substituted Limited Partners + +A.No Limited Partner shall have the right to substitute a transferee as a +Limited Partner in his or its place except upon approval of the Board of +Directors.  Following such approval of the Board of Directors, the transferee of +the interest of such Limited Partner shall be admitted pursuant to this Section +11.4 as a Substituted Limited Partner.  The Board of Directors’ failure or +refusal to permit a transferee of any such interests to become a Substituted +Limited Partner shall not give rise to any cause of action against the +Partnership, any Partner, or the Board of Directors.  A Person shall be admitted +to the Partnership as a Substituted Limited Partner only upon the aforementioned +consent of the Board of Directors and the furnishing to the Partnership of (i) +evidence of acceptance in form satisfactory to the General Partner of all of the +terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the power +of attorney granted in Section 2.4 hereof and (ii) such other documents to +effect such Person’s admission as a Substituted Limited Partner.  The admission +of any Person as a Substituted Limited Partner shall become effective on the +date upon which the name of such Person is recorded on the books and records of +the Partnership, following the consent of the Board of Directors to such +admission. + +B.A transferee who has been admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner in +accordance with this Article 11 shall have all the rights and powers and be +subject to all the restrictions and liabilities of a Limited Partner under this +Agreement. + +C.Upon the admission of a Substituted Limited Partner, the General Partner shall +amend Exhibit A to reflect the name, address, number of Partnership Units and +Percentage Interest (as applicable) of such Substituted Limited Partner and to +eliminate or adjust, if necessary, the name, address and interest of the +predecessor of such Substituted Limited Partner. + +Section 11.5.  Assignees + +If the Board of Directors does not consent to the admission of any permitted +transferee as a Substituted Limited Partner, as described in Section 11.4, such +transferee shall be considered an Assignee for purposes of this Agreement.  An +Assignee shall be deemed to have had assigned to it, and shall be entitled to +receive distributions from the Partnership and the share of Net Income, Net +Losses, Recapture Income, and any other items, gain, loss, deduction and credit +of the Partnership attributable to the Partnership Interest assigned to such +transferee, but shall not be deemed to be a holder of a Partnership Interest for +any other purpose under this Agreement, and shall not be entitled to vote such +Partnership Interest in any matter presented to the Limited Partners for a vote +(such Partnership Interest being deemed to have been voted on such matter in the +same proportion as all other Partnership Interest held by Limited Partners are +voted).  In the event any such transferee desires to make a further assignment +of any such Partnership Interest, such transferee shall be subject to all of the +provisions of this Article 11 to the same extent and in the same manner as any +Limited Partner desiring to make an assignment of his or its Partnership +Interest. + +43 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 11.6.  Drag-Along Rights + +A.In the event of an Approved Sale, the Partners who approved the Approved Sale +(the “Approving Partners”) have the right to require each other Partner (the +“Non-Approving Partners”) to transfer all Partnership Units then held by such +Non-Approving Partner, free and clear of all liens, security interests or other +restrictions of any kind, in accordance with this Section 11.6. + +B.In the event of an Approved Sale, the General Partner shall notify each +Non-Approving Partner no more than 10 Business Days after the execution and +delivery by all of the parties thereto of the definitive agreement entered into +with respect to the Approved Sale and, in any event, no later than 20 Business +Days prior to the closing date of such Approved Sale, and each Non-Approving +Partner will, subject to satisfaction of the conditions in Section 11.6(C), (i) +if such transaction requires approval by the Partners, with respect to all +Partnership Units that such Partner owns or over which such Partner otherwise +exercises voting power, to vote (in person, by proxy or by action by written +consent, as applicable) all such Partnership Units in favor of, and adopt, such +Approved Sale, and to vote in opposition to any and all other proposals that +could reasonably be expected to delay or impair the ability of the Partnership +to consummate such Sale of the Partnership, (ii) refrain from exercising any +dissenter’s rights or rights of appraisal under applicable law at any time with +respect to such Approved Sale, and (iii) if the Approved Sale is structured as a +sale of Partnership Units, each Non-Approving Partner will agree to sell the +same proportion of Partnership Units beneficially held by such Partner as is +being sold by the Approving Partners to the Person(s) to whom the Approving +Partners propose to sell their Partnership Units, on the same terms and +conditions as the Approving Partners.   + +C.The obligations of the Partners pursuant to this Section 11.6 with respect to +an Approved Sale are subject to the following conditions: (i) the aggregate +consideration payable upon consummation of such Approved Sale to all of the +Partners (the “Aggregate Consideration”) shall be allocated among the Partners +as set forth in Section 5.3, (ii) upon the consummation of the Approved Sale, +all of the Partners shall receive the same form of consideration per Partnership +Unit of the same class or other equity interest, as allocated pursuant to +subsection (i) hereof (except that a member of management may, with such +Partner’s consent, receive securities pursuant to a management “rollover” which +are not offered to all Partners), and (iii) that any indemnification, escrow, +holdback and adjustment obligations undertaken by any Partner shall be pro rata +among the Partners in proportion to the consideration to be received by the +Partners in such Approved Sale; provided that indemnification obligations that +relate solely to a particular Partner, such as indemnification with respect to +representations and warranties made by a Partner with respect to such Partner +(or such Partner’s ownership of Partnership Units) or covenants made by such +Partner, shall be borne only by such Partner and shall not be deemed to reduce +the Aggregate Consideration. + +44 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +D.Subject to the foregoing, each Partner hereby agrees to execute and deliver +all related documentation and take such other action in support of the Sale of +the Partnership as shall reasonably be requested by the General Partner or the +Approving Partners in order to carry out the terms and provision of +this Section 11.6, including without limitation executing and delivering +instruments of conveyance and transfer, and any purchase agreement, merger +agreement, indemnity agreement, escrow agreement, consent, waiver, governmental +filing, share certificates duly endorsed for transfer (free and clear of +impermissible liens, claims and encumbrances) and any similar or related +documents.  Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions in Section 11.6(C), +for purposes each Partner (and their respective spouses, if residing in a +community property state) hereby appoint the General Partner as their agent and +attorney-in-fact to execute any and all documents related in connection with an +Approved Sale (including documents granting customary indemnities to a buyer of +assets or securities consistent with this Agreement) on their behalf and +expressly bind themselves to such document by the General Partner’s execution of +such document without further action on their part. + +Section 11.7. General Provisions + +A.No Limited Partner may withdraw from the Partnership other than as a result of +a permitted transfer of all of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest in +accordance with this Article 11, pursuant to redemption of all of its +Partnership Units, or the acquisition thereof by the Company, under Section 8.6. + +B.Any Limited Partner who shall transfer all of its Partnership Interest in a +transfer permitted pursuant to this Article 11 shall cease to be a Limited +Partner upon the admission of all Assignees of such Partnership Interest as +Substituted Limited Partners.  Similarly, any Limited Partner who shall transfer +all of its Partnership Units pursuant to a redemption of all of its Partnership +Units, or the acquisition thereof by the Company under Section 8.6 shall cease +to be a Limited Partner. + +C.Transfers pursuant to this Article 11 may only be made on the first day of a +fiscal quarter of the Partnership, unless the General Partner and the Board of +Directors otherwise agrees. + +D.If any Partnership Interest is transferred or assigned during any quarterly +segment of the Partnership’s fiscal year in compliance with the provisions of +this Article 11 or redeemed or transferred pursuant to Section 8.6 on any day +other than the first day of a Partnership Year, then Net Income, Net Losses, +each item thereof and all other items attributable to such interest for such +Partnership Year shall be divided and allocated between the transferor Partner +and the transferee Partner by taking into account their varying interests during +the Partnership Year in accordance with Section 706(d) of the Code, using the +interim closing of the books method.  All distributions of Available Cash +attributable to such Partnership Interest with respect to which the Partnership +Record Date is before the date of such transfer, assignment, or redemption shall +be made to the transferor Partner or the Redeeming Partner, as the case may be, +and in the case of a transfer or assignment other than a redemption, all +distributions of Available Cash thereafter attributable to such Partnership +Interest shall be made to the transferee Partner. + +45 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +ARTICLE 12. + +ADMISSION OF PARTNERS + +Section 12.1.  Admission of Successor General Partner + +A successor to all of the General Partner Interest pursuant to Section 11.2 +hereof who is proposed to be admitted as a successor General Partner shall be +admitted to the Partnership as the General Partner, effective immediately prior +to such transfer.  Any such transferee shall carry on the business of the +Partnership without dissolution.  In each case, the admission shall be subject +to the successor General Partner executing and delivering to the Partnership an +acceptance of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and such other +documents or instruments as may be required to effect the admission.  In the +case of such admission on any day other than the first day of a Partnership +Year, all items attributable to the General Partner Interest for such +Partnership Year shall be allocated between the transferring General Partner and +such successor as provided in Section 11.6(D) hereof. + +Section 12.2.  Admission of Additional Limited Partners + +A.A Person who makes a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in accordance +with this Agreement shall be admitted to the Partnership as an Additional +Limited Partner only upon furnishing to the General Partner (i) evidence of +acceptance in form satisfactory to the General Partner of all of the terms and +conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the power of +attorney granted in Section 2.4 hereof and (ii) such other documents or +instruments as may be required in the discretion of the General Partner in order +to effect such Person’s admission as an Additional Limited Partner, in each +case, after approval of the Board of Directors. + +B.Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 12.2, no Person shall +be admitted as an Additional Limited Partner without the approval of the Board +of Directors.  The admission of any Person as an Additional Limited Partner +shall become effective on the date upon which the name of such Person is +recorded on the books and records of the Partnership, following the approval of +the Board of Directors of such admission. + +C.If any Additional Limited Partner is admitted to the Partnership on any day +other than the first day of a Partnership Year, then Net Income, Net Losses, +each item thereof and all other items allocable among Partners and Assignees for +such Partnership Year shall be allocated among such Additional Limited Partner +and all other Partners and Assignees by taking into account their varying +interests during the Partnership Year in accordance with Section 706(d) of the +Code, using the interim closing of the books method.  All distributions of +Available Cash with respect to which the Partnership Record Date is before the +date of such admission shall be made solely to Partners and Assignees, other +than such Additional Limited Partner, and all distributions of Available Cash +thereafter shall be made to all of the Partners and Assignees, including such +Additional Limited Partner. + +46 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 12.3.  Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership + +For the admission to the Partnership of any Partner, the General Partner shall +take all steps necessary and appropriate under the Act to amend the records of +the Partnership and, if necessary, to prepare as soon as practical an amendment +of this Agreement (including an amendment of Exhibit A) and, if required by law, +shall prepare and file an amendment to the Certificate and may for this purpose +exercise the power of attorney granted pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof. + +ARTICLE 13. + +DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION + +Section 13.1.  Dissolution + +The Partnership shall not be dissolved by the admission of Substituted Limited +Partners or Additional Limited Partners or by the admission of a successor +General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  Upon the +withdrawal of the General Partner, any successor General Partner shall continue +the business of the Partnership without dissolution.  The Partnership shall +dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, only upon the first to occur of any +of the following (“Liquidating Events”): + +A.an election to dissolve the Partnership made by the General Partner following +the direction and approval of the Board of Directors with the consent of +Partners holding a majority of the Percentage Interests of the Limited Partners; + +B.entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Partnership pursuant to the +provisions of the Act; + +C.at any time that there are no limited partners of the Partnership unless the +business of the Partnership is continued in accordance with the Act; + +D.the sale of all or substantially all of the assets and properties of the +Partnership; or + +E.any other event sufficient under the Act to cause the dissolution of the +Partnership. + +47 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 13.2.  Winding Up + +A.Upon the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, the Partnership shall continue +solely for the purposes of winding up its affairs in an orderly manner, +liquidating its assets, and satisfying the claims of its creditors and +Partners.  No Partner shall take any action that is inconsistent with, or not +necessary to or appropriate for, the winding up of the Partnership’s business +and affairs.  The General Partner, or, in the event there is no remaining +General Partner, any Person elected by a majority of the Percentage Interests of +the Limited Partners (the General Partner or such other Person being referred to +herein as the “Liquidator”), shall be responsible for overseeing the winding up +and dissolution of the Partnership and shall take full account of the +Partnership’s liabilities and property and the Partnership property shall be +liquidated as promptly as is consistent with obtaining the fair value thereof, +and the proceeds therefrom (which may, to the extent determined by the +Liquidator and approved by the Board of Directors, include OP Units of the +Operating Partnership) shall be applied and distributed in the following order: + +(1)First, in satisfaction of all of the Partnership’s Debts and liabilities to +creditors other than the Partners (whether by payment or the making of +reasonable provision for payment thereof); + +(2)Second, to the payment and discharge of all of the Partnership’s Debts and +liabilities to the General Partner (whether by payment or the making of +reasonable provision for payment thereof), including, but not limited to, +amounts due as reimbursements under Section 7.4; + +(3)Third, to the payment and discharge of all of the Partnership’s Debts and +liabilities to the other Partners; and + +(4)The balance, if any, to the Partners in accordance with their Capital +Accounts, after giving effect to all contributions, distributions, and +allocations for all periods. + +The General Partner shall not receive any additional compensation for any +services performed pursuant to this Article 13. + +B.Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.2(A) hereof which require +liquidation of the assets of the Partnership, but subject to the order of +priorities set forth therein, if prior to or upon dissolution of the Partnership +the Liquidator, following the direction and approval of the Board of Directors, +determines that an immediate sale of part or all of the Partnership’s assets +would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Partners, the Liquidator +may defer for a reasonable time the liquidation of any assets except those +necessary to satisfy liabilities of the Partnership (including to those Partners +as creditors) and/or distribute to the Partners, in lieu of cash, as tenants in +common and in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.2(A) hereof, +undivided interests in such Partnership assets as the Liquidator deems not +suitable for liquidation.  Any such distributions in kind shall be made only if, +in the good faith judgment of the Liquidator, following the direction and +approval of the Board of Directors, such distributions in kind are in the best +interest of the Partners, and shall be subject to such conditions relating to +the disposition and management of such properties as the Liquidator deems +reasonable and equitable and to any agreements governing the operation of such +properties at such time.  The Liquidator shall determine the fair market value +of any property distributed in kind using such reasonable method of valuation as +it may adopt. + +48 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +C.In the discretion of the Liquidator, following the direction and approval of +the Board of Directors, a pro rata portion of the distributions that would +otherwise be made to the Partners pursuant to this Article 13 may be: + +(1)distributed to a trust established for the benefit of the General Partner and +Limited Partners for the purposes of liquidating Partnership assets, collecting +amounts owed to the Partnership, and paying any contingent or unforeseen +liabilities or obligations of the Partnership or the General Partner arising out +of or in connection with the Partnership. The assets of any such trust shall be +distributed to the General Partner and Limited Partners from time to time, in +the reasonable discretion of the Liquidator, following the direction and +approval of the Board of Directors, in the same proportions as the amount +distributed to such trust by the Partnership would otherwise have been +distributed to the General Partner and Limited Partners pursuant to this +Agreement; or + +(2)withheld or escrowed to provide a reasonable reserve for Partnership +liabilities (contingent or otherwise) and to reflect the unrealized portion of +any installment obligations owed to the Partnership; provided, that such +withheld or escrowed amounts shall be distributed to the General Partner and +Limited Partners in the manner and order of priority set forth in Section +13.2(A) as soon as practicable. + +Section 13.3. Deficit Capital Account Restoration Obligation + +In the event the Partnership or the General Partner’s interest therein +(including its interest if any as a Limited Partner) is “liquidated” within the +meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), distributions shall be made +pursuant to this Article 13 to the General Partner and Limited Partners who have +positive Capital Accounts in compliance with Regulations Section +1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(b)(3).  If any Partner has a deficit balance in its Capital +Account (after giving effect to all contributions, distributions and allocations +for all taxable years, including the year during which such liquidation occurs), +such Partner, if such Partner is a Limited Partner, shall have no obligation to +make any contribution to the capital of the Partnership with respect to such +deficit, and such deficit shall not be considered a Debt owed to the Partnership +or to any other Person for any purpose whatsoever, except to the extent +otherwise expressly agreed to by such Limited Partner and the Partnership; +provided, however, that such Partner, if such Partner is the General Partner, +shall contribute to the capital of the Partnership the amount necessary to +restore such deficit balance to zero in compliance with Regulations Section +1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(b)(3). + +49 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 13.4.  Deemed Contribution and Distribution + +Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 13, in the event the +Partnership is “liquidated” within the meaning of Regulations Section +1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), but no Liquidating Event has occurred, the Partnership’s +property shall not be liquidated, the Partnership’s liabilities shall not be +paid or discharged, and the Partnership’s affairs shall not be wound +up.  Instead, for federal income tax purposes and for purposes of maintaining +Capital Accounts pursuant to Exhibit B hereto, the Partnership shall be deemed +to have contributed all Partnership property and liabilities to a new limited +partnership in exchange for an interest in such new limited partnership and, +immediately thereafter, the Partnership will be deemed to liquidate by +distributing interests in the new limited partnership to the Partners. + +Section 13.5.  Rights of Limited Partners + +Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Limited Partner shall look +solely to the assets of the Partnership for the return of its Capital +Contributions and shall have no right or power to demand or receive property +other than cash from the Partnership.  Except as otherwise provided in this +Agreement, no Limited Partner shall have priority over any other Partner as to +the return of its Capital Contributions, distributions, or allocations. + +Section 13.6.  Notice of Dissolution + +In the event a Liquidating Event occurs, or an event occurs that would result in +a dissolution of the Partnership, the General Partner shall, within 30 days +thereafter, provide written notice thereof to each of the Partners. + +Section 13.7.  Termination of Partnership and Cancellation of Certificate of +Limited Partnership + +Upon the completion of the winding up of the Partnership and liquidation of its +assets, as provided in Section 13.2 hereof, the Partnership shall be terminated +by filing a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State +of Delaware, canceling all qualifications of the Partnership as a foreign +limited partnership in jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware and taking +such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership. + +Section 13.8.  Reasonable Time for Winding Up + +A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding-up of the business +and affairs of the Partnership and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to +Section 13.2 hereof, in order to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon +such winding up, and the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect +among the Partners during the period of liquidation. + +50 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 13.9.  Waiver of Partition + +No Partner nor any successor-in-interest to a Partner shall have the right while +this Agreement remains in effect to have any property of the Partnership +partitioned, or to file a complaint or institute any proceeding at law or in +equity to have such property of the Partnership partitioned, and each Partner, +on behalf of itself and its successors and assigns hereby waives any such right. +It is the intention of the Partners that the rights of the parties hereto and +their successors-in-interest to Partnership property, as among themselves, shall +be governed by the terms of this Agreement, and that the rights of the Partners +and their respective successors-in-interest shall be subject to the limitations +and restrictions as set forth in this Agreement. + +ARTICLE 14. + +AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; MEETINGS + +Section 14.1.  Amendment of Partnership Agreement + +A.A proposed amendment shall be adopted and be effective as an amendment hereto +if it is approved by the General Partner following the direction and approval of +the Board of Directors. + +B.Notwithstanding Section 14.1(A) hereof, this Agreement shall not be amended +without the consent of each Partner materially adversely affected if such +amendment would (i) convert a Limited Partner Interest in the Partnership into a +General Partner Interest; (ii) modify the limited liability of a Limited Partner +in a manner materially adverse to such Limited Partner; (iii) alter rights of +such Partner to receive distributions pursuant to Article 5 or Article 13, or +the allocations specified in Article 6 (except as permitted pursuant to Section +4.2 hereof) in a manner materially adverse to such Partner; or (vi) amend this +Section 14.1(B); provided, however, that the consent of each Partner materially +adversely affected shall not be required for any amendment or action that +affects all Partners holding the same class or series of Partnership Units on a +uniform or pro rata basis.  Any amendment consented to by any Partner shall be +effective as to that Partner, notwithstanding the absence of such consent by any +other Partner. + +Section 14.2.  Meetings of the Partners + +A.Meetings of the Partners may be called by the General Partner and shall be +called upon the receipt by the General Partner of a written request either by +the Limited Partners holding 20% or more of the Partnership Interests or by the +Board of Directors.  The request shall state the nature of the business to be +transacted.  Notice of any such meeting shall be given to all Partners not less +than seven days nor more than 30 days prior to the date of such +meeting.  Partners may vote in person or by proxy at such meeting.  Except as +otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the consent of holders of a +majority of the Percentage Interests held by Limited Partners shall control. + +51 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +B.Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Partners may +be taken without a meeting if a written consent setting forth the action so +taken is signed by a majority of the Percentage Interests of the Partners (or +such other percentage as is expressly required by this Agreement).  Such consent +may be in one instrument or in several instruments, and shall have the same +force and effect as a vote of a majority of the Percentage Interests of the +Partners (or such other percentage as is expressly required by this +Agreement).  Such consent shall be filed with the General Partner.  An action so +taken shall be deemed to have been taken at a meeting held on the effective date +so certified. + +C.Each Limited Partner may authorize any Person or Persons to act for him by +proxy on all matters in which a Limited Partner is entitled to participate, +including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a +meeting.  Every proxy must be signed by the Limited Partner or his or its +attorney-in-fact.  No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of 11 months +from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy.  Every proxy shall +be revocable at the pleasure of the Limited Partner executing it, such +revocation to be effective upon the Partnership’s receipt of written notice of +such revocation from the Limited Partner executing such proxy. + +D.Each meeting of the Partners shall be conducted by the General Partner or such +other Person as the General Partner may appoint pursuant to such rules for the +conduct of the meeting as the General Partner or such other Person deems +appropriate.  Without limitation, meetings of Partners may be conducted in the +same manner as meetings of the shareholders of the Company and may be held at +the same time, and as part of, meetings of the shareholders of the Company. + +ARTICLE 15. + +GENERAL PROVISIONS + +Section 15.1.  Addresses and Notice + +Any notice, demand, request or report required or permitted to be given or made +to a Partner or Assignee under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be +deemed given or made when delivered in person or when sent by first class United +States mail or by other means of written communication to such Partner or +Assignee at the address set forth in Exhibit A or such other address of which +such Partner shall notify the General Partner in writing. + +Section 15.2.  Titles and Captions + +All article or section titles or captions in this Agreement are for convenience +only.  They shall not be deemed part of this Agreement and in no way define, +limit, extend or describe the scope or intent of any provisions hereof.  Except +as specifically provided otherwise, references to “Articles” and “Sections” are +to Articles and Sections of this Agreement. + +52 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 15.3.  Pronouns and Plurals + +Whenever the context may require, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall +include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neutral forms, and the singular +form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa. + +Section 15.4.  Further Action + +The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and +take or refrain from taking action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve +the purposes of this Agreement. + +Section 15.5.  Binding Effect + +This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties +hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal +representatives and permitted assigns. + +Section 15.6.  Creditors + +The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the purpose of defining the +interests of the Partners, inter se; and no other Person (i.e., a party who is +not a signatory hereto or a permitted successor to such signatory hereto) shall +have any right, power, title or interest by way of subrogation or otherwise, in +and to the rights, powers, title and provisions of this Agreement; provided, +that Indemnitees are intended third-party beneficiaries of Section 7.7. No +creditor or other third party having dealings with the Partnership shall have +the right to enforce the right or obligation of any Partner to make Capital +Contributions or loans to the Partnership or to pursue any other right or remedy +hereunder or at law or in equity. None of the rights or obligations of the +Partners herein set forth to make Capital Contributions or loans to the +Partnership shall be deemed an asset of the Partnership for any purpose by any +creditor or other third party, nor may any such rights or obligations be sold, +transferred or assigned by the Partnership or pledged or encumbered by the +Partnership to secure any Debt or other obligation of the Partnership or any of +the Partners. + +Section 15.7.  Waiver + +No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, +duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or +remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute a waiver of any such +breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition. + +53 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 15.8.  Counterparts + +This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall +constitute one agreement binding on all of the parties hereto, notwithstanding +that all such parties are not signatories to the original or the same +counterpart.  Each party shall become bound by this Agreement immediately upon +affixing his or its signature hereto. + +Section 15.9.  Applicable Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial + +This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed +by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of +conflict of laws. In the event of a conflict between any provision of this +Agreement and any non-mandatory provision of the Act, the provisions of this +Agreement shall control and take precedence. + +Section 15.10.  Invalidity of Provisions + +A.If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or +unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the +remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby. + +B.Each Partner and Assignee hereby (i) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of +any state or federal court sitting in the State of Delaware (collectively, the +“Delaware Courts”), with respect to any dispute arising out of this Agreement or +any transaction contemplated hereby to the extent such courts would have subject +matter jurisdiction with respect to such dispute, (ii) to the fullest extent +permitted by law, irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert by way of motion, +defense, or otherwise, in any such action, any claim that it is not subject +personally to the jurisdiction of any of the Delaware Courts, that its property +is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the action is brought in +an inconvenient forum, or that the venue of the action is improper, (iii) to the +fullest extent permitted by law, agrees that notice or the service of process in +any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or +the transactions contemplated hereby shall be properly served or delivered if +delivered to such Partner or Assignee at such Partner’s or Assignee’s last known +address as set forth in the Partnership’s books and records, and (iv) to the +fullest extent permitted by law, irrevocably waives any and all right to trial +by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or related to this Agreement or +the transactions contemplated hereby. + +Section 15.11.  Entire Agreement + +This Agreement contains the entire understanding and agreement among the +Partners with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes the Prior +Agreement and any other prior written or oral understandings or agreements among +them with respect thereto. + +54 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Section 15.12.  Legal Counsel Relationships + +The Partners acknowledge and agree that Winston & Strawn LLP has only +represented the Company in connection with this Agreement and the other +transactions related hereto (the “Transactions”). Each Limited Partner is +relying solely on his or its own tax and legal advisors, and not Winston & +Strawn LLP, with respect to the tax and other legal aspects of his, her or its +investment in the Partnership. Further, except for Winston & Strawn LLP’s +representation of the Company with respect to the Transactions, or as may +otherwise expressly be agreed in writing by Winston & Strawn LLP, in no event +shall an attorney-client relationship exist between Winston & Strawn LLP on the +one hand and any other Limited Partner and/or their Affiliates, on the other +hand. The Limited Partners further agree and consent that Winston & Strawn LLP +shall be permitted to render legal advice and to provide legal services to any +Limited Partner or the Partnership from time to time, and each Limited Partner +covenants and agrees that such representation of a Limited Partner or the +Partnership by such firm from time to time shall not disqualify such firm from +providing legal advice and legal services to their respective client Limited +Partners or Affiliates in matters related or unrelated to this Agreement. + +  + +  + +55 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the +date first written above. + +GENERAL PARTNER: + +  + +NexPoint Real Estate Finance + +Operating Partnership, L.P. + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By: + +  + +/s/ Brian Mitts + +  + +  + +Name: + +  + +Brian Mitts + +  + +  + +Title: + +  + +Chief Financial Officer, Executive + +  + +  + +  + +  + +VP- Finance, Secretary and Treasurer + +  + +  + +[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of +NREF OP I, L.P.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the +date first written above. + +  + +LIMITED PARTNERS + +  + +Highland Global Allocation Fund + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By: + +  + +/s/ Dustin Norris + +  + +  + +Name: + +  + +Dustin Norris + +  + +  + +Title: + +  + +Executive VP + +  + +NexPoint Real Estate Strategies Fund + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By: + +  + +/s/ Brian Mitts + +  + +  + +Name: + +  + +Brian Mitts + +  + +  + +Title: + +  + +Chief Financial Officer, Executive VP, PFO, PAO + +  + +NexPoint Strategic Opportunities Fund + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By: + +  + +/s/ Dustin Norris + +  + +  + +Name: + +  + +Dustin Norris + +  + +  + +Title: + +  + +Executive VP + +  + +SFR WLIF, LLC, Series I + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By: + +  + +SFR WLIF Manager, LLC, its manager + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By: + +  + +/s/ Dana Sprong + +  + +  + +Name: + +  + +Dana Sprong + +  + +  + +Title: + +  + +Sole Member + +  + +  + +[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of +NREF OP I, L.P.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the +date first written above. + +  + +PARTIES TO PRIOR AGREEMENT + +  + +  + +INITIAL GENERAL PARTNER: + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +/s/ Brian Mitts + +Name: + +  + +Brian Mitts + +  + +INITIAL LIMITED PARTNER: + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +/s/ Matthew McGraner + +Name: + +  + +Matthew McGraner + +  + +  + +  + +  + +[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of +NREF OP I, L.P.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +EXHIBIT A + +PARTNERS’ CONTRIBUTIONS AND PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS+ + +(As of February 11, 2020) + +Name and Address of Partner + +Cash Contribution + +Agreed Value of Contributed Property + +Total Contribution + +Common Units + +LTIP + +Units + +Percentage Interest + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +General Partner + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +NexPoint Real Estate Finance Operating Partnership, L.P. + +N/A + +N/A + +N/A + +N/A + +N/A + +0.0% + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +Limited Partners + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +NexPoint Real Estate Finance Operating Partnership, L.P. + +  + +Highland Global Allocation Fund + +  + +24,117,647.49 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +N/A + +N/A + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +2,480,920.45 + +24,117,647.49 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +2,480,920.45 + +1,269,349.87 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +124,046.02 + +N/A + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +N/A + +26.41% + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +2.58% + +NexPoint Real Estate Strategies Fund + +  + +  + +NexPoint Strategic Opportunities Fund + +  + +  + +  + +SFR WLIF, Series I + +  + +N/A + +  + +  + +  + +  + +N/A + +  + +  + +  + +  + +N/A + +246,838.54 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +7,944,794.39 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +60,076,687.52 + +246,838.54 + +  + +�� + +  + +  + +7,944,794.39 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +60,076,687.52 + +12,341.93 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +397,239.72 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +3,000,834.38 + +N/A + +  + +  + +  + +  + +N/A + +  + +  + +  + +  + +N/A + +0.26% + +  + +  + +  + +  + +8.26% + +  + +  + +  + +  + +62.49% + +  + ++ Subject to change as a result of subsequent contributions by the Company + +  + +A-1 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +EXHIBIT B + +CAPITAL ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE + +1. + +Capital Accounts of the Partners + +A.The Partnership shall maintain for each Partner a separate Capital Account in +accordance with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-l(b)(2)(iv).  Such +Capital Account shall be increased by (i) the amount of all Capital +Contributions and any other deemed contributions made by such Partner to the +Partnership pursuant to the Agreement; and (ii) all items of Partnership income +and gain (including income and gain exempt from tax) computed in accordance with +Section 1.B hereof and allocated to such Partner pursuant to Section 6.1(A) of +the Agreement and Exhibit C of the Agreement, and decreased by (x) the amount of +cash or Agreed Value of all actual and deemed distributions of cash or property +made to such Partner pursuant to the Agreement, and (y) all items of Partnership +deduction and loss computed in accordance with Section 1.B hereof and allocated +to such Partner pursuant to Section 6.1.B of the Agreement and Exhibit C hereof. + +B.For purposes of computing the amount of any item of income, gain, deduction or +loss (including “Net Income” or “Net Loss”) to be reflected in the Partners’ +Capital Accounts, unless otherwise specified in the Agreement, the +determination, recognition and classification of any such item shall be the same +as its determination, recognition and classification for federal income tax +purposes determined in accordance with Section 703(a) of the Code (for this +purpose all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated +separately pursuant to Section 703(a)(1) of the Code shall be included in +taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments: + +(1)Except as otherwise provided in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), the +computation of all items of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be made +without regard to any election under Section 754 of the Code which may be made +by the Partnership; provided, that the amounts of any adjustments to the +adjusted bases of the assets of the Partnership made pursuant to Section 734 of +the Code as a result of the distribution of property by the Partnership to a +Partner (to the extent that such adjustments have not previously been reflected +in the Partners’ Capital Accounts) shall be reflected in the Capital Accounts of +the Partners in the manner and subject to the limitations prescribed in +Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4). + +(2)The computation of all items of income, gain, and deduction shall be made +without regard to the fact that items described in Sections 705(a)(1)(B) or +705(a)(2)(B) of the Code are not includable in gross income or are neither +currently deductible nor capitalized for federal income tax purposes. + +B-1 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +(3)Any income, gain or loss attributable to the taxable disposition of any +Partnership property shall be determined as if the adjusted basis of such +property as of such date of disposition were equal in amount to the +Partnership’s Carrying Value with respect to such property as of such date. + +(4)In lieu of the depreciation, amortization, and other cost recovery deductions +taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be +taken into account Depreciation for such fiscal year. + +(5)In the event the Carrying Value of any Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant +to Section 1.D hereof, the amount of any such adjustment shall be taken into +account as gain or loss from the disposition of such asset. + +(6)Any income of the Partnership that is exempt from federal income tax and not +otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss pursuant to +this definition shall be added to such taxable income or loss. + +(7)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.B, any items that are +specially allocated pursuant to Exhibit C of the Agreement shall not be taken +into account for purposes of computing Net Income or Net Loss. + +The amounts of the items of Partnership income, gain, loss or deduction +available to be specially allocated pursuant to Exhibit C of the Agreement shall +be determined by applying rules analogous to those set forth in Sections 1.B(1) +through 1.B(5) above. + +C.Generally, a transferee (including an Assignee) of a Partnership Unit shall +succeed to a pro rata portion of the Capital Account of the transferor. + +D.(1) Consistent with the provisions of Regulations Section +1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), and as provided in Section 1.D(2), the Carrying Value of +all Partnership assets shall be adjusted upward or downward to reflect any +Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to such Partnership property, as +of the times of the adjustments provided in Section 1.D(2) hereof, as if such +Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss had been recognized on an actual sale of each +such property and allocated pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Agreement. + +(2)Such adjustments shall be made as of the following times: (a) immediately +prior to the acquisition of an additional interest in the Partnership by any new +or existing Partner in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution; +(b) immediately prior to the distribution by the Partnership to a Partner of +more than a de minimis amount of property as consideration for an interest in +the Partnership; (c) in connection with the grant of an interest in the +Partnership (other than a de minimis interest), as consideration for the +provision of services to or for the benefit of the Partnership by an existing +Partner acting in a partner capacity or by a new partner acting in a partner +capacity or in anticipation of being a partner; and (d) immediately prior to the +liquidation of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulations Section +1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); provided, however, that adjustments pursuant to clauses +(a), (b) and (c) above shall be made only if the General Partner determines that +such adjustments are necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic +interests of the Partners in the Partnership. + +B-2 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +(3)In accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(e), the Carrying +Value of Partnership assets distributed in kind shall be adjusted upward or +downward to reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to such +Partnership property, as of the time any such asset is distributed. + +(4)The Carrying Value of Partnership assets shall be increased (or decreased) to +reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of such assets pursuant to Section +734(b) or Section 743(b) of the Code, but only to the extent that such +adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to +Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m) and Section 1.B(1) hereof or Section +1.F of Exhibit C of the Agreement; provided, however, that Carrying Values shall +not be adjusted pursuant to this Section 1.D(4) to the extent that an adjustment +pursuant to Section 1.D(2) hereof is required in connection with a transaction +that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this Section 1.D(4). + +(5)In determining Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss for purposes of this +Exhibit B, the aggregate cash amount and fair market value of all Partnership +assets (including cash or cash equivalents) shall be determined by the General +Partner using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt, or in the +case of a liquidating distribution pursuant to Article 13 of the Agreement, +shall be determined and allocated by the Liquidator using such reasonable method +of valuation as it may adopt.  The General Partner, or the Liquidator, as the +case may be, shall allocate such aggregate value among the assets of the +Partnership (in such manner as it determines following the direction and +approval of the Board of Directors to arrive at a fair market value for +individual properties). + +If the Carrying Value of an asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to +Section 1.B(2) or Section 1.B(4) of this Exhibit B, such Carrying Value shall +thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to +such asset, for purposes of computing Net Income and Net Loss. + +B-3 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +E.The provisions of the Agreement (including this Exhibit B and other Exhibits +to the Agreement) relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended +to comply with Regulations Section 1.704-l(b), and shall be interpreted and +applied in a manner consistent with such Regulations.  In the event the General +Partner shall determine that it is prudent to modify (i) the manner in which the +Capital Accounts, or any debits or credits thereto (including, without +limitation, debits or credits relating to liabilities which are secured by +contributed or distributed property or which are assumed by the Partnership, the +General Partner, or the Limited Partners) are computed; or (ii) the manner in +which items are allocated among the Partners for federal income tax purposes, in +order to comply with such Regulations or to comply with Section 704(c) of the +Code, the General Partner may make such modification without regard to Article +14 of the Agreement; provided, that it is not likely to have a material effect +on the amounts distributable to any Person pursuant to Article 13 of the +Agreement upon the dissolution of the Partnership.  The General Partner also +shall (i) make any adjustments that are necessary or appropriate to maintain +equality between the Capital Accounts of the Partners and the amount of +Partnership capital reflected on the Partnership’s balance sheet, as computed +for book purposes, in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(q); +and (ii) make any appropriate modifications in the event unanticipated events +might otherwise cause the Agreement not to comply with Regulations Section +1.704-1(b).  In addition, the General Partner may adopt and employ such methods +and procedures for (i) the maintenance of book and tax capital accounts; (ii) +the determination and allocation of adjustments under Sections 704(c), 734 and +743 of the Code; (iii) the determination of Net Income, Net Loss, taxable +income, taxable loss and items thereof under the Agreement and pursuant to the +Code; (iv) the adoption of reasonable conventions and methods for the valuation +of assets and the determination of tax basis; (v) the allocation of asset value +and tax basis; and (vi) conventions for the determination of cost recovery, +depreciation and amortization deductions, as it determines in its sole +discretion are necessary or appropriate to execute the provisions of the +Agreement, to comply with federal and state tax laws, and are in the best +interest of the Partners. + +2. + +No Interest + +No interest shall be paid by the Partnership on Capital Contributions or on +balances in Partners’ Capital Accounts. + +3. + +No Withdrawal + +No Partner shall be entitled to withdraw any part of his or its Capital +Contribution or his or its Capital Account or to receive any distribution from +the Partnership, except as provided in Articles 4, 5, 7 and 13 of the Agreement. + +B-4 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +4. + +Special Allocations in Connection with a Liquidating Event + +Partners intend that the allocation of Net Income, Net Loss and other items of +income, gain, loss, deduction and credit required to be allocated to the Capital +Accounts of the Partners pursuant to the Agreement will result in final Capital +Account balances that will permit the amount each Partner is entitled to receive +upon “liquidation” of the Partnership (within the meaning of Section +1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g) of the Treasury Regulations) to equal the amount such +Partner would have received if such amount was distributable pro rata in +accordance with the Partners’ respective Percentage Interests. Accordingly, +notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.1(a) and Section 6.1(b) of the +Agreement, in the taxable year of the event precipitating a Liquidating Event +and thereafter, appropriate adjustments to allocations of Net Income and Net +Losses (and items thereof) to the Partners shall be made to achieve such result +to the maximum extent possible. + +  + +  + +B-5 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +EXHIBIT C + +SPECIAL ALLOCATION RULES; OTHER TAX MATTERS + +1. + +Special Allocation Rules + +Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement or this Exhibit C, the +following special allocations shall be made: + +A.Minimum Gain Chargeback.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.1 of the +Agreement or any other provisions of this Exhibit C, if there is a net decrease +in Partnership Minimum Gain during any Partnership taxable year, then, subject +to the exceptions set forth in Regulations Sections 1.704-2(f)(2)-(5), each +Partner shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for +such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to such +Partner’s share of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, as determined +under Regulations Section 1.704-2(g).  Allocations pursuant to the previous +sentence shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts required to be +allocated to each Partner pursuant thereto.  The items to be so allocated shall +be determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(f)(6).  This +Section 1.A is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirements +in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently +therewith.  Solely for purposes of this Section 1.A, each Partner’s Adjusted +Capital Account Deficit shall be determined prior to any other allocations +pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Agreement with respect to such Partnership +taxable year and without regard to any decrease of Partner Minimum Gain during +such Partnership taxable year. + +B.Partner Minimum Gain Chargeback.  Notwithstanding any other provision of +Section 6.1 of the Agreement or any other provisions of this Exhibit C (except +Section 1.A hereof), if there is a net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain +attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt during any Partnership taxable year, +then, subject to the exceptions referred to in Regulations Section +1.704-2(i)(4), each Partner who has a share of the Partner Minimum Gain +attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with +Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5), shall be specially allocated items of +Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) +in an amount equal to such Partner’s share of the net decrease in Partner +Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in +accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5).  Allocations pursuant to the +previous sentence shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts required +to be allocated to each Partner pursuant thereto.  The items to be so allocated +shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4).  This +Section 1.B is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement +in such section of the Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently +therewith.  Solely for purposes of this Section 1.B, each Partner’s Adjusted +Capital Account Deficit shall be determined prior to any other allocations +pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Agreement or this Exhibit with respect to such +Partnership taxable year, other than allocations pursuant to Section 1.A hereof. + +C-1 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +C.Qualified Income Offset.  In the event any Partner unexpectedly receives any +adjustments, allocations or distributions described in Regulations Sections +1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5), or 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6), +and after giving effect to the allocations required under Sections 1.A and 1.B +hereof such Partner has an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, items of +Partnership income and gain (consisting of a pro rata portion of each item of +Partnership income, including gross income and gain for the Partnership taxable +year) shall be specially allocated to such Partner in an amount and manner +sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by the Regulations, its Adjusted +Capital Account Deficit created by such adjustments, allocations or +distributions as quickly as possible; provided, that an allocation pursuant to +this Section 1.C shall be made only if and to the extent that such Partner would +have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit after all other allocations provided +for in Section 6.1 of the Agreement or any other provisions of this Exhibit C +have been tentatively made as if this Section 1.C were not in this Agreement. +This Section 1.C is intended to constitute a qualified income offset under +Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently +therewith. + +D.Nonrecourse Deductions.  Nonrecourse Deductions for any Partnership taxable +year shall be allocated to the Partners in accordance with their respective +Percentage Interests.  If the General Partner determines in its good faith +discretion that the Partnership’s Nonrecourse Deductions must be allocated in a +different ratio to satisfy the safe harbor requirements of the Regulations +promulgated under Section 704(b) of the Code, the General Partner is authorized, +upon notice to the Limited Partners, to revise the prescribed ratio to the +numerically closest ratio for such Partnership taxable year which would satisfy +such requirements. + +E.Partner Nonrecourse Deductions.  Any Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any +Partnership taxable year shall be specially allocated to the Partner who bears +the economic risk of loss with respect to the Partner Nonrecourse Debt to which +such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable in accordance with +Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). + +F.Code Section 754 Adjustments.  To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax +basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Section 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code +is required, pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken +into account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to +the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment +increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such +basis), and such item of gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the +Partners in a manner consistent with the manner in which their Capital Accounts +are required to be adjusted pursuant to such section of the Regulations. + +C-2 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +G.Curative Allocations.  The allocations set forth in Section 1.A through 1.F of +this Exhibit C (the “Regulatory Allocations”) are intended to comply with +certain requirements of the Regulations under Section 704(b) of the Code.  The +Regulatory Allocations may not be consistent with the manner in which the +Partners intend to divide Partnership distributions.  Accordingly, the General +Partner is hereby authorized to divide other allocations of income, gain, +deduction and loss among the Partners so as to prevent the Regulatory +Allocations from distorting the manner in which Partnership distributions will +be divided among the Partners.  In general, the Partners anticipate that, if +necessary, this will be accomplished by specially allocating other items of +income, gain, loss and deduction among the Partners so that the net amount of +the Regulatory Allocations and such special allocations to each person is +zero.  However, the General Partner will have discretion to accomplish this +result in any reasonable manner; provided, however, that no allocation pursuant +to this Section 1.G shall cause the Partnership to fail to comply with the +requirements of Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), -2(e) or -2(i). + +H.Forfeiture Allocations + +(1)If any holder forfeits (or has repurchased at less than fair market value) +all or a portion of such holder’s Partnership Units, the Partnership shall make +forfeiture allocations to such holder in the manner and to the extent required +by proposed Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(xii) (as such proposed Regulations +may be amended or modified, including upon the issuance of temporary or final +Treasury Regulations). + +2. + +Allocations for Tax Purposes + +A.Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2, for federal income tax +purposes, each item of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be allocated among +the Partners in the same manner as its correlative item of “book” income, gain, +loss or deduction is allocated pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Agreement and +Section 1 of this Exhibit C. + +B.In an attempt to eliminate Book-Tax Disparities attributable to a Contributed +Property or Adjusted Property, items of income, gain, loss, and deduction shall +be allocated for federal income tax purposes among the Partners as follows: + +(1)(a)In the case of a Contributed Property, such items attributable thereto +shall be allocated among the Partners, consistent with the principles of Section +704(c) of the Code and the Regulations thereunder, and with the procedures and +methods described in Section 10.2 of the Agreement, to take into account the +variation between the 704(c) Value of such property and its adjusted basis at +the time of contribution; and + +  + +(b) + +any item of Residual Gain or Residual Loss attributable to a Contributed +Property shall be allocated among the Partners in the same manner as its +correlative item of “book” gain or loss is allocated pursuant to Section 6.1 of +the Agreement and Section 1 of this Exhibit C. + +C-3 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +(2)(a)In the case of an Adjusted Property, such items shall + +(1)first, be allocated among the Partners in a manner consistent with the +principles of Section 704(c) of the Code and the Regulations thereunder to take +into account the Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to such +property and the allocations thereof pursuant to this Exhibit B; and + +(2)second, in the event such property was originally a Contributed Property, be +allocated among the Partners in a manner consistent with Section 2.B(1) of this +Exhibit C; and + +  + +(b) + +any item of Residual Gain or Residual Loss attributable to an Adjusted Property +shall be allocated among the Partners in the same manner as its correlative item +of “book” gain or loss is allocated pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Agreement and +Section 1 of this Exhibit C. + +C.To the extent that the Treasury Regulations promulgated pursuant to Section +704(c) of the Code permit the Partnership to utilize alternative methods to +eliminate the disparities between the Carrying Value of property and its +adjusted basis, the General Partner shall have the authority to elect the method +to be used by the Partnership and such election shall be binding on all +Partners. + +3. + +No Withdrawal + +No Partner shall be entitled to withdraw any part of its Capital Contribution or +its Capital Account or to receive any distribution from the Partnership, except +as provided in Articles 4, 5, 8 and 13 of the Agreement. + +  + +C-4 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +EXHIBIT D + +NOTICE OF REDEMPTION + +The undersigned Limited Partner hereby irrevocably requests NREF OP I, L.P., a +Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), to redeem +                      Partnership Units in the Partnership in accordance with +the terms of the Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the +Partnership and the Redemption Right referred to therein; and the undersigned +Limited Partner irrevocably (i) surrenders such Partnership Units and all right, +title and interest therein; and (ii) directs that the Cash Amount or OP Unit +Amount (as determined by the Operating Partnership) deliverable upon exercise of +the Redemption Right be delivered to the address specified below, and if OP +Units are to be delivered, such OP Units be registered or placed in the name(s) +and at the address(es) specified below.  The undersigned hereby represents, +warrants, and certifies that the undersigned (a) has marketable and unencumbered +title to such Partnership Units, free and clear of the rights or interests of +any other person or entity; (b) has the full right, power, and authority to +request such redemption and surrender such Partnership Units as provided herein; +and (c) has obtained the consent or approval of all persons or entities, if any, +having the right to consent or approve such redemption and surrender of +Units.  The undersigned Limited Partner further agrees that, in the event that +any state or local property tax is payable as a result of the transfer of its +Partnership Units to the Partnership or the Operating Partnership, the +undersigned Limited Partner shall assume and pay such transfer tax. + +Dated:                                                                + +Name of Limited Partner: + +  + +  + +  + +  + +Please Print + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +(Signature of Limited Partner) + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +(Street Address) + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +(City) (State) (Zip Code) + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +Signature Guaranteed by: + +If OP Units are to be issued, issue to: + +Name:                                                                + +Please insert social security or identifying +number:                                                                   + +  + +  + +D-1 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +EXHIBIT E + +CONSTRUCTIVE OWNERSHIP DEFINITION + +The term “Constructively Owns” means ownership determined through the +application of the constructive ownership rules of Section 318 of the Code, as +modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code.  Generally, as of the date first set +forth above, these rules provide the following: + +a.  an individual is considered as owning the Ownership Interest that is owned, +actually or constructively, by or for his spouse, his children, his +grandchildren, and his parents; + +b.  an Ownership Interest that is owned, actually or constructively, by or for a +partnership, limited liability company or estate is considered as owned +proportionately by its partners or beneficiaries; + +c.  an Ownership Interest that is owned, actually or constructively, by or for a +trust is considered as owned by its beneficiaries in proportion to the actuarial +interest of such beneficiaries (provided, however, that in the case of a +“grantor trust” the Ownership Interest will be considered as owned by the +grantors); + +d.  if ten (10) percent or more in value of the stock in a corporation is owned, +actually or constructively, by or for any person, such person shall be +considered as owning the Ownership Interest that is owned, actually or +constructively, by or for such corporation in that proportion which the value of +the stock which such person so owns bears to the value of all the stock in such +corporation; + +e.  an Ownership Interest that is owned, actually or constructively, by or for a +partner or member which actually or constructively owns a 25% or greater capital +interest or profits interest in a partnership or limited liability company, or +by or to or for a beneficiary of an estate or trust shall be considered as owned +by the partnership, limited liability company, estate, or trust (or, in the case +of a grantor trust, the grantors); + +f.  if ten (10) percent or more in value of the stock in a corporation is owned, +actually or constructively, by or for any person, such corporation shall be +considered as owning the Ownership Interest that is owned, actually or +constructively, by or for such person; + +g.  if any person has an option to acquire an Ownership Interest (including an +option to acquire an option or any one of a series of such options), such +Ownership Interest shall be considered as owned by such person; + +E-1 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +h.  an Ownership Interest that is constructively owned by a person by reason of +the application of the rules described in paragraphs (a) through (g) above +shall, for purposes of applying paragraphs (a) through (g), be considered as +actually owned by such person; provided, however, that (i) an Ownership Interest +constructively owned by an individual by reason of paragraph (a) shall not be +considered as owned by him for purposes of again applying paragraph (a) in order +to make another person the constructive owner of such Ownership Interest, (ii) +an Ownership Interest constructively owned by a partnership, estate, trust, or +corporation by reason of the application of paragraphs (e) or (f) shall not be +considered as owned by it for purposes of applying paragraphs (b), (c), or (d) +in order to make another person the constructive owner of such Ownership +Interest, (iii) if an Ownership Interest may be considered as owned by an +individual under paragraph (a) or (g), it shall be considered as owned by him +under paragraph (g), and (iv) for purposes of the above described rules, an S +corporation shall be treated as a partnership and any shareholder of the S +corporation shall be treated as a partner of such partnership except that this +rule shall not apply for purposes of determining whether stock in the S +corporation is constructively owned by any person. + +i.  For purposes of the above summary of the constructive ownership rules, the +term “Ownership Interest” means the ownership of stock with respect to a +corporation and, with respect to any other type of entity, the ownership of an +interest in either its assets or net profits. + +  + +E-2 + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +EXHIBIT F + +SCHEDULE OF PARTNERS’ OWNERSHIP +WITH RESPECT TO TENANTS + +NONE + +  + +  + +AmericasActive:14392849.4 +Exhibit 10.2 + +SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT + +among + +NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES 2020-A OWNER TRUST, + +as Issuer, + +NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II, + +as Seller, + +NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, + +as Servicer + +and + +U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, + +as Indenture Trustee + +Dated as of April 29, 2020 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +TABLE OF CONTENTS + +  + +          Page   + +ARTICLE I.         DEFINITIONS + +     1   + +SECTION 1.01 + +   Definitions      1   + +SECTION 1.02 + +   Usage of Terms      23   + +ARTICLE II.         CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES + +     23   + +SECTION 2.01 + +   Conveyance of Receivables      23   + +SECTION 2.02 + +   Custody of Receivable Files      24   + +SECTION 2.03 + +   Acceptance by Issuer      25   + +ARTICLE III.         THE RECEIVABLES + +     25   + +SECTION 3.01 + +   Representations and Warranties of the Seller with Respect to the Receivables +     25   + +SECTION 3.02 + +   Repurchase upon Breach      25   + +SECTION 3.03 + +   Duties of Servicer as Custodian      26   + +SECTION 3.04 + +   Instructions; Authority To Act      27   + +SECTION 3.05 + +   Custodian’s Indemnification      27   + +SECTION 3.06 + +   Effective Period and Termination      27   + +ARTICLE IV.         ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES + +     27   + +SECTION 4.01 + +   Duties of Servicer      27   + +SECTION 4.02 + +   Collection of Receivable Payments      29   + +SECTION 4.03 + +   Realization upon Receivables      29   + +SECTION 4.04 + +   Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles      29   + +SECTION 4.05 + +   Covenants of Servicer      30   + +SECTION 4.06 + +   Purchase of Receivables upon Breach      30   + +SECTION 4.07 + +   Servicing Fee and Expenses      30   + +SECTION 4.08 + +   Servicer’s Certificate      31   + +SECTION 4.09 + +   Communication among Noteholders      31   + +SECTION 4.10 + +   Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default      31   + +SECTION 4.11 + +   Annual Registered Public Accounting Firm Attestation      32   + +SECTION 4.12 + +   Appointment of Subservicer      33   + +SECTION 4.13 + +   Fidelity Bond      33   + +SECTION 4.14 + +   Administrator Compensation      33   + +  + +i   (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +TABLE OF CONTENTS + +(continued) + +  + +          Page   + +ARTICLE V.         DISTRIBUTIONS; ACCOUNTS; STATEMENTS TO THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS +AND THE NOTEHOLDERS + +     33   + +SECTION 5.01 + +   Establishment of Accounts      33   + +SECTION 5.02 + +   Collections      36   + +SECTION 5.03 + +   Application of Collections      37   + +SECTION 5.04 + +   [Reserved]      37   + +SECTION 5.05 + +   Additional Deposits      37   + +SECTION 5.06 + +   Payments and Distributions      37   + +SECTION 5.07 + +   Reserve Account      39   + +SECTION 5.08 + +   Statements to Certificateholders and Noteholders      39   + +ARTICLE VI.         THE SELLER + +     41   + +SECTION 6.01 + +   Representations of Seller      41   + +SECTION 6.02 + +   Compliance with Organizational Documents      43   + +SECTION 6.03 + +   Liability of Seller; Indemnities      43   + +SECTION 6.04 + +   Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller      +44   + +SECTION 6.05 + +   Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others      45   + +SECTION 6.06 + +   Seller May Own Certificates or Notes      45   + +SECTION 6.07 + +   Sarbanes-Oxley Act Requirements      46   + +ARTICLE VII.         THE SERVICER + +     46 �� + +SECTION 7.01 + +   Representations of Servicer      46   + +SECTION 7.02 + +   Indemnities of Servicer      47   + +SECTION 7.03 + +   Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Servicer    +  48   + +SECTION 7.04 + +   Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others      49   + +SECTION 7.05 + +   NMAC Not To Resign as Servicer      49   + +ARTICLE VIII.         DEFAULT + +     50   + +SECTION 8.01 + +   Servicer Default      50   + +SECTION 8.02 + +   Appointment of Successor      51   + +SECTION 8.03 + +   Notification      52   + +SECTION 8.04 + +   Waiver of Past Defaults      52   + +  + +ii   (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +TABLE OF CONTENTS + +(continued) + +  + +          Page   + +ARTICLE IX.         TERMINATION; RELEASE OF RECEIVABLES + +     53   + +SECTION 9.01 + +   Optional Purchase of All Receivables      53   + +SECTION 9.02 + +   Release of Receivables      53   + +SECTION 9.03 + +   Termination      54   + +SECTION 9.04 + +   Rights of the Certificateholders      54   + +ARTICLE X.         MISCELLANEOUS + +     54   + +SECTION 10.01 + +   Amendment      54   + +SECTION 10.02 + +   Protection of Title to Trust      55   + +SECTION 10.03 + +   Notices      56   + +SECTION 10.04 + +   Limitations on Rights of Others      57   + +SECTION 10.05 + +   Severability      57   + +SECTION 10.06 + +   Separate Counterparts and Electronic Signature      57   + +SECTION 10.07 + +   Headings      57   + +SECTION 10.08 + +   Governing Law      58   + +SECTION 10.09 + +   Assignment by Issuer      58   + +SECTION 10.10 + +   Nonpetition Covenant      58   + +SECTION 10.11 + +   Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee      58   + +SECTION 10.12 + +   Waivers      59   + +SECTION 10.13 + +   Dispute Resolution      59   + +SECTION 10.14 + +   Cooperation with Voting      62   + +  + +iii   (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of April 29, 2020 (this “Agreement”), +among NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES 2020-A OWNER TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust +(the “Issuer”), NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II, a Delaware corporation +(the “Seller”), NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, a California corporation in +its individual capacity (in such capacity, “NMAC”) and as Servicer (in such +capacity, the “Servicer”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national +banking association, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”). Capitalized +terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings assigned +to such terms in Article I. + +WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to purchase a portfolio of receivables arising in +connection with retail installment sales contracts secured by new, near-new or +used automobiles and light-duty trucks originated by NMAC in the ordinary course +of business and sold to the Seller; + +WHEREAS, the Seller is willing to sell such receivables to the Issuer; and + +WHEREAS, the Servicer is willing to service such receivables. + +NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein +contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: + +ARTICLE I. + +Definitions + +SECTION 1.01 Definitions. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, +whenever used herein, the following words and phrases, unless the context +otherwise requires, shall have the following respective meanings: + +“60-Day Delinquent Receivables” means, as of any date of determination, all +Receivables (other than Repurchased Receivables and Defaulted Receivables) that +are sixty (60) or more days delinquent as of such date (or, if such date is not +the last day of a Collection Period, as of the last day of the Collection Period +immediately preceding such date), as determined in accordance with the +Servicer’s Customary Servicing Practices. + +“Account Property” means the Accounts, all amounts and investments held from +time to time in any Account (whether in the form of deposit accounts, Physical +Property, book-entry securities, uncertificated securities or otherwise), and +all proceeds of the foregoing. + +“Accounts” means, collectively, the Collection Account and the Reserve Account. + +“Action” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.03(a) of the +Indenture. + +“Adjusted Pool Balance” means, at any time, an amount equal to the Pool Balance +minus the YSOC Amount. + +“Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement, dated as of the +Closing Date, among the Administrator, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the +Owner Trustee. + +  + +      (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Administrator” means NMAC, or any successor Administrator under the +Administration Agreement. + +“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person +controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. +For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any +specified Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of such +Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting +securities, by contract or otherwise; and the term “controlling” and +“controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. + +“Amount Financed” with respect to any Receivable, means the amount advanced +under the Receivable toward the purchase price of the related Financed Vehicle +and any related costs, including but not limited to accessories, insurance +premiums, service and warranty contracts and other items customarily financed as +part of retail automobile and light-duty truck installment sale contracts. + +“Annual Percentage Rate” or “APR” of a Receivable means the annual rate of +finance charges stated in such Receivable. + +“Applicant” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01 of the +Indenture. + +“Asset Representations Review Agreement” means the Asset Representations Review +Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Issuer, the Sponsor, the +Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer. + +“Asset Representations Reviewer” means Clayton Fixed Income Services LLC, or any +successor Asset Representations Reviewer under the Asset Representations Review +Agreement. + +“Asset Review” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Asset +Representations Review Agreement. + +“Assignment” means the document of assignment attached to the Purchase Agreement +as Exhibit A. + +“Authorized Officer” means (a) with respect to the Issuer, (i) any officer of +the Owner Trustee who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee in matters +relating to the Issuer and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers +delivered by the Owner Trustee to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date and +(ii) so long as the Administration Agreement is in effect, the President, any +Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary, and any +Assistant Secretary of the Administrator, (b) with respect to the Seller or the +Servicer, any chairman of the board, the president, any executive vice +president, any vice president, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer or the +controller of the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, (c) with respect to the +Indenture Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the +Indenture Trustee, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, +Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any other officer of the Indenture Trustee +customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above +designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other +officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of + +  + +   2    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +and familiarity with the particular subject and who, in each case, shall have +direct responsibility for the administration of the Indenture and (d) with +respect to the Owner Trustee, any officer in the Corporate Trust Administration +Department of the Owner Trustee with direct responsibility for the +administration of the Trust Agreement and the Basic Documents on behalf of the +Owner Trustee. + +“Available Amounts” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of +(i) all Collections received by the Servicer during the related Collection +Period, (ii) the sum of the Repurchase Payments deposited into the Collection +Account with respect to each Receivable that is to become a Repurchased +Receivable on such Distribution Date and (iii) in the case of an Optional +Purchase, the Optional Purchase Price. + +“Bankruptcy Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 101 et +seq. + +“Bankruptcy Remote Party” means each of NARC II, the Issuer, any other trust +created by NARC II or any limited liability company or corporation wholly owned +by NARC II. + +“Base Servicing Fee” means the fee payable to the Servicer on each Distribution +Date for services rendered during the related Collection Period, which shall be +equal to one-twelfth of the Servicing Rate multiplied by the Pool Balance as of +the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Collection +Period or, with respect to the first Distribution Date, the Original Pool +Balance. + +“Basic Documents” means the Purchase Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the +Certificate of Trust, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Administration +Agreement, the Asset Representations Review Agreement, the Note Depository +Agreement and the other documents and certificates delivered in connection +herewith and therewith. + +“Benefit Plan” means an “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of +ERISA, which is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, a “plan” +described in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or any entity whose +underlying assets include “plan assets” by reason of an employee benefit plan’s +or plan’s investment in the entity. + +“Book-Entry Notes” means a beneficial interest in the Notes, ownership and +transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as +described in Section 2.10 of the Indenture. + +“Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks +in the city and state where the Corporate Trust Office is located, New York, +New York, Franklin, Tennessee, Irving, Texas or Wilmington, Delaware are +authorized or obligated by law, regulation, executive order or governmental +decree to be closed. + +“Certificate” means any of the Certificates executed by the Issuer and +authenticated by the Owner Trustee, evidencing a beneficial ownership interest +in the Trust, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A to the Trust +Agreement. + +  + +   3    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Certificate Balance” means, as of any Distribution Date, the Original +Certificate Balance, reduced by all amounts distributed to the +Certificateholders pursuant to Section 5.06(a)(viii) of this Agreement and/or +Section 5.04(b)(6) of the Indenture (but in no event less than zero). For the +purposes of determining whether the vote of the requisite percentage of +Certificateholders necessary to effect any consent, waiver, request or demand +shall have been obtained, the Certificate Balance shall be deemed to be reduced +by the amount equal to the balance (without giving effect to this provision) +evidenced by any Certificate registered in the name of the Seller, the Servicer +or any Person actually known to an Authorized Officer of the Owner Trustee or +the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, to be the Seller or the Servicer or +any of their Affiliates and the vote of any such party shall be excluded for +such calculation (unless at such time all Certificates are then owned by the +Seller or the Servicer or any of their Affiliates). + +“Certificate Distribution Account” means an Eligible Account established by the +Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 5.01(a) of the Trust Agreement. + +“Certificate Factor” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, a seven-digit +decimal figure obtained by dividing the Certificate Balance as of the close of +business on the last day of the related Collection Period by the Original +Certificate Balance. + +“Certificate of Title” means, with respect to any Financed Vehicle, the +certificate of title or other documentary evidence of ownership of such Financed +Vehicle as issued by the department, agency or official of the jurisdiction +(whether in paper or electronic form) in which such Financed Vehicle is titled +responsible for accepting applications for, and maintaining records regarding, +certificates of title and liens thereon. + +“Certificate of Trust” means the Certificate of Trust filed with respect to the +formation of the Issuer pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the Statutory Trust Act. + +“Certificate Owner” means, with respect to a Certificate, any Person who is the +beneficial owner of such Certificate. + +“Certificate Pool Factor” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, a seven +digit decimal figure obtained by dividing the Certificate Balance as of the +close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period by the +Original Pool Balance. + +“Certificate Register” means the register maintained by the Certificate +Registrar pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Trust Agreement recording the names of +the Certificateholders. + +“Certificate Registrar” means U.S. Bank National Association, unless and until a +successor thereto is appointed pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Trust Agreement. +The Certificate Registrar initially designates its offices at 190 South LaSalle +Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603, Attention: NAROT 2020-A, as its offices +for purposes of Section 3.03 of the Trust Agreement. + +“Certificateholder” means a Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in +the Certificate Register. + +“Class” means any one of the classes of the Notes. + +  + +   4    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Class A-1 Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means April 15, 2021. + +“Class A-1 Interest Rate” means 0.97793% per annum. + +“Class A-1 Note” means any of the 0.97793% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1, issued +under the Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture. + +“Class A-1 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-1 Note is +registered in the Note Register. + +“Class A-2 Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means December 15, 2022. + +“Class A-2 Interest Rate” means 1.45% per annum. + +“Class A-2 Note” means any of the 1.45% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2, issued +under the Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture. + +“Class A-2 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-2 Note is +registered in the Note Register. + +“Class A-3 Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means December 16, 2024. + +“Class A-3 Interest Rate” means 1.38% per annum. + +“Class A-3 Note” means any of the 1.38% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3, issued +under the Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture. + +“Class A-3 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-3 Note is +registered in the Note Register. + +“Class A-4 Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means May 17, 2027. + +“Class A-4 Interest Rate” means 1.70% per annum. + +“Class A-4 Note” means any of the 1.70% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4, issued +under the Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture. + +“Class A-4 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-4 Note is +registered in the Note Register. + +“Clearing Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” +pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act. + +“Clearing Agency Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial +institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects +book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing +Agency. + +“Closing Date” means April 29, 2020. + +  + +   5    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. + +“Collateral” means the property of the Issuer subject to the Granting Clause of +the Indenture. + +“Collection Account” means the account designated as such, established and +maintained pursuant to Section 5.01. + +“Collection Period” means the period commencing on the first day of each +calendar month and ending on the last day of such calendar month (or, in the +case of the initial Collection Period, the period commencing on the close of +business on the Cut-off Date and ending on April 30, 2020). As used herein, the +“related” Collection Period with respect to a Distribution Date shall be deemed +to be the Collection Period which precedes such Distribution Date. + +“Collections” means, for any Distribution Date, the sum of the following amounts +received during the related Collection Period: (i) all collections on +Receivables, (ii) without duplication of amounts described in clause (i), all +Net Liquidation Proceeds, and (iii) the amount, if any, deposited into the +Collection Account from the Reserve Account. + +“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. + +“Corporate Trust Office” means (a) with respect to the Owner Trustee, the +principal corporate trust office of the Owner Trustee located at Rodney Square +North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890; or at such other +address as the Owner Trustee may designate by notice to the Certificateholders, +or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Owner Trustee (the +address of which the successor Owner Trustee will notify the Certificateholders) +and (b) with respect to the Indenture Trustee, the office of the Indenture +Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be +administered, which office at the date of execution of this Agreement is located +at: (i) for note transfer/surrender purposes, U.S. Bank National Association, +111 Fillmore Avenue East, St. Paul, MN 55107, Attention: Bondholder Services, +and (ii) for all other purposes, U.S. Bank National Association, 190 South +LaSalle Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603 (email: brian.kozack@usbank.com), +Attention: NAROT 2020-A; or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may +designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders, the Issuer and the +Administrator, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor +Indenture Trustee at the address designated by such successor Indenture Trustee +by notice to the Noteholders, the Issuer and the Administrator. + +“Customary Servicing Practices” means the customary servicing practices of the +Servicer with respect to all comparable motor vehicle receivables that the +Servicer services for itself and others, as such practices may be changed from +time to time by the Servicer in its sole discretion. + +“Cut-off Date” means the close of business on March 31, 2020. + +“Damages” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02. + +“Dealer” means the dealer who sold a Financed Vehicle and who originated and +assigned the related Receivable to NMAC under an existing agreement between such +dealer and NMAC. + +  + +   6    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Dealer Recourse” means, with respect to a Receivable, all recourse rights +against the Dealer which originated the Receivable, and any successor Dealer. + +“Default” means any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or +both would become, an Event of Default. + +“Defaulted Receivable” means (a) a Receivable (other than a Repurchased +Receivable), which, by its terms, is delinquent for 120 or more days, (b) with +respect to Receivables that are delinquent for less than 120 days, the Servicer +has (i) determined, in accordance with its customary servicing practices, that +eventual payment in full is unlikely or (ii) repossessed the Financed Vehicle, +or (c) a Receivable with respect to which the Servicer has received notification +that the related Obligor is subject to proceedings under Chapter 13 of the +Bankruptcy Code. + +“Definitive Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10 +of the Indenture. + +“Delinquency Percentage” means, for any Distribution Date and the related +Collection Period, an amount equal to the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of +(i) the aggregate Principal Balance of all 60-Day Delinquent Receivables as of +the last day of such Collection Period to (ii) the Pool Balance as of the last +day of such Collection Period. + +“Delinquency Trigger” means, for any Distribution Date and the related +Collection Period, 4.90%. + +“Delivery” when used with respect to Account Property means: + +(a) with respect to (I) bankers’ acceptances, commercial paper, and negotiable +certificates of deposit and other obligations that constitute “instruments” as +defined in Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC and are susceptible of physical +delivery, transfer of actual possession thereof to the Indenture Trustee or its +nominee or custodian by physical delivery to the Indenture Trustee or its +nominee or custodian endorsed to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or +custodian or endorsed in blank, and (II) with respect to a “certificated +security” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC) transfer of actual +possession thereof (i) by physical delivery of such certificated security to the +Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian endorsed to, or registered in the +name of, the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or endorsed in blank, +or to another person, other than a “securities intermediary” (as defined in +Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC), who acquires possession of the certificated +security on behalf of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or, +having previously acquired possession of the certificate, acknowledges that it +holds for the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or (ii) if such +certificated security is in registered form, by delivery thereof to a +“securities intermediary”, endorsed to or registered in the name of the +Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, and the making by such +“securities intermediary” of entries on its books and records identifying such +certificated securities as belonging to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or +custodian and the sending by such “securities intermediary” of a confirmation of +the purchase of such certificated security by the Indenture Trustee or its +nominee or custodian (all of the foregoing, “Physical Property”), and, in any +event, any such Physical Property in registered form shall be in the name + +  + +   7    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian; and such additional or +alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to effect the +complete transfer of ownership of any such Account Property to the Indenture +Trustee or its nominee or custodian, consistent with changes in applicable law +or regulations or the interpretation thereof; + +(b) with respect to any securities issued by the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Home +Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association or the +other government agencies, instrumentalities and establishments of the United +States identified in Appendix A to Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7 +as in effect from time to time that is a “book-entry security” (as such term is +defined in Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7) held in a securities +account and eligible for transfer through the Fedwire® Securities Service +operated by the Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry +regulations, the following procedures, all in accordance with applicable law, +including applicable Federal regulations and Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC: +book-entry registration of such Account Property to an appropriate securities +account maintained with a Federal Reserve Bank by a “participant” (as such term +is defined in Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7) that is a +“depository institution” (as defined in Section 19(b)(1)(A) of the Federal +Reserve Act) pursuant to applicable Federal regulations, and issuance by such +depository institution of a deposit notice or other written confirmation of such +book-entry registration to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian of +the purchase by the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian of such +book-entry securities; the making by such depository institution of entries in +its books and records identifying such book entry security held through the +Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations or a security +entitlement thereto as belonging to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or +custodian and indicating that such depository institution holds such Account +Property solely as agent for the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian; +and such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become +appropriate to effect complete transfer of ownership of any such Account +Property to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, consistent with +changes in applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof; and + +(c) with respect to any item of Account Property that is an “uncertificated +security” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(18) of the UCC) and that is not +governed by clause (b) above, (i) registration on the books and records of the +issuer thereof in the name of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, +or (ii) registration on the books and records of the issuer thereof in the name +of another person, other than a securities intermediary, who acknowledges that +it holds such uncertificated security for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee +or its nominee or custodian. + +“Depositor” means NARC II in its capacity as depositor under the Trust +Agreement. + +“Depositor’s Formation Documents” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of +Incorporation of Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, dated as of January 10, +2001 and the by-laws of NARC II, each as may be amended from time to time. + +“Designated Account” means (a) so long as the Administrator or one of its +Affiliates is the sole Certificateholder, the account designated by such +Certificateholder (which need not be under the control of the Paying Agent) and +(b) at any time thereafter, the Certificate Distribution Account. + +  + +   8    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Determination Date” means the tenth calendar day of each calendar month, or if +such tenth day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day. + +“Distribution Date” means, for each Collection Period, the 15th calendar day of +the following calendar month, or if the 15th day is not a Business Day, the next +succeeding Business Day, commencing May 15, 2020. + +“Domestic Corporation” means an entity that is treated as a corporation for +United States federal income tax purposes and is a United States person under +Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code. + +“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company. + +“Eligible Account” means (a) an account maintained with a depository institution +or trust company (which may be the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any +of their respective Affiliates) organized under the laws of the United States of +America or any one of the states thereof or the District of Columbia (or any +domestic branch of a foreign bank) that is subject to regulations substantially +similar to 12 CFR §9.10(b) (i) which at all times has either (A) a long-term +senior unsecured debt rating of at least “Aa2” by Moody’s and at least “BBB” by +S&P, (B) a certificate of deposit rating of at least “P-1” by Moody’s and at +least “A-2” by S&P or (C) such other rating that is acceptable to each Rating +Agency, as evidenced by satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition (each of +(A), (B) or (C), the “Required Deposit Ratings”) and (ii) whose deposits are +insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; provided, that a foreign +financial institution shall be deemed to satisfy clause (ii) if such foreign +financial institution meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) under the +Exchange Act (17 CFR §240.13k-1(b)(1)) or (b) a segregated trust account in the +trust department of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may +be. + +“Eligible Investments” means, at any time, any one or more of the following +obligations, instruments or securities: + +(i) obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment of +principal and interest by, the United States or any agency thereof, provided +such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States; + +(ii) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the Federal National +Mortgage Association or any State; provided that such obligations have the +highest available credit rating from each Rating Agency for such obligations; + +(iii) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any +corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any State; +provided, that at the time of such investment or contractual commitment +providing for such investment, either (a) the long-term unsecured debt of such +corporation has the highest available rating from each Rating Agency for such +obligations or (b) the commercial paper or other short-term debt of such +corporation that is then rated has the highest available credit rating of each +Rating Agency for such obligations; + +  + +   9    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(iv) certificates of deposit, demand deposits, time deposits or bankers’ +acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company incorporated +under the laws of the United States or any State and subject to supervision and +examination by banking authorities of one or more of such jurisdictions; +provided, however, that at the time of the investment or contractual commitment +to invest therein, the commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt +obligations (other than such obligations the rating of which is based on the +credit of a Person other than such depository institution or trust company) +thereof shall have a credit rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the +highest investment category granted thereby (including applicable plus signs); + +(v) certificates of deposit that are issued by any bank, trust company, savings +bank or other savings institution and insured up to the maximum amount insurable +by the FDIC; + +(vi) investments in money market funds having a rating from each of the Rating +Agencies in the highest investment category granted thereby (including funds for +which the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective +Affiliates is investment manager or advisor); + +(vii) repurchase obligations held by the Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee with +respect to any obligation or security described in clauses (i), (ii) or +(viii) hereof or any other obligation or security issued or guaranteed by any +other agency or instrumentality of the United States, in either case entered +into with a federal agency or a depository institution or trust company (acting +as principal) described in clause (iv) above; and + +(viii) any other investment with respect to which the acquisition of such +investment as an Eligible Investment will satisfy the Rating Agency Condition; + +provided, that each of the foregoing obligations, instruments and securities +shall mature no later than the Business Day prior to the date on which such +funds are required to be available for application pursuant to any related Basic +Document (other than in the case of the investment of monies in obligations, +instruments or securities of which the entity at which the related account is +located is the obligor, which may mature on such date), and shall be required to +be held to such maturity. + +For purposes of this definition, any reference to the highest available credit +rating of an obligation shall mean the highest available credit rating for such +obligation (excluding any “+” signs associated with such rating) or such lower +credit rating (as approved in writing by each Rating Agency) as will not result +in the qualification, downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned by +such Rating Agency to any of the Notes. + +“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. + +“Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01 +of the Indenture. + +  + +   10    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. + +“Executive Officer” means, with respect to any corporation or depositary +institution, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief +Financial Officer, President, Executive Vice President, any Vice President, the +Secretary or the Treasurer of such corporation or depositary institution; and +with respect to any partnership, any general partner thereof. + +“Expenses” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.01 of the +Trust Agreement. + +“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date hereof (or +any amended or successor provisions that are substantially similar), any current +or future regulations or official interpretations thereunder or official +interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to +Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, any published intergovernmental agreement +entered into in connection with the implementation the foregoing and any fiscal +or regulatory legislation, rules or official practices adopted pursuant to such +published intergovernmental agreement. + +“FATCA Withholding Tax” means any withholding or deduction required pursuant to +FATCA. + +“Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means, the Class A-1 Final Scheduled +Distribution Date, the Class A-2 Final Scheduled Distribution Date, the +Class A-3 Final Scheduled Distribution Date and the Class A-4 Final Scheduled +Distribution Date, as applicable. + +“Financed Vehicle” means a new, near-new or used automobile or light-duty truck, +together with all accessions thereto, securing an Obligor’s indebtedness under +the related Receivable. + +“Grant” means mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, +release, convey, assign, transfer, create, and grant a lien upon and a security +interest in and right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant +to the Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of any other agreement or +instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the +obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including the immediate and +continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal +and interest payments in respect of the Collateral and all other moneys payable +thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make +waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring +Proceedings in the name of the granting party or otherwise, and generally to do +and receive anything that the granting party is or may be entitled to do or +receive thereunder or with respect thereto. + +“Hague Securities Convention” means the Hague Convention on the Law Applicable +to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities Held with an Intermediary (concluded +July 5, 2006). + +“Holder” or “Securityholder” means the registered holder of any Certificate or +Note as evidenced by the Certificate Register or Note Register. + +  + +   11    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of the Closing Date, between the Issuer +and U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee. + +“Indenture Trustee” means the Person acting as Indenture Trustee under the +Indenture, its successors in interest and any successor trustee under the +Indenture. + +“Independent” means, when used with respect to any specified Person, that the +Person is in fact independent of the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator, +the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes or any Affiliate of any of the +foregoing Persons because, among other things, such Person (a) is not an +employee, officer or director or otherwise controlled thereby or under common +control therewith, (b) does not have any direct financial interest or any +material indirect financial interest therein (whether as holder of securities +thereof or party to contract therewith or otherwise), and (c) is not and has not +within the preceding twelve months been a promoter, underwriter, trustee, +partner, director or person performing similar functions therefor or otherwise +had legal, contractual or fiduciary or other duties to act on behalf of or for +the benefit thereof. + +“Independent Certificate” means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the +Indenture Trustee, made by an Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by +an Issuer Order and approved by the Indenture Trustee in the exercise of +reasonable care, and such opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has +read the definition of “Independent” and that the signer is Independent within +the meaning thereof. + +“Insolvency Event” means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) the entry of a +decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in +respect of such Person or all or substantially all of its property in an +involuntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or +other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, +liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for +such Person or for all or substantially all of its property, or ordering the +winding-up or liquidation of such Person’s affairs, and such decree or order +shall remain unstayed and in effect for more than 90 consecutive days; or +(b) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any applicable +federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in +effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an +involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by such Person to the +appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, +custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for all +or substantially all of its property, or the making by such Person of any +general assignment for the benefit of creditors. + +“Instituting Noteholders” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.08(a) of the +Indenture. + +“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and the Class A-1 +Notes, the period from (and including) the preceding Distribution Date or (in +the case of the first Distribution Date) the Closing Date to (but excluding) +such Distribution Date, and, with respect to any Distribution Date and the +Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, the period from +(and including) the 15th day of the preceding calendar month or (in the case of +the first Distribution Date) the Closing Date to (but excluding) the 15th day of +the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. + +  + +   12    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Interest Rate” means the Class A-1 Interest Rate, the Class A-2 Interest Rate, +the Class A-3 Interest Rate or the Class A-4 Interest Rate, as the case may be. + +“Investor” means (a) with respect to any Book-Entry Note, each related Note +Owner and (b) with respect to any Definitive Note, each related Noteholder. + +“Issuer” means Nissan Auto Receivables 2020-A Owner Trust unless and until a +successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of +any provision contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on +the Notes. + +“Issuer Order” and “Issuer Request” mean a written order or request signed in +the name of the Issuer by any one of its Authorized Officers and delivered to +the Indenture Trustee. + +“Lien” means any security interest, lien, charge, pledge, equity or encumbrance +of any kind, other than Permitted Liens. + +“Liquidated Receivable” means a Defaulted Receivable as to which the related +Financed Vehicle has been liquidated by the Servicer. + +“Monthly Remittance Condition” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in +Section 5.02. + +“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. + +“NARC II” means Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, a Delaware corporation. + +“Net Liquidation Proceeds” means the monies collected from whatever source on a +Liquidated Receivable, net of the sum of any amounts expended by the Servicer +for the account of the Obligor, plus any amounts required by law to be remitted +to the Obligor. + +“Nissan” means Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. + +“NMAC” means Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, a California corporation. + +“Non-U.S. Person” means any Person who is not (i) a citizen or resident of the +United States who is a natural person, (ii) a corporation or partnership (or an +entity treated as a corporation or partnership) created or organized in or under +the laws of the United States or any state thereof, including the District of +Columbia (unless, in the case of a partnership, Treasury Regulations are adopted +that provide otherwise), (iii) an estate, the income of which is subject to +United States Federal income taxation, regardless of its source, (iv) a trust, +if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over +the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons (as +defined in the Code and Treasury Regulations) have the authority to control all +substantial decisions of the trust; or (v) a trust that was in existence prior +to August 20, 1996 and that, under Treasury Regulations, is eligible to elect, +and does validly elect, to be treated as a United States person (as defined in +the Code and Treasury Regulations) despite not meeting the requirements of +clause (iv). + +  + +   13    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Note” means a Class A-1 Note, a Class A-2 Note, a Class A-3 Note or a Class A-4 +Note, as the context may require. + +“Note Depository Agreement” means the agreement entitled “Letter of +Representations” dated on or before the Closing Date executed by the Issuer in +favor of the Clearing Agency with respect to certain matters relating to the +duties thereof with respect to the Book-Entry Notes. + +“Note Factor” means, with respect to any Class of Notes and any Distribution +Date, a seven-digit decimal figure obtained by dividing the Outstanding Amount +of such Class of Notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the +related Collection Period, by the initial Outstanding Amount of that Class of +Notes. + +“Note Owner” means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, any Person who is the +beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the +Clearing Agency or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such +Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect +participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency). + +“Note Pool Factor” means, with respect to any Class of Notes and any +Distribution Date, a seven-digit decimal figure obtained by dividing the +Outstanding Amount of such Class of Notes as of the close of business on the +last day of the related Collection Period by the Original Pool Balance. + +“Note Register” means the Register of Noteholders’ information maintained by the +Note Registrar pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture. + +“Note Registrar” means the Indenture Trustee unless and until a successor Note +Registrar shall have been appointed pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture. + +“Noteholder” shall mean any of the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Class A-2 +Noteholders, the Class A-3 Noteholders or the Class A-4 Noteholders. + +“Noteholder Direction” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.08(a) of the +Indenture. + +“Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall” means, with respect to any +Distribution Date and a Class of Notes, the excess, if any, of the sum of the +Noteholders’ Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for such Class for the +preceding Distribution Date plus any outstanding Noteholders’ Interest Carryover +Shortfall for such Class on such preceding Distribution Date, over the amount in +respect of interest that is actually paid on the Notes of such Class on such +preceding Distribution Date, plus, to the extent permitted by applicable law, +interest on the Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall at the related +Interest Rate for the related Interest Period (calculated on the same basis as +interest on that Class of Notes for the same period). + +“Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any +Distribution Date and a Class of Notes, the sum of the Noteholders’ Monthly +Interest Distributable Amount for such Class and Distribution Date plus any +outstanding Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Class and +Distribution Date. + +  + +   14    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Noteholders’ Monthly Interest Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any +Distribution Date and a Class of Notes, interest accrued for the related +Interest Period (calculated on the basis of, in the case of the Class A-1 Notes, +the actual number of days in such Interest Period and a year assumed to consist +of 360 days, and in the case of the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the +Class A-4 Notes, such Interest Period being assumed to consist of 30 days and a +year assumed to consist of 360 days) at the related Interest Rate for such +Class of Notes on the Outstanding Amount of the Notes of such Class on the +immediately preceding Distribution Date, after giving effect to all payments of +principal to Noteholders of such Class on or prior to such Distribution Date +(or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, on the original principal +amount of such Class of Notes). + +“Noteholders’ Principal Carryover Shortfall” means, with respect to any +Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the Noteholders’ Principal +Distributable Amount for the preceding Distribution Date over the amount in +respect of principal that is actually paid as principal on the Notes on such +previous Distribution Date. Noteholders’ Principal Carryover Shortfall is not +used to determine the amount of principal due on the Notes on any Distribution +Date, but is used solely for reporting purposes. + +“Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any +Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such +Distribution Date until the outstanding principal amount of each Class of Notes +has been reduced to zero, and for any Distribution Date thereafter, an amount +equal to zero. + +“Notes” means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, and +the Class A-4 Notes. + +“Obligor” on a Receivable means the purchaser or co-purchasers of the Financed +Vehicle or any other Person who owes payments under the Receivable (but +excluding any Dealer in respect of Dealer Recourse). + +“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of +the Issuer, the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable. + +“Opinion of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may, +except as otherwise provided herein, be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer, +the Seller or the Servicer, which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the +recipient of such opinion. + +“Optional Purchase” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in +Section 9.01(a) + +“Optional Purchase Percentage” means 5.00%. + +“Optional Purchase Price” means, an amount equal to the greater of (a) the +aggregate Repurchase Payments for the Receivables (including Receivables that +became Defaulted Receivables in the Collection Period preceding the Distribution +Date on which a purchase pursuant to Section 9.01 is effected) and (b) the sum +of (i) the Outstanding Amount of all Classes of Notes, (ii) the Noteholders’ +Interest Distributable Amount for all Classes of Notes for such Distribution +Date and (iii) any amounts due pursuant to Sections 5.06(a)(v) and (vi). + +  + +   15    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Original Certificate Balance” means $47,137,850.19. + +“Original Pool Balance” means the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables +on the Cut-off Date. + +“Original Principal Amount” means $162,000,000 for the Class A-1 Notes, +$352,000,000 for the Class A-2 Notes, $401,000,000 for the Class A-3 Notes and +$85,000,000 for the Class A-4 Notes. + +“Other Assets” means any assets (or interests therein) (other than the Owner +Trust Estate) conveyed or purported to be conveyed by the Seller to another +Person or Persons other than the Issuer, whether by way of a sale, capital +contribution or by virtue of the granting of a lien. + +“Outstanding” means, as of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore +authenticated and delivered under the Indenture except: + +(a) Notes theretofore canceled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note +Registrar for cancellation; + +(b) Notes or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary +amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Paying +Agent in trust for the Holders of such Notes; and + +(c) Notes in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been +authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture unless proof satisfactory +to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a +protected purchaser; + +provided, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite percentage of +the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, or any Class of Notes, have given any +request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, or waiver hereunder +or under any Basic Document, Notes owned by the Issuer, NARC II, NMAC, a +Certificateholder or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons shall be +disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, unless all Notes are owned by the +Issuer, NARC II, NMAC, a Certificateholder or any of their respective +Affiliates; provided, further, that, in determining whether the Indenture +Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, +authorization, direction, notice, consent, or waiver, only Notes that the +Indenture Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned +that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the +pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s +right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the +Issuer, NARC II, NMAC, a Certificateholder or any Affiliate of any of the +foregoing Persons. + +“Outstanding Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of all Notes, or, if +indicated by the context, all Notes of any Class, Outstanding at the date of +determination. + +“Owner Trust Estate” means all right, title and interest of the Issuer in and to +the Receivables (other than Repurchased Receivables), and all monies paid +thereon, and all monies accrued thereon, after the Cut-off Date; security +interests in the Financed Vehicles and any accessions thereto; the Accounts and +all funds deposited in the Accounts; all property (including + +  + +   16    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +the right to receive Net Liquidation Proceeds) that shall have secured a +Receivable and that shall have been acquired by or on behalf of the Issuer; +proceeds from claims on any physical damage, credit life or disability insurance +policies covering the Financed Vehicles or the Obligors; all right to receive +payments in respect of any Dealer Recourse with respect to the Receivables; all +right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Purchase Agreement and the +Assignment; all right, title and interest of the Issuer pursuant to this +Agreement, the Administration Agreement; certain rebates of premiums and other +amounts relating to certain insurance policies and other items financed under +the Receivables in effect as of the Cut-off Date; and the proceeds of any and +all of the foregoing. + +“Owner Trustee” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, not in its +individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, or +any successor Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement. + +“Paying Agent” means, (i) under the Indenture, U.S. Bank National Association, +as Indenture Trustee, or any other Person that meets the eligibility standards +for the Indenture Trustee set forth in Section 6.11 of the Indenture and is +authorized by the Issuer to make the payments to and distributions from the +Collection Account, including the payment of principal of or interest on the +Notes on behalf of the Issuer, and (ii) under the Trust Agreement, any paying +agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.08 of the Trust +Agreement that is authorized to make distributions from the Certificate +Distribution Account, and shall initially be U.S. Bank National Association. + +“Permitted Liens” means (a) any liens created by the Basic Documents; (b) any +liens for taxes not yet due and payable or the amount of which is being +contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; and (c) any liens of +mechanics, suppliers, vendors, materialmen, laborers, employees, repairmen and +other like liens securing obligations which are not due and payable or the +amount or validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate +proceedings. + +“Person” means any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, +association, joint stock company, limited liability company, trust, +unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision +thereof. + +“Physical Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the +definition of “Delivery.” + +“Pool Balance” as of the close of business on the last day of a Collection +Period means the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables (reduced by the +principal balance of any Repurchased Receivables and Defaulted Receivables) as +of the close of business on such day. + +“Pool Factor” for a particular Class of Notes or Certificates on any +Distribution Date means a seven-digit decimal figure indicating the principal +amount of such Class of Notes or the Certificate Balance, as the case may be, as +of the close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period as a +fraction of the Original Pool Balance. + +  + +   17    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Predecessor Note” means, with respect to any particular Note, every previous +Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such +particular Note; and, for the purpose of this definition, any Note authenticated +and delivered under Section 2.05 of the Indenture in lieu of a mutilated, lost, +destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the +mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note. + +“Prepayment” means, with respect to any Receivable, any prepayment, whether in +part or in full, in respect of such Receivable. + +“Principal Balance” of a Receivable, as of any date of determination, means the +outstanding principal balance of such Receivable calculated in accordance with +the Customary Servicing Practices. + +“Principal Distribution Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, an +amount equal to (i) the excess, if any, of (x) the Adjusted Pool Balance as of +the beginning of the related Collection Period, or in the case of the first +Collection Period, as of the Cut-off Date, over (y) the Adjusted Pool Balance as +of the end of the related Collection Period and (ii) any Noteholders’ Principal +Distributable Amount not paid to the Noteholders on a prior Distribution Date +because Available Amounts on such Distribution Date were not sufficient to make +such payments; provided, however, that the Principal Distribution Amount on the +Final Scheduled Distribution Date for any Class of Notes shall not be less than +the amount necessary to reduce the outstanding principal amount of such Class to +zero. + +“Proceeding” means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or +administrative proceeding. + +“Purchase Agreement” means that certain agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, +between NMAC and the Seller, relating to the purchase by the Seller from NMAC of +the Receivables. + +“Purchased Assets” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1 +of the Purchase Agreement. + +“Rating Agency” means as of any date, any of the nationally recognized +statistical rating organizations that has been requested by the Seller or one of +its Affiliates to rate any Class of Notes and that is rating such Class of Notes +on such date. + +“Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any event or action and each +Rating Agency, either (a) written confirmation (which may be in the form of a +letter, a press release or other publication, or a change in such Rating +Agency’s published ratings criteria to this effect) by such Rating Agency that +the occurrence of such event or action will not cause it to downgrade, qualify +or withdraw its rating assigned to the Notes or (b) that such Rating Agency +shall have been given notice of such event or action at least ten (10) days +prior to such event or action (or, if ten (10) days’ advance notice is +impracticable, as much advance notice as is practicable) and such Rating Agency +shall not have issued any written notice that the occurrence of such event or +action will cause it to downgrade, qualify or withdraw its rating assigned to +the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Rating Agency has any duty to +review any notice given with respect to any event or action. + +  + +   18    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Receivable” means any retail installment sale contract that appears on the +Schedule of Receivables and that has not been released by the Issuer. + +“Receivable File” means the records (whether tangible or electronic) specified +in Section 2.02 pertaining to a particular Receivable. + +“Record Date” means, with respect to the Notes of any Class and each +Distribution Date, the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution +Date, and, with respect to the Certificates or if Definitive Notes, representing +any Class of Notes, have been issued, the last day of the Collection Period +preceding the related Distribution Date. + +“Redemption Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in +Section 9.01(a). + +“Redemption Price” means an amount equal to the sum of (a) the Outstanding +Amount of all Notes redeemed, plus (b) accrued and unpaid interest thereon at +the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for the Notes being so redeemed, +up to but excluding the Redemption Date. + +“Registered Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the +Note Register on the applicable Record Date. + +“Regulation AB” means Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation +AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such regulation may be amended from time +to time, subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided +by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities +Act Release No. 33-8518. 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (January 7, 2005); +Asset-Backed Securities Disclosure and Registration, Securities Act Release +No. 33-9638. 79 Fed. Reg. 57184 (September 24, 2014)) or by the staff of the +Commission, or as may be provided in writing by the Commission or its staff from +time to time. + +“Relevant Trustee” means (i) with respect to the control over or appropriate +designation denoting ownership or control over any property comprising a portion +of the Owner Trust Estate that either is not conveyed or pledged to the +Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders pursuant to the Granting +Clause of the Indenture or that has been released from the lien of the +Indenture, the Owner Trustee, and (ii) with respect to any property comprising a +portion of the Collateral that has not been released from the lien of the +Indenture, the Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that with respect to any +property that is under the joint or separate control of a co-trustee or separate +trustee under the Trust Agreement or the Indenture, respectively, “Relevant +Trustee” shall refer to either or both of the Owner Trustee and such co-trustee +or separate trustee or to either or both of the Indenture Trustee and such +co-trustee or separate trustee, as the case may be. + +“Repurchase Payment” for any Repurchased Receivable as of the last day of any +Collection Period, means the sum of the Principal Balance thereof as of the +beginning of such Collection Period plus interest accrued thereon through the +due date for the Obligor’s payment in such Collection Period at the related APR, +after giving effect to the receipt of monies collected on such Repurchased +Receivable, if any, during such Collection Period. + +  + +   19    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Repurchased Receivable” means a Receivable purchased as of the close of +business on the last day of a Collection Period by the Servicer pursuant to +Section 4.06 by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.02 or by NMAC pursuant to +Section 4.3 of the Purchase Agreement. + +“Required Deposit Rating” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the +definition of “Eligible Account.” + +“Required Rate” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, 6.10%. + +“Reserve Account” means the account designated as such, established and +maintained pursuant to Section 5.01 and Section 5.07. + +“Reserve Account Initial Deposit” means $10,471,378.50. + +“Retained Notes” if any, means any Notes beneficially owned by the Issuer or an +entity which, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, is treated as the same +Person as the Issuer, until such time as such Notes are the subject of an +opinion pursuant to Section 2.04(g) of the Indenture. + +“Review Notice” means the notice delivered by the Indenture Trustee in +accordance with Section 7.08(b) of the Indenture to NMAC, the Seller, the Asset +Representations Reviewer and the Servicer. + +“Review Report” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.5 of +the Asset Representations Review Agreement. + +“Review Satisfaction Date” means, with respect to any Asset Review, the first +date on which (a) the Delinquency Percentage for any Payment Date exceeds the +Delinquency Trigger and (b) a Noteholder Direction with respect to such Asset +Review has occurred. + +“Schedule of Receivables” means the schedule of receivables on file with the +Indenture Trustee, as it may be amended from time to time. + +“Section 385 Controlled Partnership” shall have the meaning set forth in +Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-1(c)(1) for a “controlled partnership”. + +“Section 385 Expanded Group” shall have the meaning set forth in Treasury +Regulation Section 1.385-1(c)(4) for an “expanded group”. + +“Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. + +“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933. + +“Securityholders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in this +Section 1.01 under the definition of “Holder.” + +“Seller” means NARC II, as the seller of the Receivables under this Agreement, +and each successor to NARC II (in the same capacity) pursuant to Section 6.04. + +  + +   20    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Servicer” means NMAC, as the servicer of the Receivables, and each successor to +NMAC (in the same capacity) pursuant to Section 7.03 or 8.02. + +“Servicer Default” means an event specified in Section 8.01. + +“Servicer’s Certificate” means a certificate completed and executed on behalf of +the Servicer by the president, any executive vice president, any vice president, +the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the controller or any assistant +controller of the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.08. + +“Servicing Criteria” shall mean the “servicing criteria” set forth in +Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB. + +“Servicing Rate” means 1.00% per annum. + +“Similar Law” means a law that is similar to the fiduciary responsibility or +prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. + +“Simple Interest Method” means the method of allocating a fixed level payment to +principal and interest pursuant to which the portion of such payment that is +allocated to interest is equal to the product of the fixed rate of interest +multiplied by the unpaid principal balance multiplied by the quotient obtained +by calculating the period of time elapsed since the preceding payment of +interest was made and dividing such period of time by 365 or 366, as +appropriate. + +“Simple Interest Receivable” means any Receivable under which the portion of a +payment allocable to interest and the portion allocable to principal is +determined in accordance with the Simple Interest Method. + +“Specified Reserve Account Balance” means with respect to any Distribution Date, +an amount equal to not less than 1.00% of the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the +Cut-off Date provided, that on any Distribution Date after the Notes are no +longer Outstanding following payment in full of the principal of and interest on +the Notes, the “Specified Reserve Account Balance” shall be $0. + +“Sponsor” means NMAC. + +“Statutory Trust Act” means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. +Code § 3801 et seq. + +“Subject Receivables” means, for any Asset Review, all Receivables which are +60-Day Delinquent Receivables as of the end of the Collection Period immediately +preceding the related Review Satisfaction Date. + +“Successor Servicer” means any entity appointed as a successor to the Servicer +pursuant to Section 8.02. + +“Supplemental Servicing Fee” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, all +late fees, prepayment charges and other administrative fees and expenses or +similar charges allowed by applicable law received by the Servicer with respect +to the Receivables during the related Collection Period. + +  + +   21    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings. + +“Tax Information” means information and/or properly completed and signed tax +certifications sufficient to eliminate the imposition of or to determine the +amount of any withholding of tax, including FATCA Withholding Tax. + +“Test Fail” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Asset +Representations Review Agreement. + +“Transferred Assets” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in +Section 2.01. + +“Treasury Regulations” means regulations, including proposed or temporary +regulations, promulgated under the Code. References herein to specific +provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous +provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury +Regulations. + +“Trust Agreement” means the Trust Agreement, dated as of April 2, 2020, as +amended by the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of the Closing +Date, between the Seller, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Owner +Trustee, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Certificate Registrar and Paying +Agent. + +“Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force +on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided. + +“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant +jurisdiction. + +“Verification Documents” means, with respect to any Note Owner, a certification +from such Note Owner certifying that such Person is in fact, a Note Owner, as +well as an additional piece of documentation reasonably satisfactory to the +recipient, such as a trade confirmation, account statement, letter from a broker +or dealer or other similar document. + +“YSOC Amount” means, (i) as of the Closing Date, $72,495,090.62, and +(ii) thereafter, with respect to any Collection Period and the related +Distribution Date, the aggregate amount by which the Principal Balance as of the +last day of such Collection Period of each Receivable (other than a Receivable +that is a non-collectible Receivable, a Defaulted Receivable or a Repurchased +Receivable), exceeds the present value of each scheduled payment of each such +Receivable assuming the discount rate of such Receivable is the greater of the +Required Rate or the Receivable’s contract rate and that such scheduled payments +(assumed to be equal monthly payments that amortize the Principal Balance of the +Receivable to zero, using its contract rate, over the remaining term of the +contract) are made on the last day of each month and each month has 30 days. + +  + +   22    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SECTION 1.02 Usage of Terms. With respect to all terms in this Agreement, the +singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words importing any +gender include the other genders; references to “writing” include printing, +typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a visible form; +references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all +subsequent amendments, amendments and restatements and supplements thereto or +changes therein entered into in accordance with their respective terms and not +prohibited by this Agreement; references to Persons include their permitted +successors and assigns; references to laws include their amendments and +supplements, the rules and regulations thereunder and any successors thereto; +the term “including” means “including without limitation;” and the term “or” is +not exclusive. + +ARTICLE II. + +Conveyance of Receivables + +SECTION 2.01 Conveyance of Receivables. + +(a) In consideration of the promises and the agreements, provisions and +covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration to be +delivered to the Seller hereunder, the Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign +and otherwise convey to the Issuer, without recourse (but subject to the +Seller’s obligations in this Agreement) (collectively, the “Transferred +Assets”): + +(i) all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Purchased Assets; + +(ii) the rights of the Seller under the Purchase Agreement and the Assignment; + +(iii) all other assets comprising the Owner Trust Estate; and + +(iv) all proceeds of the foregoing. + +On the Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver to, or to the order of, the Issuer +the Transferred Assets and in consideration therefor, the Issuer shall deliver +to, or to the order of, the Seller, the Notes and the Certificates. +Notwithstanding the foregoing, monies received in respect of the Receivables +after the Cut-off Date and before the Closing Date shall be deposited by NMAC +(in its individual capacity or as the Servicer) into the Collection Account no +later than the Business Day preceding the first Distribution Date. + +(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Receivables and other +Transferred Assets are held to be property of the Seller, or if for any reason +this Agreement is held or deemed to create indebtedness or a security interest +in the Receivables and other Transferred Assets, then it is intended that: + +(i) This Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning +of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York UCC and the UCC of any other applicable +jurisdiction; + +  + +   23    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(ii) The conveyance provided for in Section 2.01 shall be deemed to be a grant +by the Seller of, and the Seller hereby grants to the Issuer, a security +interest in all of its right (including the power to convey title thereto), +title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the +Receivables and other Transferred Assets, to secure such indebtedness and the +performance of the obligations of the Seller hereunder; + +(iii) The possession by the Issuer, or the Servicer as the Issuer’s agent, of +the Receivable Files and any other property as constitute instruments, money, +negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be “possession by the +secured party” or possession by the purchaser or a person designated by such +purchaser, for purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to the New +York UCC and the UCC of any other applicable jurisdiction; and + +(iv) Notifications to persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, +receipts or confirmations from persons holding such property, shall be deemed to +be notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, bailees +or agents (as applicable) of the Issuer for the purpose of perfecting such +security interest under applicable law. + +SECTION 2.02 Custody of Receivable Files. To assure uniform quality in servicing +the Receivables and to reduce administrative costs, the Issuer, upon the +execution and delivery of this Agreement, appoints the Servicer, and the +Servicer accepts such appointment, to act as the agent of the Issuer as +custodian of the following documents or instruments (or a photocopy or other +image thereof that the Servicer shall keep on file in accordance with its +Customary Servicing Practices) that are hereby constructively delivered to the +Issuer with respect to each Receivable (but only to the extent applicable to +such Receivable and only to the extent held in tangible paper form or electronic +form) (collectively, the “Receivable Files”): + +(a) the original of each tangible record constituting or forming a part of such +Receivable that is tangible chattel paper (as such term is used in Section 9-105 +of the UCC) and a single “authoritative copy” (as such term is used in +Section 9-105 of the UCC) of each electronic record constituting or forming a +part of each Receivable that is electronic chattel paper, fully executed by the +Obligor; + +(b) the original credit application executed by the related Obligor; + +(c) the original Certificate of Title or, if not yet received, evidence that an +application therefor has been submitted with the appropriate authority, a +guaranty of title from a Dealer or such other document (electronic or otherwise, +as used in the applicable jurisdiction) that the Servicer keeps on file, in +accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, evidencing the security +interest of NMAC in the Financed Vehicle; provided, however, that in lieu of +being held in the Receivable File, the Certificate of Title may be held by a +third party service provider engaged by the Servicer to obtain or hold +Certificates of Title; and + +  + +   24    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(d) any and all other records (whether tangible or electronic) that the Servicer +shall keep on file, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, +relating to such Receivable, the related Obligor or Financed Vehicle. + +SECTION 2.03 Acceptance by Issuer. The Issuer acknowledges its acceptance +pursuant to this Agreement, of all right, title and interest in and to the +Receivables and the other Transferred Assets conveyed by the Seller pursuant to +this Agreement and declares and shall declare from and after the date hereof +that the Issuer holds and shall hold such right, title and interest, upon the +terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. + +ARTICLE III. + +The Receivables + +SECTION 3.01 Representations and Warranties of the Seller with Respect to the +Receivables. The Seller makes the representations and warranties set forth on +Schedule I to this Agreement as to the Receivables on which the Issuer is deemed +to have relied in acquiring the Receivables. Such representations and warranties +speak as of the Closing Date or as of such date expressly set forth therein, but +shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the Issuer +and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. + +SECTION 3.02 Repurchase upon Breach. The Seller, the Servicer, the Issuer, the +Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, shall inform the +other parties to this Agreement and the Indenture Trustee promptly, in writing, +upon the discovery of any breach of the Seller’s representations and warranties +pursuant to Section 3.01 that materially and adversely affects the interests of +the Securityholders in any Receivable; provided, that the delivery of the +Servicer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 4.08 shall be deemed to constitute +prompt written notice by the Servicer of such breach. If the breach materially +and adversely affects the interests of the Securityholders in such Receivable, +then the Seller shall either (a) correct or cure such breach or (b) repurchase +such Receivable from the Issuer, in either case on or before the Distribution +Date following the end of the Collection Period which includes the 60th day (or, +if the Seller elects, an earlier date) after the date that the Seller became +aware or was notified of such breach. Any such breach or failure will be deemed +not to have a material and adverse effect on the interests of Securityholders if +such breach or failure does not affect the ability of the Issuer to receive and +retain timely payment in full on such Receivable. In consideration of the +purchase of the Receivables, the Seller shall remit (or cause to be remitted) +the Repurchase Payment in the manner specified in Section 5.05. Upon payment of +such Repurchase Payment by the Seller, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee +shall release and shall execute and deliver such instruments of release, +transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse or representation, as +shall be reasonably requested of it to vest in the Seller or its designee any +Receivable and any related Purchased Assets repurchased pursuant hereto. The +Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of +any breach of the Seller’s representations and warranties unless an Authorized +Officer has actual knowledge thereof or has received written notice thereof in +accordance with the Basic Documents. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture +Trustee will have any duty to conduct an affirmative investigation as to the +occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase of any Receivable pursuant +to this Section 3.02. The sole remedy of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee (by +operation + +  + +   25    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +of the assignment of the Issuer’s rights hereunder pursuant to the Indenture), +or any Securityholder with respect to a breach with a material adverse effect on +the interests of Securityholders caused by the Seller’s representations and +warranties pursuant to Section 3.01, shall be to require the Seller to +repurchase Receivables pursuant to this Section 3.02. + +SECTION 3.03 Duties of Servicer as Custodian. + +(a) Safekeeping. The Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, shall hold the +Receivable Files for the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as +pledgee of the Issuer. In performing its duties as custodian, the Servicer shall +act in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices. The Servicer will +promptly report to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee any failure on its part +to hold a material portion of the Receivable Files and maintain its accounts, +records and computer systems as herein provided in all material respects and +promptly take appropriate action to remedy any such material failure. The +Servicer may, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices: (i) maintain +all or a portion of the Receivable Files in electronic form and (ii) maintain +custody of all or any portion of the Receivable Files with one or more of its +agents or designees. Nothing in this Section 3.03 shall affect the obligation of +the Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information +regarding the Obligors and the failure of the Servicer to provide access to +information as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this +Section 3.03. + +(b) Maintenance of and Access to Records. The Servicer shall maintain each +Receivable File in the United States (it being understood that the Receivable +Files, or any part thereof, may be maintained at the offices of any Person to +whom the Servicer has delegated responsibilities in accordance with +Section 4.12). The Servicer shall make available to the Issuer and the Indenture +Trustee or their respective duly authorized representatives, attorneys or +auditors the Receivable Files and the related accounts, records and computer +systems maintained by the Servicer at such times during normal business hours +upon reasonable prior written notice as the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee +shall instruct. The Servicer shall permit the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and +their respective agents at any time during normal business hours upon reasonable +prior written notice to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from the +Servicer’s records regarding any Receivable. + +(c) Release of Receivable Files. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation +of a Servicer Default or to the extent necessary for the Indenture Trustee to +comply with its obligations under the Basic Documents, the Servicer shall, upon +instruction from the Indenture Trustee, release any Receivable File to the +Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee’s agent or the Indenture Trustee’s +designee, as the case may be, at such place or places as the Indenture Trustee +may designate, as soon as commercially practicable. Any document so released +will be handled by the Indenture Trustee with due care and returned to the +Servicer for safekeeping as soon as the Indenture Trustee or its agent or +designee, as the case may be, has no further need therefor. + +  + +   26    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SECTION 3.04 Instructions; Authority To Act. The Servicer shall be deemed to +have received proper instructions with respect to the Receivable Files upon its +receipt of written instructions signed by an Authorized Officer of the Issuer or +the Indenture Trustee. + +SECTION 3.05 Custodian’s Indemnification. The Servicer, as custodian, shall +indemnify the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee for any and +all liabilities, obligations, losses, compensatory damages, payments, costs or +expenses of any kind whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and +expenses) that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any of them as +the result of any improper act or omission in any way relating to the +maintenance and custody by the Servicer as custodian of the Receivable Files +including any legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with the +enforcement by any such Person of any indemnification or other obligation of the +Servicer as custodian; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be liable +to the Owner Trustee for any portion of any such amount resulting from the +willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of the Owner Trustee, and the +Servicer shall not be liable to the Indenture Trustee for any portion of any +such amount resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of +the Indenture Trustee. Any indemnity claimed under this Section 3.05 shall be +subject to the procedures described in Section 7.02. + +SECTION 3.06 Effective Period and Termination. The Servicer’s appointment as +custodian shall become effective as of the Cut-off Date, and shall continue in +full force and effect until terminated pursuant to this Section 3.06. If NMAC +resigns as Servicer in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or if +all of the rights and obligations of any Servicer shall have been terminated +under Section 8.01, the appointment of NMAC as custodian may be terminated by +the Indenture Trustee or by the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of +the Outstanding Amount of the Notes or, with the consent of Holders of the Notes +evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, by the +Owner Trustee or by the Certificateholders evidencing not less than 25% of the +Certificate Balance, in the same manner as the Indenture Trustee or such Holders +may terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer under Section 8.01. As +soon as practicable after any termination of such appointment, the Servicer +shall deliver the Receivable Files and the related accounts and records +maintained by the Servicer to the Relevant Trustee or the agent thereof at such +place or places as the Relevant Trustee may reasonably designate. + +ARTICLE IV. + +Administration and Servicing of Receivables + +SECTION 4.01 Duties of Servicer. + +(a) The Servicer is hereby appointed by the Issuer and authorized to act as +agent for the Issuer and, in such capacity, shall manage, service, administer +and make collections on the Receivables in accordance with its Customary +Servicing Practices, using that degree of skill and attention that the Servicer +exercises with respect to all comparable receivables that it services for itself +or others. There are no requirements under the Basic Documents to maintain a +back-up servicer. The Servicer and its Affiliates may engage in any marketing +practice or promotion or any sale of any products, goods or services to Obligors +with respect to the Receivables so long as such + +  + +   27    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +practices, promotions or sales are offered to obligors of comparable motor +vehicle receivables serviced by the Servicer for itself and others, whether or +not such practices, promotions or sales might result in a decrease in the +aggregate amount of payments on the Receivables, prepayments or faster or slower +timing of the payment of the Receivables. Subject to Section 4.05, the Servicer +may grant extensions, rebates, deferrals, amendments, modifications or +adjustments with respect to any Receivable in accordance with its Customary +Servicing Practices; provided, however, that if the Servicer (i) extends the +date for final payment by the Obligor of any Receivable beyond the last day of +the Collection Period preceding the latest Final Scheduled Distribution Date of +any Notes issued under the Indenture or (ii) reduces the APR or Principal +Balance with respect to any Receivable other than as required by applicable law +(including, without limitation, by the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act) or court +order, it will promptly purchase such Receivable in the manner provided in +Section 4.06 if such change in the Receivable would materially and adversely +affect the interests of the Securityholders in such Receivable. The Servicer may +in its discretion waive any late payment charge or any other fees that may be +collected in the ordinary course of servicing a Receivable. + +(b) The Servicer’s duties shall include collection and posting of all payments, +responding to inquiries of Obligors on the Receivables, investigating +delinquencies, sending remittance advises to Obligors, reporting tax information +to Obligors, accounting for collections and furnishing monthly and annual +statements to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee with respect to +distributions. The Servicer is not required under the Basic Documents to make +any disbursements via wire transfer or otherwise on behalf of an Obligor. There +are no requirements under the Receivables or the Basic Documents for funds to +be, and funds shall not be, held in trust for an Obligor. The Servicer shall not +make any payments or distributions on behalf of an Obligor. + +(c) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer is authorized +and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Trust, the Owner +Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Securityholders or any of them, any and +all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or partial or full release or +discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Receivables +or to the Financed Vehicles securing the Receivables. If the Servicer shall +commence a legal proceeding to enforce a Receivable (other than a Repurchased +Receivable), the Issuer shall thereupon be deemed to have automatically +assigned, solely for the purpose of collection, such Receivable to the Servicer. +If in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding it shall be held that the +Servicer may not enforce a Receivable on the ground that it shall not be a real +party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce such Receivable, the Issuer +shall, at the Servicer’s expense and direction, take steps to enforce the +Receivable, including bringing suit in its name or the name of the Indenture +Trustee or the Securityholders. The Issuer shall furnish the Servicer with any +powers of attorney and other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to +enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties +hereunder. + +  + +   28    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(d) Nothing in any section of this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the +Servicer from implementing new programs, whether on an intermediate, pilot or +permanent basis, or on a regional or nationwide basis, or from modifying its +standards, policies and procedures as long as, in each case, such programs or +modifications would be consistent with its Customary Servicing Practices, even +if such practices, promotions or sales might result in a decrease in the +aggregate amount of payments on the Receivables, prepaying or faster or slower +timing of the payment of the Receivables. + +(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may +refinance any Receivable and deposit the full Principal Balance of such +Receivable into the Collection Account. The receivable created by such +refinancing shall not be property of the Issuer. The Servicer and its Affiliates +may also sell insurance or debt cancellation products, including products which +result in the cancellation of some or all of the amount of a Receivable upon the +death or disability of the Obligor or any casualty with respect to the Financed +Vehicle. + +SECTION 4.02 Collection of Receivable Payments. The Servicer shall make +reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and +provisions of the Receivables as and when the same shall become due in +accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices. Payments on the Receivables +made in accordance with the related documentation for such Receivables, shall be +posted to the Servicer’s Obligor records in accordance with the Servicer’s +Customary Servicing Practices. Such payments shall be allocated to principal, +interest or other items in accordance with the related documentation for such +Receivables + +SECTION 4.03 Realization upon Receivables. On behalf of the Issuer, the Servicer +shall use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with its Customary +Servicing Practices, to repossess or otherwise convert the ownership of the +Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable as to which the Servicer shall have +determined eventual payment in full is unlikely, unless it determines in its +sole discretion that repossession will not increase the Net Liquidation Proceeds +by an amount greater than the expense of such repossession or that the proceeds +ultimately recoverable with respect to such Receivable would be increased by +forbearance. The Servicer shall follow such Customary Servicing Practices and +procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable, which may include reasonable +efforts to realize upon any Dealer Recourse and selling the related Financed +Vehicle at public or private sale. The foregoing shall be subject to the +provision that, in any case in which the Financed Vehicle shall have suffered +damage, the Servicer shall not be required to expend funds in connection with +the repair or the repossession of such Financed Vehicle unless it shall +determine in its discretion that such repair and/or repossession will increase +the Net Liquidation Proceeds. + +SECTION 4.04 Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles. The +Servicer shall, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, take such +steps as are necessary to maintain perfection of the security interest created +by each Receivable in the related Financed Vehicle. The Servicer is hereby +authorized to take such steps as are necessary to re-perfect such security +interest on behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the event of the +relocation of a Financed Vehicle or for any other reason. If the assignment of a +Receivable to the Issuer is insufficient, without a notation on the related +Financed Vehicle’s Certificate of Title, to grant to the Issuer a first priority +perfected security interest in the related Financed Vehicle, the Servicer hereby +agrees to serve as the agent of the Issuer for the purpose of perfecting the +security interest of the Issuer in such Financed Vehicle and agrees that the +Servicer’s listing as the secured party + +  + +   29    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +on the Certificate of Title is in this capacity as agent of the Issuer. The +provisions set forth in this Section 4.04 are the sole requirements under the +Basic Documents with respect to the maintenance of collateral or security on the +Receivables. It is understood that the Financed Vehicles are the collateral and +security for the Receivables, but that the Certificate of Title with respect to +a Financed Vehicle does not constitute collateral and merely evidences such +security interest. + +SECTION 4.05 Covenants of Servicer. Unless required by law or court order, the +Servicer shall not release the Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable from the +security interest granted by such Receivable in whole or in part except (i) in +the event of payment in full by or on behalf of the Obligor thereunder or +payment in full less a deficiency which the Servicer would not attempt to +collect in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, (ii) in connection +with repossession or (iii) except as may be required by an insurer in order to +receive proceeds from any insurance policy covering such Financed Vehicle. + +SECTION 4.06 Purchase of Receivables upon Breach. The Servicer or the Issuer +shall inform the other party and the Indenture Trustee promptly, in writing, +upon the discovery of any breach by the Servicer of its obligations under +Section 4.01(a) or 4.05 that would materially and adversely affect any +Receivable. If the breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the +Securityholders in such Receivable, then the Servicer shall either (a) correct +or cure such breach or (b) repurchase such Receivable from the Issuer, in either +case on or before the Distribution Date following the end of the Collection +Period which includes the 60th day (or, if the Servicer elects, an earlier date) +after the date that the Servicer became aware or was notified of such breach. +Any such breach or failure will be deemed not to have a material and adverse +effect if such breach or failure does not affect the ability of the Issuer to +receive and retain timely payment in full on such Receivable. In consideration +of such Receivable, the Servicer shall remit the Repurchase Payment in the +manner specified in Section 5.05. Upon payment of such Repurchase Payment by the +Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall release and shall execute +and deliver such instruments of release, transfer or assignment, in each case +without recourse or representation, as shall be reasonably requested of it to +vest in the Servicer or its designee any Receivable and any related Purchased +Assets repurchased pursuant hereto. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture +Trustee will have any duty to conduct an affirmative investigation as to the +occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase of any Receivable pursuant +to this Section 4.06. The sole remedy of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner +Trustee, the Issuer, the Securityholders against the Servicer with respect to a +breach by the Servicer of its obligations under Sections 4.01(a) or 4.05 shall +be to require the Servicer to purchase Receivables pursuant to this +Section 4.06. + +SECTION 4.07 Servicing Fee and Expenses. As compensation for the performance of +its obligations hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive on each +Distribution Date the Base Servicing Fee and shall be entitled to retain all +Supplemental Servicing Fees. The Servicer will also be entitled to receive +investment earnings (net of investment losses and expenses) on funds on deposit +in the Collection Account and the Reserve Account during each Collection Period. +Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, the Servicer shall be required +to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities under this +Agreement (including fees and disbursements of independent accountants, taxes +imposed on the Servicer, expenses incurred in connection with distributions and +reports to Securityholders and all other fees and expenses not expressly stated +under this Agreement to be for the account of the Securityholders). + +  + +  + +   30    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SECTION 4.08 Servicer’s Certificate. On or before each Determination Date, the +Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, each Paying Agent and the Indenture +Trustee, with a copy to each Rating Agency, a Servicer’s Certificate containing +all information necessary to make the distributions pursuant to Sections 5.06, +5.07 and 5.08 of this Agreement and Section 5.04(d) of the Indenture for the +Collection Period preceding the date of such Servicer’s Certificate, all +information necessary for the Owner Trustee to send statements to the +Certificateholders and the Indenture Trustee to send statements to the +Noteholders pursuant to the Trust Agreement or Indenture, as the case may be. +Each of the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on the +information in any Servicer’s Certificate and shall have no duty to confirm or +verify the contents thereof. At the sole option of the Servicer, each Servicer +Certificate may be delivered in electronic or hard copy form. + +SECTION 4.09 Communication among Noteholders. A Noteholder (if the Notes are +represented by Definitive Notes) or a Note Owner (if the Notes are represented +by Book-Entry Notes) may send a request to the Seller at any time notifying the +Seller that such Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, would like to +communicate with other Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, with respect +to an exercise of their rights under the terms of the Basic Documents. If the +requesting party is not a Noteholder as reflected on the Note Register, the +Seller may require that the requesting party provide Verification Documents. +Each request must include (i) the name of the requesting Noteholder or Note +Owner, and (ii) a description of the method by which other Noteholders or Note +Owners, as applicable, may contact the requesting Noteholder or Note Owner. A +Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, that delivers a request under this +Section 4.09 will be deemed to have certified to the Issuer and the Servicer +that its request to communicate with other Noteholders or Note Owners, as +applicable, relates solely to a possible exercise of rights under this Indenture +or the other Basic Documents, and will not be used for other purposes. In each +monthly distribution report on Form 10-D under the Exchange Act with respect to +the Issuer, the Seller shall include disclosure regarding any request that +complies with the requirements of this Section 4.09 received during the related +Collection Period from a Noteholder or Note Owner to communicate with other +Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, related to the Noteholders or Note +Owners exercising their rights under the terms of the Basic Documents. The +disclosure in such Form 10-D regarding the request to communicate shall include +(w) the name of the investor making the request, (x) the date the request was +received, (y) a statement to the effect that the Issuer has received a request +from such Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, stating that such Noteholder +or Note Owner, as applicable, is interested in communicating with other +Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, with regard to the possible exercise +of rights under the Basic Documents, and (z) a description of the method other +Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, may use to contact the requesting +Noteholder or Note Owner. + +SECTION 4.10 Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default. + +(a) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and +each Rating Agency, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the +Servicer, beginning June 30, 2021, an Officer’s Certificate with respect to the +prior fiscal year of the Servicer (or with respect to the initial Officer’s +Certificate, the period from the date of the initial issuance of the Notes to +March 31, 2021), providing the information required under Item 1123 of +Regulation AB. + +  + +   31    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b) The Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture +Trustee and each Rating Agency, promptly after having obtained knowledge +thereof, written notice (in the form of an Officer’s Certificate) of any event +that with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a +Servicer Default under Section 8.01. Except to the extent set forth in this +Section 4.10(b) of this Agreement and Section 5.01 of the Indenture, the Basic +Documents do not require any policies or procedures to monitor any performance +or other triggers and Events of Default. + +(c) The Servicer will deliver to the Issuer, within 90 days after the end of +each fiscal year of the Servicer, beginning June 30, 2021, a report regarding +the Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the +immediately preceding fiscal year, including disclosure of any material instance +of non-compliance identified by the Servicer, as required under paragraph (b) of +Rule 13a-18 and Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. + +(d) The Indenture Trustee will deliver to the Issuer, on or before June 15th of +each calendar year, commencing in 2021, a report regarding the Indenture +Trustee’s assessment of compliance with the applicable Servicing Criteria during +the immediately preceding fiscal year, including disclosure of any material +instance of non-compliance identified by the Indenture Trustee, as required +under paragraph (b) of Rule 13a-18 and Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item +1122 of Regulation AB. + +SECTION 4.11 Annual Registered Public Accounting Firm Attestation. + +(a) On or before the 90th day following the end of each fiscal year, beginning +with the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, the Servicer shall cause a firm of +independent registered public accountants (who may also render other services to +the Servicer, the Seller or their respective Affiliates) to furnish to the +Issuer, with a copy to the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer and the Seller, each +attestation report on assessments of compliance with the Servicing Criteria with +respect to the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof during the related fiscal year +delivered by such accountants pursuant to paragraph (c) of Rule 13a-18 or Rule +15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. The certification +required by this paragraph may be replaced by any similar certification using +other procedures or attestation standards which are now or in the future in use +by servicers of comparable assets, or which otherwise comply with any rule, +regulation, “no action” letter or similar guidance promulgated by the +Commission. + +The Servicer, however, shall not be obligated to add as an addressee or reliance +party with respect to any report described above any Person who does not comply +with or agree to the required procedures of such firm of independent certified +public accountants, including but not limited to execution of engagement letters +or access letters regarding such reports. + +  + +   32    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b) On or before June 15th of each calendar year, commencing in 2021, the +Indenture Trustee shall cause a firm of independent registered public +accountants (who may also render other services to the Indenture Trustee) to +furnish to the Issuer, with a copy to the Servicer and the Seller, an +attestation report on assessment of compliance with the applicable Servicing +Criteria with respect to the Indenture Trustee during the immediately preceding +fiscal year delivered by such accountants pursuant to paragraph (c) of Rule +13a-18 or Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. The +certification required by this paragraph may be replaced by any similar +certification using other procedures or attestation standards which are now or +in the future in use by servicers of comparable assets, or which otherwise +comply with any rule, regulation, “no action” letter or similar guidance +promulgated by the Commission. + +SECTION 4.12 Appointment of Subservicer. So long as NMAC acts as the Servicer, +the Servicer may at any time without notice or consent delegate (a) any or all +of its duties under this Agreement to any of its Affiliates or (b) specific +duties as servicer under this Agreement through subcontractors; provided, +however, that no such delegation or subcontracting shall relieve the Servicer of +its responsibilities with respect to such duties as to which the Servicer shall +remain primarily responsible with respect thereto. For any servicing activities +delegated to third parties in accordance with this Section 4.12, the Servicer +shall follow such policies and procedures to monitor the performance of such +third parties and compliance with such servicing activities as the Servicer +follows with respect to comparable motor vehicle receivables serviced by the +Servicer for its own account. + +SECTION 4.13 Fidelity Bond. The Servicer shall not be required to maintain a +fidelity bond or error and omissions policy. + +SECTION 4.14 Administrator Compensation. The Servicer shall pay the +Administrative Agent compensation pursuant to Section 3 of the Administration +Agreement. + +ARTICLE V. + +Distributions; Accounts; + +Statements to the Certificateholders and the Noteholders + +SECTION 5.01 Establishment of Accounts. + +(a) The Servicer shall cause to be established the following accounts: + +(i) For the benefit of the Securityholders in the name of the Indenture Trustee, +an account (the “Collection Account”), which shall be an Eligible Account +initially established with the Indenture Trustee. + +(ii) For the benefit of the Securityholders in the name of the Indenture +Trustee, an account (the “Reserve Account”), which shall be an Eligible Account +initially established with the Indenture Trustee. + +  + +   33    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b) All amounts held in the Collection Account and the Reserve Account +(collectively, the “Accounts”) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable +laws, rules and regulations and as directed by the Servicer, be invested by the +Indenture Trustee in Eligible Investments in accordance with Section 8.03 of the +Indenture. All such Eligible Investments shall mature not later than the +Business Day preceding the next Distribution Date, in such manner that such +amounts invested shall be available to make the required distributions on the +Distribution Date. The Servicer will not direct the Indenture Trustee, and the +Issuer shall cause the Servicer not to make any investment of any funds or to +sell any investment held in the Collection Account unless the security interest +granted and perfected in such account will continue to be perfected in such +investment or the proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further +action by any Person, and, in connection with any direction to the Indenture +Trustee to make any such investment or sale, if requested by the Indenture +Trustee, the Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of +Counsel, acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, to such effect. + +(c) If either (i) the Servicer, in its sole discretion and for any reason, +notifies the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee in writing that the +Accounts should be moved or (ii) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as +applicable, notifies the Servicer that the short-term unsecured debt obligations +of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, no longer have the +Required Deposit Rating, then, in each case, the Servicer shall, within ten +Business Days after receipt of the notice described in clause (i) or (ii), as +applicable, cause the Accounts (x) to be moved to segregated trust accounts in a +bank or trust company selected by the Servicer, the short-term unsecured debt +obligations of which shall have the Required Deposit Rating, or (y) to be moved +to the trust department of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as +applicable. The Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, shall +assist the Servicer with the moving of Accounts described in the preceding +sentence. + +(d) Earnings on investment of funds in the Collection Account and the Reserve +Account shall be paid to the Servicer as additional servicing compensation, and +any losses and investment expenses shall be charged against the funds on deposit +in the Collection Account or the Reserve Account, as applicable. + +(e) Except for the Collection Account and the Reserve Account, there are no +accounts required to be maintained under the Basic Documents. + +(f) The Indenture Trustee shall transfer all amounts remaining on deposit in the +Collection Account on the Distribution Date on which the Notes of all Classes +have been paid in full (or when substantially all of the Collateral is otherwise +released from the lien of the Indenture) to the Designated Account, and take all +necessary or appropriate actions to transfer all of its right, title and +interest in the Collection Account, all funds or investments held therein and +all proceeds thereof, whether or not on behalf of the Securityholders, to the +Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, subject to the +limitations set forth in the Indenture with respect to amounts held for payment +to Noteholders that do not promptly deliver a Note for payment on such +Distribution Date. After the transfer to the Designated Account described in the +immediately preceding sentence, references in this Agreement to “Collection +Account” shall be deemed to be references to the “Designated Account.” + +  + +   34    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(g) With respect to the Accounts and all property held therein, the Issuer +agrees, by its acceptance hereof that, on the terms and conditions set forth in +the Indenture, for so long as Notes of any Class remain outstanding, the +Indenture Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest therein (excluding +interest or investment income thereon payable to the Servicer or the Seller, as +the case may be), and the Accounts shall be under the sole dominion and control +of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders and the +Certificateholders, as the case may be, as set forth in the Indenture. The +parties hereto agree that the Servicer shall have the power, revocable by the +Indenture Trustee or by the Issuer with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, to +instruct the Indenture Trustee to make withdrawals and payments from the +Collection Account for the purpose of permitting the Servicer, Indenture +Trustee, Issuer or the Owner Trustee to carry out its respective duties +hereunder or under the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as the case may be. + +Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall be entitled to withhold, or to +be reimbursed from amounts otherwise payable into or on deposit in the +Collection Account, as the case may be, amounts previously deposited in the +Collection Account but later determined to have resulted from mistaken deposits +or posting. + +(h) With respect to the Account Property, the parties hereto agree that: + +(i) any Account Property that consists of uninvested funds shall be held solely +in Eligible Accounts and, except as otherwise provided herein, each such +Eligible Account shall be subject to the exclusive custody and control of the +Indenture Trustee, and, except as otherwise provided in the Basic Documents, the +Indenture Trustee or its designee shall have sole signature authority with +respect thereto; + +(ii) any Account Property that constitutes Physical Property shall be delivered +to the Indenture Trustee or its designee, in accordance with paragraph (a) of +the definition of “Delivery” and shall be held, pending maturity or disposition, +solely by the Indenture Trustee or any such designee; + +(iii) any Account Property that is an “uncertificated security” under Article 8 +of the UCC and that is not governed by clause (iv) below shall be delivered to +the Indenture Trustee or its designee in accordance with paragraph (c) of the +definition of “Delivery” and shall be maintained by the Indenture Trustee or +such designee, pending maturity or disposition, through continued registration +of the Indenture Trustee’s (or its designee’s) ownership of such security on the +books of the issuer thereof; + +(iv) any Account Property that is an uncertificated security that is a +“book-entry security” (as such term is defined in Federal Reserve Bank Operating +Circular No. 7) held in a securities account at a Federal Reserve Bank and +eligible for transfer through the Fedwire® Securities Service operated by the +Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations shall be +delivered in accordance with paragraph (b) of the definition of “Delivery” and +shall be maintained by the + +  + +   35    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Indenture Trustee or its designee or a securities intermediary (as such term is +defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC) acting solely for the Indenture +Trustee or such designee, pending maturity or disposition, through continued +book-entry registration of such Account Property as described in such paragraph; +and + +(v) to the extent any Account Property is credited to a securities account, the +account agreement establishing such securities account shall provide that the +account agreement is governed by the law of the State of New York and that the +law of the State of New York shall govern all issues specified in Article 2(1) +of the Hague Securities Convention. + +(i) The Indenture Trustee, to the extent it is acting in the capacity of +securities intermediary with respect to Account Property, covenants and agrees +that: + +(i) it is a “securities intermediary,” as such term is defined in +Section 8-102(a)(14)(ii) of the relevant UCC; + +(ii) pursuant to Section 8-110(e)(1) of the relevant UCC for purposes of Article +8 of the UCC, the jurisdiction of the Indenture Trustee as “securities +intermediary” is the State of New York; and + +(iii) it has, at the time of entry into this Agreement, one or more offices in +the United States of America engaged in a business or other regular activity of +maintaining securities accounts. + +To the extent that there are any other agreements with the Indenture Trustee +governing the Accounts, the parties agree that each and every such agreement is +hereby amended to provide that, with respect to the Accounts, the law applicable +to all issues specified in Article 2(1) of the Hague Securities Convention shall +be the laws of the State of New York. + +SECTION 5.02 Collections. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the +Servicer shall remit to the Collection Account all Collections (other than +payments on Repurchased Receivables) not later than the second Business Day +after identification thereof; provided, however, that if the Monthly Remittance +Condition is satisfied, then the Servicer shall not be required to deposit into +the Collection Account an amount equal to the Collections received during the +related Collection Period until the Business Day before each Distribution Date. +The “Monthly Remittance Condition” shall be deemed to be satisfied if (i) NMAC +is the Servicer and (ii) NMAC’s short-term unsecured debt obligations are rated +at least “P-1” by Moody’s and at least “A-1” by S&P (so long as Moody’s and S&P +are Rating Agencies). Commencing with the first day of the first Collection +Period that begins at least two Business Days after the day on which the Monthly +Remittance Condition is not satisfied, all Collections then held by the Servicer +shall be immediately deposited into the Collection Account and all future +Collections on or in respect of the Receivables (other than payments on +Repurchased Receivables) and all Net Liquidation Proceeds shall be remitted by +the Servicer to the Collection Account not later than the second Business Day +after identification thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer may +remit Collections to the Collection Account on any other alternate remittance +schedule (but not later than the related Distribution Date) if the Rating Agency +Condition is satisfied with respect to such alternate remittance schedule. +Pending deposit into the Collection Account, Collections may be commingled and +used by the Servicer at its own risk and are not required to be segregated from +its own funds. + +  + +   36    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SECTION 5.03 Application of Collections. All Collections for the related +Collection Period with respect to each Receivable shall be posted to the +Servicer’s Obligor records in accordance with the Servicer’s Customary Servicing +Practices. + +SECTION 5.04 [Reserved] + +SECTION 5.05 Additional Deposits. + +(a) The following additional deposits shall be made to the Collection Account: +(i) the Seller shall remit the aggregate Repurchase Payments with respect to +Repurchased Receivables pursuant to Section 3.02; (ii) the Servicer shall remit +(A) the aggregate Repurchase Payments with respect to Repurchased Receivables +pursuant to Section 4.06 and (B) the cash amount required upon any optional +purchase of the Receivables by the Servicer, or any Successor Servicer, pursuant +to Section 9.01; and (iii) the Indenture Trustee shall transfer the amounts +described in Sections 5.06 and 5.07 from the Reserve Account to the Collection +Account pursuant to Section 5.07. + +(b) All deposits required to be made pursuant to Section 5.05(a) by the Seller +or the Servicer, as the case may be, may be made in the form of a single deposit +and shall be made in immediately available funds, no later than 5:00 P.M., New +York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the related +Distribution Date. At the direction of the Servicer, the Relevant Trustee shall +invest such amounts in Eligible Investments in accordance with Section 5.01(b). + +(c) So long as NMAC is the Servicer, NMAC (as Servicer or in any other capacity) +may make the remittances pursuant to Sections 5.02 and 5.05(a) above net of +amounts to be distributed to the Servicer or its Affiliates pursuant to +Section 5.06 and may pay the Optional Purchase Price pursuant to Section 9.01(a) +net of amounts to be distributed to the Servicer or its Affiliates. Accounts +between the Servicer and such Affiliates will be adjusted accordingly. +Nonetheless, the Servicer shall account for all of the above described +remittances and distributions (except for the Supplemental Servicing Fee to the +extent that the Servicer is entitled to retain such amounts) in the Servicer’s +Certificate as if the amounts were deposited and/or transferred separately. + +SECTION 5.06 Payments and Distributions. + +(a) Prior to any acceleration of the Notes pursuant to Section 5.02 of the +Indenture, on each Distribution Date, the Relevant Trustee (based on information +contained in, and as directed by, the Servicer’s Certificate delivered on or +before the related Determination Date) shall make the following deposits and +distributions, to the extent of Available Amounts on deposit in the Collection +Account for such Distribution Date and with respect to the related Collection +Period, in the following order of priority: + +  + +   37    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(i) to the Servicer, the Base Servicing Fee and any unpaid Base Servicing Fees +from one or more prior Collection Periods; + +(ii) on a pro rata basis (based on the amounts distributable pursuant to this +clause to each Class of Noteholders), to the Class A-1 Noteholders, the +Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, to the Class A-2 +Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, to +the Class A-3 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for +such Class, and to the Class A-4 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest +Distributable Amount for such Class, such amounts to be paid from any remaining +Available Amounts; + +(iii) to the Class A-1 Noteholders until the principal amount of the Class A-1 +Notes is reduced to zero, then to the Class A-2 Noteholders, until the principal +amount of the Class A-2 Notes is reduced to zero, then to the Class A-3 +Noteholders, until the principal amount of the Class A-3 Notes is reduced to +zero, and then to the Class A-4 Noteholders, until the principal amount of the +Class A-4 Notes is reduced to zero, an amount equal to the Noteholders’ +Principal Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date, such amounts to be +paid from any remaining Available Amounts; + +(iv) to the Reserve Account, the amount, if any, necessary to increase the +balance of funds therein to the Specified Reserve Account Balance with respect +to such Distribution Date, such amounts to be paid from any remaining Available +Amounts; + +(v) to the Indenture Trustee, any accrued and unpaid fees, expenses and +indemnity payments due pursuant to the Indenture, but only to the extent that +such fees, expenses or indemnity payments have not been paid by the +Administrator and have been outstanding for at least sixty (60) days, such +amounts to be paid from any remaining Available Amounts; + +(vi) to the Owner Trustee, any accrued and unpaid fees, expenses and indemnity +payments due pursuant to the Trust Agreement, but only to the extent that such +fees, expenses or indemnity payments have not been paid by the Administrator and +have been outstanding for at least sixty (60) days, such amounts to be paid from +any remaining Available Amounts; + +(vii) to the Asset Representations Reviewer, any accrued and unpaid fees, +expenses and indemnity payments due pursuant to the Asset Representations Review +Agreement, but only to the extent that such fees, expenses or indemnity payments +have not been paid by the Sponsor and have been outstanding for at least sixty +(60) days, such amounts to be paid from any remaining Available Amounts; and + +(viii) any remaining Available Amounts to the Designated Account for +distribution to the Certificateholders. + +  + +   38    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of Section 5.06(a), following the +occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default which has resulted +in an acceleration of the Notes and unless and until such acceleration has been +rescinded, on each Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee shall apply all +amounts on deposit in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.04(b) of the +Indenture. + +(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.06(b) of this Agreement and +Section 5.04(b) of the Indenture, after the occurrence of an Event of Default +that results in the acceleration of any Notes, on and after the date on which +such acceleration has been rescinded, on each Distribution Date, the Relevant +Trustee shall make payments and distributions from the Collection Account in +accordance with Section 5.06(a). + +SECTION 5.07 Reserve Account. + +(a) On each Distribution Date, the Relevant Trustee will deposit Available +Amounts into the Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.06(c) as provided in the +Servicer’s Certificate, until the amount on deposit therein equals the Specified +Reserve Account Balance. + +(b) On each Distribution Date, to the extent that amounts on deposit in the +Collection Account are insufficient to fully fund the payments and distributions +described in clauses (i) through (iii) of Section 5.06(a) of this Agreement or +clauses (1) through (5) of Section 5.04(b) of the Indenture, the Relevant +Trustee will withdraw amounts then on deposit in the Reserve Account, up to the +amounts of any such deficiencies, and deposit such amounts into the Collection +Account for application pursuant to such clauses. + +(c) On each Distribution Date, as provided in the Servicer’s Certificate, the +Relevant Trustee will release to the Certificateholders any amounts remaining on +deposit in the Reserve Account in excess of the Specified Reserve Account +Balance. Upon the payment in full of the Notes under the Indenture, as directed +in writing by the Servicer, the Relevant Trustee will deposit into the +Designated Account for distribution to the Certificateholders any amounts +remaining on deposit in the Reserve Account and all rights to the Reserve +Account and all other collateral registered or held therein shall vest in the +Certificateholders. Upon any such distribution to the Certificateholders, the +Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the +Relevant Trustee will have no further rights in, or claims to, such amounts. + +SECTION 5.08 Statements to Certificateholders and Noteholders. + +(a) On each Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee shall include with each +distribution to each Noteholder (or make available on its investor website) and +the Owner Trustee (or, if the Indenture Trustee is the Paying Agent with respect +to the Certificates, the Indenture Trustee) shall include with each distribution +to each Certificateholder a statement (which statement may be the Servicer’s +Certificate and which statement shall also be provided to the Servicer and the +Servicer will thereafter deliver or otherwise make available a copy of such +statement to each Rating Agency) based on information in the Servicer’s +Certificate furnished pursuant to Section 4.08, setting forth for the Collection +Period relating to such Distribution Date the following information: + +  + +   39    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(i) the amount of the payment allocable to the principal amount of each Class of +Notes; + +(ii) the amount of the payment allocable to interest on or with respect to each +Class of Notes; + +(iii) the YSOC Amount; + +(iv) the Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the related +Collection Period; + +(v) the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the +related Collection Period; + +(vi) the amount of the Base Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer with respect to +the related Collection Period, the amount of any unpaid Base Servicing Fees and +the change in such amount from that of the prior Distribution Date and the +amount of the Supplemental Servicing Fee, if any, paid to the Servicer with +respect to the related Collection Period; + +(vii) the Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall and the Noteholders’ +Principal Carryover Shortfall, if any, with respect to each Class of Notes, and +the change in such amounts from the preceding Distribution Date; + +(viii) the Outstanding Amount, the Note Factor and the Note Pool Factor with +respect to each Class of Notes, and the Certificate Balance, the Certificate +Factor and the Certificate Pool Factor with respect to the Certificates, in each +case after giving effect to all payments in respect of principal on such +Distribution Date; + +(ix) the balance of the Reserve Account on such Distribution Date, after giving +effect to changes thereto on such Distribution Date and the amount of such +changes; + +(x) the amount of defaults and net losses on the Receivables for the related +Collection Period; + +(xi) the number of delinquencies on the Receivables as a percentage of the +number of Receivables; + +(xii) the aggregate Principal Balance of 60-Day Delinquent Receivables for such +Distribution Date; + +(xiii) the Delinquency Percentage; + +(xiv) the Delinquency Trigger; + +  + +   40    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(xv) any material changes in practices with respect to charge-offs, collection +and management of delinquent Receivables, and the effect of any grace period, +re-aging, re-structuring, partial payments or other practices on delinquency and +loss experience; + +(xvi) any material modifications, extensions or waivers to Receivables terms, +fees, penalties or payments during the Collection Period; and + +(xvii) any material breaches of representations, warranties or covenants with +respect to the Receivables. + +(b) Copies of such statements may be obtained by the Certificateholders or the +Note Owners from the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, +by a request in writing. The Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case +may be, shall provide such copies promptly after such requests. + +(c) No disbursements shall be made directly by the Servicer to a Noteholder, and +the Servicer shall not be required to maintain any investor record relating to +the posting of disbursements or otherwise. + +ARTICLE VI. + +The Seller + +SECTION 6.01 Representations of Seller. The Seller makes the following +representations on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the +Receivables. The representations speak as of the Closing Date, and shall survive +the sale of the Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the +Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. + +(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller is duly organized, validly +existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its formation, with +power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such +properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted, and had +at all relevant times, and has, power, authority and legal right to acquire and +own the Receivables. + +(b) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign +entity in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals +in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct +of its business shall require such qualifications and where the failure to so +qualify would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller to +perform its obligations under this Agreement. + +(c) Power and Authority. The Seller has the power and authority to execute and +deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms. The Seller has full power and +authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and +deposited as part of the Owner Trust Estate, and has duly authorized such sale +and assignment to the Issuer by all necessary action; and the execution, +delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by the +Seller by all necessary action. + +  + +   41    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(d) Valid Sale; Binding Obligations. This Agreement evidences a valid sale, +transfer and assignment of the Receivables, enforceable against creditors of and +purchasers from the Seller (other than a good faith purchaser for value in the +ordinary course of business who takes actual possession of one or more +Receivables); and this Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the +Seller enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of +bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws +affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles, +regardless of whether such enforceability shall be considered in a proceeding in +equity or law. + +(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this +Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result +in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or +without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the governing documents of the +Seller, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a +party or by which it shall be bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of +any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, +agreement or other instrument (other than the Basic Documents); nor violate any +law or, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, any order, rule or regulation +applicable to the Seller of any court or of any federal or state regulatory +body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having +jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties; which breach, default, conflict, +Lien or violation in any case would have a material adverse effect on the +ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement. + +(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or, to +the Seller’s knowledge, threatened, before any court, regulatory body, +administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction +over the Seller or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this +Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the Certificates or the Notes; +(ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Certificates, or the Notes or the +consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the +Trust Agreement, the Indenture; (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that +would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its +obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, the +Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the Certificates or the Notes; or (iv) relating +to the Seller and that would adversely affect the federal or any state income +tax attributes of the Issuer, the Certificates or the Notes. + +(g) Valid Assignment. The Receivables and the other Purchased Assets have been +validly assigned by NMAC to the Seller pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and +the Receivables and the other Transferred Assets have been validly assigned by +the Seller to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement. + +(h) Accuracy of Information. The information set forth in the Schedule of +Receivables was true and correct in all material respects as of the opening of +business on the Cut-off Date. + +  + +   42    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(i) No Adverse Selection. No selection procedures believed to be adverse to the +Securityholders were used to select the Receivables and other Purchased Assets. + +(j) Good Title. Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment herein +contemplated, the Seller had good and marketable title to the Receivables and +other Transferred Assets free and clear of all Liens, and immediately upon the +transfer thereof, the Issuer, for the benefit of the Noteholders, the +Certificateholders, shall have good and marketable title to the Transferred +Assets, free and clear of all Liens and adverse interests of others. + +(k) No Liens. Other than the security interest granted to the Issuer pursuant to +this Agreement, the Seller has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security +interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables or other Transferred +Assets to any other Person. The Seller has not authorized the filing of and is +not aware of any financing statements against the Seller that include a +description of collateral covering the Receivables or other Transferred Assets +other than any financing statement relating to the security interest granted to +the Issuer hereunder or a financing statement as to which the security interest +covering the Receivables or other Transferred Assets has been released. The +Seller is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Seller. + +SECTION 6.02 Compliance with Organizational Documents. The Seller agrees with +the Certificateholders, the Note Owners and each Rating Agency that the Seller +shall at all times comply with its organizational documents. + +SECTION 6.03 Liability of Seller; Indemnities. The Seller shall be liable in +accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically +undertaken by the Seller under this Agreement. The Seller shall indemnify, +defend and hold harmless the Trust, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee +(in such role and as Successor Servicer) from and against any taxes that may at +any time be asserted against any such Person with respect to, as of the date +hereof, the sale of the Receivables to the Issuer or the issuance and original +sale of the Notes and the Certificates, including any sales, gross receipts, +general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege or license taxes and +any and all other taxes levied or assessed upon the Issuer or upon all or any +part of the Collateral (but, in the case of the Trust, not including any taxes +asserted with respect to ownership of the Receivables or federal or other income +taxes arising out of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the +Basic Documents) and costs and expenses in defending against the same. + +Indemnification under this Section 6.03 shall survive the termination of this +Agreement and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses +of litigation (including the costs of defending any claim or bringing any claim +to enforce the Seller’s indemnity obligations hereunder). If the Seller shall +have made any indemnity payment to any Person entitled thereto pursuant to this +Section 6.03 and such Person thereafter shall collect any of such amounts from +others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the Seller, without +interest (except to the extent the recipient collects interest from others). + +  + +   43    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Promptly after receipt by a party indemnified under this Section 6.03 (for +purposes of this paragraph, an “Indemnified Party”) of notice of the +commencement of any action, such Indemnified Party will, if a claim is to be +made in respect thereof against the Seller under this Section 6.03, notify the +Seller of the commencement thereof. If any such action is brought against any +Indemnified Party under this Section 6.03 and it notifies the Seller of the +commencement thereof, the Seller will assume the defense thereof, with counsel +reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party (who may, unless there is, as +evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to the Indemnified Party stating that there +is, a conflict of interest, be counsel to the Seller), and the Seller will not +be liable to such Indemnified Party under this Section 6.03 for any legal or +other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection +with the defense thereof, other than reasonable costs of investigation. The +obligations set forth in this Section 6.03 shall survive the termination of this +Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture +Trustee (in such role and as Successor Servicer) and shall include reasonable +fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Seller shall +have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 6.03 and the Person to +or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter collects any of such +amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the +Seller, without interest (except to the extent received by such Person). + +The Seller’s obligations under this Section 6.03 are obligations solely of the +Seller and will not constitute a claim against the Seller to the extent that the +Seller does not have funds sufficient to make payment of such obligations. In +furtherance of and not in derogation of the foregoing, the Issuer, the Servicer, +the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, by entering into or accepting this +Agreement, acknowledge and agree that they have no right, title or interest in +or to the Other Assets of the Seller. To the extent that, notwithstanding the +agreements and provisions contained in the preceding sentence, the Issuer, the +Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee either (i) asserts an +interest or claim to, or benefit from, Other Assets, or (ii) is deemed to have +any such interest, claim to, or benefit in or from Other Assets, whether by +operation of law, legal process, pursuant to applicable provisions of insolvency +laws or otherwise (including by virtue of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code +or any successor provision having similar effect under the Bankruptcy Code), +then the Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as +applicable, further acknowledges and agrees that any such interest, claim or +benefit in or from Other Assets is and will be expressly subordinated to the +indefeasible payment in full, which, under the terms of the relevant documents +relating to the securitization or conveyance of such Other Assets, are entitled +to be paid from, entitled to the benefits of, or otherwise secured by such Other +Assets (whether or not any such entitlement or security interest is legally +perfected or otherwise entitled to a priority of distributions or application +under applicable law, including insolvency laws, and whether or not asserted +against the Seller), including the payment of post-petition interest on such +other obligations and liabilities. This subordination agreement will be deemed a +subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy +Code. The Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee each +further acknowledges and agrees that no adequate remedy at law exists for a +breach of this Section 6.03 and the terms of this Section 6.03 may be enforced +by an action for specific performance. The provisions of this Section 6.03 will +be for the third party benefit of those entitled to rely thereon and will +survive the termination of this Agreement. + +SECTION 6.04 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, +Seller. Subject to Section 6.02, any Person (i) into which the Seller may be +merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger, conversion or +consolidation to which the Seller shall be a party, + +  + +   44    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(iii) succeeding to the business of the Seller or (iv) that is a corporation +more than 50% of the voting stock of which is owned directly or indirectly by +Nissan, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of +assumption to perform every obligation of the Seller under this Agreement, will +be the successor to the Seller under this Agreement without the execution or +filing of any document or any further act on the part of any of the parties to +this Agreement; provided, however, that (x) immediately after giving effect to +such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 6.01 +shall have been breached, (y) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner +Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that such +consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement or assumption comply with +this Section 6.04 and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in +this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with and (z) the +Seller shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an +Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, +based on customary qualifications and assumptions, all financing statements and +continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that +are necessary to fully perfect the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture +Trustee, respectively, in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such +filings, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action +shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest. The Seller shall +provide notice of any merger, consolidation or succession pursuant to this +Section 6.04 to the Servicer and the Servicer shall provide notice thereof to +each Rating Agency. + +SECTION 6.05 Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others. + +(a) Neither the Seller nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents +of the Seller shall be under any liability to the Trust, the Certificateholders +or the Noteholders, except as provided under this Agreement, for any action +taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement +or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not +protect the Seller or any such person against any liability that would otherwise +be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the +performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and +duties under this Agreement. The Seller and any director, officer, employee or +agent of the Seller may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any +document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person +respecting any matters arising under this Agreement. + +(b) The Seller shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or +defend any legal action that shall not be incidental to its obligations under +this Agreement, and that in its opinion may cause it to incur any expense or +liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may undertake any reasonable +action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and +the rights and duties of the parties to this Agreement and the interests of the +Certificateholders and the Noteholders under this Agreement. In such event, the +legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom +shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Servicer, and the Servicer will +not be entitled to be reimbursed therefor. + +SECTION 6.06 Seller May Own Certificates or Notes. The Seller and any Affiliate +of the Seller may in its individual or any other capacity become the owner or +pledgee of Certificates or Notes with the same rights as it would have if it +were not the Seller or an Affiliate thereof, + +  + +   45    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +except as otherwise provided in the Basic Documents. Certificates or Notes so +owned by or pledged to the Seller or such controlling or commonly controlled +Person shall have an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of +this Agreement, without preference, priority or distinction as among all of the +Certificates or the Notes, as the case may be, except as otherwise expressly +provided in the Basic Documents. + +SECTION 6.07 Sarbanes-Oxley Act Requirements. To the extent any documents are +required to be filed or any certification is required to be made with respect to +the Issuer or the Notes pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Issuer hereby +authorizes the Servicer and the Seller, or either of them, to prepare, sign, +certify and file any such documents or certifications on behalf of the Issuer. + +ARTICLE VII. + +The Servicer + +SECTION 7.01 Representations of Servicer. The Servicer makes the following +representations, which speak as of the Closing Date and shall survive the sale +of the Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee +pursuant to the Indenture. + +(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Servicer is duly organized, validly +existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its formation, with +power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such +properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted, and had +at all relevant times, and has, power, authority and legal right to acquire, +own, sell and service the Receivables and to hold the Receivable Files as +custodian on behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee. + +(b) Due Qualification. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business as a +foreign entity in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and +approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or +the conduct of its business relating to the servicing of the Receivables as +required by this Agreement shall require such qualifications and where the +failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the +Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement. + +(c) Power and Authority. The Servicer has the power and authority to execute and +deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; and the execution, delivery +and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Servicer by +all necessary action. + +(d) Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding +obligation of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to +the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other +similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable +principles, regardless of whether such enforceability shall be considered in +equity or law. + +  + +   46    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this +Agreement, and the fulfillment of the terms hereof, do not conflict with, result +in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or +without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the articles of incorporation +or by-laws of the Servicer, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to +which the Servicer is a party or by which it shall be bound; nor result in the +creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the +terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than the Basic +Documents); nor violate any law or any order, rule or regulation applicable to +the Servicer of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body, +administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction +over the Servicer or its properties; which breach, default, conflict, Lien or +violation in any case would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the +Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement. + +(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or, to +the Servicer’s knowledge, threatened, before any court, regulatory body, +administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction +over the Servicer or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this +Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the Purchase Agreement, the +Certificates or the Notes; (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the +Certificates or the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions +contemplated by this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture or the +Purchase Agreement; (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would +materially and adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its +obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, the +Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the Purchase Agreement, the Certificates or the +Notes; or (iv) relating to the Servicer and that would adversely affect the +federal or any state income tax attributes of the Certificates or the Notes. + +SECTION 7.02 Indemnities of Servicer. The Servicer shall be liable in accordance +herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the +Servicer under this Agreement: + +(a) The Servicer shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Owner Trustee, +the Indenture Trustee, and the Trust from and against any and all costs +(including reasonable attorneys’ fees), expenses, losses, damages, claims and +liabilities, including any legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with +the enforcement by such Person of any indemnification or other obligation of the +Servicer (collectively, “Damages”) arising out of or resulting from the use, +ownership or operation by the Servicer or any of its Affiliates (other than the +Trust) of a Financed Vehicle. + +(b) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner Trustee, +the Indenture Trustee, and the Issuer from and against any and all Damages to +the extent that such Damage arose out of, or was imposed upon, the Owner +Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, and the Trust, through the negligence, willful +misfeasance or bad faith of the Servicer in the performance of its duties under +this Agreement or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties +under this Agreement. + +Promptly after receipt by a party indemnified under this Section 7.02 (for +purposes of this paragraph, an “Indemnified Party”) of notice of the +commencement of any action, such Indemnified Party will, if a claim in respect +thereof is to be made against the Servicer under this + +  + +   47    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 7.02, notify the Servicer of the commencement thereof. If any such +action is brought against any Indemnified Party under this Section 7.02 and it +notifies the Servicer of the commencement thereof, the Servicer will assume the +defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party +(who may, unless there is, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to the +Indemnified Party stating that there is, a conflict of interest, be counsel to +the Servicer), and the Servicer will not be liable to such Indemnified Party +under this Section 7.02 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by +such Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof, other than +reasonable costs of investigation. The obligations set forth in this +Section 7.02 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation +or removal of the Servicer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and shall +include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If +the Servicer shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this +Section 7.02 and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made +thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Person shall promptly +repay such amounts to the Servicer, without interest (except to the extent +received by such Person). + +Indemnification under this Section 7.02 by NMAC (or any successor thereto +pursuant to Section 7.03) as Servicer, with respect to the period such Person +was the Servicer, shall survive the termination of such Person as Servicer or a +resignation by such Person as Servicer as well as the termination of this +Agreement and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses +of litigation. If the Servicer shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant +to this Section 7.02 and the recipient thereafter collects any of such amounts +from others, the recipient shall promptly repay such amounts to the Servicer, +without interest (except to the extent the recipient collects interest from +others). + +SECTION 7.03 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, +Servicer. Any Person (i) into which the Servicer may be merged or consolidated, +(ii) resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the +Servicer shall be a party, (iii) succeeding to the business of the Servicer, or +(iv) so long as NMAC acts as Servicer, that is a corporation more than 50% of +the voting stock of which is owned directly or indirectly by Nissan, which +Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to +perform every obligation of the Servicer under this Agreement, will be the +successor to the Servicer under this Agreement without the execution or filing +of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this +Agreement; provided, however, that (x) the Servicer shall have delivered to the +Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that +such consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply +with this Section 7.03 and that all conditions precedent provided for in this +Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with and (y) the +Servicer shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an +Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, +based on customary qualifications and assumptions, all financing statements and +continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that +are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Issuer and the +Indenture Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings, +or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be +necessary to perfect such interest. The Servicer shall provide notice of any +merger, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section 7.03 to each Rating +Agency. + +  + +   48    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SECTION 7.04 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others. + +(a) Neither the Servicer nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents +of the Servicer shall be under any liability to the Trust, the +Certificateholders or the Noteholders, or any other Person, except as expressly +provided under this Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining from the +taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in judgment; +provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any +such person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of +willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by +reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement. The +Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Servicer may rely +in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima +facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters +arising under this Agreement. + +(b) Except as provided in this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be under any +obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not be +incidental to its duties to service the Receivables in accordance with this +Agreement, and that in its opinion may cause it to incur any expense or +liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may undertake any reasonable +action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of the Basic Documents +and the rights and duties of the parties to the Basic Documents and the +interests of the Certificateholders under this Agreement and the Noteholders +under the Indenture. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action +and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities +of the Servicer, and the Servicer will not be entitled to be reimbursed +therefor. + +SECTION 7.05 NMAC Not To Resign as Servicer. Subject to the provisions of +Section 7.03, NMAC shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby +imposed on it as Servicer under this Agreement except upon determination that +the performance of its duties under this Agreement shall no longer be +permissible under applicable law. Notice of any such determination permitting +the resignation of NMAC shall be communicated to the Owner Trustee and the +Indenture Trustee at the earliest practicable time (and, if such communication +is not in writing, shall be confirmed in writing at the earliest practicable +time), and any such determination shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to +such effect delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee +concurrently with or promptly after such notice. No such resignation shall +become effective until the Indenture Trustee or a Successor Servicer shall +(i) have taken the actions required by Section 8.01 of this Agreement to effect +the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the predecessor Servicer +under this Agreement, including the transfer to the Successor Servicer for +administration by it of all cash amounts that shall at the time be held by the +predecessor Servicer for deposit, or shall thereafter be received with respect +to a Receivable and the delivery of the Receivable Files, and the related +accounts and records maintained by the Servicer and (ii) have assumed the +responsibilities and obligations of NMAC as Servicer under this Agreement in +accordance with Section 8.02 of this Agreement. + +  + +   49    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +ARTICLE VIII. + +Default + +SECTION 8.01 Servicer Default. If any one of the following events (a “Servicer +Default”) shall occur and be continuing: + +(a) any failure by the Servicer to deliver or cause to be delivered to the +Relevant Trustee for deposit in any of the Accounts any required payment or to +direct the Relevant Trustee to make any required distributions therefrom, which +failure continues unremedied for a period of ten Business Days after (i) receipt +by the Servicer of written notice of such failure given by the Indenture Trustee +or Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding +Amount, acting together as a single class, or, if no Notes are Outstanding, +Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the Certificate +Balance or (ii) discovery of such failure by an Authorized Officer of the +Servicer; + +(b) any failure by the Servicer to duly observe or perform in any material +respect any other covenants or agreements of the Servicer set forth in this +Agreement (including its obligation to purchase Receivables pursuant to +Section 4.06), which failure shall materially and adversely affect the rights of +the Securityholders and shall continue unremedied for a period of 90 days after +receipt by the Servicer of written notice of such failure given by the Indenture +Trustee or Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the +Outstanding Amount, acting together as a single class, or, if no Notes are +Outstanding, Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the +Certificate Balance; provided, however, that a failure under this clause +(b) that continues unremedied for a period of 150 days or less will not +constitute a Servicer Default if such failure was caused by force majeure or +other similar occurrence; or + +(c) the occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to the Servicer; + +then, and in each and every case, so long as the Servicer Default shall not have +been remedied, either the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes evidencing a +majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, acting together as a single +Class or, if no Notes are Outstanding, Holders of Certificates evidencing not +less than a majority of the Certificate Balance, by notice then given in writing +to the Servicer (and to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee if given by +the Noteholders) and the Administrator (and the Administrator will provide +notice thereof to each Rating Agency pursuant to Section 1(d) of the +Administration Agreement) may terminate all of the rights and obligations (other +than the obligations set forth in Section 7.02 hereof) of the Servicer under +this Agreement. On or after the receipt by the Servicer of such written notice, +all authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with +respect to the Notes, the Certificates or the Receivables or otherwise, shall, +without further action, pass to and be vested in the Indenture Trustee or such +Successor Servicer as may be appointed under Section 8.02; and, without +limitation, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee are hereby authorized +and empowered to execute and deliver, for the benefit of the predecessor +Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other +instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or +appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to + +  + +   50    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +complete the transfer and endorsement of the Receivables and related documents, +or otherwise. The predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with the Successor +Servicer and the Owner Trustee in effecting the termination of the +responsibilities and rights of the predecessor Servicer under this Agreement, +including, without limitation, the transfer to the Successor Servicer for +administration by it of all cash amounts that shall at the time be held by the +predecessor Servicer for deposit, or have been deposited by the predecessor +Servicer, in the Accounts or thereafter received with respect to the Receivables +that shall at that time be held by the predecessor Servicer and the delivery of +the Receivable Files and the related accounts and records maintained by the +predecessor Servicer. All reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ +fees) incurred in connection with transferring the Receivable Files to the +Successor Servicer and amending this Agreement to reflect such succession as +Servicer pursuant to this Section 8.01 shall be paid by the predecessor Servicer +upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses. +Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the predecessor Servicer is the +Indenture Trustee, the original Servicer hereunder shall reimburse the Indenture +Trustee for all reasonable costs and expenses as described in the immediately +preceding sentence. + +SECTION 8.02 Appointment of Successor. + +(a) Upon the Servicer’s receipt of notice of termination pursuant to +Section 8.01 or the Servicer’s resignation in accordance with the terms of this +Agreement, the predecessor Servicer shall continue to perform its functions as +Servicer under this Agreement, in the case of termination, only until the date +specified in such termination notice or, if no such date is specified in a +notice of termination, until receipt of such notice and, in the case of +resignation, until the earlier of (i) the date 45 days from the delivery to the +Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of written notice of such resignation +(or written confirmation of such notice) in accordance with the terms of this +Agreement and (ii) the date upon which the predecessor Servicer shall become +unable to act as Servicer, as specified in the notice of resignation and +accompanying Opinion of Counsel. In the event of the Servicer’s resignation or +termination hereunder, the Indenture Trustee (or, if no Notes are Outstanding, +the Issuer acting upon the direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not +less than a majority of the Certificate Balance) shall appoint a Successor +Servicer, and the Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment (including its +appointment as Administrator under the Administration Agreement as set forth in +Section 8.02(b)) by a written assumption in form acceptable to the Owner Trustee +and the Indenture Trustee and shall provide in writing the information +reasonably required by the Seller to comply with its reporting obligations under +the Exchange Act with respect to a replacement servicer. If a Successor Servicer +has not been appointed at the time when the predecessor Servicer has ceased to +act as Servicer in accordance with this Section 8.02, the Indenture Trustee +without further action shall automatically be appointed the Successor Servicer +and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to the Base Servicing Fee. +Notwithstanding the above, the Indenture Trustee (or, if no Notes are +Outstanding, the Issuer acting upon the direction of Holders of Certificates +evidencing not less than a majority of the Certificate Balance) shall, if it is +unwilling or legally unable so to act, appoint or petition a court of competent +jurisdiction to appoint, and the predecessor Servicer, if no successor Servicer +has been appointed at the time the predecessor Servicer has ceased to act, may +petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint any established +institution having a net worth of not less than $100,000,000 and whose regular +business shall include the servicing of automobile and/or light-duty truck +receivables, as the successor to the Servicer under this Agreement. + +  + +   51    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b) Upon appointment, the Successor Servicer (including the Indenture Trustee +acting as Successor Servicer) shall (i) be the successor in all respects to the +predecessor Servicer and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties +and liabilities arising thereafter relating thereto placed on the predecessor +Servicer and shall be entitled, subject to the arrangements referred to in +paragraph (c) below, to the servicing fee and all the rights granted to the +predecessor Servicer by the terms and provisions of this Agreement and +(ii) become the Administrator under the Administration Agreement in accordance +with Section 8 of such Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary +contained herein or in the Basic Documents, if the Indenture Trustee shall act +as Successor Servicer, it shall not, in any event, have obligations (i) to pay +any fees, expenses and other amounts owing to the Administrator, (ii) to pay any +indemnities owed pursuant to Section 3.05 or Section 7.02, or (iii) to +repurchase Receivables pursuant to Section 4.06 if such repurchase obligations +are due to the actions or omissions of the predecessor Servicer. + +(c) In connection with such appointment, the Issuer may make such arrangements +for the compensation of such Successor Servicer out of payments on Receivables +as it and such Successor Servicer shall agree; provided, however, that no such +compensation shall be in excess of that permitted the predecessor Servicer under +this Agreement. The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and such Successor Servicer +shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to +effectuate any such succession. + +SECTION 8.03 Notification . Upon any termination of, or appointment of a +successor to, the Servicer pursuant to this Article VIII, the Owner Trustee +shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Certificateholders and the +Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Noteholders +and the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Administrator (and the +Administrator will provide notice thereof to each Rating Agency pursuant to +Section 1(d) of the Administration Agreement). + +SECTION 8.04 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of Notes evidencing a majority +of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, or, in the case of any Servicer Default +which does not adversely affect the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders, the +Holders of Certificates evidencing a majority of the Certificate Balance, may, +on behalf of all the Noteholders and the Certificateholders, waive in writing +any default by the Servicer in the performance of its obligations hereunder and +its consequences, except a default in making any required deposits to or +payments from the Collection Account in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any +such waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any +Servicer Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for +every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent +or other default or impair any right consequent thereto. + +  + +   52    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +ARTICLE IX. + +Termination; Release of Receivables + +SECTION 9.01 Optional Purchase of All Receivables. + +(a) On each Distribution Date following the last day of a Collection Period as +of which the Pool Balance shall be less than or equal to the Optional Purchase +Percentage multiplied by the Original Pool Balance, NMAC, as Servicer, shall +have the option to purchase, or cause to be purchased (the “Optional Purchase”), +the Collateral (other than the Reserve Account) for an amount equal to the +Optional Purchase Price. To exercise such option, NMAC, as Servicer, shall +notify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of its intention to do so in +writing, no later than the first Business Day of the month in which such +purchase is to be effected and shall, no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City +time, on the Business Day prior to the Distribution Date on which such purchase +is to occur (such Distribution Date, the “Redemption Date”), deposit pursuant to +Section 5.05 in the Collection Account an amount equal to the Optional Purchase +Price (subject to Section 5.05), and shall succeed to all interests in and to +the Collateral (other than the Reserve Account). Amounts so deposited will be +paid and distributed as set forth in Section 5.06 of this Agreement. + +(b) Notice of any such purchase of the Owner Trust Estate shall be given by the +Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee to each Securityholder as soon as +practicable after their receipt of notice thereof from the Servicer. The +Servicer shall also deliver a copy of such notice to each Rating Agency. + +(c) Following the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the payment in +full of the principal of and interest on the Notes, the Certificateholders will +succeed to the rights of the Noteholders hereunder other than under Section 5.06 +and the Owner Trustee will succeed to the rights of the Indenture Trustee +provided for in this Agreement. + +SECTION 9.02 Release of Receivables. + +(a) Upon repurchase of any Receivable by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.02 or +by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.06 or Section 9.01, the Issuer and the +Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, shall, without further action, +be deemed to transfer, assign, set-over and otherwise convey to the Seller or +the Servicer, as the case may be, all right, title and interest of the Issuer +in, to and under such repurchased Receivable, all monies due or to become due +with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof and the other property conveyed to +the Issuer hereunder pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to such Receivable, +and all security and any records relating thereto, such assignment being an +assignment outright and not for security; and the Seller or the Servicer, as +applicable, shall thereupon own each such Receivable, and all such related +security and records, free of any further obligation to the Issuer, the Owner +Trustee, the Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders with +respect thereto. + +  + +   53    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b) The Issuer and Indenture Trustee shall execute such documents and +instruments of transfer and assignment and take such other actions as shall be +reasonably requested by the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, to +effect the conveyance of such Receivable pursuant to Sections 3.02, 4.06 and +9.02. + +SECTION 9.03 Termination. + +(a) The respective obligations of the Seller, the Servicer, NMAC (so long as +NMAC has rights or obligations hereunder), the Owner Trustee, and the Indenture +Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate upon the +earliest of (i) the maturity or other liquidation of the last Receivable and the +final disposition of all amounts received upon liquidation of any remaining +Receivables, or (ii) the election by the Servicer to purchase the Owner Trust +Estate as described in Section 9.01 and the payment or distribution to +Securityholders of all amounts required to be paid to them under the Indenture +or the Trust Agreement, as the case may be. + +(b) Notice of any such termination under this Section 9.03 shall be given by the +Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee to each Securityholder of record as +specified in the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as appropriate. + +SECTION 9.04 Rights of the Certificateholders. Notwithstanding anything +contained herein or in any Basic Document to the contrary, after the Notes are +no longer Outstanding following payment in full of the principal and interest on +the Notes and the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, (i) the +Certificateholders will succeed to the rights of the Noteholders under this +Agreement and (ii) the Owner Trustee will succeed to the rights of, but not, +without its express consent, the obligations of the Indenture Trustee pursuant +to this Agreement; provided, however, the Certificateholders shall not be +entitled to any payments pursuant to Section 5.06 other than pursuant to +Section 5.06(a)(viii) of this Agreement and 5.04(b)(6) of the Indenture. + +ARTICLE X. + +Miscellaneous + +SECTION 10.01 Amendment. + +(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Seller and the +Servicer, without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the +Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any other Person subject to the satisfaction of one +of the following conditions: + +(i) the Seller or the Servicer delivers an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of +Counsel to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not +materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or + +(ii) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment; + +  + +   54    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +provided, that no amendment pursuant to this Section 10 shall be effective which +affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner +Trustee or the Asset Representations Reviewer without the prior written consent +of such Person, (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); +provided, further, that in the event that any Certificates are held by anyone +other than the Administrator or any of its Affiliates, this Agreement may only +be amended by the Seller and the Servicer if, in addition, (i) the Holders of +the Certificates evidencing a majority of the Certificate Balance of the +Certificates consent to such amendment or (ii) such amendment shall not, as +evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of the Administrator or an Opinion of +Counsel delivered to the Owner Trustee, materially and adversely affect the +interests of the Certificateholders. + +(b) This Agreement may also be amended by the Seller and the Servicer for the +purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any +of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of +the Noteholders or the Certificateholders with the consent of: + +(i) the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding +Amount of the Notes; and + +(ii) the Holders of the Certificates evidencing a majority of the Certificate +Balance. + +It will not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders or Certificateholders to +approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be +sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. + +(c) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Servicer +shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent +to each Rating Agency. + +(d) Prior to its execution of any amendment to this Agreement, each of the Owner +Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an +Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or +permitted by this Agreement. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, +but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which adversely +affects the Owner Trustee’s or the Indenture Trustee’s, as applicable, own +rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement. + +SECTION 10.02 Protection of Title to Trust. + +(a) The Seller shall authorize and file such financing statements and cause to +be executed and filed such continuation statements, all in such manner and in +such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect +the interest of the Issuer and of the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables and +in the proceeds thereof. The Seller shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to +the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing +receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available +following such filing. + +  + +   55    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b) The Seller and the Servicer shall notify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture +Trustee within 30 days after any change of its name, identity or corporate +structure in any manner that would, could or might make any financing statement +or continuation statement filed in accordance with paragraph (a) above seriously +misleading within the meaning of Section 9-507(c) of the UCC, and shall promptly +file appropriate amendments to all previously filed financing statements or +continuation statements. + +(c) The Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to each Receivable +accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at +any time the status of such Receivable, including payments and recoveries made +and payments owing (and the nature of each), and (ii) reconciliation between +payments or recoveries on (or with respect to) each Receivable and the amounts +from time to time deposited in the Collection Account in respect of such +Receivable. + +(d) The Servicer shall maintain its computer systems so that, from and after the +time of sale under this Agreement of the Receivables to the Trust, the +Servicer’s master computer records that refer to any Receivable shall indicate +clearly the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in such Receivable +and that such Receivable is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the +Indenture Trustee. The Servicer shall at all times maintain control of the +Receivables constituting electronic chattel paper. Indication of these +respective interests in a Receivable shall be deleted from or modified on the +Servicer’s computer systems when, and only when, the related Receivable shall +have become a Liquidated Receivable or been purchased by the Seller or NMAC. + +(e) If at any time the Seller or the Servicer shall propose to sell, grant a +security interest in, or otherwise transfer any interest in automotive +receivables to, any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, the +Servicer shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee +computer tapes, records or printouts that, if they shall refer in any manner +whatsoever to any Receivable, shall indicate clearly that such Receivable has +been sold and is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture +Trustee. + +SECTION 10.03 Notices. All demands, notices, communications and instructions +upon or to the Seller, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or +the Rating Agencies under this Agreement shall be in writing, personally +delivered, mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, or delivered by +telecopier or electronically by email (if an email address is provided), and +shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt (a) in the case of the +Seller, to Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, One Nissan Way, Franklin, +Tennessee, 37067 (telecopier no. (615) 725-8530) (email: +doug.gwin@nissan-usa.com), Attention: Treasurer, (b) in the case of the +Servicer, to Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, One Nissan Way, Franklin, +Tennessee, 37067 (telecopier no. (615) 725-8530) (email: +doug.gwin@nissan-usa.com), Attention: Treasurer, (c) in the case of the Issuer +or the Owner Trustee, to Nissan Auto Receivables 2020-A Owner Trust, c/o +Wilmington Trust, National Association, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market +Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890 (telecopier no. (302) 636-4140) (email: +DCostello@wilmingtontrust.com), Attention: Nissan Auto Receivables 2020-A Owner +Trust, (d) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, to U.S. Bank National +Association, 190 South LaSalle Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603 (telecopier +no. (312) 332-7493) (email: + +  + +   56    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +brian.kozack@usbank.com), Attention: NAROT 2020-A, (e) in the case of Moody’s, +to Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., ABS Monitoring Department, 7 World Trade +Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10007 (telecopier no. (212) +553-7820) (email: ServicerReports@Moodys.com), (f) in the case of S&P, to S&P +Global Ratings, 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041 (email: +servicer_reports@spglobal.com); or, as to each of the foregoing, at such other +address as shall be designated by written notice to the other parties. + +All notices, requests, reports, consents or other communications required to be +delivered to the Rating Agencies by the Servicer hereunder shall be delivered by +the Servicer to each Rating Agency then rating the Notes; provided, however, +that all notices, requests, reports, consents or other communications required +to be delivered to the Rating Agencies hereunder or under any other Basic +Document shall be deemed to be delivered if a copy of such notice, request, +report, consent or other communication has been posted on any website maintained +by or on behalf of NMAC pursuant to a commitment to any Rating Agency relating +to the Notes in accordance with 17 C.F.R. 240 17g-5(a)(3). + +SECTION 10.04 Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this Agreement +are solely for the benefit of the Seller, the Servicer, the Issuer, the Owner +Trustee, the Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee, and the Noteholders and +nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to +give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the +Owner Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, +conditions or provisions contained herein. + +SECTION 10.05 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited +or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be +ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without +invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or +unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render +unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. + +SECTION 10.06 Separate Counterparts and Electronic Signature. This Agreement may +be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when +so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall +together constitute but one and the same instrument. Each party agrees that this +Agreement and any other documents to be delivered in connection herewith may be +digitally or electronically signed, and that any digital or electronic +signatures (including pdf, facsimile or electronically imaged signatures +provided by a digital signature provider as specified in writing to the +Indenture Trustee) appearing on this Agreement or such other documents shall +have the same effect as manual signatures for the purpose of validity, +enforceability and admissibility. Other than with respect to instances in which +manual signatures are expressly required by this paragraph, each party hereto +shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with +respect to, any digital or electronic signature appearing on this Agreement or +any other documents to be delivered in connection herewith and shall have no +duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity +thereof. + +SECTION 10.07 Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein +are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the +terms or provisions hereof. + +SECTION 10.08 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE +WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW +PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE +STATE OF NEW YORK), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES +HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS. + +  + +   57    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SECTION 10.09 Assignment by Issuer. The Seller hereby acknowledges and consents +to any mortgage, pledge, assignment and grant of a security interest by the +Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the +Noteholders of all right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under the +Receivables and the related property acquired hereunder and/or the assignment of +any or all of the Issuer’s rights and obligations hereunder to the Indenture +Trustee. + +SECTION 10.10 Nonpetition Covenant. Each party hereto agrees that, prior to the +date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of +each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by any +Bankruptcy Remote Party (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote +Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other +Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to +such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or +other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the +appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or +other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any +substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the +appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case +or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a +general assignment for the benefit of, its creditors generally, any party hereto +or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) such party shall +not commence, join with any other Person in commencing or institute with any +other Person, any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any +bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or +hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction. This Section shall survive the +termination of this Agreement. + +SECTION 10.11 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee. +Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has +been executed by Wilmington Trust, National Association, not in its individual +capacity, but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuer, and by U.S. +Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely in its +capacity as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture. In no event shall Wilmington +Trust, National Association or U.S. Bank National Association, have any +liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other +obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or +agreements delivered by the Seller or the Servicer, or prepared by the Seller or +the Servicer for delivery by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer, pursuant +hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the +Issuer. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or +obligations hereunder or in the performance of any duties or obligations of the +Issuer hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the +benefits of, the terms and provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust +Agreement. + +SECTION 10.12 Waivers. No failure or delay on the part of the Issuer in +exercising any power, right or remedy under this Agreement or the Assignment +shall operate as a waiver hereof or thereof, nor shall any single or partial +exercise of any such power, right or remedy preclude any other or further +exercise hereof or thereof or the exercise of any such power, right or remedy +preclude any other or further exercise hereof or thereof or the exercise of any +other power, right or remedy. + +  + +   58    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SECTION 10.13 Dispute Resolution. + +(a) If the Seller, Issuer, an Investor, the Owner Trustee (acting at the +direction of a Certificateholder) or the Indenture Trustee (acting at the +direction of an Investor pursuant to Section 7.07 of the Indenture) (the +“Requesting Party”) requests that NMAC or the Seller repurchase any Receivable +pursuant to Section 4.3 of the Purchase Agreement or Section 3.02 hereof, +respectively, (the party or parties requested to repurchase a receivable, the +“Requested Party” or “Requested Parties”) and the repurchase request has not +been fulfilled or otherwise resolved to the reasonable satisfaction of the +Requesting Party within 180 days of the receipt of notice of the request by NMAC +or the Seller, as applicable, the Requesting Party will have the right to refer +the matter, at its discretion, to either mediation or arbitration pursuant to +this Section 10.13. If the Requesting Party is the Indenture Trustee or the +Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, will +follow the direction of the related Investor or Certificateholder, as +applicable, during the mediation or arbitration. If both the Owner Trustee (on +behalf of one or more Certificateholders) and the Indenture Trustee (on behalf +of one or more Investors) are Requesting Parties, then the Indenture Trustee as +Requesting Party (at the direction of the Investor that directed the Indenture +Trustee to make the repurchase request) shall have the right to make the +selection of mediation or arbitration. + +(b) The Requesting Party will provide notice in accordance with the provisions +of Section 10.03 of its intention to refer the matter to mediation or +arbitration, as applicable, to the Requested Parties, with a copy to the Issuer, +the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee. Each of NMAC and the Seller agree +that such Person will participate in the resolution method selected by the +Requesting Party to the extent such Person is a Requested Party. The Requested +Party shall provide notice to the Seller, Issuer, the Owner Trustee, and the +Indenture Trustee that the Requested Party has received a request to mediate or +arbitrate a repurchase request. Upon receipt of such notice, the Depositor, the +Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall advise the Requesting +Party and Requested Party of an intent to join in the mediation or arbitration, +which shall result in their being joined as a Requesting Party in the +proceeding. A Requesting Party may not initiate a mediation or arbitration +pursuant to this Section 10.13 with respect to a Receivable that is, or has +been, the subject of an ongoing or previous mediation or arbitration (whether by +that Requesting Party or another Requesting Party) but will have the right to +join an existing mediation or arbitration with respect to that Receivable if the +mediation or arbitration has not yet concluded, subject to a determination by +the parties to the existing mediation or arbitration that such joinder would not +prejudice the rights of the participants to such existing mediation or +arbitration or unduly delay such proceeding. + +(c) If the Requesting Party selects mediation as the resolution method, the +following provisions will apply: + +(i) The mediation will be administered by a nationally recognized arbitration +and mediation association selected by the Requesting Party and conducted +pursuant to such association’s mediation procedures in effect at such time. + +  + +   59    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(ii) The fees and expenses of the mediation will be allocated as mutually agreed +by the parties as part of the mediation. + +(iii) The mediator is required to be impartial, knowledgeable about and +experienced with the laws of the State of New York that are relevant to the +repurchase dispute and will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by +the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”). + +(d) If the Requesting Party selects arbitration as the resolution method, the +following provisions will apply: + +(i) The arbitration will be administered by a nationally recognized arbitration +and mediation association jointly selected by the parties, and if the parties +are unable to agree on an association, by the AAA, and conducted pursuant to +such association’s arbitration procedures in effect at such time. + +(ii) The arbitrator is required to be impartial, knowledgeable about and +experienced with the laws of the State of New York that are relevant to the +repurchase dispute and will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by +AAA. + +(iii) The arbitrator will make its final determination no later than 90 days +after appointment or as soon as practicable thereafter. The arbitrator will +resolve the dispute in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and may not +modify or change this Agreement in any way. The arbitrator will not have the +power to award punitive damages or consequential damages in any arbitration +conducted by it, and the Requested Party shall not be required to pay more than +the applicable Repurchase Amount with respect to any receivable which such +Requested Party is required to repurchase under the terms of the Purchase +Agreement or this Agreement, as applicable. In its final determination, the +arbitrator will determine and award the costs of the arbitration (including the +fees of the arbitrator, cost of any record or transcript of the arbitration, and +administrative fees) and reasonable attorneys’ fees to the parties as determined +by the arbitrator in its reasonable discretion. If an Asset Review was conducted +in connection with the Receivables that are the subject of the arbitration, then +the arbitrator will determine the party or parties required to pay the related +Asset Reviewer Fee. The determination of the arbitrator will be in writing and +counterpart copies will be promptly delivered to the parties. The determination +will be final and non-appealable absent manifest error and may be enforced in +any court of competent jurisdiction. + +(iv) By selecting arbitration, the Requesting Party is waiving the right to sue +in court, including the right to a trial by jury. + +(v) No person may bring a putative or certified class action to arbitration. + +  + +   60    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(e) For the avoidance of doubt, neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture +Trustee shall be responsible to evaluate the qualifications of any mediator or +arbitrator, or for paying the costs, expenses and fees of any mediation or +arbitration initiated by a Requesting Party in accordance with this +Section 10.13. + +(f) The following provisions will apply to both mediations and arbitrations: + +(i) Any mediation or arbitration will be held in New York, New York or such +other location mutually agreed to by the Requesting Party and the Requested +Parties; + +(ii) Notwithstanding this dispute resolution provision, the parties will have +the right to seek provisional relief from a competent court of law, including a +temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction or attachment order, +provided such relief would otherwise be available by law; + +(iii) The details and/or existence of any unfulfilled repurchase request, any +meetings or discussions regarding any unfulfilled repurchase request, mediations +or arbitration proceedings conducted under this Section 10.13, including all +offers, promises, conduct and statements, whether oral or written, made in the +course of the parties’ attempt to resolve an unfulfilled repurchase request, any +information exchanged in connection with any mediation, and any discovery taken +in connection with any arbitration (collectively, “Confidential Information”), +shall be and remain confidential and inadmissible (except disclosures required +by Applicable Law) for any purpose, including impeachment, in any mediation, +arbitration or litigation, or other proceeding (including any proceeding under +this Section 10.13) other than as required to be disclosed in accordance with +applicable law, regulatory requirements, or court order or to the extent that +the Requested Party, in its sole discretion, elects to disclose such +information. Such information will be kept strictly confidential and will not be +disclosed or discussed with any third party, except that a party may disclose +such information to its own attorneys, experts, accountants and other agents and +representatives (collectively “Representatives”), as reasonably required in +connection with any resolution procedure under this Section 10.13, and the Asset +Representations Reviewer, if an Asset Review has been conducted, if the +disclosing Party (a) directs such Representatives to keep the information +confidential, (b) is responsible for any disclosure by its Representatives of +such information and (c) takes at its sole expense all reasonable measures to +restrain such Representatives from disclosing such information. If any party +receives a subpoena or other request for information from a third party (other +than a governmental regulatory body) for Confidential Information, the recipient +will promptly notify the other party and will provide the other party with the +opportunity to object to the production of its Confidential Information or seek +other appropriate protective remedies, consistent with the applicable +requirements of law and regulation. If, in the absence of a protective order, +such party or any of its representatives are compelled as a matter of law, +regulation, legal process or by regulatory authority to disclose any portion of +the Confidential Information, such party may disclose to the party compelling +disclosure only the part of such Confidential Information that is required to be +disclosed. + +  + +   61    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SECTION 10.14 Cooperation with Voting. Each of NMAC, the Seller and the Issuer +hereby acknowledges and agrees that it shall reasonably cooperate with the +Indenture Trustee to facilitate any vote by the Instituting Noteholders pursuant +to terms of Section 7.08 of the Indenture. + +[Signature Page Follows] + +  + +   62    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly +executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above +written. + +  + +NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES 2020-A + +OWNER TRUST + +By:   WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,   not in its individual capacity +but solely as   Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust By:   + +  + +  Name:   Title: NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II, as Seller By:   + +  + +  Name: Victor Pausin   Title: Treasurer NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, +individually and as Servicer By:   + +  + +  Name: Kevin J. Cullum   Title: President + +U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in + +its individual capacity but + +solely as Indenture Trustee + +By:   + +  + +  Name:   Title: + +  + +      (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Schedule I + +REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE RECEIVABLES + +  + +  (a) + +Characteristics of Receivables. Such Receivable + +  + +  a. + +has been originated in the United States of America by a Dealer for the retail +sale of a Financed Vehicle, has been fully and properly executed or +authenticated by the parties thereto, and has been validly assigned by such +Dealer to NMAC, + +  + +  b. + +created a valid and enforceable security interest in favor of NMAC in such +Financed Vehicle, + +  + +  c. + +contains provisions that entitle the holder thereof to realize on the collateral +as security, + +  + +  d. + +provides for level monthly payments that fully amortize the Amount Financed over +an original term of no greater than 75 payments, except that (i) the payment +amount in the first or last month in the life of the Receivable may be minimally +different from the level payment amount and (ii) the initial payment on such +Receivable may have been deferred for up to 92 days, and + +  + +  e. + +provides for interest at the related APR. + +  + +  (b) + +Compliance with Law. Such Receivable complied at the time it was originated or +made with all requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws, and +regulations thereunder. + +  + +  (c) + +Binding Obligation. Such Receivable represents the legal, valid and binding +payment obligation in writing of the related Obligor, enforceable by the holder +thereof in accordance with its terms subject to (i) the effect of bankruptcy, +insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting +creditors’ rights generally, (ii) the effect of general equitable principles and +(iii) the potential unenforceability of waivers of jury trial provisions in +certain states. + +  + +  (d) + +Security Interest in Financed Vehicle. Immediately prior to the sale, assignment +and transfer thereof to the Issuer, such Receivable was secured by a validly +perfected first priority security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of +NMAC as secured party or all necessary and appropriate actions shall have been +commenced that would result in the valid perfection of a first priority security +interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of NMAC as secured party. + +  + +  (e) + +Repossession. As of the Cut-off Date, according to the records of NMAC, the +Financed Vehicle related to such Receivable has not been repossessed and the +possession thereof not reinstated. + +  + +      (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  (f) + +Receivables in Force. The records of the Servicer do not reflect that such +Receivable has been satisfied, subordinated or rescinded, nor that any Financed +Vehicle has been released from the lien granted by the related Receivable in +whole or in part. + +  + +  (g) + +No Waiver. No provision of the Receivable has been waived in a manner that is +prohibited by the provisions of Section 4.01. + +  + +  (h) + +No Defenses. The records of the Servicer do not reflect that such Receivable is +subject to any asserted or threatened right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim +or defense. + +  + +  (i) + +No Default. The records of the Servicer reflect that, except for payment +defaults continuing for a period of not more than 29 days as of the Cut-off +Date, no default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the +terms of such Receivable has occurred. + +  + +  (j) + +Insurance. The Obligor is required under the terms of the related Receivable to +maintain physical damage insurance covering the Financed Vehicle. + +  + +  (k) + +Certificate of Title. The Receivable File related to such Receivable contains +the original Certificate of Title (or a photocopy or image thereof) or evidence +that an application for a Certificate of Title has been filed. + +  + +  (l) + +Lawful Assignment. Such Receivable has not been originated in, or shall be +subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer and +assignment of such Receivable under this Agreement are unlawful, void or +voidable. + +  + +  (m) + +Chattel Paper. Such Receivable constitutes either “tangible chattel paper” or +“electronic chattel paper” as such terms are defined in the UCC. + +  + +  (n) + +Simple Interest Receivables. Such Receivable is a Simple Interest Receivable. + +  + +  (o) + +APR. The Annual Percentage Rate of such Receivable ranges from 0.00% to 11.83%. + +  + +  (p) + +Maturity. As of the Cut-off Date, such Receivable had a remaining term to +maturity of not less than 3 payments and not greater than 73 payments. + +  + +  (q) + +First Payment. As of the Cut-off Date, the related Obligor has made the initial +payment on such Receivable. + +  + +  (r) + +Balance. Such Receivable had an original Principal Balance of not more than +$84,932.38 and, as of the Cut-off Date, had a Principal Balance of not less than +$1,999.58 and not more than $81,510.89. + +  + +  (s) + +Delinquency. Such Receivable was not more than 29 days past due as of the +Cut-off Date, and such Receivable has not been extended by more than two months. + +  + +  (t) + +Bankruptcy. The records of the Servicer do not reflect that the related Obligor +was the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding as of the Cut-off Date. + +  + +      (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  (u) + +Origination. Such Receivable has an origination date on or after March 12, 2014. + +  + +  (v) + +Receivable Files. There is only one original executed copy of each “tangible +record” constituting or forming a part of such Receivable that is tangible +chattel paper and a single “authoritative copy” (as such term is used in +Section 9-105 of the UCC) of each electronic record constituting or forming a +part of such Receivable that is electronic chattel paper. The Receivable Files +that constitute or evidence such Receivable do not have any marks or notations +indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed by the +Seller to any Person other than the Issuer. + +  + +  (w) + +Forced-Placed Insurance Premiums. No contract relating to such Receivable has +had forced-placed insurance premiums added to the amount financed. + +  + +  (x) + +No Government Obligors. Such receivable shall not be due from the United States +or any state, or from any agency, department subdivision or instrumentality +thereof. + +  + +      (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr001.jpg] +CROSSROADS, SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA OFFICE LEASE This Office Lease (the "Lease"), +dated as of the date set forth in Section 1 of the Summary of Basic Lease +Information (the "Summary"), below, is made by and between BCSP CROSSROADS +PROPERTY LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Landlord"), and +HEALTHEQUITY, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Tenant"). SUMMARY OF BASIC LEASE +INFORMATION TERMS OF LEASE DESCRIPTION 1. Date: January 17, 2020 2. Premises +(Article 1). 2.1 Building: 1825 South Grant Street San Mateo, California 94402 +2.2 Premises: Approximately 7,614 rentable square feet of space located on the +seventh (7th) floor of the Building and commonly known as Suite 725, as further +set forth in Exhibit A to the Office Lease. 2.3 Project: The Building and the +adjacent buildings located at 1875 and 1855 South Grant Street, San Mateo, +California 3. Lease Term (Article 2). 3.1 Length of Term: Three (3) years and +one (1) month. 3.2 Lease Commencement March 1, 2020. Date: 3.3 Lease Expiration +Date: The last day of the thirty-seventh (37th) full calendar month of the Lease +Term. 4. Base Rent (Article 3): Monthly Base Monthly Rent Period During +Annualized Installment per Rentable Lease Term Base Rent of Base Rent Square +Foot Lease Months 1-12 $415,724.40 $34,643.70* $4.55 Lease Months 13-24 +$428,196.12 $35,683.01 $4.69 Lease Months 25-36 $441,042.00 $36,753.50 $4.83 +Lease Month 37 N/A $37,856.11 $4.97 * Subject to the Rent Abatement Period set +forth in Section 3.2 below. CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease +375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr002.jpg] +5. Tenant's Share (Article 4): Approximately 4.7304%. 6. Permitted Use (Article +5): General office use consistent with a first-class office building. 7. +Security Deposit (Article 21): $41,366.39. 8. Parking Pass Ratio (Article 28): +3.3 unreserved parking passes for every 1,000 rentable square feet of the +Premises, of which, subject to the terms of Article 28 of the Lease. 9. Address +of Tenant HealthEquity, Inc. (Section 29.18): 15 W. Scenic Pointe Drive, Suite +100 Draper, Utah 84020 Attention: General Counsel And with a required copy to: +Colliers International 6440 South Millrock Drive, #500 Salt Lake City, Utah +84121 Attention: Lora Munson, Executive Vice President 10. Address of Landlord +(Section 29.18): See Section 29.18 of the Lease. 11. Brokers Jones Lang LaSalle +and Cushman & Wakefield, (Section 29.24): representing Landlord and Colliers +International, representing Tenant. 12. Improvement Allowance (Exhibit B): +$15.00 per rentable square foot of the Premises. CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office +Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs -2- [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr003.jpg] +Page(s) ARTICLE 1 PREMISES, BUILDING, PROJECT, AND COMMON AREAS 1.1 Premises, +Building, Project and Common Areas. 1.1.1 The Premises. Landlord hereby leases +to Tenant and Tenant hereby leases from Landlord the premises set forth in +Section 2.2 of the Summary (the "Premises"). The outline of the Premises is set +forth in Exhibit A attached hereto. Landlord and Tenant hereby acknowledge and +agree that the rentable square footage of the Premises is as set forth in +Section 2.2 of the Summary, and that such rentable square footage shall not be +subject to remeasurement or modification. The parties hereto agree that the +lease of the Premises is upon and subject to the terms, covenants and conditions +herein set forth, and Tenant covenants as a material part of the consideration +for this Lease to keep and perform each and all of such terms, covenants and +conditions by it to be kept and performed and that this Lease is made upon the +condition of such performance. The parties hereto hereby acknowledge that the +purpose of Exhibit A is to show the approximate location of the Premises in the +"Building," as that term is defined in Section 1.1.2, below, only, and such +Exhibit is not meant to constitute an agreement, representation or warranty as +to the construction of the Premises, the precise area thereof or the specific +location of the "Common Areas," as that term is defined in Section 1.1.3, below, +or the elements thereof or of the accessways to the Premises or the "Project," +as that term is defined in Section 1.1.2, below. Except as specifically set +forth in this Lease and in the Tenant Work Letter attached hereto as Exhibit B +(the "Tenant Work Letter"), Tenant shall accept the Premises in their existing, +"as is" condition, and Landlord shall not be obligated to provide or pay for any +improvement work or services related to the improvement of the Premises. Tenant +also acknowledges that neither Landlord nor any agent of Landlord has made any +representation or warranty regarding the condition of the Premises, the Building +or the Project or with respect to the suitability of any of the foregoing for +the conduct of Tenant's business, except as specifically set forth in this Lease +and the Tenant Work Letter. The taking of possession of the Premises by Tenant +shall conclusively establish that the Premises and the Building were at such +time in good and sanitary order, condition and repair, subject only to (i) to +Landlord's obligation to complete any punch list items in accordance with +Section 1.1 of the Tenant Work Letter, and (ii) Landlord's obligations set forth +in Article 7 of this Lease with respect to the maintenance and repair of the +Base Building (as defined in Section 8.2 of this Lease). 1.1.2 The Building and +The Project. The Premises are a part of the building set forth in Section 2.1 of +the Summary (the "Building"). The Building is part of an office project +currently known as "Crossroads." The term "Project," as used in this Lease, +shall mean (i) the Building and the Common Areas, (ii) adjacent office buildings +as set forth in Section 2.3 of the Summary (the "Adjacent Buildings"), (iii) the +associated parking areas, and (iv) the outside plaza areas and the land (which +is improved with landscaping and other improvements) upon which the Building, +Adjacent Buildings and the Common Areas are located, and (iv) at Landlord's +discretion, any additional real property, areas, land, buildings or other +improvements added thereto outside of the Project. 1.1.3 Common Areas. Tenant +shall have the non-exclusive right to use in common with other tenants in the +Project, and subject to the rules and regulations referred to in Article 5 of +this Lease, those portions of the Project which are provided, from time to time, +for use in common by Landlord, Tenant and any other tenants of the Project (such +areas, together with such other portions of the Project designated by Landlord, +in its discretion, including certain areas designated for the exclusive use of +certain tenants, or to be shared by Landlord and certain tenants, are +collectively referred to herein as the "Common Areas"). The Common Areas shall +consist of the "Project Common Areas" and the "Building Common Areas." The term +"Project Common Areas," as used in this Lease, shall mean the portion of the +Project designated as such by Landlord. The term "Building Common Areas," as +used in this Lease, shall mean the portions of the Common Areas located within +the Building designated as such by Landlord. The manner in which the Common +Areas are maintained and operated shall be at the sole discretion of Landlord +and the use thereof shall be subject to such rules, regulations and restrictions +as Landlord may make from time to time. Landlord reserves the right to close +temporarily, make alterations or additions to, or change the location of +elements of the Project and the Common Areas. CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office +Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (1) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr004.jpg] +Page(s) 1.2 Temporary Premises. Commencing on February 18, 2020 (the "Temporary +Premises Commencement Date") and continuing through and including the date (the +"Temporary Premises Expiration Date") immediately preceding the earlier to occur +of (a) the Landlord Work Substantial Completion Date, (b) the date that Tenant +elects upon five (5) days' written notice to Landlord, to occupy the Premises +from and after the Lease Commencement Date, notwithstanding the Substantial +Completion Date has not yet occurred, and (c) April 30, 2020, Tenant shall lease +approximately 3,437 rentable square feet of space located on the seventh (7th) +floor of the Building, commonly known as Suite 700 and as more particularly set +forth on Exhibit A-2, attached hereto (the "Temporary Premises") upon the terms +and conditions set forth in this Section 1.2 and this Lease. The period of +Tenant's lease of the Temporary Premises, commencing as of the Temporary +Premises Commencement Date and continuing through and including the Temporary +Premises Expiration Date, shall be referred to herein as the "Temporary Premises +Term". Landlord and Tenant hereby acknowledge and agree that the rentable square +footage of the Temporary Premises, as set forth herein, shall not be subject to +re-measurement or modification. Tenant's lease of the Temporary Premises shall +be upon all of the terms and conditions set forth in this Lease as though the +Temporary Premises was the Premises, provided that (i) Tenant shall not be +required to pay monthly Base Rent for the Temporary Premises, (ii) Tenant shall +not be required to pay Tenant's Share of Direct Expenses for the Temporary +Premises for the period commencing on the Temporary Premises Commencement Date +and continuing through and including February 29, 2020, and following such +period (to the extent the Temporary Premises Expiration Date has not occurred) +Tenant shall pay all Direct Expenses attributable to the Temporary Premises, +provided that Tenant's Share of the Temporary Premises shall be equal to +2.1353%, (iii) Tenant shall have no right to alter or improve the Temporary +Premises, (iv) Tenant shall have no right to sublease or otherwise transfer any +interest in the Temporary Premises, and (v) Tenant shall accept the Temporary +Premises in its existing, "as is" condition, the terms of the Tenant Work Letter +shall be inapplicable to the Temporary Premises, and Landlord shall have no +obligation to provide or pay for improvements of any kind with respect to the +Temporary Premises. Tenant shall surrender the Temporary Premises upon the +expiration of the Temporary Premises Term in the condition received (reasonable +wear and tear excepted). Landlord shall have the right, at Tenant's sole cost +and expense, to repair and restore the Premises to the condition existing prior +to Landlord's delivery thereof to Tenant (reasonable wear and tear excepted). +Any such amounts due to Landlord from Tenant hereunder shall be paid by Tenant +within ten (10) days following demand. In the event that Tenant shall fail to +timely vacate and surrender the Temporary Premises upon the expiration of the +Temporary Premises Term, then the terms of Article 16 of this Lease shall be +applicable (with the holdover rent due thereunder to be calculated as if Tenant +had paid monthly Base Rent for the Temporary Premises during the Temporary +Premises Term at the per rentable square foot rate payable by Tenant for the +Premises as of the Lease Commencement Date). Landlord shall allow Tenant access +to the Temporary Premises beginning on February 1, 2020 for the purpose of +Tenant installing furniture, equipment or fixtures (including Tenant's data and +telephone equipment and cabling) in the Temporary Premises. Prior to Tenant's +entry into the Temporary Premises as permitted by the terms of this Paragraph, +Tenant shall have submitted a schedule to Landlord for its approval, which +schedule shall detail the timing and purpose of Tenant's entry. Tenant shall +hold Landlord harmless from and indemnify, protect and defend Landlord against +any loss or damage to the Building or Temporary Premises and against injury to +any persons caused by Tenant's actions pursuant to this Paragraph. ARTICLE 2 +LEASE TERM 2.1 Lease Term. The terms and provisions of this Lease shall be +effective as of the date of this Lease. The term of this Lease (the "Lease +Term") shall be as set forth in Section 3.1 of the Summary, shall commence on +the date set forth in Section 3.2 of the Summary (the "Lease Commencement +Date"), and shall terminate on the date set forth in Section 3.3 of the Summary +(the "Lease Expiration Date") unless this Lease is sooner terminated as +hereinafter provided. Tenant hereby acknowledges that the Premises are currently +occupied by another tenant of the Building. If Landlord is unable for any reason +to deliver possession of the Premises to Tenant on any specific date, then +Landlord shall not be subject to any liability for its failure to do so, and +such failure shall not affect the validity of this Lease or the obligations of +Tenant hereunder. For purposes of this Lease, the term "Lease Month" shall mean +each succeeding calendar month during the Lease Term; provided that the first +Lease Month shall commence on the Lease Commencement Date and shall end on the +last day of the first (1st) full calendar month of the Lease Term and that the +last Lease Month shall expire on the Lease Expiration Date. At any time during +the Lease Term, Landlord CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease +375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (2) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr005.jpg] +Page(s) may deliver to Tenant a notice in the form as set forth in Exhibit C, +attached hereto, as a confirmation only of the information set forth therein, +which Tenant shall execute and return to Landlord within five (5) days of +receipt thereof. 2.2 Option Term. 2.2.1 Option Right. Landlord hereby grants to +the originally named Tenant herein ("Original Tenant") one (1) option to extend +the Lease Term for a period of three (3) years (the "Option Term"), which option +shall be exercisable only by written notice delivered by Tenant to Landlord as +provided in Section 2.2.3 below, provided that the following conditions (the +"Option Conditions") are satisfied: (i) as of the date of delivery of such +notice, Tenant is not in default under this Lease; (ii) Tenant is not in default +under this Lease at the time Landlord and Tenant execute an amendment to this +Lease extending the Lease Term for the Option Term, and as of the end of the +Lease Term, Tenant is not in default under this Lease; (iii) Tenant has not +previously been in default under this Lease more than once; and (iv) the Lease +then remains in full force and effect and Original Tenant occupies the entire +Premises at the time the option to extend is exercised and as of the +commencement of the Option Term. Landlord may, at Landlord's option, exercised +in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion, waive any of the Option Conditions +in which case the option, if otherwise properly exercised by Tenant, shall +remain in full force and effect. Upon the proper exercise of such option to +extend, and provided that Tenant satisfies all of the Option Conditions (except +those, if any, which are waived by Landlord), the Lease Term, as it applies to +the Premises, shall be extended for a period of three (3) years. The rights +contained in this Section 2.2 shall be personal to Original Tenant and may be +exercised by Original Tenant only (and not by any assignee, sublessee or other +"Transferee," as that term is defined in Section 14.1 of this Lease, of Tenant's +interest in this Lease). 2.2.2 Option Rent. The rent payable by Tenant during +the Option Term (the "Option Rent") shall be equal to the "Fair Market Rent", as +defined below, for the Premises as of the commencement of the Option Term. As +used herein, the "Fair Market Rent" shall mean the rent (including additional +rent and considering any "base year" or "expense stop" applicable thereto), +including all escalations, at which tenants, as of the commencement of the +Option Term, are leasing non-expansion, non-sublease, non-encumbered, non-equity +space comparable in size, location and quality to the Premises, for a similar +lease term, which comparable space is located in the Project and in the +"Comparable Buildings," as that term is defined, below and which comparable +transactions (collectively, the "Comparable Transactions") are entered into +within the six (6) month period immediately preceding Landlord's delivery of the +Option Rent Notice (as defined in Section 2.2.3 below), and taking into +consideration only the following concessions (the "Concessions"): (a) rental +abatement concessions, if any, being granted such tenants in connection with +such comparable space, (b) tenant improvements or allowances provided or to be +provided for such comparable space, taking into account, and deducting the value +of, the existing improvements in the Premises, such value to be based upon the +age, quality and layout of the improvements and the extent to which the same +could be utilized by a typical general office user, and (c) other reasonable +monetary concessions being granted such tenants in connection with such +comparable space; provided, however, that in calculating the Option Rent, no +consideration shall be given to (i) the fact that Landlord is or is not required +to pay a real estate brokerage commission in connection with Tenant's exercise +of its right to lease the Premises during the Option Term or in connection with +the Comparable Transactions or the fact that landlords are or are not paying +real estate brokerage commissions in connection with such Comparable +Transactions, and (ii) any period of rental abatement, if any, granted to +tenants in Comparable Transactions in connection with the design, permitting and +construction of tenant improvements in such comparable spaces. The Option Rent +shall additionally include a determination as to whether, and if so to what +extent, Tenant must provide Landlord with financial security, such as a letter +of credit or guaranty, for Tenant's Rent obligations during the applicable +Option Term. Such determination shall be made by reviewing the extent of +financial security then generally being imposed in Comparable Transactions from +tenants of comparable financial condition and credit history to the then +existing financial condition and credit history of Tenant (with appropriate +adjustments to account for differences in the then-existing financial condition +of Tenant and such other tenants). If in determining the Option Rent a tenant +improvement allowance is granted under item (b) above, Landlord may, at +Landlord's sole option, elect any or a portion of the following: (A) to grant +some or all of the Concessions to Tenant in the form as described above (i.e., +as free rent or as an improvement allowance), and (B) to adjust the rental rate +component of the Option Rent to be an effective rental rate which takes into +consideration the total dollar value of the Concessions (in which case the +Concessions evidenced in the effective rental rate shall not be granted to +Tenant). For purposes of this Lease, the term “Comparable Buildings” shall mean +Class A office properties which are substantially similar in size, construction +quality, age, and use, and are located within the City of San Mateo, Foster +City, and Redwood Shores. CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease +375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (3) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr006.jpg] +Page(s) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.2.2 +above, if there are not a sufficient number of Comparable Transactions with a +comparable lease term to the Option Term to determine the Fair Market Rent for a +lease of such duration, then the Fair Market Rent for purposes of this Section +2.2 shall be equal to that of Comparable Transactions with a term of five (5) +years, provided that the Concessions shall be appropriately prorated on a +fractional basis to account for the difference between the Option Term and the +lease terms of the Comparable Transactions. 2.2.3 Exercise of Option. The option +contained in this Section 2.2 shall be exercised by Tenant, if at all, only in +the following manner: Tenant shall deliver written notice to Landlord of its +intention to extend the Lease Term not more than twelve (12) months and not less +than nine (9) months prior to the expiration of the initial Lease Term (the +"Option Interest Notice"). Landlord, within thirty (30) days after receipt of +Tenant's Option Interest Notice, shall deliver notice (the "Option Rent Notice") +to Tenant setting forth the Option Rent. If Tenant wishes to exercise such +option, Tenant shall, on or before the date occurring thirty (30) days after +Tenant's receipt of the Option Rent Notice, exercise the option by delivering +written notice thereof to Landlord (the "Option Exercise Notice"). Concurrently +with Tenant's delivery of the Option Exercise Notice, Tenant may, at its option, +object to the Option Rent contained in the Option Rent, in which case the +parties shall follow the procedure, and the Option Rent shall be determined, as +set forth in Section 2.2.4 below. If Tenant fails to so object, then the Option +Rent shall be as set forth in the Option Rent Notice. If Tenant fails to deliver +the Option Exercise Notice by the date set forth above for such delivery, Tenant +shall be deemed to have waived its right to extend the Lease Term pursuant to +this Section 2.2. 2.2.4 Determination of Option Rent. In the event Tenant timely +and appropriately objects to the Option Rent, Landlord and Tenant shall attempt +to agree upon the Option Rent using their best good-faith efforts. If Landlord +and Tenant fail to reach agreement within thirty (30) days following Tenant's +objection to the Option Rent, (the "Outside Agreement Date"), then each party +shall make a separate determination of the Option Rent, as the case may be, +within thirty (30) days, and such determinations shall be submitted to +arbitration in accordance with Sections 2.2.4.1 through 2.2.4.7 below. 2.2.4.1 +Landlord and Tenant shall each appoint one arbitrator who shall by profession be +a real estate broker, lawyer or appraiser who shall have been active over the +five (5) year period ending on the date of such appointment in the leasing (or +appraisal, as the case may be) of commercial office properties in San Mateo and +surrounding areas. The determination of the arbitrators shall be limited solely +to the issue of whether Landlord's or Tenant's submitted Option Rent, is the +closest to the actual Option Rent as determined by the arbitrators, taking into +account the requirements of Section 2.2.3 of this Lease. Each such arbitrator +shall be appointed within fifteen (15) days after the Outside Agreement Date. +2.2.4.2 The two arbitrators so appointed shall within ten (10) days of the date +of the appointment of the last appointed arbitrator agree upon and appoint a +third arbitrator who shall be qualified under the same criteria set forth +hereinabove for qualification of the initial two arbitrators. 2.2.4.3 The three +arbitrators shall within thirty (30) days of the appointment of the third +arbitrator reach a decision as to whether the parties shall use Landlord's or +Tenant's submitted Option Rent, and shall notify Landlord and Tenant thereof. +2.2.4.4 The decision of the majority of the three arbitrators shall be binding +upon Landlord and Tenant. 2.2.4.5 If either Landlord or Tenant fails to appoint +an arbitrator within fifteen (15) days after the applicable Outside Agreement +Date, the arbitrator appointed by one of them shall reach a decision, notify +Landlord and Tenant thereof, and such arbitrator's decision shall be binding +upon Landlord and Tenant. 2.2.4.6 If the two arbitrators fail to agree upon and +appoint a third arbitrator, or both parties fail to appoint an arbitrator, then +the appointment of the third arbitrator or any arbitrator shall be dismissed and +the matter to be decided shall be forthwith submitted to arbitration under the +provisions of the JAMS, but subject to the instruction set forth in this Section +2.2.4. CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (4) +[Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr007.jpg] +Page(s) 2.2.4.7 The cost of arbitration shall be paid by Landlord and Tenant +equally. ARTICLE 3 BASE RENT 3.1 In General. Tenant shall pay, without prior +notice or demand, to Landlord or Landlord's agent at the management office of +the Project, or, at Landlord's option, at such other place as Landlord may from +time to time designate in writing, by a check for currency which, at the time of +payment, is legal tender for private or public debts in the United States of +America, base rent ("Base Rent") as set forth in Section 4 of the Summary, +payable in equal monthly installments as set forth in Section 4 of the Summary +in advance on or before the first day of each and every calendar month during +the Lease Term, without any setoff or deduction whatsoever. On or before the +date that is ten (10) days following Tenant's execution and delivery of this +Lease to Landlord, Tenant shall pay to Landlord an amount equal to $48,348.90, +which amount shall be applied to the first Base Rent and Tenant's Share of +"Direct Expenses," as that term is defined in Section 4.2.2, below, due under +this Lease following the Rent Abatement Period set forth in Section 3.2 below. +If any Rent payment date (including the Lease Commencement Date) falls on a day +of the month other than the first day of such month or if any payment of Rent is +for a period which is shorter than one month, the Rent for any fractional month +shall accrue on a daily basis for the period from the date such payment is due +to the end of such calendar month or to the end of the Lease Term at a rate per +day which is equal to 1/365 of the applicable annual Rent. All other payments or +adjustments required to be made under the terms of this Lease that require +proration on a time basis shall be prorated on the same basis. 3.2 Abated Base +Rent. Provided that Tenant is not then in default under the terms of this Lease, +then Tenant shall not be obligated to pay the Base Rent otherwise attributable +to the Premises (the "Rent Abatement") during the first full calendar month of +the Lease Term (the "Rent Abatement Period"). Landlord and Tenant acknowledge +that the aggregate amount of the Base Rent Abatement equals $34,643.70 +"Abatement Amount". Tenant acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing Rent +Abatement has been granted to Tenant as additional consideration for entering +into this Lease, and for agreeing to pay the Rent and perform the terms and +conditions otherwise required under this Lease. If Tenant shall be in default +under this Lease and shall fail to cure such default within the notice and cure +period, if any, permitted for cure pursuant to this Lease, then Landlord may at +its option, elect, in addition to any other remedies Landlord may have under +this Lease, the following remedy: that the dollar amount of the unapplied +portion of the Rent Abatement as of such default shall be converted to a credit +to be applied to the Base Rent applicable at the end of the Lease Term and +Tenant shall immediately be obligated to begin paying Base Rent for the Premises +in full. ARTICLE 4 ADDITIONAL RENT 4.1 General Terms. In addition to paying the +Base Rent specified in Article 3 of this Lease, Tenant shall pay "Tenant's +Share" of the annual "Direct Expenses," as those terms are defined in Sections +4.2.6 and 4.2.2 of this Lease, respectively. Such payments by Tenant, together +with any and all other amounts payable by Tenant to Landlord pursuant to the +terms of this Lease, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Additional +Rent", and the Base Rent and the Additional Rent are herein collectively +referred to as "Rent." All amounts due under this Article 4 as Additional Rent +shall be payable for the same periods and in the same manner as the Base Rent. +Without limitation on other obligations of Tenant which survive the expiration +of the Lease Term, the obligations of Tenant to pay the Additional Rent provided +for in this Article 4 shall survive the expiration of the Lease Term. 4.2 +Definitions of Key Terms Relating to Additional Rent. As used in this Article 4, +the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter set forth: 4.2.1 +"Tenant's Share " shall mean the amount set forth in Section 5 of the Summary. +4.2.2 ""Direct Expenses" shall mean "Operating Expenses" and "Tax Expenses." +CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (5) +[Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr008.jpg] +Page(s) 4.2.3 "Expense Year" shall mean each calendar year in which any portion +of the Lease Term falls, through and including the calendar year in which the +Lease Term expires, provided that Landlord, upon notice to Tenant, may change +the Expense Year from time to time to any other twelve (12) consecutive month +period, and, in the event of any such change, Tenant's Share of Direct Expenses +shall be equitably adjusted for any Expense Year involved in any such change. +4.2.4 "Operating Expenses" shall mean all expenses, costs and amounts of every +kind and nature which Landlord pays or accrues during any Expense Year because +of or in connection with the ownership, management, maintenance, security, +repair, restoration or operation of the Project, or any portion thereof. Without +limiting the generality of the foregoing, Operating Expenses shall specifically +include any and all of the following: (i) the cost of supplying all utilities, +the cost of operating, repairing, maintaining, and renovating the utility, +telephone, mechanical, sanitary, storm drainage, and elevator systems, and the +cost of maintenance and service contracts in connection therewith; (ii) the cost +of licenses, certificates, permits and inspections for the Project and the cost +of contesting any governmental enactments which may affect Operating Expenses, +and the costs incurred in connection with a governmentally mandated +transportation system management program or similar program; (iii) the cost of +all insurance carried by Landlord in connection with the Project as reasonably +determined by Landlord; (iv) the cost of landscaping, relamping, and all +supplies, tools, equipment and materials used in the operation, repair and +maintenance of the Project, or any portion thereof; (v) the cost of parking area +operation, repair, restoration, and maintenance; (vi) fees and other costs, +including management fees, consulting fees, legal fees and accounting fees, of +all contractors and consultants in connection with the management, operation, +maintenance and repair of the Project; (vii) payments under any equipment rental +agreements and the fair rental value of any management office space and tenant +amenity spaces; (viii) subject to item (f), below, wages, salaries and other +compensation and benefits, including taxes levied thereon, of all persons +engaged in the operation, maintenance and security of the Project; (ix) costs +under any instrument pertaining to the sharing of costs by the Project; (x) +operation, repair, maintenance and replacement of all systems and equipment and +components thereof of the Project; (xi) the cost of janitorial, alarm, security +and other services, replacement of wall and floor coverings, ceiling tiles and +fixtures in common areas, maintenance and replacement of curbs and walkways, +repair to roofs and re-roofing; (xii) amortization (including interest on the +unamortized cost) over such period of time as Landlord shall reasonably +determine, of the cost of acquiring or the rental expense of personal property +used in the maintenance, operation and repair of the Project, or any portion +thereof; (xiii) the cost of capital improvements or other costs incurred in +connection with the Project (A) which are intended to effect economies in the +operation or maintenance of the Project, or any portion thereof, or to reduce +current or future Operating Expenses or to enhance or improve the safety or +security of the Project (including without limitation the communication systems) +or its occupants, (B) that are required to comply with present or anticipated +conservation programs, (C) which are replacements or modifications of +nonstructural items located in the Common Areas required to keep the Common +Areas in good order or condition, or (D) that are required under any +governmental law or regulation; provided, however, that any capital expenditure +shall be amortized (including interest on the amortized cost) over its +reasonable useful life as Landlord shall reasonably determine consistent with +sound real estate accounting principles; and (xiv) costs, fees, charges or +assessments imposed by, or resulting from any mandate imposed on Landlord by, +any federal, state or local government for fire and police protection, trash +removal, community services, or other services which do not constitute "Tax +Expenses" as that term is defined in Section 4.2.5, below, (xv) market rental +and expenses to operate, maintain and repair amenities and programming provided +by Landlord for the benefit of tenants; (xvi) cost of tenant relation programs +reasonably established by Landlord, and (xvii) payments under any easement, +license, operating agreement, declaration, restrictive covenant, or instrument +pertaining to the sharing of costs by the Building, including, without +limitation, any covenants, conditions and restrictions affecting the property, +and reciprocal easement agreements affecting the property, any parking licenses, +and any agreements with transit agencies affecting the Project (collectively, +"Underlying Documents"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this +Lease, Operating Expenses shall not, however, include: (a) costs, including +legal fees, space planners' fees, advertising and promotional expenses (except +as otherwise set forth above), and brokerage fees incurred in connection with +the original construction or development, or original or future leasing of the +Project, and costs, including permit, license and inspection costs, incurred +with respect to the installation of tenant improvements made for new tenants +initially occupying space in the Project after the Lease Commencement Date or +incurred in renovating or otherwise improving, decorating, painting or +redecorating vacant space for tenants or other occupants of the CROSSROADS +811068.04/WLA Office Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (6) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr009.jpg] +Page(s) Project (including, without limitation, "spec suites") (excluding, +however, such costs relating to any common areas of the Project or parking +facilities); (b) except as set forth in items (xii), (xiii), and (xiv) above, +depreciation, interest and principal payments on mortgages and other debt costs, +if any, penalties and interest, costs of capital repairs and alterations, and +costs of capital improvements and equipment; (c) costs for which the Landlord is +reimbursed by any tenant or occupant of the Project or by insurance by its +carrier or any tenant's carrier or by anyone else, and electric power costs for +which any tenant directly contracts with the local public service company; (d) +any bad debt loss, rent loss, or reserves for bad debts or rent loss; (e) costs +associated with the operation of the business of the partnership or entity which +constitutes the Landlord, as the same are distinguished from the costs of +operation of the Project (which shall specifically include, but not be limited +to, accounting costs associated with the operation of the Project). Costs +associated with the operation of the business of the partnership or entity which +constitutes the Landlord include costs of partnership accounting and legal +matters, costs of defending any lawsuits with any mortgagee (except as the +actions of the Tenant may be in issue), costs of selling, syndicating, +financing, mortgaging or hypothecating any of the Landlord's interest in the +Project, and costs incurred in connection with any disputes between Landlord and +its employees, between Landlord and Project management, or between Landlord and +other tenants or occupants; (f) the wages and benefits of any employee who does +not devote substantially all of his or her employed time to the Project unless +such wages and benefits are prorated to reflect time spent on operating and +managing the Project vis-a-vis time spent on matters unrelated to operating and +managing the Project; provided, that in no event shall Operating Expenses for +purposes of this Lease include salaries and all other compensation (including +fringe benefits) of persons generally considered to be higher in rank than the +position of a person, regardless of title, who supervises property managers that +manage the Project and other projects of Landlord and affiliates of Landlord; +(g) amount paid as ground rental for the Project by the Landlord; (h) except for +a Project management fee, overhead and profit increment paid to the Landlord or +to subsidiaries or affiliates of the Landlord for services in the Project to the +extent the same exceeds the costs of such services rendered by qualified, +first-class unaffiliated third parties on a competitive basis; (i) any +compensation paid to clerks, attendants or other persons in commercial +concessions operated by the Landlord, provided that any compensation paid to any +concierge at the Project shall be includable as an Operating Expense; (j) +rentals and other related expenses incurred in leasing air conditioning systems, +elevators or other equipment which if purchased the cost of which would be +excluded from Operating Expenses as a capital cost, except equipment not affixed +to the Project which is used in providing janitorial or similar services and, +further excepting from this exclusion such equipment rented or leased to remedy +or ameliorate an emergency condition in the Project; (k) all items and services +for which Tenant or any other tenant in the Project reimburses Landlord or which +Landlord provides selectively to one or more tenants (other than Tenant) without +reimbursement; (l) any costs expressly excluded from Operating Expenses +elsewhere in this Lease; CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease +375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (7) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr010.jpg] +Page(s) (m) rent for any office space occupied by Project management personnel +to the extent the size or rental rate of such office space exceeds the size or +fair market rental value of office space occupied by management personnel of the +comparable buildings in the vicinity of the Building, with adjustment where +appropriate for the size of the applicable project; (n) costs arising from the +gross negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord or its agents, employees, +vendors, contractors, or providers of materials or services; (o) costs incurred +to comply with laws relating to the removal of hazardous material (as defined +under applicable law) which was in existence in the Building or on the Project +prior to the Lease Commencement Date, and was of such a nature that a federal, +State or municipal governmental authority, if it had then had knowledge of the +presence of such hazardous material, in the state, and under the conditions that +it then existed in the Building or on the Project, would have then required the +removal of such hazardous material or other remedial or containment action with +respect thereto; and costs incurred to remove, remedy, contain, or treat +hazardous material, which hazardous material is brought into the Building or +onto the Project after the date hereof by Landlord or any other tenant of the +Project and is of such a nature, at that time, that a federal, State or +municipal governmental authority, if it had then had knowledge of the presence +of such hazardous material, in the state, and under the conditions, that it then +exists in the Building or on the Project, would have then required the removal +of such hazardous material or other remedial or containment action with respect +thereto; (p) entertainment and travel expenses for any purpose not directly +related to the operations and management of the Building; (q) rentals and other +related expenses incurred in leasing air conditioning systems, elevators or +other equipment which if purchased the cost of which would be excluded from +Operating Expenses as a capital cost, except equipment not affixed to the +Project which is used in providing janitorial or similar services and, further +excepting from this exclusion such equipment rented or leased to remedy or +ameliorate an emergency condition in the Project; and (r) costs arising from +Landlord's charitable or political contributions. If Landlord is not furnishing +any particular work or service (the cost of which, if performed by Landlord, +would be included in Operating Expenses) to a tenant who has undertaken to +perform such work or service in lieu of the performance thereof by Landlord, +Operating Expenses shall be deemed to be increased by an amount equal to the +additional Operating Expenses which would reasonably have been incurred during +such period by Landlord if it had at its own expense furnished such work or +service to such tenant. If the Project is not one hundred percent (100%) +occupied during all or a portion of any Expense Year, Landlord shall make an +appropriate adjustment to the components of Operating Expenses for such year to +determine the amount of Operating Expenses that would have been incurred had the +Project been one hundred percent (100%) occupied; and the amount so determined +shall be deemed to have been the amount of Operating Expenses for such year. +4.2.5 Taxes. 4.2.5.1 "Tax Expenses" shall mean all federal, state, county, or +local governmental or municipal taxes, fees, charges or other impositions of +every kind and nature, whether general, special, ordinary or extraordinary, +(including, without limitation, real estate taxes, general and special +assessments, transit taxes, leasehold taxes or taxes based upon the receipt of +rent, including gross receipts or sales taxes applicable to the receipt of rent, +unless required to be paid by Tenant, personal property taxes imposed upon the +fixtures, machinery, equipment, apparatus, systems and equipment, appurtenances, +furniture and other personal property used in connection with the Project, or +any portion thereof), which shall be paid or accrued during any Expense Year +(without regard to any different fiscal year used by such governmental or +municipal authority) because of or in connection with the ownership, leasing and +operation of the Project, or any portion thereof. CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA +Office Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (8) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr011.jpg] +Page(s) 4.2.5.2 Tax Expenses shall include, without limitation: (i) Any tax on +the rent, right to rent or other income from the Project, or any portion +thereof, or as against the business of leasing the Project, or any portion +thereof; (ii) Any assessment, tax, fee, levy or charge in addition to, or in +substitution, partially or totally, of any assessment, tax, fee, levy or charge +previously included within the definition of real property tax, it being +acknowledged by Tenant and Landlord that Proposition 13 was adopted by the +voters of the State of California in the June 1978 election ("Proposition 13") +and that assessments, taxes, fees, levies and charges may be imposed by +governmental agencies for such services as fire protection, street, sidewalk and +road maintenance, refuse removal and for other governmental services formerly +provided without charge to property owners or occupants, and, in further +recognition of the decrease in the level and quality of governmental services +and amenities as a result of Proposition 13, Tax Expenses shall also include any +governmental or private assessments or the Project's contribution towards a +governmental or private cost-sharing agreement for the purpose of augmenting or +improving the quality of services and amenities normally provided by +governmental agencies; (iii) any tax or assessment levied in connection with +Metrorail or any similar transportation system; (iv) Any assessment, tax, fee, +levy, or charge allocable to or measured by the area of the Premises or the Rent +payable hereunder, including, without limitation, any business or gross income +tax or excise tax with respect to the receipt of such rent, or upon or with +respect to the possession, leasing, operating, management, maintenance, +alteration, repair, use or occupancy by Tenant of the Premises, or any portion +thereof; and (v) Any assessment, tax, fee, levy or charge, upon this transaction +or any document to which Tenant is a party, creating or transferring an interest +or an estate in the Premises. 4.2.5.3 Any costs and expenses (including, without +limitation, reasonable attorneys' and consultants' fees) incurred in attempting +to protest, reduce or minimize Tax Expenses shall be included in Tax Expenses in +the Expense Year such expenses are incurred. Tax refunds shall be credited +against Tax Expenses and refunded to Tenant regardless of when received, based +on the Expense Year to which the refund is applicable, provided that in no event +shall the amount to be refunded to Tenant for any such Expense Year exceed the +total amount paid by Tenant as Additional Rent under this Article 4 for such +Expense Year. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Lease, +(a) only Landlord may institute proceedings to reduce Tax Expenses and the +filing of any such proceeding by Tenant without Landlord's consent shall +constitute an event of default by Tenant under this Lease, and (b) Landlord +shall not be obligated to file any application or institute any proceeding +seeking a reduction in Tax Expenses. If Tax Expenses for any period during the +Lease Term or any extension thereof are increased after payment thereof for any +reason, including, without limitation, error or reassessment by applicable +governmental or municipal authorities, Tenant shall pay Landlord upon demand +Tenant's Share of any such increased Tax Expenses. Notwithstanding anything to +the contrary contained in this Section 4.2.5 (except as set forth in Section +4.2.5.1, above), there shall be excluded from Tax Expenses (i) all excess +profits taxes, franchise taxes, gift taxes, capital stock taxes, inheritance and +succession taxes, estate taxes, federal and state income taxes, and other taxes +to the extent applicable to Landlord's general or net income (as opposed to +rents, receipts or income attributable to operations at the Project), (ii) any +items included as Operating Expenses, and (iii) any items paid by Tenant under +Section 4.5 of this Lease. 4.3 Allocation of Expenses. 4.3.1 Method of +Allocation. The parties acknowledge that the Building is a part of a multi- +building project and that the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the +Project (i.e., the Direct Expenses) should be shared between the tenants of the +Building and the tenants of the Adjacent Buildings. Accordingly, as set forth in +Section 4.2 above, Direct Expenses (which consists of Operating Expenses and Tax +Expenses) are determined annually for the Project as a whole, and a portion of +the Direct Expenses, which portion shall be determined by Landlord on an +equitable basis, shall be allocated to the tenants of the Building (as opposed +to the tenants of Adjacent Buildings) and such portion shall be the Building +Direct Expenses for purposes of this Lease. Such portion of Direct Expenses +allocated to the tenants of the Building shall include all Direct Expenses +attributable solely to the Building and an equitable portion of the Direct +Expenses attributable to the Project as a whole. 4.3.2 Cost Pools. Landlord +shall have the right, from time to time, to equitably allocate some or all of +the Direct Expenses for the Project among different portions or occupants of the +Project (the "Cost Pools"), in Landlord's reasonable discretion. Such Cost Pools +may include, but shall not be limited to, the office space tenants of a building +of the Project or of the Project, and the retail space tenants of a building of +the Project or of the Project. The Direct Expenses within each such Cost Pool +shall be allocated and charged to the tenants within such Cost Pool in an +equitable manner. CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease +375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (9) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr012.jpg] +Page(s) 4.4 Calculation and Payment of Additional Rent. Tenant shall pay to +Landlord, in the manner set forth in Section 4.4.1, below, and as Additional +Rent, an amount equal to Tenant's Share of Direct Expenses. 4.4.1 Statement of +Actual Direct Expenses and Payment by Tenant. Landlord shall endeavor to give to +Tenant following the end of each Expense Year, a statement (the "Statement") +which shall state the Direct Expenses incurred or accrued for such preceding +Expense Year, and which shall indicate the amount of Tenant's Share of Direct +Expenses. Upon receipt of the Statement for each Expense Year commencing or +ending during the Lease Term, Tenant shall pay, with its next installment of +Base Rent due, the full amount of Tenant's Share of Direct Expenses for such +Expense Year, less the amounts, if any, paid during such Expense Year as +"Estimated Direct Expenses," as that term is defined in Section 4.4.2, below, +and if Tenant paid more as Estimated Direct Expenses than the actual Tenant's +Share of Direct Expenses, Tenant shall receive a credit in the amount of +Tenant's overpayment against Rent next due under this Lease. The failure of +Landlord to timely furnish the Statement for any Expense Year shall not +prejudice Landlord or Tenant from enforcing its rights under this Article 4. +Even though the Lease Term has expired and Tenant has vacated the Premises, when +the final determination is made of Tenant's Share of Direct Expenses for the +Expense Year in which this Lease terminates, Tenant shall immediately pay to +Landlord Tenant's Share of Direct Expenses, and if Tenant paid more as Estimated +Direct Expenses than the actual Tenant's Share of Direct Expenses, Landlord +shall, within thirty (30) days, deliver a check payable to Tenant in the amount +of the overpayment. The provisions of this Section 4.4.1 shall survive the +expiration or earlier termination of the Lease Term. 4.4.2 Statement of +Estimated Direct Expenses. In addition, Landlord shall endeavor to give Tenant a +yearly expense estimate statement (the "Estimate Statement") which shall set +forth Landlord's reasonable estimate (the "Estimate") of what the total amount +of Direct Expenses for the then-current Expense Year shall be and the estimated +Tenant's Share of Direct Expenses (the "Estimated Direct Expenses"). The failure +of Landlord to timely furnish the Estimate Statement for any Expense Year shall +not preclude Landlord from enforcing its rights to collect any Estimated Direct +Expenses under this Article 4, nor shall Landlord be prohibited from revising +any Estimate Statement or Estimated Direct Expenses theretofore delivered to the +extent necessary. Thereafter, Tenant shall pay, with its next installment of +Base Rent due, a fraction of the Estimated Direct Expenses for the then-current +Expense Year (reduced by any amounts paid pursuant to the last sentence of this +Section 4.4.2). Such fraction shall have as its numerator the number of months +which have elapsed in such current Expense Year, including the month of such +payment, and twelve (12) as its denominator. Until a new Estimate Statement is +furnished (which Landlord shall have the right to deliver to Tenant at any +time), Tenant shall pay monthly, with the monthly Base Rent installments, an +amount equal to one-twelfth (1/12) of the total Estimated Direct Expenses set +forth in the previous Estimate Statement delivered by Landlord to Tenant. 4.5 +Taxes and Other Charges for Which Tenant Is Directly Responsible. 4.5.1 Tenant +shall be liable for and shall pay ten (10) days before delinquency, taxes levied +against Tenant's equipment, furniture, fixtures and any other personal property +located in or about the Premises. If any such taxes on Tenant's equipment, +furniture, fixtures and any other personal property are levied against Landlord +or Landlord's property or if the assessed value of Landlord's property is +increased by the inclusion therein of a value placed upon such equipment, +furniture, fixtures or any other personal property and if Landlord pays the +taxes based upon such increased assessment, which Landlord shall have the right +to do regardless of the validity thereof but only under proper protest if +requested by Tenant, Tenant shall upon demand repay to Landlord the taxes so +levied against Landlord or the proportion of such taxes resulting from such +increase in the assessment, as the case may be. 4.5.2 If the tenant improvements +in the Premises, whether installed and/or paid for by Landlord or Tenant and +whether or not affixed to the real property so as to become a part thereof, are +assessed for real property tax purposes at a valuation higher than the valuation +at which tenant improvements conforming to Landlord's "building standard" in +other space in the Building are assessed, then the Tax Expenses levied against +Landlord or the property by reason of such excess assessed valuation shall be +deemed to be taxes levied against personal property of Tenant and shall be +governed by the provisions of Section 4.5.1, above. 4.5.3 Notwithstanding any +contrary provision herein, Tenant shall pay prior to delinquency any (i) rent +tax or sales tax, service tax, transfer tax or value added tax, or any other +applicable tax on the rent or services CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease +375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (10) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr013.jpg] +Page(s) herein or otherwise respecting this Lease, (ii) taxes assessed upon or +with respect to the possession, leasing, operation, management, maintenance, +alteration, repair, use or occupancy by Tenant of the Premises or any portion of +the Project, including the Project parking facility; or (iii) taxes assessed +upon this transaction or any document to which Tenant is a party creating or +transferring an interest or an estate in the Premises. 4.6 Landlord's Records. +Upon Tenant's written request given not more than ninety (90) days after +Tenant's receipt of a Statement for a particular Expense Year, and provided that +Tenant is not then in default under this Lease beyond the applicable notice and +cure period provided in this Lease, specifically including, but not limited to, +the timely payment of Additional Rent (whether or not the same is the subject of +the audit contemplated herein), Landlord shall furnish Tenant with such +reasonable supporting documentation in connection with said Direct Expenses as +Tenant may reasonably request. Landlord shall provide said documentation to +Tenant within sixty (60) days after Tenant's written request therefor. Within +one hundred eighty (180) days after receipt of a Statement by Tenant (the "Audit +Period"), if Tenant disputes the amount of Direct Expenses set forth in the +Statement, an independent certified public accountant (which accountant (A) is a +member of a nationally or regionally recognized certified public accounting firm +which has previous experience in auditing financial operating records of +landlords of office buildings, (B) shall not already be providing primary +accounting and/or lease administration services to Tenant and shall not have +provided primary accounting and/or lease administration services to Tenant in +the past three (3) years, (C) is not working on a contingency fee basis [i.e., +Tenant must be billed based on the actual time and materials that are incurred +by the certified public accounting firm in the performance of the audit], and +(D) shall not currently or in the future be providing accounting and/or lease +administration services to another tenant in the Building and/or the Project in +connection with a review or audit by such other tenant of Direct Expenses), +designated and paid for by Tenant, may, after reasonable notice to Landlord and +at reasonable times, audit Landlord's records with respect to the Statement at +Landlord's corporate offices, provided that (i) Tenant is not then in default +under this Lease (beyond the applicable notice and cure periods provided under +this Lease), (ii) Tenant has paid all amounts required to be paid under the +applicable Estimate Statement and Statement, and (iii) a copy of the audit +agreement between Tenant and its particular certified public accounting firm has +been delivered to Landlord prior to the commencement of the audit. In connection +with such audit, Tenant and Tenant's certified public accounting firm must agree +in advance to follow Landlord's reasonable rules and procedures regarding an +audit of the aforementioned Landlord records, and shall execute a commercially +reasonable confidentiality agreement regarding such audit. Any audit report +prepared by Tenant's certified public accounting firm shall be delivered +concurrently to Landlord and Tenant within the Audit Period. Tenant's failure to +audit the amount of Direct Expenses set forth in any Statement within the Audit +Period shall be deemed to be Tenant's approval of such Statement and Tenant, +thereafter, waives the right or ability to audit the amounts set forth in such +Statement. If after such audit, Tenant still disputes such Direct Expenses, an +audit to determine the proper amount shall be made, at Tenant's expense, by an +independent certified public accountant (the "Accountant") selected by Landlord +and subject to Tenant's reasonable approval; provided that if such audit by the +Accountant proves that Direct Expenses set forth in the particular Statement +were overstated by more than seven percent (7%), then the cost of the Accountant +and the cost of such audit shall be paid for by Landlord. Tenant hereby +acknowledges that Tenant's sole right to audit Landlord's records and to contest +the amount of Direct Expenses payable by Tenant shall be as set forth in this +Section 4.6, and Tenant hereby waives any and all other rights pursuant to +applicable law to audit such records and/or to contest the amount of Direct +Expenses payable by Tenant. ARTICLE 5 USE OF PREMISES 5.1 Permitted Use. Tenant +shall use the Premises solely for the Permitted Use set forth in Section 6 of +the Summary and Tenant shall not use or permit the Premises or the Project to be +used for any other purpose or purposes whatsoever without the prior written +consent of Landlord, which may be withheld in Landlord's sole discretion. Tenant +shall comply with the terms of Exhibit F, attached hereto. 5.2 Prohibited Uses. +Tenant further covenants and agrees that Tenant shall not use, or suffer or +permit any person or persons to use, the Premises or any part thereof for any +use or purpose contrary to the provisions of the Rules and Regulations set forth +in Exhibit D, attached hereto, or in violation of the laws of the United States +of America, the State of California, the ordinances, regulations or requirements +of the local municipal or county governing body or other lawful authorities +having jurisdiction over the Project) including, without limitation, any such +CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (11) +[Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr014.jpg] +Page(s) laws, ordinances, regulations or requirements relating to hazardous +materials or substances, as those terms are defined by applicable laws now or +hereafter in effect, or any Underlying Documents. Tenant shall not do or permit +anything to be done in or about the Premises which will in any way damage the +reputation of the Project or obstruct or interfere with the rights of other +tenants or occupants of the Building, or injure or annoy them or use or allow +the Premises to be used for any improper, unlawful or objectionable purpose, nor +shall Tenant cause, maintain or permit any nuisance in, on or about the +Premises. Tenant shall comply with, and Tenant's rights and obligations under +the Lease and Tenant's use of the Premises shall be subject and subordinate to, +all recorded easements, covenants, conditions, and restrictions now or hereafter +affecting the Project. ARTICLE 6 SERVICES AND UTILITIES 6.1 Standard Tenant +Services. Landlord shall provide the following services on all days (unless +otherwise stated below) during the Lease Term. 6.1.1 Subject to limitations +imposed by all governmental rules, regulations and guidelines applicable +thereto, Landlord shall provide heating and air conditioning ("HVAC") when +necessary for normal comfort for normal office use in the Premises from 8:00 +A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Monday through Friday (collectively, the "Building Hours"), +except for the date of observation of New Year's Day, President's Day, +Independence Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and, +at Landlord's discretion, other locally or nationally recognized holidays which +are observed by other buildings comparable to and in the vicinity of the +Building (collectively, the "Holidays"). 6.1.2 Landlord shall provide adequate +electrical wiring and facilities for connection to Tenant's lighting fixtures +and incidental use equipment, provided that (i) the connected electrical load of +the incidental use equipment does not exceed an average of five (5) watts per +usable square foot of the Premises, calculated during Building Hours, on a +monthly basis, and the electricity so furnished for incidental use equipment +will be at a nominal one hundred twenty (120) volts and no electrical circuit +for the supply of such incidental use equipment will require a current capacity +exceeding twenty (20) amperes, and (ii) the connected electrical load of +Tenant's lighting fixtures does not exceed an average of one (1) watt per usable +square foot of the Premises, calculated during Building Hours, upon a monthly +basis, and the electricity so furnished for Tenant's lighting will be at a +nominal two hundred seventy- seven (277) volts, which electrical usage shall be +subject to applicable laws and regulations, including Title 24. Tenant shall +bear the cost of replacement of lamps, starters and ballasts for non-Building +standard lighting fixtures within the Premises. 6.1.3 Landlord shall provide +city water from the regular Building outlets for drinking, lavatory and toilet +purposes in the Building Common Areas and the Premises. 6.1.4 Landlord shall +provide janitorial services to the Premises Monday through Friday, except the +date of observation of the Holidays, in and about the Premises and window +washing services in a manner consistent with other comparable buildings in the +vicinity of the Building. 6.1.5 Landlord shall provide nonexclusive, +non-attended automatic passenger elevator service during the Building Hours, +shall have one elevator available at all other times, including on the Holidays. +6.1.6 Landlord shall provide nonexclusive freight elevator service subject to +scheduling by Landlord. 6.1.7 Subject to applicable laws and the other +provisions of this Lease, and except in the event of an emergency, Tenant shall +have access to the Building, the Premises and the Building Common Areas, other +than common areas requiring access with a Building engineer, twenty-four (24) +hours per day, seven (7) days per week, every day of the year; provided, +however, that Tenant shall only be permitted to have access to and use of the +Project CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (12) +[Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr015.jpg] +Page(s) parking areas, freight elevator, loading dock, mailroom and other +limited-access areas of the Building during the normal operating hours of such +portions of the Building. Tenant shall cooperate fully with Landlord at all +times and abide by all regulations and requirements that Landlord may reasonably +prescribe for the proper functioning and protection of the HVAC, electrical, +mechanical and plumbing systems servicing the Premises. 6.2 Overstandard Tenant +Use. Tenant shall not, without Landlord's prior written consent, use heat- +generating machines, machines other than normal fractional horsepower office +machines, or equipment or lighting other than Building standard lights in the +Premises, which may affect the temperature otherwise maintained by the air +conditioning system or increase the water normally furnished for the Premises by +Landlord pursuant to the terms of Section 6.1 of this Lease. If Tenant uses +water, electricity, heat or air conditioning in excess of that supplied by +Landlord pursuant to Section 6.1 of this Lease, Tenant shall pay to Landlord, +upon billing, the actual cost of such excess consumption, the cost of the +installation, operation, and maintenance of equipment which is installed in +order to supply such excess consumption, and the cost of the increased wear and +tear on existing equipment caused by such excess consumption; and Landlord may +install devices to separately meter any increased use and in such event Tenant +shall pay the increased cost directly to Landlord, on demand, at the rates +charged by the public utility company furnishing the same, including the cost of +installing, testing and maintaining of such additional metering devices. +Tenant's use of electricity shall never exceed the capacity of the feeders to +the Project or the risers or wiring installation, and subject to the terms of +Section 29.31, below, Tenant shall not install or use or permit the installation +or use of any computer or electronic data processing equipment in the Premises, +without the prior written consent of Landlord; provided, however, the foregoing +restriction shall not apply to general office use of printers and personal +computers on the desktops of Tenant's employees. If Tenant desires to use heat, +ventilation or air conditioning during hours other than those for which Landlord +is obligated to supply such utilities pursuant to the terms of Section 6.1 of +this Lease, Tenant shall give Landlord such prior notice, if any, as Landlord +shall from time to time establish as appropriate, of Tenant's desired use in +order to supply such utilities, and Landlord shall supply such utilities to +Tenant at such hourly cost per zone to Tenant (which shall be treated as +Additional Rent) as Landlord shall from time to time establish. Notwithstanding +any provision to the contrary contained in this Lease, Tenant shall pay to +Landlord, Landlord's standard charge, for any services provided to Tenant which +Landlord is not obligated to provide to Tenant pursuant to the terms of this +Lease. 6.3 Interruption of Use. Tenant agrees that Landlord shall not be liable +for damages, by abatement of Rent or otherwise, for failure to furnish or delay +in furnishing any service (including telephone and telecommunication services), +or for any diminution in the quality or quantity thereof, when such failure or +delay or diminution is occasioned, in whole or in part, by breakage, repairs, +replacements, or improvements, by any strike, lockout or other labor trouble, by +inability to secure electricity, gas, water, or other fuel at the Building or +Project after reasonable effort to do so, by any riot or other dangerous +condition, emergency, accident or casualty whatsoever, by act or default of +Tenant or other parties, or by any other cause beyond Landlord's reasonable +control; and such failures or delays or diminution shall never be deemed to +constitute an eviction or disturbance of Tenant's use and possession of the +Premises or relieve Tenant from paying Rent or performing any of its obligations +under this Lease. Furthermore, Landlord shall not be liable under any +circumstances for a loss of, or injury to, property or for injury to, or +interference with, Tenant's business, including, without limitation, loss of +profits, however occurring, through or in connection with or incidental to a +failure to furnish any of the services or utilities as set forth in this Article +6. ARTICLE 7 REPAIRS Tenant shall, at Tenant's own expense, keep the Premises, +including all improvements, fixtures, furnishings, and systems and equipment +therein (including, without limitation, plumbing fixtures and equipment such as +dishwashers, garbage disposals, and insta-hot dispensers) in good order, repair +and condition at all times during the Lease Term. In addition, Tenant shall, at +Tenant's own expense, but under the supervision and subject to the prior +approval of Landlord, and within any reasonable period of time specified by +Landlord, promptly and adequately repair all damage to the Premises and replace +or repair all damaged, broken, or worn fixtures and appurtenances, except for +damage caused by ordinary wear and tear or beyond the reasonable control of +Tenant; provided however, that, at CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease +375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (13) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr016.jpg] +Page(s) Landlord's option, or if Tenant fails to make such repairs, Landlord +may, but need not, make such repairs and replacements, and Tenant shall pay +Landlord the cost thereof, including a percentage of the cost thereof (to be +uniformly established for the Building and/or the Project) sufficient to +reimburse Landlord for all overhead, general conditions, fees and other costs or +expenses arising from Landlord's involvement with such repairs and replacements +forthwith upon being billed for same. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord +shall be responsible for repairs to the exterior walls, foundation and roof of +the Building, the structural portions of the floors of the Building, and the +base building systems and equipment of the Building, except to the extent that +such repairs are required due to the negligence or willful misconduct of Tenant; +provided, however, that if such repairs are due to the negligence or willful +misconduct of Tenant, Landlord shall nevertheless make such repairs at Tenant's +expense, or, if covered by Landlord's insurance, Tenant shall only be obligated +to pay any deductible in connection therewith. Landlord may, but shall not be +required to, enter the Premises at all reasonable times to make such repairs, +alterations, improvements or additions to the Premises or to the Project or to +any equipment located in the Project as Landlord shall desire or deem necessary +or as Landlord may be required to do by governmental or quasi-governmental +authority or court order or decree. Tenant hereby waives any and all rights +under and benefits of subsection 1 of Section 1932 and Sections 1941 and 1942 of +the California Civil Code or under any similar law, statute, or ordinance now or +hereafter in effect. ARTICLE 8 ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS 8.1 Landlord's Consent +to Alterations. Tenant may not make any improvements, alterations, additions or +changes to the Premises or any mechanical, plumbing or HVAC facilities or +systems pertaining to the Premises (collectively, the "Alterations") without +first procuring the prior written consent of Landlord to such Alterations, which +consent shall be requested by Tenant not less than thirty (30) days prior to the +commencement thereof, and which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld by +Landlord, provided it shall be deemed reasonable for Landlord to withhold its +consent to any Alteration which adversely affects the structural portions or the +systems or equipment of the Building or is visible from the exterior of the +Building. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall be permitted to make +Alterations following ten (10) business days notice to Landlord, but without +Landlord's prior consent, to the extent that such Alterations are decorative +only (i.e., installation of carpeting or painting of the Premises). The +construction of the initial improvements to the Premises shall be governed by +the terms of the Tenant Work Letter and not the terms of this Article 8. 8.2 +Manner of Construction. Landlord may impose, as a condition of its consent to +any and all Alterations or repairs of the Premises or about the Premises, such +requirements as Landlord in its reasonable discretion may deem desirable, +including, but not limited to, the requirement that Tenant utilize for such +purposes only contractors, subcontractors, materials, mechanics and materialmen +selected by Tenant from a list provided and approved by Landlord, the +requirement that upon Landlord's request, Tenant shall, at Tenant's expense, +remove such Alterations upon the expiration or any early termination of the +Lease Term. Tenant shall construct such Alterations and perform such repairs in +a good and workmanlike manner, in conformance with any and all applicable +federal, state, county or municipal laws, rules and regulations and pursuant to +a valid building permit, issued by the City of San Mateo, all in conformance +with Landlord's construction rules and regulations; provided, however, that +prior to commencing to construct any Alteration, Tenant shall meet with Landlord +to discuss Landlord's design parameters and code compliance issues. In the event +Tenant performs any Alterations in the Premises which require or give rise to +governmentally required changes to the "Base Building," as that term is defined +below, then Landlord shall, at Tenant's expense, make such changes to the Base +Building. The "Base Building" shall include the structural portions of the +Building, and the public restrooms, elevators, exit stairwells and the systems +and equipment located in the internal core of the Building on the floor or +floors on which the Premises are located. In performing the work of any such +Alterations, Tenant shall have the work performed in such manner so as not to +obstruct access to the Project or any portion thereof, by any other tenant of +the Project, and so as not to obstruct the business of Landlord or other tenants +in the Project. Tenant shall not use (and upon notice from Landlord shall cease +using) contractors, services, workmen, labor, materials or equipment that, in +Landlord's reasonable judgment, would disturb labor harmony with the workforce +or trades engaged in performing other work, labor or services in or about the +Building or the Common Areas. In addition to Tenant's obligations under Article +9 of this Lease, upon completion of any Alterations, Tenant agrees to cause a +Notice of Completion to be recorded in the office of the Recorder of the County +of San Mateo in accordance with Section 8182 of the Civil Code of the State of +California or any successor statute, and Tenant shall CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA +Office Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (14) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr017.jpg] +Page(s) deliver to the Project construction manager a reproducible copy of the +"as built" drawings of the Alterations as well as all permits, approvals and +other documents issued by any governmental agency in connection with the +Alterations. 8.3 Payment for Improvements. If payment is made by Tenant directly +to contractors, Tenant shall (i) comply with Landlord's requirements for final +lien releases and waivers in connection with Tenant's payment for work to +contractors, and (ii) sign Landlord's standard contractor's rules and +regulations. If Tenant orders any work directly from Landlord, Tenant shall pay +to Landlord an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the cost of such work to +compensate Landlord for all overhead, general conditions, fees and other costs +and expenses arising from Landlord's involvement with such work. If Tenant does +not order any work directly from Landlord, Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for +Landlord's reasonable, actual, out-of-pocket costs and expenses actually +incurred in connection with Landlord's review of such work. At Landlord's +option, prior to the commencement of construction of any Alteration, Tenant +shall provide Landlord with the reasonably anticipated cost thereof, which +Landlord shall disburse during construction pursuant to Landlord's standard, +commercially reasonable disbursement procedure. 8.4 Construction Insurance. In +addition to the requirements of Article 10 of this Lease, in the event that +Tenant makes any Alterations, prior to the commencement of such Alterations, +Tenant shall provide Landlord with evidence that Tenant carries or has caused +its Contractor to carry "Builder's All Risk" insurance in an amount approved by +Landlord covering the construction of such Alterations, and such other insurance +as Landlord may reasonably require, it being understood and agreed that all of +such Alterations shall be insured by Tenant pursuant to Article 10 of this Lease +immediately upon completion thereof. In addition, Tenant's contractors and +subcontractors shall be required to carry Commercial General Liability insurance +in an amount approved by Landlord and otherwise in accordance with the +requirements of Article 10 of this Lease. Landlord may, in its discretion, +require Tenant to obtain a lien and completion bond or some alternate form of +security satisfactory to Landlord in an amount sufficient to ensure the +lien-free completion of such Alterations and naming Landlord as a co-obligee. +8.5 Landlord's Property. All Alterations, improvements, fixtures, equipment +and/or appurtenances which may be installed or placed in or about the Premises, +from time to time, shall be at the sole cost of Tenant and shall be and become +the property of Landlord, except that Tenant may remove any Alterations, +improvements, fixtures and/or equipment which Tenant can substantiate to +Landlord have not been paid for with any Tenant improvement allowance funds +provided to Tenant by Landlord, provided Tenant repairs any damage to the +Premises and Building caused by such removal and returns the affected portion of +the Premises to a building standard tenant improved condition as determined by +Landlord; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, upon request by +Tenant at the time of Tenant's request for Landlord's consent to any Alteration +or improvement, Landlord shall notify Tenant whether the applicable Alteration +or improvement will be required to be removed pursuant to the terms of this +Section 8.5. Furthermore, Landlord may, by written notice to Tenant prior to the +end of the Lease Term, or given following any earlier termination of this Lease, +require Tenant, at Tenant's expense, to remove any Alterations and/or +improvements and/or systems and equipment within the Premises and to repair any +damage to the Premises and Building caused by such removal and return the +affected portion of the Premises to a building standard tenant improved +condition as determined by Landlord. If Tenant fails to complete such removal +and/or to repair any damage caused by the removal of any Alterations and/or +improvements and/or systems and equipment in the Premises and return the +affected portion of the Premises to a building standard tenant improved +condition as reasonably determined by Landlord, Landlord may do so and may +charge the cost thereof to Tenant. Tenant hereby protects, defends, indemnifies +and holds Landlord harmless from any liability, cost, obligation, expense or +claim of lien in any manner relating to the installation, placement, removal or +financing of any such Alterations, improvements, fixtures and/or equipment in, +on or about the Premises, which obligations of Tenant shall survive the +expiration or earlier termination of this Lease. ARTICLE 9 COVENANT AGAINST +LIENS Tenant shall keep the Project and Premises free from any liens or +encumbrances arising out of the work performed, materials furnished or +obligations incurred by or on behalf of Tenant, and shall protect, defend, +indemnify and hold Landlord harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, +judgments or costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees +and costs) arising out of same or in connection therewith. Tenant shall give +Landlord notice CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease +375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (15) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr018.jpg] +Page(s) at least twenty (20) days prior to the commencement of any such work on +the Premises (or such additional time as may be necessary under applicable laws) +to afford Landlord the opportunity of posting and recording appropriate notices +of non-responsibility. Tenant shall remove any such lien or encumbrance by bond +or otherwise within ten (10) business days after notice by Landlord, and if +Tenant shall fail to do so, Landlord may pay the amount necessary to remove such +lien or encumbrance, without being responsible for investigating the validity +thereof. The amount so paid shall be deemed Additional Rent under this Lease +payable upon demand, without limitation as to other remedies available to +Landlord under this Lease. Nothing contained in this Lease shall authorize +Tenant to do any act which shall subject Landlord's title to the Building or +Premises to any liens or encumbrances whether claimed by operation of law or +express or implied contract. Any claim to a lien or encumbrance upon the +Building or Premises arising in connection with any such work or respecting the +Premises not performed by or at the request of Landlord shall be null and void, +or at Landlord's option shall attach only against Tenant's interest in the +Premises and shall in all respects be subordinate to Landlord's title to the +Project, Building and Premises. ARTICLE 10 INSURANCE 10.1 Indemnification and +Waiver. Tenant hereby assumes all risk of damage to property or injury to +persons in, upon or about the Premises from any cause whatsoever (including, but +not limited to, any personal injuries resulting from a slip and fall in, upon or +about the Premises) and agrees that Landlord, its partners, subpartners and +their respective officers, agents, servants, employees, and independent +contractors (collectively, "Landlord Parties") shall not be liable for, and are +hereby released from any responsibility for, any damage either to person or +property or resulting from the loss of use thereof, which damage is sustained by +Tenant or by other persons claiming through Tenant. Tenant shall indemnify, +defend, protect, and hold harmless the Landlord Parties from any and all loss, +cost, damage, expense and liability (including without limitation court costs +and reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with or arising from any +cause in, on or about the Premises (including, but not limited to, a slip and +fall), any acts, omissions or negligence of Tenant or of any person claiming by, +through or under Tenant, or of the contractors, agents, servants, employees, +invitees, guests or licensees of Tenant or any such person, in, on or about the +Project or any breach of the terms of this Lease, either prior to, during, or +after the expiration of the Lease Term, provided that the terms of the foregoing +indemnity shall not apply to the negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord or +any Landlord Parties. Should Landlord be named as a defendant in any suit +brought against Tenant in connection with or arising out of Tenant's occupancy +of the Premises, Tenant shall pay to Landlord its costs and expenses incurred in +such suit, including without limitation, its actual professional fees such as +reasonable appraisers', accountants' and attorneys' fees. The provisions of this +Section 10.1 shall survive the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease +with respect to any claims or liability arising in connection with any event +occurring prior to such expiration or termination. 10.2 Tenant's Compliance With +Landlord's Fire and Casualty Insurance. Tenant shall, at Tenant's expense, +comply with all insurance company requirements pertaining to the use of the +Premises. If Tenant's conduct or use of the Premises causes any increase in the +premium for such insurance policies then Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for any +such increase. Tenant, at Tenant's expense, shall comply with all rules, orders, +regulations or requirements of the American Insurance Association (formerly the +National Board of Fire Underwriters) and with any similar body. 10.3 Tenant's +Insurance. Tenant shall maintain the following coverages in the following +amounts. Landlord makes no representation or warranty to Tenant that the amount +of insurance required to be carried by Tenant under the terms of this Lease is +adequate to fully protect Tenant's interests. Tenant is encouraged to evaluate +its insurance needs and obtain whatever additional types or amounts of insurance +that it may deem desirable or appropriate. 10.3.1 Commercial General Liability +Insurance on an occurrence form covering the insured against claims of bodily +injury, personal injury and property damage (including loss of use thereof) +arising out of Tenant's operations, and contractual liabilities (covering the +performance by Tenant of its indemnity agreements) including a Broad Form +endorsement covering the insuring provisions of this Lease and the performance +by Tenant CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (16) +[Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr019.jpg] +Page(s) of the indemnity agreements set forth in Section 10.1 of this Lease and +including products and completed operations coverage for limits of liability on +a per location basis of not less than: Bodily Injury and $5,000,000 each +occurrence Property Damage Liability $5,000,000 annual aggregate Personal Injury +Liability $5,000,000 each occurrence $5,000,000 annual aggregate Subject to +commercially reasonable deductibles 10.3.2 Physical Damage Insurance covering +(i) all office furniture, business and trade fixtures, office equipment, +free-standing cabinet work, movable partitions, merchandise and all other items +of Tenant's property on the Premises installed by, for, or at the expense of +Tenant, (ii) the "Tenant Improvements," as that term is defined in the Tenant +Work Letter, and any other improvements which exist in the Premises as of the +Lease Commencement Date (excluding the Base Building) (the "Original +Improvements"), and (iii) all other improvements, alterations and additions to +the Premises. Such insurance shall be written on an "all risks" of physical loss +or damage basis, for the full replacement cost value (subject to reasonable +deductible amounts) new without deduction for depreciation of the covered items +and in amounts that meet any co-insurance clauses of the policies of insurance +and shall include coverage for damage or other loss caused by fire or other +peril including, but not limited to, vandalism and malicious mischief, theft, +water damage of any type, including sprinkler leakage, bursting or stoppage of +pipes, and explosion, and providing business interruption coverage for a period +of one year. 10.3.3 Worker's Compensation and Employer's Liability or other +similar insurance pursuant to all applicable state and local statutes and +regulations. 10.4 Form of Policies. The minimum limits of policies of insurance +required of Tenant under this Lease shall in no event limit the liability of +Tenant under this Lease. Such insurance shall (i) except with respect to +Worker's Compensation and Employer's Liability, name Landlord, and any other +party the Landlord so specifies, as an additional insured, including Landlord's +managing agent, if any; (ii) specifically cover the liability assumed by Tenant +under this Lease, including, but not limited to, Tenant's obligations under +Section 10.1 of this Lease; (iii) be issued by an insurance company having a +rating of not less than A-VIII in Best's Insurance Guide or which is otherwise +acceptable to Landlord and licensed to do business in the State of California; +(iv) be primary and non-contributory insurance as to all claims thereunder and +provide that any insurance carried by Landlord is excess and is non- +contributing with any insurance requirement of Tenant; (v) be in form and +content reasonably acceptable to Landlord; and (vi) provide that said insurance +shall not be canceled or coverage changed unless fifteen (15) days' prior +written notice shall have been given to Landlord and any mortgagee of Landlord. +Tenant shall deliver said policy or policies or certificates thereof to Landlord +on or before the Lease Commencement Date and at least thirty (30) days before +the expiration dates thereof. Further, Landlord shall have the right, from time +to time, to request copies of policies of Tenant's insurance required hereunder, +which Tenant shall thereafter provide within ten (10) business days. In the +event Tenant shall fail to procure such insurance, or to deliver such policies +or certificate, Landlord may, at its option, procure such policies for the +account of Tenant, and the cost thereof shall be paid to Landlord within five +(5) days after delivery to Tenant of bills therefor. 10.5 Subrogation. Landlord +and Tenant intend that their respective property loss risks shall be borne by +reasonable insurance carriers to the extent above provided, and Landlord and +Tenant hereby agree to look solely to, and seek recovery only from, their +respective insurance carriers in the event of a property loss to the extent that +such coverage is agreed to be provided hereunder. The parties each hereby waive +all rights and claims against each other for such losses, and waive all rights +of subrogation of their respective insurers, provided such waiver of subrogation +shall not affect the right to the insured to recover thereunder. The parties +agree that their respective insurance policies are now, or shall be, endorsed +such that the waiver of subrogation shall not affect the right of the insured to +recover thereunder, so long as no material additional premium is charged +therefor. 10.6 Additional Insurance Obligations. Tenant shall carry and maintain +during the entire Lease Term, at Tenant's sole cost and expense, increased +amounts of the insurance required to be carried by Tenant pursuant to this +Article 10 and such other reasonable types of insurance coverage and in such +reasonable amounts covering the CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease +375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (17) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr020.jpg] +Page(s) Premises and Tenant's operations therein, as may be reasonably requested +by Landlord, but in no event in excess of the amounts and types of insurance +then being required by landlords of buildings comparable to and in the vicinity +of the Building. ARTICLE 11 DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION 11.1 Repair of Damage to +Premises by Landlord. Tenant shall promptly notify Landlord of any damage to the +Premises resulting from fire or any other casualty. If the Premises or any +Common Areas serving or providing access to the Premises shall be damaged by +fire or other casualty, Landlord shall promptly and diligently, subject to +reasonable delays for insurance adjustment or other matters beyond Landlord's +reasonable control, and subject to all other terms of this Article 11, restore +the Base Building and such Common Areas. Such restoration shall be to +substantially the same condition of the Base Building and the Common Areas prior +to the casualty, except for modifications required by zoning and building codes +and other laws or by the holder of a mortgage on the Building or Project or any +other modifications to the Common Areas deemed desirable by Landlord, which are +consistent with the character of the Project, provided that access to the +Premises and any common restrooms serving the Premises shall not be materially +impaired. Upon the occurrence of any damage to the Premises, upon notice (the +"Landlord Repair Notice") to Tenant from Landlord, Tenant shall assign to +Landlord (or to any party designated by Landlord) all insurance proceeds payable +to Tenant under Tenant's insurance required under Section 10.3 of this Lease, +and Landlord shall repair any injury or damage to the Tenant Improvements and +the Original Improvements installed in the Premises and shall return such Tenant +Improvements and Original Improvements to their original condition; provided +that if the cost of such repair by Landlord exceeds the amount of insurance +proceeds received by Landlord from Tenant's insurance carrier, as assigned by +Tenant, the cost of such repairs shall be paid by Tenant to Landlord prior to +Landlord's commencement of repair of the damage. In the event that Landlord does +not deliver the Landlord Repair Notice within sixty (60) days following the date +the casualty becomes known to Landlord, Tenant shall, at its sole cost and +expense, repair any injury or damage to the Tenant Improvements and the Original +Improvements installed in the Premises and shall return such Tenant Improvements +and Original Improvements to their original condition. Whether or not Landlord +delivers a Landlord Repair Notice, prior to the commencement of construction, +Tenant shall submit to Landlord, for Landlord's review and approval, all plans, +specifications and working drawings relating thereto, and Landlord shall select +the contractors to perform such improvement work. Landlord shall not be liable +for any inconvenience or annoyance to Tenant or its visitors, or injury to +Tenant's business resulting in any way from such damage or the repair thereof; +provided however, that if such fire or other casualty shall have damaged the +Premises or Common Areas necessary to Tenant's occupancy, and the Premises are +not occupied by Tenant as a result thereof, then during the time and to the +extent the Premises are unfit for occupancy, the Rent shall be abated in +proportion to the ratio that the amount of rentable square feet of the Premises +which is unfit for occupancy for the purposes permitted under this Lease bears +to the total rentable square feet of the Premises. In the event that Landlord +shall not deliver the Landlord Repair Notice, Tenant's right to rent abatement +pursuant to the preceding sentence shall terminate as of the date which is +reasonably determined by Landlord to be the date Tenant should have completed +repairs to the Premises assuming Tenant used reasonable due diligence in +connection therewith. 11.2 Landlord's Option to Repair. Notwithstanding the +terms of Section 11.1 of this Lease, Landlord may elect not to rebuild and/or +restore the Premises, Building and/or Project, and instead terminate this Lease, +by notifying Tenant in writing of such termination within sixty (60) days after +the date of discovery of the damage, such notice to include a termination date +giving Tenant sixty (60) days to vacate the Premises, but Landlord may so elect +only if the Building or Project shall be damaged by fire or other casualty or +cause, whether or not the Premises are affected, and one or more of the +following conditions is present: (i) in Landlord's reasonable judgment, repairs +cannot reasonably be completed within one hundred eighty (180) days after the +date of discovery of the damage (when such repairs are made without the payment +of overtime or other premiums); (ii) the holder of any mortgage on the Building +or Project or ground lessor with respect to the Building or Project shall +require that the insurance proceeds or any portion thereof be used to retire the +mortgage debt, or shall terminate the ground lease, as the case may be; (iii) +the damage is not fully covered by Landlord's insurance policies; (iv) Landlord +decides to rebuild the Building or Common Areas so that they will be +substantially different structurally or architecturally; (v) the damage occurs +during the last twelve (12) months of the Lease Term; or (vi) any owner of any +other portion of the Project, other than Landlord, does not intend to repair the +damage to such portion of the Project; provided, however, that if Landlord does +not elect to CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs +(18) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr021.jpg] +Page(s) terminate this Lease pursuant to Landlord's termination right as +provided above, and the repairs cannot, in the reasonable opinion of Landlord, +be completed within one hundred eighty (180) days after being commenced, Tenant +may elect, no earlier than sixty (60) days after the date of the damage and not +later than ninety (90) days after the date of such damage, to terminate this +Lease by written notice to Landlord effective as of the date specified in the +notice, which date shall not be less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty +(60) days after the date such notice is given by Tenant. Notwithstanding the +provisions of this Section 11.2, Tenant shall have the right to terminate this +Lease under this Section 11.2 only if each of the following conditions is +satisfied: (a) the damage to the Project by fire or other casualty was not +caused by the gross negligence or intentional act of Tenant or its partners or +subpartners and their respective officers, agents, servants, employees, and +independent contractors; (b) Tenant is not then in default under this Lease; (c) +as a result of the damage, Tenant cannot reasonably conduct business from the +Premises; and, (d) as a result of the damage to the Project, Tenant does not +occupy or use the Premises at all. 11.3 Waiver of Statutory Provisions. The +provisions of this Lease, including this Article 11, constitute an express +agreement between Landlord and Tenant with respect to any and all damage to, or +destruction of, all or any part of the Premises, the Building or the Project, +and any statute or regulation of the State of California, including, without +limitation, Sections 1932(2) and 1933(4) of the California Civil Code, with +respect to any rights or obligations concerning damage or destruction in the +absence of an express agreement between the parties, and any other statute or +regulation, now or hereafter in effect, shall have no application to this Lease +or any damage or destruction to all or any part of the Premises, the Building or +the Project. ARTICLE 12 NONWAIVER No provision of this Lease shall be deemed +waived by either party hereto unless expressly waived in a writing signed +thereby. The waiver by either party hereto of any breach of any term, covenant +or condition herein contained shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any +subsequent breach of same or any other term, covenant or condition herein +contained. The subsequent acceptance of Rent hereunder by Landlord shall not be +deemed to be a waiver of any preceding breach by Tenant of any term, covenant or +condition of this Lease, other than the failure of Tenant to pay the particular +Rent so accepted, regardless of Landlord's knowledge of such preceding breach at +the time of acceptance of such Rent. No acceptance of a lesser amount than the +Rent herein stipulated shall be deemed a waiver of Landlord's right to receive +the full amount due, nor shall any endorsement or statement on any check or +payment or any letter accompanying such check or payment be deemed an accord and +satisfaction, and Landlord may accept such check or payment without prejudice to +Landlord's right to recover the full amount due. No receipt of monies by +Landlord from Tenant after the termination of this Lease shall in any way alter +the length of the Lease Term or of Tenant's right of possession hereunder, or +after the giving of any notice shall reinstate, continue or extend the Lease +Term or affect any notice given Tenant prior to the receipt of such monies, it +being agreed that after the service of notice or the commencement of a suit, or +after final judgment for possession of the Premises, Landlord may receive and +collect any Rent due, and the payment of said Rent shall not waive or affect +said notice, suit or judgment. ARTICLE 13 CONDEMNATION If the whole or any part +of the Premises, Building or Project shall be taken by power of eminent domain +or condemned by any competent authority for any public or quasi-public use or +purpose, or if any adjacent property or street shall be so taken or condemned, +or reconfigured or vacated by such authority in such manner as to require the +use, reconstruction or remodeling of any part of the Premises, Building or +Project, or if Landlord shall grant a deed or other instrument in lieu of such +taking by eminent domain or condemnation, Landlord shall have the option to +terminate this Lease effective as of the date possession is required to be +surrendered to the authority. If more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the +rentable square feet of the Premises is taken, or if access to the Premises is +substantially impaired, in each case for a period in excess of one hundred +eighty (180) days, Tenant shall have the option to terminate this Lease +effective as of the date possession is required to be surrendered to the +authority. Tenant shall not because of such taking assert any claim against +Landlord or the authority for any compensation because of such taking and +Landlord shall be entitled to the entire award or payment in connection +therewith, except that Tenant CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease +375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (19) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr022.jpg] +Page(s) shall have the right to file any separate claim available to Tenant for +any taking of Tenant's personal property and fixtures belonging to Tenant and +removable by Tenant upon expiration of the Lease Term pursuant to the terms of +this Lease, and for moving expenses, so long as such claims do not diminish the +award available to Landlord, its ground lessor with respect to the Building or +Project or its mortgagee, and such claim is payable separately to Tenant. All +Rent shall be apportioned as of the date of such termination. If any part of the +Premises shall be taken, and this Lease shall not be so terminated, the Rent +shall be proportionately abated. Tenant hereby waives any and all rights it +might otherwise have pursuant to Section 1265.130 of The California Code of +Civil Procedure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this +Article 13, in the event of a temporary taking of all or any portion of the +Premises for a period of one hundred and eighty (180) days or less, then this +Lease shall not terminate but the Base Rent and the Additional Rent shall be +abated for the period of such taking in proportion to the ratio that the amount +of rentable square feet of the Premises taken bears to the total rentable square +feet of the Premises. Landlord shall be entitled to receive the entire award +made in connection with any such temporary taking. ARTICLE 14 ASSIGNMENT AND +SUBLETTING 14.1 Transfers. Tenant shall not, without the prior written consent +of Landlord, assign, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, or permit any lien +to attach to, or otherwise transfer, this Lease or any interest hereunder, +permit any assignment, or other transfer of this Lease or any interest hereunder +by operation of law, sublet the Premises or any part thereof, or enter into any +license or concession agreements or otherwise permit the occupancy or use of the +Premises or any part thereof by any persons other than Tenant and its employees +and contractors (all of the foregoing are hereinafter sometimes referred to +collectively as "Transfers" and any person to whom any Transfer is made or +sought to be made is hereinafter sometimes referred to as a "Transferee"). If +Tenant desires Landlord's consent to any Transfer, Tenant shall notify Landlord +in writing, which notice (the "Transfer Notice") shall include (i) the proposed +effective date of the Transfer, which shall not be less than thirty (30) days +nor more than one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of delivery of the +Transfer Notice, (ii) a description of the portion of the Premises to be +transferred (the "Subject Space"), (iii) all of the terms of the proposed +Transfer and the consideration therefor, including calculation of the "Transfer +Premium", as that term is defined in Section 14.3 below, in connection with such +Transfer, the name and address of the proposed Transferee, and a copy of all +existing executed and/or proposed documentation pertaining to the proposed +Transfer, including all existing operative documents to be executed to evidence +such Transfer or the agreements incidental or related to such Transfer, provided +that Landlord shall have the right to require Tenant to utilize Landlord's +standard Transfer documents in connection with the documentation of such +Transfer, (iv) current financial statements of the proposed Transferee certified +by an officer, partner or owner thereof, business credit and personal references +and history of the proposed Transferee and any other information reasonably +required by Landlord which will enable Landlord to determine the financial +responsibility, character, and reputation of the proposed Transferee, nature of +such Transferee's business and proposed use of the Subject Space, and (v) an +executed estoppel certificate from Tenant in the form attached hereto as Exhibit +E. Any Transfer made without Landlord's prior written consent shall, at +Landlord's option, be null, void and of no effect, and shall, at Landlord's +option, constitute a default by Tenant under this Lease. Whether or not Landlord +consents to any proposed Transfer, Tenant shall pay Landlord's reasonable review +and processing fees, as well as any reasonable professional fees (including, +without limitation, attorneys', accountants', architects', engineers' and +consultants' fees) incurred by Landlord, not to exceed $3,000.00 for a Transfer +in the ordinary course of business, within thirty (30) days after written +request by Landlord. 14.2 Landlord's Consent. Landlord shall not unreasonably +withhold or delay its consent to any proposed Transfer of the Subject Space to +the Transferee on the terms specified in the Transfer Notice. Without limitation +as to other reasonable grounds for withholding consent, the parties hereby agree +that it shall be reasonable under this Lease and under any applicable law for +Landlord to withhold consent to any proposed Transfer where one or more of the +following apply: 14.2.1 The Transferee is of a character or reputation or +engaged in a business which is not consistent with the quality of the Building +or the Project; CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease +375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (20) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr023.jpg] +Page(s) 14.2.2 The Transferee intends to use the Subject Space for purposes +which are not permitted under this Lease; 14.2.3 The Transferee is either a +governmental agency or instrumentality thereof or a non-profit organization; +14.2.4 The Transferee is not a party of reasonable financial worth and/or +financial stability in light of the responsibilities to be undertaken in +connection with the Transfer on the date consent is requested; 14.2.5 The +proposed Transfer would cause a violation of another lease for space in the +Project, or would give an occupant of the Project a right to cancel its lease; +or 14.2.6 Either the proposed Transferee, or any person or entity which directly +or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the +proposed Transferee, (i) occupies space in the Project at the time of the +request (provided, however, that Landlord may not withhold its consent to an +assignment or a sublease pursuant to the terms of this Section 14.2.6(i) to the +extent Landlord cannot meet such occupant’s space needs) for consent, or (ii) is +negotiating with Landlord or has negotiated with Landlord during the six (6) +month period immediately preceding the date Landlord receives the Transfer +Notice, to lease space in the Project. If Landlord consents to any Transfer +pursuant to the terms of this Section 14.2 (and does not exercise any recapture +rights Landlord may have under Section 14.4 of this Lease), Tenant may within +six (6) months after Landlord's consent, but not later than the expiration of +said six-month period, enter into such Transfer of the Premises or portion +thereof, upon substantially the same terms and conditions as are set forth in +the Transfer Notice furnished by Tenant to Landlord pursuant to Section 14.1 of +this Lease, provided that if there are any material changes in the terms and +conditions from those specified in the Transfer Notice (i) such that Landlord +would initially have been entitled to refuse its consent to such Transfer under +this Section 14.2, or (ii) which would cause the proposed Transfer to be more +favorable to the Transferee than the terms set forth in Tenant's original +Transfer Notice, Tenant shall again submit the Transfer to Landlord for its +approval and other action under this Article 14 (including Landlord's right of +recapture, if any, under Section 14.4 of this Lease). Notwithstanding anything +to the contrary in this Lease, if Tenant or any proposed Transferee claims that +Landlord has unreasonably withheld or delayed its consent under Section 14.2 or +otherwise has breached or acted unreasonably under this Article 14, their sole +remedies shall be a suit for contract damages (other than damages for injury to, +or interference with, Tenant's business including, without limitation, loss of +profits, however occurring) or declaratory judgment and an injunction for the +relief sought, and Tenant hereby waives all other remedies, including, without +limitation, any right at law or equity to terminate this Lease, on its own +behalf and, to the extent permitted under all applicable laws, on behalf of the +proposed Transferee. 14.3 Transfer Premium. If Landlord consents to a Transfer, +as a condition thereto which the parties hereby agree is reasonable, Tenant +shall pay to Landlord fifty percent (50%) of any "Transfer Premium," as that +term is defined in this Section 14.3, received by Tenant from such Transferee. +"Transfer Premium" shall mean all rent, additional rent or other consideration +payable by such Transferee in connection with the Transfer in excess of the Rent +and Additional Rent payable by Tenant under this Lease during the term of the +Transfer on a per rentable square foot basis if less than all of the Premises is +transferred, after deducting the reasonable expenses incurred by Tenant for (i) +any changes, alterations and improvements to the Premises in connection with the +Transfer, (ii) any free base rent reasonably provided to the Transferee in +connection with the Transfer (provided that such free rent shall be deducted +only to the extent the same is included in the calculation of total +consideration payable by such Transferee), and (iii) any brokerage commissions +in connection with the Transfer and (iv) legal fees reasonably incurred in +connection with the Transfer (collectively, "Tenant's Subleasing Costs"). +"Transfer Premium" shall also include, but not be limited to, key money, bonus +money or other cash consideration paid by Transferee to Tenant in connection +with such Transfer, and any payment in excess of fair market value for services +rendered by Tenant to Transferee or for assets, fixtures, inventory, equipment, +or furniture transferred by Tenant to Transferee in connection with such +Transfer. The determination of the amount of Landlord's applicable share of the +Transfer Premium shall be made on a monthly basis as rent or other consideration +is received by Tenant under the Transfer. For purposes of calculating the +Transfer Premium on a monthly basis, Tenant's Subleasing Costs shall be deemed +to be expended by Tenant in equal monthly amounts over the entire term of the +Transfer. CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (21) +[Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr024.jpg] +Page(s) 14.4 Landlord's Option as to Subject Space. Notwithstanding anything to +the contrary contained in this Article 14, in the event Tenant contemplates a +Transfer of all or a portion of the Premises, Tenant shall give Landlord notice +(the "Intention to Transfer Notice") of such contemplated Transfer (whether or +not the contemplated Transferee or the terms of such contemplated Transfer have +been determined). The Intention to Transfer Notice shall specify the portion of +and amount of rentable square feet of the Premises which Tenant intends to +Transfer (the "Contemplated Transfer Space"), the contemplated date of +commencement of the contemplated Transfer (the "Contemplated Effective Date"), +and the contemplated length of the term of such contemplated Transfer, and shall +specify that such Intention to Transfer Notice is delivered to Landlord pursuant +to this Section 14.4 in order to allow Landlord to elect to recapture the +Contemplated Transfer Space. Thereafter, Landlord shall have the option, by +giving written notice to Tenant within fifteen (15) days after receipt of any +Intention to Transfer Notice, to recapture the Contemplated Transfer Space. Such +recapture shall cancel and terminate this Lease with respect to such +Contemplated Transfer Space as of the Contemplated Effective Date. In the event +of a recapture by Landlord, if this Lease shall be canceled with respect to less +than the entire Premises, the Rent reserved herein shall be prorated on the +basis of the number of rentable square feet retained by Tenant in proportion to +the number of rentable square feet contained in the Premises, and this Lease as +so amended shall continue thereafter in full force and effect, and upon request +of either party, the parties shall execute written confirmation of the same. If +Landlord declines, or fails to elect in a timely manner, to recapture such +Contemplated Transfer Space under this Section 14.4, then, subject to the other +terms of this Article 14, for a period of nine (9) months (the "Nine Month +Period") commencing on the last day of such fifteen (15) day period, Landlord +shall not have any right to recapture the Contemplated Transfer Space with +respect to any Transfer made during the Nine Month Period, provided that any +such Transfer is substantially on the terms set forth in the Intention to +Transfer Notice, and provided further that any such Transfer shall be subject to +the remaining terms of this Article 14. If such a Transfer is not so consummated +within the Nine Month Period (or if a Transfer is so consummated, then upon the +expiration of the term of any Transfer of such Contemplated Transfer Space +consummated within such Nine Month Period), Tenant shall again be required to +submit a new Intention to Transfer Notice to Landlord with respect any +contemplated Transfer, as provided above in this Section 14.4. 14.5 Effect of +Transfer. If Landlord consents to a Transfer, (i) the terms and conditions of +this Lease shall in no way be deemed to have been waived or modified, (ii) such +consent shall not be deemed consent to any further Transfer by either Tenant or +a Transferee, (iii) Tenant shall deliver to Landlord, promptly after execution, +an original executed copy of all documentation pertaining to the Transfer in +form reasonably acceptable to Landlord, (iv) Tenant shall furnish upon +Landlord's request a complete statement, certified by an independent certified +public accountant, or Tenant's chief financial officer, setting forth in detail +the computation of any Transfer Premium Tenant has derived and shall derive from +such Transfer, and (v) no Transfer relating to this Lease or agreement entered +into with respect thereto, whether with or without Landlord's consent, shall +relieve Tenant or any guarantor of the Lease from any liability under this +Lease, including, without limitation, in connection with the Subject Space. In +the event that Tenant subleases all or any portion of the Premises in accordance +with the terms of this Article 14, Tenant shall cause such subtenant to carry +and maintain the same insurance coverage terms and limits as are required of +Tenant, in accordance with the terms of Article 10 of this Lease. Landlord or +its authorized representatives shall have the right at all reasonable times to +audit the books, records and papers of Tenant relating to any Transfer, and +shall have the right to make copies thereof. If the Transfer Premium respecting +any Transfer shall be found understated, Tenant shall, within thirty (30) days +after demand, pay the deficiency, and if understated by more than two percent +(2%), Tenant shall pay Landlord's costs of such audit. 14.6 Additional +Transfers. For purposes of this Lease, the term "Transfer" shall also include +(i) if Tenant is a partnership, the withdrawal or change, voluntary, involuntary +or by operation of law, of fifty percent (50%) or more of the partners, or +transfer of fifty percent (50%) or more of partnership interests, within a +twelve (12)-month period, or the dissolution of the partnership without +immediate reconstitution thereof, and (ii) if Tenant is a closely held +corporation (i.e., whose stock is not publicly held and not traded through an +exchange or over the counter), (A) the dissolution, merger, consolidation or +other reorganization of Tenant or (B) the sale or other transfer of an aggregate +of fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting shares of Tenant (other than to +immediate family members by reason of gift or death), within a twelve (12)-month +period, or (C) the sale, mortgage, hypothecation or pledge of an aggregate of +fifty percent (50%) or more of the value of the unencumbered assets of Tenant +within a twelve (12)-month period. 14.7 Occurrence of Default. Any Transfer +hereunder shall be subordinate and subject to the provisions of this Lease, and +if this Lease shall be terminated during the term of any Transfer, Landlord +shall have the right to: CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease +375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (22) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr025.jpg] +Page(s) (i) treat such Transfer as cancelled and repossess the Subject Space by +any lawful means, or (ii) require that such Transferee attorn to and recognize +Landlord as its landlord under any such Transfer. If Tenant shall be in default +under this Lease, Landlord is hereby irrevocably authorized, as Tenant's agent +and attorney-in-fact, to direct any Transferee to make all payments under or in +connection with the Transfer directly to Landlord (which Landlord shall apply +towards Tenant's obligations under this Lease) until such default is cured. Such +Transferee shall rely on any representation by Landlord that Tenant is in +default hereunder, without any need for confirmation thereof by Tenant. Upon any +assignment, the assignee shall assume in writing all obligations and covenants +of Tenant thereafter to be performed or observed under this Lease. No collection +or acceptance of rent by Landlord from any Transferee shall be deemed a waiver +of any provision of this Article 14 or the approval of any Transferee or a +release of Tenant from any obligation under this Lease, whether theretofore or +thereafter accruing. In no event shall Landlord's enforcement of any provision +of this Lease against any Transferee be deemed a waiver of Landlord's right to +enforce any term of this Lease against Tenant or any other person. If Tenant's +obligations hereunder have been guaranteed, Landlord's consent to any Transfer +shall not be effective unless the guarantor also consents to such Transfer. 14.8 +Non-Transfers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this +Article 14, an assignment or subletting of all or a portion of the Premises to +an affiliate of Tenant (an entity which is controlled by, controls, or is under +common control with, Tenant), shall not be deemed a Transfer under this Article +14, provided that Tenant notifies Landlord of any such assignment or sublease +and promptly supplies Landlord with any documents or information requested by +Landlord regarding such assignment or sublease or such affiliate, and further +provided that such assignment or sublease is not a subterfuge by Tenant to avoid +its obligations under this Lease. "Control," as used in this Section 14.8, shall +mean the ownership, directly or indirectly, of at least fifty-one percent (51%) +of the voting securities of, or possession of the right to vote, in the ordinary +direction of its affairs, of at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the voting +interest in, any person or entity. ARTICLE 15 SURRENDER OF PREMISES; OWNERSHIP +AND REMOVAL OF TRADE FIXTURES 15.1 Surrender of Premises. No act or thing done +by Landlord or any agent or employee of Landlord during the Lease Term shall be +deemed to constitute an acceptance by Landlord of a surrender of the Premises +unless such intent is specifically acknowledged in writing by Landlord. The +delivery of keys to the Premises to Landlord or any agent or employee of +Landlord shall not constitute a surrender of the Premises or effect a +termination of this Lease, whether or not the keys are thereafter retained by +Landlord, and notwithstanding such delivery Tenant shall be entitled to the +return of such keys at any reasonable time upon request until this Lease shall +have been properly terminated. The voluntary or other surrender of this Lease by +Tenant, whether accepted by Landlord or not, or a mutual termination hereof, +shall not work a merger, and at the option of Landlord shall operate as an +assignment to Landlord of all subleases or subtenancies affecting the Premises +or terminate any or all such sublessees or subtenancies. 15.2 Removal of Tenant +Property by Tenant. Upon the expiration of the Lease Term, or upon any earlier +termination of this Lease, Tenant shall, subject to the provisions of this +Article 15, quit and surrender possession of the Premises to Landlord in as good +order and condition as when Tenant took possession and as thereafter improved by +Landlord and/or Tenant, reasonable wear and tear and repairs which are +specifically made the responsibility of Landlord hereunder excepted. Upon such +expiration or termination, Tenant shall, without expense to Landlord, remove or +cause to be removed from the Premises all debris and rubbish, and such items of +furniture, equipment, business and trade fixtures, free-standing cabinet work, +movable partitions and other articles of personal property owned by Tenant or +installed or placed by Tenant at its expense in the Premises, and such similar +articles of any other persons claiming under Tenant, as Landlord may, in its +sole discretion, require to be removed, and Tenant shall repair at its own +expense all damage to the Premises and Building resulting from such removal. +CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (23) +[Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr026.jpg] +Page(s) ARTICLE 16 HOLDING OVER If Tenant holds over after the expiration of the +Lease Term or earlier termination thereof, such tenancy shall be a +tenancy-at-sufferance, and shall not constitute a renewal hereof or an extension +for any further term, and in such case Rent shall be payable at a daily rate +equal to the product of (i) the daily Rent applicable during the last rental +period of the Lease Term under this Lease, and (ii) a percentage equal to 150% +during the first two (2) months immediately following the expiration or earlier +termination of the Lease Term, and 200% thereafter. Such tenancy shall be +subject to every other applicable term, covenant and agreement contained herein. +Nothing contained in this Article 16 shall be construed as consent by Landlord +to any holding over by Tenant, and Landlord expressly reserves the right to +require Tenant to surrender possession of the Premises to Landlord as provided +in this Lease upon the expiration or other termination of this Lease. If Tenant +holds over without Landlord's express written consent, and tenders payment of +rent for any period beyond the expiration of the Lease Term by way of check +(whether directly to Landlord, its agents, or to a lock box) or wire transfer, +Tenant acknowledges and agrees that the cashing of such check or acceptance of +such wire shall be considered inadvertent and not be construed as creating a +month-to-month tenancy, provided Landlord refunds such payment to Tenant +promptly upon learning that such check has been cashed or wire transfer +received. The provisions of this Article 16 shall not be deemed to limit or +constitute a waiver of any other rights or remedies of Landlord provided herein +or at law. If Tenant fails to surrender the Premises upon the termination or +expiration of this Lease, in addition to any other liabilities to Landlord +accruing therefrom, Tenant shall protect, defend, indemnify and hold Landlord +harmless from all loss, costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) and +liability resulting from such failure, including, without limiting the +generality of the foregoing, any claims made by any succeeding tenant founded +upon such failure to surrender and any lost profits to Landlord resulting +therefrom. Tenant agrees that any proceedings necessary to recover possession of +the Premises, whether before or after expiration of the Lease Term, shall be +considered an action to enforce the terms of this Lease for purposes of the +awarding of any attorney’s fees in connection therewith. ARTICLE 17 ESTOPPEL +CERTIFICATES Within ten (10) business days following a request in writing by +Landlord, Tenant shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to Landlord an estoppel +certificate, which, as submitted by Landlord, shall be substantially in the form +of Exhibit E, attached hereto (or such other form as may be required by any +prospective mortgagee or purchaser of the Project, or any portion thereof), +indicating therein any exceptions thereto that may exist at that time, and shall +also contain any other information reasonably requested by Landlord or +Landlord's mortgagee or prospective mortgagee. Any such certificate may be +relied upon by any prospective mortgagee or purchaser of all or any portion of +the Project. Tenant shall execute and deliver whatever other instruments may be +reasonably required for such purposes. At any time during the Lease Term, +Landlord may require Tenant to provide Landlord with a current financial +statement and financial statements of the two (2) years prior to the current +financial statement year. Such statements shall be prepared in accordance with +generally accepted accounting principles and, if such is the normal practice of +Tenant, shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant. Failure +of Tenant to timely execute, acknowledge and deliver such estoppel certificate +or other instruments shall constitute an acceptance of the Premises and an +acknowledgment by Tenant that statements included in the estoppel certificate +are true and correct, without exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the +event that (i) stock in the entity which constitutes Tenant under this Lease (as +opposed to an entity that "controls" Tenant or is otherwise an "affiliate" of +Tenant, as those terms are defined in Section 14.8 of this Lease) is publicly +traded on a national stock exchange, and (ii) Tenant has its own, separate and +distinct 10K and 10Q filing requirements (as opposed joint or cumulative filings +with an entity that controls Tenant or with entities which are otherwise +Affiliates of Tenant), then Tenant's obligation to provide Landlord with a copy +of its most recent current financial statement shall be deemed satisfied. +CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (24) +[Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr027.jpg] +Page(s) ARTICLE 18 SUBORDINATION This Lease shall be subject and subordinate to +all present and future ground or underlying leases of the Building or Project +and to the lien of any mortgage, trust deed or other encumbrances now or +hereafter in force against the Building or Project or any part thereof, if any, +and to all renewals, extensions, modifications, consolidations and replacements +thereof, and to all advances made or hereafter to be made upon the security of +such mortgages or trust deeds, unless the holders of such mortgages, trust deeds +or other encumbrances, or the lessors under such ground lease or underlying +leases, require in writing that this Lease be superior thereto. Tenant covenants +and agrees in the event any proceedings are brought for the foreclosure of any +such mortgage or deed in lieu thereof (or if any ground lease is terminated), to +attorn, without any deductions or set-offs whatsoever, to the lienholder or +purchaser or any successors thereto upon any such foreclosure sale or deed in +lieu thereof (or to the ground lessor), if so requested to do so by such +purchaser or lienholder or ground lessor, and to recognize such purchaser or +lienholder or ground lessor as the lessor under this Lease, provided such +lienholder or purchaser or ground lessor shall agree to accept this Lease and +not disturb Tenant's occupancy, so long as Tenant timely pays the rent and +observes and performs the terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease to be +observed and performed by Tenant. Landlord's interest herein may be assigned as +security at any time to any lienholder. Tenant shall, within ten (10) days of +request by Landlord, execute such further instruments or assurances as Landlord +may reasonably deem necessary to evidence or confirm the subordination or +superiority of this Lease to any such mortgages, trust deeds, ground leases or +underlying leases. Tenant waives the provisions of any current or future +statute, rule or law which may give or purport to give Tenant any right or +election to terminate or otherwise adversely affect this Lease and the +obligations of the Tenant hereunder in the event of any foreclosure proceeding +or sale. ARTICLE 19 DEFAULTS; REMEDIES 19.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of +any of the following shall constitute a default of this Lease by Tenant: 19.1.1 +Any failure by Tenant to pay any Rent or any other charge required to be paid +under this Lease, or any part thereof, when due unless such failure is cured +within five (5) business days after the date due; or 19.1.2 Except where a +specific time period is otherwise set forth for Tenant's performance in this +Lease, in which event the failure to perform by Tenant within such time period +shall be a default by Tenant under this Section 19.1.2, any failure by Tenant to +observe or perform any other provision, covenant or condition of this Lease to +be observed or performed by Tenant where such failure continues for thirty (30) +days after written notice thereof from Landlord to Tenant; provided that if the +nature of such default is such that the same cannot reasonably be cured within a +thirty (30) day period, Tenant shall not be deemed to be in default if it +diligently commences such cure within such period and thereafter diligently +proceeds to rectify and cure such default; or 19.1.3 Abandonment pursuant to +Applicable Law of the Premises by Tenant; or 19.1.4 The failure by Tenant to +observe or perform according to the provisions of Articles 5, 14, 17 or 18 of +this Lease where such failure continues for more than two (2) business days +after notice from Landlord; or 19.1.5 Tenant's failure to occupy the Premises +within thirty (30) business days after the Lease Commencement Date. The notice +periods provided herein are in lieu of, and not in addition to, any notice +periods provided by law. CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease +375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (25) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr028.jpg] +Page(s) 19.2 Remedies Upon Default. Upon the occurrence of any event of default +by Tenant, Landlord shall have, in addition to any other remedies available to +Landlord at law or in equity (all of which remedies shall be distinct, separate +and cumulative), the option to pursue any one or more of the following remedies, +each and all of which shall be cumulative and nonexclusive, without any notice +or demand whatsoever. 19.2.1 Terminate this Lease, in which event Tenant shall +immediately surrender the Premises to Landlord, and if Tenant fails to do so, +Landlord may, without prejudice to any other remedy which it may have for +possession or arrearages in rent, enter upon and take possession of the Premises +and expel or remove Tenant and any other person who may be occupying the +Premises or any part thereof, without being liable for prosecution or any claim +or damages therefor; and Landlord may recover from Tenant the following: (i) The +worth at the time of award of the unpaid rent which has been earned at the time +of such termination; plus (ii) The worth at the time of award of the amount by +which the unpaid rent which would have been earned after termination until the +time of award exceeds the amount of such rental loss that Tenant proves could +have been reasonably avoided; plus (iii) The worth at the time of award of the +amount by which the unpaid rent for the balance of the Lease Term after the time +of award exceeds the amount of such rental loss that Tenant proves could have +been reasonably avoided; plus (iv) Any other amount necessary to compensate +Landlord for all the detriment proximately caused by Tenant's failure to perform +its obligations under this Lease or which in the ordinary course of things would +be likely to result therefrom, specifically including but not limited to, +brokerage commissions and advertising expenses incurred, expenses of remodeling +the Premises or any portion thereof for a new tenant, whether for the same or a +different use, and any special concessions made to obtain a new tenant; and (v) +At Landlord's election, such other amounts in addition to or in lieu of the +foregoing as may be permitted from time to time by applicable law. The term +"rent" as used in this Section 19.2 shall be deemed to be and to mean all sums +of every nature required to be paid by Tenant pursuant to the terms of this +Lease, whether to Landlord or to others. As used in Sections 19.2.1(i) and (ii), +above, the "worth at the time of award" shall be computed by allowing interest +at the rate set forth in Article 25 of this Lease, but in no case greater than +the maximum amount of such interest permitted by law. As used in Section +19.2.1(iii) above, the "worth at the time of award" shall be computed by +discounting such amount at the discount rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of San +Francisco at the time of award plus one percent (1%). 19.2.2 Landlord shall have +the remedy described in California Civil Code Section 1951.4 (lessor may +continue lease in effect after lessee's breach and abandonment and recover rent +as it becomes due, if lessee has the right to sublet or assign, subject only to +reasonable limitations). Accordingly, if Landlord does not elect to terminate +this Lease on account of any default by Tenant, Landlord may, from time to time, +without terminating this Lease, enforce all of its rights and remedies under +this Lease, including the right to recover all rent as it becomes due. 19.2.3 +Landlord shall at all times have the rights and remedies (which shall be +cumulative with each other and cumulative and in addition to those rights and +remedies available under Sections 19.2.1 and 19.2.2, above, or any law or other +provision of this Lease), without prior demand or notice except as required by +applicable law, to seek any declaratory, injunctive or other equitable relief, +and specifically enforce this Lease, or restrain or enjoin a violation or breach +of any provision hereof. 19.3 Subleases of Tenant. Whether or not Landlord +elects to terminate this Lease on account of any default by Tenant, as set forth +in this Article 19, Landlord shall have the right to terminate any and all +subleases, licenses, concessions or other consensual arrangements for possession +entered into by Tenant and affecting the CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease +375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (26) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr029.jpg] +Page(s) Premises or may, in Landlord's sole discretion, succeed to Tenant's +interest in such subleases, licenses, concessions or arrangements. In the event +of Landlord's election to succeed to Tenant's interest in any such subleases, +licenses, concessions or arrangements, Tenant shall, as of the date of notice by +Landlord of such election, have no further right to or interest in the rent or +other consideration receivable thereunder. 19.4 Efforts to Relet. No re-entry or +repossession, repairs, maintenance, changes, alterations and additions, +reletting, appointment of a receiver to protect Landlord's interests hereunder, +or any other action or omission by Landlord shall be construed as an election by +Landlord to terminate this Lease or Tenant's right to possession, or to accept a +surrender of the Premises, nor shall same operate to release Tenant in whole or +in part from any of Tenant's obligations hereunder, unless express written +notice of such intention is sent by Landlord to Tenant. Tenant hereby +irrevocably waives any right otherwise available under any law to redeem or +reinstate this Lease. ARTICLE 20 COVENANT OF QUIET ENJOYMENT Landlord covenants +that Tenant, on paying the Rent, charges for services and other payments herein +reserved and on keeping, observing and performing all the other terms, +covenants, conditions, provisions and agreements herein contained on the part of +Tenant to be kept, observed and performed, shall, during the Lease Term, +peaceably and quietly have, hold and enjoy the Premises subject to the terms, +covenants, conditions, provisions and agreements hereof without interference by +any persons lawfully claiming by or through Landlord. The foregoing covenant is +in lieu of any other covenant express or implied. ARTICLE 21 SECURITY DEPOSIT +Concurrently with Tenant's execution of this Lease, Tenant shall deposit with +Landlord a security deposit (the "Security Deposit") in the amount set forth in +Section 7 of the Summary, as security for the faithful performance by Tenant of +all of its obligations under this Lease. If Tenant defaults with respect to any +provisions of this Lease, including, but not limited to, the provisions relating +to the payment of Rent, the removal of property and the repair of resultant +damage, Landlord may, without notice to Tenant, but shall not be required to +apply all or any part of the Security Deposit for the payment of any Rent or any +other sum in default and Tenant shall, upon demand therefor, restore the +Security Deposit to its original amount. Any unapplied portion of the Security +Deposit shall be returned to Tenant, or, at Landlord's option, to the last +assignee of Tenant's interest hereunder, within sixty (60) days following the +expiration of the Lease Term. Tenant shall not be entitled to any interest on +the Security Deposit. Tenant hereby waives the provisions of Section 1950.7 of +the California Civil Code, or any successor statute and all other provisions of +law, now or hereafter in effect, which (i) establish the time frame by which a +landlord must refund a security deposit under a lease, and/or (ii) provide that +a landlord may claim from a security deposit only those sums reasonably +necessary to remedy defaults in the payment of rent, to repair damage caused by +a tenant or to clean the premises, it being agreed that Landlord may, in +addition, claim those sums specified in this Section above and/or those sums +reasonably necessary to compensate Landlord for any loss or damage caused by +Tenant's default of this Lease, including, but not limited to, all damages or +rent due upon termination of this Lease pursuant to Section 1951.2 of the +California Civil Code. ARTICLE 22 SUBSTITUTION OF OTHER PREMISES Landlord shall +have the right to move Tenant to other space in the Project comparable to the +Premises (e.g. comparable finishes, comparable number of office, comparable +doors and hardware), and all terms hereof shall apply to the new space with +equal force; provided that Tenant's then existing monetary obligations under +this Lease shall not be increased as a result of such relocation of the +Premises. In such event, Landlord shall give Tenant prior notice, shall provide +Tenant, at Landlord's sole cost and expense, with tenant improvements at least +equal in quality to those in the Premises and shall move Tenant's effects to the +new space at Landlord's sole cost and expense at such time and CROSSROADS +811068.04/WLA Office Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (27) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr030.jpg] +Page(s) in such manner as to inconvenience Tenant as little as reasonably +practicable. In addition, Landlord shall reimburse Tenant for the reasonable +costs and expenses incurred by Tenant in connection with such relocation +(including, but not limited to, the costs of reasonable supplies of replacement +stationery and communication and telephone installations), within thirty (30) +days of Landlord's receipt of an invoice therefor. Simultaneously with such +relocation of the Premises, the parties shall immediately execute an amendment +to this Lease stating the relocation of the Premises, provided, however, that +notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) in no event shall the rentable area of the +Relocation Space be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the rentable area of +the Premises; and (ii) Tenant's Base Rent shall not increase as a result of such +relocation. ARTICLE 23 SIGNS 23.1 Full Floors. Subject to Landlord's prior +written approval, in its sole discretion, and provided all signs are in keeping +with the quality, design and style of the Building and Project, Tenant, if the +Premises comprise an entire floor of the Building, at its sole cost and expense, +may install identification signage anywhere in the Premises including in the +elevator lobby of the Premises, provided that such signs must not be visible +from the exterior of the Building. 23.2 Multi-Tenant Floors. If other tenants +occupy space on the floor on which the Premises is located, Tenant's identifying +signage near the entry to the Premises shall be provided by Landlord, at +Tenant's cost, and such signage shall be comparable to that used by Landlord for +other similar floors in the Building and shall comply with Landlord's +then-current Building standard signage program. 23.3 Prohibited Signage and +Other Items. Any signs, notices, logos, pictures, names or advertisements which +are installed and that have not been separately approved by Landlord may be +removed without notice by Landlord at the sole expense of Tenant. Tenant may not +install any signs on the exterior or roof of the Project or the Common Areas. +Any signs, window coverings, or blinds (even if the same are located behind the +Landlord-approved window coverings for the Building), or other items visible +from the exterior of the Premises or Building, shall be subject to the prior +approval of Landlord, in its sole discretion. 23.4 Building Directory. Tenant +shall have the right, at Tenant's sole cost and expense, to designate one (1) +name strip on the Building directory (as and to the extent any directory exists +at the Building), and any subsequent changes to Tenant's name strip shall be +following Tenant's receipt of Landlord's reasonable consent thereto. ARTICLE 24 +COMPLIANCE WITH LAW Tenant shall not do anything or suffer anything to be done +in or about the Premises or the Project which will in any way conflict with any +law, statute, ordinance or other governmental rule, regulation or requirement +now in force or which may hereafter be enacted or promulgated. At its sole cost +and expense, Tenant shall promptly comply with all such governmental measures. +Should any standard or regulation now or hereafter be imposed on Landlord or +Tenant by a state, federal or local governmental body charged with the +establishment, regulation and enforcement of occupational, health or safety +standards for employers, employees, landlords or tenants, then Tenant agrees, at +its sole cost and expense, to comply promptly with such standards or +regulations. Tenant shall be responsible, at its sole cost and expense, to make +all alterations to the Premises as are required to comply with the governmental +rules, regulations, requirements or standards described in this Article 24. The +judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction or the admission of Tenant in +any judicial action, regardless of whether Landlord is a party thereto, that +Tenant has violated any of said governmental measures, shall be conclusive of +that fact as between Landlord and Tenant. For purposes of Section 1938 of the +California Civil Code, Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby +acknowledges, that the Premises have not undergone inspection by a Certified +Access Specialist (CASp). As required by Section 1938(e) of the California Civil +Code, Landlord hereby states as follows: "A Certified Access Specialist (CASp) +can inspect the subject premises and determine whether the subject premises +comply with all of the CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease +375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (28) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr031.jpg] +Page(s) applicable construction-related accessibility standards under state law. +Although state law does not require a CASp inspection of the subject premises, +the commercial property owner or lessor may not prohibit the lessee or tenant +from obtaining a CASp inspection of the subject premises for the occupancy or +potential occupancy of the lessee or tenant, if requested by the lessee or +tenant. The parties shall mutually agree on the arrangements for the time and +manner of the CASp inspection, the payment of the fee for the CASp inspection, +and the cost of making any repairs necessary to correct violations of +construction-related accessibility standards within the premises." In +furtherance of the foregoing, Landlord and Tenant hereby agree as follows: (a) +any CASp inspection requested by Tenant shall be conducted, at Tenant's sole +cost and expense, by a CASp approved in advance by Landlord; and (b) pursuant to +this Article 24 above, Tenant, at its cost, is responsible for making any +repairs within the Premises to correct violations of construction- related +accessibility standards identified by such CASp inspection requested by Tenant, +in accordance with the terms of Article 8 above. ARTICLE 25 LATE CHARGES If any +installment of Rent or any other sum due from Tenant shall not be received by +Landlord or Landlord's designee within five (5) business days after Tenant's +receipt of written notice from Landlord that said amount is due, then Tenant +shall pay to Landlord a late charge equal to ten percent (10%) of the overdue +amount plus any reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by Landlord by reason of +Tenant's failure to pay Rent and/or other charges when due hereunder. +Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall be entitled to notice upon the +expiration of a five (5) day cure period prior to imposition of any late charge +under this Article 25 one (1) time per twelve (12) month period; after such +written notice has been provided to Tenant in a twelve (12) month period, Tenant +shall not be entitled to any further notice prior to imposition of a late charge +under this Article 25 in such twelve (12) month period. The late charge shall be +deemed Additional Rent and the right to require it shall be in addition to all +of Landlord's other rights and remedies hereunder or at law and shall not be +construed as liquidated damages or as limiting Landlord's remedies in any +manner. In addition to the late charge described above, any Rent or other +amounts owing hereunder which are not paid within ten (10) days after the date +they are due shall bear interest from the date when due until paid at a rate per +annum equal to the lesser of (i) the annual "Bank Prime Loan" rate cited in the +Federal Reserve Statistical Release Publication H.15, published on the first +Tuesday of each calendar month (or such other comparable index as Landlord and +Tenant shall reasonably agree upon if such rate ceases to be published) plus two +(2) percentage points, and (ii) the highest rate permitted by applicable law. +ARTICLE 26 LANDLORD'S RIGHT TO CURE DEFAULT; PAYMENTS BY TENANT 26.1 Landlord's +Cure. All covenants and agreements to be kept or performed by Tenant under this +Lease shall be performed by Tenant at Tenant's sole cost and expense and without +any reduction of Rent, except to the extent, if any, otherwise expressly +provided herein. If Tenant shall fail to perform any obligation under this +Lease, and such failure shall continue in excess of the time allowed under +Section 19.1.2, above, unless a specific time period is otherwise stated in this +Lease, Landlord may, but shall not be obligated to, make any such payment or +perform any such act on Tenant's part without waiving its rights based upon any +default of Tenant and without releasing Tenant from any obligations hereunder. +26.2 Tenant's Reimbursement. Except as may be specifically provided to the +contrary in this Lease, Tenant shall pay to Landlord, upon delivery by Landlord +to Tenant of statements therefor: (i) sums equal to expenditures reasonably made +and obligations incurred by Landlord in connection with the remedying by +Landlord of Tenant's defaults pursuant to the provisions of Section 26.1; (ii) +sums equal to all losses, costs, liabilities, damages and expenses referred to +in Article 10 of this Lease; and (iii) sums equal to all expenditures made and +obligations incurred by Landlord in collecting or attempting to collect the Rent +or in enforcing or attempting to enforce any rights of Landlord under this Lease +or pursuant to law, including, without limitation, all reasonable legal fees and +other amounts so expended. Tenant's obligations under this Section 26.2 shall +survive the expiration or sooner termination of the Lease Term. CROSSROADS +811068.04/WLA Office Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (29) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr032.jpg] +Page(s) ARTICLE 27 ENTRY BY LANDLORD Landlord reserves the right at all +reasonable times and upon at least 24 hours' notice to Tenant, which notice may +be verbal (except in the case of an emergency, where no notice shall be +required), to enter the Premises to (i) inspect them; (ii) show the Premises to +prospective purchasers, or to current or prospective mortgagees, ground or +underlying lessors or insurers or, during the last twelve (12) months of the +Lease Term, to prospective tenants; (iii) post notices of nonresponsibility; or +(iv) alter, improve or repair the Premises or the Building, or for structural +alterations, repairs or improvements to the Building or the Building's systems +and equipment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this +Article 27, Landlord may enter the Premises at any time to (A) perform services +required of Landlord, including janitorial service; (B) take possession due to +any breach of this Lease in the manner provided herein; and (C) perform any +covenants of Tenant which Tenant fails to perform. Landlord may make any such +entries without the abatement of Rent, except as otherwise provided in this +Lease, and may take such reasonable steps as required to accomplish the stated +purposes. Except in the case of an emergency, Tenant shall have the right to +have a representative of Tenant accompany the entrant, provided that Tenant's +representative is reasonably available. Tenant hereby waives any claims for +damages or for any injuries or inconvenience to or interference with Tenant's +business, lost profits, any loss of occupancy or quiet enjoyment of the +Premises, and any other loss occasioned thereby. For each of the above purposes, +Landlord shall at all times have a key with which to unlock all the doors in the +Premises, excluding Tenant's vaults, safes and special security areas designated +in advance by Tenant. In an emergency, Landlord shall have the right to use any +means that Landlord may deem proper to open the doors in and to the Premises. +Any entry into the Premises by Landlord in the manner hereinbefore described +shall not be deemed to be a forcible or unlawful entry into, or a detainer of, +the Premises, or an actual or constructive eviction of Tenant from any portion +of the Premises. No provision of this Lease shall be construed as obligating +Landlord to perform any repairs, alterations or decorations except as otherwise +expressly agreed to be performed by Landlord herein. ARTICLE 28 TENANT PARKING +Tenant shall have the right to rent from Landlord, commencing on the Lease +Commencement Date, the amount of parking passes set forth in Section 8 of the +Summary, on a monthly basis throughout the Lease Term, which parking passes +shall pertain to Project parking areas. Tenant shall pay to Landlord for +automobile parking passes on a monthly basis the prevailing rate charged from +time to time at the location of such parking passes; provided that during the +initial Lease Term only, such parking passes shall be free of charge (except for +any taxes as contemplated by the next sentence). In addition, Tenant shall be +responsible for the full amount of any taxes imposed by any governmental +authority in connection with the renting of such parking passes by Tenant or the +use of the parking facility by Tenant. Tenant's continued right to use the +parking passes is conditioned upon Tenant abiding by all rules and regulations +which are prescribed from time to time for the orderly operation and use of the +parking facility where the parking passes are located (including any sticker or +other identification system established by Landlord and the prohibition of +vehicle repair and maintenance activities in the Project's parking facilities), +Tenant's cooperation in seeing that Tenant's employees and visitors also comply +with such rules and regulations and Tenant not being in default under this +Lease. Tenant's use of the Project parking facility shall be at Tenant's sole +risk and Tenant acknowledges and agrees that Landlord shall have no liability +whatsoever for damage to the vehicles of Tenant, its employees and/or visitors, +or for other personal injury or property damage or theft relating to or +connected with the parking rights granted herein or any of Tenant's, its +employees' and/or visitors' use of the parking facilities. Tenant's rights +hereunder are subject to the terms of any Underlying Documents. Landlord +specifically reserves the right to change the size, configuration, design, +layout and all other aspects of the Project parking facility at any time +(provided that Tenant's parking rights are not reduced as a result thereof) and +Tenant acknowledges and agrees that Landlord may, without incurring any +liability to Tenant and without any abatement of Rent under this Lease, from +time to time, temporarily close-off or restrict access to the Project parking +facility for purposes of permitting or facilitating any such construction, +alteration or improvements. Landlord shall use commercially reasonable efforts +to cause any such work to be conducted in a manner designed to minimize +inconvenience to the Tenant Parties and to provide alternative parking (if +necessary), at no additional cost to Tenant. Landlord may delegate its +responsibilities hereunder to a parking operator in which case such parking +operator shall have all the rights of control attributed hereby to the +CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (30) +[Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr033.jpg] +Page(s) Landlord. The parking passes rented by Tenant pursuant to this Article +28 are provided to Tenant solely for use by Tenant's own personnel and such +passes may not be transferred, assigned, subleased or otherwise alienated by +Tenant without Landlord's prior approval. Tenant may validate visitor parking by +such method or methods as the Landlord may establish, at the validation rate +from time to time generally applicable to visitor parking. ARTICLE 29 +MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 29.1 Terms; Captions. The words "Landlord" and "Tenant" +as used herein shall include the plural as well as the singular. The necessary +grammatical changes required to make the provisions hereof apply either to +corporations or partnerships or individuals, men or women, as the case may +require, shall in all cases be assumed as though in each case fully expressed. +The captions of Articles and Sections are for convenience only and shall not be +deemed to limit, construe, affect or alter the meaning of such Articles and +Sections. 29.2 Binding Effect. Subject to all other provisions of this Lease, +each of the covenants, conditions and provisions of this Lease shall extend to +and shall, as the case may require, bind or inure to the benefit not only of +Landlord and of Tenant, but also of their respective heirs, personal +representatives, successors or assigns, provided this clause shall not permit +any assignment by Tenant contrary to the provisions of Article 14 of this Lease. +29.3 No Air Rights. No rights to any view or to light or air over any property, +whether belonging to Landlord or any other person, are granted to Tenant by this +Lease. If at any time any windows of the Premises are temporarily darkened or +the light or view therefrom is obstructed by reason of any repairs, +improvements, maintenance or cleaning in or about the Project, the same shall be +without liability to Landlord and without any reduction or diminution of +Tenant's obligations under this Lease. 29.4 Modification of Lease. Should any +current or prospective mortgagee or ground lessor for the Building or Project +require a modification of this Lease, which modification will not cause an +increased cost or expense to Tenant or in any other way materially and adversely +change the rights and obligations of Tenant hereunder, then and in such event, +Tenant agrees that this Lease may be so modified and agrees to execute whatever +documents are reasonably required therefor and to deliver the same to Landlord +within ten (10) business days following a request therefor. At the request of +Landlord or any mortgagee or ground lessor, Tenant agrees to execute a short +form of Lease and deliver the same to Landlord within ten (10) business days +following the request therefor. 29.5 Transfer of Landlord's Interest. Tenant +acknowledges that Landlord has the right to transfer all or any portion of its +interest in the Project or Building and in this Lease, and Tenant agrees that in +the event of any such transfer, Landlord shall automatically be released from +all liability under this Lease and Tenant agrees to look solely to such +transferee for the performance of Landlord's obligations hereunder after the +date of transfer and such transferee shall be deemed to have fully assumed and +be liable for all obligations of this Lease to be performed by Landlord, +including the return of any Security Deposit, and Tenant shall attorn to such +transferee. 29.6 Prohibition Against Recording. Except as provided in Section +29.4 of this Lease, neither this Lease, nor any memorandum, affidavit or other +writing with respect thereto, shall be recorded by Tenant or by anyone acting +through, under or on behalf of Tenant. 29.7 Landlord's Title. Landlord's title +is and always shall be paramount to the title of Tenant. Nothing herein +contained shall empower Tenant to do any act which can, shall or may encumber +the title of Landlord. 29.8 Relationship of Parties. Nothing contained in this +Lease shall be deemed or construed by the parties hereto or by any third party +to create the relationship of principal and agent, partnership, joint venturer +or any association between Landlord and Tenant. CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office +Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (31) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr034.jpg] +Page(s) 29.9 Application of Payments. Landlord shall have the right to apply +payments received from Tenant pursuant to this Lease, regardless of Tenant's +designation of such payments, to satisfy any obligations of Tenant hereunder, in +such order and amounts as Landlord, in its sole discretion, may elect. 29.10 +Time of Essence. Time is of the essence with respect to the performance of every +provision of this Lease in which time of performance is a factor. 29.11 Partial +Invalidity. If any term, provision or condition contained in this Lease shall, +to any extent, be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Lease, or the +application of such term, provision or condition to persons or circumstances +other than those with respect to which it is invalid or unenforceable, shall not +be affected thereby, and each and every other term, provision and condition of +this Lease shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent possible +permitted by law. 29.12 No Warranty. In executing and delivering this Lease, +Tenant has not relied on any representations, including, but not limited to, any +representation as to the amount of any item comprising Additional Rent or the +amount of the Additional Rent in the aggregate or that Landlord is furnishing +the same services to other tenants, at all, on the same level or on the same +basis, or any warranty or any statement of Landlord which is not set forth +herein or in one or more of the exhibits attached hereto. 29.13 Landlord +Exculpation. The liability of Landlord or the Landlord Parties to Tenant for any +default by Landlord under this Lease or arising in connection herewith or with +Landlord's operation, management, leasing, repair, renovation, alteration or any +other matter relating to the Project or the Premises shall be limited solely and +exclusively to an amount which is equal to the interest of Landlord in the +Building, provided that in no event shall such liability extend to any sales or +insurance proceeds received by Landlord or the Landlord Parties in connection +with the Project, Building or Premises. Neither Landlord, nor any of the +Landlord Parties shall have any personal liability therefor, and Tenant hereby +expressly waives and releases such personal liability on behalf of itself and +all persons claiming by, through or under Tenant. The limitations of liability +contained in this Section 29.13 shall inure to the benefit of Landlord's and the +Landlord Parties' present and future partners, beneficiaries, officers, +directors, trustees, shareholders, agents and employees, and their respective +partners, heirs, successors and assigns. Under no circumstances shall any +present or future partner of Landlord (if Landlord is a partnership), or trustee +or beneficiary (if Landlord or any partner of Landlord is a trust), have any +liability for the performance of Landlord's obligations under this Lease. +Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, neither Landlord nor the Landlord +Parties shall be liable under any circumstances for injury or damage to, or +interference with, Tenant's business, including but not limited to, loss of +profits, loss of rents or other revenues, loss of business opportunity, loss of +goodwill or loss of use, in each case, however occurring. 29.14 Entire +Agreement. It is understood and acknowledged that there are no oral agreements +between the parties hereto affecting this Lease and this Lease constitutes the +parties' entire agreement with respect to the leasing of the Premises and +supersedes and cancels any and all previous negotiations, arrangements, +brochures, agreements and understandings, if any, between the parties hereto or +displayed by Landlord to Tenant with respect to the subject matter thereof, and +none thereof shall be used to interpret or construe this Lease. None of the +terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of this Lease can be modified, +deleted or added to except in writing signed by the parties hereto. 29.15 Right +to Lease. Landlord reserves the absolute right to effect such other tenancies in +the Project as Landlord in the exercise of its sole business judgment shall +determine to best promote the interests of the Building or Project. Tenant does +not rely on the fact, nor does Landlord represent, that any specific tenant or +type or number of tenants shall, during the Lease Term, occupy any space in the +Building or Project. 29.16 Force Majeure. Any prevention, delay or stoppage due +to strikes, lockouts, labor disputes, acts of God, acts of war, terrorist acts, +inability to obtain services, labor, or materials or reasonable substitutes +therefor, governmental actions, civil commotions, fire or other casualty, and +other causes beyond the reasonable control of the party obligated to perform, +except with respect to the obligations imposed with regard to Rent and other +charges to be paid by Tenant pursuant to this Lease (collectively, a "Force +Majeure"), notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Lease, +shall excuse the performance of such party for a period equal to any such +prevention, delay CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease +375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (32) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr035.jpg] +Page(s) or stoppage and, therefore, if this Lease specifies a time period for +performance of an obligation of either party, that time period shall be extended +by the period of any delay in such party's performance caused by a Force +Majeure. 29.17 Waiver of Redemption by Tenant. Tenant hereby waives, for Tenant +and for all those claiming under Tenant, any and all rights now or hereafter +existing to redeem by order or judgment of any court or by any legal process or +writ, Tenant's right of occupancy of the Premises after any termination of this +Lease. 29.18 Notices. All notices, demands, statements, designations, approvals +or other communications (collectively, "Notices") given or required to be given +by either party to the other hereunder or by law shall be in writing, shall be +(A) sent by United States certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return +receipt requested ("Mail"), (B) delivered by a nationally recognized overnight +courier, or (C) delivered personally. Any Notice shall be sent, transmitted, or +delivered, as the case may be, to Tenant at the appropriate address set forth in +Section 9 of the Summary, or to such other place as Tenant may from time to time +designate in a Notice to Landlord, or to Landlord at the addresses set forth +below, or to such other places as Landlord may from time to time designate in a +Notice to Tenant. Any Notice will be deemed given (i) three (3) days after the +date it is posted if sent by Mail, (ii) the date the overnight courier delivery +is made, or (iii) the date personal delivery is made. As of the date of this +Lease, any Notices to Landlord must be sent, transmitted, or delivered, as the +case may be, to the following addresses: c/o Beacon Capital Partners, LLC 44 +Montgomery Street, Suite 1210 San Francisco, CA 94104 Attention: Mr. McClure +Kelly and c/o Beacon Capital Partners, LLC 200 State Street, 5th Floor Boston, +Massachusetts 02109 Attention: General Counsel and Allen Matkins Leck Gamble +Mallory & Natsis LLP 1901 Avenue of the Stars Suite 1800 Los Angeles, California +90067 Attention: Anton N. Natsis, Esq. 29.19 Joint and Several. If there is more +than one Tenant, the obligations imposed upon Tenant under this Lease shall be +joint and several. 29.20 Authority. If Tenant is a corporation, trust or +partnership, each individual executing this Lease on behalf of Tenant hereby +represents and warrants that Tenant is a duly formed and existing entity +qualified to do business in California and that Tenant has full right and +authority to execute and deliver this Lease and that each person signing on +behalf of Tenant is authorized to do so. In such event, Tenant shall, within ten +(10) days after execution of this Lease, deliver to Landlord satisfactory +evidence of such authority and, if a corporation, upon demand by Landlord, also +deliver to Landlord satisfactory evidence of (i) good standing in Tenant's state +of incorporation and (ii) qualification to do business in California. 29.21 +Attorneys' Fees. In the event that either Landlord or Tenant should bring suit +for the possession of the Premises, for the recovery of any sum due under this +Lease, or because of the breach of any provision of this Lease or for any other +relief against the other, then all costs and expenses, including reasonable +attorneys' fees, incurred by the prevailing party therein shall be paid by the +other party, which obligation on the part of the other party shall be deemed to +have accrued on the date of the commencement of such action and shall be +enforceable whether or not the action is prosecuted to judgment. CROSSROADS +811068.04/WLA Office Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (33) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr036.jpg] +Page(s) 29.22 Governing Law; WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY. This Lease shall be +construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California. +IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING HEREFROM, LANDLORD AND TENANT HEREBY CONSENT +TO (I) THE JURISDICTION OF ANY COMPETENT COURT WITHIN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, +(II) SERVICE OF PROCESS BY ANY MEANS AUTHORIZED BY CALIFORNIA LAW, AND (III) TO +THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN THE INTEREST OF SAVING TIME AND +EXPENSE, TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT +BY EITHER OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGAINST THE OTHER OR THEIR SUCCESSORS IN RESPECT +OF ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS LEASE, THE RELATIONSHIP +OF LANDLORD AND TENANT, TENANT'S USE OR OCCUPANCY OF THE PREMISES, AND/OR ANY +CLAIM FOR INJURY OR DAMAGE, OR ANY EMERGENCY OR STATUTORY REMEDY. IN THE EVENT +LANDLORD COMMENCES ANY SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS OR ACTION FOR NONPAYMENT OF BASE RENT +OR ADDITIONAL RENT, TENANT SHALL NOT INTERPOSE ANY COUNTERCLAIM OF ANY NATURE OR +DESCRIPTION (UNLESS SUCH COUNTERCLAIM SHALL BE MANDATORY) IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING +OR ACTION, BUT SHALL BE RELEGATED TO AN INDEPENDENT ACTION AT LAW. 29.23 +Submission of Lease. Submission of this instrument for examination or signature +by Tenant does not constitute a reservation of, option for or option to lease, +and it is not effective as a lease or otherwise until execution and delivery by +both Landlord and Tenant. 29.24 Brokers. Landlord and Tenant hereby warrant to +each other that they have had no dealings with any real estate broker or agent +in connection with the negotiation of this Lease, excepting only the real estate +brokers or agents specified in Section 11 of the Summary (the "Brokers"), and +that they know of no other real estate broker or agent who is entitled to a +commission in connection with this Lease. Each party agrees to indemnify and +defend the other party against and hold the other party harmless from any and +all claims, demands, losses, liabilities, lawsuits, judgments, costs and +expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys' fees) with respect +to any leasing commission or equivalent compensation alleged to be owing on +account of any dealings with any real estate broker or agent, other than the +Brokers, occurring by, through, or under the indemnifying party. The terms of +this Section 29.24 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of the +Lease Term. 29.25 Independent Covenants. This Lease shall be construed as though +the covenants herein between Landlord and Tenant are independent and not +dependent and Tenant hereby expressly waives the benefit of any statute to the +contrary and agrees that if Landlord fails to perform its obligations set forth +herein, Tenant shall not be entitled to make any repairs or perform any acts +hereunder at Landlord's expense or to any setoff of the Rent or other amounts +owing hereunder against Landlord. 29.26 Project or Building Name and Signage. +Landlord shall have the right at any time to change the name of the Project or +Building and to install, affix and maintain any and all signs on the exterior +and on the interior of the Project or Building as Landlord may, in Landlord's +sole discretion, desire. Tenant shall not use the name of the Project or +Building or use pictures or illustrations of the Project or Building in +advertising or other publicity or for any purpose other than as the address of +the business to be conducted by Tenant in the Premises, without the prior +written consent of Landlord. 29.27 Counterparts. This Lease may be executed in +counterparts with the same effect as if both parties hereto had executed the +same document. Both counterparts shall be construed together and shall +constitute a single lease. 29.28 Confidentiality. Tenant acknowledges that the +content of this Lease and any related documents are confidential information. +Tenant shall keep such confidential information strictly confidential and shall +not disclose such confidential information to any person or entity other than +Tenant's financial, legal, and space planning consultants. Notwithstanding the +foregoing, Tenant shall have the right to record the Lease with or otherwise +provide the Lease to the Security and Exchange Commission in connection with its +reporting and similar requirements, and Landlord agrees that such actions will +not be a violation of this Section 29.28. CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office Lease +375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (34) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr037.jpg] +Page(s) 29.29 Building Renovations. It is specifically understood and agreed +that Landlord has no obligation and has made no promises to alter, remodel, +improve, renovate, repair or decorate the Premises, Building, or any part +thereof and that no representations respecting the condition of the Premises or +the Building have been made by Landlord to Tenant except as specifically set +forth herein or in the Tenant Work Letter. However, Tenant hereby acknowledges +that Landlord is currently renovating or may during the Lease Term renovate, +improve, alter, or modify (collectively, the "Renovations") the Project, the +Building and/or the Premises. Tenant hereby agrees that such Renovations shall +in no way constitute a constructive eviction of Tenant nor entitle Tenant to any +abatement of Rent. Landlord shall have no responsibility and shall not be liable +to Tenant for any injury to or interference with Tenant's business arising from +the Renovations, nor shall Tenant be entitled to any compensation or damages +from Landlord for loss of the use of the whole or any part of the Premises or of +Tenant's personal property or improvements resulting from the Renovations, or +for any inconvenience or annoyance occasioned by such Renovations. 29.30 No +Violation. Tenant hereby warrants and represents that neither its execution of +nor performance under this Lease shall cause Tenant to be in violation of any +agreement, instrument, contract, law, rule or regulation by which Tenant is +bound, and Tenant shall protect, defend, indemnify and hold Landlord harmless +against any claims, demands, losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, +including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, arising +from Tenant's breach of this warranty and representation. 29.31 Communications +and Computer Lines. Tenant may install, maintain, replace, remove or use any +communications or computer wires and cables serving the Premises (collectively, +the "Lines"), provided that (i) Tenant shall obtain Landlord's prior written +consent, use an experienced and qualified contractor approved in writing by +Landlord, and comply with all of the other provisions of Articles 7 and 8 of +this Lease, (ii) an acceptable number of spare Lines and space for additional +Lines shall be maintained for existing and future occupants of the Project, as +determined in Landlord's reasonable opinion, (iii) the Lines therefor (including +riser cables) shall be appropriately insulated to prevent excessive +electromagnetic fields or radiation, shall be surrounded by a protective conduit +reasonably acceptable to Landlord, and shall be identified in accordance with +the "Identification Requirements," as that term is set forth hereinbelow, (iv) +any new or existing Lines servicing the Premises shall comply with all +applicable governmental laws and regulations, (v) as a condition to permitting +the installation of new Lines, Landlord may require that Tenant remove existing +Lines located in or serving the Premises and repair any damage in connection +with such removal, and (vi) Tenant shall pay all costs in connection therewith. +All Lines shall be clearly marked with adhesive plastic labels (or plastic tags +attached to such Lines with wire) to show Tenant's name, suite number, telephone +number and the name of the person to contact in the case of an emergency (A) +every four feet (4') outside the Premises (specifically including, but not +limited to, the electrical room risers and other Common Areas), and (B) at the +Lines' termination point(s) (collectively, the "Identification Requirements"). +Landlord reserves the right, upon notice to Tenant at any time prior to the +expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, to require that Tenant, at +Tenant's sole cost and expense, remove any Lines located in or serving the +Premises which were installed by or on behalf of Tenant prior to the expiration +or earlier termination of this Lease. 29.32 Transportation Management. Tenant +shall fully comply with all present or future programs intended to manage +parking, transportation or traffic in and around the Project and/or the +Building, and in connection therewith, Tenant shall take responsible action for +the transportation planning and management of all employees located at the +Premises by working directly with Landlord, any governmental transportation +management organization or any other transportation-related committees or +entities. Such programs may include, without limitation: (i) restrictions on the +number of peak-hour vehicle trips generated by Tenant; (ii) increased vehicle +occupancy; (iii) implementation of an in-house ridesharing program and an +employee transportation coordinator; (iv) working with employees and any +Project, Building or area-wide ridesharing program manager; (v) instituting +employer-sponsored incentives (financial or in-kind) to encourage employees to +rideshare; and (vi) utilizing flexible work shifts for employees. 29.33 +Prohibited Persons; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Anti-Money Laundering. +Neither Tenant nor any of its affiliates, nor any of their respective members, +partners or other equity holders, and none of their respective officers, +directors or managers is, nor prior to or during the Lease Term, will become a +person or entity with whom U.S. persons or entities are restricted from doing +business under (a) the Patriot Act (as defined below), (b) any other +requirements contained in the rules and regulations of the Office of Foreign +Assets Control, Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) (including any “blocked” +person or entity listed in the Annex to Executive Order Nos. 12947, CROSSROADS +811068.04/WLA Office Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (35) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr038.jpg] +Page(s) 13099 and 13224 and any modifications thereto or thereof or any other +person or entity named on OFAC’s Specially Designated Blocked Persons List) or +(c) any other U.S. statute, Executive Order (including the September 24, 2001, +Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who +Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism) or other governmental action +(collectively, “Prohibited Persons”). Prior to and during the Lease Term, +Tenant, and to Tenant’s knowledge, its employees and any person acting on its +behalf have at all times fully complied with, and are currently in full +compliance with, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and any other +applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws. Tenant is not entering into +this Lease, directly or indirectly, in violation of any laws relating to drug +trafficking, money laundering or predicate crimes to money laundering. As used +herein, “Patriot Act” shall mean the USA Patriot Act of 2001, 107 Public Law 56 +(October 26, 2001) and all other statutes, orders, rules and regulations of the +U.S. government and its various executive departments, agencies and offices +interpreting and implementing the Patriot Act. CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA Office +Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (36) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  +[a101wla-811068xv3xcrossr039.jpg] +Page(s) IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have caused this Lease to be +executed the day and date first above written. LANDLORD: TENANT: BCSP CROSSROADS +PROPERTY LLC, HEALTHEQUITY, INC., a Delaware limited liability company a +Delaware corporation By: /s/ McClure Kelly By: /s/ Darcy Mott Name: McClure +Kelly Name: Darcy Mott Title: Senior Managing Director Title: CFO Date: January +23, 2020 The date of this Lease shall be and remain as set forth in Section 1 of +the Summary. The date below the Landlord's signature is merely intended to +reflect the date of Landlord's execution of this Lease. CROSSROADS 811068.04/WLA +Office Lease 375985-00061/1-24-20/cb/ejs (37) [Healthequity, Inc.] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +  + + + + +[*] = CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY +BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (1) NOT MATERIAL AND (2) WOULD BE +COMPETITIVELY HARMFUL IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED. +Exhibit 10.1 +CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE +OF REAL PROPERTY +SELLER: +DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION, +a Delaware corporation, +DART INDUSTRIES, INC., +a Delaware corporation, +TUPPERWARE U.S., INC., +a Delaware corporation, +collectively, as Seller +PURCHASER: +O’CONNOR MANAGEMENT LLC +a Delaware limited liability company +PROPERTY: +TUPPERWARE HEADQUARTERS SALE LEASEBACK, 37 ACRE PARCEL, OSCEOLA COUNTY LAND, AND +ORANGE COUNTY LAND + + + +CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE +OF REAL PROPERTY +THIS CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY (“Agreement”) executed as +of the Effective Date by and between DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION, a Delaware +corporation (“Deerfield”), DART INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation, and +TUPPERWARE U.S., INC., a Delaware corporation (collectively, “Seller”), and +O’CONNOR MANAGEMENT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Purchaser”). The +Effective Date shall be the last date on which Seller or Purchaser shall have +executed this Agreement. +R E C I T A L S +A.    Seller is the owner of the real property located in Osceola County, +Florida, more particularly described on Exhibit “A” attached hereto (the +“Osceola County Land”), and Seller is also the owner of the real property +located in Orange County, Florida, more particularly described on Exhibit “B” +attached hereto (the “Orange County Land”, and collectively with the Osceola +County Land, the “Land”); +B.    Purchaser desires to purchase the Property (defined below) from Seller and +Seller desires to sell the Property to Purchaser. +C.    Seller and Purchaser have agreed that at Closing (as hereinafter defined) +Purchaser shall lease to Tupperware Brands Corporation the Tupperware HQ Complex +(as hereafter defined) and the Additional Land (as hereinafter defined) on which +Tupperware Brands Corporation currently conducts its operations related to its +global headquarters, and on which is constructed its headquarters building and +other related buildings, structures, parking lots, internal roadways, and other +improvements as more particularly identified on the site plan attached hereto as +Exhibit “G” (the “HQ Site Plan”). +D.    To effectuate the sale/leaseback transaction described in Recital C above, +Tupperware Brands Corporation (“TBC”) and Purchaser shall enter into a Lease +with Purchaser, as landlord, and TBC, as tenant, on terms and conditions as more +particularly set forth in this Agreement (the “Lease”). +E.    As part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Seller shall +assign to Purchaser all of its right, title and interest as the Class B Member +(the “Membership”) of the Osceola Corporate Center Master Owners’ Association, +Inc., a Florida not-for-profit corporation (the “Association”), under that +certain Master Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions for +Osceola Corporate Center recorded April 8, 2002 in Official Records Book 2030, +page 219, of the public records of Osceola County, Florida, as amended, +supplemented, and spread from time to time through the date hereof (the +“Declaration”). +NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants +hereinafter contained and in consideration of the funds paid simultaneously with +the execution of this Agreement, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby +acknowledged, Seller agrees to sell, and Purchaser agrees to buy the Property, +upon the following terms and conditions. +1.Sale and Purchase. Seller hereby agrees to sell, convey, and assign to +Purchaser and Purchaser hereby agrees to purchase and accept from Seller, for +the Purchase Price (as hereinafter defined) and on and subject to the terms and +conditions herein set forth, the following (collectively, the “Property”): +(a)    the Land together with all right, title, and interest in any and all +easements, improvements, or other rights or benefits appurtenant to or related +to the Land, including, without, limitation, all water rights, utility rights, +rights-of-way, roadways, parking areas, roadbeds, alleyways, reversions, +internal roads, dumpster areas, retention ponds, stormwater management systems +and other appurtenances and amenities serving, or used in connection with the +beneficial use of, the same (collectively, the “Project”). The Land includes +acreage of wetlands, conservation areas and retention ponds for related +stormwater and surface water management purposes; +(b)    all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all now or hereafter +existing (that are executed in accordance with the provisions hereof) leases of +all or any portion of the Project (together with any amendments thereto, the +"Project Leases"), together with all security deposits and prepaid rents, if +any, being held by Seller in connection with the Project Leases; +(c)    all of Seller’s right, title and interest (i) in and to the Membership, +(ii) as the “Developer” under the Declaration, and (iii) as the “Declarant” (or +similar term) under any other declarations of restrictive covenants (or similar +instruments) encumbering all or any portion of the Land (collectively, the +“Other Declarations”); +(d)    all personal property located upon the Project which is owned by Seller +and which is used in connection with and for or related to the occupancy, +management and operation of the Project (collectively, the “Personalty”); +provided, however, that the Personalty will exclude any furniture, trade +fixtures, materials in the design center building, equipment of Seller, and any +personal property owned or leased by Seller or TBC or by any affiliate of Seller +or TBC and located on the Tupperware HQ Complex or Additional Land; +(e)    all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to, and Seller’s copies +of, any surveys, drawings, site plans, construction plans and specifications +associated with the Project and operating manuals, warranties and guarantees +covering the Project and/or the Personalty (collectively, the “Plans and +Warranties”); +(f)    all of Seller’s and the Association’s right, title and interest in and to +all assignable licenses, permits, approvals and consents with respect to the +ownership, operation or maintenance of the Project and all development rights, +allocations of development density, trips or other similar rights allocated to +or attributable to the Land and any improvements constructed thereon including, +without limitation, those identified on Exhibit “F” attached hereto and made a +part hereof (copies of which are available as part of the Property Information) +(collectively, the “Land Use Approvals and Development Rights”); +(g)    all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Mitigation +Credits (as hereinafter defined); +(h)    all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Impact Fee +Credits (as hereinafter defined); +(i)    all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all intangible +personal property owned or possessed by Seller and used in connection with the +ownership and/or development of the Project, including, without limitation, all +trademarks, service marks, and domain names used in connection with the Property +(collectively, the “Intangible Personal Property”); and +(j)    all of Seller’s or the Association’s right, title and interest in and to +all service, maintenance, utility, management and other third party contracts +relating to the Project which are set forth on Exhibit “E” attached hereto and +made a part hereof (collectively, and together with any amendments thereto, the +“Third Party Contracts”) that Purchaser desires to assume at Closing, as +indicated by written notice given to Seller prior to the expiration of the +Inspection Period. +All of the Property shall be conveyed, assigned and transferred to Purchaser at +Closing (as hereinafter defined) free and clear of all liens, claims, and +encumbrances except for the Permitted Exceptions (as hereinafter defined) and +for taxes for the year of Closing and subsequent years which are not yet due or +payable. Purchaser intends to develop and construct on the Land any uses +approved under Seller’s OCC PD (hereinafter defined) and any uses approved under +Seller’s Tupperware Heights PD (hereinafter defined) (hereinafter collectively +referred to as the “Intended Use”). +2.    Purchase Price and Method of Payment. The total purchase price (“Purchase +Price”) for the Property, and the entitlements related thereto other than the +Impact Fee Credits (as hereinafter defined) which are excluded, shall be +Eighty-Five Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars +($85,750,000.00). The purchase price for the Impact Fee Credits is set forth in +Section 5 of this Agreement. +(a)    The Purchase Price shall be payable as follows: (a) Within two (2) +business days of the Effective Date, Purchaser shall pay to Greenberg Traurig, +P.A. (“Escrow Agent”) an earnest money deposit of Five Hundred Thousand and +00/100 Dollars ($500,000.00) which shall constitute the initial earnest money +deposit (the “Initial Deposit”); +(b)    In the event Purchaser fails to terminate this Agreement prior to the +expiration of the Inspection Period (as hereinafter defined), Purchaser shall +deliver to Escrow Agent, an additional deposit in the amount of One Million +Dollars ($1,000,000.00) within five (5) days after the expiration of the +Inspection Period (the “Additional Deposit”, and collectively with the Initial +Deposit, the “Deposit”); and +(c)    The balance of the funds totaling the Purchase Price, plus or minus any +amount resulting from prorations and adjustments required by this Agreement, +shall be paid by wire transfer to the Closing Agent’s (as hereinafter defined) +trust account on the Closing Date. All funds payable hereunder shall be tendered +in lawful money of the United States of America. +(d)    The Deposit shall be held by the Escrow Agent, with a local bank in a +non-interest-bearing account. The Deposit shall, if this transaction closes, +become a credit in favor of Purchaser toward payment of the Purchase Price at +Closing. If this transaction shall fail to close, the disposition of the +Deposit, shall be as hereinafter provided. +3.    Inspection Period. +(a)    Purchaser shall have the period from the Effective Date until June 15, +2020 (the “Inspection Period”), within which to conduct a general investigation +of the Property and determine the feasibility of the Project (the “Property +Inspection”). If Purchaser is not satisfied with the results of the Property +Inspection or determines that it does not wish to purchase the Property, for any +reason or for no reason whatsoever, in Purchaser’s sole and absolute discretion, +Purchaser may elect to cancel and terminate this Agreement by transmitting +written notice to Seller within the Inspection Period, whereupon Escrow Agent +shall return to Purchaser the Deposit paid hereunder, and this Agreement shall +be terminated and the parties shall be relieved of any further obligations +hereunder which do not expressly survive termination pursuant to the provisions +of this Agreement. Purchaser agrees that it shall use Harris Civil Engineers in +Orlando, Florida, or whichever engineering firm is then employing Abdul Alkadry, +for the civil engineering work for the Project. Purchaser agrees at Seller’s +request to meet (in person or via telephone conference) on a reasonable periodic +basis with the Seller during the Inspection Period to assess the progress of the +due diligence and to monitor progress on any contractual deadlines occurring +within such period. If Purchaser does not transmit to Seller a written notice of +termination of this Agreement on or before the expiration of the Inspection +Period, then this Paragraph 3(a) shall no longer apply and Purchaser shall be +deemed to have accepted the Property, and all of the Initial Deposit shall +automatically become non-refundable unless Seller defaults hereunder, or as +otherwise provided herein. Additionally, Purchaser shall make the Additional +Deposit required under Section 2(b) of this Agreement which Additional Deposit +shall be non-refundable unless Seller defaults, or as otherwise provided herein. +(b)    Purchaser, during the Inspection Period, may enter upon the Property to +perform such reasonable acts as are necessary in order to conduct the Property +Inspection. Attached hereto as Exhibit “C” and made a part hereof are +instructions provided by the Seller to Purchaser such that Purchaser can access +an electronic data site which contains copies of documentation applicable to the +Property (the “Property Information”). Additionally, at any time during the term +of this Agreement, in the event of a reasonable request by Purchaser, Seller +shall provide Purchaser with copies of or access to any and all other documents +or information that Seller has in its possession or is within Seller’s control +about or concerning the Property, and which is not privileged, confidential or +proprietary in nature. Purchaser may make copies of the foregoing documents +provided that Purchaser shall not disclose the contents of them to anyone other +than Purchaser’s advisors, consultants, attorneys, professionals, or to actual +or potential partners, investors, tenants or lenders, and provided further that +all such copies shall be returned to Seller or destroyed if this Agreement is +terminated. Purchaser may continue to enter upon the Property after the +expiration of the Inspection Period provided this Agreement remains in full +force and effect. Purchaser, its agents, representatives or contractors shall +enter the Property at their own risk, all such entries and studies shall be at +Purchaser’s cost, and Seller shall have no liability for any injuries or cost +sustained by Purchaser, its agents, employees, officers, representatives or +contractors, unless caused by Seller’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. +Purchaser agrees the Property shall not be unnecessarily disturbed during the +Property Inspection and prior to Closing and agrees to promptly repair or +restore any damage to the Property caused by such entry or entries onto the +Property. Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless Seller (and its legal +representatives, successors and assigns) from and against any and all claims, +liens, demands, personal injury, property damage, or liability of any nature +whatsoever proximately caused by Purchaser’s (or its agents, representatives’ or +contractors’) entry or entries onto the Property or activities upon the +Property, unless caused by Seller’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. This +indemnification shall include payment of court costs and attorneys’ fees +including those incurred in appellate proceedings. +(c)    Purchaser’s indemnification obligations contained above shall survive any +assignment, cancellation and termination of this Agreement. +(d)    In the event that this Agreement is terminated for any reason other than +a failure, refusal or inability of Seller to perform and complete any of its +obligations hereunder, Purchaser shall, within ten (10) days after such +termination, deliver copies of all reports and other work generated as a result +of Purchaser’s inspections of the Property in its possession to Seller +(excluding any detailed architectural drawings or plans of Purchaser’s proposed +buildings, any financial analyses or market studies performed by or for +Purchaser, and documents which are proprietary in nature or constitute +attorney/client work product). Any such reports or other items which are +delivered by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to this Section 3(d) shall be +delivered without representation or warranty of any kind or nature about the +reports or other items or the contents thereof, or the ownership, assignability, +transferability, or usefulness thereof, or about any other thing or matter +whatsoever. +4.    Mitigation Credits. Purchaser hereby acknowledges that Seller has +disclosed that Seller has purchased wetland mitigation credits in order to +obtain various partial releases of a conservation easement, and to obtain the +right to fill South Florida Water Management District (“SFWMD”) and U.S. Army +Corps of Engineers (“ACOE”) jurisdictional wetlands (the collectively, the +“Mitigation Credits”). +5.    Assignment of Impact Fee Credits. Purchaser hereby acknowledges that +Seller has obtained transportation impact fee credits issued to it by Orange +County, Florida that may be used to offset transportation impact fees for any +developments located in Zone 3/3A of the Orange County Impact Fee Zone Map +(“Orange County”), and has previously obtained and may obtain additional +mobility fee credits issued to it by Osceola County, Florida (“Osceola County”) +(collectively, the “Impact Fee Credits”). The projects on which wetlands were +permitted to be filled because of the purchase of the Mitigation Credits is set +forth on Schedule 28(a)(xxi) attached to this Agreement. Currently, Seller does +not have any available mobility fee credits in Osceola County to assign. To the +extent available to Seller and not reserved for sale to a third party purchaser +pursuant to a purchase agreement executed by Seller prior to the Effective Date +(each, an “Impact Fee Agreement”), Purchaser hereby agrees to purchase from +Seller at Closing any and all Impact Fee Credits that have been issued to Seller +by Orange County and/or by Osceola County at or prior to Closing for an amount +equal to eighty percent (80%) of the face value of the Impact Fee Credits (i.e., +Seller will provide Purchaser with a twenty percent (20%) discount off of the +amount of such Impact Fee Credits). Purchaser hereby agrees that any future +Impact Fee Credits issued to Seller after the Closing Date or made available to +Seller after the Closing Date if an Impact Fee Agreement is terminated or a +purchaser thereunder fails to purchase all of the reserved Impact Fee Credits +(in either event, “Future Impact Fee Credits”) shall be the intangible personal +property of Seller and all Future Impact Fee Credits are expressly excluded from +the defined term “Intangible Personal Property” in this Agreement. Subject to +this provisions of this Agreement, after Closing, Purchaser hereby agrees to +purchase from Seller, and Seller hereby agrees to assign to Purchaser Future +Impact Fee Credits required to satisfy Purchaser’s transportation impact fee +payment obligations to Orange County for the issuance of a building permit to +Purchaser, and mobility fee payment obligations to Osceola County for the +issuance of a building permit to Purchaser, to the extent Seller has Future +Impact Fee Credits available to assign. The price Purchaser shall pay Seller for +Future Impact Fee Credits in either Orange County or Osceola County shall be +eighty percent (80%) of the face value of the Future Impact Fee Credits +purchased. In no event shall Purchaser directly pay transportation impact fees +to Orange County or mobility fees to Osceola County or purchase Impact Fee +Credits from any other source, unless Purchaser shall have first made a written +offer to purchase Future Impact Fee Credits from Seller, and either (i) Seller, +not later than five (5) business days following its receipt of such offer to +purchase, has confirmed in writing to Purchaser that Seller has no, or less than +the required amount of, Future Impact Fee Credits available for sale and +purchase by Purchaser or (ii) Seller fails to assign the requested Future Impact +Fee Credits to Purchaser at the applicable Future Impact Fee Closing (as defined +below). In the event Purchaser pays either Osceola County or Orange County the +mobility fees or transportation impact fees, as applicable, instead of +purchasing Future Impact Fee Credits from Seller, to the extent Seller has +Future Impact Fee Credits available to sell, Purchaser shall still be liable for +payment to Seller of eighty percent (80%) of the amount of the Future Impact Fee +Credits needed to satisfy Purchaser’s mobility fees or transportation impact +fees, as applicable, it being agreed that payment to Seller for such amount of +mobility fees or transportation impact fees, payable to either Osceola County or +Orange County, respectively, is a material consideration for Seller to enter +into this Agreement; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, +Purchaser shall not be liable to Seller for such amounts if Purchaser is +permitted to directly pay transportation impact fees to Orange County or +mobility fees to Osceola County or purchase Impact Fee Credits from another +source pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence. Seller shall deliver the +Assignment of Impact Fee Credits (as hereinafter defined) executed at Closing to +either Osceola County or Orange County after Closing to evidence Purchaser’s +payment of the required mobility fees or transportation impact fees, as +applicable. Within ten (10) business days after Purchaser makes a written offer +to purchase Future Impact Fee Credits from Seller, Seller shall assign such +Future Impact Fee Credits to Purchaser and Purchaser shall pay to Seller the +amounts owed in this paragraph for such Future Impact Fee Credits (the closing +of each such transaction shall be referred to herein as a “Future Impact Fee +Closing”). At each Future Impact Fee Closing, Seller shall deliver the +Assignment of Impact Fee Credits executed with respect to the applicable Future +Impact Fee Credits to either Osceola County or Orange County to evidence +Purchaser’s payment of the required mobility fees or transportation impact fees, +as applicable. After the purchase of the Impact Fee Credits and any Future +Impact Fee Credits, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser such other reasonable +documentation as may be required by applicable governmental authorities as proof +or evidence that the Impact Fee Credits or such Future Impact Fee Credits have +been sold and transferred and assigned by Seller to Purchaser. Notwithstanding +anything herein to the contrary, without needing the prior consent of Seller, +Purchaser shall be entitled to (a) designate other Persons, including, without +limitation, subsequent purchasers of portions of the Property, to receive Future +Impact Fee Credits purchased in accordance with this Paragraph 5, or (b) assign +to such Persons its rights and obligations to receive and purchase Future Impact +Fee Credits in accordance with this Paragraph 5. The provisions of this +Paragraph 5 shall survive the Closing and shall not be deemed merged into the +Deed at Closing. +6.    AS IS. Purchaser has or will inspect the Property and is familiar, or will +become familiar with, the physical condition thereof. Except for any +representations and warranties which are expressly made by the Seller in Section +28(a) or elsewhere in this Agreement, and except for any covenants, +representations or warranties made by Seller in any of the documents or +instruments executed and/or delivered by Seller at Closing (collectively, +“Seller’s Express Warranties”), Seller has not made and does not make any +representations or warranties as to the physical condition, operational status, +quality of construction of any improvements, expenses, operation, maintenance, +profits, rents, loss or use to which the Property or any part thereof may be +put, or any other matter or thing affecting or pertaining to the Property, and +Purchaser expressly acknowledges and agrees at Closing to take the same “AS-IS”, +“WHERE IS” and “WITH ALL FAULTS” as of the Closing Date. It is understood and +agreed that all understandings and agreements heretofore had between the parties +are merged into this Agreement and that neither party is relying upon any +statements or representations not embodied in this Agreement made by the other +and Purchaser hereby expressly acknowledges that it has not relied upon any +information or other statements or representations with respect to the Property. +Any such statements or other communications between Seller and Purchaser with +respect to the Property which is the subject matter hereof other than Seller’s +Express Warranties have been received by Purchaser solely for its own +convenience, and Purchaser acknowledges that it has not and will not rely +thereon. Purchaser acknowledges that Seller has afforded or will afford +Purchaser the opportunity for a full and complete investigation, examination and +inspection of the Property and all matters and items relating thereto or +connected therewith. There are no express or implied warranties given to +Purchaser with respect to the construction of any improvements comprising the +Property, and Seller does hereby disclaim any and all warranties of +merchantability and fitness from Seller to Purchaser with regard to the +improvements included in this sale. The provisions of this section shall survive +the Closing. +7.    Closing. +(a)    The closing (“Closing”) of the sale of the Property by Seller to +Purchaser shall occur on or before June 25, 2020 (the “Closing Date”). +Notwithstanding the foregoing, Seller’s obligation to close, including TBC’s +obligation to guaranty the indemnification obligations of Seller pursuant to +Section 28(c) hereof, is conditioned upon Seller obtaining the approval of the +Board of Directors of Tupperware Brands Corporation as a condition precedent to +Closing (the “Board Approval Condition”). If the Board Approval Condition is not +satisfied by May 20, 2020, then Seller has the right to terminate this Agreement +upon written notice to Purchaser delivered on or prior to May 20, 2020 +(whereupon Escrow Agent shall return to Purchaser the Deposit paid hereunder and +this Agreement shall be terminated and the parties shall be relieved of any +further obligations hereunder which do not expressly survive termination +pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement), and in the event Seller fails to +timely terminate this Agreement pursuant to this sentence, then the Board +Approval Condition shall be deemed to have been waived by Seller. Seller or +Purchaser, at their own option, may execute the closing documents before the +Closing Date and forward same to the Escrow Agent by courier or other means, +provided that all closing documents are received by the Escrow Agent on or +before the Closing Date. +(b)    At the Closing, the following shall occur: +(i)    Purchaser, at its sole cost and expense, shall deliver or cause to be +delivered at Closing the following: +(1)    The balance of the Purchase Price as set forth in Section 2 hereof, +subject to prorations, adjustments and credits as described in this Agreement; +(2)    The Assignment and Assumption of Contracts (as hereinafter defined); +(3)    The Assignment and Assumption of Land Use Approvals and Development +Rights (as hereinafter defined); +(4)    The Lease (as hereinafter defined); +(5)    Memorandum of Lease; +(6)    The Assignment and Assumption of Project Leases (as hereinafter defined); +(7)    The Assignment of Impact Fee Credits (as hereinafter defined); +(8)    The Assignment of Declarant’s Rights (as hereinafter defined); +(9)    The Assignment of Developer’s Rights (as hereinafter defined); +(10)    The Termination of Purchase Contracts (as hereinafter defined), if +applicable; +(11)    The Termination of DPA and DPA Memorandum (as hereinafter defined); and +(12)    Execute and deliver or obtain for delivery any instruments required by +this Agreement or reasonably necessary to close this transaction, including, by +way of example but not limitation, corporate certificates and resolutions, +closing statements, affidavits and delivery of instruments reasonably required +by the Title Agent (as hereinafter defined). +(ii)    Seller, at its sole cost and expense, shall execute and/or deliver or +cause to be delivered to Purchaser the following: +(1)    Special Warranty Deed fully executed and acknowledged by Seller, +conveying to Purchaser the Property (the “Deed”), subject only to (a) real +estate taxes for the year of Closing, which are not yet due and payable, and +subsequent years; (b) zoning and use restrictions in effect or which may +hereafter come into existence due to governmental action; (c) the Prohibited +Uses (as defined in Section 20 below); and (d) the Permitted Exceptions; +(2)    Affidavit attesting to the absence of any claims of lien or potential +lienors known to Seller and further attesting that there have been no +improvements or repairs to the Property which remain unpaid for ninety (90) days +immediately preceding the date of Closing; +(3)    Evidence reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser and the Title Agent that +the person(s) executing the closing documents on behalf of Seller has full +right, power and authority to do so; +(4)    Execute and deliver or obtain for delivery any other instruments required +by this Agreement or reasonably necessary to close this transaction, including, +by way of example but not limitation, closing statements, releases, affidavits +and delivery of instruments reasonably required by the Title Agent; +(5)    The Assignment of Mitigation Credits (as hereinafter defiend); +(6)    The Assignment of Impact Fee Credits (as hereinafter defined); +(7)    The Assignment and Assumption of Contracts; +(8)    The Assignment and Assumption of Land Use Approvals and Development +Rights; +(9)    The Bill of Sale; +(10)    Memorandum of Lease; +(11)    The Lease; +(12)    Copies of the Plans and Warranties in Seller’s possession or under its +control; +(13)    The Assignment and Assumption of Project Leases; +(14)    The Assignment of Declarant’s Rights; +(15)    The Assignment of Developer’s Rights; +(16)    The Termination of Purchase Contracts, if applicable; +(17)    The Termination of DPA and DPA Memorandum; +(18)    The Estoppel Certificates and SNDAs (as hereinafter defined), to the +extent not previously delivered to Purchaser; +(19)    The original executed Project Leases, together with all amendments and +guaranties thereof; and +(20)    A bring down certificate stating to Purchaser that the representations +and warranties set forth in Section 28(a) of this Agreement are true and correct +as of the Closing Date in all material respects. +(c)    Upon completion of the Closing, (i) Seller shall deliver to Purchaser +possession of the Property; and (ii) Escrow Agent shall promptly record the +Deed, the mortgage and any other applicable closing documents upon confirmation +of clearance of all funds, all in accordance with escrow closing instructions +from the Seller and Purchaser. +(d)    Seller (or any entity comprising Seller that owns fee simple title to any +portion of the Project, as applicable) will deliver to Purchaser at Closing a +completed and sworn Non-Foreign Affidavit in the form set forth on Exhibit “D” +and a Title Affidavit in form and substance customary for the area and adequate +for the Title Company to insure the gap and delete the standard printed +exceptions (provided that to the extent there are any matters reflected on the +Survey delivered by Seller to the Title Company, those matters will be listed as +title exceptions on the Commitment). Seller (or any entity comprising Seller +that owns fee simple title to any portion of the Project, as applicable) shall +also take such actions, and obtain, execute and/or deliver such undertakings, +documents, instruments, affidavits or agreements as may be necessary in order to +satisfy all of the requirements set forth in Section B‑1 of the Commitment which +are Seller’s responsibility. +(e)    [RESERVED]; +(f)    At Closing, Seller and Purchaser shall enter into an Assignment and +Assumption of Contracts, pursuant to which Seller shall assign all of its rights +and obligations under the Third Party Contracts that Purchaser desires to assume +at Closing, as of the Closing Date, and Purchaser shall assume, agree to perform +and abide by the terms and conditions thereof, on and after the Closing Date +(the “Assignment and Assumption of Contracts”). The form of the Assignment and +Assumption of Contracts shall be agreed upon between Seller and Purchaser within +thirty (30) days of the Effective Date. Any contracts not elected to be assumed +by Purchaser hereunder shall be terminated by Seller prior to Closing, and +Seller shall deliver evidence of such termination to Purchaser at Closing. +(g)    At Closing, Seller, the Association, and Purchaser shall execute and +record an Assignment and Assumption of Land Use Approvals and Development +Rights, pursuant to which Seller and the Association, as applicable, shall +assign all of their rights and obligations under the Land Use Approvals and +Development Rights, as of the Closing Date, and Purchaser shall assume, agree to +perform and abide by the terms and conditions thereof, on and after the Closing +Date (the “Assignment and Assumption of Land Use Approvals and Development +Rights”) The form of the Assignment and Assumption of Land Use Approvals and +Development Rights shall be agreed upon between Seller, the Association and +Purchaser within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date. +(h)    At Closing, Seller and Purchaser shall execute and record an Assignment +of Declarant’s Rights under the Other Declarations, which shall be in recordable +form (and recorded at Closing) and properly witnessed and notarized (the +“Assignment of Declarant’s Rights”), pursuant to which Seller will assign all of +its rights and obligations as the Declarant (or similar term) under the Other +Declarations and Purchaser shall assume all of such rights and obligations and +shall acknowledge that it is the successor “Declarant” (or similar term) under +such Other Declarations. The form of the Assignment of Declarant’s Rights shall +be agreed upon between Seller and Purchaser within thirty (30) days of the +Effective Date +(i)    At Closing, Seller and Purchaser shall execute and record an Assignment +of Developer’s Rights with respect to the Association, which shall be in +recordable form and recorded at Closing (the “Assignment of Developer’s Rights”) +and will provide for the assignment of Seller’s rights as the Developer under +the Association’s organizational documents and the Declaration (which shall be +amended to effectuate the assignment by Seller and the assumption of Purchaser +as the “Successor Developer” thereunder), including, without limitation, an +assignment of the Membership, and Purchaser shall assume all of Seller’s rights +as the Developer with respect to the Association and will become the successor +“Developer” under the Declaration. The form of the Assignment of Developer’s +Rights shall be agreed upon between Seller and Purchaser within thirty (30) days +of the Effective Date. +(j)    At Closing, Tupperware Brands Corporation and Purchaser shall enter into +the Lease, whereby Purchaser, as landlord, will lease back to Tupperware Brands +Corporation, as tenant, the Tupperware HQ Complex (the “Lease”). At Closing, +Seller and Purchaser shall record a Memorandum of the Lease in form and content +to be agreed upon within thirty (30) days after the Effective Date (the +“Memorandum of Lease”). The form of the Lease and Memorandum of Lease will be +negotiated in good faith and agreed upon with thirty (30) days after the +Effective Date; provided, however, in the event Purchaser and Seller have not +agreed upon the form of the Lease within such thirty (30) day period, either +party may terminate this Agreement upon which the Deposit shall be returned to +Purchaser and neither Seller nor Purchaser shall have any further rights or +obligations under this Agreement which do not expressly survive the termination +of this Agreement. Purchaser and Seller hereby agree that the Lease will contain +at a minimum the following required terms and conditions: +(i)    The Lease shall have a term of ten (10) years; +(ii)    The Lease shall provide for renewal options and/or options to purchase +the real property and all improvements and fixtures thereon that are leased to +Seller or constructed on the real property by Seller at the end of the ten (10) +year term of the Lease. The terms, conditions, and rights for the end of terms +options shall be mutually agreed upon during the Lease negotiation process; +(iii)    The initial Base Rent, for the first three (3) lease years shall be +Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) per annum per square foot of the gross leasable space +in the buildings on the leased premises which aggregate amount is 216,356 gross +leasable square footage. Commencing with the fourth lease year under the Lease, +the Base Rent shall increase annually by the amount of two and one-half percent +(2.5%) of the Base Rent for the previous lease year and continuing until the +tenth lease year under the Lease; +(iv)    The Lease shall be a triple net lease (NNN Lease) such that Seller, as +the tenant, will be responsible for maintaining and repairing all exteriors, +roofs, and interiors of all buildings constructed on the leased premises with +Purchaser, as landlord, having no obligation to maintain or repair any portions +of the buildings (whether exterior, interior or related to any mechanical +systems, plumbing, electricity and water pipes), and Seller shall also be +responsible for the payment of all real property taxes, sales tax on the rent, +and the cost of the insurance premiums applicable to the leased premises; +(v)    For twelve (12) months after the Closing Date, the leased premises shall +include both the Tupperware HQ Complex parcel and a parcel of additional +undeveloped land consisting of ± 37 acres (the “Additional Land”), which +Additional Land is depicted on the HQ Site Plan and legally described on Exhibit +“A-2” attached hereto as part of the Osceola County Land and which Additional +Land shall not be subject to Base Rent. As of the Effective Date, TBC conducts a +portion of its operations on the Additional Land. The Additional Land is +contiguous to the approximately sixty (60) acre parcel of the lease premises +constituting the Tupperware HQ Complex and is located between and to the south +of the Tupperware HQ Complex and in between the Osceola County High School of +the Arts. During such twelve (12) month period, Seller shall consolidate all of +its current operations onto the Tupperware HQ Complex, and the Lease and the +Memorandum of Lease shall be amended to release and remove the Additional Land +at the end of such twelve (12) month period; +(vi)    The Lease shall provide Seller, as tenant, with the right to construct +and install additional structures, improvements, and fixtures on the Tupperware +HQ Complex and to make alterations to the existing improvements located thereon, +upon terms of approval to be agreed upon in the Lease, and otherwise subject to +the terms and conditions set forth in the Lease; +(vii)    The Lease will allow Seller, as tenant, upon terms of approval to be +agreed upon in the Lease, to sublease portions of the improvements, structures, +and fixtures to third party sublessees, and all rent under any subleases will be +paid to and retained by Seller for its own account; and +(viii)    The Lease will provide that the Base Rent will be reduced, upon a +formula to be set forth in the Lease, in the event Purchaser, as landlord, +exercises its rights to sever any of the Land leased to Seller pursuant to the +exercise of its rights under Section 34 of this Agreement. +(k)    At Closing, Seller and Purchaser shall enter into an Assignment and +Assumption of Project Leases, pursuant to which Seller shall assign all of its +rights and obligations under the Project Leases, together with all security +deposits and prepaid rents, if any, being held by Seller in connection with the +Project Leases, as of the Closing Date, and Purchaser shall assume, agree to +perform and abide by the terms and conditions thereof, on and after the Closing +Date (the “Assignment and Assumption of Project Leases”). The form of the +Assignment and Assumption of Project Leases shall be agreed upon between Seller +and Purchaser within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date. +(l)    At Closing, Seller shall assign to Purchaser all of its rights in the +Personalty, the Plans and Warranties and the Intangible Personal Property +pursuant to the Bill of Sale (the “Bill of Sale”). The form of the Bill of Sale +shall be agreed upon between Seller and Purchaser within thirty (30) days of the +Effective Date. +(m)    At Closing, Seller shall execute an assignment of Impact Fee Credits for +any Impact Fee Credits purchased by Purchaser at Closing (the “Assignment of +Impact Fee Credits”). The form of the Assignment of Impact Fee Credits shall be +agreed upon between Seller and Purchaser within thirty (30) days of the +Effective Date and will be used to assign any Future Impact Fee Credits sold to +Purchaser after the Closing Date. +(n)    At Closing, Seller shall execute an instrument that assigns to Purchaser +all of its rights in the Mitigation Credits (the “Assignment of Mitigation +Credits”). The form of the Assignment of Mitigation Credits shall be agreed upon +between Seller and Purchaser within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date. +(o)    At Closing, Seller and Purchaser shall terminate (and shall cause their +respective affiliates to terminate) those Purchase Contracts that have not +closed as of the Closing (the “Termination of Purchase Contracts”). At Closing, +the earnest money deposits paid under the Purchase Contracts shall be credited +to Purchaser and applied by Escrow Agent (as the escrow agent under the +Trailside South Contract and the closing agent under this Agreement) to the +amounts due from Purchaser at Closing under this Agreement. The form of the +Termination of Purchase Contracts shall be agreed upon between Seller and +Purchaser within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date. +(p)    At Closing, Deerfield and Purchaser shall terminate that certain +Development Pipeline Agreement entered into between Deerfield and Purchaser as +of February 5, 2020 and that certain Memorandum of Development Pipeline +Agreement recorded in Official Records Book 5671, Page 1686 of the Public +Records of Osceola County, Florida (the “Termination of DPA and DPA Memorandum”) +and record the same at Closing. The form of the Termination of DPA and DPA +Memorandum shall be agreed upon between Seller and Purchaser within thirty (30) +days of the Effective Date. +(q)    At Closing, Seller shall (i) cause all officers and directors of the +Association to resign in writing (and deliver copies of such resignations to +Purchaser), and (ii) file with the Secretary of State of the State of Florida an +amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Association reflecting the new +address of the Association, the foregoing resignations and the appointment of +replacement officers and directors (and Purchaser shall notify Seller of such +address and the identity of the replacement officers and directors prior to +Closing). +(r)    At Closing, Seller and Purchaser shall execute such other documents as +are expressly required to be delivered under the terms of this Agreement, or as +may be required by the Title Company issuing the Commitment (including, without +limitation, any documents or instruments required to satisfy or comply with the +requirements set forth in Schedule B-Section 1 of the Commitment, and any +reasonably requested affidavits the Title Company may require in order to insure +the gap and delete the standard form “parties in possession” and “mechanic’s +lien” title exceptions) or as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the terms +and intent of this Agreement or which are reasonably required in order to +effectuate the Closing. +(s)    With respect to all documents and instruments described in this Agreement +that must be negotiated and approved by the parties hereto after the Effective +Date, the parties hereto hereby agree that they shall negotiate such documents +in good faith and shall attempt to reach an acceptable agreement as to the form +and substance of any such document or instrument diligently, and with the +exercise of commercial reasonableness. In the event that, after good faith, +diligent and commercially reasonable negotiation, the parties hereto are unable +to agree upon the form and substance of any such document or instrument on or +before the expiration of the Inspection Period or the applicable approval +deadline, as applicable, the Purchaser shall have the option to either: (i) +terminate this Agreement and receive a refund of the Deposit, and neither party +shall have any further liability hereunder to the other party, except for those +obligations which by their terms expressly survive the termination of this +Agreement; or (ii) accept a version substantially similar to the Seller’s last +proposed form of such document or instrument. As representatives of Seller +control the Association prior to Closing, Seller shall cause the Association to +perform all obligations required to be performed by the Association under this +Agreement. +8.    Evidence of Title and Title Insurance. +(a)    On or before twenty (20) days after the Effective Date, Seller shall +obtain and provide to Purchaser, at Seller’s expense not to exceed the minimum +promulgated rate set forth by the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Florida +a title insurance commitment for an ALTA Form B marketability policy issued by +Fidelity National Title Insurance Company (the “Title Company”), with Greenberg +Traurig, P.A., as the title agent (the “Title Agent”) in the full amount of the +Purchase Price (the “Commitment”), together with legible copies of the deed, or +other documents vesting title in the Seller, and any and all documents or +instruments referred to in Schedule B, Sections 1 and/or 2 of the Commitment. At +the Closing, Title Company shall deliver an endorsement to, or “mark-up” of, the +Commitment deleting all Schedule B-I requirements, all standard exceptions +except taxes for the current year not then due and payable and except for the +standard printed survey exception for easements, encroachments and other matters +a correct survey would show (provided, however, Purchaser acknowledges that the +standard preprinted survey exception can be deleted upon delivery by Purchaser +to Title Company of the Survey (as hereinafter defined) of the Property +acceptable to the Title Company, and to the extent there are any matters +reflected on the Survey, those matters will be listed as title exceptions on the +marked Commitment and on the title policy issued after Closing), and the “gap” +exceptions. +(b)    If the Commitment or the Survey contains any exceptions or show any +matters which render title unmarketable or adversely affect the value of the +Property or Purchaser’s Intended Use of the Property as determined by Purchaser +in its sole discretion, Purchaser shall deliver written notice to Seller +specifying the exceptions that render title unmarketable or objectionable to +Purchaser and stating the reasons for such objections (the “Title Objection +Notice”). The Title Objection Notice shall be given no later than ten (10) days +following Purchaser’s receipt of the later of the Commitment or the Survey, or +Purchaser shall be deemed to have waived all objections to the Commitment, the +Survey, and the title to the Property other than “Monetary Liens” (as defined +below), which Monetary Liens must be paid, satisfied, discharged or otherwise +removed from title to the Property by Seller whether objection is made thereto +by Purchaser or not and notices of commencement affecting the Property (“Notices +of Commencement”), which notices of commencement must be terminated by Seller +whether objection is made thereby by Purchaser or not. Upon receipt of the Title +Objection Notice, Seller shall have until five (5) days in which to either (i) +notify Purchaser that it will cure any of such title objections and the steps it +will take to do so; (ii) cure such objections; or (iii) notify Purchaser that it +elects not to cure any of such objections, all in its sole discretion. Failure +to respond to the Title Objection Notice within such period shall mean that +Seller has elected not to cure such objections. Notwithstanding the foregoing, +Seller shall (i) cure or cause any mortgages, judgments, special assessments for +improvement liens or other encumbrances against the Property which secure and/or +may be satisfied, discharged or be removed by the payment of a definite or +ascertainable sum of money (“Monetary Liens”) against the Property and which +shall be satisfied, discharged and/or otherwise removed from title to the +Property and from the Commitment at or prior to Closing, and (ii) terminate any +Notices of Commencement so that the same are removed from title to the Property +and from the Commitment at or prior to Closing. +(c)    If Seller either elects (or is deemed to have elected) not to remove or +fails to remove any such objections of which it notifies Purchaser it intends to +remove on or before one (1) day prior to the Closing Date, Purchaser may elect +by giving written notice to Seller, which notice must be transmitted to Seller +on or before the date that is five (5) days after such election (or deemed +election) or failure to remove, either to (i) reject title as it then exists and +terminate this Agreement and thereupon be entitled to a return of the Deposit, +(ii) if the uncured objection is a Monetary Lien, proceed to Closing and require +payment and satisfaction, discharge and/or removal from title of such +unsatisfied Monetary Lien at Closing and from the proceeds thereof, or (iii) +waive such objections and proceed with the Closing and accept the Property +subject to such exceptions without reduction of the Purchase Price, and all such +exceptions so waived or otherwise accepted by Purchaser shall hereinafter +constitute “Permitted Exceptions”. In no event shall Seller be required to +commence litigation, make any payments, or perform any other acts to remove +title defects, except with respect to Monetary Liens. In the event that +Purchaser elects option (i) above, upon return of the Deposit to Purchaser +pursuant to said clause (i) above, this Agreement shall cease and terminate and +the parties shall have no further rights, duties, or obligations under this +Agreement, except for those rights, duties and obligations that specifically +survive termination of this Agreement. If Purchaser fails to properly transmit +any notice by the required date, Purchaser shall be deemed to have waived the +objections to such exceptions (other than Monetary Liens and Notices of +Commencement) and shall proceed to the Closing as provided by this Agreement and +to take title subject to such items which shall be deemed Permitted Exceptions. +Under no circumstances whatsoever shall a Monetary Lien or a Notice of +Commencement ever become or be deemed to have become a Permitted Exception +without Purchaser’s express written consent. +(d)    If any subsequent endorsement to the Commitment or update to the Survey +reveals any additional exceptions not permitted by this Agreement or otherwise +approved by Purchaser, Seller shall have until the Closing Date in which to +remove such additional exceptions, subject to the limitations set forth above. +If Seller elects not to remove or is unable to remove such additional +exceptions, Purchaser shall have the same rights and remedies as provided +subsection ( c ) above. +(e)    Seller and Purchaser each agree to provide reasonable affidavits and +documentation to enable the Title Company to delete all Schedule B-I +requirements for which such party is responsible for performing or satisfying, +the “gap” exception, and the construction lien and parties in possession +exceptions from the Commitment at Closing. Specifically, Purchaser and Seller +agree to execute and deliver to the Title Agent at Closing the Title Company’s +Indemnity & Undertaking Agreement (GAP) as is required due to the potential time +lag in recording due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Seller and Purchaser each shall +be responsible for satisfying those Schedule B-I requirements applicable to each +of them. +9.    Prorations; Allocation of Closing Expenses. +(a)    The cost of the Survey, the Commitment and the Owner’s Title Policy shall +be paid by Seller. The documentary stamp taxes on the Deed shall be paid by +Seller. Purchaser shall pay for the recording fees for the Deed, documentary +stamp tax and intangible tax on any mortgage financing required by Purchaser, +and the cost to record such instruments associated with such financing. +Purchaser shall be responsible for the title premiums and costs for the mortgage +title policy, any endorsements thereto, and any endorsements to the Owner’s +Title Policy. If requested by the Purchaser, the Seller will require the Title +Agent to issue a mortgage title commitment and policy to Purchaser’s lender at +the minimum promulgated rate in Florida. Each party shall pay its respective +attorneys’ fees. Seller shall pay the recording and filing costs of any Closing +documents required by this Agreement but not specifically described in this +Subparagraph 9(a) that are to be recorded in the Public Records of Osceola +and/or Orange County, Florida. +(b)    Real property taxes with respect to the Property and any personal +property taxes related to the Personalty for the year of Closing and the annual +installment applicable to the year of Closing on public improvement liens and +special assessments for the year of Closing shall be prorated between the Seller +and Purchaser as of the Closing Date, except that special assessments for +improvements completed prior to Closing shall be paid by Seller. All ad valorem +taxes for prior years shall be paid by Seller. In the event the current special +assessment, ad valorem tax assessment, and millage are not available on the +Closing Date, real property taxes and special assessments for the year of +Closing shall be based on the previous year’s assessments and millage. Promptly +after receipt of the actual tax bill for the year of Closing, the proration of +taxes shall be recomputed upon the request by either party hereto. Any +discrepancy resulting from such recomputation and any other errors or omissions +in computing other prorations at Closing shall be promptly corrected and paid +upon notice and demand by either party. The provisions of this Subparagraph 9(b) +shall survive the Closing and shall not be deemed merged into the Deed at +Closing. +(c)    The Association has levied the total combined amount of $265,055.00 as an +annual assessment that includes both regular and special assessments for all of +Osceola Corporate Center for the year 2020. The Seller as a matter of custom has +been paying all the vendors and accounts payable of the Association. As such the +amount of money paid by the Seller on behalf of the Association will increase +between the Effective Date and the Closing Date along with the amount of +receivables collected by the Association for assessments. As of the Effective +Date, the Association has collected $126,895.17 of the total amount of +receivables. The total of all expenses paid and assessments collected will be +updated at Closing. All assessments and operating costs payable to the +Association after Closing and all future general and special assessments levied +by the Association after Closing shall be the sole responsibility of Purchaser +to collect. Pursuant to Article V, Section 13 of the Declaration, Seller is +obligated to pay the Association, as incurred, the portion of the operating +deficits of the Association attributable to the Common Areas (exclusive of +reserves for replacement of improvements and extraordinary losses or expenses) +(the “Association Deficits”). Estimated Association Deficits applicable to the +year of Closing shall be prorated between the Seller and Purchaser as of the +Closing Date. Promptly after the determination of the actual Association +Deficits for the year of Closing, the proration of the Association Deficits +shall be recomputed upon the request by either party hereto. Any discrepancy +resulting from such recomputation and any other errors or omissions in computing +other prorations at Closing shall be promptly corrected and paid upon notice and +demand by either party. Additionally, Seller hereby discloses to Purchaser that +Seller is obligated to Osceola County, Florida to construct intersection +improvements, including a four-way stop, at the intersection of Centerview Blvd. +and Greenwald Way. Osceola County, Florida issued an approval of a Site +Development Plan on March 23, 2020 identified as SDP # 20-0003 (the “SDP”) (a +copy of which is included in the Property Information), which authorizes the +work for such intersection improvements. The Association is responsible for the +costs of construction and for completion of the work under the SDP. To that +extent, the Association has established a reserve in the amount of Fifty-five +Thousand Dollars ($55,000.00) in the Association’s bank account, which funds +will be transferred to Purchaser’s desired replacement bank account for the +Association (if the Purchaser so instructs Seller that it intends to change the +bank accounts of the Association). Purchaser shall then be responsible for +causing the Association to undertake and complete of all of the intersection +improvements required by the County as set forth in the SDP. In the event that +such improvements exceed $55,000.00 to perform and Purchaser is required to +contribute any portion of such excess, then Seller shall reimburse Purchaser for +such contribution made upon request. The provisions of this Subparagraph 9(c) +shall survive the Closing and shall not be deemed merged into the Deed at +Closing. +(d)    Except as herein expressly provided to the contrary, Seller shall be +responsible for all expenses of the Property, and shall be entitled to all +income from the Property, attributable to the period prior to the Closing Date, +and Purchaser shall be responsible for all expenses of the Property, and shall +be entitled to all income from the Property, attributable to the period on and +after the Closing Date. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the +following items shall be adjusted as of the Closing Date: (i) rent received by +Seller under the Project Leases to the extent they pertain to any period from +and after the Closing Date; (ii) all other gross receipts from the Property +received by Seller, to the extent they pertain to any period from and after the +Closing Date; (iii) charges under Third Party Contracts that Purchaser desires +to assume at Closing; and (iv) other operating expenses of the Property not +covered by the foregoing (i) through (iii). +(e)    Water and utility charges and sanitary sewer taxes, if any, shall not be +prorated at Closing. Purchaser shall be responsible for establishing new +accounts for such services in Purchaser’s name as of Closing (except for those +utilities serving the Tupperware HQ Complex and the Additional Land, which shall +be placed in the name of TBC). Seller shall have sole responsibility for all +such utility charges through the period prior to the Closing Date, which +obligation shall survive the Closing. +(f)    At Closing, Seller shall, at Purchaser’s option, either deliver to +Purchaser any security deposits provided under the Project Leases or credit to +the account of Purchaser at Closing the amount of such security deposits, +provided that Seller shall not apply security deposits against delinquent rents +or otherwise. +(g)    All prorations and adjustments to be made under this Agreement shall be +made against the amount otherwise payable by Purchaser to Seller at Closing. In +addition, with respect to amounts received by Purchaser after the Closing that +pertain to periods prior to the Closing, the following provisions shall apply: +(i) Purchaser shall use good faith efforts to collect any monthly payments of +rent or other charges that are outstanding as of the Closing Date, provided that +Purchaser shall have no duty to file suit, engage a collection agency or perform +any other extraordinary collection effort to collect same; (ii) Seller shall not +attempt to collect any delinquent rent or other charges owed Seller or institute +any lawsuit or collection procedures or evict any tenant for failure to pay rent +to Seller; (iii) at Closing, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser a list +identifying any such delinquent rent or other charges; and (iv) if any tenant in +the Project whose account is delinquent as of the Closing makes a payment of +rent or other charges to Purchaser after the Closing, the payment shall first be +applied by Purchaser to rent or other charges due from that tenant from and +after the Closing Date and the excess, if any, shall be paid to Seller. +(h)    Any revenue or expense amount related to the Property that is not +described herein and cannot be ascertained with certainty as of the Closing Date +shall be prorated on the basis of the parties’ reasonable estimates of such +amount and shall be the subject of a final proration thirty (30) days after +Closing, or as soon thereafter as the precise amounts can be ascertained, but in +no event later than 180 days after Closing. +10.    Conditions Precedent. +(a)    The following conditions precedent (the "Conditions Precedent") must be +satisfied prior to Closing (or such other deadline as set forth below): +(i)    Except those attributable to or consented to by Purchaser, no material +change to the title to the Property shall have occurred since the Effective +Date; +(ii)    Seller has complied with and otherwise performed, in all material +respects, each of its obligations set forth in this Agreement, and each of the +Seller’s representations and warranties set out in this Agreement remains true +in all material respects; +(iii)    Seller shall deliver to Purchaser at least three (3) business days +prior to the Closing Date (provided, however, Purchaser may agree to extend this +deadline to the Closing Date) (i) original, “clean” and executed tenant estoppel +certificates from all tenants under the Project Leases and any guarantors of the +Project Leases in form acceptable to Purchaser and Purchaser’s lender (the +“Estoppel Certificates”); and (ii) original executed subordination, +non-disturbance and attornment agreements from all tenants under the Project +Leases in a form acceptable to Purchaser and Purchaser’s lender (the “SNDAs”). +Purchaser agrees to provide Seller with Purchaser’s lender’s form of +subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement as soon as it is +available; +(iv)    For all Third Party Contracts for which there are written contracts a as +opposed to service arrangements, Seller obtains all third party consents +necessary to assign to Purchaser the Third Party Contracts that Purchaser +desires to assume at Closing as required under the terms of such Third Party +Contracts and delivers evidence of the same to Purchaser; and +(v)    Provided Seller has the right under any respective Third Party Contract, +Seller terminates all Third Party Contracts that Purchaser does not elect to +assume and delivers evidence of such termination to Purchaser. +(b)    In the event any of the Conditions Precedent are not satisfied on or +prior to the Closing Date (or such other deadline as set forth below), the +Purchaser shall have the option, in its sole discretion, of notifying Seller of +such in writing to either: (i) waive that Condition Precedent and proceed with +Closing; or (ii) terminate this Agreement, whereupon the Deposit will be +returned to the Purchaser and the Purchaser, Seller and Escrow Agent will be +released of all further obligations under this Agreement except for those +matters set forth herein that survive the termination of this Agreement. +11.    Default; Remedies; Indemnification. In the event of a breach by Purchaser +of its obligations under this Agreement, Seller may terminate this Agreement by +written notice to Purchaser specifying the breach, and Purchaser shall have ten +(10) business days opportunity to cure the same, unless the time period from the +written notice of default from Seller to Purchaser is less than ten (10) +business days from the Closing Date, in which case, Purchaser shall have until +the Closing Date to cure such default; provided, however, that no such cure +period shall apply for a breach of the obligation to close by the Closing Date. +In the event of such termination, the Deposit made by Purchaser shall be +retained by Seller as agreed and liquidated damages and as Seller’s sole and +exclusive remedy for withholding the Property from the market and for expenses +incurred and the parties shall thereupon be relieved of any further liability +hereunder. In the event of a breach by Seller of its obligations under this +Agreement, Purchaser shall have the right, at its option, to exercise one of the +following remedies by written notice to Seller specifying the breach, and Seller +shall have ten (10) business days opportunity to cure the same, unless the time +period from the written notice of default from Purchaser to Seller is less than +ten (10) business days from the Closing Date, in which case, Seller shall have +until the Closing Date to cure such default (provided, however, that no such +cure period shall apply for a breach of the obligation to close by the Closing +Date): (i) terminate this Agreement by written notice transmitted to the Seller +and the Escrow Agent, in which event Purchaser shall be entitled to immediately +receive the return of the Deposit paid hereunder from Escrow Agent, Seller shall +reimburse Purchaser for all of its actual and documented expenses incurred in +investigating the Property, evaluating the transactions described herein and +negotiating this Agreement and related documents, including, without limitation, +attorneys’ and third party consultants’ fees and costs (collectively, the “Due +Diligence Expenses”), and upon receipt by Purchaser of the full amount of the +Deposit and the Due Diligence Expenses, the parties shall have no further +liability hereunder, or (ii) in the alternative, Purchaser shall have the right +to seek specific performance; provided, however, that in the event specific +performance is not available to Purchaser due to any action of Seller, then +Seller shall reimburse Purchaser for its Due Diligence Expenses and Seller shall +have the right to bring an action against Seller for any other damages suffered +by Purchaser as a result of Seller’s default under this Agreement. +12.    Deed Restrictions. +The Deed to be given by Seller shall contain a restriction, running with the +land, providing that the Property shall not be used for the Prohibited Uses set +forth in Paragraph 20 of this Agreement. Purchaser hereby agrees that all leases +of any portion of the square footage within any of the buildings constructed on +the Property shall include a provision restricting the use of all leased +premises by Purchaser’s tenants from the Prohibited Uses and any other +restrictions set forth in Paragraph 20 of this Agreement, and also including a +provision requiring that the use of all leased premises are used for uses +permitted in the Seller’s OCC PD or the Tupperware Heights PD, as applicable. +13.    [RESERVED] +14.    Survey. Seller shall deliver to Purchaser, any and all boundary surveys, +tree surveys and topographical surveys of the Property which Seller has in its +possession, if any, within five (5) business days after the Effective Date +hereof. Seller shall, at its sole cost and expense and within thirty (30) days +of the Effective Date, obtain and deliver to Purchaser and Title Company a +boundary survey of the Property prepared by a land surveyor duly registered and +licensed in the State of Florida, that shall meet or exceed the minimum +technical standards for surveyors as set forth in Chapter 61G17-6 of the Florida +Administrative Code, which survey shall be certified to Purchaser, Purchaser’s +counsel, Purchaser’s lender, Seller, Seller’s counsel, Title Company, Title +Agent, and any other persons or entities requested by Purchaser (the “Survey”). +Given the nature of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, the amount +of acreage included within the Property, and the fact that a portion of the +Osceola County Land consists of the following unplatted real property located in +Osceola County, Florida (i) the Tupperware Brands Corporation’s corporate +headquarters complex is separately described by the metes and bounds legal +description on Exhibit “A-1” attached hereto and made a part hereof (the +“Tupperware HQ Complex”); and (ii) the Additional Land, the Survey may be +separated into more than one survey for different areas of the Property and may +be delivered to Seller and Title Agent at different times with the platted real +property located within the Orange County Land and the replatted areas of real +property located within the Osceola County Land expected to be completed in less +than the deadline of forty-five (45) days after the Effective Date. All such +surveys delivered in compliance with the technical requirement set forth in this +Section 14 shall collectively constitute the Survey for the purposes of this +Agreement. The Survey shall make reference to the Commitment, shall depict (if +possible) and identify by name and recording information all exceptions +contained in Schedule B-2 of the Commitment. The existence of any encroachments, +overlaps, rights-of-way or easements on the boundary Survey affecting the +Property shall constitute an unpermitted title exception under Paragraph 8 +above, provided written notice to that effect is transmitted by Purchaser to +Seller in accordance with the timeframes therein for a title objection letter +for matters of survey and in which case all of the provisions of Section 8 +relating to a Title Objection Notice shall apply; provided, however, if such +timeframes extend past the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall have until the +Closing Date to exercise any of its rights with respect to title and survey +objection matters as set forth in Section 8 ( c) of this Agreement. +The provisions of this Paragraph 14 shall survive the Closing and shall not be +deemed merged into the Deed at Closing. +15.    Utilities; Infrastructure and Construction; Purchaser’s Expenses. Utility +lines and facilities are in place to serve the Intended Use (inclusive of the +Tupperware HQ Complex and the Additional Land) for sewer, water, electrical, +telephone, reuse water, and natural gas except as set forth below: +(a)    Natural gas is not available to all of the Property and Purchaser shall +discuss the locations of natural gas lines with Seller’s civil engineer during +the Inspection Period. +(b)    There was a permit for construction and installation of a potable water +line along the easterly right-of-way of Orange Blossom Trail to Tract 1 of the +Tupperware Heights Land Use Plan from a stubout northward in the vicinity of +Gatorland. +(c)    Seller has discussed the possibility with its civil engineer of +undertaking to facilitate an interlocal agreement between Orange County and +Osceola County where Orange County would agree to extend the potable water line +south from its existing stubout in the vicinity of Gatorland along the easterly +right-of-way of Orange Blossom Trail and for Osceola County to connect to such +potable water line and construct and install the pipeline connection beneath the +eastern edge of Mary Louis Lane and run it southward into the Project to provide +potable water service to the Project. Seller agrees to share its information +with respect to the potential of an interlocal agreement being entered into, +without any representation, duty, or warranty of any kind, and such obligation +shall survive Closing. +16.    [RESERVED] +17.    [RESERVED] +18.    [RESERVED] +19.    Testing of Soil; Hazardous Material; Endangered Species. +(a)    Purchaser shall have the right, but not the obligation, during the +Inspection Period, at Purchaser’s own cost and expense, to (i) cause soil and +ground water tests to be made on the Property by an engineer or engineering +laboratory qualified to make soil borings and soil and ground water tests, +including, but not limited to, a Phase I or Phase II environmental site +assessment; and (ii) to cause an inspection of the Property by Purchaser’s +consultants to confirm that no endangered species exist on the Property. +Purchaser may procure from such engineer or engineering laboratory or consultant +a report, signed and certified by or on behalf of said engineer or engineering +laboratory or consultant, showing the condition of the foundation soil and +ground water on the Property, reciting the number, approximate locations and +depths of the test borings on which said report is based, and stating whether +endangered species exist on the Property. A copy of the report will be provided +to Seller. If the report shows the foundation soil of the Property is not +satisfactory, under normal construction practices, for the construction of +improvements for the Intended Use, or if the report indicates that the soils +contain hazardous substances (as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 9601(4)) +(hereinafter, “Hazardous Substances”), or if endangered species exist on the +Property (each referred to herein as an “Environmental Condition”), the +Purchaser shall have the right on or before the expiration of the Inspection +Period in which to elect to extend the Inspection Period for an additional +forty-five (45) days to allow Purchaser additional time to assess the risks and +develop a plan of action with respect to any Environmental Condition (the +“Extended Inspection Period”). If Purchaser is entitled to and so elects such an +Extended Inspection Period, it shall deliver notice to Seller stating that, +because of the Environmental Condition, the Purchaser elects to so extend the +Inspection Period, and the Closing Date shall also be extended for an additional +forty-five (45) days. Seller, at its option, shall then have the earlier of (i) +the expiration of the Extended Inspection Period; or (ii) the Closing Date to +correct such items, such time period to commence on the delivery of the report +to Seller. If Seller is able to correct such items to Purchaser’s reasonable +satisfaction, the Closing shall occur as herein provided. Seller, however, may +elect not to cure such items, in its sole discretion, in which event Purchaser +may elect to terminate this Agreement upon written notice to Seller no later +than ten (10) days after receipt of Seller’s notice, and, thereafter, all rights +and obligations of the Seller and the Purchaser under this Agreement shall +thereupon be terminated and neither of them shall have any further rights or +obligations to the other on account of any of the provisions of this Agreement, +except: (y) Seller shall promptly cause the Deposit to be returned to Purchaser +upon Purchaser’s request therefore; and (z) Purchaser shall restore the Property +pursuant to Paragraph 19(b) hereof and indemnify Seller pursuant to Paragraph +19(c) hereof if and to the extent thereby required. If Purchaser does not +deliver notice of its intention to terminate this Agreement as set forth +hereinabove, Purchaser shall be deemed to have accepted the Property +notwithstanding the existence of any of the above described items and to have +waived its rights to terminate the Agreement pursuant to the foregoing +provisions of this Paragraph 19. Purchaser agrees to comply with the terms of +the Development Permits, any Approvals related to the Property, and all +applicable laws in respect to any endangered or listed species and in respect of +any Hazardous Substances, including, without limitation, petroleum and diesel +fuel storage for any gas station operated on the Property as part of the +Intended Use by the convenience store/fuel dispensary facility operated on the +Property. +(b)    After completion of such inspections and tests and if Purchaser elects +not to purchase the Property and proceed to Closing, Purchaser, at its sole +cost, shall restore the Property disturbed by such inspections and tests to a +condition substantially similar to the condition of the Property as of the +Effective Date. Boring holes shall be plugged from the bottom of the boring to +ground surface with a cemetacious mixture of sand, cement and Bentonite or +comparable materials reasonably acceptable to Seller. +(c)    Purchaser and its employees and agents shall have the right to enter upon +the Property for purposes of making the above-described tests and inspections +upon reasonable notice to Seller. Purchaser shall indemnify, hold harmless and +defend Seller from and against any liability, loss or damage, including without +limitation attorneys’ fees, and court costs proximately caused by such entry by +Purchaser and its employees and agents onto the Property, including, but not +limited to, construction liens or claims that may be filed or asserted against +the Seller, the Seller’s agents and employees, the Property or other property of +Seller by contractors, subcontractors, materialmen, or providers of professional +services performing such work for Purchaser, except for such liability, loss or +damage caused solely by Seller. Any liability, loss or damage to Seller +resulting from the discovery of any pre-existing condition on, in or under the +Property shall be excluded from any such indemnity obligations. +Seller shall make available to Purchaser as part of the Property Information, +copies of all prior reports, studies and tests which Seller caused to be made or +which Seller has within its possession or control. Seller does not warrant the +accuracy of such tests, reports and studies. +(d)    As a condition precedent to Purchaser’s right to enter upon and inspect +the Property as set forth in this Paragraph 19, Purchaser or Purchaser’s +consultants shall obtain and maintain, at its sole cost and expense (and/or, as +appropriate, cause its contractors to keep and maintain), comprehensive +commercial general liability insurance, including contractual liability, in the +minimum amount of One Million and 00/100 Dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence and +in the aggregate. Such insurance shall provide coverage for physical damage, +property damage, environmental impairment, personal injury and contractual +liability claims which may arise out of the activities of Purchaser, its +employees, agents, invitees and licensees, and shall name Seller, and any other +firms or corporations reasonably designated by Seller as additional insureds and +any other insurance reasonably required by Seller, to protect Seller against any +losses, claims, damages or liability in connection with Purchaser’s inspections +of the Property. In addition to the foregoing insurance coverage, Purchaser +shall use commercially reasonable efforts to require that its third party agents +who are performing work on the Property obtain environmental impairment coverage +in favor of Seller and Seller’s designated affiliates. +The above-referenced insurance policies shall be issued by insurance companies +licensed in the State of Florida and with an A.M. Best General Policyholder +Rating of at least A-X. All such policies shall provide that they cannot be +canceled, modified, reduced or non-renewed except after the insurer gives Seller +ten (10) days prior written notice of cancellation, modification, reduction or +non-renewal, if obtaining such notice provision is commercially reasonable. +Prior to entering upon the Property, Purchaser shall provide Seller with +evidence that it has obtained all such required insurance. +(e)    Purchaser hereby acknowledges that Seller has disclosed to it that there +are the following environmental conditions relating to the Property (the +“Environmental Conditions”) and information relating to them are included in the +Property Information: +(i)    there have been areas of the Property on which a former golf course was +constructed on Replat 33 and the Additional Land that contain levels of arsenic +in the soil, portions have been remediated; and +(ii)    there have been two (2) oil spills on the Additional Land near the +information technology building that occurred in 2017 and 2018 (the “Oil +Spills”). Purchaser acknowledges that Seller is in the process of remediating +the Oil Spills and that such remediation cannot be completed by Closing. As a +result, Seller agrees, at Seller’s expense, to continue such remediation after +Closing until completion and the issuance of a “no further action” letter or +other evidence from applicable governmental authorities reasonably required by +Purchaser confirming that the Oil Spills have been completely remediated in +accordance with applicable law (collectively, the “Oil Spill Remediation”). +Seller hereby agrees to provide Purchaser with an estimated cost of completing +the Oil Spill Remediation work within ten (10) business days after the Effective +Date. +(f)    The provisions of this Paragraph 19 shall survive the Closing and shall +not be deemed merged into the Deed at Closing. +20.    Use Restrictions. +(a)    Purchaser hereby acknowledges that there are use restrictions recorded +against the Property in the Ninth Supplement in favor of the owner of Lot 1 of +Replat 30, as well as a list of Permitted Uses (as defined in the Ninth +Supplement) to which the Property is subject. Pursuant to such use restrictions, +Purchaser shall not develop or allow to be developed medical uses on the +Property until September 17, 2022, except as set forth below. The Ninth +Supplement further provides that the use restrictions; (i) exclude chiropractic +practices, dental practices, orthodontic practices, medical spas, optometry +practices, and pharmacies that do not contain walk-in clinics; and (ii) exclude +any other medical uses agreed to by the owner of Lot 1 of Replat 30 upon request +of Purchaser from time to time. In addition, the owner of Lot 1 of Replat 30 has +the exclusive right to own, develop and use property within the Planned +Development for Osceola Corporate Center and the Tupperware Heights Planned +Development in Orange County, Florida, for the operation of an emergency +department or urgent care facility, except for existing uses or uses permitted +for such purposes that are under contract as of September 17, 2017. +(b)    Purchaser hereby acknowledges that the Property is subject to the Use +Restrictions set forth in that certain Twelfth Supplemental Declaration to the +Master Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Osceola +Corporate Center recorded October 2, 2019, in Official Records Book 5606, Page +1388, of the public records of Osceola County, Florida (the “Twelfth +Supplement”). +(c)    There is an additional use restriction in the Twelfth Supplement +applicable to the Property that provides that no structure on any part of the +Property may install, have or allow to remain any Window Border Lighting.  For +the purposes hereof, “Window Border Lighting” shall mean any and all window +border lighting, such as and including without limitation, LED display strips, +neon, rope lights, tape lights or strip lights. +(d)    In purchasing the Property from Seller, Purchaser agrees that no portion +of the Property shall be used for a purpose prohibited by the Declaration or +for: (a) a retail warehouse home improvement center, lumber yard, building +material supply center, home improvement service center in excess of 25,000 +square feet of air conditioned retail space, or (b) any retail store or center +similar to that of Lowe’s, Home Depot, Builder’s Square, 84 Lumber, and/or +Wickes, which purposes Seller represents and warrants Seller is expressly +prohibited from permitting pursuant to that certain First Supplemental +Declaration to Master Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for +Osceola Corporate Center recorded in Official Records Book 2033, Page 1829, of +the Public Records of Osceola County, Florida, a copy of which shall be +available on the data site as part of the Property Information. +(e)    Prior to September 27, 2022, Purchaser shall be prohibited from +developing or using the Property as an assisted living facility. +(f)    Prior to June 28, 2020, Purchaser shall be prohibited from developing or +using the Property for a self-storage facility. +(g)    The provisions of this Paragraph 20 shall survive the Closing and shall +not be deemed merged into the Deed at Closing. +21.    [RESERVED]Governmental Approvals. The Osceola County Land is currently +zoned PD under the Osceola County Zoning Code pursuant to a Planned Development +(defined, as the same may be subsequently amended, as the “Seller’s OCC PD” +herein) and the Orange County Land is currently zoned PD under the Orange County +Zoning Code (defined, as the same may be subsequently amended, as the +“Tupperware Heights PD” herein) , the terms and conditions for both of which, +and all amendments, restatements, revisions, and modifications thereto, +including, without limitation, any amendments, are set forth on the datasite +described on Exhibit “B” (the “Planned Development Zoning”) and is subject to +that certain Overall Comprehensive Development Plan (MACRO) prepared by Ivey, +Harris & Walls, Inc. under Project #255.02, dated January 28, 1997 (the “Macro +CDP”), as well as certain other permits and agreements set forth in the Property +Information. The Seller’s OCC PD, the Tupperware Heights PD, Macro CDP, the +SFWMD Master Conceptual Permit, and all amendments and modifications thereto +identified in the Property Information set forth in Exhibit “C” attached hereto, +and other permits and approvals set forth in the Property Information, as the +same may be amended from time to time, are collectively referred to as the +“Governmental Approvals”. Purchaser hereby covenants, represents and warrants +that from and after the Closing, Purchaser, and its successors or assigns, shall +at all times comply with all of the Governmental Approvals if and to the extent +applicable to the Property and the Project, so as to maintain the same in good +standing and in full force and effect. +22.    Real Estate Commission. Purchaser and Seller represent and warrant to +each other that they have not employed any brokers or real estate agencies in +the creation of or the negotiations relating to this Agreement and Purchaser and +Seller shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless each other against any loss, +liability, costs, claim, demand, damages, action, cause of action or suit +arising out of or by reason of any other real estate agency, agent, or broker, +claiming a commission or fee through such party. Purchaser expressly represents +and warrants to Seller that Seller will not be liable to pay Purchaser or any +other Person a development fee, finder’s fee or other similar fee in connection +with the acquisition of the Property. The Provisions of this Paragraph 23 shall +survive the Closing and shall not be deemed merged into the Deed at Closing. The +provisions of this Paragraph 23 shall survive the Closing and shall not be +deemed merged into the Deed at Closing. +23.    Assignment. The Purchaser may not assign this Agreement without the prior +written consent of Seller, except that Purchaser may assign this Agreement to an +Affiliate without the prior written consent of Seller. An “Affiliate” shall mean +(i) any Person which owns at least fifty percent (50%) of the shares, limited +partnership interests or membership interests, as applicable, of the Purchaser +or (ii) any Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or +is under common control with Purchaser. In the event Purchaser assigns this +Agreement (and such assignment is permitted by Seller, if such permission is +required pursuant to this paragraph), Purchaser and any assignee of Purchaser +shall execute an assignment of this Agreement at Closing, pursuant to which the +assignee of Purchaser expressly agrees to be bound by all of the obligations of +Purchaser under this Agreement which survive Closing; provided, however, +Purchaser shall not be released from any of Purchaser’s obligations under this +Agreement until the Closing of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement +has been consummated. +25.    [RESERVED] +24.    Notices. +(a)    All notices provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and +delivered personally (including delivery by courier) or by registered or +certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or via facsimile or +email to the parties, or by nationally recognized overnight delivery service at +the addresses and facsimile numbers or email addresses, as applicable, set forth +below, with a copy forwarded to their respective attorneys, at the addresses and +facsimile numbers or email addresses, as applicable set forth below, or at such +other addresses as the parties shall designate to each other in writing: +Seller:    Deerfield Land Corporation +14901 South Orange Blossom Trail +Orlando, FL 32837 +Telephone: (407) 826-4514 +Facsimile: (407) 826-4505 +Attention: Mr. Thomas M. Roehlk, Vice President +E-mail: tomroehlk@tupperware.com +And:                Deerfield Land Corporation +14901 South Orange Blossom Trail +Orlando, FL 32837 +Telephone: (407) 826-4514 +Facsimile: (407) 826-4505 +Attention: Mr. Thomas M. Roehlk, Vice President +E-mail: tomroehlk@tupperware.com +With a copy to:        Greenberg Traurig, P.A. +450 South Orange Avenue, Suite 650 +Orlando, FL 32801 +Telephone: (407) 420-1000 +Facsimile: (407) 420-5909 +Attention: Alan C. Sheppard, Jr., Esq. +E-mail: shepparda@gtlaw.com +Purchaser:            O’Connor Management LLC +125 Worth Avenue, Suite 316 +Palm Beach, FL 33480 +Telephone: (561) 694-1146 +Attention: John F. O’Connor and Peter Bergner +Email: John.Oconnor@oconnorcp.com and +pbergner@oconnorcp.com +With a copy to:        Jones Foster P.A. +350 Royal Palm Way, Suite 406 +Palm Beach, FL 33480 +Telephone: (561.659.3000) +Facsimile: (561.650.5300) +Attention: Larry B. Alexander, Jr., Esq. +Email: balexander@jonesfoster.com +(b)    Any notice, request, demand, instruction or other communication to be +given to either party hereunder, except where required to be delivered at the +Closing, shall be in writing and delivered personally (including delivery by +courier) or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage +prepaid, or via facsimile or email to the parties, or by nationally recognized +overnight delivery service at the addresses and facsimile numbers or email +addresses, as applicable, set forth herein, with a copy forwarded to their +respective attorneys, at the addresses and facsimile numbers or email addresses, +as applicable set forth herein, or at such other addresses as the parties shall +designate to each other in writing. Any notice delivered as aforesaid shall be +deemed to have been effectively transmitted immediately upon mailing, delivery +to an appropriate carrier, or receipt or refusal of delivery of said notice, +whichever is earliest. The inability to deliver because of change in address of +which no notice is given shall be deemed to be a receipt of the notice, demand +and request. The party claiming delivery of notice via telecopier or facsimile +shall have the burden of proving notice was in fact sent, which burden can be +carried without further evidence if confirmed by the transmitting telecopier or +facsimile machine. Any communication sent by facsimile shall promptly be +followed by a copy delivered by one of the other approved methods. Purchaser’s +counsel and Seller’s counsel are expressly permitted to execute and deliver +notices and receive notices for the parties they represent. Receipt shall be +deemed to have occurred if delivered to an authorized agent or any employee of +the addressee or of the addressee’s company. A time period in which a response +to any notice, demand or request must be given pursuant to the terms of the +Agreement, shall commence to run from the date of receipt. Either party may +change the address for receiving notices, request, demands, or other +communication by not less than three (3) days prior notice in accordance with +this Paragraph. Telephone numbers are provided for convenience only. +(c)    Purchaser and Seller may from time to time notify the other of changes +regarding where and to whom notices should be sent by sending notification of +such changes pursuant to this Paragraph. +25.    Escrow Agent. +(a)    Duties. It is agreed that the duties of Escrow Agent and the Closing +Agent (collectively referred to in this Paragraph 27 as Escrow Agent) are only +such as are specifically provided herein being purely ministerial in nature, and +that Escrow Agent shall incur no liability whatsoever except for willful +misconduct or gross negligence so long as Escrow Agent has acted in good faith +and followed the terms of the Agreement. Seller and Purchaser release Escrow +Agent from any act done or omitted to be done by Escrow Agent in good faith in +the performance of Escrow Agent’s duties hereunder. +(b)    Responsibilities. Escrow Agent shall not be required to defend any legal +proceedings which may be instituted against Escrow Agent in respect to the +subject matter of these instructions unless requested to do so by Seller and +Purchaser and is indemnified to the reasonable satisfaction of the Escrow Agent +against the cost and expense of such defense. In the event (i) of any suit +between Seller and Purchaser wherein Escrow Agent is made a party by virtue of +acting as such Escrow Agent hereunder, or (ii) of any suit wherein Escrow Agent +interpleads the Deposit, other than a suit in which Escrow Agent is ultimately +determined to have committed willful misconduct or gross negligence, Escrow +Agent shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs actually +incurred, said fees and costs to be assessed as court costs and paid from the +Deposit held by Escrow Agent or the court, as the case may be. Escrow Agent +shall not be required to institute legal proceedings of any kind. Escrow Agent +shall have no responsibility for the genuineness or validity of any document or +other item deposited with Escrow Agent, and shall be fully protected in acting +in accordance with any written instructions given to Escrow Agent hereunder and +believed by Escrow Agent to have been signed by the proper parties. +(c)    Sole Liability. Escrow Agent assumes no liability under this Agreement +except that of a stake holder. If there is any dispute as to whether Escrow +Agent is obligated to deliver the Deposit, or as to whom that Deposit is to be +delivered, Escrow Agent will not be obligated to make any delivery thereof, but +in such event shall hold the Deposit until receipt by Escrow Agent of any +authorization in writing signed by all of the persons having any interest in +such dispute, directing the disposition thereof, or in the absence of such +authorization, Escrow Agent shall hold the Deposit until the final determination +of the rights of the parties in an appropriate proceeding. If such written +authorization is not given, or proceedings for such determination are not begun +and diligently continued, Escrow Agent may, but is not required to, bring an +appropriate action or proceeding for leave to deposit the Deposit into the +Registry of Court pending such determination. In making delivery of the Deposit +in the manner provided for in this Agreement, Escrow Agent shall have no further +liability in the matter. Escrow Agent shall not be liable for loss of the +Deposit due to the failure of any financial institution in which the Deposit is +placed so long as Escrow Agent places the Deposit in a federally insured +financial institution acceptable to Purchaser and Seller in their sole +discretion. +(d)    Escrow Agent as Counsel to Seller. Purchaser hereby expressly +acknowledges that Escrow Agent also serves as counsel to Seller in connection +with this Agreement and the transaction contemplated herein and Purchaser +specifically acknowledges and agrees that the duties of Escrow Agent, as Escrow +Agent hereunder, shall not prohibit its representation of Seller, as Seller’s +counsel, in any matter which arises under or which is a result of this +Agreement, including, without limitation, a dispute relating to the Deposit. +(e)    Confirmation of Agreement to Hold Deposit. Escrow Agent shall not be +required to execute this Agreement. By accepting the Deposit Escrow Agent agrees +that Escrow Agent will hold the Deposit in escrow pursuant to the provisions of +this Agreement. +26.    Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Seller and Purchaser +respectively hereby make the following representations. Such representations and +warranties shall also be deemed made as of the Closing Date and shall survive +Closing for eighteen (18) months. +(a)    Seller’s Representations. +(i)    Subject to the satisfaction of the Board Approval Condition (unless +deemed waived in accordance with this Agreement), Seller has complete and full +authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and will have at +Closing complete and full authority to convey to Purchaser marketable fee simple +title to the Property, subject only to the Permitted Exceptions. +(ii)    Seller hereby discloses that Orange County, Florida has conducted a two +(2) year feasibility study for the widening of Orange Avenue, which would +include the portion of the road that currently bisects the Orange County Land, +and that the Seller’s civil engineer has obtained an agreement from Orange +County to allow the additional flow of stormwater and surface water drainage +from the road expansion to drain into joint use retention ponds located on the +Orange County Land. Consequently, the retention ponds intended to be constructed +pursuant to the development of the Orange County Land (the “Orange Ave. Widening +and Pond Expansion”) will need to be expanded by or at the direction of +Purchaser post-Closing. Other than the Orange Ave. Widening and Pond Expansion, +Seller has received no notice and has no knowledge of any pending or threatened +taking or condemnation of the Property or any portion thereof. In the event +Seller should receive such notice prior to Closing, Seller shall promptly +deliver a copy of such notice to Purchaser. +(iii)    Neither the entering into nor the performance of this Agreement nor the +consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby will constitute or result in +a violation or breach by Seller of any judgment, order, writ, injunction, or +decree issued against or imposed upon it or of any contract to which it is a +party, or to the best of Seller’s knowledge, will result in a violation by +Seller of any applicable law, order, rule, or regulation of any governmental +authority. +(iv)    Seller has not received any notice of any actual or threatened action, +litigation, or proceeding by any organization, person, individual or +governmental agency (including governmental actions under condemnation authority +or proceedings similar thereto) against the Property. +(v)    The Property is not within the boundary of any Community Development +District or special taxing district or subject to any requirement of either. +(vi)    Except for this Agreement, the Purchase Contracts (as hereinafter +defined), and that certain Agreement Regarding Purchase of Impact Fee Credits +between Seller and South Orange Industrial Properties, LLC, a South Carolina +limited liability company, that certain Declaration of Restrictive Use Covenant +by Seller recorded April 24, 2020, in Official Records Book 5713, page 1440, of +the public records of Osceola County, Florida, and that certain Right of First +Offer Agreement between Seller and Hallmark Equity Partners, LLC, a Texas +limited liability company, recorded April 24, 2020, in Official Records Book +5713, page 1522, of the public records of Osceola County, Florida (the “ROFO +Agreement”), Seller has entered into no other purchase agreement, right of first +refusal agreement or right of first offer agreement with respect to the Property +or Impact Fee Credits. +(vii)    All parties who have performed services, provided labor or supplied +materials in connection with Seller’s ownership and maintenance of the Property +have been or at the Closing will be paid in full and all liens arising therefrom +(or claims which with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both, could +mature into liens), have been satisfied and released. +(viii)    Seller shall maintain the Property in its existing condition and +deliver it to Purchaser at Closing in such condition. +(ix)    Except with respect to the Environmental Conditions disclosed and set +forth in Section 19 of this Agreement, Seller has no actual knowledge of, and +Seller has not received any written notice of, any violations of applicable +environmental laws and regulations concerning the Property, and represents and +warrants, (i) to its current actual knowledge, that, during the term of its +ownership of the Property, there have been no violations of any such +environmental laws other than as disclosed in Section 19 of this Agreement, and +(ii) Seller has not received a written summons, citation, directive, notice, +complaint or letter from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the +State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection, or other federal, state +or local governmental agency or authority specifying any alleged violation of +any environmental law, rule, regulations or order at or on the Property. +(x)    Seller has good and marketable fee simple title to the Project and good +and marketable title to the rest of the Property, free and clear of any and all +liens, security interests, encumbrances or other restrictions, whether existing +of record or otherwise, that will exist at Closing other than the Permitted +Exceptions. +(xi)    Seller is not in default, in any material respect, with the terms of any +of the Permitted Exceptions. +(xii)    All ad valorem taxes, charges and assessments due and payable with +respect to the Property have been paid or will be paid at Closing as provided in +this Agreement. There are no confirmed, pending or, to the Seller’s knowledge, +contemplated special assessments against the Property. +(xiii)    Seller is not a "foreign person" which would subject Purchaser to the +withholding tax provisions of Section 1445 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, +as amended. +(xiv)    To Seller’s knowledge, the Property is in compliance with all +applicable governmental and regulatory laws, requirements, and regulations. +(xv)    Seller has no knowledge of any pending proceedings that could or would +cause the change, redefinition, or other modification of the zoning +classification of, or access to, the Property. +(xvi)    With respect to the Third Party Contracts: (A) there are no Third Party +Contracts other than those Third Party Contracts described on Exhibit “E” +attached hereto and hereby made a part hereof that will survive Closing or +otherwise impose an obligation on the Purchaser; (B) true and correct copies of +such Third Party Contracts (included all amendments thereof) are included within +the Property Information; (C) to Seller’s knowledge, the Third Party Contracts +are in full force and effect and have been validly executed, and there have been +no written or oral modifications, alterations or amendments of or to the Third +Party Contracts except as set forth on Exhibit “E” attached hereto and hereby +made a part hereof; and (D) to Seller’s knowledge, Seller has fulfilled all of +its material duties and obligations in connection with the Third Party +Contracts, Seller is not in default in any material respect under any of the +terms and provisions of the Third Party Contracts and no other party is in +default of any of its material obligations under its Third Party Contract. +(xvii)    All copies of documents furnished or to be furnished or made available +to Purchaser by Seller or the Association in connection with this Agreement are +or will, to Seller’s knowledge, be true and complete copies of the originals +(including all amendments thereto. Seller has not knowingly and intentionally +withheld additional due diligence items that would have the effect of making the +Property Information provided to Purchaser materially misleading or false. +(xviii)    Attached hereto as Schedule 28(a)(xviii) is a true, correct, and +complete rent roll for the Project identifying each tenant under a Project +Lease, each guarantor of a Project Lease, the monthly base rent and the +approximate square footage of each such tenant’s premises (as applicable), the +commencement and expiration date of each Project Lease, and the amount of each +such tenant’s security deposit, if any (the “Rent Roll”). +(xix)    With respect to the Project Leases: (A) there are no leases of the +Property other than those Project Leases described in Schedule 28(a)(xix) +attached hereto; (B) true and correct copies of the Project Leases (including +all amendments and guaranties thereof) are included within the Property +Information; (C) to Seller’s knowledge, the Project Leases are in full force and +effect and have been validly executed, and there have been no written or oral +modifications, alterations or amendments of or to the Project Leases, except as +set forth on Schedule 28(a)(xix); (D) to Seller’s knowledge, Seller has +fulfilled all of its material duties and obligations in connection with the +Project Leases, Seller is not in default in any material respect under any of +the terms and provisions of the Project Leases and no tenant is in default in +the payment of rent or any other charges payable to Seller, or in default of any +of its other material obligations, under such tenant’s Project Lease; (E) there +are no leasing commissions due in connection with the Project Leases which have +not been paid in full, and no leasing commission shall be due in connection with +the exercise of any options or renewals under any of the Project Leases except +as otherwise set forth in such Project Leases; and (F) Seller has complied with +the Florida Sales Tax laws in all respects relating to the Property and the +Project Leases. +(xx)    The Project is permitted by all applicable authorities, laws, ordinances +and regulations to be used as the Intended Use. +(xxi)    Attached hereto as Schedule 28(a)(xxi) is a true, correct and complete +list of all of the Mitigation Credits owned by Seller on the Effective Date and +which will be assigned to Purchaser at Closing as provided herein; provided, +however, that the Mitigation Credits have been assigned on a non-exclusive basis +to certain third party purchasers which are now owners of various parcels of +land within the Osceola Corporate Center development. +(xxii)    Attached hereto as Schedule 28(a)(xxii) is a true, correct and +complete list of all of the Impact Fee Credits owned by Seller on the Effective +Date and which will be assigned to Purchaser at Closing as provided herein. +(xxiii)    Attached hereto as Schedule 28(a)(xxiii) is a true, correct and +complete list of all of the Personalty that will be conveyed to Purchaser at +Closing as provided herein. +(xxiv)    Attached hereto as Schedule 28(a)(xxiv) is a true, correct and +complete list of all trademarks, service marks and domain names used in +connection with the Property +(xxv)    There is no action, suit, litigation, hearing, investigation or +administrative proceeding pending or, to Seller knowledge, threatened, against +Seller, the Property, the Association or any of the Association’s property. +(xxvi)    The financial information regarding the budget, collections, +expenditures, and reserves of the Association and information regarding all +general and special assessments of the Association are set forth in the Property +Information and are accurate as of the Effective Date in all material respects. +(xxvii)    Since December 31, 2019, the Association has not: (A) changed its tax +reporting or accounting policies or practices; (B) settled or compromised any +liability for taxes or made or rescinded any tax election; (C) incurred any debt +except in the ordinary course of business; (D) suffered any theft, damage, +destruction or loss (without regard to any insurance) to any tangible asset or +assets having a value in excess of Twenty-Five Thousand and No/100 Dollars +($25,000.00) individually or Fifty Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($50,000.00) in +the aggregate; (E) sold, assigned, transferred or licensed any of its assets +other than in the ordinary course of business, or committed to sell, assign, +transfer or license any of its assets other than in the ordinary course of +business or pursuant to this Agreement; (F) amended, canceled, terminated, +relinquished, waived or released any contract material to its business, except +in the ordinary course of business; (G) instituted or settled any action, claim, +suit or proceeding that involved more than Seventy-Five Thousand and No/100 +Dollars ($75,000.00); or (H) agreed to take any of the actions described in +clauses (A) through (G) above. +(xxviii)    The Association does not have any employees. The Association (A) is +not a party to any collective bargaining agreement or similar union contract or +any employment agreement, and the Association is not bound by any such agreement +or contract, and (B) does not sponsor or maintain any employee benefit plans, +programs, policies or arrangements, whether or not subject to the Employee +Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, for any individuals who +provide or provided services to the Property or any of the Association’s +property. +(xxix)    None of Seller, TBC or the Association has (A) made a general +assignment for the benefit of creditors, (B) filed any voluntary petition in +bankruptcy, (C) suffered the filing of an involuntary petition against it in any +court, or with any governmental body, pursuant to any statute either of the +United States or of any State, for a petition in bankruptcy or insolvency or +seeking to affect any plan or other arrangement with creditors, (D) suffered the +appointment of a receiver to take possession of all, or substantially all, of +Seller’s, TBC’s or the Association’s assets, (E) suffered the attachment or +other judicial seizure of all, or substantially all, of Seller’s, TBC’s or the +Association’s assets, or (F) admitted in writing its inability to pay its debts +as they come due. +(xxx)    None of Seller, TBC or the Association, nor any of their respective +directors, officers, members, managing members, employees, agents, +representatives and/or affiliates, has been, is now, or shall be at any time +prior to or at the Closing, an individual, corporation, partnership, joint +venture, association, joint stock company, trust, trustee, estate, limited +liability company, unincorporated organization, real estate investment trust, +government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other form of +entity (collectively or individually as the context shall so require, a +“Person”) with whom a United States citizen, entity organized under the laws of +the United States or its territories or entity having its principal place of +business within the United States or any of its territories (collectively, a +“U.S. Person”), is prohibited from transacting business of the type contemplated +by this Agreement, whether such prohibition arises under United States law, +regulation, executive orders and lists published by the Office of Foreign Assets +Control, Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) (including those executive orders +and lists administered by OFAC with respect to Persons that have been designated +by executive order or by the sanction regulations of OFAC as Persons with whom +U.S. Persons may not transact business or must limit their interactions to types +approved by OFAC “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons”) or +otherwise. Neither of Seller, TBC nor the Association has been, is now nor shall +be at any time prior to or at the Closing a Person with whom a U.S. Person, +including a United States Financial Institution as defined in 31 U.S.C. 5312, as +periodically amended (“Financial Institution”), is prohibited from transacting +business of the type contemplated by this Agreement, whether such prohibition +arises under United States law, regulation, executive orders and lists +administered by the OFAC (including those executive orders and lists published +by OFAC with respect to Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons) or +otherwise. +(xxxi)    Neither Seller, TBC nor the Association: (A) is under investigation by +any governmental authority for, or has been charged with, or convicted of, money +laundering, drug trafficking, terrorist related activities, any crimes which in +the United States would be predicate crimes to money laundering, or any +violation of any Anti-Money Laundering Laws; (B) has been assessed civil or +criminal penalties under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws; or (C) has had any of +its funds seized or forfeited in any action under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws +or otherwise been in violation of any Anti-Money Laundering Laws. As used +herein, the term “Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means laws, regulations and +sanctions, state and federal, criminal and civil, that: (w) limit the use of +and/or seek the forfeiture of proceeds from illegal transactions; (x) limit +commercial transactions with designated countries or individuals believed to be +terrorists, narcotics dealers or otherwise engaged in activities contrary to the +interests of the United States; (y) require identification and documentation of +the parties with whom a Financial Institution conducts business; or (z) are +designed to disrupt the flow of funds to terrorist organizations. Such laws, +regulations and sanctions shall be deemed to include the USA PATRIOT Act of +2001, Pub. L. No. 107-56 (the “Patriot Act”), the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 U.S.C. +Section 5311 et seq., the Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. Section 1 +et seq., the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. Section 1701 +et seq., and the sanction regulations promulgated pursuant thereto by the OFAC, +as well as laws relating to prevention and detection of money laundering in 18 +U.S.C. Sections 1956 and 1957. +(xxxii)    To the knowledge of Seller, Seller, TBC and the Association are, have +been, and will be in compliance with any and all applicable provisions of the +Patriot Act. +(xxxiii)    The Property Information contains true, correct and complete copies +of the articles of incorporation, bylaws, and any other organizational or +constituent documents of the Association (and all amendments, supplements, and +modifications thereto) (collectively, the “Organizational Documents”), and +Seller is not in default or in violation of any provision of the Organizational +Documents or the Declaration. +(xxxiv)    No filing with, and no permit, authorization, consent or approval of, +any governmental authority or other Person is necessary for the consummation by +Seller of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Neither the execution +and delivery of this Agreement by Seller, nor the consummation by Seller of the +transactions contemplated under this Agreement, nor compliance by Seller and TBC +with any of the terms of this Agreement will: (A) violate any Organizational +Documents; (B) violate any applicable law, judgment, order or decree with +respect to Seller, TBC, the Association or the Property; or (C) result in the +creation or imposition of any lien or encumbrance on the Property or the +Membership. +(xxxv)    No claims, deficiencies or assessments have been asserted in writing +or, to Seller’s knowledge, are threatened, by any taxing authority with regard +to any taxes or tax returns of, or with respect to, the Association, and (B) no +audits or examinations of any taxes or tax returns of, or with respect to, the +Association are currently ongoing, pending, or, to Seller’s knowledge, +threatened by any taxing authority. +(xxxvi)    The Association has timely filed all tax returns required to be filed +by such entity, all such tax returns were true, correct and complete in all +material respects and there are no open contests with respect thereto. The +Association has timely paid all taxes due and payable by it. +(xxxvii)    The Association has timely and properly withheld (A) all required +amounts from payments to its employees (if any), agents, contractors, +shareholders, lenders, and other persons or entities, and (B) all taxes, in each +case, required to be withheld. In accordance with applicable laws, the +Association has timely and properly remitted all withheld taxes to the proper +taxing authority. +(xxxviii)    The Property Information contains true, correct and complete copies +of (A) the tax returns of the Association for the taxable years 2018 and 2019, +and (B) all examination reports and statements of deficiencies, if any, relating +to the audit of such tax returns by any governmental authority, for each taxable +year beginning on or after January 1, 2018. +(xxxix)    Attached hereto as Schedule 28(a)(xxix) is a true, correct and +complete list of all bank accounts owned by the Association. +(xl)    Except for the Orange Ave. Widening and Pond Expansion, the Third Party +Contracts, the Permitted Exceptions, the work required to remediate the +Environmental Conditions and the intersection improvements described in Section +9(c) hereof, to Seller’s actual Knowledge, there are no outstanding agreements +or commitments by Seller or the Association that would require the payment of +any money to, or the performance of any improvements or other obligations +benefiting or required by, any governmental authorities that will be binding on +Purchaser, the Association or the Property after Closing. +(b)    Purchaser’s Representations. +To induce Seller to enter into this Agreement and to sell the Property, +Purchaser represents and warrants to Seller that: +(i)    Except for this Agreement, Purchaser has entered into no other purchase +or commission agreement with respect to the Property. +(ii)    Purchaser shall pay at or prior to Closing all claims, liabilities or +expenses associated with its inspection, permitting and development of the +Property up to the Closing Date. +(iii)    Purchaser has not (a) made a general assignment for the benefit of +creditors, (b) filed any voluntary petition or suffered the filing of an +involuntary petition by Purchaser’s creditors, (c) suffered the appointment of a +receiver to take all, or substantially all, of Purchaser’s assets, (d) suffered +the attachment or other judicial seizure of all, or substantially all, of +Purchaser’s assets, or (e) admitted in writing its inability to pay its debts as +they fall due, and no such action is threatened or contemplated. If any of such +actions have been taken or brought against Purchaser, then prior to the date +hereof the same have been fully disclosed and Purchaser discharged therefrom so +that there are no prohibitions or conditions upon Purchaser’s acquisition of the +Property. +(iv)    Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the +consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement will result +(either immediately or after the passage of time and/or the giving of notice) in +breach or default by Purchaser under any agreement or understanding to which +Purchaser is a party or by which Purchaser may be bound or which would have an +effect upon Purchaser’s ability to fully perform its obligations under this +Agreement. +(v)    Purchaser has the right, power and authority to execute, deliver and +perform this Agreement without obtaining any consents or approvals from or the +taking of any action with respect to, any third parties, and Purchaser has taken +all required limited liability company action to enter into and perform its +obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement, when executed and delivered by +Purchaser and Seller, will constitute the valid and binding agreement of +Purchaser. +(vi)    None of Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, nor any of their respective +directors, officers, members, managing members, agents, representatives and/or +affiliates, has been, is now, or shall be at any time prior to or at the +Closing, an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, +joint stock company, trust, trustee, estate, limited liability company, +unincorporated organization, real estate investment trust, government or any +agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other form of entity +(collectively or individually as the context shall so require, a “Person”) with +whom a United States citizen, entity organized under the laws of the United +States or its territories or entity having its principal place of business +within the United States or any of its territories (collectively, a “U.S. +Person”), is prohibited from transacting business of the type contemplated by +this Agreement, whether such prohibition arises under United Sates law, +regulation, executive orders and lists published by the Office of Foreign Assets +Control, Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) (including those executive orders +and lists administered by OFAC with respect to Persons that have been designated +by executive order or by the sanction regulations of OFAC as Persons with whom +U.S. Persons may not transact business so must limit their interactions to types +approved by OFAC “Specially Designated Nationals and blocked Persons”) or +otherwise. Neither Purchaser or any of its Affiliates has been, is now nor shall +be at any time prior to or at the Closing a Person with whom a U.S. Person, +including a United Sates Financial Institution as defined in 31 U.S.C. 5312, as +periodically amended (“Financial Institution”), is prohibited from transacting +business of the type contemplated by this Agreement, whether such prohibition +arises under United States law, regulation, executive orders and lists +administered by the OFAC (including those executive orders and lists published +by OFAC with respect to Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons) or +otherwise. +(vii)    Neither Purchaser or any of its Affiliates: (A) is under investigation +by any governmental authority for, or has been charged with, or convicted of, +money laundering, drug trafficking, terrorist related activities, any crimes +which in the United States would be predicate crimes to money laundering, or any +violation of any Anti-Money Laundering Laws; (B) has been assessed civil or +criminal penalties under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws; or (C) has had any of +its funds seized or forfeited in any action under any Anti-Money Laundering Laws +or otherwise been in violation of any Anti-Money Laundering Laws. As used +herein, the term “Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means laws, regulations and +sanctions, state and federal, criminal and civil, that: (w) limit the use of +and/or seek the forfeiture of proceeds from illegal transactions; (x) limit +commercial transactions with designated countries or individuals believed to be +terrorists, narcotics dealers or otherwise engaged in activities contrary to the +interests of the United States; (y) require identification and documentation of +the parties with whom a Financial Institution conducts business; or (z) are +designed to disrupt the flow of funds to terrorist organizations. Such laws, +regulations and sanctions shall be deemed to include the USA PATRIOT Act of +2001, Pub. L. No. 107-56 (the “Patriot Act”), the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 U.S.C. +Section 5311 et seq., the Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. Section 1 +et seq., the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. Section 1701 +et seq., and the sanction regulations promulgated pursuant thereto by the OFAC, +as well as laws relating to prevention and detection of money laundering in 18 +U.S.C. Sections 1956 and 1957. +(viii)    To the knowledge of Purchaser, Purchaser and its Affiliates are, have +been, and will be in compliance with any and all applicable provisions of the +Patriot Act. +(c)    Survival; Indemnification. From and after the Closing, each entity +constituting Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Purchaser, the +Association and their respective affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, +members, managers, partners, agents, representatives, successors and assigns +(collectively, “Purchaser Parties”) from and against any and all reasonable +out-of-pocket losses, costs, damages, liens, claims, liabilities or expenses +(including, but not limited to, reasonable out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and +costs) incurred or suffered by any Purchaser Party arising out of or relating to +(i) the failure of Seller to complete the Oil Spill Remediation in accordance +with this Agreement, or (ii) any breach of any representation or warranty made +by such entity in this Agreement (collectively referred to as “Breaches” and +individually as a “Breach”). After the Board Approval Condition is satisfied, +Tupperware Brands Corporation, a Delaware corporation, shall execute the Joinder +in the form attached hereto and will circulate the executed Joinder to the +parties set forth in the Notice section of this Agreement for the purpose of +guaranteeing Seller’s indemnification obligations pursuant to this paragraph. +The indemnification obligations under this paragraph shall survive Closing for a +period of eighteen (18) months; provided, that any claim made with reasonable +specificity by the party seeking to be indemnified within such time period shall +survive until such claim is finally and duly resolved. In the event that a +Purchaser Party fails to timely make an indemnification claim under this +paragraph, then such Purchaser Party shall be deemed to have waived its right to +make such claim. +27.    Miscellaneous. +(a)    Non-Merger. The provisions of all paragraphs of this Agreement imposing +obligations or conditions upon the Property or Purchaser or Seller that either +expressly or by their sense and context are intended to survive the Closing Date +shall so survive, and shall not be deemed merged into the Deed from Seller to +Purchaser at Closing. If either party, subsequent to Closing, shall violate any +of the paragraph provisions and obligations that survive the Closing of this +Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover all costs, expenses +and attorneys’ fees incurred by it from the non-prevailing party in connection +with the enforcement of such provisions and obligations, including without +limitation costs and fees incurred before trial, at trial and on appeals. +(b)    Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Exhibits hereto) contains +the entire understanding between the parties and the parties agree that no +representation was made by or on behalf of either that is not contained in this +Agreement, and that in entering into this Agreement neither relied upon any +representation not herein contained. +(c)    Captions. The captions for each paragraph of this Agreement are for +convenience and reference only and in no way define, describe, extend or limit +the scope or intent of this Agreement, or the intent of any provision hereof. +(d)    Non-Recording. Neither this Agreement nor any memorandum thereof may be +recorded in the Public Records of any County in the State of Florida by +Purchaser, and if this Agreement or any memorandum thereof is recorded by +Purchaser, at the option of Seller, this Agreement will become null and void by +the act and fact of recording and Purchaser will forfeit all of its Deposit. +(e)    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, +each of which shall be and be taken to be an original, and are collectively but +one instrument. +(f)    Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may not be amended, modified, +altered or changed in any respect whatsoever, except by a further agreement in +writing duly executed by the parties hereto. No failure by Purchaser or Seller +to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or +condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy upon a breach +thereof shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or of such or any other +covenant, agreement, term or condition. Any party hereto, by written notice +executed by such party, may, but shall be under no obligation to waive any of +its rights or any conditions to its obligations hereunder, or any duty, +obligation or covenant of any other party hereto. No waiver shall affect or +alter this Agreement but each and every covenant, agreement, term and condition +of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect with respect to any +other then existing or subsequent breach thereof. +(g)    Time of the Essence. Time, and timely performance, is of the essence of +this Agreement and of the covenants and provisions hereunder. When a date upon +which a specified event shall occur or be performed falls upon a weekend or +Federal or Florida state holiday or a day on which the banks in Florida are +closed, the time allowed for the event or performance to occur shall be extended +to 11:59 p.m. on the next succeeding business day. If the performance by either +party of any of its obligations under this Agreement is delayed by an act of +God, natural disaster, terrorist activity, war, labor dispute, governmental +order, public health epidemic or pandemic, or other matter beyond the reasonable +control of such party, without such party’s fault or negligence, then the party +affected shall notify the other party in writing of the specific obligation +delayed, and the duration of the delay, and the deadline for completion of such +obligation shall be extended by a like number of days. +(h)    Typewritten or Handwritten Provisions. Handwritten provisions inserted +into this Agreement and type-written provisions initialed by both parties shall +control over the typewritten provisions in conflict therewith. +(i)    Successors, Assigns, Number and Gender. The rights and obligations +created by this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the +parties hereto, their heirs, executors, receivers, trustees, and permitted +successors and assigns. Whenever used herein the singular number shall include +the plural, the plural the singular, and the use of any gender shall include all +genders, as the context requires. +(j)    Attorneys’ Fees and Expert Fees. In the event that either party finds it +necessary to employ an attorney to enforce or to obtain a judicial +interpretation of any provision of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be +entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable attorneys’ fees actually +suffered or incurred and reasonable expert fees, including but not limited to, +engineering fees, survey fees, appraisal fees and all reasonable costs incurred +in connection therewith, at both trial and appellate levels; including +bankruptcy proceedings, in addition to any other performances or damages to +which such party may be entitled. +(k)    Governing Law and Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be interpreted and +enforced under the laws of the State of Florida. In the event of any litigation +arising out of or pursuant to this Agreement, venue for all such actions shall +lie in the Circuit Court of the county in which the Property lies. Seller and +Purchaser hereby consent to jurisdiction of any such action in the Circuit Court +of the county in which the Property lies. Seller and Purchaser hereby WAIVE +THEIR RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY and consent to any action arising pursuant hereto +to be heard by bench trial. The consent to jurisdiction and venue and waiver of +jury trial are material inducements to Purchaser to enter into this Agreement. +(l)    Severability. If any provisions of this Agreement are held to be illegal +or invalid, the other provisions shall remain in full force and effect. +(m)    Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be construed +according to its fair and common meaning and will not be construed more +stringently or liberally for either party. +(n)    Radon Gas. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that, when it +has accumulated in a building in sufficient quantities, may present health risks +to persons who are exposed to it over time. Levels of radon that exceed federal +and state guidelines have been found in buildings in Florida. Additional +information regarding radon and radon testing may be obtained from your county +public health unit. +(o)    No Agency. Seller is not, and shall not be for any purpose, the agent of +Purchaser, and shall have no power or authority to bind Purchaser in any manner +whatsoever. Purchaser is not, and shall not for any purpose, be the agent of +Seller and shall have no power or authority to bind Seller in any manner +whatsoever. +(p)    Condemnation. In the event any proceedings in eminent domain are +contemplated, threatened or instituted by any body having the power of eminent +domain with respect to a material portion of the Property, and which would have +a material adverse effect on Purchaser’s Intended Use of the Property, Purchaser +may, at its option, by notice to Seller, terminate this Agreement, in which +event the Deposit shall be immediately returned to the Purchaser. If Purchaser +does not elect to terminate this Agreement or is not permitted to terminate this +Agreement pursuant to this paragraph, then Purchaser shall proceed under this +Agreement, in which event Seller shall, at Closing, assign to Purchaser its +right, title and interest in and to any portion of the condemnation award +allocable to the Property. Purchaser and Seller shall have the right during the +pendency of this Agreement and after Closing to jointly negotiate or otherwise +engage in dialogue with the condemning authority in respect to such eminent +domain proceedings. Seller shall immediately give notice to Purchaser upon the +occurrence of any condemnation proceedings affecting the Property that is known +to Seller. +(q)    Casualty. Risk of loss prior to the Closing shall be Seller's. If prior +to Closing, any of the Property shall be materially damaged by any casualty +(other than those attributable to Purchaser) and such damage is not repaired by +Seller prior to Closing, then Purchaser will have the option, by written notice +to Seller, to terminate this Agreement and receive an immediate refund of the +full amount of the Deposit, whereupon Purchaser, Seller and Escrow Agent shall +have no further obligations hereunder except for those matters set forth herein +that survive the termination of this Agreement. If Purchaser does not elect to +terminate this Agreement, or is not permitted to terminate this Agreement +pursuant to this paragraph, then: (i) this Agreement will remain in full force +and effect and Purchaser shall purchase the Property "as is”; and (ii) at +Closing, Seller shall pay to Purchaser all deductible amounts under any policies +of insurance and any sums collected by Seller under any policies of insurance +because of damage to the Property due to the casualty (less the amount of any +proceeds which have been used to repair such damage) and assign (to the extent +assignable) to Purchaser all rights to collect such sums as may then be +uncollected. Seller shall immediately give notice to Purchaser upon the +occurrence of any damage to the Property. +(r)    No Joint Venture or Partnership. Notwithstanding anything in this +Agreement which may be interpreted or construed to the contrary, neither this +Agreement nor the completion of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement +shall create between Purchaser and Seller any business enterprise, whether it +appear to be a joint venture or partnership, or any other business venture. +(s)    Confidentiality. Seller and Purchaser hereby covenant, represent and +warrant to one another to keep the terms of this Agreement strictly +confidential, and not disclose or disseminate any of such terms by press +releases, public announcements or otherwise without the prior written consent of +the other party or except to the extent such information becomes a public record +by the delivery of same to a local, state, or Federal government agency, or is +required to be disclosed by court order or subpoena or pursuant to the +disclosure circumstances of Tupperware Brands Corporation as a publicly-owned +stock exchange listed corporation, provided, however, that Purchaser and Seller +shall be permitted to disclose and discuss the terms of this Agreement and +matters relating to the Property with their respective attorneys’, potential +partners, investors, lenders, independent auditors, engineers, contractors, +architects and consultants performing work related to the development of the +Property for its Intended Use or to the Closing, who shall then be bound by this +covenant of confidentiality. +(t)    Consents or Approvals. Whenever the review, consent or approval of any +party is required hereunder, any required review shall be promptly and +diligently undertaken and, unless some other criteria for the granting or denial +of such approval or consent is expressly provided herein, such consent or +approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed, conditioned or denied. +28.    Outstanding Executed Contracts. Purchaser and Seller hereby acknowledge +that they (or their affiliates) have entered or desire to enter into the +following Contracts for the Sale and Purchase of Real Property (collectively, to +the extent actually entered into, the “Purchase Contracts”): +(a)    Contract for the Sale and Purchase of Real Property dated March 27, 2015, +as amended through the date hereof between Seller, as seller, and OCP Trailside, +LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as purchaser for a purchase price of +$2,000,000.00 (the “Trailside South Contract”), and at Closing, Purchaser shall +pay Seller the amount owed Seller (or its affiliate) by Purchaser (or its +affiliate) under that certain Reimbursement Agreement set forth in the Trailside +South Contract in the amount of $52,146.50; +(b)    Contract for Sale and Purchase of Real Property, between Seller, as +seller, and Purchaser, as buyer for the sale of Lot 4 of Replat 33 for a +purchase price of $2,029,500.00 (the “Lot 4 Contract”); and +(c)    Contract for Sale and Purchase of Real Property, between Seller, as +seller, and Purchaser, as buyer, for the sale of Replat 32 for a purchase price +of $11,036,700.00 (the “Replat 32 Contract”). +Seller and Purchaser hereby agree that if any of the transactions which are the +subject of the Lot 4 Contract, the Trailside South Contract, and the Replat 32 +Contract close before the Closing under this Agreement, then the purchase prices +paid at such closing(s) shall be credited against the Purchase Price at Closing. +If a closing under any such Purchase Contract does not occur before the Closing, +then such Purchase Contract(s) shall be terminated at Closing pursuant to the +Termination of Purchase Contracts. +29.    Seller’s Cooperation. Seller agrees to cooperate with Purchaser after +Closing as may be reasonably requested by Purchaser, at no expense to Seller, to +carry out the terms and intent of this Agreement and effectuate the transactions +described herein. +30.    Purchaser’s Equity Investor Approval. Seller and Purchaser hereby +acknowledge and agree that Purchaser will seek to obtain approval of this +Agreement, and the transactions contemplated hereunder, from its equity +investors prior to the expiration of the Inspection Period. +31.    Operations Prior to Closing. From the Effective Date through the Closing +or earlier termination of this Agreement, Seller shall: +(a)    at all reasonable times prior to the Closing Date (as defined below), +give Purchaser, and its counsel, accountants and representatives, full access to +all books and records with respect to the ownership, management and operation of +the Association and the Property, shall permit them to copy the same and, to the +extent in Seller’s possession, shall furnish Purchaser with all such information +concerning the same as Purchaser may request; +(b)    not enter into any new lease, service contract, construction contract, +professional contract or other contract with respect to the Project or any +modification, alteration, amendment, extension, renewal, termination or +cancellation of any of the Project Leases or Third Party Contracts without the +prior written consent of Purchaser; +(c)    pay promptly when due all taxes, assessments, utility charges, +indebtedness secured by mortgages or other liens, and, generally, all expenses +(including repairs and replacements) incurred by Seller in the operation of the +Property and the Association; and +(d)    not take or consent to any action with Purchaser’s prior written consent +that could modify the status of title to, present zoning of, access to, or +assessed valuation of the Property. +Seller shall promptly notify Purchaser, in writing: (i) of any failure by Seller +to comply with its obligations under this Section; and (ii) if Seller discovers +any defect, error, or omission in any of the materials delivered to Purchaser +pursuant to this Agreement or any change in the Seller's representations set +forth herein. +32.    Severance of Real Property from Tupperware HQ Complex.Purchaser and +Seller hereby agree that the Lease will specify the terms and conditions +pursuant to which Purchaser may be allowed to sever a portion of the Tupperware +HQ Complex from the Lease for future development and the consequent reduction in +the Base Rent payable by Seller as tenant to Purchaser as landlord under the +Lease and for consequent reduction in rent payable by Seller under the Lease. + + +[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW] +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Purchaser and Seller have executed this instrument as set +forth below. +SELLER: +DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION, +a Delaware corporation +By: /s/ Thomas M. Roehlk +Name: Thomas M. Roehlk +Its: Vice President and Secretary +Date of Execution: May 26, 2020 +DART INDUSTRIES, INC., +a Delaware corporation +By: /s/ Karen Sheehan +Name: Karen Sheehan +Its: Vice President and Secretary +Date of Execution: May 26, 2020 +TUPPERWARE U.S., INC., +a Delaware corporation +By: /s/ Karen Sheehan +Name: Karen Sheehan +Its: Vice President and Secretary +Date of Execution: May 26, 2020 +[PURCHASER’S SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS] + + +PURCHASER: +O’CONNOR MANAGEMENT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company +By: /s/ William O’Connor +Name: William O’Connor +Title: Chief Executive Officer +Date of Execution: May 26, 2020 + + +JOINDER +This Joinder is executed for the sole purpose of agreeing to guarantee Seller’s +indemnification obligations pursuant to the provisions of Section 28(c) of the +Contract for Sale and Purchase of Real Property (the “Contract”) to which this +Joinder is attached (collectively, the “Indemnity Obligations”). All initially +capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Joinder shall have the meanings +ascribed to them in the Contract. +The undersigned (“Guarantor”) acknowledges that it will derive substantial +benefits by reason of Purchaser’s performance of its obligations under the +Contract and that Purchaser’s agreement to enter into the Contract is +conditioned upon the Guarantor’s agreement to guarantee the payment of the +Indemnity Obligations. For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and +sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Guarantor hereby guarantees to +Purchaser the complete and timely payment of the Indemnity Obligations. +Guarantor shall be jointly and severally liable with Seller for the timely +payment of the Indemnity Obligations. It shall not be necessary (i) for +Purchaser to first institute suit against Seller or any other person or entity, +or to pursue or exhaust its remedies against any other person or security, +before seeking payment of the Indemnity Obligations from Guarantor or (ii) that +Seller be joined in any action at law or in equity against the Guarantor. To the +fullest extent permitted by law, the Guarantor waives diligence, protest, notice +of protest, presentment, demand of payment, notice of dishonor and all other +suretyship defenses. Purchaser may bring one or more actions against Seller +and/or Guarantor to enforce the payment of the Indemnity Obligations. +GUARANTOR: +___________________________, a +_____________________________ +By:_________________________ +Print Name:__________________ +Title:________________________ + + +EXHIBITS +EXHIBIT “A”    Osceola County Land +EXHIBIT “A-1” Tupperware HQ Complex +EXHIBIT “A-2” Additional Land +EXHIBIT ‘B”    Orange County Land +EXHIBIT “C”    Property Information +EXHIBIT “D”    Non-Foreign Affidavit +EXHIBIT “E”    Third Party Contracts +EXHIBIT “F”    Land Use Approvals and Development Rights +EXHIBIT “G”     HQ Site Plan +SCHEDULES +SCHEDULE 28(a)(xviii) Rent Roll +SCHEDULE 28(a)(xix) Project Leases +SCHEDULE 28(a)(xxi) Mitigation Credits +SCHEDULE 28(a)(xxii) Impact Fee Credits +SCHEDULE 28(a)(xxiii) Personalty +SCHEDULE 28(a)(xxiv) Trademarks, Service Marks and Domain Names +SCHEDULE 28(a)(xxxix) Association Bank Accounts + + + +EXHIBIT “A” +TO CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY +BETWEEN DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION AND +O’CONNOR MANAGEMENT LLC +OSCEOLA COUNTY LAND +[TO BE PROVIDED UPON RECEIPT OF THE TITLE COMMITMENT] + + + + + + + + + +EXHIBIT “A-1” +TO CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY +BETWEEN DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION AND +O’CONNOR MANAGEMENT LLC +TUPPERWARE HQ COMPLEX +contractimage1.gif [contractimage1.gif] + + +contractimage2.gif [contractimage2.gif] + + +contractimage3.gif [contractimage3.gif] + + +contractimage4.gif [contractimage4.gif] + + + + + +EXHIBIT “A-2” +TO CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY +BETWEEN DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION AND +O’CONNOR MANAGEMENT LLC +ADDITIONAL LAND +contractimage5.gif [contractimage5.gif] +contractimage6.gif [contractimage6.gif] + + +contractimage7.gif [contractimage7.gif] + + +contractimage8.gif [contractimage8.gif] + + + +EXHIBIT “B” +TO CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY +BETWEEN DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION AND +O’CONNOR MANAGEMENT LLC +ORANGE COUNTY LAND +[TO BE PROVIDED UPON RECEIPT OF THE TITLE COMMITMENT] + + + + + + + +EXHIBIT “C” +TO CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY +BETWEEN DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION AND +O’CONNOR MANAGEMENT LLC +PROPERTY INFORMATION +Pursuant to Section 3(b) of the Agreement, the Property Information specified in +the Agreement for use in the due diligence phase can be accomplished by +electronic means through the following website address: +Website Address:  http://occ.tupperware.com +Purchaser may access the Property Information continuously, 24-hours daily, +subject to any required system maintenance or interruptions beyond the control +of the Seller.  You may print or download documents for your own use in +evaluating the opportunity contained in the above-referenced agreement, but by +accessing the Property Information you agree not to distribute copies or to +provide access to any third party other than third parties who are acting as +your agents in the transaction (e.g., attorneys, engineers, planners, etc.).  +You will not have the ability to alter any documents. +Please note that the Property Information is constantly evolving as the Osceola +Corporate Center development is a dynamic project.  Accordingly, it is incumbent +upon you to periodically check the datasite for newly-posted material.  A date +column exists in the table of contents for your convenience in identifying such +new material, but the Sellers will not notify you of newly-posted material.  It +is also important to note that a large amount of Property Information available +on the datasite may not be relevant to the property in question and that +relevant information may be obtained only through the title work which is +supplied at a later date.  You are cautioned to take this into consideration and +to understand that information directly relevant to such property may only be +ascertainable when the Property Information is reviewed in conjunction with the +title work and a survey relating to the property. + +EXHIBIT “D” +TO CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY +BETWEEN DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION AND +O’CONNOR MANAGEMENT LLC +NON-FOREIGN AFFIDAVIT +STATE OF FLORIDA +COUNTY OF OSCEOLA +This Non-Foreign Affidavit is provided pursuant to the requirements of I.R.C. +Section 1445(b)(2) in connection with the sale by DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION to +____________________________. +Section 1445 of the Internal Revenue Code provides that a transferee of a U.S. +real property interest must withhold tax if the transferor is a foreign person. +For U.S. tax purposes (including Section 1445), the owner of a disregarded +entity (which has legal title to a U.S. real property interest under local law) +will be the transferor of the property and not the disregarded entity. To inform +___________________________________, that withholding of tax is not required +upon the disposition of a U.S. real property interest by DEERFIELD LAND +CORPORATION, the undersigned hereby certifies the following on behalf of +DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION: +1.    Deerfield Land Corporation is not a foreign corporation, foreign +partnership, foreign trust, or foreign estate (as those terms are defined in the +Internal Revenue Code and Income Tax Regulations). +2.    Deerfield Land Corporation is not a disregarded entity as defined in +Income Tax Regulation Section 1.1445-2(b)(2)(iii); +3.    Deerfield Land Corporation’s, U.S. employer identification number is +________________; and +4.    Deerfield Land Corporation has an office address of 14901 South Orange +Blossom Trail, Orlando, Florida 32837, and is a Delaware corporation. +Deerfield Land Corporation understands that this certification may be disclosed +to the Internal Revenue Service, and that any false statement contained herein +could be punishable by fine, imprisonment, or both. +Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this certification, +and to the best of my knowledge and belief it is true, correct, and complete, +and I further declare that I have authority to sign this document on behalf of +DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION. +DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation +By:                         +Name:                         +Title:                         +This instrument was sworn to and acknowledged before me by means of [ ] physical +presence or [ ] online notarization, this ____ day of __________, 20___, by +_____________________, _____________ of Deerfield Land Corporation, a Delaware +corporation. He is £ personally known to me or £ has produced +____________________ as identification. +My Commission Expires: +                             +Notary Public Print:                     + + + +EXHIBIT “E” +TO CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY +BETWEEN DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION AND +O’CONNOR MANAGEMENT LLC +LIST OF THIRD PARTY CONTRACTS +SERVICE PROVIDER +ACCOUNT NUMBER +AMOUNT +DESCRIPTION +Brightview +(Landscape Maintenance) +14185966 (for all 7 invoices) +$6,308.00/mo +$550.00/mo + + + + +$600.00/mo +$1,052.00/mo +$962.00/mo +$1,319.00/mo + + +$524.00/mo +Common roads +Retention pond (behind Ashley Furniture) +Loop pond +Lots 1-6 +Lot 3 Roads +Rapallo/Cinque Terre ponds +Crosslands/Trailside ponds +Earth Balance +(Wetland Maintenance) +72707.12 +$7,800/quarter +Wetland vegetation treat. +Kissimmee Utility Authority +(Electric) +101409920–001391040 +001409920–000738100 +001409920–000839620 +001409920–000864710 +001409920–001129700 +001409920–001392910 +@$2,500.00/mo +@$3,500/mo +@$24.00/mo +$13.23/mo +$800.00/mo +$13.50/mo +Orange Ave streetlights +Centerview Timer +Greenwald/Miranda +Osceola/Greenwald +Rapallo Fountain +Orange Avenue timer +Solitude Lake Management +(Retention pond treatment) +7486 +9068 + + +$336.00/mo +$296.00/mo +Crosslands +Parcel 3&5 +Aquatic Mgmt. +(Retention pond treatment) +TBD +$83.33/mo +Retention pond (behind Ashley Furniture) treatment +Lakeside Aquatic Weed Control +No account number used +@$250.00/mo +Rapallo retention pond treatment +Fountain Doctor +No account number used +Various +As needed +Toho Water Authority +(Irrigation water) +001409920 – 000744180 +001409920 – 000839620 001409920 – 001203600 (1600 Centerview)  - last payment +was January 2020 +001409920 – 001268900 +001409920 – 033108759 +@$900.00/mo +@$165.00/mo +@$18.00/mo + + + + +@$200.00/mo +@$725.00/mo +Greenwald/Centerview +Greenwald/Miranda +Centerview + + + + +Osceola Parkway +Orange Avenue + + + + +EXHIBIT “F” +TO CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY +BETWEEN DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION AND +O’CONNOR MANAGEMENT LLC +LAND USE APPROVALS AND DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS +1. +Item I 4k of the Property Information on the data site for Osceola County, +Florida + +2. +Items I 16, 17, and 17a for Orange County, Florida + + + + + + + + + + +EXHIBIT “G” +TO CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY +BETWEEN DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION AND +O’CONNOR MANAGEMENT LLC +HQ SITE PLAN + +SCHEDULE 28(a)(xviii) +TO CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY +BETWEEN DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION AND +O’CONNOR MANAGEMENT +RENT ROLL +Income from Cell Tower Lease is $1,107.39 per month + + + + + + + +SCHEDULE 28(a)(xix) +TO CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY +BETWEEN DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION AND +O’CONNOR MANAGEMENT LLC +PROJECT LEASES +Name of Lessee            Lease Description            Term        Rent +SBA Infrastructure, LLC        Cell tower lease with +T-Mobile        2010-2038    $1,107.39/mo +(TBCOM Properties)        for 6,080 s.f.     + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +SCHEDULE 28(a)(xxi) +TO CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY +BETWEEN DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION AND +O’CONNOR MANAGEMENT LLC +MITIGATION CREDITS + + +PROPERTY INFORMATION ITEM +RELEVANT PARCEL +STATUS +III.11 +Lot 5 +Completed +III.12 +Crosslands +Completed +III.13 +OD +Completed +III.15 +Crosslands +Completed +III.16 +Lot 8 +Completed +III.18 +Crosslands +Completed +III.21 +Replat 29 (Venezia) +Active +III.23 +Lot 3 +Completed +III.25 +Lot 8 +Completed +III.27 +Cinque Terre +Completed +III.40 +TOD +Completed +III.41 +TOD +Completed +III.48 +TOD +Completed +III.56 +Lot 6 +Completed + + + + +SCHEDULE 28(a)(xxii) +TO CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY +BETWEEN DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION AND +O’CONNOR MANAGEMENT LLC +IMPACT FEE CREDITS + + +COUNTY +ACCOUNT NUMBER +BALANCE +Orange County +Trust Account #195 +$1,215,933.84 +Osceola County +Trust Account #186 +$0 + + + +Notes: +(1) +Seller expects additional Orange County impact fee credits in the approximate +amount of $250,000 to be added to Seller’s account in the near future. + +(2) +Seller is currently under contract to sell @$311,000 in Orange County impact fee +credits to South Orange Industrial Properties, LLC, but Seller may terminate the +contract subject to a Right-Of-First-Offer. + +(3) +Seller expects additional Osceola County mobility fee credits in the approximate +amount of $50,000 to be added to Seller’s account in September/October of 2020. + +(4) +Agreements related to Seller’s impact fee credits/mobility fee credits are +disclosed in the following Property Information items: III.36, III.37, III.38, +III.44, III.47, III 57, III 58, and III 59. + +(5) +Seller’s impact fee credit/mobility fee credit account statements are disclosed +in the following Property Information items: X.4* and X.6. + +*Item X.4 of the Property Information is inaccurate since the balance on that +account statement was reduced to $0 on March 19, 2020, when an affiliate of Fore +Property Company purchased the amount shown on the Osceola County account +statement. Osceola County has not been responsive to requests to issue a new +statement due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation. + + + +SCHEDULE 28(a)(xxiiii) +TO CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY +BETWEEN DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION AND +O’CONNOR MANAGEMENT LLC +PERSONALTY +NONE + + + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + + + + +SCHEDULE 28(a)(xxiv) +TO CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY +BETWEEN DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION AND +O’CONNOR MANAGEMENT LLC +TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS AND DOMAIN NAMES + + +Trade Names                                Registration Number +“THE CROSSLANDS“                        4813484 + + +Service Marks                            Registration Number +None                                    N/A + + +Domain Names                            Registration Number +www.deerfieldland.com                        N/A +http://occ.tupperware.com                        N/A + + + + + +SCHEDULE 28(a)(xxxix) +TO CONTRACT FOR SALE AND PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY +BETWEEN DEERFIELD LAND CORPORATION AND +O’CONNOR MANAGEMENT LLC +ASSOCIATION BANK ACCOUNTS +Name of Bank                                Account Number +[*]                                        [*] + + + + +Schedule 28(a)(xxiv) - 1 + + +Exhibit 10.1 + +  + +Ocugen, Inc. +Shares of Common Stock + +(par value $0.01 per share) + +  + +Controlled Equity OfferingSM + +  + +Sales Agreement + +  + +June 12, 2020 + +  + +Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. + +499 Park Avenue + +New York, NY 10022 + +  + +Ladies and Gentlemen: + +  + +Ocugen, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement +(this “Agreement”) with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (the “Agent”), as follows: + +  + +1.             Issuance and Sale of Shares. The Company agrees that, from time +to time during the term of this Agreement, on the terms and subject to the +conditions set forth herein, it may issue and sell through the Agent, shares of +common stock (the “Placement Shares”) of the Company, par value $0.01 per share +(the “Common Stock”); provided, however, that in no event shall the Company +issue or sell through the Agent such number or dollar amount of Placement Shares +that would (a) exceed the number or dollar amount of shares of Common Stock +registered on the effective Registration Statement (defined below) pursuant to +which the offering is being made, (b) exceed the number of authorized but +unissued shares of Common Stock (less shares of Common Stock issuable upon +exercise, conversion or exchange of any outstanding securities of the Company or +otherwise reserved from the Company’s authorized capital stock), (c) exceed the +number or dollar amount of shares of Common Stock permitted to be sold under +Form S-3 (including General Instruction I.B.6 thereof, if applicable) or (d) +exceed the number or dollar amount of shares of Common Stock for which the +Company has filed a Prospectus Supplement (defined below) (the lesser of (a), +(b), (c) and (d), the “Maximum Amount”). Notwithstanding anything to the +contrary contained herein, the parties hereto agree that compliance with the +limitations set forth in this Section 1 on the amount of Placement Shares issued +and sold under this Agreement shall be the sole responsibility of the Company +and that the Agent shall have no obligation in connection with such compliance. +The offer and sale of Placement Shares through the Agent will be effected +pursuant to the Registration Statement (as defined below) filed by the Company +and was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the +“Commission”) on May 5, 2020, although nothing in this Agreement shall be +construed as requiring the Company to use the Registration Statement to issue +Common Stock. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +The Company has filed, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act +of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the rules and regulations +thereunder (the “Securities Act Regulations”), with the Commission a +registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-237456), including a base +prospectus, relating to certain securities, including the Placement Shares to be +issued from time to time by the Company, and which incorporates by reference +documents that the Company has filed or will file in accordance with the +provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange +Act”), and the rules and regulations thereunder. The Company has prepared a +prospectus or a prospectus supplement to the base prospectus included as part of +the registration statement, which prospectus or prospectus supplement relates to +the Placement Shares to be issued from time to time by the Company (the +“Prospectus Supplement”). The Company will furnish to the Agent, for use by the +Agent, copies of the prospectus included as part of such registration statement, +as supplemented, by the Prospectus Supplement, relating to the Placement Shares +to be issued from time to time by the Company. The Company may file one or more +additional registration statements from time to time that will contain a base +prospectus and related prospectus or prospectus supplement, if applicable (which +shall be a Prospectus Supplement), with respect to the Placement Shares. Except +where the context otherwise requires, such registration statement(s), including +all documents filed as part thereof or incorporated by reference therein, and +including any information contained in a Prospectus (as defined below) +subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the +Securities Act Regulations or deemed to be a part of such registration statement +pursuant to Rule 430B of the Securities Act Regulations, is herein called the +“Registration Statement.” The base prospectus or base prospectuses, including +all documents incorporated therein by reference, included in the Registration +Statement, as it may be supplemented, if necessary, by the Prospectus +Supplement, in the form in which such prospectus or prospectuses and/or +Prospectus Supplement have most recently been filed by the Company with the +Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act Regulations, +together with the then issued Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) (defined +below), is herein called the “Prospectus.” + +  + +Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any Prospectus Supplement, +Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and +include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein (the +“Incorporated Documents”), including, unless the context otherwise requires, the +documents, if any, filed as exhibits to such Incorporated Documents. Any +reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect +to the Registration Statement, any Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any +Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the +filing of any document under the Exchange Act on or after the most-recent +effective date of the Registration Statement, or the date of the Prospectus +Supplement, Prospectus or such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may +be, and incorporated therein by reference. For purposes of this Agreement, all +references to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or to any amendment or +supplement thereto shall be deemed to include the most recent copy filed with +the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval +system, or if applicable, the Interactive Data Electronic Application system +when used by the Commission (collectively, “EDGAR”). + +  + + + + -2-  + +  + +  + +2.             Placements. Each time that the Company wishes to issue and sell +Placement Shares hereunder (each, a “Placement”), it will notify the Agent by +email notice (or other method mutually agreed to by the parties) of the number +of Placement Shares to be issued, the time period during which sales are +requested to be made, any limitation on the number of Placement Shares that may +be sold in any one day and any minimum price below which sales may not be made +(a “Placement Notice”), the form of which is attached hereto as Schedule 1. The +Placement Notice shall originate from any of the individuals from the Company +set forth on Schedule 3 (with a copy to each of the other individuals from the +Company listed on such schedule), and shall be addressed to each of the +individuals from the Agent set forth on Schedule 3, as such Schedule 3 may be +amended from time to time. The Placement Notice shall be effective unless and +until (i) the Agent declines in writing to accept the terms contained therein +for any reason, in its sole discretion, which declination must occur within two +(2) Business Days of the receipt of the Placement Notice, (ii) the entire amount +of the Placement Shares thereunder have been sold, (iii) the Company amends, +supersedes, suspends or terminates the Placement Notice or (iv) this Agreement +has been terminated under the provisions of Section 12. The amount of any +discount, commission or other compensation to be paid by the Company to the +Agent in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares shall be calculated in +accordance with the terms set forth in Schedule 2. It is expressly acknowledged +and agreed that neither the Company nor the Agent will have any obligation +whatsoever with respect to a Placement or any Placement Shares unless and until +the Company delivers a Placement Notice to the Agent and the Agent does not +decline such Placement Notice pursuant to the terms set forth above, and then +only upon the terms specified therein and herein. In the event of a conflict +between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of a Placement Notice, the +terms of the Placement Notice will control. + +  + +3.             Sale of Placement Shares by the Agent. + +  + +(a)               Subject to the provisions of Section 5(a), the Agent, for the +period specified in the Placement Notice, will use its commercially reasonable +efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable +state and federal laws, rules and regulations and the rules of the Nasdaq Stock +Market, to sell the Placement Shares up to the amount specified, and otherwise +in accordance with the terms of such Placement Notice. The Agent will provide +written confirmation to the Company no later than the opening of the Trading Day +(as defined below) immediately following the Trading Day on which it has made +sales of Placement Shares hereunder setting forth the number of Placement Shares +sold on such day, the compensation payable by the Company to the Agent pursuant +to Section 2 with respect to such sales, and the Net Proceeds (as defined below) +payable to the Company, with an itemization of the deductions made by the Agent +(as set forth in Section 5(b)) from the gross proceeds that it receives from +such sales. Subject to the terms of the Placement Notice, the Agent may sell +Placement Shares by any method permitted by law deemed to be an “at the market +offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) of the Securities Act Regulations, +including sales made directly on or through the Nasdaq Capital Market (the +“Exchange”) or any other existing trading market for the Common Stock, in +negotiated transactions at market prices prevailing at the time of sale or at +prices related to such prevailing market prices and/or any other method +permitted by law. “Trading Day” means any day on which Common Stock is traded on +the Exchange. + +  + +(b)               While a Placement Notice is in effect, the Agent shall not +engage in (i) any short sale of any security of the Company, as defined in +Regulation SHO or (ii) any market making bidding, stabilization or other trading +activity with regard to the Common Stock or related derivative securities, in +each case, if such activity would be prohibited under Regulation M or other +anti-manipulation rules under the Securities Act. + +  + +4.             Suspension of Sales. The Company or the Agent may, upon notice to +the other party in writing (including by email correspondence to each of the +individuals of the other party set forth on Schedule 3, if receipt of such +correspondence is actually acknowledged by any of the individuals to whom the +notice is sent, other than via auto-reply) or by telephone (confirmed +immediately by verifiable facsimile transmission or email correspondence to each +of the individuals of the other party set forth on Schedule 3), suspend any sale +of Placement Shares (a “Suspension”); provided, however, that such Suspension +shall not affect or impair any party’s obligations with respect to any Placement +Shares sold hereunder prior to the receipt of such notice. While a Suspension is +in effect any obligation under Sections 7(l), 7(m), and 7(n) with respect to the +delivery of certificates, opinions, or comfort letters to the Agent, shall be +waived. Each of the parties agrees that no such notice under this Section 4 +shall be effective against any other party unless it is made to one of the +individuals named on Schedule 3 hereto, as such Schedule may be amended from +time to time. + +  + + + + -3-  + +  + +  + +5.             Sale and Delivery to the Agent; Settlement. + +  + +(a)               Sale of Placement Shares. On the basis of the representations +and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein +set forth, upon the Agent’s acceptance of the terms of a Placement Notice, and +unless the sale of the Placement Shares described therein has been declined, +suspended, or otherwise terminated in accordance with the terms of this +Agreement, the Agent, for the period specified in the Placement Notice, will use +its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales +practices and applicable law and regulations to sell such Placement Shares up to +the amount specified, and otherwise in accordance with the terms of such +Placement Notice. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) there can be no +assurance that the Agent will be successful in selling Placement Shares, (ii) +the Agent will incur no liability or obligation to the Company or any other +person or entity if it does not sell Placement Shares for any reason other than +a failure by the Agent to use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent +with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable law and regulations +to sell such Placement Shares as required under this Agreement and (iii) the +Agent shall be under no obligation to purchase Placement Shares on a principal +basis pursuant to this Agreement, except as otherwise agreed by the Agent and +the Company. + +  + +(b)               Settlement of Placement Shares. Unless otherwise specified in +the applicable Placement Notice, settlement for sales of Placement Shares will +occur on the second (2nd) Trading Day (or such earlier day as is industry +practice for regular-way trading) following the date on which such sales are +made (each, a “Settlement Date”). The Agent shall notify the Company of each +sale of Placement Shares no later than the opening of the Trading Day +immediately following the Trading Day on which it has made sales of Placement +Shares hereunder. The amount of proceeds to be delivered to the Company on a +Settlement Date against receipt of the Placement Shares sold (the “Net +Proceeds”) will be equal to the aggregate sales price received by the Agent, +after deduction for (i) the Agent’s commission, discount or other compensation +for such sales payable by the Company pursuant to Section 2 hereof, and (ii) any +transaction fees imposed by any Governmental Authority in respect of such sales. + +  + +(c)               Delivery of Placement Shares. On or before each Settlement +Date, the Company will, or will cause its transfer agent to, electronically +transfer the Placement Shares being sold by crediting the Agent’s or its +designee’s account (provided the Agent shall have given the Company written +notice of such designee at least one Trading Day prior to the Settlement Date) +at The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit and Withdrawal at Custodian +System or by such other means of delivery as may be mutually agreed upon by the +parties hereto which in all cases shall be freely tradable, transferable, +registered shares in good deliverable form. On each Settlement Date, the Agent +will deliver the related Net Proceeds in same day funds to an account designated +by the Company on, or prior to, the Settlement Date. The Company agrees that if +the Company, or its transfer agent (if applicable), defaults in its obligation +to deliver Placement Shares on a Settlement Date, through no fault of the Agent, +the Company agrees that in addition to and in no way limiting the rights and +obligations set forth in Section 10(a) hereto, it will (i) hold the Agent +harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or expense (including reasonable and +documented legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in +connection with such default by the Company or its transfer agent (if +applicable) and (ii) pay to the Agent (without duplication) any commission, +discount, or other compensation to which it would otherwise have been entitled +absent such default. + +  + + + + -4-  + +  + +  + +(d)               Denominations; Registration. Certificates for the Placement +Shares, if any, shall be in such denominations and registered in such names as +the Agent may request in writing at least one full Business Day (as defined +below) before the Settlement Date. The certificates for the Placement Shares, if +any, will be made available by the Company for examination and packaging by the +Agent in The City of New York not later than noon (New York time) on the +Business Day prior to the Settlement Date. + +  + +(e)               Limitations on Offering Size. Under no circumstances shall the +Company cause or request the offer or sale of any Placement Shares if, after +giving effect to the sale of such Placement Shares, the aggregate gross sales +proceeds of Placement Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement would exceed the +lesser of (A) together with all sales of Placement Shares under this Agreement, +the Maximum Amount and (B) the amount authorized from time to time to be issued +and sold under this Agreement by the Company’s board of directors, a duly +authorized committee thereof or a duly authorized executive officer, and +notified to the Agent in writing. Under no circumstances shall the Company cause +or request the offer or sale of any Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement +at a price lower than the minimum price authorized from time to time by the +Company’s board of directors, a duly authorized committee thereof or a duly +authorized executive officer. Further, under no circumstances shall the Company +cause or permit the aggregate offering amount of Placement Shares sold pursuant +to this Agreement to exceed the Maximum Amount. + +  + +6.             Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company +represents and warrants to, and agrees with the Agent that as of the date of +this Agreement and as of each Applicable Time (as defined below): + +  + +(a)               Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company and the +transactions contemplated by this Agreement meet the requirements for and comply +with the applicable conditions set forth in Form S-3 (including General +Instructions I.A and I.B) under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement +has been filed with the Commission and has been declared effective by the +Commission under the Securities Act. The Prospectus Supplement will name the +Agent as the agent in the section entitled “Plan of Distribution.” The Company +has not received, and has no notice of, any order of the Commission preventing +or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, or threatening or +instituting proceedings for that purpose. The Registration Statement and the +offer and sale of Placement Shares as contemplated hereby meet the requirements +of Rule 415 under the Securities Act and comply in all material respects with +said Rule. Any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are +required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to +be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement have been so described or +filed. Copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and any such +amendments or supplements and all documents incorporated by reference therein +that were filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement +have been delivered, or are available through EDGAR, to the Agent and its +counsel. The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of +each Settlement Date and completion of the distribution of the Placement Shares, +will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering or +sale of the Placement Shares other than the Registration Statement and the +Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) to which +the Agent has consented. The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section +12(b) of the Exchange Act and is currently listed on the Exchange under the +trading symbol “OCGN.” Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the +Prospectus, the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the +effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange +Act, delisting the Common Stock from the Exchange, nor has the Company received +any notification that the Commission or the Exchange is contemplating +terminating such registration or listing. Except as disclosed in the +Registration Statement and the Prospectus, to the Company’s knowledge, it is in +compliance with all applicable listing requirements of the Exchange. + +  + + + + -5-  + +  + +  + +(b)               No Misstatement or Omission. The Registration Statement, when +it became or becomes effective, and the Prospectus, and any amendment or +supplement thereto, on the date of such Prospectus or amendment or supplement, +conformed and will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the +Securities Act. At each Settlement Date, the Registration Statement and the +Prospectus, as of such date, will conform in all material respects with the +requirements of the Securities Act. The Registration Statement, when it became +or becomes effective, did not, and will not, contain an untrue statement of a +material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or +necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus and any +amendment and supplement thereto, on the date thereof and at each Applicable +Time (defined below), did not or will not include an untrue statement of a +material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements +therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not +misleading. The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any +Prospectus Supplement did not, and any further documents filed and incorporated +by reference therein will not, when filed with the Commission, contain an untrue +statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be +stated in such document or necessary to make the statements in such document, in +light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The +foregoing shall not apply to statements in, or omissions from, any such document +made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information furnished to the +Company by Agent specifically for use in the preparation thereof. + +  + +(c)               Conformity with Securities Act and Exchange Act. The +Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or +any amendment or supplement thereto, and the documents incorporated by reference +in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement +thereto, when such documents were or are filed with the Commission under the +Securities Act or the Exchange Act or became or become effective under the +Securities Act, as the case may be, conformed or will conform in all material +respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as +applicable. + +  + +(d)               Financial Information. The consolidated financial statements +of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration +Statement, the Prospectus and the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, +together with the related notes and schedules, present fairly, in all material +respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and the +Subsidiaries (as defined below) as of the dates indicated and the consolidated +results of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of the +Company for the periods specified and have been prepared in compliance with the +requirements of the Securities Act and Exchange Act and in conformity with GAAP +(as defined below) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved +(except for such adjustments to accounting standards and practices as are noted +therein and except in the case of unaudited financial statements to the extent +they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements); the other +financial and statistical data with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries +(as defined below) contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration +Statement, the Prospectus and the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, are +accurately and fairly presented in all material respects and prepared on a basis +consistent with the financial statements and books and records of the Company; +there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to +be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, or the +Prospectus that are not included or incorporated by reference as required; the +Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below) do not have any material +liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance +sheet obligations), not described in the Registration Statement (excluding the +exhibits thereto), and the Prospectus; and all disclosures contained or +incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the +Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, regarding “non-GAAP financial +measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the +Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Exchange +Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, to the extent +applicable. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language +included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the +Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects +and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines +applicable thereto. + +  + + + + -6-  + +  + +  + +(e)               Conformity with EDGAR Filing. The Prospectus delivered to the +Agent for use in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares pursuant to +this Agreement will be identical to the versions of the Prospectus created to be +transmitted to the Commission for filing via EDGAR, except to the extent +permitted by Regulation S-T. + +  + +(f)                Organization. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (as +defined below) are duly organized, validly existing as a corporation and in good +standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization. The +Company and each of its Subsidiaries are duly licensed or qualified as a foreign +corporation for transaction of business and in good standing under the laws of +each other jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property +or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such license or +qualification, and have all corporate power and authority necessary to own or +hold their respective properties and to conduct their respective businesses as +described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except where the +failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority +would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect or +would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on or affecting +the assets, business, operations, earnings, properties, condition (financial or +otherwise), prospects, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the +Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or prevent or materially +interfere with consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (a “Material +Adverse Effect”). + +  + +(g)               Subsidiaries. The subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 4 +(collectively, the “Subsidiaries”), are the Company’s only significant +subsidiaries (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated +by the Commission). Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and in the +Prospectus, the Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the equity +interests of the Subsidiaries free and clear of any lien, charge, security +interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal or other restriction, and all the +equity interests of the Subsidiaries are validly issued and are fully paid, +nonassessable and free of preemptive and similar rights. No Subsidiary is +currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the +Company, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital stock, +from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the +Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiary’s property or assets to the +Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company. + +  + + + + -7-  + +  + +  + +(h)               No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its +Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar +organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with +notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due +performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any +indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or +instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by +which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the +property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are subject; or +(iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or +regulation of any Governmental Authority, except, in the case of each of clauses +(ii) and (iii) above, for any such violation or default that would not, +individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material +Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, no other party under any material +contract or other agreement to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is a party is +in default in any respect thereunder where such default would have a Material +Adverse Effect. + +  + +(i)                 No Material Adverse Change. Subsequent to the respective +dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the +Prospectus and the Free Writing Prospectuses, if any (including any document +deemed incorporated by reference therein), there has not been (i) any Material +Adverse Effect or the occurrence of any development that the Company reasonably +expects will result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any transaction which is +material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (iii) any +obligation or liability, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet +obligations), incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary, which is material to +the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (iv) any material change in +the capital stock or outstanding long-term indebtedness of the Company or any of +its Subsidiaries (other than as a result of (a) the sale of Placement Shares, +(b) the issuance or vesting of equity awards under the Company’s existing equity +incentive or stock option plans or (c) the issuance of shares upon the exercise +or conversion of securities exercisable for, or convertible into, shares of +Common Stock outstanding on the date hereof) or (v) any dividend or distribution +of any kind declared, paid or made on the capital stock of the Company or any +Subsidiary, other than in each case above in the ordinary course of business or +as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement or Prospectus (including +any document deemed incorporated by reference therein). + +  + +(j)                 Capitalization. The issued and outstanding shares of capital +stock of the Company have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable +and, other than as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, +are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar +rights. The Company has an authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as +set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as of the dates +referred to therein (other than the grant of additional options under the +Company’s existing equity incentive or stock option plans, or changes in the +number of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company due to the issuance +of shares upon the exercise or conversion of securities exercisable for, or +convertible into, Common Stock outstanding on the date hereof) and such +authorized capital stock conforms in all material respects to the description +thereof set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The +description of the securities of the Company in the Registration Statement and +the Prospectus is complete and accurate in all material respects. Except as +disclosed in or contemplated by the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as +of the date referred to therein, the Company does not have outstanding any +options to purchase, or any rights or warrants to subscribe for, or any +securities or obligations convertible into, or exchangeable for, or any +contracts or commitments to issue or sell, any shares of capital stock or other +securities. + +  + + + + -8-  + +  + +  + +(k)               Authorization; Enforceability. The Company has full legal +right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and perform the +transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, +executed and delivered by the Company and is a legal, valid and binding +agreement of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the +extent that enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, +reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally +and by general equitable principles or (ii) the indemnification and contribution +provisions of Section 10 hereof may be limited by federal or state securities +laws and public policy considerations in respect thereof. + +  + +(l)                 Authorization of Placement Shares. The Placement Shares, +when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms approved by the board of +directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee thereof, or a duly +authorized executive officer, against payment therefor as provided herein, will +be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassessable, free +and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security interest or other claim, +including any statutory or contractual preemptive rights, resale rights, rights +of first refusal or other similar rights, and will be registered pursuant to +Section 12 of the Exchange Act. The Placement Shares, when issued, will conform +in all material respects to the description thereof set forth in or incorporated +into the Prospectus. + +  + +(m)             No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, +order, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority is +required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this +Agreement, the issuance and sale by the Company of the Placement Shares as +contemplated by this Agreement, except for such consents, approvals, +authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required +under applicable state securities laws or by the by-laws and rules of the +Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) or the Exchange in connection +with the sale of the Placement Shares by the Agent. + +  + +(n)               No Preferential Rights. Except as set forth in the +Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (i) no person, as such term is +defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act +(each, a “Person”), has the right, contractual or otherwise, to cause the +Company to issue or sell to such Person any Common Stock or shares of any other +capital stock or other securities of the Company (other than outstanding options +or warrants to purchase Common Stock or options or other equity securities that +may be granted from time to time under the Company's equity incentive plans +which are disclosed in the Registration Statement and Prospectus), (ii) no +Person has any preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal, rights +of co-sale, or any other rights (whether pursuant to a “poison pill” provision +or otherwise) to purchase any Common Stock or shares of any other capital stock +or other securities of the Company, (iii)  no Person has the right to act as an +underwriter or as a financial advisor to the Company in connection with the +offer and sale of the Placement Shares, and (iv) no Person has the right, +contractual or otherwise, to require the Company to register under the +Securities Act any Common Stock or shares of any other capital stock or other +securities of the Company, or to include any such shares or other securities in +the Registration Statement or the offering contemplated thereby, whether as a +result of the filing or effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the sale +of the Placement Shares as contemplated thereby or otherwise. + +  + + + + -9-  + +  + +  + +(o)               Independent Public Accounting Firm. Ernst & Young LLP (the +“Accountant”), whose report on the consolidated financial statements of the +Company is filed with the Commission as part of the Company’s most recent Annual +Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference into +the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, are and, during the periods +covered by their report, were an independent registered public accounting firm +within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Public Company Accounting +Oversight Board (United States). To the Company’s knowledge, the Accountant is +not in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley +Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) with respect to the Company. + +  + +(p)               Enforceability of Agreements. All agreements between the +Company and third parties expressly referenced in the Prospectus, other than +such agreements that have expired by their terms or whose termination is +disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, are legal, valid and +binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their +respective terms, except to the extent that (i) enforceability may be limited by +bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting +creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles and (ii) the +indemnification provisions of certain agreements may be limited by federal or +state securities laws or public policy considerations in respect thereof, except +for any unenforceability that, individually or in the aggregate, would not +reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. + +  + +(q)               No Litigation. Except as set forth in the Registration +Statement or the Prospectus, there are no actions, suits or proceedings by or +before any Governmental Authority pending, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any +audits or investigations by or before any Governmental Authority to which the +Company or a Subsidiary is a party or to which any property of the Company or +any of its Subsidiaries is the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, +would have a Material Adverse Effect and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such +actions, suits, proceedings, audits or investigations are threatened or +contemplated by any Governmental Authority or threatened by others; and +(i) there are no current or pending audits or investigations, actions, suits or +proceedings by or before any Governmental Authority that are required under the +Securities Act to be described in the Prospectus that are not so described; and +(ii) there are no contracts or other documents that are required under the +Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are +not so filed. + +  + + + + -10-  + +  + +  + +(r)                Consents and Permits. Except as disclosed in the Registration +Statement and the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries have made all +filings, applications and submissions required by, possesses and is operating in +compliance with, all approvals, licenses, certificates, certifications, +clearances, consents, grants, exemptions, marks, notifications, orders, permits +and other authorizations issued by, the appropriate federal, state or foreign +Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, the United States Food +and Drug Administration (the “FDA”), the United States Drug Enforcement +Administration or any other foreign, federal, state, provincial, court or local +government or regulatory authorities including self-regulatory organizations +engaged in the regulation of clinical trials, pharmaceuticals, biologics or +biohazardous substances or materials) necessary for the ownership or lease of +their respective properties or to conduct its businesses as described in the +Registration Statement and the Prospectus (collectively, “Permits”), except for +such Permits the failure of which to possess, obtain or make the same would not +reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and its +Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such +Permits, except where the failure to be in compliance would not reasonably be +expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Permits are valid and in +full force and effect, except where any invalidity, individually or in the +aggregate, would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; +and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written +notice relating to the limitation, revocation, cancellation, suspension, +modification or non-renewal of any such Permit which, singly or in the +aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would +reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or has any reason to +believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be +renewed in the ordinary course. To the extent required by applicable laws and +regulations of the FDA, the Company or the applicable Subsidiary has submitted +to the FDA an Investigational New Drug Application or amendment or supplement +thereto for each clinical trial it has conducted or sponsored or is conducting +or sponsoring; all such submissions were in material compliance with applicable +laws and rules and regulations when submitted and no material deficiencies have +been asserted by the FDA with respect to any such submissions. + +  + +(s)                Regulatory Filings. Except as disclosed in the Registration +Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries +has failed to file with the applicable Governmental Authorities (including, +without limitation, the FDA, or any foreign, federal, state, provincial or local +Governmental Authority performing functions similar to those performed by the +FDA) any required filing, declaration, listing, registration, report or +submission, except for such failures that, individually or in the aggregate, +would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; except as +disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, all such filings, +declarations, listings, registrations, reports or submissions were in compliance +with applicable laws when filed and no deficiencies have been asserted by any +applicable regulatory authority with respect to any such filings, declarations, +listings, registrations, reports or submissions, except for any deficiencies +that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have +a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has operated and currently is, in all +material respects, in compliance with the United States Federal Food, Drug, and +Cosmetic Act, all applicable rules and regulations of the FDA and other federal, +state, local and foreign Governmental Authority exercising comparable authority. +The Company has no knowledge of any studies, tests or trials not described in +the Prospectus the results of which reasonably call into question in any +material respect the results of the studies, tests and trials described in the +Prospectus. + +  + + + + -11-  + +  + +  + +(t)                 Intellectual Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries own, +possess, license or have other rights to use, or can acquire on reasonable terms +a license or other rights to use, all foreign and domestic patents, patent +applications, trade and service marks, trade and service mark registrations, +trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, +Internet domain names, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, +the “Intellectual Property”), necessary for the conduct of their respective +businesses as now conducted except to the extent that the failure to own, +possess, license or otherwise hold adequate rights to use such Intellectual +Property would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse +Effect. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (i) +to the Company’s knowledge, there are no rights of third parties to any such +Intellectual Property owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries; (ii) to the +Company’s knowledge, there is no infringement by third parties of any such +Intellectual Property; (iii) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, +threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s +and its Subsidiaries’ rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the +Company is unaware of any facts which could form a reasonable basis for any such +action, suit, proceeding or claim; (iv) there is no pending or, to the Company’s +knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging +the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property; (v) there is no pending +or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by +others that the Company and its Subsidiaries infringe or otherwise violate any +patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of +others; (vi) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no third-party U.S. patent or +published U.S. patent application which contains claims for which an +Interference Proceeding (as defined in 35 U.S.C. § 135) has been commenced +against any patent or patent application described in the Prospectus as being +owned by or licensed to the Company; and (vii) the Company and its Subsidiaries +have complied with the terms of each agreement pursuant to which Intellectual +Property has been licensed to the Company or such Subsidiary, and all such +agreements are in full force and effect, except, in the case of any of clauses +(i)-(vii) above, for any such infringement by third parties or any such pending +or threatened suit, action, proceeding or claim as would not, individually or in +the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. + +  + +(u)               Clinical Studies. The preclinical studies and tests and +clinical trials described in the Prospectus being conducted by or on behalf of +the Company were, and, if still pending, are being conducted in all material +respects in accordance with the experimental protocols, procedures and controls +pursuant to, where applicable, accepted professional and scientific standards +for products or product candidates comparable to those being developed by the +Company; the descriptions of such studies, tests and trials, and the results +thereof, contained in the Prospectus are accurate and complete in all material +respects; the Company is not aware of any tests, studies or trials not described +in the Prospectus, the results of which reasonably call into question the +results of the tests, studies and trials described in the Prospectus; and the +Company has not received any written notice or correspondence from the FDA or +any foreign, state or local Governmental Authority exercising comparable +authority or any institutional review board or comparable authority requiring +the termination, suspension, clinical hold or material modification of any +tests, studies or trials that are described or referred to in the Registration +Statement and the Prospectus. + +  + +(v)               Market Capitalization. At the time the Registration Statement +was originally declared effective, and at the time the Company’s most recent +Annual Report on Form 10-K was filed with the Commission, the Company met the +then-applicable requirements for the use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, +including, but not limited to, General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3. The +aggregate market value of the outstanding voting and non-voting common equity +(as defined in Securities Act Rule 405) of the Company held by persons other +than affiliates of the Company (pursuant to Securities Act Rule 144, those that +directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, control, or are +controlled by, or are under common control with, the Company)  (the +“Non-Affiliate Shares”), was equal to approximately $48.5 million  (calculated +by multiplying (x) the highest price at which the common equity of the Company +closed on the Exchange within 60 days of the date of this Agreement times (y) +the number of Non-Affiliate Shares). The Company is not a shell company (as +defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) and has not been a shell company +for at least 12 calendar months previously and if it has been a shell company at +any time previously, has filed current Form 10 information (as defined in +Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3) with the Commission at least 12 calendar months +previously reflecting its status as an entity that is not a shell company. + +  + + + + -12-  + +  + +  + +(w)             No Material Defaults. Neither the Company nor any of the +Subsidiaries has defaulted on any installment on indebtedness for borrowed money +or on any rental on one or more long-term leases, which defaults, individually +or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not +filed a report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the +filing of its last Annual Report on Form 10-K, indicating that it (i) has failed +to pay any dividend or sinking fund installment on preferred stock or (ii) has +defaulted on any installment on indebtedness for borrowed money or on any rental +on one or more long-term leases, which defaults, individually or in the +aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. + +  + +(x)               Certain Market Activities. Neither the Company, nor any of the +Subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of their respective +directors, officers or controlling persons has taken, directly or indirectly, +any action designed, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to +cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or +manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale +or resale of the Placement Shares. + +  + +(y)               Broker/Dealer Relationships. Neither the Company nor any of +the Subsidiaries (i) is required to register as a “broker” or “dealer” in +accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Act or (ii) directly or +indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is a “person +associated with a member” or “associated person of a member” (within the meaning +set forth in the FINRA Manual). + +  + +(z)               No Reliance. The Company has not relied upon the Agent or +legal counsel for the Agent for any legal, tax or accounting advice in +connection with the offering and sale of the Placement Shares. + +  + +(aa)            Taxes. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have filed all +federal, state, local and foreign tax returns which have been required to be +filed and paid all taxes shown thereon through the date hereof, to the extent +that such taxes have become due and are not being contested in good faith, +except where the failure to so file or pay would not reasonably be expected to +have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in or contemplated +by the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, no tax deficiency has been +determined adversely to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which has had, or +would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a +Material Adverse Effect. The Company has no knowledge of any federal, state or +other governmental tax deficiency, penalty or assessment which has been or might +be asserted or threatened against it which would have a Material Adverse Effect. + +  + + + + -13-  + +  + +  + +(bb)           Title to Real and Personal Property. Except as set forth in the +Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries have +good and marketable title in fee simple to all items of real property owned by +them, good and valid title to all personal property (other than Intellectual +Property, which is addressed in Section 6(t) above), described in the +Registration Statement or Prospectus as being owned by them, in each case free +and clear of all liens, encumbrances and claims, except those matters that (i) +do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such +property by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) would not, +individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material +Adverse Effect. Any real or personal property described in the Registration +Statement or Prospectus as being leased by the Company and any of its +Subsidiaries is held by them under valid, existing and enforceable leases, +except those that (A) do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed +to be made of such property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (B) +would not be reasonably expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a +Material Adverse Effect. Each of the properties of the Company and its +Subsidiaries complies with all applicable codes, laws and regulations +(including, without limitation, building and zoning codes, laws and regulations +and laws relating to access to such properties), except if and to the extent +disclosed in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or except for such +failures to comply that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably +be expected to interfere in any material respect with the use made and proposed +to be made of such property by the Company and its Subsidiaries or otherwise +have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company or its subsidiaries has +received from any Governmental Authorities any notice of any condemnation of, or +zoning change affecting, the properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and +the Company knows of no such condemnation or zoning change which is threatened, +except for such that would not reasonably be expected to interfere in any +material respect with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by +the Company and its Subsidiaries or otherwise have a Material Adverse Effect, +individually or in the aggregate. + +  + +(cc)            Environmental Laws. Except as set forth in the Registration +Statement or the Prospectus, the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in +compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, +rules, regulations, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human +health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, +pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (ii) have +received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals +required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective +businesses as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; and +(iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability for the +investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic +substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, except, in the case of any of +clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above, for any such failure to comply or failure to +receive required permits, licenses, other approvals or liability as would not, +individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material +Adverse Effect. + +  + + + + -14-  + +  + +  + +(dd)           Disclosure Controls. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries, on +a consolidated basis, maintain systems of internal accounting controls that are +designed to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in +accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; +(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial +statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to +maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in +accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the +recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at +reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any +differences. As of the end of the Company’s most recently completed fiscal year, +the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective and the +Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over +financial reporting (other than as set forth in the Prospectus). Since the date +of the latest audited financial statements of the Company included in the +Prospectus, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over +financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to +materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting +(other than as set forth in the Prospectus). The Company has established +disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and +15d-15) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to +provide reasonable assurance that material information relating to the Company +and each of its Subsidiaries is made known to the certifying officers by others +within those entities, particularly during the period in which the Company’s +Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, +is being prepared. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the +effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date +within 90 days prior to the filing date of the Form 10-K for the fiscal year +most recently ended (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in +its Form 10-K for the fiscal year most recently ended the conclusions of the +certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and +procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date and the +disclosure controls and procedures are effective. Since the Evaluation Date, +there have been no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls (as +such term is defined in Item 307(b) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act) +or, to the Company’s knowledge, in other factors that could significantly affect +the Company’s internal controls. + +  + +(ee)            Sarbanes-Oxley. There is and has been no failure on the part of +the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities +as such, to comply in all material respects with any applicable provisions of +the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. +Each of the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of +the Company (or each former principal executive officer of the Company and each +former principal financial officer of the Company as applicable) has made all +certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act with +respect to all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents +required to be filed by it or furnished by it to the Commission. For purposes of +the preceding sentence, “principal executive officer” and “principal financial +officer” shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. + +  + +(ff)              Finder’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries +has incurred any liability for any finder’s fees, brokerage commissions or +similar payments in connection with the transactions herein contemplated, except +as may otherwise exist with respect to Agent pursuant to this Agreement. + +  + +(gg)           Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees +of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the +Company, is threatened which would reasonably be expected to result in a +Material Adverse Effect. + +  + +(hh)           Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of the +Subsidiaries is or, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the +Placement Shares, will be an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by +an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act +of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). + +  + + + + -15-  + +  + +  + +(ii)              Operations. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries +are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial +record keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign +Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of +all jurisdictions to which the Company or its Subsidiaries are subject, the +rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations +or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Authority +(collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”); and no action, suit or proceeding +by or before any Governmental Authority involving the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the +knowledge of the Company, threatened. + +  + +(jj)              Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. There are no transactions, +arrangements and other relationships between and/or among the Company, and/or, +to the Company’s knowledge, any of its affiliates and any unconsolidated entity, +including, but not limited to, any structural finance, special purpose or +limited purpose entity (each, an “Off-Balance Sheet Transaction”) that could +reasonably be expected to affect materially the Company’s liquidity or the +availability of or requirements for its capital resources, including those +Off-Balance Sheet Transactions described in the Commission’s Statement about +Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of +Operations (Release Nos. 33-8056; 34-45321; FR-61), required to be described in +the Prospectus which have not been described as required. + +  + +(kk)           Underwriter Agreements. Except as disclosed in the Registration +Statement and the Prospectus, the Company is not a party to any agreement with +an agent or underwriter for any other “at the market” or continuous equity +transaction. + +  + +(ll)              ERISA. To the knowledge of the Company, each material employee +benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement +Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), that is maintained, +administered or contributed to by the Company or any of its affiliates for +employees or former employees of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries has +been maintained in material compliance with its terms and the requirements of +any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not +limited to ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); +no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section +4975 of the Code, has occurred which would result in a material liability to the +Company with respect to any such plan excluding transactions effected pursuant +to a statutory or administrative exemption; and for each such plan that is +subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, +no “accumulated funding deficiency” as defined in Section 412 of the Code has +been incurred, whether or not waived, and the fair market value of the assets of +each such plan (excluding for these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions) +exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such plan determined +using reasonable actuarial assumptions. + +  + +(mm)      Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the +meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange +Act) (a “Forward-Looking Statement”) contained in the Registration Statement and +the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has +been disclosed other than in good faith. + +  + + + + -16-  + +  + +  + +(nn)           Agent Purchases. The Company acknowledges and agrees that Agent +has informed the Company that the Agent may, to the extent permitted under the +Securities Act and the Exchange Act, purchase and sell Common Stock for its own +account while this Agreement is in effect, provided, that (i) no such purchase +or sales shall take place while a Placement Notice is in effect (except to the +extent the Agent may engage in sales of Placement Shares purchased or deemed +purchased from the Company as a “riskless principal” or in a similar capacity) +and (ii) the Company shall not be deemed to have authorized or consented to any +such purchases or sales by the Agent. + +  + +(oo)           Margin Rules. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the +Placement Shares nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as +described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will violate +Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or +any other regulation of such Board of Governors. + +  + +(pp)           Insurance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries carry, or are +covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as the Company and +each of its Subsidiaries reasonably believe are adequate for the conduct of +their properties and as is customary for companies of similar size, engaged in +similar businesses in similar industries. + +  + +(qq)           No Improper Practices. (i) Neither the Company nor the +Subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, or +employee of the Company or any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any +agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any +Subsidiary has, in the past five years, made any unlawful contributions to any +candidate for any political office (or failed fully to disclose any contribution +in violation of applicable law) or made any contribution or other payment to any +official of, or candidate for, any federal, state, municipal, or foreign office +or other person charged with similar public or quasi-public duty in violation of +any applicable law or of the character required to be disclosed in the +Prospectus; (ii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among +the Company or any Subsidiary or any affiliate of any of them, on the one hand, +and the directors, officers and stockholders of the Company or any Subsidiary, +on the other hand, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the +Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (iii) no +relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any +Subsidiary or any affiliate of them, on the one hand, and the directors, +officers, or stockholders of the Company or any Subsidiary, on the other hand, +that is required by the rules of FINRA to be described in the Registration +Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (iv) except as described +in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are no material +outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the +Company or any Subsidiary to or for the benefit of any of their respective +officers or directors or any of the members of the families of any of them; and +(v) the Company has not offered, or caused any placement agent to offer, Common +Stock to any person with the intent to influence unlawfully (A) a customer or +supplier of the Company or any Subsidiary to alter the customer’s or supplier’s +level or type of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or (B) a trade +journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the +Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective products or services, and, +(vi) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any +director, officer or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary nor, to the +Company’s knowledge, any agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of +the Company or any Subsidiary has (A) violated or is in violation of any +applicable provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as +amended, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law +(collectively, “Anti-Corruption Laws”), (B) promised, offered, provided, +attempted to provide or authorized the provision of anything of value, directly +or indirectly, to any person for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business, +influencing any act or decision of the recipient, or securing any improper +advantage; or (C) made any payment of funds of the Company or any Subsidiary or +received or retained any funds in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws. + +  + + + + -17-  + +  + +  + +(rr)              Status Under the Securities Act. The Company was not and is +not an ineligible issuer as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act at the +times specified in Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act in connection with +the offering of the Placement Shares. + +  + +(ss)             No Misstatement or Omission in an Issuer Free Writing +Prospectus. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and as of +each Applicable Time (as defined in Section 23 below), did not, does not and +will not, through the completion of the Placement for which such Issuer Free +Writing Prospectus is used or deemed used, include any information that +conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the +Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any incorporated document +deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The +foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer +Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information +furnished to the Company by the Agent specifically for use therein. + +  + +(tt)              No Conflicts. Neither the execution of this Agreement, nor the +issuance, offering or sale of the Placement Shares, nor the consummation of any +of the transactions contemplated herein, nor the compliance by the Company with +the terms and provisions hereof will conflict with, or will result in a breach +of, any of the terms and provisions of, or has constituted or will constitute a +default under, or has resulted in or will result in the creation or imposition +of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company +pursuant to the terms of any contract or other agreement to which the Company +may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is +subject, except (i) such conflicts, breaches or defaults as may have been waived +and (ii) such conflicts, breaches and defaults that would not reasonably be +expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; nor will such action result (x) in +any violation of the provisions of the organizational or governing documents of +the Company, or (y) in any material violation of the provisions of any statute +or any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or of any +Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Company. + +  + +(uu)            Sanctions. (i) The Company represents that, neither the Company +nor any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Entity”) or, to the Company’s +knowledge, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative +of the Entity, is a government, individual, or entity (in this paragraph (uu), +“Person”) that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is: + +  + +(A)  the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. +Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the United +Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other +relevant sanctions authorities, including, without limitation, designation on +OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List or OFAC’s Foreign +Sanctions Evaders List (as amended, collectively, “Sanctions”), nor + +  + + + + -18-  + +  + +  + +(B)  located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the +subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or +territory (including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria +and the Crimea Region of the Ukraine) (the “Sanctioned Countries”)). + +  + +(ii)  The Entity represents and covenants that it will not, directly or +indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise +make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other +Person: + +  + +(A)  to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or +in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, +is the subject of Sanctions or is a Sanctioned Country; or + +  + +(B)  in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any +Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as +underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise). + +  + +(iii)  The Entity represents and covenants that, except as detailed in the +Registration Statement and the Prospectus, for the past 5 years, it has not +engaged in, is not now engaging in, and will not engage in, any dealings or +transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time +of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions or is or was a +Sanctioned Country. + +  + +(vv)           Stock Transfer Taxes. On each Settlement Date, all stock transfer +or other taxes (other than income taxes) which are required to be paid in +connection with the sale and transfer of the Placement Shares to be sold +hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company +and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been fully complied with +in all material respects. + +  + +(ww)       Compliance with Laws. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries: (A) +is and at all times has been in compliance with all statutes, rules, or +regulations applicable to the ownership, testing, development, manufacture, +packaging, processing, use, distribution, marketing, labeling, promotion, sale, +offer for sale, storage, import, export or disposal of any product manufactured +or distributed by the Company or its Subsidiaries (“Applicable Laws”), except as +could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in +a Material Adverse Effect; (B) has not received any FDA Form 483, notice of +adverse finding, warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or +notice from the FDA or any other Governmental Authority alleging or asserting +noncompliance with any Applicable Laws or any licenses, certificates, approvals, +clearances, authorizations, permits and supplements or amendments thereto +required by any such Applicable Laws (“Authorizations”); (C) possesses all +material Authorizations and such Authorizations are valid and in full force and +effect and are not in material violation of any term of any such Authorizations; +(D) has not received notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, +enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any Governmental +Authority or third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in +violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and has no knowledge that any +such Governmental Authority or third party is considering any such claim, +litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding; (E) has not +received notice that any Governmental Authority has taken, is taking or intends +to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any Authorizations and has no +knowledge that any such Governmental Authority is considering such action; (F) +has filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, +forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or +amendments as required by any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and that all +such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, +submissions and supplements or amendments were complete and correct in all +material respects on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a +subsequent submission); and (G) has not, either voluntarily or involuntarily, +initiated, conducted, or issued or caused to be initiated, conducted or issued, +any recall, market withdrawal or replacement, safety alert, post sale warning, +“dear healthcare provider” letter, or other notice or action relating to the +alleged lack of safety or efficacy of any product or any alleged product defect +or violation and, to the Company’s knowledge, no third party has initiated, +conducted or intends to initiate any such notice or action. + +  + + + + -19-  + +  + +  + +(xx)           Statistical and Market-Related Data.  The statistical, +demographic and market-related data included in the Registration Statement and +Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be +reliable and accurate or represent the Company’s good faith estimates that are +made on the basis of data derived from such sources. + +  + +(yy)           Cybersecurity. The Company and its subsidiaries’ information +technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, +software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are +adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in +connection with the operation of the business of the Company as currently +conducted, free and clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, +time bombs, malware and other corruptants. The Company and its subsidiaries have +implemented and maintained commercially reasonable physical, technical and +administrative controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards to maintain and +protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous +operation, redundancy and security of all IT Systems and data, including all +“Personal Data” (defined below) and all sensitive, confidential or regulated +data (“Confidential Data”) used in connection with their businesses. “Personal +Data” means (i) a natural person’s name, street address, telephone number, +e-mail address, photograph, social security number or tax identification number, +driver’s license number, passport number, credit card number, bank information, +or customer or account number; (ii) any information which would qualify as +“personally identifying information” under the Federal Trade Commission Act, as +amended; (iii) “personal data” as defined by GDPR; (iv) any information which +would qualify as “protected health information” under the Health Insurance +Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information +Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (collectively, “HIPAA”); (v) any +“personal information” as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act +(“CCPA”); and (vi) any other piece of information that allows the identification +of such natural person, or his or her family, or permits the collection or +analysis of any data related to an identified person’s health or sexual +orientation. There have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized +uses of or accesses to same, except for those that have been remedied without +material cost or liability or the duty to notify any other person, nor any +incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same. The +Company and its subsidiaries are presently in material compliance with all +applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of +any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal +policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT +Systems, Confidential Data, and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT +Systems, Confidential Data, and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, +misappropriation or modification. + +  + + + + -20-  + +  + +  + +(zz)            Compliance with Data Privacy Laws. The Company and its +subsidiaries are, and at all prior times were, in material compliance with all +applicable state and federal data privacy and security laws and regulations, +including without limitation HIPAA, CCPA, and the European Union General Data +Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) (EU 2016/679) (collectively, the “Privacy Laws”). +To ensure compliance with the Privacy Laws, the Company has in place, complies +with, and takes appropriate steps to ensure compliance in all material respects +with their policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security and the +collection, storage, use, processing, disclosure, handling, and analysis of +Personal Data and Confidential Data (the “Policies”). The Company has at all +times made all disclosures to users or customers required by applicable laws and +regulatory rules or requirements, and none of such disclosures made or contained +in any Policy have been inaccurate or in violation of any applicable laws and +regulatory rules or requirements in any material respect. The Company further +certifies that neither it nor any subsidiary: (i) has received notice of any +actual or potential liability under or relating to, or actual or potential +violation of, any of the Privacy Laws, and has no knowledge of any event or +condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice; (ii) +is currently conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, +remediation, or other corrective action pursuant to any Privacy Law; or (iii) is +a party to any order, decree, or agreement that imposes any obligation or +liability under any Privacy Law. + +  + +Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to the Agent +or to counsel for the Agent pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement +shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company, as +applicable, to the Agent as to the matters set forth therein. + +  + +7.             Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with +Agent that: + +  + +(a)               Registration Statement Amendments. After the date of this +Agreement and during any period in which a Prospectus relating to any Placement +Shares is required to be delivered by Agent under the Securities Act (including +in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 +under the Securities Act or similar rule), (i) the Company will notify the Agent +promptly of the time when any subsequent amendment to the Registration +Statement, other than documents incorporated by reference, has been filed with +the Commission and/or has become effective or any subsequent supplement to the +Prospectus has been filed and of any request by the Commission for any amendment +or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional +information, (ii) the Company will prepare and file with the Commission, +promptly upon the Agent’s reasonable request, any amendments or supplements to +the Registration Statement or Prospectus that, in the Agent’s reasonable +opinion, may be necessary or advisable in connection with the distribution of +the Placement Shares by the Agent (provided, however, that the failure of the +Agent to make such request shall not relieve the Company of any obligation or +liability hereunder, or affect the Agent’s right to rely on the representations +and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement and provided, further, that +the only remedy the Agent shall have with respect to the failure to make such +filing shall be to cease making sales under this Agreement until such amendment +or supplement is filed); (iii) the Company will not file any amendment or +supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus (except for documents +incorporated by reference) relating to the Placement Shares or a security +convertible into the Placement Shares unless a copy thereof has been submitted +to the Agent within a reasonable period of time before the filing and the Agent +has not objected thereto in good faith on reasonable grounds and in writing +within two (2) Business Days (provided, however, that (A) the failure of the +Agent to make such objection shall not relieve the Company of any obligation or +liability hereunder, or affect the Agent’s right to rely on the representations +and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement, and (B) the Company has no +obligation to provide the Agent any advance copy of such filing or to provide +the Agent an opportunity to object to such filing, if such filing does not name +the Agent and does not reference the transactions contemplated hereunder; and +provided, further, that the only remedy the Agent shall have with respect to the +failure by the Company to obtain such consent shall be to cease making sales +under this Agreement) and the Company will furnish to the Agent at the time of +filing thereof a copy of any document that upon filing is deemed to be +incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or Prospectus, except +for those documents available via EDGAR; and (iv) the Company will cause each +amendment or supplement to the Prospectus to be filed with the Commission as +required pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) of the Securities +Act or, in the case of any document to be incorporated therein by reference, to +be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the Exchange Act, within +the time period prescribed (the determination to file or not file any amendment +or supplement with the Commission under this Section 7(a), based on the +Company’s reasonable opinion or reasonable objections, shall be made exclusively +by the Company). + +  + + + + -21-  + +  + +  + +(b)               Notice of Commission Stop Orders. The Company will advise the +Agent, promptly after it receives notice or obtains knowledge thereof, of the +issuance or threatened issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending +the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, of the suspension of the +qualification of the Placement Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, +or of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose; and +it will promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance +of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such a stop order should be +issued. The Company will advise the Agent promptly after it receives any request +by the Commission for any amendments to the Registration Statement or any +amendment or supplements to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus +or for additional information related to the offering of the Placement Shares or +for additional information related to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus +or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. + +  + +(c)               Delivery of Prospectus; Subsequent Changes. During any period +in which a Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares is required to be +delivered by the Agent under the Securities Act with respect to the offer and +sale of the Placement Shares (including in circumstances where such requirement +may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act or similar rule), +the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed +upon it by the Securities Act, as from time to time in force, and to file on or +before their respective due dates all reports and any definitive proxy or +information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission +pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, 15(d) or any other provision of or under +the Exchange Act. If the Company has omitted any information from the +Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act, it will +use its best efforts to comply with the provisions of and make all requisite +filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430B and to notify the Agent +promptly of all such filings if not available on EDGAR. If during such period +any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or +supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to +state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of +the circumstances then existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is +necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus to +comply with the Securities Act, the Company will promptly notify the Agent to +suspend the offering of Placement Shares during such period and the Company will +promptly amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus (at the +expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect +such compliance; provided, however, that the Company may delay such amendment or +supplement if, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, it is in the best +interests of the Company to do so. + +  + + + + -22-  + +  + +  + +(d)               Listing of Placement Shares. Prior to the date of the first +Placement Notice, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the +Placement Shares to be listed on the Exchange. + +  + +(e)               Delivery of Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company +will furnish to the Agent and its counsel (at the expense of the Company) copies +of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (including all documents +incorporated by reference therein) and all amendments and supplements to the +Registration Statement or Prospectus that are filed with the Commission during +any period in which a Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares is required to +be delivered under the Securities Act (including all documents filed with the +Commission during such period that are deemed to be incorporated by reference +therein), in each case as soon as reasonably practicable and in such quantities +as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request and, at the Agent’s +request, will also furnish copies of the Prospectus to each exchange or market +on which sales of the Placement Shares may be made; provided, however, that the +Company shall not be required to furnish any document (other than the +Prospectus) to the Agent to the extent such document is available on EDGAR. + +  + +(f)                Earning Statement. To the extent not otherwise available on +EDGAR, the Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon +as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the +Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earning statement covering a 12-month +period that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) and Rule 158 of the +Securities Act. + +  + +(g)               Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the Net Proceeds as +described in the Prospectus in the section entitled “Use of Proceeds.” + +  + +(h)               Notice of Other Sales. Without the prior written consent of +the Agent, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer to sell, sell, +contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of any Common +Stock (other than the Placement Shares offered pursuant to this Agreement) or +securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, warrants or any +rights to purchase or acquire, Common Stock during the period beginning on the +fifth (5th) Trading Day immediately prior to the date on which any Placement +Notice is delivered to the Agent hereunder and ending on the fifth (5th) Trading +Day immediately following the final Settlement Date with respect to Placement +Shares sold pursuant to such Placement Notice (or, if the Placement Notice has +been terminated or suspended prior to the sale of all Placement Shares covered +by a Placement Notice, the date of such suspension or termination); and will not +directly or indirectly in any other “at the market” or continuous equity +transaction offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or +otherwise dispose of any Common Stock (other than the Placement Shares offered +pursuant to this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for +Common Stock, warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire, Common Stock prior +to the later of the termination of this Agreement and the thirtieth (30th) day +immediately following the final Settlement Date with respect to Placement Shares +sold pursuant to such Placement Notice; provided, however, that such +restrictions will not be required in connection with the Company’s issuance or +sale of (i) Common Stock, options to purchase Common Stock, other equity awards +to acquire Common Stock, or Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options +or other equity awards, pursuant to (A) any employee or director stock option or +benefits plan, equity incentive or stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment +plan (but not Common Stock subject to a waiver to exceed plan limits in its +dividend reinvestment plan) of the Company whether now in effect or hereafter +implemented or (B) Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), (ii) Common Stock issuable +upon conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants, options or other +rights in effect or outstanding, and disclosed in filings by the Company +available on EDGAR or otherwise in writing to the Agent and (iii) Common Stock +or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock as +consideration for mergers, acquisitions, licensing, other business combinations +or strategic alliances or corporate partnering transactions occurring after the +date of this Agreement which are not issued for capital raising purposes. + +  + + + + -23-  + +  + +  + +(i)                 Change of Circumstances. The Company will, at any time +during the pendency of a Placement Notice advise the Agent promptly after it +shall have received notice or obtained knowledge thereof, of any information or +fact that would alter or affect in any material respect any opinion, +certificate, letter or other document required to be provided to the Agent +pursuant to this Agreement. + +  + +(j)                 Due Diligence Cooperation. The Company will cooperate with +any reasonable due diligence review conducted by the Agent or its +representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, +including, without limitation, providing information and making available +documents and senior corporate officers, during regular business hours and at +the Company’s principal offices, as the Agent may reasonably request. + +  + +(k)               Required Filings Relating to Placement of Placement Shares. +The Company agrees that on such dates as the Securities Act shall require with +respect to the Placement Shares, the Company will (i) file a prospectus +supplement with the Commission under the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) +under the Securities Act (each and every filing date under Rule 424(b), a +“Filing Date”), which prospectus supplement will set forth, within the relevant +period, the amount of Placement Shares sold through the Agent, the Net Proceeds +to the Company and the compensation payable by the Company to the Agent with +respect to such Placement Shares, and (ii) deliver such number of copies of each +such prospectus supplement to each exchange or market on which such sales were +effected as may be required by the rules or regulations of such exchange or +market. + +  + +(l)                 Representation Dates; Certificate. (1) On or prior to the +date of the first Placement Notice and (2) each time the Company: + +  + +(i) files the Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares or amends or +supplements (other than a prospectus supplement relating solely to an offering +of securities other than the Placement Shares) the Registration Statement or the +Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares by means of a post-effective +amendment, sticker, or supplement but not by means of incorporation of documents +by reference into the Registration Statement or the Prospectus relating to the +Placement Shares; + +  + + + + -24-  + +  + +  + +(ii) files an annual report on Form 10-K under the Exchange Act (including any +Form 10-K/A containing amended financial information or a material amendment to +the previously filed Form 10-K); + +  + +(iii) files its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act; or + +  + +(iv) files a current report on Form 8-K containing amended financial information +(other than information “furnished” pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K +or to provide disclosure pursuant to Item 8.01 of Form 8-K relating to the +reclassification of certain properties as discontinued operations in accordance +with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144) under the Exchange Act +(each date of filing of one or more of the documents referred to in clauses (i) +through (iv) shall be a “Representation Date”); + +  + +the Company shall furnish the Agent (but in the case of clause (iv) above only +if the Agent reasonably determines that the information contained in such Form +8-K is material) with a certificate dated the Representation Date, in the form +and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel, substantially similar +to the form previously provided to the Agent and its counsel, modified, as +necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended +or supplemented. The requirement to provide a certificate under this Section +7(l) shall be automatically waived for any Representation Date occurring (1) at +a time a Suspension is in effect, which waiver shall continue until the earlier +to occur of the date the Company delivers instructions for the sale of Placement +Shares hereunder (which for such calendar quarter shall be considered a +Representation Date) and the next occurring Representation Date and (2) at a +time at which no Placement Notice is pending, which waiver shall continue until +the date the Company delivers a Placement Notice hereunder (which for such +calendar quarter shall be considered a Representation Date). Notwithstanding the +foregoing, if the Company subsequently decides to sell Placement Shares +following a Representation Date when a Suspension was in effect and did not +provide the Agent with a certificate under this Section 7(l), then before the +Company delivers the instructions for the sale of Placement Shares or the Agent +sells any Placement Shares pursuant to such instructions, the Company shall +provide the Agent with a certificate in conformity with this Section 7(l) dated +as of the date that the instructions for the sale of Placement Shares are +issued. + +  + +(m)             Legal Opinion. (1) Prior to the date of the first Placement +Notice and (2) within five (5) Trading Days of each Representation Date with +respect to which the Company is obligated to deliver a certificate pursuant to +Section 7(l) for which no waiver is applicable and excluding the date of this +Agreement, the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Agent a written +opinion of Pepper Hamilton LLP (“Company Counsel”), or other counsel reasonably +satisfactory to the Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and its +counsel, substantially similar to the form previously provided to the Agent and +its counsel, modified, as necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement and +the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented; provided, however, the Company +shall be required to furnish to Agent no more than one opinion hereunder per +calendar quarter; provided, further, that in lieu of such opinions for +subsequent periodic filings under the Exchange Act, counsel may furnish the +Agent with a letter (a “Reliance Letter”) to the effect that the Agent may rely +on a prior opinion delivered under this Section 7(m) to the same extent as if it +were dated the date of such letter (except that statements in such prior opinion +shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as +amended or supplemented as of the date of the Reliance Letter). + +  + + + + -25-  + +  + +  + +  + +(n)               Comfort Letter. (1) On or prior to the date of the first +Placement Notice and (2) within five (5) Trading Days of each Representation +Date with respect to which the Company is obligated to deliver a certificate +pursuant to Section 7(l) for which no waiver is applicable and excluding the +date of this Agreement, the Company shall cause its independent registered +public accounting firm to furnish the Agent letters (the “Comfort Letters”), +dated the date the Comfort Letter is delivered, which shall meet the +requirements set forth in this Section 7(n); provided, that if reasonably +requested by the Agent, the Company shall cause a Comfort Letter to be furnished +to the Agent within ten (10) Trading Days of the date of occurrence of any +material transaction or event requiring the filing of a Current Report on Form +8-K containing financial information, including the restatement of the Company’s +financial statements. The Comfort Letter from the Company’s independent +registered public accounting firm shall be in a form and substance reasonably +satisfactory to the Agent, (i) confirming that they are an independent +registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and +the PCAOB, (ii) stating, as of such date, the conclusions and findings of such +firm with respect to the financial information and other matters ordinarily +covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters in connection with +registered public offerings (the first such letter, the “Initial Comfort +Letter”) and (iii) updating the Initial Comfort Letter with any information that +would have been included in the Initial Comfort Letter had it been given on such +date and modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the +Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the date of such letter. + +  + +(o)               Market Activities. The Company will not, directly or +indirectly, (i) take any action designed to cause or result in, or that +constitutes or would reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or +manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale +or resale of Common Stock or (ii) sell, bid for, or purchase Common Stock in +violation of Regulation M, or pay anyone any compensation for soliciting +purchases of the Placement Shares other than the Agent. + +  + +(p)               Investment Company Act. The Company will conduct its affairs +in such a manner so as to reasonably ensure that neither it nor any of its +Subsidiaries will be or become, at any time prior to the termination of this +Agreement, required to register as an “investment company,” as such term is +defined in the Investment Company Act. + +  + +(q)               No Offer to Sell. Other than an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus +approved in advance by the Company and the Agent in its capacity as agent +hereunder, neither the Agent nor the Company (including its agents and +representatives, other than the Agent in its capacity as such) will make, use, +prepare, authorize, approve or refer to any written communication (as defined in +Rule 405 under the Securities Act), required to be filed with the Commission, +that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy Placement +Shares hereunder. + +  + +(r)                Blue Sky and Other Qualifications. The Company will use its +commercially reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Agent, to qualify the +Placement Shares for offering and sale, or to obtain an exemption for the +Placement Shares to be offered and sold, under the applicable securities laws of +such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Agent may +designate and to maintain such qualifications and exemptions in effect for so +long as required for the distribution of the Placement Shares (but in no event +for less than one year from the date of this Agreement); provided, however, that +the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of +process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in +any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to +taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not +otherwise so subject. In each jurisdiction in which the Placement Shares have +been so qualified or exempt, the Company will file such statements and reports +as may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such +qualification or exemption, as the case may be, in effect for so long as +required for the distribution of the Placement Shares (but in no event for less +than one year from the date of this Agreement). + +  + + + +-26- + +  + +  + +(s)               Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company and the Subsidiaries will +maintain and keep accurate books and records reflecting their assets and +maintain internal accounting controls in a manner designed to provide reasonable +assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation +of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally +accepted accounting principles and including those policies and procedures that +(i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately +and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the +Company, (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as +necessary to permit the preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial +statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, +(iii) that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in +accordance with management’s and the Company’s directors’ authorization, and +(iv) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of +unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could +have a material effect on its financial statements. The Company and the +Subsidiaries will maintain such controls and other procedures, including, +without limitation, those required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley +Act, and the applicable regulations thereunder that are designed to ensure that +information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files +or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and +reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, +including, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that +information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files +or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the +Company’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal +financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to +allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to ensure that material +information relating to the Company or the Subsidiaries is made known to them by +others within those entities, particularly during the period in which such +periodic reports are being prepared. + +  + +(t)                Secretary’s Certificate; Further Documentation. On or prior +to the date of the first Placement Notice, the Company shall deliver to the +Agent a certificate of the Secretary of the Company and attested to by an +executive officer of the Company, dated as of such date, certifying as to (i) +the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, (ii) +the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, (iii) the resolutions of the +Board of Directors of the Company authorizing the execution, delivery and +performance of this Agreement and the issuance of the Placement Shares and (iv) +the incumbency of the officers duly authorized to execute this Agreement and the +other documents contemplated by this Agreement. Within five (5) Trading Days of +each Representation Date with respect to which the Company is obligated to +deliver a certificate pursuant to Section 7(l), for which no waiver is +applicable and excluding the date of this Agreement, the Company shall have +furnished to the Agent such further information, certificates and documents as +the Agent may reasonably request. + +  + + + +-27- + +  + +  + +8.             Payment of Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident +to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the +preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, including any fees +required by the Commission, and the printing or electronic delivery of the +Prospectus as originally filed and of each amendment and supplement thereto, in +such number as the Agent shall reasonably deem necessary, (ii) the printing and +delivery to the Agent of this Agreement and such other documents as may be +required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery +of the Placement Shares, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the +certificates, if any, for the Placement Shares to the Agent, including any stock +or other transfer taxes and any capital duties, stamp duties or other duties or +taxes payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Placement Shares to the +Agent, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the counsel, accountants and other +advisors to the Company, (v) the fees and expenses of the Agent including but +not limited to the fees and expenses of the counsel to the Agent, payable upon +the execution of this Agreement, in an amount not to exceed $15,000, (vi) the +qualification or exemption of the Placement Shares under state securities laws +in accordance with the provisions of Section 7(r) hereof, including filing fees, +but excluding fees of the Agent’s counsel, (vii) the printing and delivery to +the Agent of copies of any Permitted Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the +Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto in such number as the Agent +shall reasonably deem necessary, (viii) the preparation, printing and delivery +to the Agent of copies of the blue sky survey (subject to the cap set forth in +clause (v) above), (ix) the fees and expenses of the transfer agent and +registrar for the Common Stock, (x) the filing and other fees incident to any +review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Placement Shares including the +fees of the Agent’s counsel (subject to the cap, set forth in clause (v) above), +and (xi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the +Placement Shares on the Exchange. + +  + +9.             Conditions to Agent’s Obligations. The obligations of the Agent +hereunder with respect to a Placement will be subject to the continuing accuracy +and completeness of the representations and warranties made by the Company +herein, to the due performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, to +the completion by the Agent of a due diligence review satisfactory to it in its +reasonable judgment, and to the continuing satisfaction (or waiver by the Agent +in its sole discretion) of the following additional conditions: + +  + +(a)               Registration Statement Effective. The Registration Statement +shall have become effective and shall be available for the (i) resale of all +Placement Shares issued to the Agent and not yet sold by the Agent and (ii) sale +of all Placement Shares contemplated to be issued by any Placement Notice. + +  + +(b)              No Material Notices. None of the following events shall have +occurred and be continuing: (i) receipt by the Company of any request for +additional information from the Commission or any other federal or state +Governmental Authority during the period of effectiveness of the Registration +Statement, the response to which would require any post-effective amendments or +supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus; (ii) the issuance +by the Commission or any other federal or state Governmental Authority of any +stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the +initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (iii) receipt by the Company of +any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or +exemption from qualification of any of the Placement Shares for sale in any +jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such +purpose; or (iv) the occurrence of any event that makes any material statement +made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any material document +incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any +material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration +Statement, the Prospectus or incorporated documents so that, in the case of the +Registration Statement, it will not contain an untrue statement of a material +fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or +necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and, that in the case of +the Prospectus, it will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or +omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to +make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they +were made, not misleading. + +  + + + +-28- + +  + +  + +(c)              No Misstatement or Material Omission. The Agent shall not have +advised the Company that the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any +amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of fact that in +the Agent’s reasonable opinion is material, or omits to state a fact that in the +Agent’s reasonable opinion is material and is required to be stated therein or +is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. + +  + +(d)              Material Changes. Except as contemplated in the Prospectus, or +disclosed in the Company’s reports filed with the Commission, there shall not +have been any material adverse change in the authorized capital stock of the +Company or any Material Adverse Effect or any development that would reasonably +be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect, or a downgrading in or +withdrawal of the rating assigned to any of the Company’s securities (other than +asset backed securities) by any rating organization or a public announcement by +any rating organization that it has under surveillance or review its rating of +any of the Company’s securities (other than asset backed securities), the effect +of which, in the case of any such action by a rating organization described +above, in the reasonable judgment of the Agent (without relieving the Company of +any obligation or liability it may otherwise have), is so material as to make it +impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering of the Placement +Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus. + +  + +(e)               Legal Opinions. The Agent shall have received the opinions of +Company Counsel required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(m) on or before +the date on which such delivery of such opinions is required pursuant to Section +7(m). + +  + +(f)                Comfort Letter. The Agent shall have received the Comfort +Letter required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(n) on or before the date +on which such delivery of such Comfort Letter is required pursuant to Section +7(n). + +  + +(g)              Representation Certificate. The Agent shall have received the +certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(l) on or before the +date on which delivery of such certificate is required pursuant to Section 7(l). + +  + +(h)              No Suspension. Trading in the Common Stock shall not have been +suspended on the Exchange and the Common Stock shall not have been delisted from +the Exchange. + +  + +(i)                Other Materials. On each date on which the Company is +required to deliver a certificate pursuant to Section 7(l), the Company shall +have furnished to the Agent such appropriate further information, opinions, +certificates, letters and other documents as the Agent may reasonably request. +All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents will be in +compliance with the provisions hereof. + +  + + + +-29- + +  + +  + +(j)                Securities Act Filings Made. All filings with the Commission +required by Rule 424 under the Securities Act to have been filed prior to the +issuance of any Placement Notice hereunder shall have been made within the +applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 424. + +  + +(k)               Approval for Listing. The Placement Shares shall either have +been (i) approved for listing on the Exchange, subject only to notice of +issuance, or (ii) the Company shall have filed an application for listing of the +Placement Shares on the Exchange at, or prior to, the issuance of any Placement +Notice and the Exchange shall have reviewed such application and not provided +any objections thereto. + +  + +(l)                FINRA. If applicable, FINRA shall have raised no objection to +the terms of this offering and the amount of compensation allowable or payable +to the Agent as described in the Prospectus. + +  + +(m)              No Termination Event. There shall not have occurred any event +that would permit the Agent to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section +12(a). + +  + +10.           Indemnification and Contribution. + +  + +(a)              Company Indemnification. The Company agrees to indemnify and +hold harmless the Agent, its affiliates and their respective partners, members, +directors, officers, employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls +the Agent or any affiliate within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities +Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act as follows: + +  + +(i)                 against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and +expense whatsoever, as incurred, joint or several, arising out of or based upon +any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in +the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or the omission or +alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or +necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or arising out of any +untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any +related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or +supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material +fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the +circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; + +  + +(ii)              against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense +whatsoever, as incurred, joint or several, to the extent of the aggregate amount +paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any +Governmental Authority, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever +based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue +statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 10(d) below) any such +settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company, which consent +shall not unreasonably be delayed or withheld; and + +  + +(iii)            against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including +the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel), reasonably +incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any +investigation or proceeding by any Governmental Authority, commenced or +threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or +omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission (whether or not a +party), to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above, + +  + + + +-30- + +  + +  + +provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, +liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue +statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made solely in +reliance upon and in conformity with the Agent Information (as defined below). + +  + +(b)              Agent Indemnification. Agent agrees to indemnify and hold +harmless the Company and its directors and each officer of the Company who +signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the +Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of +the Exchange Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense +described in the indemnity contained in Section 10(a), as incurred, but only +with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or +omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendments thereto), the +Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Issuer Free Writing +Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in +conformity with information relating to the Agent and furnished to the Company +in writing by the Agent expressly for use therein. The Company hereby +acknowledges that the only information that the Agent has furnished to the +Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any +Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are the +statements set forth in the fifth, seventh and eighth paragraphs under the +caption “Plan of Distribution” in the Prospectus (the “Agent Information”). + +  + +(c)               Procedure. Any party that proposes to assert the right to be +indemnified under this Section 10 will, promptly after receipt of notice of +commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim is to +be made against an indemnifying party or parties under this Section 10, notify +each such indemnifying party of the commencement of such action, enclosing a +copy of all papers served, but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party +will not relieve the indemnifying party from (i) any liability that it might +have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 10 and (ii) any +liability that it may have to any indemnified party under the foregoing +provision of this Section 10 unless, and only to the extent that, such omission +results in the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses by the indemnifying +party. If any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it +notifies the indemnifying party of its commencement, the indemnifying party will +be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it elects by delivering +written notice to the indemnified party promptly after receiving notice of the +commencement of the action from the indemnified party, jointly with any other +indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense of the action, with +counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, and after notice from +the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the +defense, the indemnifying party will not be liable to the indemnified party for +any other legal expenses except as provided below and except for the reasonable +and documented costs of investigation subsequently incurred by the indemnified +party in connection with the defense. The indemnified party will have the right +to employ its own counsel in any such action, but the fees, expenses and other +charges of such counsel will be at the expense of such indemnified party unless +(1) the employment of counsel by the indemnified party has been authorized in +writing by the indemnifying party, (2) the indemnified party has reasonably +concluded (based on advice of counsel) that there may be legal defenses +available to it or other indemnified parties that are different from or in +addition to those available to the indemnifying party, (3) a conflict or +potential conflict exists (based on advice of counsel to the indemnified party) +between the indemnified party and the indemnifying party (in which case the +indemnifying party will not have the right to direct the defense of such action +on behalf of the indemnified party) or (4) the indemnifying party has not in +fact employed counsel to assume the defense of such action or counsel reasonably +satisfactory to the indemnified party, in each case, within a reasonable time +after receiving notice of the commencement of the action; in each of which cases +the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel will be at the +expense of the indemnifying party or parties. It is understood that the +indemnifying party or parties shall not, in connection with any proceeding or +related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees, +disbursements and other charges of more than one separate firm (plus local +counsel) admitted to practice in such jurisdiction at any one time for all such +indemnified party or parties. All such fees, disbursements and other charges +will be reimbursed by the indemnifying party promptly as they are incurred. An +indemnifying party will not, in any event, be liable for any settlement of any +action or claim effected without its written consent. No indemnifying party +shall, without the prior written consent of each indemnified party, settle or +compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened +claim, action or proceeding relating to the matters contemplated by this Section +10 (whether or not any indemnified party is a party thereto), unless such +settlement, compromise or consent (1) includes an express and unconditional +release of each indemnified party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory +to such indemnified party, from all liability arising out of such litigation, +investigation, proceeding or claim and (2) does not include a statement as to or +an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any +indemnified party. + +  + + + +-31- + +  + +  + +(d)              Settlement Without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If an +indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the +indemnified party for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying +party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature +contemplated by Section 10(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if +(1) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such +indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (2) such indemnifying party shall +have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to +such settlement being entered into and (3) such indemnifying party shall not +have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to +the date of such settlement. + +  + +(e)               Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable +contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in the +foregoing paragraphs of this Section 10 is applicable in accordance with its +terms but for any reason is held to be unavailable or insufficient from the +Company or the Agent, the Company and the Agent will contribute to the total +losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages (including any investigative, +legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount +paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted) to +which the Company and the Agent may be subject in such proportion as shall be +appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one +hand and the Agent on the other hand. The relative benefits received by the +Company on the one hand and the Agent on the other hand shall be deemed to be in +the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the sale of the Placement +Shares (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total +compensation received by the Agent from the sale of Placement Shares on behalf +of the Company. If, but only if, the allocation provided by the foregoing +sentence is not permitted by applicable law, the allocation of contribution +shall be made in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the +relative benefits referred to in the foregoing sentence but also the relative +fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the other hand, with +respect to the statements or omission that resulted in such loss, claim, +liability, expense or damage, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other +relevant equitable considerations with respect to such offering. Such relative +fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the +untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged +omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company +or the Agent, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to +information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. +The Company and the Agent agree that it would not be just and equitable if +contributions pursuant to this Section 10(e) were to be determined by pro rata +allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account +the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by +an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, liability, expense, or +damage, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 10(e) +shall be deemed to include, for the purpose of this Section 10(e), any legal or +other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with +investigating or defending any such action or claim to the extent consistent +with Section 10(c) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this +Section 10(e), the Agent shall not be required to contribute any amount in +excess of the commissions received by it under this Agreement and no person +found guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section +11(f) of the Securities Act) will be entitled to contribution from any person +who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this +Section 10(e), any person who controls a party to this Agreement within the +meaning of the Securities Act, any affiliates of the Agent and any officers, +directors, partners, employees or agents of the Agent or any of its affiliates, +will have the same rights to contribution as that party, and each director of +the Company and each officer of the Company who signed the Registration +Statement will have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in +each case to the provisions hereof. Any party entitled to contribution, promptly +after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in +respect of which a claim for contribution may be made under this Section 10(e), +will notify any such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but +the omission to so notify will not relieve that party or parties from whom +contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have under +this Section 10(e) except to the extent that the failure to so notify such other +party materially prejudiced the substantive rights or defenses of the party from +whom contribution is sought. Except for a settlement entered into pursuant to +the last sentence of Section 10(c) hereof, no party will be liable for +contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its written +consent if such consent is required pursuant to Section 10(c) hereof. + +  + + + +-32- + +  + +  + +11.           Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery. The indemnity +and contribution agreements contained in Section 10 of this Agreement and all +representations and warranties of the Company herein or in certificates +delivered pursuant hereto shall survive, as of their respective dates, +regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Agent, any +controlling persons, or the Company (or any of their respective officers, +directors, employees or controlling persons), (ii) delivery and acceptance of +the Placement Shares and payment therefor or (iii) any termination of this +Agreement. + +  + +12.           Termination. + +  + +(a)               The Agent may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the +Company, as hereinafter specified at any time (1) if there has been, since the +time of execution of this Agreement or since the date as of which information is +given in the Prospectus, any change, or any development or event involving a +prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the +business, properties, earnings, results of operations or prospects of the +Company and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not +arising in the ordinary course of business, which individually or in the +aggregate, in the sole judgment of the Agent is material and adverse and makes +it impractical or inadvisable to market the Placement Shares or to enforce +contracts for the sale of the Placement Shares, (2) if there has occurred any +material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the +international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation +thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a +prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic +conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the +judgment of the Agent, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Placement +Shares or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Placement Shares, (3) if +trading in the Common Stock has been suspended or limited by the Commission or +the Exchange, or if trading generally on the Exchange has been suspended or +limited, or minimum prices for trading have been fixed on the Exchange, (4) if +any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in +the over-the-counter market shall have occurred and be continuing for at least +five (5) Trading Days, (5) if a major disruption of securities settlements or +clearance services in the United States shall have occurred and be continuing, +or (6) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either U.S. Federal or New +York authorities. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party +to any other party except that the provisions of Section 8 (Payment of +Expenses), Section 10 (Indemnification and Contribution), Section 11 +(Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery), Section 17 (Governing Law +and Time; Waiver of Jury Trial) and Section 18 (Consent to Jurisdiction) hereof +shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. If the +Agent elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 12(a), the +Agent shall provide the required notice as specified in Section 13 (Notices). + +  + + + +-33- + +  + +  + +(b)               The Company shall have the right, by giving ten (10) days’ +notice (or five (5) days’ notice at any time when no Placement Notice is in +effect) as hereinafter specified to terminate this Agreement in its sole +discretion at any time after the date of this Agreement. Any such termination +shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the +provisions of Section 8, Section 10, Section 11, Section 17 and Section 18 +hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. + +  + +(c)               The Agent shall have the right, by giving ten (10) days’ +notice as hereinafter specified to terminate this Agreement in its sole +discretion at any time after the date of this Agreement. Any such termination +shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the +provisions of Section 8, Section 10, Section 11, Section 17 and Section 18 +hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. + +  + +(d)               Unless earlier terminated pursuant to this Section 13, this +Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the issuance and sale of all of the +Placement Shares through the Agent on the terms and subject to the conditions +set forth herein; provided that the provisions of Section 8, Section 10, Section +11, Section 17 and Section 18 hereof shall remain in full force and effect +notwithstanding such termination. + +  + + + +-34- + +  + +  + +(e)               This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless +terminated pursuant to Sections 12(a), (b), (c) or (d) above or otherwise by +mutual agreement of the parties; provided, however, that any such termination by +mutual agreement shall in all cases be deemed to provide that Section 8, Section +10, Section 11, Section 17 and Section 18 shall remain in full force and effect. + +  + +(f)                Any termination of this Agreement shall be effective on the +date specified in such notice of termination; provided, however, that such +termination shall not be effective until the close of business on the date of +receipt of such notice by the Agent or the Company, as the case may be. If such +termination shall occur prior to the Settlement Date for any sale of Placement +Shares, such Placement Shares shall settle in accordance with the provisions of +this Agreement. + +  + +13.           Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted +to be given by any party to any other party pursuant to the terms of this +Agreement shall be in writing, unless otherwise specified, and if sent to the +Agent, shall be delivered to: + +  + +Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. + +499 Park Avenue + +New York, NY 10022 + +Attention:  Capital Markets Facsimile:  (212) 307-3730 + +  + +and: + +  + +Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. + +499 Park Avenue + +New York, NY 10022 + +Attention:  General Counsel Facsimile:  (212) 829-4708 + +  + +with a copy to: + +  + +Goodwin Procter LLP + +620 Eighth Avenue + +New York, NY 10018 + +Attention:  Seo Salimi Facsimile:  (212) 656-1546 + +  + +and if to the Company, shall be delivered to: + +  + +Ocugen, Inc. + +5 Great Valley Parkway, Suite 160 + +Malvern, PA 19355 + +Attention:  Sanjay S. Subramanian + +  + + + +-35- + +  + +  + +with a copy to: + +  + +Pepper Hamilton LLP + +3000 Two Logan Square + +Eighteenth and Arch Streets + +Philadelphia, PA 19103 + +Attention:  Jennifer Porter Facsimile:  (215) 981-4750 + +  + +Each party to this Agreement may change such address for notices by sending to +the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address for such purpose. +Each such notice or other communication shall be deemed given (i) when delivered +personally or by verifiable facsimile transmission (with an original to follow) +on or before 4:30 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day or, if such day is +not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day, (ii) on the next +Business Day after timely delivery to a nationally-recognized overnight courier +and (iii) on the Business Day actually received if deposited in the U.S. mail +(certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid). For +purposes of this Agreement, “Business Day” shall mean any day on which the +Exchange and commercial banks in the City of New York are open for business. + +  + +An electronic communication (“Electronic Notice”) shall be deemed written notice +for purposes of this Section 13 if sent to the electronic mail address specified +by the receiving party under separate cover. Electronic Notice shall be deemed +received at the time the party sending Electronic Notice receives verification +of receipt by the receiving party. Any party receiving Electronic Notice may +request and shall be entitled to receive the notice on paper, in a nonelectronic +form (“Nonelectronic Notice”) which shall be sent to the requesting party within +ten (10) days of receipt of the written request for Nonelectronic Notice. + +  + +14.           Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit +of and be binding upon the Company and the Agent and their respective successors +and the parties referred to in Section 10 hereof. References to any of the +parties contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the successors +and permitted assigns of such party. Nothing in this Agreement, express or +implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or +their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights, remedies, +obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as +expressly provided in this Agreement. Neither party may assign its rights or +obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other +party; provided, however, that the Agent may assign its rights and obligations +hereunder to an affiliate thereof without obtaining the Company’s consent so +long as such affiliate is a registered broker dealer and the Agent provides +advance notice of such assignment to the Company. + +  + +15.           Adjustments for Stock Splits. The parties acknowledge and agree +that all share-related numbers contained in this Agreement shall be adjusted to +take into account any stock split, stock dividend or similar event effected with +respect to the Placement Shares. + +  + +16.           Entire Agreement; Amendment; Severability; Waiver. This Agreement +(including all schedules and exhibits attached hereto and Placement Notices +issued pursuant hereto) constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all +other prior and contemporaneous agreements and undertakings, both written and +oral, among the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof. Neither +this Agreement nor any term hereof may be amended except pursuant to a written +instrument executed by the Company and the Agent. In the event that any one or +more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any +circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable as written by a court of +competent jurisdiction, then such provision shall be given full force and effect +to the fullest possible extent that it is valid, legal and enforceable, and the +remainder of the terms and provisions herein shall be construed as if such +invalid, illegal or unenforceable term or provision was not contained herein, +but only to the extent that giving effect to such provision and the remainder of +the terms and provisions hereof shall be in accordance with the intent of the +parties as reflected in this Agreement. No implied waiver by a party shall arise +in the absence of a waiver in writing signed by such party. No failure or delay +in exercising any right, power, or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver +thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or +further exercise thereof or the exercise of any right, power, or privilege +hereunder. + +  + + + +-36- + +  + +  + +17.           GOVERNING LAW AND TIME; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL +BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW +YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. SPECIFIED TIMES OF +DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE +FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY +IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE +TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. + +  + +18.          CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO +THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY +OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER +OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND HEREBY +IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, +ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH +COURT, THAT SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM +OR THAT THE VENUE OF SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER. EACH PARTY +HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS +BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF +(CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED) TO SUCH PARTY AT THE +ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT SUCH +SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE +THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT +TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. + +  + +19.           Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more +counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which +together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed +Agreement by one party to the other may be made by facsimile or electronic +transmission. + +  + + + +-37- + +  + +  + +20.           Construction. The section and exhibit headings herein are for +convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. References herein +to any law, statute, ordinance, code, regulation, rule or other requirement of +any Governmental Authority shall be deemed to refer to such law, statute, +ordinance, code, regulation, rule or other requirement of any Governmental +Authority as amended, reenacted, supplemented or superseded in whole or in part +and in effect from time to time and also to all rules and regulations +promulgated thereunder. + +  + +21.           Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company represents, +warrants and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the +Agent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, and the +Agent represents, warrants and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written +consent of the Company, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or +delayed, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Placement +Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would +otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, +required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus +consented to by the Agent or by the Company, as the case may be, is hereinafter +referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents and +warrants that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free +Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in +Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 +applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing +with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. For the +purposes of clarity, the parties hereto agree that all free writing +prospectuses, if any, listed in Exhibit 21 hereto are Permitted Free Writing +Prospectuses. + +  + +22.           Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and +agrees that: + +  + +(a)               the Agent is acting solely as agent in connection with the +public offering of the Placement Shares and in connection with each transaction +contemplated by this Agreement and the process leading to such transactions, and +no fiduciary or advisory relationship between the Company or any of its +respective affiliates, stockholders (or other equity holders), creditors or +employees or any other party, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the other hand, +has been or will be created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated +by this Agreement, irrespective of whether or not the Agent has advised or is +advising the Company on other matters, and the Agent has no obligation to the +Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement except +the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; + +  + +(b)               it is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands +and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by +this Agreement; + +  + +(c)               neither the Agent nor its affiliates have provided any legal, +accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the transactions +contemplated by this Agreement and it has consulted its own legal, accounting, +regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate; + +  + +(d)               it is aware that the Agent and its affiliates are engaged in a +broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those +of the Company and the Agent and its affiliates have no obligation to disclose +such interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary, +advisory or agency relationship or otherwise; and + +  + + + +-38- + +  + +  + +(e)               it waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims +it may have against the Agent or its affiliates for breach of fiduciary duty or +alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the sale of Placement Shares +under this Agreement and agrees that the Agent and its affiliates shall not have +any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract, tort or otherwise) to it +in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary +duty claim on its behalf or in right of it or the Company, employees or +creditors of the Company. + +  + +23.           Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have +the respective meanings set forth below: + +  + +“Applicable Time” means (i) each Representation Date, (ii) the time of each sale +of any Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement and (iii) each Settlement +Date. + +  + +“Governmental Authority” means (i) any federal, provincial, state, local, +municipal, national or international government or governmental authority, +regulatory or administrative agency, governmental commission, department, board, +bureau, agency or instrumentality, court, tribunal, arbitrator or arbitral body +(public or private); (ii) any self-regulatory organization; or (iii) any +political subdivision of any of the foregoing. + +  + +“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as +defined in Rule 433, relating to the Placement Shares that (1) is required to be +filed with the Commission by the Company, (2) is a “road show” that is a +“written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) whether or not +required to be filed with the Commission, or (3) is exempt from filing pursuant +to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Placement Shares +or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the +form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be +filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) +under the Securities Act Regulations. + +  + +“Rule 164,” “Rule 172,” “Rule 405,” “Rule 415,” “Rule 424,” “Rule 424(b),” +“Rule 430B,” and “Rule 433” refer to such rules under the Securities Act +Regulations. + +  + +All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other +information that is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration +Statement or the Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be +deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other +information that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or +the Prospectus, as the case may be. For purposes of clarity, any financial +information that is furnished by the Company shall not be deemed incorporated by +reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus. + +  + +All references in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus +or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to +include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR; all references in +this Agreement to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (other than any Issuer Free +Writing Prospectuses that, pursuant to Rule 433, are not required to be filed +with the Commission) shall be deemed to include the copy thereof filed with the +Commission pursuant to EDGAR; and all references in this Agreement to +“supplements” to the Prospectus shall include, without limitation, any +supplements, “wrappers” or similar materials prepared in connection with any +offering, sale or private placement of any Placement Shares by the Agent outside +of the United States. + +  + + + +-39- + +  + +  + +  + +[Signature Page Follows] + +  + +  + +  + + + +-40- + +  + + + +  + +If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between the Company and +the Agent, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, +whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement between the Company +and the Agent. + +  + +  Very truly yours,       OCUGEN, INC.             By: /s/ Shankar Musunuri     +Name: Shankar Musunuri     Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chairman + +  + +  + +  ACCEPTED as of the date first-above written:           CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO. +        By: /s/ Sage Kelly     Name: Sage Kelly     Title: Senior Managing +Director, Global Head of Investment Banking + +  + + + +  + +  + +SCHEDULE 1 + +  + +  + +__________________________ + +  + +Form of Placement Notice + +  + +__________________________ + +  + +  + +From:Ocugen, Inc. + +  + +To:Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. +Attention: [__] + +  + +Subject:Placement Notice + +  + +Date:[__], 2020 + +  + +Ladies and Gentlemen: + +  + +Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Controlled +Equity OfferingSM Sales Agreement between Ocugen, Inc., a Delaware corporation +(the “Company”), and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“Agent”), dated June 12, 2020, the +Company hereby requests that the Agent sell up to $[__] of the Company’s common +stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a minimum market price of $[__] per share, +during the time period beginning [month, day, time] and ending [month, day, +time]. + +  + +  + +  + + + +  + +  + +SCHEDULE 2 + +  + +  + +__________________________ + +  + +Compensation + +  + +__________________________ + +  + +  + +The Company shall pay to the Agent in cash, upon each sale of Placement Shares +pursuant to this Agreement, an amount equal to 3.0% of the aggregate gross +proceeds from each sale of Placement Shares. + +  + +  + +  + + + +  + +  + +Exhibit 21 + +  + +Permitted Free Writing Prospectus + +  + +None. + +  + +  + +  + + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Exhibit 2.1 + + + +AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER +  +among +  +BENEFYTT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., +  +DAYLIGHT BETA PARENT CORP. +  +and +  +DAYLIGHT BETA CORP. +  +Dated as of July 12, 2020 + + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +TABLE OF CONTENTS +  + +  +Page +  +ARTICLE I +THE OFFER; THE MERGER; CLOSING; EFFECTIVE TIME +  +1.1 +The Offer +2 +1.2 +The Merger +8 +1.3 +Closing +8 +1.4 +Effective Time +8 +  +ARTICLE II +ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS OF THE SURVIVING CORPORATION +  +2.1 +The Certificate of Incorporation +9 +2.2 +The Bylaws +9 +  +ARTICLE III +DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE SURVIVING CORPORATION +  +3.1 +Directors of Surviving Corporation +9 +3.2 +Officers of the Surviving Corporation +9 +  +ARTICLE IV +EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON SECURITIES; EXCHANGE +  +4.1 +Effect on Capital Stock +9 +4.2 +Surrender and Exchange of Shares +10 +4.3 +Dissenters’ Rights +13 +4.4 +Adjustments +13 +4.5 +Treatment of Equity Awards +13 +  +ARTICLE V +REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES +  +5.1 +Representations and Warranties of the Company +15 +5.2 +Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub +34 +  +ARTICLE VI +COVENANTS +  +6.1 +Interim Operations +41 +6.2 +Acquisition Proposals +45 +6.3 +[Reserved.] +50 +6.4 +[Reserved.] +50 +6.5 +Reasonable Best Efforts +50 +6.6 +Access; Consultation +53 +6.7 +Stock Exchange De-listing and De-registration +55 +6.8 +Publicity +55 + + + +i + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +TABLE OF CONTENTS +(cont.) + + + +    Page       +6.9 +Employee Benefits +55 +6.10 +Expenses +57 +6.11 +Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance +57 +6.12 +Takeover Statute +59 +6.13 +Control of the Company’s or Parent’s Operations +59 +6.14 +Section 16(b) +59 +6.15 +Financing +60 +6.16 +Approval by Sole Stockholder of Merger Sub +64 +6.17 +Stockholder Litigation +64 +6.18 +Rule 14d-10 Matters +64 +6.19 +Consummation of Exchange +65 +  +ARTICLE VII +CONDITIONS +  +7.1 +Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger +65 +  +ARTICLE VIII +TERMINATION +  +8.1 +Termination by Mutual Consent +65 +8.2 +Termination by Either Parent or the Company +65 +8.3 +Termination by the Company +66 +8.4 +Termination by Parent +67 +8.5 +Effect of Termination and Abandonment +67 +  +ARTICLE IX +MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL +  +9.1 +Survival +69 +9.2 +Modification or Amendment +70 +9.3 +Waiver +70 +9.4 +Counterparts; Effectiveness +70 +9.5 +Governing Law and Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial +70 +9.6 +Notices +72 +9.7 +Entire Agreement +73 +9.8 +No Third-Party Beneficiaries; Non-Recourse +74 +9.9 +Obligations of Parent and of the Company +75 +9.10 +Severability +75 +9.11 +Interpretation +75 +9.12 +Assignment +76 +9.13 +Specific Performance +76 +9.14 +Definitions +78 + + + +ii + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS +  +Defined Term +Section +    +Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement +9.14 +Acquisition Proposal +6.2(d) +Action +9.5(b) +Affiliate +9.14 +Agreement +Preamble +Alternative Acquisition Agreement +6.2(e) +Alternative Financing 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into as of July +12, 2020, by and among Benefytt Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the +“Company”), Daylight Beta Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and +Daylight Beta Corp., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned Subsidiary +of Parent (“Merger Sub”). +  +RECITALS +  +WHEREAS, pursuant to this Agreement, Merger Sub has agreed to commence a cash +tender offer, on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement (as +it may be extended and amended from time to time as permitted under this +Agreement, the “Offer”), to acquire (subject to the Minimum Condition and other +conditions set forth in Annex I) any and all of (i) the outstanding shares of +Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Class A +Shares”), for $31.00 per share (such amount per share, or any different amount +per share to be paid pursuant to the Offer to the extent permitted under this +Agreement, being the “Offer Price”), net to the Person tendering such Class A +Shares in cash, without interest, and (ii) the outstanding shares of Class B +Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Class B Shares” +and, together with the Class A Shares, the “Shares”), for $0.00 per share; +  +WHEREAS, as soon as practicable following the consummation of the Offer, Merger +Sub shall be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), which Merger will +be governed by Section 251(h) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the +“DGCL”), with the Company surviving the Merger as the surviving corporation and +becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, upon the terms and subject to the +conditions set forth in this Agreement, and each Class A Share that is not +tendered and accepted pursuant to the Offer (other than shares canceled pursuant +to Section 4.1(a)(iii) hereof) will thereupon be canceled and converted into the +right to receive cash in an amount equal to the Offer Price, without interest; +  +WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company has (i) approved this Agreement +and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the +Offer and the Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in +this Agreement, (ii) declared this Agreement advisable and determined that it is +in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to enter into this +Agreement and (iii) resolved, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, to +recommend that the stockholders of the Company accept the Offer and tender their +Class A Shares to Merger Sub pursuant to the Offer; +  +WHEREAS, the board of directors of Parent has (i) approved and adopted this +Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, upon the +terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and (ii) +determined that it is in the best interests of Parent and its stockholders to +enter into this Agreement; +  +WHEREAS, the board of directors of Merger Sub has (i) approved this Agreement +and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the +Offer and the Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in +this Agreement, and (ii) declared this Agreement advisable and determined that +it is in the best interests of Merger Sub and its stockholder to enter into this +Agreement; +  + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +WHEREAS, concurrently herewith, as a material inducement to Parent’s willingness +to enter into this Agreement, certain holders of Class B Shares are entering +into an Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”), with the Company, Parent, +and Health Plan Intermediaries Holdings, LLC (“Holdings”), pursuant to which, +among other things, on or prior to the Expiration Date, (x) such holders’ Series +B Membership Interests of Holdings (the “Series B Units”) will be exchanged for +Class A Shares and such holders’ Class B Shares will be automatically cancelled +and (y) such holders will thereafter tender all Shares held or controlled by +such holders and their Affiliates pursuant to the Offer (which following such +exchange will be comprised solely of Class A Shares) (the “Founder Exchange and +Tender”); +  +WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and as a condition +and inducement to the Company’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, Parent +and Merger Sub have delivered to the Company (i) the Financing Commitments and +(ii) a limited guarantee (the “Limited Guarantee”) from Madison Dearborn Capital +Partners VIII-A, L.P, Madison Dearborn Capital Partners VIII-C, L.P., Madison +Dearborn Capital Partners VIII Executive-A, L.P., each a Delaware limited +partnership (collectively, the “Guarantors”), in favor of the Company and +pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, the +Guarantors guarantee certain obligations of Parent and Merger Sub in connection +with this Agreement; +  +WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, as a +material inducement to Parent’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, +certain of the Company’s shareholders will enter into tender and support +agreements in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Support Agreements”) +with Parent, pursuant to which, among other things, such Company shareholders +agree to tender all of the Class A Shares owned or controlled by such +shareholders pursuant to the Offer; and +  +WHEREAS, the Company, Parent and Merger Sub desire to make certain +representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with this +Agreement. +  +NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the representations, +warranties, covenants and other agreements contained herein, the receipt and +sufficiency of which is acknowledged and agreed, the parties hereto agree as +follows: +  +ARTICLE I + +THE OFFER; THE MERGER; CLOSING; EFFECTIVE TIME +  +1.1         The Offer. +  +(a)          Commencement of the Offer. Merger Sub shall, and Parent shall cause +Merger Sub to, commence (within the meaning of Rule 14d-2 under the Exchange +Act) the Offer no event later than ten (10) Business Days after the date of this +Agreement. +  +2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b)         Conditions of the Offer. The obligation of Merger Sub to (and of +Parent to cause Merger Sub to) accept for payment, and pay for, any and all +Shares validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) pursuant to the Offer shall +be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the +satisfaction (or to the extent waivable, the waiver by Parent or Merger Sub in +their sole discretion) of the conditions set forth in Annex I (as they may be +amended from time to time in accordance with this Agreement, collectively, the +“Offer Conditions”) and not to any other conditions.  Merger Sub expressly +reserves the right, at any time, to (i) increase the Offer Price, (ii) waive any +Offer Condition or (iii) make any other changes to the terms and conditions of +the Offer not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, +that without the prior written consent of the Company: (A) the Minimum Condition +may not be amended or waived, (B) Merger Sub shall not decrease the Offer Price +and (C) no change may be made to the Offer that (1) changes the form of +consideration to be delivered by Merger Sub pursuant to the Offer, (2) reduces +the number of Class A Shares to be purchased in the Offer to less than that +required to satisfy the Minimum Condition, (3) imposes conditions or +requirements to the Offer in addition to the Offer Conditions, (4) except as +provided in this Section 1.1, terminates the Offer or accelerates, extends or +otherwise changes the Expiration Date of the Offer, (5) otherwise amends or +modifies any of the other terms of the Offer in a manner that adversely affects +any holder of Class A Shares or that would, individually or in the aggregate, +reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay the consummation of the +Offer or prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability of Parent or +Merger Sub to consummate the Offer, the Merger or the other Transactions, or (6) +provide any “subsequent offering period” within the meaning of Rule 14d-11 +promulgated under the Exchange Act.  The Offer may not be withdrawn prior to the +Expiration Date (or any rescheduled or extended Expiration Date) of the Offer, +unless this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article VIII. +  +(c)          Expiration of the Offer. The Offer shall initially be scheduled to +expire at one minute after 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time on the date that is twenty +(20) Business Days (determined as set forth in Rule 14d-1(g)(3) and Rule +14e-1(a) under the Exchange Act) following the Offer Commencement Date (the +“Initial Expiration Date”, and such date or such subsequent date to which the +Initial Expiration Date of the Offer is extended in accordance with the terms of +this Agreement, the “Expiration Date”). +  +(d)          Extension of the Offer. +  +(i)           Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, unless +this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with Article VIII and subject +to Section 1.1(d)(ii): +  +(A)         if, as of the then-scheduled Expiration Date, any Offer Condition is +not satisfied and has not been waived by Merger Sub or Parent, to the extent +waivable by Merger Sub or Parent, Merger Sub shall, and Parent shall cause +Merger Sub to, extend the Offer on one or more occasions, for an additional +period of up to ten (10) Business Days per extension (or such longer period per +extension as the Parties may agree), to permit all Offer Conditions to be +satisfied; provided that if the sole then-unsatisfied Offer Condition (other +than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Offer +Acceptance Time) is the Minimum Condition, Merger Sub shall not be required to +extend the Offer on more than two (2) occasions for an additional period of ten +(10) Business Days each (but may in its sole discretion elect to extend the +Offer in excess of two (2) occasions); +  +3 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(B)          Merger Sub shall, and Parent shall cause Merger Sub to, extend the +Offer from time to time for the minimum period required by any Law, any +interpretation or position of the SEC, the staff thereof or any rules and +regulations of Nasdaq applicable to the Offer (including in order to comply with +Rule 14e-1(b) promulgated under the Exchange Act in respect of any change in the +Offer Price); and +  +(C)         if, as of any scheduled Expiration Date (x) all of the Offer +Conditions have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that by +their nature are to be satisfied at the Offer Acceptance Time, but each of which +would be satisfied if the Offer Acceptance Time were to then occur), (y) the +full amount of the Debt Financing necessary to pay the Required Financing Amount +has not been funded and will not be available to be funded at the Offer Closing +and at the Closing and (z) Parent and Merger Sub acknowledge and agree in +writing that all Offer Conditions set forth in paragraphs (d) and (h) of Annex I +will be deemed satisfied or waived at the Expiration Time of the Offer after +giving effect to the extension pursuant to this Section 1.1(d)(i)(C) (if such +Offer Conditions were actually satisfied at the time of such extension), Merger +Sub may extend the Offer for successive periods of up to five (5) Business Days +per extension (or such longer period per extension as the Parties may agree), +with each such period to end one minute after 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time on the +last Business Day of such period, in order to permit the funding of the full +amount of the Debt Financing necessary to pay the Required Financing Amount, +provided, that Merger Sub shall not be permitted to extend the Offer to a date +later than the Termination Date and provided, further, that for the avoidance of +doubt, no extension pursuant to this Section 1.1(d)(i)(C) shall preclude the +Company from exercising any right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to +Section 8.3(c) +  +(ii)          In no event shall Merger Sub: (i) be required to extend the Offer +beyond the earlier to occur of (A) the valid termination of this Agreement in +compliance with Article VIII and (B) the Termination Date (such earlier +occurrence, the “Extension Deadline”) or (ii) without the prior written consent +of the Company, be permitted to extend the Offer beyond the Extension Deadline. +  +(e)          Termination of the Offer. Merger Sub shall not, and Parent shall +cause Merger Sub not to, terminate or withdraw the Offer prior to any scheduled +Expiration Date without the prior written consent of the Company, except if this +Agreement is terminated pursuant to Article VIII.  If this Agreement is validly +terminated pursuant to Article VIII, Merger Sub shall, and Parent shall cause +Merger Sub to, promptly and unconditionally terminate the Offer and not acquire +any Shares pursuant thereto, and Merger Sub shall, and Parent shall cause Merger +Sub to, promptly return, and shall cause any depository acting on behalf of +Merger Sub to return, in accordance with applicable Laws, all tendered Shares to +the registered holders thereof. +  +(f)          Offer Documents. +  +4 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(i)          On the date of the commencement of the Offer (the “Offer +Commencement Date”) Parent and Merger Sub shall: (i) file with the SEC, in +accordance with Rule 14d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, a Tender Offer +Statement on Schedule TO (together with all amendments, supplements and exhibits +thereto, the “Schedule TO”) with respect to the Offer, which will contain or +incorporate by reference: (A) Merger Sub’s offer to purchase Shares pursuant to +the Offer (the “Offer to Purchase”), and (B) forms of the related letter of +transmittal, summary advertisement and other ancillary Offer documents and (ii) +cause the Offer to Purchase and related documents to be disseminated to holders +of Shares as and to the extent required by the United States securities laws and +the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.  Parent and Merger +Sub shall cause the Schedule TO, and all exhibits, amendments and supplements +thereto (including the Offer to Purchase and forms of the letter of transmittal, +summary advertisement and other ancillary Offer documents) (such Schedule TO and +the documents included therein pursuant to which the Offer will be made, +together with any amendments and supplements thereto, collectively, the “Offer +Documents”), to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements +of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act, as applicable, and the rules and +regulations thereunder and to not contain any untrue statement of a material +fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or +necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances +under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that no covenant +is made by Parent or Merger Sub with respect to information supplied by or on +behalf of the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Offer +Documents. Unless a Company Board Recommendation Change has been effected +pursuant to Section 6.2(d) or 6.2(f) prior to the dissemination of the Offer +Documents, Parent and Merger Sub shall be entitled to include the Company Board +Recommendation in the Offer Documents. +  +(ii)         Each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company: (i) shall take actions +within its control to promptly respond to any comments (including oral comments) +it receives from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Offer Documents or the +Offer and (ii) to the extent required by the applicable requirements of United +States securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated +thereunder, promptly correct any information provided by it for use in the Offer +Documents to the extent such information shall be or shall have become false or +misleading in any material respect and Parent and Merger Sub shall take all +steps necessary to cause the Offer Documents, as supplemented or amended to +correct such information, to be filed with the SEC and, to the extent required +by the United States securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC +promulgated thereunder, to be disseminated to holders of Shares. +  +(iii)        The Company and its legal counsel shall be given reasonable +opportunity to review and comment on the Offer Documents (including all +amendments and supplements thereto and including any response to any comments +(including oral comments) of the SEC or its staff with respect thereto) prior to +the filing thereof with the SEC and Parent and Merger Sub shall give good faith +consideration to any such comments timely made by the Company or its counsel. +Parent and Merger Sub shall promptly provide the Company and its legal counsel +with a copy or a description of any comments (including oral comments) received +by Parent, Merger Sub or their legal counsel from the SEC or its staff with +respect to the Offer Documents. +  +5 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(iv)        The Company shall promptly furnish to Parent and Merger Sub all +information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the Company’s +stockholders that may be required or reasonably requested in connection with the +Offer Documents or any action contemplated by this Section 1.1(f). +  +(g)          Additional Parent Actions. +  +(i)          Parent shall cause Merger Sub to perform, on a timely basis, all of +Merger Sub’s obligations under this Agreement. +  +(ii)          On the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer and this +Agreement, including the satisfaction or, to the extent waivable by Merger Sub +or Parent, waiver by Merger Sub or Parent of each of the Offer Conditions, +Merger Sub shall (and Parent shall cause Merger Sub to) (A) promptly (and no +later than the next Business Day) after the Expiration Date irrevocably accept +for payment all Shares tendered (and not validly withdrawn) pursuant to the +Offer (the time of such acceptance, the “Offer Acceptance Time”) and (B) as +promptly as practicable after the Offer Acceptance Time, pay for such Shares +(such aggregate amount, the “Offer Acceptance Consideration” and the time of +payment for such Shares, the “Offer Closing”), in each case, in the manner +provided in Section 4.2(a).  In the case of Class A Shares, the Offer Price +shall, subject to applicable withholding of Taxes, be paid net to the seller in +cash, without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the +Offer. +  +(h)          Additional Company Actions. +  +(i)         As promptly as practicable after the commencement of the Offer, +following the filing of the Schedule TO (and in any event within one (1) +Business Day after the filing of the Schedule TO), the Company shall file with +the SEC and disseminate to holders of Shares, in each case as and to the extent +permitted by applicable United States securities laws, the +Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (together with any +amendments or supplements thereto, the “Schedule 14D-9”) that shall reflect the +terms and conditions of this Agreement and, subject to Section 6.2, shall +include the Company Board Recommendation. The Company shall also include in the +Schedule 14D-9 a notice of appraisal rights, in compliance with Section 262 of +the DGCL, that includes a description of the procedures for the holders of +Dissenting Shares to demand an appraisal of such Dissenting Shares in accordance +with the DGCL. +  +(ii)         The Company shall cause (A) the Schedule 14D-9 and the filing and +dissemination thereof to comply in all material respects with the Exchange Act +and other applicable Laws and (B) the Schedule 14D-9 to not contain any untrue +statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be +stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of +the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (C) the +information with respect to the Company that the Company furnishes to Parent or +Merger Sub specifically for use in the Schedule TO and the Offer Documents, at +the time of the filing of the Schedule TO and at the time of any distribution or +dissemination of the Offer Documents, to not contain any untrue statement of a +material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein +or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the +circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, +that no covenant is made by the Company with respect to information supplied by +or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference +in the Schedule 14D-9. +  +6 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(iii)        Each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company: (A) shall take actions +within its control to promptly respond to any comments (including oral comments) +of the SEC or its staff with respect to the Schedule 14D-9 and (B) to the extent +required by the applicable requirements of United States securities laws and the +rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, shall promptly correct +any information provided by it for use in the Schedule 14D-9 to the extent such +information shall be or shall have become false or misleading in any material +respect and the Company shall take all steps necessary to cause the Schedule +14D-9, as supplemented or amended to correct such information, to be filed with +the SEC and, to the extent required by the United States securities laws and the +rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, to be disseminated to +holders of Shares. +  +(iv)        Parent and its legal counsel shall be given reasonable opportunity +to review and comment on the Schedule 14D-9 (including all amendments and +supplements thereto and including any response to any comments (including oral +comments) of the SEC or its staff with respect thereto) prior to the filing +thereof with the SEC and the Company shall give good faith consideration to any +such comments timely made by the Parent or its counsel.  The Company shall +promptly provide Parent and its legal counsel with a copy or a description of +any comments (including oral comments) received by the Company or its legal +counsel from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Schedule 14D-9. +  +(v)         Parent and Merger Sub shall promptly furnish or otherwise make +available to the Company or the Company’s legal counsel all information +concerning Parent or Merger Sub that may be required or reasonably requested in +connection with the Schedule 14D-9 or any action contemplated by Section 1.1(h). +  +(i)          Stockholder Lists. In connection with the Offer, the Company shall +promptly (and in any event within three (3) Business Days after the date of this +Agreement) provide to Parent: (a) a list of the Company’s stockholders, +non-objecting beneficial owners, mailing labels and any available listing or +computer file containing the names and addresses of all record holders of Shares +and lists of securities positions of Shares held in stock depositories, in each +case accurate and complete as of the most recent practicable date (the date of +the list used to determine the Persons to whom the Offer Documents and the +Schedule 14D-9 are first disseminated, the “Stockholder List Date”) and (b) such +additional information (including updated lists of stockholders, non-objecting +beneficial owners, mailing labels and lists of securities positions) as Parent +may reasonably request in connection with the Offer or the Merger.  Prior to the +filing with the SEC of the Schedule 14D-9, the Company shall set the Stockholder +List Date as the record date for the purpose of receiving the notice required by +Section 262(d)(2) of the DGCL.  Subject to applicable Laws, and except for such +steps as are necessary to disseminate the Offer Documents and any other +documents or as otherwise determined by Parent advisable or necessary to +consummate the Transactions, Parent and Merger Sub and their agents shall hold +in confidence the information contained in any such labels, listings and files, +shall use such information only in connection with the Offer and the Merger and, +if this Agreement shall be terminated, shall, upon request by the Company, +deliver, and shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause their agents to +deliver, to the Company (or destroy) all copies and any extracts or summaries +from such information then in their possession or control, and, if requested by +the Company, promptly certify to the Company in writing that all such material +has been returned or destroyed. +  +7 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +1.2         The Merger.  Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth +in this Agreement and in accordance with Section 251(h) of the DGCL, at the +Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company and the +separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall thereupon cease.  The Company +shall be the surviving corporation in the Merger (in such capacity, sometimes +hereinafter referred to as the “Surviving Corporation”), and become a wholly +owned Subsidiary of Parent, and the separate corporate existence of the Company +with all its rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises shall +continue unaffected by the Merger, except as set forth in Article II.  The +Merger shall have the effects specified in the DGCL, this Agreement and the +Certificate of Merger.  The Merger shall be governed by Section 251(h) of the +DGCL.  As promptly as practicable on the Closing Date following the consummation +of the Offer, the Parties shall take all necessary and appropriate actions to +cause the Merger to become effective without a meeting of the stockholders of +the Company, in accordance with Section 251(h) of the DGCL. +  +1.3         Closing.  The closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) shall take place +at the offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, New +York 10153 as soon as practicable following the consummation (as defined in +Section 251(h) of the DGCL) of the Offer on the same date as such consummation +(or on a different date and at time to be specified by Parent, which shall be no +later than two (2) Business Days following the day on which the last of the +conditions set forth in Article VII (other than those conditions that by their +terms are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or +waiver of those conditions at the Closing) shall have been satisfied or waived +in accordance with this Agreement), or at such other place and/or on such other +date or at such other time as the Company and Parent may otherwise agree in +writing (the date on which the Closing occurs, the “Closing Date”). +  +1.4         Effective Time. At the Closing, the Company and Parent will cause a +duly executed Certificate of Merger with respect to the Merger (the “Certificate +of Merger”) to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as +provided in the DGCL. The Merger shall become effective at the time when the +Certificate of Merger has been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the +State of Delaware or at such other date or time as the Company and Parent shall +agree in writing and set forth in the Certificate of Merger in accordance with +the DGCL (the “Effective Time”). +  +8 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +ARTICLE II + +ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS +OF THE SURVIVING CORPORATION +  +2.1         The Certificate of Incorporation.  At the Effective Time, the +certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation (the “Certificate of +Incorporation”) shall be amended to read as the certificate of incorporation of +Merger Sub in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that +references to the name of Merger Sub shall be replaced by the name of the +Surviving Corporation and for such changes as are agreed by the parties and +necessary to comply with Section 6.11 and the terms of this Agreement, and as +such shall be the Certificate of Incorporation until thereafter amended as +provided therein or by applicable Law, subject to Section 6.11. +  +2.2        The Bylaws.  At the Effective Time, the bylaws of Merger Sub in +effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the bylaws of the +Surviving Corporation (the “Bylaws”), except that references to the name of +Merger Sub shall be replaced by the name of the Surviving Corporation and for +such changes as are agreed by the parties and necessary to comply with Section +6.11, and as such shall be the Bylaws until thereafter amended as provided +therein or by applicable Law, subject to Section 6.11. +  +ARTICLE III + +DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE SURVIVING CORPORATION +  +3.1        Directors of Surviving Corporation.  The directors of Merger Sub +immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective +Time, be the directors of the Surviving Corporation, to hold office until their +respective successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until +their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the DGCL, the +Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws. The parties hereto shall take all +actions necessary to give effect to this Section 3.1. +  +3.2        Officers of the Surviving Corporation.  The officers of the Company +immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective +Time, be the officers of the Surviving Corporation, to hold office until their +respective successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until +their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the DGCL, +Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws. The parties hereto shall take all +actions necessary to give effect to this Section 3.2. +  +ARTICLE IV + +EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON SECURITIES; +EXCHANGE +  +4.1         Effect on Capital Stock. +  +9 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(a)          At the Effective Time, as a result of the Merger and without any +action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any holder of any +capital stock of the Company, Parent or Merger Sub: +  +(i)          Class A Shares. Each Class A Share issued and outstanding +immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, after +giving effect to the Specified Exchange (as defined in the Exchange Agreement), +other than (A) Class A Shares held in treasury by the Company, (B) Class A +Shares owned, directly or indirectly, by Parent or Merger Sub (each Class A +Share referred to in clauses (A) and (B), an “Excluded Share” and, collectively, +the “Excluded Shares”) and (C) Dissenting Shares, shall be converted into the +right to receive an amount equal to the Offer Price per Class A Share in cash, +without interest thereon (the “Merger Consideration”). Upon such conversion, all +such Class A Shares (other than Excluded Shares and Dissenting Shares), shall +cease to be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to +exist, and each certificate formerly representing any such Class A Shares (a +“Certificate”) and each book-entry formerly representing any such uncertificated +Class A Shares (“Uncertificated Shares”) shall thereafter represent only the +right to receive the Merger Consideration, and the holders thereof shall cease +to have any rights with respect to such Class A Shares other than the right to +receive the Merger Consideration upon surrender thereof in accordance with +Section 4.2. +  +(ii)          Class B Shares. Each Class B Share outstanding or held in treasury +by the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be +cancelled and retired and will cease to exist, and no consideration shall be +delivered in exchange therefor, and any certificate formerly representing any +Class B Shares shall not entitle the holder thereof to any consideration or +other rights in respect thereof. +  +(iii)        Cancellation of Excluded Shares.  Each Excluded Share outstanding +as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, cease to be outstanding, +shall be cancelled without payment of any consideration therefor and shall cease +to exist. +  +(b)         Merger Sub.  At the Effective Time, each share of common stock, par +value $0.01, of Merger Sub (the “Merger Sub Shares”) issued and outstanding as +of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one share of +common stock, par value $0.01, of the Surviving Corporation. +  +4.2         Surrender and Exchange of Shares. +  +10 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(a)          Paying Agent. At or prior to the Offer Acceptance Time, Parent +shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, with a paying agent (the “Paying +Agent”) selected by Parent and reasonably acceptable to the Company no later +than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, an aggregate amount of +cash sufficient to pay all amounts required to be delivered pursuant to Section +1.1(g)(ii) and Section 4.1(a)(i) in respect of such Class A Shares (such cash, +together with any other amounts deposited with the Paying Agent from time to +time and any interest thereon, the “Exchange Fund”), to be held in trust by the +Paying Agent for the benefit of the holders of Class A Shares.  The Paying Agent +shall invest the Exchange Fund as directed by Parent; provided that (i) such +investments shall be an obligation of, or guaranteed by, the United States of +America, in commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by Moody’s +Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation, respectively, or in +certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or bankers’ acceptances of +commercial banks and (ii) no such investment (or losses thereon) shall affect +the amount of Merger Consideration payable to the holders of Shares pursuant to +Section 4.1(a).  To the extent that there are losses with respect to such +investments, or the Exchange Fund diminishes for any other reason (other than, +for the avoidance of doubt, payments from the Exchange Fund in accordance with +this Agreement) below the level required to make prompt cash payment of the +Merger Consideration as contemplated hereby, Parent shall promptly replace or +restore the cash in the Exchange Fund so as to ensure that the Exchange Fund is +at all times maintained at a level sufficient to make all cash payments required +pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(i).  No later than five (5) Business Days prior to +the Closing Date, Parent shall enter into an agreement with the Paying Agent, in +form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to effect the +applicable terms of this Agreement.  To the extent applicable, compensatory +consideration, if any, payable pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(i) in respect of Class +A Shares, shall be paid through the Surviving Corporation’s payroll as soon as +practicable following the Effective Time (but in any event not later than ten +(10) Business Days thereafter), net of any Taxes withheld pursuant to Section +4.2(f). +  +(b)         Exchange Procedures.  Promptly after the Effective Time (and in any +event within three (3) Business Days thereafter), Parent shall cause the Paying +Agent to mail to each holder of record of a Certificate representing Class A +Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any +Certificate in respect of Excluded Shares or Dissenting Shares): (i) a letter of +transmittal in customary form and containing such customary provisions as Parent +and the Company shall reasonably agree (but in any event specifying that the +right to receive payments under Section 4.1(a) shall be effected, and risk of +loss and title to the Certificate shall pass, only upon delivery of the +Certificate (or an affidavit of loss in lieu thereof in accordance with Section +4.2(e) to the Paying Agent)) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the +surrender of such Certificate (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof).  Upon the +surrender to the Paying Agent of a Certificate (or affidavit of loss in lieu +thereof as provided in Section 4.2(e)) together with a duly executed letter of +transmittal and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Paying +Agent and specified in the transmittal materials, the holder of such Certificate +shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the cash amount that such +holder is entitled to receive pursuant to Section 4.1(a) in respect of the Class +A Shares formerly represented by such Certificate (after giving effect to any +required Tax withholding as provided in Section 4.2(f)) in full satisfaction of +any and all rights with respect thereto, and any Certificate so surrendered +shall forthwith be cancelled.  No interest will be paid or accrued on any amount +payable to holders of Certificates.  In the event of a transfer of ownership of +any Class A Shares represented by a Certificate that is not registered in the +transfer records of the Company, payment of the Merger Consideration may be made +to a Person other than the holder in whose name the Class A Shares represented +by such Certificate are registered upon (A) due surrender of the Certificate, +properly endorsed, and any and all other documents required to evidence and +effect such transfer, duly executed and in proper form and (B) evidence that any +applicable transfer or similar Taxes have been paid or are not applicable. +  +11 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(c)        Transfers.  From and after the Effective Time, there shall be no +transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company of the Class A Shares or +Class B Shares that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If +after the Effective Time a Certificate or book-entry account statement +evidencing ownership of any Class A Shares, or any valid certificate +representing any Class B Shares, in each case, outstanding immediately prior to +the Effective Time is presented to the Paying Agent, Parent or the Surviving +Corporation, such certificate shall be canceled and the Shares formerly +represented thereby treated in accordance with this Article IV. +  +(d)         Termination of Exchange Fund.  Following the twelve (12) month +anniversary of the Closing Date, upon Parent’s request, any portion of the +Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company +shall be delivered to Parent.  Any holder of Class A Shares (other than Excluded +Shares) who has not theretofore complied with this Article IV shall thereafter +look only to Parent for delivery of any payment of cash to which such Person is +entitled hereunder (after giving effect to any required Tax withholdings as +provided in Section 4.2(f)) upon due surrender of such Person’s Class A Shares +in accordance with this Section 4.2, without any interest thereon.  +Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Surviving Corporation, Parent, the +Paying Agent or any other Person shall be liable to any former holder of Shares +for any amount properly delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable +abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.  To the fullest extent permitted by +Law, immediately prior to the date any Merger Consideration would otherwise +escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Entity, such Merger +Consideration shall become the property of the Surviving Corporation, free and +clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto. +  +(e)         Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates.  In the event any +Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an +affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, +stolen or destroyed to the Paying Agent and the Surviving Corporation (in a form +reasonably acceptable to the Paying Agent and the Surviving Corporation), the +Paying Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed +Certificate the cash that would have been issuable or payable pursuant to the +provisions of this Article IV (after giving effect to any Tax withholdings as +provided in Section 4.2(f)) had such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate been +surrendered; provided, however, that the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed +Certificate may be required, as a condition precedent to the payment of such +Merger Consideration, to provide a bond or other security in a customary amount +if so required by the policies and procedures of the Paying Agent. +  +(f)         Withholding Rights.  Each of Parent, Merger Sub, the Surviving +Corporation and the Paying Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold (or +cause to be deducted and withheld) from the amounts otherwise payable pursuant +to this Agreement such amounts as it reasonably determines are required to be +deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under the +United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or any +other applicable state, local or foreign Tax Law.  To the extent that amounts +are so deducted or withheld and timely remitted to the applicable Governmental +Entity, such deducted or withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of +this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such +deduction and withholding was made.  As soon as reasonably practicable prior to +making any deduction or withholding pursuant to this Section 4.2(f), Parent, +Merger Sub, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, +shall provide written notice to the Company of any anticipated deduction or +withholding (together with the legal basis therefor) and shall reasonably +cooperate in good faith to reduce or eliminate any amounts that would otherwise +be deducted or withheld. +  +12 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(g)         Uncertificated Shares.  Promptly after the Effective Time (and in +any event within three (3) Business Days thereafter), Parent shall cause the +Paying Agent to (i) mail or make available to each registered holder of +Uncertificated Shares (other than in respect of Excluded Shares) materials +advising such holder of the effectiveness of the Merger and the conversion of +its Class A Shares into the right to receive the Merger Consideration and (ii) +upon receipt by the Paying Agent of an “agent’s message” in customary form (or +such evidence, if any, as the Paying Agent may reasonably request), reasonably +promptly thereafter deliver the cash that such holder thereby becomes entitled +to receive in respect of its Class A Shares pursuant to Section 4.1(a) (after +giving effect to any required Tax withholdings as provided in Section 4.2(f)), +without interest thereon. +  +4.3        Dissenters’ Rights.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, +no Dissenting Shares shall be converted into or represent the right to receive +the Merger Consideration, and the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive +only the appraised value of the Dissenting Shares held by them in accordance +with Section 262 of the DGCL, except as set forth in this Section 4.3. If at any +time following the Effective Time, a Person who otherwise would be deemed to be +a Dissenting Stockholder shall have effectively withdrawn or otherwise lost or +fails to timely perfect the right to an appraisal in accordance with Section 262 +of the DGCL or if a court of competent jurisdiction shall finally determine that +the Dissenting Stockholder is not entitled to an appraisal with respect to any +Shares, any Class A Shares held by such Person shall thereupon be treated as +though such Shares had been converted, as of the Effective Time, into the right +to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(i) and in +accordance with Section 4.2 (without interest and less any required Tax +withholdings as provided in Section 4.2(f)).  The Company shall give Parent +written notice as promptly as practicable of any written demands for appraisal, +withdrawals or attempted withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments +served pursuant to applicable Law received by the Company relating to +stockholders’ rights of appraisal.  The Company shall not, except with the prior +written consent of Parent, voluntarily make or offer to make any payment with +respect to any demands for appraisal, negotiate, offer to settle or settle any +such demands or approve any withdrawal of any such demands or waive any failure +to timely deliver a written demand for appraisal in accordance with the DGCL. +Any amounts required to be paid in respect of any Dissenting Shares shall be +paid by the Surviving Corporation. +  +4.4         Adjustments.  In the event that, following the execution and +delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time, the Shares or any +other equity interests of the Company, including any securities convertible into +or exchangeable or exercisable for any Shares or other equity interests of the +Company, shall have been increased or decreased, or changed into or exchanged +for a different number or kind of shares or securities (other than as a result +of any repurchase, redemption or issuance of capital stock permitted by this +Agreement and the issuance of Class A Shares and cancellation of Class B Shares +in accordance with the Exchange Agreement), including as a result of any +reorganization, reclassification, stock split (including a reverse stock split), +stock dividend or distribution, recapitalization, subdivision, or other similar +change in capitalization or any other similar event or transaction, the Offer +Price, Merger Consideration and any other amounts payable pursuant to this +Agreement shall be appropriately and proportionately adjusted to reflect the +effects of such event. +  +4.5         Treatment of Equity Awards. +  +13 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(a)         Treatment of Stock Options. At the Effective Time, with respect to +each outstanding option to purchase Shares (a “Company Option”) granted under +the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Company Stock Plan”) that was +outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, +(i) if the exercise price of such Company Option is equal to or greater than the +Merger Consideration, such Company Option shall terminate and be cancelled as of +immediately prior to the Effective Time, without any consideration being payable +in respect thereof, and have no further force or effect, and (ii) if the +exercise price of such Company Option is less than the Merger Consideration, +such Company Option shall terminate and be cancelled as of immediately prior to +the Effective Time in exchange for the right to receive, in accordance with this +Section 4.5(a), a lump sum cash payment in the amount equal to (i) the number of +Shares underlying the Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, +multiplied by (ii) the Merger Consideration minus the applicable exercise price +(the product of (i) and (ii), the “Option Payment”).  The Option Payment (if +any) payable under this Section 4.5(a) shall be paid to each former holder of a +Company Option through the Surviving Corporation’s payroll as soon as +practicable following the Effective Time (but in any event not later than ten +(10) Business Days thereafter), net of any Taxes withheld pursuant to Section +4.2(f). +  +(b)         Treatment of Stock Appreciation Rights. At the Effective Time, with +respect to each outstanding stock appreciation right (a “Company SAR”) granted +under the Company Stock Plan, that was outstanding immediately prior to the +Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, (i) if the exercise price of such +Company SAR is equal to or greater than the Merger Consideration, such Company +SAR shall terminate and be cancelled as of immediately prior to the Effective +Time, without any consideration being payable in respect thereof, and have no +further force or effect and (ii) if the exercise price of such Company SAR is +less than the Merger Consideration, such Company SAR shall terminate and be +cancelled as of immediately prior to the Effective Time in exchange for the +right to receive, in accordance with this Section 4.5(b), a lump sum cash +payment in the amount equal to (i) the number of Shares underlying such Company +SAR immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (ii) the Merger +Consideration minus the applicable exercise price (the product of (i) and (ii), +the “SAR Payment”).  The SAR Payment (if any) payable under this Section 4.5(b) +shall be paid to each former holder of a Company SAR through the Surviving +Corporation’s payroll as soon as practicable following the Effective Time (but +in any event not later than ten (10) Business Days thereafter), net of any Taxes +withheld pursuant to Section 4.2(f). +  +(c)          Further Action.  Prior to the Effective Time, the Company, the +board of directors of the Company or the compensation committee of the board of +directors of the Company, as applicable, shall adopt any resolutions and take +any actions which are reasonably necessary to effectuate the provisions of this +Section 4.5 and ensure that following the Effective Time, (x) no Person shall +have any right to acquire any securities of the Company or to receive any +payment, right or benefit with respect to any award previously granted under the +Company Stock Plan, except the right to receive a payment with respect thereto +as provided in Section 4.2 and this Section 4.5 and (y) no Company Equity Award +will be issued and outstanding. +  +14 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +ARTICLE V + +REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES +  +5.1        Representations and Warranties of the Company.  Except (i) as set +forth in the corresponding sections or subsections of the disclosure letter +delivered to Parent by the Company at the time of entering into this Agreement +(the “Company Disclosure Letter”), it being understood and agreed that any +disclosure set forth in one section or subsection of the Company Disclosure +Letter shall be deemed to be disclosed with respect to, and shall be deemed to +apply to and qualify, the section or subsection of this Agreement to which it +corresponds and each other section or subsection of this Agreement to the extent +it is reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosure that such disclosure +would also apply with respect to such other section or subsection, provided that +no disclosure shall be deemed to apply to Section 5.1(b) (Capital Structure) +unless it expressly corresponds to such section or Section 5.1(f)(i) (No +Material Adverse Change) or (ii) as disclosed in any Company Reports publicly +filed prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any disclosures (other than +statements of historical fact) in any “Risk Factors” or “Forward Looking +Statements” sections and any disclosures included in any such Company Reports +that are cautionary, predictive or forward looking in nature), provided that in +no event will the Company Reports qualify or limit the representations and +warranties in Section 5.1(b) (Capital Structure), Section 5.1(c) (Corporate +Authority and Approval), Section 5.1(g) (Litigation and Liabilities), Section +5.1(j) (Compliance with Laws, Licenses), Section 5.1(l) (Takeover Statutes), +Section 5.1(s) (Financial Advisor Opinion) or Section 5.1(t) (Brokers and +Finders), the Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as +follows: +  +(a)         Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.  Each of the Company +and its Subsidiaries (i) is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and +in good standing under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization, +(ii) has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease +and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently +conducted and is qualified to do business and (iii) is in good standing as a +foreign legal entity in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or +operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such +qualification, except in the case of clauses (i) (solely with respect to the +Company’s Subsidiaries), (ii) and (iii) where the failure to be so organized, +qualified or in good standing, or to have such power or authority, would not, +individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company +Material Adverse Effect.  Prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company has +made available to Parent complete and correct copies of (x) the Company +Certificate of Incorporation and Company Bylaws and the Certificate of Formation +of Holdings and the Operating Agreement, and (y) the certificate of +incorporation or bylaws or equivalent organizational documents of the each of +the Company’s Subsidiaries, in each case, as amended to and as in effect on the +date of this Agreement. +  +(b)         Capital Structure. +  +15 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(i)          The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (A) +100,000,000 Class A Shares, (B) 20,000,000 Class B Shares and (C) 5,000,000 +shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Shares”).  +As of the close of business on July 9, 2020 (the “Capitalization Date”), (w) +13,567,640 Class A Shares were issued and outstanding (of which 777,170 were +shares subject to unvested Company Restricted Stock Awards, with any Company +Restricted Stock Awards subject to performance-based vesting determined at +target levels of performance), (x) 687,667 Class B Shares were issued and +outstanding, (y) no Preferred Shares were issued and outstanding and (z) +3,902,705 Class A Shares and zero (0) Class B Shares were held in treasury.  All +of the outstanding Class A Shares and Class B Shares have been duly authorized +and validly issued in compliance with applicable securities laws and applicable +preemptive rights and are fully paid and nonassessable.  As of the +Capitalization Date, there were an aggregate of 760,904 Shares reserved for +issuance pursuant to the Company Stock Plan. Section 5.1(b)(i)(A) of the Company +Disclosure Letter sets forth a schedule of outstanding Company Options, Company +SARs and Company Restricted Stock Awards granted under the Company Stock Plan, +including the name of the holder, the number of Class A Shares subject to the +award, the date of grant, the number of vested and unvested Class A Shares +subject to such award, the exercise price (if applicable) and the vesting +schedule, in each case as of the Capitalization Date. As of the Capitalization +Date, (A) there were 13,567,640 Series A Membership Interests of Holdings +outstanding, all of which were held directly or indirectly by the Company, and +687,667 Series B Units outstanding and (B) all of the issued and outstanding +Class B Shares and all of the outstanding Series B Units were exchangeable in +accordance with the terms of the Existing Exchange Agreement for 687,667 Class A +Shares.  There are no outstanding Company Restricted Stock Awards pursuant to +which any Shares may be required to be issued which had not been issued as of +the Capitalization Date.  The Company has sufficient authorized and unissued +shares of Class A Common Stock to effect the transactions contemplated by the +Exchange Agreement. +  +(ii)        From the Capitalization Date to the execution of this Agreement, the +Company has not issued or agreed to issue any Company Securities, except +pursuant to the exercise of Company Options or Company SARs in accordance with +their terms existing as of the date of this Agreement. +  +(iii)        Each of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities +of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries has been duly authorized and validly +issued in compliance with applicable securities laws and is fully paid and +nonassessable and is owned by the Company or by a direct or indirect wholly +owned Subsidiary of the Company, free and clear of any Lien (except for +Permitted Liens and Liens arising under applicable securities laws). Except as +set forth in Section 5.1(b)(i) or Section 5.1(b)(iii), and except for the Tax +Receivable Agreement, the Operating Agreement, and the Existing Exchange +Agreement, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no (A) outstanding shares +of capital stock of, or other equity or voting securities in, the Company or any +of its Subsidiaries, (B) outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other +obligations that grant the holders thereof the right to vote (or are convertible +into or exchangeable or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) +with the stockholders of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on any matter, +(C) preemptive or other outstanding rights, redemption rights, repurchase +rights, agreements, arrangements, calls, commitments or rights of any kind that +obligate the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue or sell any shares of +capital stock or other equity or voting securities of the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries or any securities or obligations convertible into or exchangeable +or exercisable for any shares of capital stock or other equity or voting +securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or giving any Person a +right to subscribe for or acquire from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries +any shares of capital stock or other equity or voting securities of the Company +or any of its Subsidiaries, or (D) options, warrants, conversion rights, stock +appreciation rights, performance shares, contingent value rights, “phantom” +stock or similar securities or rights that are derivative of, or provide +economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any +capital stock of, or other securities or ownership interests in, the Company or +any of its Subsidiaries (the items in clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D), +collectively with the Shares, the “Company Securities”).  As of the date hereof, +the Exchange Rate (as defined in the Existing Exchange Agreement) is 1 for 1. +  +16 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(iv)        Section 5.1(b)(iv) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a +list identifying (A) each of the Company’s Subsidiaries, its jurisdiction of +incorporation or organization, the location of its principal executive office +and the type and number of ownership interests of the Company and its other +Subsidiaries in each such Subsidiary and who the owner thereof is and (B) any +other Person in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries holds (or has an +obligation to acquire) capital stock or other equity interest (other than +securities held by any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries or any trustee, agent or other fiduciary in such capacity under any +such employee benefit plan). No Subsidiary of the Company owns any Shares. +  +(c)          Corporate Authority and Approval. + + + +(i)         The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority and has +taken all corporate action necessary in order to execute and deliver this +Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Offer and +the Merger, subject only to the consummation of the Offer in accordance with the +terms hereof and assuming the accuracy of Parent’s and Purchaser’s +representations and warranties set in forth Section 5.2(i) (No Ownership of +Company Common Stock) and that the Merger is consummated in accordance with +Section 251(h) of the DGCL.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered +by the Company and (assuming the due and valid execution hereof by Parent and +Merger Sub) constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company, +enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to +bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and +similar Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights +and to general equity principles (the “Bankruptcy and Equity Exception”).  On or +prior to the date of this Agreement, the board of directors of the Company has +unanimously (i) determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and +its stockholders to enter into this Agreement, (ii) approved the execution and +delivery of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including +the Offer and the Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth +herein, (iii) declared advisable this Agreement and the transactions +contemplated hereby, (iv) subject to Section 6.2 and the terms and conditions of +this Agreement, resolved to recommend the holders of Shares accept the Offer by +tendering their Class A Shares to Merger Sub pursuant to the Offer (the “Company +Recommendation”). +  +17 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(ii)        Assuming (i) the satisfaction of the Minimum Condition, (ii) the +absence of any amendment, modification or other change to the DGCL or this +Agreement that would render Section 251(h) of the DGCL inapplicable to this +Agreement and (iii) the accuracy of Parent’s and Purchaser’s representations and +warranties set in forth Section 5.2(i) (No Ownership of Company Common Stock), +no vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Company or +any of its Subsidiaries is necessary to adopt this Agreement or to consummate +the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby under the +applicable Laws of the State of Delaware and the Company and each of its +Subsidiaries certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or comparable governing +documents). +  +(iii)        The Company is not party to any “poison pill” rights plan or +similar plan or agreement relating to any shares of capital stock or other +equity interests of the Company. +  +(d)         Governmental Filings; No Violations. +  +(i)         Other than the filing of the Certificate of Merger pursuant to +Section 1.4 and the necessary filings, notices, reports, consents, +registrations, approvals, permits, expirations of waiting periods or +authorizations (A) required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements +Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”) in connection with the Merger, (B) +required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange +Act”), or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or (C) +as set forth on Section 5.1(d)(i)(C) of the Company Disclosure Letter (x) under +the heading “Pre-Closing Company Required Regulatory Law Filings” (the +“Pre-Closing Company Required Regulatory Law Filings”) and (y) under the heading +“Post-Closing Company Required Regulatory Law Filings (the “Post-Closing Company +Required Regulatory Law Filings”, and, collectively with the Pre-Closing Company +Required Regulatory Law Filings, the “Company Required Regulatory Law Filings”), +no filings, notices and/or reports are required to be made by the Company or its +Subsidiaries with, nor are any consents, registrations, approvals, permits, +expirations of waiting periods or authorizations required to be obtained by the +Company or its Subsidiaries from, any Governmental Entity in connection with the +execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and/or the +consummation by the Company of the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions +contemplated hereby, except, in each case, those that the failure to make or +obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to +have a Company Material Adverse Effect or prevent, materially delay or +materially impair the ability of Merger Sub to commence or consummate the Offer +or the Company to consummate the Merger. +  +18 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(ii)        The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the +Company do not, and the consummation by the Company of the Merger and the other +transactions contemplated hereby (including the Offer) will not, constitute or +result in (A) a breach or violation of, or a default under, the Amended and +Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, effective as of February +13, 2013, as amended by the Certificate of Correction thereof filed on February +13, 2013, and as further amended on March 6, 2020 (as may be further amended, +restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Company Certificate of +Incorporation”), the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, +effective as of March 6, 2020 (as may be further amended, restated or modified +from time to time, the “Company Bylaws”), the Existing Exchange Agreement, the +Tax Receivable Agreement, the Operating Agreement or the certificate of +incorporation or bylaws (or comparable governing documents) of the Company’s +Subsidiaries, (B) with or without the lapse of time or the giving of notice or +both, a breach or violation of, a default or termination or modification (or +right of termination or modification) under, obligation of payment of additional +fees under, the creation or acceleration of any obligations under, or the +creation of a Lien on any of the assets of the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries pursuant to, any Contract or Lease binding upon the Company or any +of its Subsidiaries, or (C) assuming the filings, notices, reports, consents, +registrations, approvals, permits, expirations of waiting periods and +authorizations referred to in Section 5.1(d)(i) are made or obtained, +contravene, conflict with or result in any violation under any Law, Order or +License to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, except, in +the case of clauses (B) and (C) above, for any such breach, violation, default, +termination, modification, payment, acceleration, creation or change that would +not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company +Material Adverse Effect. +  +(e)          Company Reports; Financial Statements. +  +(i)          The Company has filed or furnished, as applicable, all forms, +statements, schedules, certifications, reports and other documents required to +be filed or furnished by it with or to the U.S. Securities and Exchange +Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, +including all exhibits thereto and information incorporated thereby, since +January 1, 2018 (the “Applicable Date”) and prior to the date hereof (as amended +or supplemented, the “Company Reports”).  Each of the Company Reports, at the +time of its filing or being furnished (or, if such Company Report was amended or +superseded, as of the date of such subsequent filing) with the SEC (i) complied +as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the +Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the +“Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), and the published rules and regulations of the SEC +applicable to the Company Reports, and (ii) did not contain any untrue statement +of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated +therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the +circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. +  +(ii)         The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the +applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of the Nasdaq +that are applicable to the Company. +  +19 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(iii)        The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as +defined in Rule 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that are +sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that material information required to +be disclosed by the Company in its filings with the SEC under the Exchange Act +is recorded and reported on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for +the preparation of the Company’s filings with the SEC under the Exchange Act.  +The Company maintains internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in +Rule 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f), as applicable, under the Exchange Act) sufficient +to provide reasonable assurance (i) that transactions are recorded as necessary +to permit preparation of financial statements for external purposes in +accordance with GAAP (ii) that receipts and expenditures are executed in +accordance with the authorization of management and (iii) regarding prevention +or timely detection of the unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the +Company’s assets that would materially affect the Company’s financial +statements.  Since the Applicable Date, neither the Company nor any of its +Subsidiaries nor the Company’s independent auditors has identified or been made +aware of (A) any “significant deficiencies” or “material weaknesses” in the +design or operation of its disclosure controls and procedures or internal +controls over financial reporting, (B) any fraud (or unresolved allegation +thereof), whether or not material, that involves management or other employees +who have a significant role in the preparation of financial statements or +internal control over financial reporting of the Company or its Subsidiaries or +(C) any complaints regarding a material violation of accounting procedures, +internal accounting controls or auditing matters relating to the period since +the Applicable Date, including from employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries +regarding questionable accounting, auditing or legal compliance matters. +  +(iv)          Each of the consolidated balance sheets included in or +incorporated by reference into the Company Reports (including the related notes +and schedules) fairly presents in all material respects, the consolidated +financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, as of the +date of such balance sheet, and each of the consolidated statements of income, +cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity included in or incorporated by +reference into the Company Reports (including any related notes and schedules) +fairly presents, in all material respects, the results of operations, retained +earnings (loss) and changes in financial position, as the case may be, of the +Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the periods set forth therein +(subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to notes and normal year-end +audit adjustments that are not in the aggregate material). Such financial +statements were, in each case, prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the +case of unaudited consolidated financial statements, as permitted by the rules +and regulations of the SEC) consistently applied during the periods involved, +except as may be noted therein in such Company Reports or in the notes thereto, +or as permitted by Regulation S-X promulgated under the Exchange Act. +  +(f)          Absence of Certain Changes. + + + +(i)           Since December 31, 2019 (the “Balance Sheet Date”), there has not +been any change, effect, circumstance or development which has had or would, +individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company +Material Adverse Effect. +  +(ii)        Since the Balance Sheet Date through the date of this Agreement, the +Company and its Subsidiaries have (a) conducted their respective businesses in +the ordinary course of such businesses in all material respects, except for the +execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the discussions, +negotiations and transactions related hereto and to the sale process conducted +by the Company in connection herewith, and (b) not taken any action that would +be prohibited under Section 6.1(a)(i), 6.1(a)(ii), 6.1(a)(iii), +6.1(a)(iv),6.1(a)(v) (other than clause (A) thereof with respect to +non-executive employees or service providers) 6.1(a)(vi), 6.1(a)(vii), +6.1(a)(x), 6.1(a)(xii), 6.1(a)(xiii), 6.1(a)(xvi), 6.1(a)(xvii), 6.1(a)(xviii), +6.1(a)(xx), 6.1(a)(xxi) and 6.1(a)(xxii) if taken or proposed to be taken after +the date of this Agreement (determined as though clauses (1)-(4) and (A)-(D) of +the prefatory paragraph of Section 6.1(a) are deleted for such purposes). +  +20 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(g)          Litigation and Liabilities. + + + +(i)          (A) There are no Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the +Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for +those that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected +to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. (B) Neither the Company nor any of +its Subsidiaries (or any of their respective properties or assets) is a party to +or subject to the provisions of any judgment, order, writ, injunction, ruling, +decree, award, stipulation or settlement of or with any Governmental Entity +(each, an “Order”) except for those that would not, individually or in the +aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect +(except to the extent expressly consented to by Parent pursuant to Section 6.5) +and the Company and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, have complied with, and are +in compliance with, all Orders, except in each case as would not, individually +or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse +Effect. +  +(ii)         There are no obligations or liabilities of the Company or any of +its Subsidiaries, whether or not accrued, contingent or otherwise other than (i) +liabilities or obligations disclosed, reflected, reserved against or otherwise +provided for in the Company Reports, (ii) liabilities or obligations incurred +since the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business and consistent +with past practice (none of which are a liability for tort, breach of contract +or violation of any Law or Order), (iii) liabilities or obligations that would +not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to +the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iv) liabilities or +obligations arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated +hereby.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or has +any commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, off-balance sheet +partnership or any similar Contract or arrangement (including any Contract or +arrangement relating to any transaction or relationship between or among the +Company and any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any unconsolidated +Affiliate, including any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose +entity or Person, on the other hand, or any material “off-balance sheet +arrangement” (as defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act)), +where the result, purpose or intended effect of such Contract or arrangement is +to avoid disclosure of any material transaction involving, or material +liabilities of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the Company Reports. +  +(h)          Employee Benefits.  +  +21 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(i)          For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Company Plan” shall +mean any benefit or compensation plan, policy, program, agreement or arrangement +(A) maintained, sponsored, contributed to by, or obligated to be contributed to +by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries covering current or former employees +of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or current or former directors or +individual services providers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (B) +under or with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any +liability including, in each case, “employee benefit plans” within the meaning +of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as +amended (“ERISA”), whether or not subject to ERISA, and any incentive and bonus, +deferred compensation, pension, equity or equity-based compensation, profit +sharing, savings, commission, consulting, change in control, retention, welfare, +accident, disability, health, salary continuation, vacation, sick pay or paid +time off, stock purchase, employment, retirement, severance, restricted stock, +stock option, stock appreciation rights or stock based plans, agreements, +policies or arrangements, excluding any such plan or arrangement sponsored or +administered by a Governmental Entity.  Each material Company Plan as of the +date of this Agreement is listed in Section 5.1(h)(i) of the Company Disclosure +Letter.  True and complete copies of (x) each of the current Company Plan +documents, and all amendments thereto, (y) the most recent summary plan +description for each Company Plan and (z) the most recent determination, opinion +or advisory letter received from the IRS with respect to each Company Plan that +is intended to be qualified under Code Section 401(a), have been provided or +made available to Parent on or prior to the date of this Agreement. +  +(ii)        All Company Plans have been established, maintained, funded and +administered in accordance with their terms and in compliance with applicable +Laws (including, if applicable, ERISA and the Code), and neither the Company nor +any of its Subsidiaries has incurred or reasonably expects to incur a Tax, +penalty or other liability or obligation under Sections 4975, 4980B, 4980D, +4980H, 6721 or 6722 of the Code, except, in each case, as would not, +individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company +Material Adverse Effect. +  +(iii)        Each Company Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section +401(a) of the Code, has received a favorable determination letter or is entitled +to rely upon an opinion letter from the from the Internal Revenue Service (the +“IRS”) and, to the Knowledge of the Company, circumstances do not exist that +would result in the loss of the qualification of such plan under Section 401(a) +of the Code. + + +(iv)        None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, +contributes to or is obligated to contribute to, or has any other current or +contingent liability or obligations under or with respect to, (A) an “employee +pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) subject to Title IV +of ERISA, Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, (B) a “multiemployer +plan” within the meaning of Section (3)(37) of ERISA, (C) a multiple employer +plan (as described in Section 413(c) of Code or Sections 210, 4063, 4064 or 4066 +of ERISA) or (D) a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (as defined in +section 3(40) of ERISA).  No Company Plan provides, and neither Company nor any +of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to provide, any material post-employment, +post-termination or retiree health, life or other material post-termination +welfare benefits to any current or former director, officer or employee, or +their respective survivors, dependents or beneficiaries or other Person, other +than health continuation required by Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA or +Section 4980B of the Code or similar state Law. +  +22 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(v)         There is no Proceeding (other than routine claims for benefits) +pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing relating to +the Company Plans, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, +reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. +  +(vi)        Except, in each case, as would not, individually or in the +aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, +each Company Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” subject to +Section 409A of the Code complies with and has been maintained in accordance +with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and no amount under any such +plan or arrangement is subject to the interest and additional Tax set forth +under Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code. +  +(vii)       Except as provided in this Agreement, neither the execution and +delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated +hereby would reasonably be expected to, either alone or in combination with any +other event, (A) result in any material payment or benefit becoming due to any +current or former employee or individual service provider of the Company or its +Subsidiaries, (B) materially increase any payments or benefits under any Company +Plan or otherwise payable to any such Person or (C) result in the acceleration +of the time of payment, vesting or funding of any such compensation or benefits. +Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to gross-up, +indemnify or otherwise reimburse any such Person for any excise or additional +tax, interest or penalties incurred by such individual under Sections 409A or +4999 of the Code. As of the third (3rd) Business Day prior to the Closing, the +Company has made available to Parent copies of Section 280G calculations +prepared in good faith (whether or not final) with respect to payments to +disqualified individuals that may be made in connection with the transactions +contemplated by this Agreement. +  +(viii)       None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is party to any +agreement, contract, arrangement or plan that has resulted or could result, +separately or in the aggregate, in the payment of an “excess parachute payment” +within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code (or any similar provision of Law) +  +(i)          Labor Matters. +  +(i)           As of the date of this Agreement, except as would not, +individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company +Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is +a party to or otherwise bound by a collective bargaining agreement or other +similar Contract with a labor union or labor organization (each, a “CBA”), (B) +neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is the subject of any proceeding +asserting that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has committed an unfair +labor practice or that is seeking to compel the Company to bargain with any +labor union or labor organization and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no such +proceeding has been threatened in writing, and (C) there is no actual or, to the +Knowledge of the Company, threatened, labor grievance, Action, labor +arbitration, labor strike, walkout, work stoppage, slow-down, lockout or other +material labor dispute affecting employees of the Company.  Except as would not +reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company +Material Adverse Effect, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the employees +of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is represented by a labor union or +other labor organization with respect to their employment with the Company or +its Subsidiaries, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, since the Applicable +Date, there have been no organizational efforts with respect to the formation of +a collective bargaining unit or other labor organizing activities involving +employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. +  +23 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(ii)          The Company and its Subsidiaries are and since the Applicable Date +have been in compliance with all applicable Laws governing employment or labor, +and employment practices, including all contractual commitments and all such +Laws relating to terms and conditions of employment, wages, hours, worker +classification (including the classification of independent contractors and +exempt and non-exempt employees), immigration (including the completion of Forms +I-9 for all employees and the proper confirmation of employee visas), collective +bargaining, labor relations, employment harassment, discrimination or +retaliation, whistleblowing, civil rights, equal opportunity, disability rights +or benefits, safety and health, plant closures and layoffs (including the Worker +Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as amended, or any similar +Laws (“WARN Act”)), employee trainings and notices, employee leave issues, +affirmative action, unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation, in each +case, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate reasonably be +expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. +  +(iii)       The Company and its Subsidiaries have promptly investigated all +written allegations of sexual harassment against officers, directors or +employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries. With respect to each such written +allegation which, in the Company’s determination, had potential merit, the +Company or its Subsidiaries have taken prompt action that was reasonably +calculated to prevent future improper action. The Company does not reasonably +expect any material liabilities with respect to any such written allegations. +  +(j)           Compliance with Laws, Licenses. +  +(i)        (A) Since the Applicable Date, the business and other activities of +the Company and its Subsidiaries has been, and is being, conducted in compliance +with applicable Laws or Orders, except for such violations that would not, +individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company +Material Adverse Effect.  (B) To the Knowledge of the Company, no investigation +or review by any Governmental Entity with respect to the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries is pending or threatened, nor, has any Governmental Entity +indicated an intention to conduct the same, except for such investigations or +reviews the outcome of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, +reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. +  +24 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(ii)         Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably +be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (a) the Company and its +Subsidiaries possess each permit, license, certification, approval, +registration, consent, authorization, franchise, concession, variance, exemption +and order issued or granted by a Governmental Entity, including Health Care +Permits (each, a “License” and collectively, the “Licenses”) necessary to +conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted, (b) all such +Licenses are in full force and effect and (c) the Company and its Subsidiaries +are in material compliance with all such Licenses and, to the Knowledge of the +Company, no such Licenses are subject to any formal revocation, withdrawal, +suspension, cancellation, termination or modification action by the issuing +Governmental Entity that would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material +Adverse Effect. +  +(iii)        Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably +be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (A) the Company and its +Subsidiaries and its and their respective officers, directors, employees and, to +the Knowledge of the Company, agents are and since the Applicable Date have been +in compliance with the provisions of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of +1977, as amended (15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1, et seq.) (the “FCPA”) applicable to the +Company, its Subsidiaries and such officers, directors, employees and agents and +any other applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption Laws of any jurisdiction +in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate and in which any agent thereof +is conducting or has conducted business on behalf of the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries and (B) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries any +director, manager or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (in his +or her capacity as a director, manager or employee of the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries), are, or since the Applicable Date have been, subject to any +actual, pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened Proceedings or +enforcement actions before, nor have they made any voluntary disclosures to, any +Governmental Entity, involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating +to the FCPA or any other anti-bribery and anti-corruption Laws. +  +(iv)        This Section 5.1(j) shall not apply with respect to Intellectual +Property, which shall be covered exclusively by Section 5.1(o), Environmental +Laws, which shall be covered exclusively by Section 5.1(m) or Health Regulatory +Laws (other than Health Care Permits), which shall be covered exclusively by +Section 5.1(p). +  +(k)          Material Contracts. +  +(i)        The corresponding subsections of Section 5.1(k)(i) of the Company +Disclosure Letter sets forth a list as of the date of this Agreement of each of +the following Contracts (other than each Contract solely among the Company and +its wholly owned Subsidiaries and other than any Company Plan) to which the +Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or bound (such Contracts so listed +or required to be listed, the “Material Contracts”) that: +  +(A)          (I) materially restricts or affects the ability of the Company and +its Subsidiaries to (x) compete in any line of business or in any geographic +region or (y) use or enforce any Company IP owned by the Company or its +Subsidiaries that is material to the businesses of the Company and its +Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (II) which grants “most favored nation,” +“exclusivity”, “non-solicitation”, (with respect to counterparty’s employees, +customers, business relations, or other material counterparties or partners), +minimum purchase requirements, right of first offer, right of first refusal, or +similar rights or protections to the counterparty to such Contract that are +material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; +  +25 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(B)          involves the formation, creation, operation, management or control +of any partnership or joint venture or the sharing of revenues, profits, losses +or costs, other than the Company or one of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries; +  +(C)          is for the lease of personal property providing for annual payments +of $1,000,000 or more; +  +(D)         would be required to be filed by the Company as a “material +contract” pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities +Act; +  +(E)         was entered into with Affiliates of the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries); +  +(F)          is a Contract (I) pursuant to which the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries generated aggregate revenue in excess of $1,000,000 during the +twelve (12) month period ended April 30, 2020 or (II) providing for the purchase +of products or services by, or the licensing of Intellectual Property by or to, +the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from a third party and that involved +aggregate payments in excess of $1,000,000 during the twelve (12) month period +ended April 30, 2020; +  +(G)        is a settlement, conciliation or similar agreement or other agreement +related to any Proceeding (x) with any Governmental Entity or (y) pursuant to +which the Company or a Subsidiary will have any material outstanding obligation +after the date of this Agreement; +  +(H)        relates to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or its +Subsidiaries of any material business or any material amount of assets or +equipment (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise) since +the Applicable Date; +  +(I)           is with any of the (i) ten (10) largest revenue sources for the +Company’s IFP segment, (ii) (x) ten (10) largest revenue sources the Company’s +Medicare segment, in each case determined on the basis of revenues of the +Company and its Subsidiaries as of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and +the five (5) months ended May 31, 2020; +  +(J)           is with any of the ten (10) largest vendors or suppliers of the +Company and its Subsidiaries determined on the basis of expenditures by the +Company and its Subsidiaries as of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and +the five (5) months ended May 31, 2020; +  +(K)         provides for any Indebtedness or permits the creation of any Lien, +other than (i) accounts receivables and payables in the ordinary course of +business; and (ii) loans to wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Company in the +ordinary course of business; + + +26 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(L)        provides for or obligates the Company or its Subsidiaries to +indemnify, hold harmless or defend any Person (including officers, directors, +members, managers, partners, employees or agents of the Company or its +Subsidiaries), other than third-party commercial Contracts entered into in the +ordinary course of business, the primary purpose of which is not related to the +indemnification of any Persons; +  +(M)        provides for capital expenditures in excess of $5,000,000; +  +(N)         is a CBA; +  +(O)       is a Contract for the employment or engagement of (x) any directors or +officers or (y) employees or independent contractors with annual base salary in +excess of $250,000 or total annual cash compensation that would reasonably be +expected to be in excess of $500,000; +  +(P)         provides for any obligations with respect to vendor or distributor +advances (including commission advances) or any other advances; and +  +(Q)         is a Contract to enter into any of the Contracts described in this +Section 5.1(k)(i). +  +(ii)         A correct and complete copy of each Material Contract, as amended +as of the date of this Agreement, has been made available to Parent.  Each of +the Material Contracts is valid and binding on the Company or its Subsidiaries, +as the case may be, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each other party +thereto, and is in full force and effect, except for such failures to be valid +and binding or to be in full force and effect as would not, individually or in +the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse +Effect.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge +of the Company, any other party is in breach of or in default under any Material +Contract, and no event has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving +of notice or both, would constitute a default thereunder by the Company or any +of its Subsidiaries, in each case, except for such breaches and defaults as +would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a +Company Material Adverse Effect. +  +(l)         Takeover Statutes.  No “fair price”, “moratorium”, “control share +acquisition” or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation, including +Section 203 of the DGCL, (each, a “Takeover Statute”) or any anti-takeover +provision in the Company Certificate of Incorporation or Company Bylaws is +applicable to the Company, the Shares, the Offer, the Merger or the other +transactions contemplated by this Agreement. +  +27 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(m)        Environmental Matters.  Except for such matters that have not and +would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a +Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is +and has been since the Applicable Date in compliance with all Environmental +Laws, which compliance includes obtaining, maintaining and complying with all +permits, licenses or authorizations required by Environmental Laws, (ii) neither +the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any pending Proceeding, +and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no such Proceeding is threatened in +writing, alleging non-compliance with or liability under any Environmental Law, +(iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any +outstanding obligations under any orders, decrees or injunctions concerning +liability or obligations relating to any Environmental Law, and (iv) neither the +Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has treated, stored, transported, generated, +manufactured, handled, disposed or, arranged for the disposal of, released or +exposed any Person to, or owned or operated any property or facility +contaminated by, any Hazardous Substances, in each case so as to give rise to +liability under any Environmental Law. This Section 5.1(m) constitutes the +exclusive representations and warranties of the Company with respect to the +subject matters set forth in this Section 5.1(m). +  +(n)          Taxes. +  +(i)         The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (A) have timely filed +(taking into account all applicable extensions) all income and other material +Tax Returns required to be filed by any of them and all such filed Tax Returns +are complete and accurate in all material respects and (B) have paid all +material Taxes that are required to be paid by any of them (other than Taxes +that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith and for +which adequate accruals have been made on the financial statements of the +Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP). +  +(ii)         There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, +threatened audits, examinations, investigations or other proceedings in respect +of material Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.  There are not any +claims or assessments asserted in writing by any Governmental Entity concerning +material Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.  No written claim has +ever been made to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by a Governmental +Entity in a jurisdiction where the Company or any of its Subsidiaries does not +file Tax Returns that the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, is or +may be subject to material taxation or required to file material Tax Returns in +that jurisdiction. +  +(iii)        There are no Tax Liens upon any property or assets of the Company +or any of its Subsidiaries except for Permitted Liens. +  +(iv)        Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in +a “reportable transaction” (other than a “loss transaction”) within the meaning +of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b). +  +(v)         Within the past two years, neither the Company nor any of its +Subsidiaries has been a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” +in a distribution intended to qualify under Section 355(a) or 361 of the Code +(or any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. Law). +  +28 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(vi)        Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (A) has been a +member of an affiliated or similar group filing a consolidated, combined, +unitary or similar Tax Return (other than a group the common parent of which was +the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) or (B) has any liability for the Taxes +of any Person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) under Treasury +Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or +non-U.S. Law), as a transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise under +applicable Law (other than any such liability for Taxes pursuant to any contract +entered into in the ordinary course of business the principal purpose of which +does not relate to Taxes). +  +(vii)       All material Taxes required to be withheld by the Company and its +Subsidiaries have been timely withheld and paid over to the appropriate +Governmental Authority.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has +waived any statute of limitations in respect of any material Taxes or agreed to +any extension of time with respect to any material Tax assessment or deficiency +(other than (x) any waivers or extensions that are no longer in effect or (y) +pursuant to extensions of time to file Tax Returns obtained in the ordinary +course). +  +(viii)      None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or +bound by (A) any Tax sharing, Tax allocation, Tax indemnity or similar agreement +or arrangement (other than any contract, agreement, or arrangement entered into +in the ordinary course of business the principal purpose of which does not +relate to Taxes) or (B) any closing agreement (within the meaning of Section +7121(a) of the Code (or any similar or analogous provision of state or local +Law)) or other ruling or written agreement with a Tax authority, in each case, +with respect to any material Taxes. +  +(ix)        The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has timely paid all +material amounts to the applicable Governmental Entity and timely filed all +material applicable reports or returns with the applicable Governmental Entity +as required pursuant to any escheatment, abandoned or unclaimed property Law. +  +(o)          Intellectual Property. +  +(i)        Section 5.1(o)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list +of all registered or applied for patents, trademarks, and copyrights owned by +the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (“Registered IP”). All Registered IP that +is material to the conduct of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a +whole, is subsisting and, to the Knowledge of the Company and in the +jurisdiction(s) where such Registered IP is issued or registered, is valid and +enforceable. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company +Material Adverse Effect, the Company or one of its Subsidiaries is the exclusive +owner of the Registered IP, free and clear of all liens other than Permitted +Liens. +  +(ii)      Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material +Adverse Effect, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries owns, or has sufficient +rights to use, all Intellectual Property necessary for its business as currently +conducted (the “Company IP”), free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted +Liens. +  +29 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(iii)      To the Knowledge of the Company and except as would not reasonably be +expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect: (A) the Company and its +Subsidiaries have not since the Applicable Date infringed, misappropriated or +otherwise violated, and do not, infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate, +the Intellectual Property rights of any third party and there are no pending +proceedings, administrative claims, litigation, suits, actions or investigations +alleging the same (B) no third party is infringing, misappropriating or +otherwise violating any Company IP owned by the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries, and (C) none of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has +received written notice from any third party alleging that the operation of the +business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries infringes, misappropriates, +dilutes or otherwise violates the Intellectual Property of such third party. +  +(iv)        Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be +expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole: +(A) the Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented and maintained +commercially reasonable policies and procedures designed to protect the +security, integrity and privacy of Personal Data and backup, security and +disaster recovery technology and procedures, (B) the Company and its +Subsidiaries are in all material respects in compliance with applicable Laws and +Orders regarding the privacy and security of customer, employee and other +Personal Data and are compliant in all material respects with their respective +privacy policies, (C) to the Knowledge of the Company, there have not been any +incidents of, or third party claims related to, any theft, loss, security +breaches, unauthorized access to, or unauthorized disclosure or use of, any +Personal Data in the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ possession and (D) +neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received since the +Applicable Date any written notice of any material claims, investigations +(including investigations by any Governmental Entity), or alleged violations of +any Laws and Orders with respect to Personal Data possessed by the Company or +any of its Subsidiaries. +  +(v)         Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company +Material Adverse Effect, since the Applicable Date, there have been no material +failures, crashes, or other adverse events affecting the Company Systems that +have materially and adversely affected the business of the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably +be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, to the Knowledge of the +Company, there are (A) no defects in any of the proprietary products or services +of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would prevent the same from +performing materially in accordance with the Company’s obligations to +counterparties under any Contract; and (B) no viruses, worms, Trojan horses or +similar disabling codes or programs in any of the same introduced by the Company +or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective employees in any such +product or service. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, +reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company +and its Subsidiaries possess all source code and other materials (other than +Open Source Software) that embody Company IP owned by the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any duty or +obligation (whether present, contingent, or otherwise) to disclose, deliver, +license, or otherwise make available, any proprietary source code (excluding, +for clarity, any Open Source Software) that embodies Company IP owned by the +Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any third party, and neither the Company +nor any of its Subsidiaries has done the same.  Except as would not, +individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company +Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries are in material +compliance with all terms and conditions of any license for Open Source +Software. +  +30 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(vi)        This Section 5.1(o) constitutes the exclusive representations and +warranties of the Company with respect to the subject matters set forth in this +Section 5.1(o). +  +(p)          Compliance with Health Regulatory Laws. +  +(i)          (A) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company +Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with +all applicable Health Regulatory Laws.  (B) Since the Applicable Date, neither +the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice, +including any whistleblower complaint or qui tam suit, from any Governmental +Entity regarding any material violation of any applicable Health Regulatory +Laws, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, has any such notice, action or +assertion been filed or commenced, nor, has any Governmental Entity indicated an +intention to file or commence the same, against the Company or  any of its +Subsidiaries alleging that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is not in +material compliance with the Health Regulatory Laws. +  +(ii)        Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the +Knowledge of the Company, any of their respective directors, officers, or +managing employees (as such term is defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-5(b)), acting +on their behalf: +  +(A)         are or have been convicted of or pled nolo contendere to sufficient +facts regarding, any violation of a Health Regulatory Law, including any Law +applicable to a health care program defined in 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7b(f) (“Federal +Health Care Program”) or any other criminal offense that would result in +mandatory exclusion from Federal Health Care Programs; + + +(B)         are or have been excluded, suspended or debarred from participation +in, or are otherwise ineligible to participate in, any Federal Health Care +Program or listed on the General Services Administration-published list of +parties excluded from procurement programs and non-procurement programs; +  +(C)         have entered into any corporate integrity agreement, deferred +prosecution agreement, non-prosecution agreement, or similar agreement with any +Governmental Authority with respect to any actual or alleged violation of any +Health Regulatory Law; +  +(D)         have made, or are in the process of making, or are considering +making a voluntary self-disclosure as may be required or permitted under any +Health Regulatory Law; or +  +(E)          have knowingly made an untrue or fraudulent statement to any +Governmental Entity or knowingly failed to disclose a fact required to be +disclosed to a Governmental Entity. +  +31 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(iii)       Since the Applicable Date through the date of this Agreement, +neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice from +any Governmental Entity indicating that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries +is subject to any sanctions or enforcement actions by any Governmental Entity +responsible for the oversight or enforcement of Health Regulatory Laws, +including any outstanding fines, injunctions, civil, administrative or criminal +penalties, settlement, investigations or suspensions, except where such +sanctions or enforcement action would not reasonably be expected to have a +Company Material Adverse Effect.  Except as would not, individually or in the +aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its +Subsidiaries, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, nor from the +Applicable Date to the date of this Agreement has been: +  +(A)         subject to any reporting obligations pursuant to any settlement +agreement entered into with any Governmental Entity relating to alleged +non-compliance with any applicable Health Regulatory Laws; or +  +(B)       except for the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ satisfaction of routine +requests made by Governmental Entities which do not impact the Company’s or its +Subsidiaries’ business or operations, a party to any agreement, settlement, +consent decree, monitoring agreement or other similar agreement with any +Governmental Entity addressing measures to satisfy compliance with any +applicable Health Regulatory Laws. +  +(iv)      Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material +Adverse Effect, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with +the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by +the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (Title +XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009), and any and all +implementing rules and regulations of a Governmental Entity as of the date +hereof (collectively, “HIPAA”), and all material business associate agreements +and other agreements pertaining to the protection of patient data or protected +health information. +  +(q)         Properties.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns +any real property. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company +Material Adverse Effect, (i) each lease, sublease or license (each, a “Lease”) +under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries leases, subleases or licenses +any land, buildings, structures, improvements, fixtures or other interest in +real property (the “Leased Real Property”) is legal, valid, binding, enforceable +and in full force and effect, (ii) neither the Company nor any of its +Subsidiaries, nor to the Knowledge of the Company any other party to a Lease, +has violated any provision of, or taken or failed to take any act which, with +notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute a breach or default under the +provisions of such Lease, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries +has received notice that it has breached, violated or defaulted under any +Lease.  Section 5.1(q) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a complete +and correct list, as of the date hereof, of each Lease to which the Company or +any of its Subsidiaries is a party that is material to the Company and its +Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, including the identity of the lessor and lessee +and the address of each material parcel of Leased Real Property subject thereto. +The Leased Real Property identified in Section 5.1(q) of the Company Disclosure +Letter comprises all of the real property used in the business of the Company +and its Subsidiaries. +  +32 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(r)          Insurance.  Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a +Company Material Adverse Effect, all insurance policies of the Company and its +Subsidiaries relating to the business, assets and operations of the Company and +its Subsidiaries are in full force and effect, are sufficient to comply with +applicable Law and provide insurance in such amounts and against such risks as +the Company reasonably has determined to be prudent, taking into account the +industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate, and no notice of +cancellation or modification has been received by the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries, and to the Knowledge of the Company there is no existing default +or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would +constitute a default by the Company or its Subsidiaries thereunder and all +premiums due thereunder on or prior to the date hereof have been paid.  As of +the date of this Agreement, there is no material claim by the Company or any of +its Subsidiaries pending under any such insurance policy as to which coverage +has been questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriters of such policies. +  +(s)          Financial Advisor Opinion.  The board of directors of the Company +has received an oral opinion from BofA Securities, Inc. (“BofA”), to be +confirmed by delivery of a written opinion, dated as of July 12, 2020, to the +effect that, as of the date of such opinion and based upon and subject to the +various assumptions and limitations set forth therein, the Merger Consideration +or Offer Price to be received by holders of Class A Shares (other than holders +of Excluded Shares or Dissenting Shares) pursuant to this Agreement is fair, +from a financial point of view, to such holders. A copy of such opinion will be +made available to Parent solely for informational purposes promptly following +the execution of this Agreement. +  +(t)          Brokers and Finders.  The Company has not employed any broker or +finder or incurred any liability for any brokerage fees, commissions or finders’ +fees in connection with the Offer, the Merger or the other transactions +contemplated in this Agreement, except that the Company has engaged BofA as the +Company’s financial advisor, the financial arrangements with which have been +disclosed in writing to Parent on or prior to the date of this Agreement. +  +(u)          Related Party Transactions.  Since the Applicable Date, other than +the relationships and contracts that will be terminated pursuant to the Exchange +Agreement and the TRA Termination Agreement, no event has occurred and no +relationship exists that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404 of +Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC Agreement. +  +(v)        Reserves. The aggregate claims reserves of Benefytt, LLC (including +reserves established under Law or otherwise for payment of benefits, losses, +claims, expenses and similar purposes (including claims litigation) with respect +to its insurance business) were determined, in all material respects, in +accordance with generally accepted actuarial standards and meet, in all material +respects, the requirements of applicable Law with respect to the establishment +of claims reserves. +  +33 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(w)        No Other Representations and Warranties.  Except for the express +representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement and +the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, the Company is not +making and has not made and no other Person is making or has made on behalf of +the Company, any express or implied representation or warranty in connection +with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby; and neither the +Company nor any Person on behalf of the Company is making, or has made, any +express or implied representation or warranty with respect to the Company or any +of its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses or with respect to any other +information made available to Parent or Merger Sub or their representatives in +connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  Except for the +representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Agreement and the +Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party the Company hereby +disclaims and shall have no liability or responsibility for any and all +projections, forecasts, estimates, financial statements, financial information, +appraisals, statements, promises, advice, data or information made, communicated +or furnished (orally or in writing, including electronically) to Parent or any +of Parent’s Affiliates or any Representatives of Parent or any of Parent’s +Affiliates, including omissions therefrom.  Without limiting the foregoing, the +Company makes no representation or warranty of any kind whatsoever, express or +implied, written or oral, at law or in equity, to Parent or any of its +Affiliates or any Representatives of Parent of any of its Affiliates regarding +the success, profitability or value of the Company.  Notwithstanding the +foregoing, nothing herein shall limit the right of Parent to rely on the +representations and warranties of the Company expressly set forth in this +Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party. +  +5.2        Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub.  Except as +set forth in the corresponding sections or subsections of the disclosure letter +delivered to the Company by Parent at the time of entering into this Agreement +(the “Parent Disclosure Letter”) (it being understood that any disclosure set +forth in one section or subsection of the Parent Disclosure Letter shall be +deemed to be disclosed with respect to, and shall be deemed to apply to and +qualify, the section or subsection of this Agreement to which it corresponds and +each other section or subsection of this Agreement to the extent it is +reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosure that such disclosure also +applies to and qualifies such other section or subsection of this Agreement), +Parent and Merger Sub hereby represent and warrant to the Company as follows: +  +(a)         Organization, Good Standing and Qualification.  Each of Parent and +Merger Sub (i) is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good +standing under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization, (ii) has +all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate +its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted, +and (iii) is in good standing as a foreign legal entity (to the extent such +concept is recognized under applicable Law) in each jurisdiction where the +ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its +business requires such qualification, except in the cases of (ii) and (iii) +where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, or to have such power +or authority, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be +expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.  Prior to the date of this +Agreement, Parent has made available to the Company complete and correct copies +of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Parent and certificate of +incorporation and bylaws of Merger Sub, in each case as amended to and in effect +on the date of this Agreement. +  +34 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b)       Ownership of Merger Sub.  The authorized capital stock of Merger Sub +consists of 1,000 Merger Sub Shares. As of the date of this Agreement, there are +1,000 Merger Sub Shares issued and outstanding, all of which were duly +authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.  All of the +issued and outstanding capital stock of Merger Sub is, and at the Effective Time +will be, owned, directly or indirectly, by Parent, and there are (A) no other +shares of capital stock or securities of Merger Sub existing, issued or +outstanding, (B) no securities of Merger Sub convertible into or exchangeable or +exercisable for equity securities or other securities of Merger Sub or any other +Person and (C) no options or other rights to acquire from Merger Sub, and no +obligations of Merger Sub to issue, any securities or securities convertible +into or exchangeable or exercisable for any securities of Merger Sub.  Merger +Sub was formed solely for purposes of engaging in the transactions contemplated +by this Agreement and has not conducted any business prior to the date of this +Agreement and does not have any assets, liabilities or obligations of any nature +other than those incident to its formation, and prior to the Effective Time will +not have engaged in any business and will not have any assets, liabilities or +obligations other than those arising pursuant to this Agreement and the +transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger. +  +(c)         Corporate Authority; Approval.  Each of Parent and Merger Sub have +all requisite corporate power and authority and each has taken all corporate +action necessary in order to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its +obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the other transactions +contemplated hereby, including the Offer and the Merger (subject, in the case of +Merger Sub, to obtaining the approval contemplated by Section 6.16).  This +Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and +(assuming the due and valid execution hereof by the Company) constitutes a valid +and binding agreement of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of +Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy +and Equity Exception.  The approval of Parent as the sole stockholder of Merger +Sub that is to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.16 is the only vote or +approval required in order for Parent and Merger Sub to execute and deliver this +Agreement, to perform their obligations under this Agreement, or to consummate +the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Offer and the Merger, on the +terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement. +  +(d)          Governmental Filings; No Violations. +  +(i)          Other than (A) the filing of the Certificate of Merger pursuant to +Section 1.4, (B) as required under the HSR Act in connection with the Offer or +the Merger, (C) as set forth on Section 5.2(d)(i)(C) of the Parent Disclosure +Letter (the “Parent Required Regulatory Law Filings” and, together with the +Company Required Regulatory Law Filings, the “Required Regulatory Law Filings”), +(D) any filings with the SEC required to be made pursuant to Section 1.1(f) or +(g) of this Agreement and (E) such filings notices, reports, consents, +registrations, approvals, permits expirations of waiting periods or +authorizations that the failure to give, make or obtain would not, individually +or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material +Adverse Effect, no filings, notices and/or reports are required to be made by +Parent or Merger Sub or their Subsidiaries with, nor are any consents, +registrations, approvals, permits, expirations of waiting periods or +authorizations required to be obtained by Parent or Merger Sub or their +Subsidiaries from, any Governmental Entity in connection with the execution, +delivery and performance of this Agreement or the consummation by Parent and +Merger Sub of the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated +hereby. +  +35 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(ii)         The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Parent +and Merger Sub does not, and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the +Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby will not, (A) contravene +or constitute or result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, the +respective certificates of incorporation or bylaws of Parent and Merger Sub, (B) +with or without the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, result in a +breach or violation of or constitute a default under, permit any termination, +cancellation, or modification (or right of termination, cancellation, or +modification) of or right to payment of additional fees under, create or +accelerate any obligations under, or result in the creation of a Lien on any of +the assets of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, any Contract +binding upon Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or (C) assuming the filings, +notices, reports, consents, registrations, approvals, permits, expirations of +waiting periods and authorizations referred to in Section 5.2(d)(i) are made or +obtained, contravene, conflict with or result in any violation under any Law, +Order or License to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, except, +in the case of clauses (B) and (C), for any such breaches, violations, defaults, +terminations, cancellations, modifications, payments, accelerations, creations, +changes, contraventions, or conflicts that would not, individually or in the +aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. +  +(e)          Litigation. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no +Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened against Parent or +Merger Sub that seek to enjoin, or that would reasonably be expected to have the +effect of preventing or making illegal, any of the transactions contemplated by +this Agreement, or that, individually or in the aggregate, would otherwise +reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. +  +(f)        Brokers and Finders.  Parent has not employed any broker or finder or +incurred any liability for any brokerage fees, commissions or finders’ fees in +connection with the Offer, the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by +this Agreement, except that Parent has employed SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. +as its financial advisor and incurred or will incur liability to such financial +advisor. +  +(g)          Financial Ability. +  +(i)          Assuming the funding of the full amount of the Financing pursuant +to the terms of the Commitment Letters (assuming that all rights to flex the +terms of the Debt Financing are exercised to their maximum extent), Parent will +have as of the Effective Time, sufficient cash on hand (x) for the satisfaction +of all of Parent’s and Merger Sub’s obligations under this Agreement required to +be paid by Parent or Merger Sub at the Effective Time, including, without +limitation, the payment of the Offer Acceptance Consideration, the aggregate +Merger Consideration, all other amounts payable by Parent or Merger Sub pursuant +to Article IV, (y) to pay off, satisfy, terminate and discharge the Existing +Credit Facility, including the release of any guarantees relating thereto and +the release of any Liens or other security thereunder (the “Debt Payoff”), and +(z) to pay all fees and expenses required to be paid by Parent, Merger Sub or +the Surviving Corporation on the Closing Date in connection with the +transactions contemplated by this Agreement (such amount, the “Required +Financing Amount”). +  +36 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(ii)         Simultaneous with the execution of this Agreement, Parent has +delivered to the Company (A) a correct and complete copy of a fully executed +debt commitment letter, addressed to Merger Sub from the lenders party thereto +(together with their permitted successors and assigns, and any lenders that +become a party thereto pursuant to amendments, restatements and joinders, in +each case in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof (collectively, the +“Lenders”)) and dated the date hereof, together with all related term sheets, +fee letters and side letters (if any), including with respect to all related +“market flex” rights (each as customarily redacted to remove any fees and other +economic terms, none of which would result in any additional conditionality to +the availability of the financing contemplated thereby, adversely impact the +enforceability (or alter the termination provisions thereof) or reduce the +aggregate principal amount of the financing contemplated thereby (other than the +implementation of additional upfront fees as expressly set forth therein)) (in +each case, together with all exhibits, schedules, annexes, supplements and term +sheets forming part thereof, and as replaced, amended or modified only in +accordance with Section 6.15, the “Bank Commitment Letter”) pursuant to which +the Lenders have committed to provide Parent with debt financing in the +aggregate amount set forth therein (the “Bank Financing”) and (B) a correct and +complete copy of a fully executed preferred stock commitment letter, addressed +to Daylight Beta Intermediate Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), and +a direct or indirect parent company of Parent, from the purchasers party thereto +(together with their permitted successors and assigns, and any purchasers that +become a party thereto pursuant to amendments, restatements and joinders, in +each case in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof (collectively, the +“Purchasers” and, together with the Lenders, collectively, the “Debt Commitment +Parties”) and dated the date hereof, together with all related term sheets, fee +letters and side letters (if any) (each as customarily redacted to remove any +fees and other economic terms, none of which would result in any additional +conditionality to the availability of the financing contemplated thereby, +adversely impact the enforceability (or alter the termination provisions +thereof) or reduce the aggregate principal amount of the financing contemplated +thereby) (in each case, together with all exhibits, schedules, annexes, +supplements and term sheets forming part thereof, and as replaced, amended or +modified only in accordance with Section 6.15, the “Preferred Stock Commitment +Letter” and, together with the Bank Commitment Letter, the “Debt Commitment +Letters”), pursuant to which the Purchasers have committed to purchase from the +Issuer preferred stock with the initial liquidation preference set forth therein +(the “Preferred Stock Financing” and, together with the Bank Financing, +collectively, the “Debt Financing”), the proceeds of which will be used, in +whole or in part, to fund Parent’s payment of the Offer Acceptance +Consideration, the Merger Consideration and other amounts payable by Parent or +Merger Sub pursuant to this Agreement and related fees and expenses. +  +37 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(iii)         Simultaneous with the execution of this Agreement, Parent has +delivered to the Company a correct and complete copy of a fully executed +commitment letter addressed to Parent from Madison Dearborn Capital Partners +VIII-A, L.P, Madison Dearborn Capital Partners VIII-C, L.P., Madison Dearborn +Capital Partners VIII Executive-A, L.P., each a Delaware limited partnership +(collectively, the “Equity Investor”) and dated as of the date hereof (as +amended or modified only in accordance with Section 6.15, the “Equity Commitment +Letter” and, together with the Debt Commitment Letters, the “Commitment +Letters”), pursuant to which the Equity Investor has committed, subject to the +terms and conditions thereof, to provide equity financing to fund a portion of +the Offer Acceptance Consideration, the Merger Consideration and other amounts +payable hereunder through an investment in the aggregate amount set forth +therein (the “Equity Financing” and, together with the Debt Financing, the +“Financing”).  The aggregate amount of the Financing set forth in the Commitment +Letters is sufficient to fund the Required Financing Amount when required +pursuant to this Agreement. +  +(iv)         As of the date of this Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter is a +legal, valid and binding obligation of the parties thereto, is in full force and +effect, and is enforceable against the parties thereto in accordance with its +terms, subject only to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception.  As of the date of +this Agreement, each Debt Commitment Letter is a legal, valid and binding +obligation of the Issuer or Merger Sub, as applicable, to the Knowledge of +Parent, the other parties thereto, is in full force and effect, and is +enforceable against the parties thereto in accordance with its terms, subject +only to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. +  +(v)          There are no side letters or other Contracts to which Parent or any +of its Affiliates is a party relating to the Financing other than (A) as +expressly set forth in the Commitment Letters or provided to the Company on or +prior to the date hereof and (B) customary engagement letter(s) or nondisclosure +agreement(s) or other Contracts that do not adversely impact the conditionality, +availability or aggregate amount of the Financing. +  +(vi)         The Equity Commitment Letter provides, and will continue to +provide, that the Company is a third party beneficiary thereof and is entitled +to enforce such agreement to the extent provided therein, and that Parent and +the Equity Investor have waived any defenses to the enforceability of such third +party beneficiary rights, in each case in accordance with its terms and subject +to the limitations set forth therein and herein, including Section 9.13 +(Specific Performance). +  +38 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(vii)      As of the date of this Agreement, (A) none of the Commitment Letters +has been amended, restated or otherwise modified (and no such amendment, +restatement or modification is contemplated) and (B) the respective commitments +set forth in the Commitment Letters have not been reduced, withdrawn, rescinded, +amended, restated or otherwise modified in any respect (and no such reduction, +withdrawal, rescission, amendment, restatement or modification is contemplated +by Parent or, to the Knowledge of Parent, any other party thereto), in each case +except in connection with any amendments, restatements or modifications to +effectuate any "market flex" terms contained in the Debt Commitment Letters or +to add additional lenders, arrangers or agents thereto and re-allocate the +commitments among such Persons in each case as provided for therein).  As of the +date of this Agreement, none of Parent, the Issuer or Merger Sub is in breach of +or default under any Commitment Letter to which it is a party, and no event has +occurred which would (or that with notice or lapse of time or both would) result +in a breach of, or constitute a default by Parent, the Issuer or Merger Sub, as +applicable, under, any term or condition in the Commitment Letter to which it is +a party, and to the Knowledge of Parent, no other party thereto is in breach of +or default under any of the Commitment Letters and no event has occurred which +would (or with notice or lapse of time or both would) constitute a breach of, or +a default by, any such party under any term of or condition in the Commitment +Letters, or otherwise result in any portion of the Financing contemplated +thereby to be unavailable or materially delayed. As of the date of this +Agreement, no party to any Commitment Letter has notified Parent of its +intention to terminate such Commitment Letter in whole or in part prior to the +Closing Date or not to provide any portion of the Financing contemplated +thereby.  There are no conditions precedent related to the funding of the full +amount of the Financing other than as expressly set forth in the Commitment +Letters.  As of the date hereof, Parent (x) is not aware of any fact or +occurrence that makes any of the representations or warranties of Parent, the +Issuer or Merger Sub, as applicable, in any of the Commitment Letters inaccurate +(taking into account any qualifiers as to knowledge and materiality in such +representations and warranties), (y) has no reason to believe that it will be +unable to satisfy on a timely basis any condition to be satisfied by it , the +Issuer or Merger Sub, as applicable, contained in the Commitment Letter to which +it is a party and (y) has no reason to believe that the Required Financing +Amount will not be available to Parent on the Closing Date, including any reason +to believe that either the Equity Investor or the Debt Commitment Parties will +not perform their respective funding obligations under the Commitment Letters to +which they are a party in accordance with their respective terms and +conditions.  Each of Parent, the Issuer, and Merger Sub, as applicable, has +fully paid any and all commitment fees and other fees required by the Debt +Commitment Letter to which it is a party to be paid as of the date of this +Agreement, and will pay (or cause to be paid) in full any and all other +commitment fees and other fees required to be paid thereunder as and when they +become payable in accordance with the terms thereof. +  +(h)          Limited Guarantee.  Concurrently with the execution of this +Agreement, Parent has delivered to the Company the Limited Guarantee.  As of the +date of this Agreement, the Limited Guarantee is in full force and effect and is +a valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor and enforceable against the +Guarantor in accordance with its terms and no event has occurred which, with or +without notice, lapse of time or both, would or would reasonably be expected to +constitute a default on the part of the Guarantor under the Limited Guarantee. +  +(i)       No Ownership of Company Common Stock. As of the date of this +Agreement, none of Parent or Merger Sub or their respective Subsidiaries, +Affiliates or associates beneficially owns any Class A Shares or Class B Shares +or has any rights to acquire any shares of capital stock of the Company (except +pursuant to this Agreement). +  +39 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(j)          Disclosure. None of the Offer Documents will, at the time such +document is filed with the SEC, at any time such document is amended or +supplemented or at the time such document is first published, sent or given to +the Company’s stockholders, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or +omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in +order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which +they were made, not misleading. None of the information with respect to Parent +or Merger Sub supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub +or any of their Subsidiaries specifically for inclusion or incorporation by +reference in the Schedule 14D-9 will, at the time such document is filed with +the SEC, at any time such document is amended or supplemented or at the time +such document is first published, sent or given to the Company’s stockholders, +contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material +fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements +therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not +misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Parent or Merger Sub makes +any representation or warranty with respect to statements made or incorporated +by reference therein based on information supplied in writing by or on behalf of +the Company specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the +Offer Documents. +  +(k)        No Other Representations and Warranties.  Except for the +representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this +Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which the Parent or Merger Sub is a +party, neither Parent nor Merger Sub is making and has made, and no other Person +is making or has made on behalf of Parent and Merger Sub, any express or implied +representation or warranty in connection with this Agreement or the transactions +contemplated hereby; and neither Parent nor Merger Sub nor any person on behalf +of Parent and Merger Sub is making any express or implied representation or +warranty with respect to Parent and Merger Sub or with respect to any other +information made available to the Company in connection with the transactions +contemplated by this Agreement. +  +(l)          Access to Information; Disclaimer.  Parent and Merger Sub each +acknowledges and agrees that it (i) has had an opportunity to discuss the +business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and with the management of the +Company, (ii) has had reasonable access to (A) the books and records of the +Company and its Subsidiaries and (B) the documents made available by the Company +for purposes of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) has been +afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from officers +of the Company and (iv) has conducted its own independent investigation of the +Company and its Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the transactions +contemplated hereby, and has not relied on any representation, warranty or other +statement by any Person on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, +other than the representations and warranties of the Company contained in +Section 5.1 of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which the Company +is a party, and that all other representations and warranties are specifically +disclaimed. Without limiting the foregoing, except for the express +representations and warranties contained in Section 5.1 of this Agreement and +the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, each of Parent and +Merger Sub further acknowledges and agrees that none of the Company or any of +its Affiliates or any of their respective equityholders, directors, officers, +employees, Affiliates, advisors, agents or other Representatives has made any +representation or warranty concerning the Company or any of the transactions +contemplated by this Agreement, including any estimates, projections, forecasts, +business plans or other forward-looking information regarding the Company, its +Subsidiaries or their respective businesses and operations. +  +40 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +ARTICLE VI +  +COVENANTS +  +6.1          Interim Operations. +  +(a)        Conduct of Business of the Company. During the period beginning from +and after the execution of this Agreement and ending on the earlier of the +Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its +terms (the “Pre-Closing Period”), except to the extent (1) consented to or +approved by Parent in writing (such consent or approval not to be unreasonably +withheld, conditioned or delayed), (2) required by applicable Law, (3) required +by this Agreement or (4) otherwise disclosed in Section 6.1(a) of the Company +Disclosure Letter, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) +conduct its business and the business of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course +of business, (ii) preserve intact its business organization, operations, assets, +goodwill and relationships with material customers, carriers, suppliers, +licensors, licensees, distributors, officers, employees and other third parties +and (iii) operate its business and the business of its Subsidiaries in +accordance with applicable Law.  Without limiting the generality of the +foregoing, during the Pre-Closing Period, except (A) as required by applicable +Law, (B) as Parent may consent to or approve in writing (such consent or +approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed in the cases of +clauses (v), (vii)- (ix), (xi)-(xiii), (xv), (xvii)-(xx)), (C) as disclosed in +the applicable subsection of Section 6.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter or +(D) as required by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the Company +shall not and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to: +  +(i)          amend its certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or comparable +governing documents) (other than amendments to the governing documents of any +wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company that would not reasonably be expected to +prevent, materially delay or materially impair the Offer, the Merger or the +consummation of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement); +  +(ii)       take actions to (A) adjust, split, combine, subdivide or reclassify +any shares of capital stock, or (B) repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any +shares of its capital stock or other equity interests or any securities +convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of its capital +stock or other equity interests (other than (I) pursuant to the cashless +exercise of Company Options or the forfeiture of, or withholding of Taxes with +respect to, any Company Equity Awards, or otherwise pursuant to the Company +Stock Plan or any outstanding Company Equity Awards in accordance with their +terms as of the date of this Agreement and (II) in connection with the exchange +of Series B Membership Interests for Class A Shares in accordance with the +Company Certificate of Incorporation, the Operating Agreement and the Existing +Exchange Agreement); +  +(iii)      establish a record date for, declare, set aside or pay any dividend +or distribution payable in cash, stock or property (or any combination thereof) +in respect of any shares of its capital stock or other equity interests or make +any other actual, constructive or deemed distribution in respect of the shares +of capital stock or other equity or voting interest (except for any dividends or +distributions paid by a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the +Company to another direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company or +to the Company); +  +(iv)        merge or consolidate with or into any other Person, or restructure, +reorganize, recapitalize, consolidate or completely or partially liquidate +(other than mergers among, or the restructuring, reorganization or liquidation +of any wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company that would not reasonably be +expected to prevent, materially delay or materially impair the Offer, the Merger +or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement); +  +41 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(v)        except as required by the existing terms of a Company Plan listed on +Section 5.1(h)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, (A) increase the +compensation or benefits payable to any current or former employee, director, or +individual service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other +than increases in base salary or fees for employees or independent contractors +with annual base salary or annual fees below $250,000 (after giving effect to +such increases) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice +that does not exceed 5% on an individual basis or $50,000 in the aggregate; (B) +grant any new equity-based awards, or amend or modify the terms of any such +outstanding awards under the Company Stock Plan, (C) grant any extraordinary +bonus (including any change of control, transaction or other similar bonus) to +any director or executive officer of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (D) enter +into any new agreement providing for severance, other than as required under a +Company Plan listed on Section 5.1(h)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, (E) +make any change to any Company Plan that would materially increase the costs to +the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of such Company Plan, or +establish, enter into, terminate or materially amend any Company Plan (or any +plan, agreement or arrangement that would be a Company Plan if in existence on +the date hereof, other than as permitted under subsections (A)-(D) hereof or +routine changes to health and welfare plans in the ordinary course of business +that do not result in any material increase in costs to the Company in the +aggregate), or (F) accelerate the payment, funding or timing of any compensation +due under any Company Plan or otherwise; +  +(vi)       (A) incur any Indebtedness, except (x) in the ordinary course of +business, borrowings under the Existing Credit Facility as in effect on the date +of this Agreement, (y) Indebtedness solely between or among the Company and its +wholly owned Subsidiaries and (z) letters of credit, bank guarantees, security +or performance bonds or similar credit support instruments and overdraft +facilities or cash management programs, in each case issued, made or entered +into in the ordinary course of business which in the aggregate do not exceed +$10,000,000, (B) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or +responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of +any other Person, except with respect to obligations of the Company and its +wholly owned Subsidiaries, (C) mortgage, pledge or place a Lien (other than +Permitted Liens) upon any material properties or material assets (whether +tangible or intangible) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including +capital stock of any of its Subsidiaries and Intellectual Property), or (D) make +(i) voluntary prepayment or (ii) any amortization payment of the outstanding +term loan under the Existing Credit Facility other than scheduled amortization +payments not in excess of the amount and only at the time(s) required by the +terms of the Existing Credit Facility (as in effect on the date of this +Agreement); +  +(vii)       make or commit to any capital expenditures other than in the +ordinary course of business and which do not exceed $1,000,000, in the +aggregate; +  +42 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(viii)     other than in the ordinary course of business (and except for any +such transactions solely by and among any wholly owned Subsidiaries of the +Company) and for properties or assets with fair market value which do not exceed +$2,000,000, individually and $5,000,000, in the aggregate, transfer, lease, +license, sell, abandon, assign or otherwise dispose of any properties or assets +(whether tangible or intangible) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries +(including capital stock of any of its Subsidiaries and Intellectual Property); +  +(ix)        disclose any material confidential information (including source +code) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person, other than in the +ordinary course of business consistent with past practice pursuant to a written +confidentiality agreement; +  +(x)         issue, deliver, sell, or grant, or commit to issue, sell or grant +any Company Securities or shares of capital stock or other equity interests of +any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, or any securities convertible into or +exchangeable or exercisable for such shares or equity interests, or any options, +warrants or other rights to acquire any such shares or equity interests, except +(A) for any Class A Shares issued pursuant to Company Equity Awards outstanding +on the date of this Agreement, in accordance with the terms of such awards and +the Company Stock Plan as of the date of this Agreement or as required by the +Exchange Agreement, (B) by wholly owned Subsidiaries to the Company or to any +other wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, Agreement and (C) in connection +with the exchange of Series B Membership Interests for Class A Shares in +accordance with the Company Certificate of Incorporation, the Operating +Agreement and the Existing Exchange Agreement; +  +(xi)       spend or commit to spend in excess of $2,500,000 individually or +$5,000,000 in the aggregate to acquire or invest in any business (including any +equity interests therein) or other assets or real property, whether by merger, +consolidation, purchase of stock, property or assets or otherwise (other than +(A) any transaction solely among the Company and/or any of its wholly owned +Subsidiaries, and (B) for assets that are used in the ordinary course of +business); +  +(xii)       (A) make any material change with respect to the Company’s financial +accounting policies or procedures or (B)  revalue in any material respect any of +its properties or assets, including writing-off notes or accounts receivable, +other than in the ordinary course of business, in each case, except as required +by changes in GAAP (or any interpretation thereof) or by applicable Law; +  +(xiii)      enter into any new line of business (other than any line of business +that is reasonably ancillary to and a reasonably foreseeable extension of any +line of business conducted by the Company as of the date of this Agreement); +  +(xiv)     make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments +in, any Person (other than loans, advances or capital contributions to the +Company or any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company or loan +or advances to service providers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in +the ordinary course of business); +  +43 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(xv)       (A) amend, waive or modify in any material respect or terminate +(excluding terminations upon expiration of the term thereof in accordance with +the terms thereof) any Material Contract (including the Existing Credit +Facility) or (B) enter into any Contract that would have been a Material +Contract had it been entered into prior to the date of this Agreement unless it +is on terms substantially consistent with, or on terms more favorable to the +Company or its Subsidiaries than, either a Contract it is replacing or a form of +such Material Contract made available to Parent prior to the date hereof; +provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit or restrict the ability of the +Company or its wholly owned Subsidiaries to take any action described in this +Section 6.1(a)(xv) with respect to Contracts solely between or among the Company +and/or one or more of its wholly owned Subsidiaries; +  +(xvi)    settle, compromise or propose to settle or compromise any Proceedings +involving or against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than +settlements or compromises (A) involving a monetary payment not in excess of +$1,000,000 individually or $3,000,000 in the aggregate or any de minimis +injunctive or equitable relief or restrictions on the business activities of the +Company and its Subsidiaries and (B) for amounts not in excess of the Company’s +available insurance coverage as of the date hereof and, in each case, not with a +Governmental Entity; +  +(xvii)     (A) enter into, negotiate, modify or extend any CBA or (B) recognize +or certify any labor union, labor organization, or group of employees as the +bargaining representative for any employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries; +  +(xviii)     implement or announce any employee layoffs, plant closings, +reductions in force, furloughs, temporary layoffs, salary or wage reductions, +work schedule changes or other such actions that implicate the WARN Act; +  +(xix)       hire, engage, furlough, temporarily layoff or terminate (without +cause)  any officer or senior manager; +  +(xx)     waive or release any noncompetition, nonsolicitation, nondisclosure, +noninterference, nondisparagement, or other restrictive covenant obligation of +any person (other than a service provider of the Company or a Subsidiary), or +enter into any such obligation binding on the Company or its Subsidiaries; +  +(xxi)      make, revoke or change any material Tax election, settle or +compromise any liability or assessment with respect to any material Taxes, +surrender any claim for a refund of material Taxes, adopt or change (or make a +request to any Governmental Entity to change) any material method of accounting +for Tax purposes, amend any material Tax Return, enter into any closing +agreement with respect to any material Taxes or file any material Tax Return in +a manner inconsistent with past practice; or +  +(xxii)      agree or commit to do any of the foregoing. +  +44 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b)         Conduct of Business of Parent and Merger Sub. During the Pre-Closing +Period, Parent and Merger Sub shall not, without the prior written consent of +the Company, take (or permit any Subsidiary of Parent to take) any action that +is intended, or would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, +to result in any conditions to the Merger not being satisfied prior to the +Outside Date, provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, +Section 1.1, Section 6.15 and Section 6.5 shall be Parent and Merger Sub’s sole +and exclusive obligations with respect to the subject matter hereof. +  +6.2         Acquisition Proposals. +  +(a)          No Solicitation or Negotiation. +  +(i)         Except as permitted by this Section 6.2, the Company shall not, and +shall cause its and its Subsidiaries’ directors, officers and employees not to, +and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and any of its +Subsidiaries’ investment bankers, attorneys, accountants and other advisors or +representatives (collectively, “Representatives”) not to, directly or +indirectly: +  +(A)         solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate +(including by way of providing information), or take any action designed to lead +to, any inquiries, indication of interest or the making of any proposal or offer +that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition +Proposal; +  +(B)          continue, knowingly encourage, knowing facilitate, or otherwise +participate in any discussions or negotiations with any Person regarding any +Acquisition Proposal; or +  +(C)       knowingly provide any information or data concerning the Company or +any of its Subsidiaries to any Person in connection with any Acquisition +Proposal. +  +(ii)      The Company shall, and the Company shall cause its Subsidiaries and +shall instruct its and their Representatives to, (x) immediately cease and cause +to be terminated any discussions and negotiations with any Person conducted +heretofore with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, or proposal, offer, inquiry +or indication of interest that would reasonably be expected to lead to an +Acquisition Proposal, (y) immediately terminate all physical and electronic data +room access previously granted to any such Person or its representatives and +request the prompt return or destruction of any confidential information +provided to any such Person or its Representatives, and (z) not waive any +standstill, confidentiality, or similar provision to which the Company or any of +its Subsidiary is a party; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall +restrict the Company from permitting a Person to request the waiver of a +“standstill” or similar obligation solely to make an unsolicited and nonpublic +Acquisition Proposal in compliance with this Section 6.2 or from granting such a +waiver, in each case, to the extent that (A) such waiver is required for such +Person to make an unsolicited and nonpublic Acquisition Proposal to the Company +in compliance with this Section 6.2 and (B) the Company’s board of directors has +determined in good faith after consultation with its outside legal counsel that +such waiver is necessary to comply with the directors’ fiduciary duties under +applicable Law. Any failure to comply with the Company’s instructions required +under this Section 6.2(a)(ii) by any of the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s +Representatives shall be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement by the Company. +  +45 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b)        Discussions.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section +6.2(a) or elsewhere in this Agreement, prior to the Offer Acceptance Time and +after giving written notice to Parent, the Company may (and may permit its +Representatives to), if the Company receives an unsolicited written Acquisition +Proposal after the date of this Agreement that is not preceded by a breach of +Section 6.2(a) or Section 6.2(e) and that the Company’s board of directors +reasonably believes is bona fide and determines in good faith, based on the +information then available and after consultation with outside legal counsel and +an independent financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation (a +“Financial Advisor”), that such Acquisition Proposal either constitutes a +Superior Proposal or would reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior +Proposal, (i) provide or give access to non-public information regarding the +Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the Person who made such Acquisition +Proposal, its potential sources of financing and their respective +Representatives pursuant to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement (provided +that any non-public information not previously provided to Parent is made +available to Parent promptly (and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours) +following the time such non-public information is made available to such Person) +and (ii) engage or participate in any discussions or negotiations with such +Person and its Representatives regarding such Acquisition Proposal. +  +(c)         Notice of Acquisition Proposals.  The Company shall promptly (and, +in any event, within twenty-four (24) hours) notify Parent in writing if any +inquiry, proposal, offer or indication of interest with respect to, or that +would reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal is received by +the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives, +indicating, in such notice, the identity of such Person and the material terms +and conditions thereof and provide Parent with a copy of any such inquiry, +proposal or offer or indication of interest and any draft agreement, term sheet, +financing commitment and other documents provided in connection therewith.  The +Company shall keep Parent reasonably informed, on a prompt basis, of any +material developments with respect to any such inquiry, request for information, +proposal, offer or indication of interest (including promptly notifying Parent +in writing of any material changes to the terms of any such proposals or offers +(and, in any event, within twenty-four (24) hours). +  +(d)          Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement: +  +“Acquisition Proposal” means any proposal, offer, inquiry or indication of +interest from any Person or group (as defined in or under Section 13 of the +Exchange Act), other than Parent or its Subsidiaries, relating to (i) any +merger, consolidation, tender offer, recapitalization, reorganization, share +exchange, business combination, joint venture, partnership, sale, license or +other similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries +pursuant to which such Person or group would, directly or indirectly, acquire +beneficial ownership of twenty percent (20%) or more of the outstanding Shares +or outstanding membership interests of Holdings (or twenty percent (20%) or more +of the issued and outstanding securities of the surviving or resulting company +in a merger, consolidation, business combination or similar transaction), +securities representing twenty percent (20%) or more of the total voting power +of the Company or Holdings, or twenty percent (20%) or more of the consolidated +revenues, consolidated net income or consolidated assets of the Company and its +Subsidiaries, (ii) any acquisition by such Person or group (as defined in or +under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), which if consummated would result in such +Person or group becoming the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of twenty +percent (20%) or more of the outstanding Shares or outstanding membership +interests of Holdings, securities representing twenty percent (20%) or more of +the total voting power of the Company or Holdings, or twenty percent (20%) or +more of the consolidated revenues, consolidated net income or consolidated +assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries or (iii) any combination of the +foregoing, in each case, other than the transactions contemplated by this +Agreement and whether in one or a series of related transactions. +  +46 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Intervening Event” means any material change, event, development or occurrence +with respect to the Company that (i) was not known to, or reasonably foreseeable +by, the board of directors of the Company prior to the execution of this +Agreement (or if known or reasonably foreseeable, the material consequences of +which were not known or reasonably foreseeable), which change, event, +development or occurrence, or any material consequence thereof, becomes known +to, or reasonably foreseeable by, the board of directors of the Company prior to +the Offer Acceptance Time and (ii) does not relate to (A) any Acquisition +Proposal or (B) any (x) changes in the market price or trading volume of the +Company or (y) the Company meeting, failing to meet or exceeding published or +unpublished revenue or earnings projections, in each case in and of itself (it +being understood that the facts or occurrences giving rise or contributing to +such change or event may be taken into account when determining whether an +Intervening Event has occurred). +  +“Superior Proposal” means any bona fide written offer from any Person or “group” +made after the date of this Agreement that is not preceded by a breach of +Section 6.2(a) or Section 6.2(e) and that, if consummated, would result in such +Person or group (or their stockholders) owning, directly or indirectly, a +majority of the outstanding Shares (or of the stock of the surviving entity in a +merger or the direct or indirect parent of the surviving entity in a merger), +securities representing a majority of the total voting power of the Company or +Holdings, or a majority of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken +as a whole, and which the Company’s board of directors determines in good faith +(after consultation with its outside legal counsel and Financial Advisor) to be +(i) more favorable to the holders of Shares, from a financial point of view, +than the Transactions and (ii) reasonably likely to be completed, in each case +of clauses (i) and (ii), taking into account the financial terms of such +proposal (including, if applicable at the time of such determination, any +changes to the financial terms of this Agreement or the transactions +contemplated hereby then proposed by Parent in response to such offer or +otherwise), and such legal, regulatory, financing and other aspects of such +proposal that the Company’s board of directors considers appropriate. +  +(e)        No Change in Recommendation or Alternative Acquisition Agreement.  +Except as provided in Section 6.2(f) and Section 6.2(g), the Company’s board of +directors (and each of its committees) shall not (i) withhold, withdraw, qualify +or modify (or publicly propose to withhold, withdraw, qualify or modify), in a +manner adverse to Parent, the Company Recommendation or approve, recommend or +otherwise declare advisable any Acquisition Proposal (each, a “Change in +Recommendation”), (ii) cause or permit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to +enter into any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in +principle, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, joint +venture agreement partnership agreement or other agreement (other than an +Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement) relating to, or that would reasonably be +expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal (each, an “Alternative Acquisition +Agreement”), (iii) adopt, approve or recommend, or publicly propose to adopt, +approve or recommend any Acquisition Proposal or to enter into an Alternative +Acquisition Agreement, (iv) fail to include the Company Recommendation in +Schedule 14D-9, or (v)  fail to expressly reaffirm publicly the Company +Recommendation within ten (10) Business Days following Parent’s written request +to do so if an Acquisition Proposal is publicly announced or disclosed. For the +avoidance of doubt, a factually accurate public statement that solely describes +the Company’s receipt of an Acquisition Proposal and the operation of this +Agreement with respect thereto (that includes a reaffirmation of the Company +Recommendation) shall not be deemed a Change in Recommendation. +  +47 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(f)         Change in Recommendation for Superior Proposal.  Notwithstanding +anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, including in Section +6.2(e), following receipt of a written Acquisition Proposal by the Company after +the date of this Agreement that is not preceded by a breach of Section 6.2(a) or +Section 6.2(e) and that the Company’s board of directors determines in good +faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and Financial Advisors, +constitutes a Superior Proposal and the failure to make a Change in +Recommendation or terminate this Agreement in response to such Acquisition +Proposal would be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under +applicable Law, the Company’s board of directors may, at any time prior to the +Offer Acceptance Time, make a Change in Recommendation or terminate this +Agreement in accordance with Section 8.3(b) in order to enter into a definitive +Alternative Acquisition Agreement (or cause or permit the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries to enter into a definitive Alternative Acquisition Agreement) with +respect to such Superior Proposal if, in either case, prior thereto all of the +following conditions are met: +  +(i)          the Company shall have provided to Parent four (4) Business Days’ +prior written notice of its intention to take such action, which notice shall +(A) state that it has received a written Acquisition Proposal that constitutes a +Superior Proposal, (B) specify the material terms and conditions of the Superior +Proposal (including the consideration offered therein and the identity of the +Person or group making the Acquisition Proposal) and (C) include a copy of the +proposed Alternative Acquisition Agreement, proposed financing commitment (if +any) and any other ancillary agreements and other documents relating to such +Acquisition Proposal; +  +(ii)         after providing such notice and prior to making a Change in +Recommendation or terminating this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.3(b), +as applicable, the Company shall have engaged and negotiated in good faith with +Parent (to the extent Parent wishes to negotiate) during such four (4) Business +Day period, which may be on a non-exclusive basis, with respect to any +adjustments proposed by Parent during such period to the terms and conditions of +this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby such that the Acquisition +Proposal would cease to constitute a Superior Proposal or the Company’s board of +directors would no longer determine that the failure to make such Change in +Recommendation or to terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.3(b), +as applicable, would be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under +applicable Law; and +  +48 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(iii)        following the end of such four (4) Business Day period, the +Company’s board of directors shall have determined, in good faith, after +consultation with its Financial Advisor and outside legal counsel, that, in +light of such Superior Proposal and taking into account any revised terms +proposed by Parent, such Acquisition Proposal continues to constitute a Superior +Proposal and that the failure to make such Change in Recommendation or to +terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.3(b), as applicable, would +continue to be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under +applicable Law (it being understood and agreed that any amendment to any +material term or condition of such Superior Proposal shall require a new notice +under Section 6.2(f)(i)) and compliance with the Company’s obligations under +Sections 6.2(f)(i)—(iii), except that each reference to a four (4) Business Day +period shall be to a two (2) Business Day period. +  +(g)        Change in Recommendation for Intervening Event.  Notwithstanding +anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, including in Section +6.2(e), upon the occurrence of any Intervening Event, the Company’s board of +directors may, at any time prior to the Offer Acceptance Time, make a Change in +Recommendation if prior thereto all of the following conditions are met: +  +(i)         the Company’s board of directors shall have determined in good +faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that an Intervening +Event has occurred and the failure to make a Change in Recommendation in +response to such Intervening Event would be inconsistent with the directors’ +fiduciary duties under applicable Law; +  +(ii)         the Company shall have provided to Parent four (4) Business Days’ +prior written notice, which notice shall (A) set forth in reasonable detail +information describing the material circumstances giving rise to such +Intervening Event and the rationale for the proposed Change in Recommendation +and (B) state expressly that, subject to clauses (iii) and (iv) below, the +Company’s board of directors has determined to make a Change in Recommendation; +  +(iii)        after providing such notice and prior to making such a Change in +Recommendation, the Company shall have engaged and negotiated in good faith with +Parent (to the extent Parent wishes to negotiate) during such four (4) Business +Day period with respect to any adjustments to the terms and conditions of this +Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby such that the failure of the +Company’s board of directors to make a Change in Recommendation in response to +the Intervening Event in accordance with clause (iv) below would no longer be +inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law; and +  +(iv)        following the end of such four (4) Business Day period, the +Company’s board of directors shall have determined in good faith, after +consultation with its outside legal counsel, that in light of such Intervening +Event and taking into account any revised terms proposed by Parent, the failure +to make a Change in Recommendation would continue to be inconsistent with the +directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law. +  +49 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(h)         Certain Permitted Disclosure.  Nothing contained in this Section 6.2 +shall or shall be deemed to prohibit the Company from complying with its +disclosure obligations under applicable U.S. federal or state Law with regard to +an Acquisition Proposal, including from issuing a customary “stop, look and +listen” communication pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or +complying with Rule 14d-9, Rule 14e-2 or Item 1012(a) of Regulation M-A +promulgated under the Exchange Act, or from making any disclosure to the +Company’s stockholders if the Company’s board of directors concludes, after +consultation with outside legal counsel, that such disclosure is required under +applicable Law; provided that this Section 6.2(h) shall not be deemed to permit +the Company or the Company’s board of directors to make a Change in +Recommendation except in accordance with Section 6.2(f) or Section 6.2(g). +  +6.3         [Reserved.] +  +6.4         [Reserved.] +  +6.5         Reasonable Best Efforts. +  +(a)       Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including +Section 6.2, the Company and Parent shall (and shall cause their respective +Subsidiaries to) cooperate with each other and use their respective reasonable +best efforts to promptly take (or cause to be taken) all actions, and do (or +cause to be done) all things necessary, proper or advisable to satisfy the other +party’s conditions to, and to consummate and make effective the Offer, the +Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement no later than +the Termination Date, including (i) preparing and filing as promptly as +reasonably practicable the Required Regulatory Law Filings that must be filed +prior to Closing (which in any event shall occur within ten (10) Business Days +after the date of this Agreement) and all other documentation to effect all +necessary notices, petitions, statements, registrations, reports and other +filings necessary or advisable to be filed with or made to any Governmental +Entity in order to consummate the Offer, the Merger or any of the other +transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) obtaining (and taking all +steps necessary to obtain) all consents, registrations, approvals, permits, +waivers, Licenses, permits, Orders, expirations of waiting periods and +authorizations necessary or advisable to be obtained from any Governmental +Entity in order to consummate the Offer, the Merger or any of the other +transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) obtaining (and cooperating +with each other in obtaining) any consent, approval of, waiver or any exemption +by and delivering notification to, any non-governmental third party, in each +case, to the extent necessary, proper or advisable in connection with the Offer, +the Merger or the transactions contemplated hereby or to maintain and preserve +the benefits to the Surviving Corporation under the Material Contracts as of and +following the consummation of the Merger, and (iv) executing and delivering any +additional instruments reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions +contemplated hereby and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement, +provided, however, that such efforts shall not include any requirement to expend +money (other than filing, application, legal, or consulting fees), commence, +defend or participate in any litigation or offer or grant any accommodation +(financial or otherwise) to any third party. The Company and Parent shall (and +shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to), as applicable, reasonably +promptly advise the other party upon providing such notices or receiving any +such consents or waivers and, to the extent practicable, permit the other party +to review in advance and consult with respect to the content and substance of +such consents or waivers. +  +50 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b)         In furtherance and not in limitation of Section 6.5(a), each of the +parties hereto agrees to (i) make, within ten (10) Business Days after the date +of this Agreement, the notifications and filings required to be made under the +HSR Act and requesting early termination of the waiting period thereunder, (ii) +supply as promptly as practicable and advisable any additional information and +documentary material that may be requested pursuant to the HSR Act and (iii) use +reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken all other actions necessary +to cause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under +the HSR Act and to obtain any and all consents, authorizations, waivers and +approvals under the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Laws that may be required by +any Governmental Entity with competent jurisdiction, so as to enable the parties +hereto to consummate the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions +contemplated hereby. +  +(c)         Subject to Section 6.5(d), in the event that the parties receive a +request for information or documentary material pursuant to the HSR Act or any +other Antitrust Laws, including a request for additional information (a “Second +Request”), unless otherwise agreed to by Parent and the Company, the parties +will use their reasonable best efforts to submit an appropriate response to, and +to certify compliance with, such Second Request as promptly as practicable and +advisable, and counsel for both parties will closely cooperate during the +entirety of any such Second Request review process.  None of the parties, +without the other party’s prior written consent, shall (i) enter into any +timing, settlement or similar agreement, or otherwise agree or commit to any +arrangement, that would have the effect of extending, suspending, lengthening or +otherwise tolling the expiration or termination of the waiting period applicable +to the contemplated transactions under the HSR Act or any Antitrust Laws, or +(ii) enter into any timing or similar agreement, or otherwise agree or commit to +any arrangement, that would bind or commit the parties not to consummate the +contemplated transactions (or that would otherwise prevent or prohibit the +parties from consummating the contemplated transactions). +  +(d)        Parent and the Company shall cooperate with respect to the Antitrust +Laws and Health Regulatory Laws and discuss in good faith the appropriate course +of action with respect to obtaining the consents, approvals, permits, waiting +period expirations or authorizations of any Governmental Entity required to +consummate the Offer prior to the Termination Date.  No party hereto or its +counsel shall independently participate in any substantive call or meeting +relating to the Antitrust Laws or Health Regulatory Laws with any Governmental +Entity in respect of such filings, investigation, or other inquiry without, to +the extent practicable and permitted by applicable Law, first giving the other +party or its counsel prior notice of such call or meeting and, to the extent +permitted by such Governmental Entity, the opportunity to attend and +participate. In furtherance of the foregoing and to the extent practicable and +permitted by applicable Law, (i) each party shall notify the other, as far in +advance as practicable, of any filing or substantive communication or inquiry it +or any of its Affiliates intends to make with any Governmental Entity relating +to the matters that are the subject of this Section 6.5, (ii) prior to +submitting any such filing or making any such communication or inquiry, such +party shall provide the other party and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to +review, and shall consider in good faith the comments of the other party in +connection with, any such filing, communication or inquiry, (iii) promptly +following the submission of such filing or making such communication or inquiry, +provide the other party with a copy of any such filing or, if in written form, +communication or inquiry and (iv) consult with the other party in connection +with any inquiry, hearing, investigation or litigation by, or negotiations with, +any Governmental Entity relating to the Offer or the Merger, including the +scheduling of, and strategic planning for, any substantive meetings with any +Governmental Entity relating thereto.  In exercising the foregoing cooperation +rights, the Company and Parent each shall act reasonably and as promptly as +reasonably practicable.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, materials provided +pursuant to this Section 6.5 may be reasonably redacted as necessary to address +reasonable privilege concerns. +  +51 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(e)          In furtherance and not in limitation of the covenants of the +parties contained in this Section 6.5, each of the parties hereto, including +their respective Subsidiaries, shall use its reasonable best efforts to resolve +such objections, if any, as may be asserted by any Governmental Entity in +connection with the HSR Act or any applicable Antitrust Laws, with respect to +the transactions contemplated hereby and to avoid the entry of, or effect the +dissolution of, any decree, order, judgment, injunction, temporary restraining +order or other order in any suit or proceeding, that would otherwise have the +effect of preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.  +For the purposes of this Section 6.5, “reasonable best efforts” shall include +taking any and all actions (such actions, the “Regulatory Actions”) necessary to +obtain the consents, approvals, permits, waiting period expirations or +authorizations of any Governmental Entity required to consummate the Offer, the +Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby no later than the +Termination Date, including (i) proposing, negotiating, committing to, effecting +and agreeing to, by consent decree, hold separate order, or otherwise, the sale, +divestiture, license, hold separate, and other disposition of the businesses, +assets, products or equity interests of the Company or any of Parent’s other +businesses, assets, products or equity interests now owned or hereafter acquired +by Parent, (ii) creating, terminating, or amending any existing relationships, +ventures, contractual rights or obligations of Parent, the Company or their +respective Subsidiaries and (iii) otherwise taking or committing to any action +that would limit Parent’s freedom of action with respect to the operation of, or +its ability to retain or hold, directly or indirectly, any businesses, assets, +products or equity interests of Parent or the Company (including any of their +respective Subsidiaries); provided that such Regulatory Actions shall be +conditioned upon and become effective only from and after the Effective Time. +  +(f)         In furtherance and not in limitation of the covenants of the parties +contained in this Section 6.5, if any administrative or judicial Proceeding by a +Government Entity is instituted challenging the Offer, the Merger or any other +transaction contemplated by this Agreement as violative of any Antitrust Law, +each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to contest and +resist any such action or proceeding and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or +overturned any decree, judgment, injunction or other order, whether temporary, +preliminary or permanent, that is in effect and that prohibits, prevents or +restricts the consummation of the Offer or the Merger. +  +(g)        The Company and Parent shall each, upon request, promptly furnish the +other with any information concerning itself, its Subsidiaries, Affiliates, +directors or officers and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by +the other party that is necessary or advisable in connection with any statement, +filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of Parent, the Company or any +of their respective Subsidiaries to any third party or any Governmental Entity +in connection with the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated +by this Agreement. +  +52 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(h)        The Company and Parent shall keep each other reasonably apprised of +the status of matters relating to completion of the transactions contemplated +hereby, including promptly furnishing the other with copies of any notice or +other substantive written communications received by the Company or Parent, as +the case may be, or any of their respective Subsidiaries from any Governmental +Entity with respect to the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions +contemplated by this Agreement, other than immaterial communications. +  +6.6          Access; Consultation. +  +(a)         Upon reasonable advance notice, and except as may otherwise be +required by applicable Law, (i) the Company shall, and shall cause its +Subsidiaries to, afford Parent, the Debt Commitment Parties and their respective +Representatives reasonable access, during normal business hours during the +Pre-Closing Period, to the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ employees, +properties, assets, books, records and contracts and (ii) during such +Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, +furnish promptly to Parent, the Debt Commitment Parties and their respective +Representatives all information concerning its or any of its Subsidiaries’ +capital stock, business and personnel as may reasonably be requested by Parent, +the Debt Commitment Parties or their respective Representatives in connection +with the Offer or the Merger; provided that no investigation pursuant to this +Section 6.6 shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty +made by the Company; and provided, further that the foregoing shall not require +the Company to permit any inspection or to disclose any information pursuant to +this Section 6.6, to the extent that (A) in the reasonable good faith judgment +of the Company, any applicable Law or Order requires the Company or its +Subsidiaries to restrict or prohibit access to any such properties or +information or disclosure thereof would expose the Company to an unreasonable +risk of liability for disclosure of sensitive or personal information, (B) in +the reasonable good faith judgment of the Company, the information is subject to +confidentiality obligations to a third party or its disclosure would violate the +terms of any confidentiality agreement or other Contract that is binding on the +Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (C) disclosure of any such information or +document would result in the waiver or loss of attorney-client privilege, work +product doctrine or any other legal privilege; provided, further that with +respect to the foregoing clauses (A) through (C) of this Section 6.6(a), the +Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (I) obtain the required consent +of any such third party to provide such inspection or disclosure, (II) develop +an alternative to providing such information so as to address such matters that +is reasonably acceptable to Parent and (III) in the case of clauses (A), (B) and +(C), implement appropriate and mutually agreeable measures to permit the +disclosure of such information in a manner to remove the basis for the +objection, including by arrangement of appropriate clean room procedures, +redaction or entry into a customary joint defense agreement with respect to any +information to be so provided, if the parties determine that doing so would +reasonably permit the disclosure of such information without violating +applicable Law or Order or jeopardizing such privilege.  Any investigation +pursuant to this Section 6.6 shall be conducted in such a manner intended not to +interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business of the Company.  All +requests for information made pursuant to this Section 6.6 shall be directed to +an executive officer of the Company, or such Person as may be designated by any +such executive officer. +  +53 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b)         The Company may, as it deems advisable and necessary, designate +competitively sensitive material as “Outside Counsel Only Material” or with +similar restrictions.  Such material and the information contained therein shall +be given only to the outside counsel of the recipient pursuant to the terms of +an agreement with respect thereto on terms that are reasonably acceptable to the +Company and Parent and pursuant to which such information shall not be disclosed +by such outside counsel to any directors, officers or employees of the recipient +without the express prior permission of the Company or its legal counsel, and +shall be subject to any additional confidentiality or joint defense agreement +between the parties.  All information exchanged pursuant to this Section 6.6, +including all information and/or discussions resulting from any access provided +pursuant to this Section 6.6, shall be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement, +which shall survive any termination of this Agreement and continue in full force +and effect in accordance with its terms. +  +(c)         To the extent that any of the information or material furnished +pursuant to this Section 6.6 or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this +Agreement may include material subject to the attorney-client privilege, work +product doctrine or any other applicable privilege concerning pending or +threatened legal proceedings (other than legal proceedings between Parent and +any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Company and any of its +Affiliates, on the other hand) or governmental investigations, the parties +understand and agree that they have a commonality of interest with respect to +such matters and it is their desire, intention and mutual understanding that the +sharing of such material is not intended to, and shall not, waive or diminish in +any way the confidentiality of such material or its continued protection under +the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or other applicable +privilege.  All such information that is entitled to protection under the +attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or other applicable privilege +shall remain entitled to such protection under these privileges, this Agreement, +and under the joint defense doctrine. +  +(d)        Each of the Company and Parent shall give prompt notice to one +another if they become aware of any change, effect, circumstance or development +that would reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect +or Parent Material Adverse Effect (as applicable), or of any reasonably likely +failure of any condition to Parent’s or the Company’s obligations to effect the +Merger (as applicable). +  +(e)        Unless such action would violate applicable Law, the Company shall +(i) notify Parent, as far in advance as practicable, of any material development +or substantive communication or inquiry it or any of its Affiliates receives +from or intends to make with any (x) Governmental Entity relating to any current +or prospective Proceeding or otherwise related to compliance with Laws or (y) +any party to any material current or prospective civil Proceeding, (ii) prior to +making any such communication or inquiry, provide Parent and its counsel a +reasonable opportunity to review, and shall consider in good faith the comments +of the other party in connection with, any such communication or inquiry, (iii) +promptly following the making such communication or inquiry, provide Parent with +a copy of any such communication or inquiry (if in written form) and (iv) +consult with Parent in connection with any inquiry, hearing, investigation or +litigation by, or negotiations with, any Governmental Entity or party to any +material civil Proceeding.  In exercising the foregoing cooperation rights, the +Parent and the Company each shall act reasonably and as promptly as reasonably +practicable and the Company shall implement appropriate and mutually agreeable +measures to permit the disclosure of such information in a manner to address +reasonable privilege concerns, including by arrangement of appropriate clean +room procedures, redaction or entry into a customary joint defense agreement +with respect to any information to be so provided. +  +54 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +6.7        Stock Exchange De-listing and De-registration.  The Company shall +take all commercially reasonable actions necessary to permit the Class A Shares +to be de-listed from the Nasdaq and de-registered under the Exchange Act as soon +as possible following the Effective Time. +  +6.8        Publicity.  The Company and Parent shall consult with each other on, +and provide each other the opportunity to review and comment on, any press +releases or other public announcements with respect to the Merger and the other +transactions contemplated by this Agreement prior to issuing or making any such +press release or public announcement, except (a) as may be required by or +impracticable as a result of any applicable Law or Order or by obligations +pursuant to any listing agreement with or the rules and regulations of any +national securities exchange or the Nasdaq to which such party is subject or +submits if the disclosing party has consulted with the other party prior thereto +regarding the timing, scope and content of any such press release or public +statement, (b) any press release or public statement that in the good faith +judgment of the applicable party is consistent with prior press releases issued +or public statements made in compliance with this Section 6.8 or (c) to the +extent related to any Change in Recommendation or Acquisition Proposal. +  +6.9         Employee Benefits. +  +(a)         Parent agrees that each employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries +immediately prior to the Effective Time who continues to remain employed with +the Company or its Subsidiaries immediately after the Effective Time (a +“Continuing Employee”) shall, during the period commencing at the Effective Time +and ending twelve (12) months thereafter, or, if earlier, the date such +Continuing Employee’s employment terminates (the “Continuation Period”), be +provided with (i) a base salary or base wage that is no less favorable than the +base salary or base wage provided to such Continuing Employee by the Company and +its Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Effective Time and (ii) target annual +cash bonus opportunities or commission opportunities (as applicable) that are no +less favorable than the target annual cash bonus opportunities or commission +opportunities (as applicable) provided to such Continuing Employee by the +Company and its Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Effective Time. During the +Continuation Period, Parent shall or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to +provide Continuing Employees with employee benefits (other than any equity-based +compensation or benefits, transaction-triggered benefits, deferred compensation, +defined benefit pension, or retiree health or welfare benefits) that are +substantially comparable in the aggregate to those provided by the Company and +its Subsidiaries to such Continuing Employees as of immediately prior to the +Effective Time under the Company Plans listed on Section 5.1(h)(i) of the +Company Disclosure Letter.  Additionally, during the Continuation Period, Parent +shall or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to provide each Continuing +Employee with severance benefits that are no less favorable than the severance +benefits provided by the Company and its Subsidiaries to such Continuing +Employee immediately prior to the Effective Time under the Company Plans set +forth on Section 5.1(h)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter. +  +55 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b)         From and after the Closing Date, Parent shall or shall cause the +Surviving Corporation to use reasonable best efforts to provide that no +pre-existing conditions, exclusions or waiting periods shall apply to Continuing +Employees or their dependents under the group health benefit plans provided for +those individuals except to the extent such condition or exclusion was +applicable to an individual Continuing Employee prior to the Effective Time.  +With respect to the first plan year during which the Continuing Employees begin +participating in any welfare benefit plan offered by Parent or its Affiliates +(each a “Parent Plan”), Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to provide, or +cause to be provided, each Continuing Employee with credit for deductibles, +co-insurance, co-payments and out-of-pocket requirements paid under a Company +Plan during such plan year and prior to the Continuing Employee’s participation +in such Parent Plan in satisfying any applicable deductible, co-insurance, +co-payments or out-of-pocket requirements under any Parent Plan in which such +Continuing Employee is eligible to participate during such year, to the same +extent and for the same purpose as credited under the corresponding Company +Plan, provided that no duplication of benefits shall result. +  +(c)        From and after the Closing Date, Parent shall, or shall cause the +Surviving Corporation to, provide credit to Continuing Employees for their +service with the Company, its Affiliates and each of their respective +predecessors as of the Effective Time for purposes of vesting, eligibility to +participate and level of paid time off and severance benefits under the Parent +Plans (other than any equity-based compensation or benefits, defined benefit +pension, or retiree health or welfare benefits) to the same extent and for the +same purpose as credited under the corresponding Company Plan as of the +Effective Time, provided that such service shall not be recognized to the extent +that such recognition would result in a duplication of benefits. +  +(d)        Each Continuing Employee who participates in a cash bonus program of +the Company, whether annual or otherwise, shall be eligible to receive payment +of a cash bonus pursuant to the terms and conditions of such cash bonus program, +based on the Company’s actual performance through the end of the applicable +performance period; provided that the applicable performance criteria may be +equitably adjusted by the compensation committee of the board of directors of +the Company to account for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and +all related expenses and costs; provided, further, that any such adjustment +shall not adversely affect the participants in the program. +  +(e)          The provisions of this Section 6.9 are solely for the benefit of +the parties to this Agreement, and neither any current or former employee, nor +any other individual associated therewith, is or shall be regarded for any +purpose as a third party beneficiary to this Agreement.  Notwithstanding +anything to the contrary in this Agreement (except to the extent provided in +Section 9.8), no provision of this Agreement is intended to, or does, (i) +constitute the establishment of, or an amendment to, any Company Plan or any +employee benefit plan of Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their +Affiliates, (ii) alter or limit the ability of Parent to amend, modify or +terminate any Company Plan or any other benefit plan, program, agreement or +arrangement, (iii) give any third party any right to enforce the provisions of +this Section 6.9, (iv) prevent Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their +Affiliates, after the Effective Time, from terminating the employment of any +Continuing Employee or (v) be deemed to confer upon any such individual or legal +representative any rights under or with respect to any plan, program or +arrangement described in or contemplated by this Agreement, and each such +individual or legal representative shall be entitled to look only to the express +terms of any such plan, program or arrangement for his or her rights thereunder. +  +56 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +6.10       Expenses.  Except as otherwise provided in Sections 6.15 and 8.5, +whether or not the Merger is consummated, all costs and expenses incurred in +connection with this Agreement and the Offer, the Merger and the other +transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring +such expense, except that Parent will be responsible for, and pay, one hundred +percent (100%) of the fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the +filings required under the HSR Act. +  +6.11        Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. +  +(a)        From and after the Effective Time the Surviving Corporation shall, in +accordance with the organizational documents of the Surviving Corporation as in +effect on the date of this Agreement, indemnify, defend and hold harmless each +individual who is (or who at any time prior to the Effective Time was) a +director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or is (or who at +any time prior to the Effective Time was) serving at the request of the Company +or any of its Subsidiaries as a director, officer, employee or agent of another +Person (together with such individual’s heirs, executors and administrators, the +“Indemnified Parties”), against any and all costs (including settlement costs) +or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, +claims, damages, penalties or liabilities incurred in connection with any claim, +action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, +administrative or investigative, arising out of or based on, in whole or in +part, the fact that such Indemnified Party prior to the Effective Time is or was +(or with respect to any acts or omissions by such Indemnified Party in their +capacity as) a director or officer, of the Company, or is or was serving at the +request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another +Person, in each case, whether threatened, pending or completed and whether +asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time (including with +respect to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, and +including any such claims, actions, suits, proceedings or investigations arising +out of or related to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and +actions taken in connection herewith prior to the Effective Time), to the +fullest extent the Surviving Corporation may do so in accordance with its +organizational documents and to the extent permitted by applicable Law. The +Surviving Corporation shall also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest +extent the Surviving Corporation may do so in accordance with its organizational +documents and to the extent permitted under applicable Law; provided that the +Person to whom expenses are advanced shall provide an undertaking to repay such +advances if it is ultimately determined that the Indemnified Party is not +entitled to indemnification hereunder.  The Surviving Corporation shall ensure +that the organizational documents of the Surviving Corporation and its +Subsidiaries, for a period of six (6) years from and after the Effective Time, +contain provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnification, +advancement of expenses and exculpation of present and former directors and +officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries than are presently set forth in the +Company Certificate of Incorporation and Company Bylaws (or equivalent +organizational and governing documents of any Subsidiary).  Any right of +indemnification of an Indemnified Party pursuant to this Section 6.11 shall not +be amended, repealed or otherwise modified at any time in a manner that would +adversely affect the rights of such Indemnified Party as provided herein. +  +57 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b)        Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall obtain from an +insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s current +insurance carrier with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance +and fiduciary liability insurance (collectively, “D&O Insurance”), and fully pay +for, “tail” insurance policies, with a claims period of at least six (6) years +from and after the Effective Time with benefits and levels of coverage at least +as favorable as the Company’s existing D&O Insurance policies (including in +respect of coverage in connection with this Agreement or the transactions or +actions contemplated hereby); provided, however that in no event shall the +Company expend for such “tail” policies an aggregate premium amount in excess of +three hundred percent (300%) of the annual premiums currently paid by the +Company for its D&O Insurance.  If the Company for any reason fails to obtain +such “tail” insurance policies as of the Effective Time, the Surviving +Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, (i) +effective as of the Effective Time, obtain and fully pay for “tail” insurance +policies for D&O Insurance consistent with the obligations of the Company +pursuant to the prior sentence or (ii) continue to maintain in effect for a +period of at least six (6) years from and after the Effective Time the D&O +Insurance in place as of the date of this Agreement with benefits and levels of +coverage at least as favorable as provided in the Company’s existing D&O +Insurance policies as of the date of this Agreement, or the Surviving +Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, purchase +comparable D&O Insurance for such six-year period with benefits and levels of +coverage at least as favorable as provided in the Company’s existing D&O +Insurance policies as of the date of this Agreement; provided, however that in +no event shall Parent or the Surviving Corporation expend for such policies, an +aggregate amount in excess of three hundred percent (300%) of the annual +premiums currently paid by the Company for such D&O Insurance. If the aggregate +costs for any insurance coverage required to be obtained pursuant to this +Section 6.11(b) exceeds three hundred percent (300%) of the annual premiums +currently paid by the Company for such D&O Insurance, the Company or the +Surviving Corporation, as applicable, shall obtain a policy or “tail” coverage +with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such maximum +amount. +  +(c)        If Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective +successors or assigns (i) shall consolidate with or merge into any other Person +and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such +consolidation or merger or (ii) shall transfer all or substantially all of its +properties and assets to any Person, then and in each such case as a condition +thereto, Parent or the Surviving Corporation (or their respective successors or +assigns), as applicable, shall cause such Person to assume the obligations set +forth in this Section 6.11. +  +(d)          The provisions of this Section 6.11 are intended to be for the +benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties.  The +rights of each Indemnified Party under this Section 6.11 shall be in addition to +any rights such individual may have under the Laws of the State of Delaware, any +applicable indemnification agreement to which such Person is a party, the +Company Certificate of Incorporation or the Company Bylaws, and Parent +acknowledges and agrees that all rights to indemnification, advancement of +expenses and exculpation from liabilities in effect as of the date of this +Agreement in favor of any Indemnified Party for actions or omissions occurring +at or prior to the Effective Time shall continue in full force and effect in +accordance with their terms. +  +58 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(e)         Neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation shall settle, +compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any threatened or actual +Proceeding for which indemnification could be sought by an Indemnified Party +hereunder, unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an +unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out +of such Proceeding or such Indemnified Party otherwise consents in writing (such +consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such settlement, +compromise or consent. +  +(f)          Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed to or +shall release, waive or impair any rights to any directors’ and officers’ +insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence with respect +to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any of their respective directors +or officers or other employees, it being understood and agreed that the +indemnification provided for in this Section 6.11 is not prior to or in +substitution for any such policies. +  +6.12       Takeover Statute.  The Company and the Board shall (a) take all +action necessary to ensure that no Takeover Statute or similar Law is or becomes +applicable to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, and +(b) if any Takeover Statute is or may become applicable to the Offer, the Merger +or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, grant such approvals +and take all actions necessary to ensure that such transactions may be +consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this +Agreement and to eliminate or minimize the effects of such statute or regulation +on such transactions. +  +6.13       Control of the Company’s or Parent’s Operations.  Nothing contained +in this Agreement shall give Parent or the Company, directly or indirectly, +rights to control or direct the operations of the other prior to the Effective +Time.  Prior to the Effective Time, each of Parent and the Company shall +exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete +control and supervision of its operations. +  +6.14       Section 16(b).  Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall (and +shall be permitted to) take all actions as may be reasonably requested by any +party hereto to cause any dispositions (or deemed dispositions) of equity +securities of the Company (including any derivative securities with respect to +any equity securities of the Company) by each individual who is a director or +officer of the Company to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the +Exchange Act. +  +59 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +6.15       Financing. +  +(a)        During the Pre-Closing Period, subject to the limitations set forth +below, and unless otherwise agreed by Parent, the Company shall use reasonable +best efforts to, and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause its Subsidiaries +and its and their respective Representatives to use reasonable best efforts to, +cooperate with Parent as reasonably requested by Parent and as is customary for +financings of the type contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter, and at +Parent’s sole expense, in connection with Parent’s arrangement and obtaining the +Debt Financing; provided, however, that such cooperation does not and shall not: +(i) require the entry by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries into any +agreement or commitment that would be effective prior to the Effective Time or +that is not contingent on the occurrence of the Effective Time, (ii) +unreasonably interfere with the normal operations of the Company and its +Subsidiaries, (iii) include any actions that the Company reasonably believes +would (A) result in a violation of any Contract (including the Existing Credit +Facility) or confidentiality agreement or any Law, or in the loss of any legal +or other privilege or (B) contravene, conflict with or violate the Company’s +organizational documents, (iv) involve consenting to the pre-filing of any +UCC-1s or similar financing statements or any other grant of Liens or other +encumbrances prior to the Closing, (v) require the giving of representations or +warranties to any third parties (other than pursuant to customary authorization +letters) or the indemnification thereof that would be effective prior to the +Effective Time or that is not contingent on the occurrence of the Effective +Time, (vi) require the waiver or amendment of any terms of this Agreement, (vii) +require the payment of any fees or reimbursement of any expenses prior to the +Closing for which the Company has not received prior reimbursement, (viii) cause +any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to +incur any personal liability (including that neither the board of directors (or +any committee thereof) of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries (including +any equivalent governing body) shall be required to adopt any resolutions or +take any similar action approving the Financing that would be effective prior to +the Effective Time or that is not contingent on the occurrence of the Effective +Time), (ix) require the delivery of any projections, pro forma financial +information or any other forward-looking information, (x) require the delivery +of any financial statements in a form or subject to a standard different than +those provided to Parent on or prior to the date hereof, (xi) require the +Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay any commitment or other fees or incur +or pay any expenses in connection with the Debt Financing prior to the Closing +(other than expenses incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in +connection with the preparation of historical financial information or the +preparation of payoff documentation) or (xii) require delivery of any legal +opinions by counsel to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or accountants’ +comfort letters or reliance letters.  Subject to the foregoing limitations, such +cooperation shall include, if reasonably requested by Parent, the Company using +reasonable best efforts, and using its reasonable best efforts to cause its +Subsidiaries and its and their respective Representatives to (A) assist in the +preparation of a customary bank information memorandum, marketing materials and +similar marketing documents and deliver customary authorization letters in +connection therewith; (B) cause the senior officers of the Company and its +Subsidiaries to participate in a reasonable number of meetings and due diligence +sessions upon reasonable advance notice and at mutually agreeable times, in each +case in connection with the Debt Financing; (C) facilitate the execution and +delivery of definitive documents customarily required in connection with the +Debt Financing, including the pledging of collateral, any guarantees, pledge and +security documents, credit agreements, notes, mortgages, other definitive +financing documents, or other certificates (including a solvency certificate in +the form attached to the Bank Commitment Letter) required to be executed or +entered into with respect to the Debt Financing; provided, that no such +definitive documents shall be effective until the Closing; (D) furnish Parent, +by at least three business days prior to the Closing Date, with all +documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under +applicable “know your customer,” beneficial owner and anti-money laundering +rules and regulations, including without limitation the PATRIOT Act, that is +reasonably requested at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date; +(E) furnish Parent with the financial statements specified in Section 4.01(h) of +Exhibit B to the Bank Commitment Letter; (F) provide information necessary to +assist Parent in Parent’s preparation of customary pro forma financial +statements (it being understood that (x) Parent shall be responsible for the +preparation of pro forma financial statements or any other information regarding +any post-Closing or pro forma cost savings, synergies, capitalization, ownership +or other post-Closing pro forma adjustments necessary or desired to be +incorporated into any information used in connection with the Financing and (y) +such pro forma financial statements shall not be required to be prepared in +compliance with Regulation S-X); (G) take such actions as may be reasonably +requested by Parent that are necessary to facilitate the satisfaction of the +conditions to the Debt Financing to the extent that the satisfaction thereof is +within the control of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and (H) obtain a +customary payoff letter in connection with the Debt Payoff from the agent under +the Existing Credit Facility, which payoff letter together with any related +release documentation shall, among other things, include the payoff amount and +provide that the Liens and guarantees, if any, granted in connection therewith +related to the assets, rights and properties of the Company and its applicable +Subsidiaries securing the indebtedness for borrowed money and any other +obligations under the Existing Credit Facility (other than any contingent +indemnification and reimbursement obligations and other surviving obligations) +shall, upon the payment of the amount set forth in such payoff letter at or +prior to the Closing Date be released and terminated and deliver or cause to be +delivered such payoff letters, together with related release documentation, to +Parent on or prior to the Closing Date. Parent agrees that the effectiveness of +any documents executed by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the +Debt Financing shall be subject to, and shall not be effective until, the +consummation of the Closing.  All non-public or otherwise confidential +information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates +obtained by Parent pursuant to this Section 6.15(a) shall be kept confidential +in accordance with the Confidentiality Agreement; provided that financing +sources, rating agencies, prospective lenders and investors and each of their +respective agents and advisors may agree to keep any applicable confidential +information concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries confidential including +through “click through” confidentiality agreements and confidentiality +provisions contained in customary bank books and offering memoranda. Parent will +promptly reimburse the Company at the Closing or, upon termination of this +Agreement pursuant to Section 8.3(a) or Section 8.3(c), after written request +therefor for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred +(other than in connection with the preparation of historical financial +information or preparation of payoff documentation) or otherwise payable by the +Company prior to the Closing in connection with its cooperation pursuant to this +Section 6.15(a). +  +60 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b)         During the Pre-Closing Period, Parent shall not, without obtaining +the Company’s prior written consent, permit any replacement, amendment or +modification to be made to, or any waiver of any provision or remedy under, or +any release of a Lender or a Purchaser of its commitment under or consent to the +termination of, any Commitment Letter that would, or would reasonably be +expected to, (i) reduce (or have the effect of reducing) the aggregate amount of +the Financing below the Required Financing Amount; (ii) impose new or otherwise +expand upon any of the conditions precedent to the funding of the Financing; or +(iii) adversely impact the ability of Parent to enforce its rights against the +other parties to the Commitment Letters or the definitive agreements with +respect thereto; provided that any amendment, supplement or modification (x) to +effectuate any "market flex" terms expressly set forth in the Bank Commitment +Letter , (y) to add any additional agents, arrangers or lenders, and reallocate +commitments among such Persons as provided for in the Debt Commitment Letters +and/or (z) in connection with any replacement of any Debt  Commitment Letter +with alternative financing in accordance with Section 6.15(e), in each case, +shall be permitted and shall not require written consent of the Company. +  +61 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(c)         Parent shall maintain in effect the Equity Commitment Letter, (i) +use reasonable best efforts to ensure the accuracy of all representations and +warranties of Parent, if any, set forth in the Equity Commitment Letter, (ii) +comply with its obligations under the Equity Commitment Letter, (iii) satisfy on +a timely basis all conditions applicable to Parent in the Equity Commitment +Letter that are within its control, (iv) subject to Section 9.13, enforce its +rights under (and, subject to Section 9.13, permitting the Company to enforce +its third-party beneficiary rights under) the Equity Commitment Letter and (v) +simultaneous with the consummation of the Debt Financing, consummate the Equity +Financing at the Closing, including by causing the Equity Investor to fund the +Equity Financing at the Closing in accordance with the Equity Commitment Letter. +  +(d)         During the Pre-Closing Period, Parent shall use its reasonable best +efforts to obtain the Debt Financing on or prior to the Closing Date on the +terms and conditions described in the Debt Commitment Letters (or other terms +and conditions as Parent shall agree so long as not in contravention of Section +6.15(b)), including using its reasonable best efforts to (i) maintain in effect +the Debt Commitment Letters prior to the expiration or termination thereof in +accordance with its terms, (ii) comply with its obligations under the Debt +Commitment Letters in all material respects, (iii) as promptly as practicable +negotiate, execute and deliver definitive agreements with respect to the Debt +Commitment Letters taking into account the timing of the Closing, (iv) satisfy +on a timely basis all conditions and obligations applicable to the Issuer or +Merger Sub, a applicable, in the Debt Commitment Letters and such definitive +agreements that are within its control and to be satisfied by the Issuer or +Merger Sub, as applicable, on or prior to the Closing Date (including the +payment of any commitment, engagement or placement fees required as a condition +to the Debt Financing), (v) enforce its rights under the Debt Commitment Letters +and such definitive agreements and (vi) if the conditions satisfied in Article +VII of this Agreement and the conditions to the Debt Financing have been +satisfied, consummate the Debt Financing at the Closing. +  +62 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(e)          If any portion of the Debt Financing becomes unavailable on the +terms (including any flex rights) and conditions contemplated in any Debt +Commitment Letter, Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain, as +promptly as practicable following the occurrence of such event, (i) alternative +third-party debt or third-party preferred equity financing for any such portion, +in an amount that is sufficient, when added to any portion of the Debt Financing +that is available and the Equity Financing, to pay the Required Financing Amount +prior to the Termination Date (the “Alternative Financing”) and (ii) a new Debt +Commitment Letter and new definitive agreements with respect to such Alternative +Financing not imposing economic terms that are, taken as a whole, less favorable +to Parent or other terms less favorable in any material respect, including any +new or additional condition to the availability of or obligation to fund and +make available the proceeds of the financing under, or otherwise expanding any +condition to draw or adding other terms that would reasonably be expected to +materially affect the availability of the Financing at, the Closing (the +“Alternative Financing Commitments”).  Parent shall promptly provide the Company +with true, correct and complete copies of any new Debt Commitment Letter and any +fee letter (subject to customary redactions to remove any fees and other +economic terms, none of which would result in any additional conditionality to +the availability of the Financing, adversely impact the enforceability (or alter +the termination provisions thereof) or reduce the aggregate principal amount of +the financing contemplated thereby) in connection therewith.  If any new Debt +Commitment Letter is obtained, (A) any reference in this Agreement to the +“Commitment Letters” or “Debt Commitment Letters” shall be deemed to include +such new Debt Commitment Letter to the extent still then in effect (together +with any accompanying fee letter), (B) any reference in this Agreement to the +“Financing” (as it relates to the portion comprised of the Debt Financing) or +the “Debt Financing” shall mean the debt financing contemplated by the Debt +Commitment Letters as modified pursuant to the foregoing,(C) any reference in +this Agreement to the “Lenders”, the “Purchasers”, the “Debt Commitment Parties” +or the “Financing Sources” shall be deemed to include the lender or purchaser +parties to such new Debt Commitment Letter to the extent still then in effect.  +Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 6.15 or anything else in this +Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall (I) the reasonable best efforts of +Parent, the Issuer or Merger Sub be deemed or construed to require Parent, the +Issuer or Merger Sub to, and none of Parent, the Issuer or Merger Sub shall be +required to, (x) incur or pay any fees to obtain a waiver or amendment of any +term of the Debt Commitment Letters or fees (in the aggregate) in excess of +those contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letters as of the date of this +Agreement, (y) agree to conditionality or economic terms with respect to the +Debt Financing that are, taken as a whole, materially less favorable than those +contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letters or related fee letters (including +any flex provisions therein) as of the date of this Agreement, or (z) seek or +accept equity financing from a Person other than the Guarantors or in an amount +in excess of the Equity Financing Commitments as of the date of this Agreement +and (II) Parent, the Issuer or Merger Sub have any obligation to take any action +pursuant to this clause (e) that would cause it to breach any other provisions +of this Section 6.15. +  +(f)          During the Pre-Closing Period, Parent shall (i) upon request by the +Company, keep the Company informed in reasonable detail of material activity +concerning the Financing (including the status of its efforts to obtain the +Financing or any alternative financing pursuant to Section 6.15(e)) and (ii) +promptly provide the Company with copies of all executed amendments, written +modifications or replacements of any Debt Commitment Letter (it being understood +that any amendments, modifications or replacements shall only be as permitted +herein), and such other information and documentation (including definitive +agreements related to the Financing) available to Parent as shall be reasonably +requested by the Company for purposes of monitoring the progress of the +financing activities, subject to the confidentiality obligations applicable to +the Debt Commitment Letters. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, +Parent shall promptly notify the Company (A) of any breach (or threatened +breach) or default (or any event or circumstance that could reasonably be +expected to give rise to any breach or default) by any party to the Commitment +Letters or definitive agreements related to the Financing of which Parent +becomes aware, (B) of the receipt by Parent of any written notice or +communication from the Equity Investor or any Debt Commitment Party with respect +to any breach (or threatened breach) or default (or any event or circumstance +that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any breach or default), or any +termination or repudiation or threatened termination or repudiation, in each +case by any party to a Commitment Letter or any definitive agreements related to +the Financing of any provisions of any Commitment Letter or such definitive +agreements, (C) of any material dispute or disagreement between or among any +parties to any Commitment Letter or any definitive agreements related to the +Financing, including with respect to the obligation to fund the Financing or the +amount of the Financing to be funded at the Closing, in each case, if Parent at +any time believes it will not be able to obtain all or any portion of the +Financing constituting the Required Financing Amount on the terms, in the manner +or from the sources contemplated by any of the Commitment Letters or any +definitive agreements related to any of the Financing.  For the avoidance of +doubt, nothing in this Agreement amends, limits or modifies Parent, the Issuer’s +and Merger Sub’s, as applicable, right under the respective Financing +Commitments. +  +63 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(g)        Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein but without +limiting or amending the provisions of Section 6.15, Article VIII or Section +9.13, the parties acknowledge and agree that neither the obtaining nor the +availability nor funding of the Debt Financing is a condition to Parent’s or +Merger Sub’s obligation to timely consummate the transactions contemplated by +this Agreement as required hereby. +  +(h)         Parent shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of its +Subsidiaries and their respective Representatives from and against any and all +actual liabilities, losses, damages, claims, costs, expenses (including +reasonable attorney’s fees), interest, awards, judgments and penalties suffered +or incurred by the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective +Representatives in connection with the Company’s cooperation with the Debt +Financing as contemplated by Section 6.15(a) (other than arising from willful +breach, willful misconduct, fraud or intentional misrepresentation on the part +of the Company or its Subsidiaries), whether or not the Merger is consummated or +this Agreement is terminated. +  +6.16      Approval by Sole Stockholder of Merger Sub.  Promptly following the +execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, Parent, as sole +stockholder of Merger Sub, shall, in accordance with all applicable requirements +of the DCGL, adopt this Agreement and approve this Agreement and the +transactions contemplated hereby, including the Offer and the Merger, by written +consent in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL.  Parent shall promptly +deliver a copy of such executed written consent to the Company. +  +6.17      Stockholder Litigation.  The Company shall give Parent the opportunity +to participate in (but not control) the defense and settlement of any +stockholder litigation against the Company and/or its officers or directors, and +Parent shall give the Company the opportunity to participate in (but not +control) the defense and settlement of any stockholder litigation against Parent +and/or its officers or directors, in each case relating to the Offer, the Merger +or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance +with the terms of a mutually agreed upon joint defense agreement, provided, that +neither the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective Representatives, on +the one hand, nor Parent, Merger Sub, their respective Subsidiaries and their +respective Representatives, on the other hand, shall compromise, settle, come to +an arrangement regarding or offer or agree to compromise, settle or come to an +arrangement regarding any stockholder litigation or consent to the same unless +the other party hereto shall have consented in writing (such consent not to be +unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). +  +6.18    Rule 14d-10 Matters. Prior to the scheduled expiration of the Offer, the +Company (acting through the Company Board and its Compensation Committee) shall +use reasonable efforts to take all such steps as may be required to cause to be +exempt under Rule 14d-10 promulgated under the Exchange Act any then effective +employment compensation, severance or other employee arrangement between the +Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any director, officer or employee of the +Company or any of its Subsidiaries who then holds Shares.  Promptly upon Parent +or any of its Affiliates entering into any such arrangement with any such +Person, Parent will provide to the Company any and all information concerning +such arrangements as may be needed by the Company to comply with this Section +6.18. +  +64 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +6.19        Consummation of Exchange.  The Company shall comply with its +obligations pursuant to, and implement the terms of, the Exchange Agreement, +including to effect the Exchange prior to the Offer Acceptance Time and the +Company and Parent shall each, as necessary, use their reasonable best efforts +to enforce their rights thereunder, including by seeking specific performance. +  +6.20       TRA Termination Agreement.  (i) In connection with the execution of +this Agreement, the Company will deliver to Parent a fully executed copy of the +TRA Termination Agreement, by and between the Company, Holdings and holders of +the Series B Units (the “TRA Termination Agreement”) in the form agreed by the +parties as of the date hereof, (ii) during the Pre-Closing Period the TRA +Termination Agreement shall not be amended, modified, waived or terminated +without Parent’s prior written consent, and (iii) the Company shall, as +necessary, use its reasonable best efforts to enforce its rights under the TRA +Termination Agreement. +  +ARTICLE VII + +CONDITIONS +  +7.1          Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger.  The +respective obligation of each party to effect the Merger is subject to the +satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waiver at the +Closing of each of the following conditions: +  +(a)          Law; Order.  No Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall +have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law or Order (whether +temporary, preliminary or permanent) that is in effect and restrains, enjoins or +otherwise prohibits consummation of the Merger. +  +(b)          Consummation of Offer. Merger Sub (or Parent on Merger Sub’s +behalf) shall have irrevocably accepted for payment all Class A Shares validly +tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer. +  +ARTICLE VIII + +TERMINATION +  +8.1          Termination by Mutual Consent.  This Agreement may be terminated +and the Offer and the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the Offer +Acceptance Time by mutual written consent of the Company and Parent. +  +8.2          Termination by Either Parent or the Company.  This Agreement may be +terminated and the Offer and Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the +Offer Acceptance Time by either Parent or the Company, by written notice to the +other, if: +  +65 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(a)          the Offer Acceptance Time shall not have occurred prior to 11:59 +a.m., Eastern Time, on November 9, 2020 (the “Termination Date”); provided, +however, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section +8.2(a) shall not be available to any Party that has breached in any material +respect its obligations under this Agreement, which breach shall have been the +principal cause of the failure of the Offer Acceptance Time to have occurred or +the Merger to be consummated prior to the Termination Date; +  +(b)          any Law or Order permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise +prohibiting the consummation of the Offer or Merger shall have become final and +non-appealable. +  +8.3          Termination by the Company.  This Agreement may be terminated and +the Offer and the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the Offer +Acceptance Time by the Company, by written notice to Parent: +  +(a)          if (i) there has been a breach of any representation or warranty by +Parent or Merger Sub in this Agreement (A) such that as of the date of this +Agreement or as of the Offer Acceptance Time (except for any representations and +warranties that expressly relate to a specified date, which representation and +warranty shall have been true and correct as of such specified date), (I) the +representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub set forth in Section +5.2(b) (Ownership of Merger Sub) and Section 5.2(c) (Corporate Authority; +Approval) of this Agreement are not or would not be true and correct in all +material respects, or (II) any of the other representations and warranties of +Parent and Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement are not or would not be true +and correct in all respects, except where the failures of such representations +and warranties to be so true and correct (read for purposes of this clause +(i)(A)(II) without giving effect to any “materiality,” “Parent Material Adverse +Effect” or similar qualification therein), individually or in the aggregate, has +not, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Parent Material Adverse +Effect or (B) at any time prior to the Offer Acceptance Time, each of Parent and +Merger Sub shall have failed to perform in all material respects all obligations +required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to such time and +(ii) such breach or failure to be true is not curable or, if curable, is not +cured prior to the earlier of (A) thirty (30) days following notice to Parent +from the Company of such breach or failure and (B) the date that is three (3) +Business Days prior to the Termination Date; provided that the Company shall not +have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.3(a) if +the Company is then in material breach of any of its representations, +warranties, covenants or agreements under this Agreement; +  +(b)         in order to substantially concurrently enter into a definitive +Alternative Acquisition Agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal in +accordance with Section 6.2(f), provided that the Company shall not be entitled +to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.3(b), and no such +purported termination shall have any effect, unless, prior to or concurrently +with such termination, the Company pays to Parent the Company Termination Fee +required to be paid pursuant to Section 8.5(b) or if the Company is in breach of +Section 6.2; or +  +(c)          if (i) all of the Offer Conditions shall have been satisfied or +waived at the Expiration Time (disregarding any extension of the Expiration Date +by Merger Sub pursuant to Section 1.1(d)(i)(C)) (other than those conditions +that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Offer Acceptance Time, each of +which would be satisfied if the Offer Acceptance Time were to then occur), (ii) +Merger Sub shall have failed (or Parent shall have failed to cause Merger Sub) +to accept for payment in accordance with Section 1.1(g)(ii) all Class A Shares +validly tendered pursuant to the Offer and not properly withdrawn and the Offer +Acceptance Time has not occurred when required by this Agreement, (iii) the +Company shall have given Parent written notice at least three (3) Business Days +prior to such termination stating the Company’s intention to terminate this +Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.3(c), (iv) all of the Offer Conditions +remain satisfied throughout such three (3) Business Day period and (v) the +Merger Sub shall have failed to consummate the Offer by the end of such three +(3) Business Day period. +  +66 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +8.4          Termination by Parent.  This Agreement may be terminated and the +Offer and the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the Offer Acceptance +Time by Parent, by written notice to the Company, if: +  +(a)          the board of directors of the Company shall have made a Change in +Recommendation (regardless of whether such Change in Recommendation was +permitted under Section 6.2(f) or 6.2(h)); +  +(b)          there has been a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant +or agreement made by the Company in this Agreement, such that the conditions set +forth in Annex I would not be satisfied and such breach or failure to be true is +not curable or, if curable, is not cured prior to the earlier of (i) thirty (30) +days following written notice to the Company from Parent of such breach or +failure and (ii) the date that is three (3) Business Days prior to the +Termination Date; provided that Parent shall not have the right to terminate +this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.4(b) if Parent is then in material +breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements under +this Agreement such that the Company has a valid right to terminate this +Agreement pursuant to Section 8.3(b); or +  +(c)         the Offer (as extended in accordance with Section 1.1(d)(i)) expires +or is terminated or withdrawn in accordance with its terms and at such time as +(i) all of the Offer Conditions having been satisfied or waived (other than (x) +the Minimum Condition and (y) those conditions that by their nature are to be +satisfied at the Offer Acceptance Time, but each of which would be satisfied if +the Offer Acceptance Time were to then occur), and (ii) the Minimum Condition +having not been satisfied, in each case, without the acceptance for payment of +any Shares thereunder; provided that Parent shall not have the right to +terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.4(c) if Parent is then in +material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or +agreements under this Agreement such that the Company has a valid right to +terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.3(b). +  +8.5          Effect of Termination and Abandonment. +  +(a)          In the event of the valid termination of this Agreement and the +abandonment of the Offer and Merger pursuant to this Article VIII, this +Agreement (other than as set forth in this Section 8.5 and in Section 9.1) shall +become void and of no effect with no liability on the part of any party hereto +(or of any of its respective Representatives); provided, subject to Section +9.8(b) that no such termination shall relieve (i) the Company from any liability +for damages resulting from any Willful Breach by such party prior to such +termination, (ii) the Company from any obligation to pay, if applicable, the +Company Termination Fee pursuant to Section 8.5(b) or Section 8.5(c), or (iii) +Parent from any obligation to pay, if applicable, the Parent Termination Fee +pursuant to Section 8.5(d). +  +67 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b)          If this Agreement is validly terminated (i) by Parent pursuant to +Section 8.4(a) (Change in Recommendation), (ii) by the Company pursuant to +Section 8.3(b) (Termination for Superior Proposal) or (iii) by a Party pursuant +to Section 8.2 at such time as this Agreement was terminable by Parent pursuant +to Section 8.4(a), then the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days after +such termination in the case of clause (i) or clause (iii) or concurrently with +such termination in the case of clause (ii), pay to Parent or its designee, by +wire transfer of immediately available funds, a fee equal to $14,700,000 (the +“Company Termination Fee”). +  +(c)          If (i) this Agreement is validly terminated (A) by Parent or the +Company pursuant to Section 8.2(a) (Termination Date) prior to the Offer +Acceptance Time or (B) by Parent pursuant to Section 8.4(b) (Company Breach), +(ii) prior to such termination but after the date of this Agreement, an +Acquisition Proposal shall have been publicly made to the Company’s stockholders +generally or shall have otherwise been publicly announced or become publicly +known and (iii) within twelve (12) months after the date of such termination, +the Company enters into a definitive agreement providing for any Acquisition +Proposal (that is subsequently consummated) or consummates any Acquisition +Proposal, then the Company shall pay the Company Termination Fee to Parent; +provided that for purposes of this Section 8.5(c), references to “twenty (20%) +or more” in the definition of “Acquisition Proposal” shall be deemed to be +references to “fifty percent (50%) or more”. +  +(d)          In the event of the valid termination of this Agreement by the +Company pursuant to Section 8.3(a) (Parent Breach) or Section 8.3(c) (Failure to +Close), Parent shall promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days +after the date of such termination, pay or cause to be paid to the Company by +wire transfer of immediately available funds an amount equal to $29,400,000 (the +“Parent Termination Fee”). +  +(e)           The parties acknowledge and hereby agree that each of the Company +Termination Fee and the Parent Termination Fee, as applicable, if, as and when +required to be paid pursuant to this Section 8.5, shall not constitute a penalty +but will be liquidated damages, and that the amount thereof is a reasonable +amount that will compensate the party receiving such funds in the circumstances +in which it is payable for the efforts and resources expended and opportunities +foregone while negotiating this Agreement and in reliance on this Agreement and +on the expectation of the consummation of the Offer and Merger, which amount +would otherwise be impossible to calculate with precision. The parties +acknowledge and hereby agree that in no event shall either the Company be +required to pay the Company Termination Fee or Parent be required to pay the +Parent Termination Fee or any portion thereof, as the case may be, on more than +one occasion. +  +(f)           Each party acknowledges that the agreements contained in this +Section 8.5 are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this +Agreement, and that, without these agreements, no party would have entered into +this Agreement. +  +68 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(g)         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, but +subject to the proviso in Section 8.5(a) and Section 9.13, in any circumstance +in which this Agreement is terminated and Parent has the right to receive +payment of the Company Termination Fee, the payment of the Company Termination +Fee shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of Parent and its Subsidiaries and +Affiliates and any of their respective former, current or future general or +limited partners, stockholders, controlling Persons, managers, members, +directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, the Financing Sources, the +Guarantors, representatives, agents or any their respective heirs, assignees or +successors or any former, current or future general or limited partner, +stockholder, controlling Person, manager, member, director, officer, employee, +Affiliate, representative, agent, assignee or successor of any of the foregoing +(the “Parent Related Parties”) against the Company, its Subsidiaries and +Affiliates and any of their respective former, current or future general or +limited partners, stockholders, controlling Persons, managers, members, +directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, representatives, agents or any their +respective heirs, assignees or successors or any former, current or future +general or limited partner, stockholder, controlling Person, manager, member, +director, officer, employee, Affiliate, representative, agent, assignee or +successor of any of the foregoing (collectively, “Company Related Parties”) for +any loss or damage suffered as a result of the failure of the Offer, the Merger +and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be consummated or +for a breach of, or failure to perform under, this Agreement or any certificate +or other document delivered in connection herewith or otherwise or in respect of +any representation (oral or otherwise) made or alleged to have been made in +connection herewith or therewith, and upon payment of such amounts, none of the +Company Related Parties shall have any further liability or obligation relating +to or arising out of this Agreement, whether in equity or at law, in contract, +in tort or otherwise. +  +(h)         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or the +Equity Commitment Letter, without limiting the last sentence of this Section +8.5(h), in the event that this Agreement is terminated, the Company’s right (if +any) to receive the payment of the Parent Termination Fee shall be the sole and +exclusive remedy of the Company and any other Person against the Parent Related +Parties, and no Parent Related Party shall have any other liability for any or +all losses suffered or incurred by the Company or any other Person in connection +with this Agreement (and the termination hereof), the Offer, the Merger (and the +abandonment of the Offer and the Merger), any matter with respect to the +transactions contemplated hereby, any matter forming the basis for such +termination or any breach (including any Willful Breach) of this Agreement or +any of the other Transaction Documents, and neither the Company nor any other +Person shall be entitled to bring or maintain any other claim, action or +proceeding against Parent or any other Parent Related Party arising out of this +Agreement, the Offer, the Merger or any matters forming the basis for such +termination.  For the avoidance of doubt, while the Company may pursue both a +grant of specific performance and the payment of the Parent Termination Fee (in +each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), under no +circumstances shall the Company be permitted or entitled to receive both a grant +of specific performance and any money damages, including all or any portion of +the Parent Termination Fee or receive any monetary damages other than the Parent +Termination Fee when payable hereunder. +  +ARTICLE IX + +MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL +  +9.1          Survival.  This Article IX and the agreements of the Company, +Parent and Merger Sub contained in Section 1.1(d)(ii) (Offer Extension +Deadline), Section 1.1(e) (Termination of the Offer), Section 6.6(b) (Access; +Consultation), Section 6.10 (Expenses), Section 6.15(h) (Financing +Indemnification), Section 8.5 (Effect of Termination and Abandonment) and the +Confidentiality Agreement shall survive any termination of this Agreement, +provided that Section 9.13 shall only survive with respect to such provisions +that survive the termination of this Agreement in accordance with this +sentence.  This Article IX and covenants or agreements contained in this +Agreement or in any of the Transaction Documents that contemplate performance +after the Effective Time shall survive the consummation of the Merger (to the +extent specified therein, in accordance with their respective terms).  All other +representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in this Agreement shall +not survive the consummation of the Merger or the termination of this Agreement. +  +69 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +9.2          Modification or Amendment.  This Agreement may be amended by the +parties at any time prior to the Offer Acceptance Time by execution of an +instrument in writing signed on behalf of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company +(pursuant to authorized action by the board of directors of the Company (or a +committee thereof)).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendments or +modifications to the provisions of this Section 9.2, Section 9.5(c), Section +9.5(d), Section 9.8 and Section 9.13(b), to which the Financing Sources or +Equity Investor are expressly made third-party beneficiaries pursuant to Section +9.8 shall be permitted in a manner adverse to any Equity Investor or the +Financing Sources without the prior written consent of such Equity Investor or +the Lender(s) or Purchaser(s), as applicable, party to the applicable Debt +Commitment Letter. +  +9.3          Waiver. +  +(a)          Any provision of this Agreement may be waived prior to the +Effective Time if, and only if, such waiver is in writing and signed by the +party against whom the waiver is to be effective, except that the Minimum +Condition may only be waived by Merger Sub with the prior written consent of the +Company. +  +(b)          No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or +privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or +partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the +exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  Except as otherwise herein +provided, the rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not +exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Law. +  +9.4          Counterparts; Effectiveness.  This Agreement may be executed in any +number of counterparts (including by facsimile or by attachment to electronic +mail in portable document format (PDF)), each such counterpart being deemed to +be an original instrument, and all such counterparts, taken together, shall +constitute one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or +more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered +to the other parties hereto. +  +9.5          Governing Law and Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial. +  +(a)          THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE IN AND IN ALL RESPECTS +SHALL BE INTERPRETED, CONSTRUED AND GOVERNED BY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS +OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OR CHOICE OF LAW +PRINCIPLES THEREOF. +  +70 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b)          Subject to Section 9.5(c), each of the parties hereto hereby +irrevocably and unconditionally (i) consents to submit itself to the personal +jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, if such court +lacks subject matter jurisdiction, any federal court located in the State of +Delaware in the event any of any dispute arising out of or related to this +Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) agrees that it +will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other +request for leave from any such court, (iii) agrees that it will not, and waives +any right to, bring any Proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity (each, +an “Action”) relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any of the +transactions contemplated hereby in any court other than the Court of Chancery +of the State of Delaware or, if such court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, +any federal court located in the State of Delaware, and (iv) waives any +objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such Action in +the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, if such court lacks subject +matter jurisdiction, any federal court located in the State of Delaware or that +such Action was brought in an inconvenient forum and agrees not to plead or +claim the same. Each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub hereby agrees that +and consents to service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. +registered mail to the respective addresses set forth in Section 9.6 shall be +effective service of process for any Action in connection with this Agreement or +the transactions contemplated hereby. +  +(c)          Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the +parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that any legal +action or proceeding involving any Financing Source arising out of or relating +to this Agreement, the Debt Commitment Letter or the Debt Financing shall be +brought and determined in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of +New York; provided, that if jurisdiction is not then available in the Supreme +Court of the State of New York, County of New York, then any such legal action +or proceeding may be brought in any federal court located in the State of New +York, County of New York (and, in each case, any appellate courts thereof).  +Each of the parties hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the +aforesaid courts for itself and with respect to its property, generally and +unconditionally, with regard to any such action or proceeding involving any +Financing Source arising out of or relating to this Agreement, any Debt +Commitment Letter or the Debt Financing and the transactions contemplated hereby +or thereby.  Each of the parties agrees not to commence any action, suit or +proceeding involving any Financing Source relating thereto except in the courts +described above in New York, other than actions in any court of competent +jurisdiction to enforce any judgment, decree or award rendered by any such court +in New York.  Each of the parties further agrees that delivery of notice by +registered mail pursuant to Section 9.6 shall constitute sufficient service of +process with respect to any action or proceeding involving a Financing Source or +related to the Debt Commitment Letters and the parties further waive any +argument that such service is insufficient.  Each of the parties hereby +irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of +motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action or proceeding +involving any Financing Source arising out of or relating to this Agreement, any +Debt Commitment Letter or the Debt Financing or the transactions contemplated +hereby or thereby, (i) any claim that it is not personally subject to the +jurisdiction of the courts in New York as described herein for any reason, (ii) +that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court +or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of +notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of +judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (iii) that (A) the suit, +action or proceeding in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (B) +the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper or (C) this Agreement, +any Debt Commitment Letter, the Debt Financing, or the subject matter hereof or +thereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts. +  +71 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(d)          EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY +ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT +ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY +WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY +LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, +OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING +HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE COMPANY (ON BEHALF ITSELF AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES) AND +EACH OF THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT +TO ANY ACTION RELATED TO ANY DEBT FINANCING OBTAINED BY THE ISSUER, PARENT OR +ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER, THE MERGER OR THE +PERFORMANCE THEREOF OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY.  EACH PARTY +CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (i) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY +OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD +NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (ii) EACH +SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (iii) +EACH SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (iv) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN +INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS +AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.5. +  +9.6          Notices.  Notices, requests, instructions, waivers or other +documents to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be +deemed given, (a) when delivered, if delivered personally to the intended +recipient, (b) when sent by email (without any “bounceback” or other notice of +nondelivery) and (c) one (1) Business Day later, if sent by overnight delivery +via a national courier service (providing proof of delivery), and in each case, +addressed to a party at the following address for such party: +  +if to Parent or Merger Sub +  +c/o Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC +70 West Madison +Chicago, Illinois 60602 + + + +  +Attention: +Email:  +Legal Department + +legal@mdcp.com + +  +with copies to (which shall not constitute notice): +  +Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC +70 West Madison +Chicago, Illinois 60602 + + +72 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  +Attention: +Email: +Legal Department + +legal@mdcp.com + +  +and +  +Kirkland & Ellis LLP +300 North LaSalle Street +Chicago, IL 60654 + + + + +  +Attention: + + + +Email: +Richard J. Campbell, P.C. +Adam T. Clifford + +richard.campbell@kirkland.com +adam.clifford@kirkland.com + +  + +Kirkland & Ellis LLP +601 Lexington Avenue +New York, NY 10022 United States + + + + +  +Attention: +Email:  +Sarkis Jebejian, P.C. + +sarkis.jebejian@kirkland.com + + + +if to the Company +  +Benefytt Technologies, Inc. +3450 Buschwood Park Drive +Suite 200 +Tampa, Florida 33618 + + + + +  +Attention: + +Email: +Erik Helding + +heldinge@bfyt.com + + +with copies to (which shall not constitute notice): +  +Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP +767 Fifth Avenue +New York, New York 10153 + + + + +  +Attention: + + +Email: +Michael J. Aiello +Eoghan P. Keenan +michael.aiello@weil.com + +eoghan.keenan@weil.com + + +or to such other persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by the +party to receive such notice as provided above. +  +9.7          Entire Agreement.  This Agreement (including any exhibits hereto, +the Company Disclosure Letter and the Parent Disclosure Letter), the +Confidentiality Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the documents +and instruments and other agreements among the Parties as contemplated by or +referred to herein and therein constitute the entire agreement, and supersede +any and all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and +warranties both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject +matter hereof. +  +73 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +9.8          No Third-Party Beneficiaries; Non-Recourse. +  +(a)          This Agreement is not intended to, and does not and shall not be +deemed to, confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto any rights or +remedies hereunder, other than (i) as provided in Section 6.11 (Indemnification; +Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance), (ii) the right of the Company’s +stockholders to receive the Offer Price after the Offer Acceptance Time or +Merger Consideration after the Closing, as applicable, (iii) the right of the +holders of equity awards of the Company to receive such consideration as +provided for in Section 4.5 after the Closing, (iv) this Section 9.8, Section +8.5(g) (Liability of Company Related Parties), Section 8.5(h) (Liability of +Parent Related Parties), Section 9.2 (Modification or Amendment) and Section 9.5 +(Governing Law and Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial) which, to the extent applicable +to the Company Related Parties or Parent Related Parties, are intended to +benefit and be enforceable by the Company Related Parties and Parent Related +Parties (as applicable) and (v) the Financing Sources shall be a third-party +beneficiary of and entitled to enforce, to the extent applicable to the Lender, +this Section 9.8, Section 9.2 (Modification or Amendment), Section 9.5 +(Governing Law and Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial) and Section 9.13(b) (Specific +Performance). +  +(b)          This Agreement may be enforced only against the Company, Parent and +Merger Sub. All Proceedings (whether in contract, tort, or equity, at law, or +granted by statute, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate, +limited partnership or limited liability company veil or otherwise) that may be +based upon, arise under, out of, or relate in any manner to (i) this Agreement +or any of the other agreements or documents contemplated hereby, (ii) the +negotiation, execution, or performance of this Agreement or any of the documents +contemplated hereby (including any representation or warranty made in connection +with, or as an inducement to, this Agreement or any of the other agreements or +documents contemplated hereby), (iii) any breach (including Willful Breach) or +violation of this Agreement (including the failure of any representation and +warranty to be true or accurate) or any of the other Transaction Documents, and +(iv) the Offer, the Merger or the other transactions contemplated hereby, in +each case, may be made only against (and are those solely of) the Persons that +are expressly named as parties to this Agreement or the other Transaction +Documents, and then only to the extent of the specific obligations of such +Persons set forth in this Agreement or such other Transaction Document, as +applicable, and only by Persons that are party to or are expressly identified as +third party beneficiaries under this Agreement or the other Transaction +Documents to the extent permitted to institute a Proceeding thereunder. In +furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, and notwithstanding any +other provision of this Agreement or the Transaction Documents to the contrary, +the Company covenants, agrees and acknowledges that, except to the extent such +Person is a party to any of the Transaction Documents, and then only to the +extent of the specific obligations of such parties set forth in such Transaction +Document, as applicable, no recourse under this Agreement, any related document +or any documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement or +any related document shall be had against any Parent Related Party and neither +the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf shall assert a claim or +institute a Proceeding that is not a Retained Claim (as defined in the Limited +Guarantee). For the avoidance of doubt, it is expressly agreed and understood by +the Parties that nothing contained in this Section 9.8(b) shall limit the +Company’s remedies under Section 9.13, as a third party beneficiary under the +Equity Commitment Letter(s), or under the Limited Guarantee against the +Guarantors on the terms and subject to the limitations set forth therein. +  +74 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +9.9         Obligations of Parent and of the Company.  Whenever this Agreement +requires a Subsidiary of Parent to take any action, such requirement shall be +deemed to include an undertaking on the part of Parent to cause such Subsidiary +to take such action.  Whenever this Agreement requires a Subsidiary of the +Company to take any action, such requirement shall be deemed to include an +undertaking on the part of the Company to cause such Subsidiary to take such +action and, after the Effective Time, on the part of Parent and the Surviving +Corporation to cause such Subsidiary to take such action. +  +9.10       Severability.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed +severable and in the event any court of competent jurisdiction or arbitral panel +finds any provision hereof to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or +enforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other +provisions hereof so long as the economic, risk allocation, limitation of +liability or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement +is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party as a result +thereof.  If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any +Person or any circumstance, is found to be invalid or unenforceable, (a) a +suitable and equitable provision negotiated in good faith by the parties hereto +shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and +enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision +and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to +other Persons or circumstances shall not, subject to clause (a) above, be +affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, except as a result of such +substitution, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity +or enforceability of such provision, or the application thereof, in any other +jurisdiction, in each case, so long as the economic, risk allocation, limitation +of liability or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this +Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party as a +result thereof. +  +9.11        Interpretation. +  +(a)          The table of contents and the Article, Section and subsection +headings or captions herein are for convenience of reference only, do not +constitute part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or otherwise +affect any of the provisions hereof or the interpretation thereof.  Where a +reference in this Agreement is made to a Section or Exhibit, such reference +shall be to a Section of or Exhibit to this Agreement unless otherwise +indicated.  Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in +this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without +limitation”.  The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar +import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and +not to any particular provision of this Agreement.  The word “or” when used in +this Agreement is not exclusive.  The word “extent” in the phrase “to the +extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and +such phrase shall not mean simply “if”.  The term “ordinary course of business” +shall mean in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice +(including with respect to type, frequency and magnitude). All terms defined in +this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or +other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined +therein.  The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the +singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well +as to the feminine and neuter genders of such term.  Any Contract or information +referred to herein shall be deemed to have been “delivered”, “provided”, +“furnished” or “made available” (or any phrase of similar import) to Parent by +the Company if such Contract or information was posted to the “Dawn 2019” data +room managed by the Company at datasiteone.merrillcorp.com or the “Benefytt +Tech, Inc.-High Priority Information” data room maintained by the Company at +app.box.com in connection with the transaction and was accessible to Parent and +its advisors prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and which +remains available through the Closing.  When calculating the period of time +before which, within which or following which any act is to be done or step +taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference date in +calculating such period shall be excluded and the end of a period shall refer to +11:59:59 pm eastern time on the last date of such period. If the last day of any +such period is a day other than a Business Day, the period in question shall +instead end, and any such step shall be taken by or on, the next succeeding +Business Day. +  +75 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b)          The parties have participated jointly in negotiating and drafting +this Agreement.  In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent or +interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly +by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or +disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this +Agreement. +  +9.12       Assignment.  Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests +or obligations of the parties hereunder may be assigned, in whole or in part, by +operation of law or otherwise, by any of the parties hereto without the prior +written consent of the other parties hereto provided, that Parent or Merger Sub +may transfer or assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement, in whole +or in part, from time to time, to (a) one or more of its Affiliates, or (b) to +any parties providing secured debt financing, solely for purposes of creating a +security interest herein or otherwise assigning this Agreement as collateral in +respect of such secured debt financing, and (c) after the Effective Time to any +Person, provided that no such assignment shall impede or delay the consummation +of the Offer or the Merger or otherwise impede the rights of the Company under +this Agreement.  No assignment by any party shall relieve such party of any of +its obligations hereunder.  Subject to the immediately preceding two sentences, +this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be +enforceable by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted +assigns.  Any purported assignment in violation of this Section 9.12 shall be +null and void ab initio. +  +9.13        Specific Performance. +  +(a)          The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage +would occur and that the parties would not have any adequate remedy at Law in +the event that any of the obligations, undertakings, covenants or agreements of +the parties to this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their +specific terms or were otherwise breached, and that monetary damages, even if +available, would not be an adequate remedy therefor.  Accordingly, the Company, +on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, shall be entitled to an +injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of this +Agreement by the other parties, and to enforce specifically the terms and +provisions of this Agreement without the necessity of proving actual harm or +damages or posting a bond or other security therefor, this being in addition to +any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law or in equity, and each +party agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific +performance or other equitable relief on the basis that any other party has an +adequate remedy at law or that any award of specific performance or other +equitable remedy is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or in +equity. Without limitation of the foregoing, the parties hereby further +acknowledge and agree that prior to the Closing, each party shall be entitled to +seek specific performance to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of, +and to prevent or cure breaches of the covenants required to be performed by the +other parties under this Agreement (including Section 6.5, and including to +cause Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Offer, the Merger and the Closing +when required hereunder and to make the payments contemplated by this Agreement, +including Article I and Article IV) in addition to any other remedy to which +such party is entitled at law or in equity and in accordance with this +Agreement. Each party further agrees that it shall not take any position in any +legal proceeding concerning this Agreement that is contrary to the terms of this +Section 9.13. +  +76 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b)          Notwithstanding Section 9.13(a) and subject to the last sentence of +this Section 9.13(b), it is explicitly agreed that the Company shall be entitled +to specific performance of Parent’s obligation to cause the Equity Financing to +be funded in accordance with the terms of the Equity Commitment Letter to fund +the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and consummate the Closing only +in the event that (i) all of the Offer Conditions have been satisfied (other +than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied by actions taken +at or immediately prior to the consummation of the Offer, each of which would be +satisfied if the Offer Acceptance Time were to then occur) at the time the Offer +Acceptance Time would have otherwise occurred pursuant to Section 1.1(g)(ii), +(ii) the financing provided for by the Debt Commitment Letters (or, if +Alternative Financing is being used in accordance with Section 6.15(e), pursuant +to the Alternative Financing Commitments with respect thereto) has been funded +or an agent of the Lender(s) and the Purchaser(s) has confirmed in writing to +Parent that such financing will be funded at or prior to the Offer Acceptance +Time if the Equity Financing is funded at or prior to the Offer Acceptance Time, +(iii) the Company has irrevocably confirmed that it is ready, willing and able +to, and will, cause the Offer Closing and Closing to occur in accordance with +the terms of this Agreement if specific performance is granted and the Equity +Financing and Debt Financing are funded and (iv) Merger Sub shall have failed to +accept for payment in accordance with Section 1.1(g)(ii) all Class A Shares +validly tendered pursuant to the Offer and not properly withdrawn or to +consummate the Merger within two (2) Business Days of the receipt of such +notice. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Company or any of its +successors or permitted assigns be entitled to (x) enforce or seek to enforce +specifically the remedy of specific performance of any Debt Commitment Letter +against any Financing Source, (y) be entitled to specifically enforce (or to +bring any Proceeding in equity seeking to specifically enforce) Parent’s rights +under the Equity Commitment Letter to cause the Equity Financing to be funded or +to consummate the Closing other than as expressly provided in the immediately +preceding sentence, or (z) seek to specifically enforce any provision of this +Agreement or to obtain an injunction or injunctions, or to bring any other +Proceeding in equity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this +Agreement, against any person other than against Parent and, in such case and +solely with respect to the Proceedings described in this clause (z), only under +the circumstances expressly set forth in Section 9.13(a) and this Section +9.13(b). +  +(c)          For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the exercise of the +Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ right to seek specific performance +pursuant to this Section 9.13 reduce, restrict or otherwise limit the Company’s +right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII and/or pursue payment +of the Parent Termination Fee after the valid termination of this Agreement in +accordance with Section 8.5(d). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall +the Company or any of its Affiliates be entitled to the Parent Termination Fee +if they have been granted specific performance of this Agreement, the Closing +actually occurs and Parent makes all of the payments contemplated by Article IV +hereof and unless this Agreement has been validly terminated in accordance with +Section 8.5(d). +  +77 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +9.14        Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms, +when used herein, shall have the respective meanings set forth below: +  +“Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement” means an executed confidentiality +agreement with terms that are no less favorable in all material respects to the +Company than in the Confidentiality Agreement (it being understood that such +confidentiality agreement need not prohibit the making or amending of any +confidential Acquisition Proposal), which agreement shall not restrict the +Company from complying with its obligations under this Agreement. +  +“Affiliate” means, when used with respect to any party, any Person who is an +“affiliate” of that party within the meaning of Rule 405 promulgated under the +Securities Act, provided that no portfolio companies of Guarantor, Guarantor or +of any private equity funds sponsored or managed by the management company of +Guarantor would be deemed to be Affiliates of Parent or Merger Sub, as +applicable. +  +“Antitrust Laws” means the Sherman Antitrust Act, the Clayton Antitrust Act of +1914, the HSR Act and all other federal, state and foreign statutes, rules, +regulations, orders, decrees and other Laws and Orders that are designed or +intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect +of monopolization or restraint of trade or competition. +  +“Business Day” means any day on which banks are not required or authorized by +Law to close in New York City. +  +“Change” means any change, event, circumstance, state of fact, effect, +development, condition or occurrence. +  +“Company Equity Awards” means Company Options, Company SARs and Company +Restricted Stock Awards. +  +78 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Company Material Adverse Effect” means any Change that, individually or in the +aggregate with any other Changes, has, or would reasonably be expected to have, +a material adverse effect on the financial condition, assets, liabilities, +business or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as +a whole; provided that any Change to the extent resulting from any of the +following shall not be considered when determining whether a Company Material +Adverse Effect has occurred: (i) Changes in, or events generally affecting, the +financial, securities or capital markets, (ii) general economic or political +conditions in the United States or any foreign jurisdiction in which the Company +or any of its Subsidiaries operate, including any Changes in currency exchange +rates, interest rates, monetary policy or inflation, (iii) Changes in, or events +generally affecting, the industries in which the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries operate, (iv) any acts of war, sabotage, civil disobedience or +terrorism or natural disasters (including hurricanes, tornadoes, floods or +earthquakes), epidemics, pandemics or other public health emergencies (including +the novel strain of coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) and its disease commonly known as +COVID-19 (including any and all additional strains, variations or mutations +thereof) or any Law enacted or imposed by any Governmental Entity in response +thereto or in connection therewith or effects thereof), or other force majeure +event, (v) any failure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to meet any +internal or published budgets, projections, forecasts or predictions in respect +of financial performance for any period, (vi) a decline in the price of the +Shares, or a Change in the trading volume of the Shares, on the Nasdaq, provided +that the exceptions in clauses (v) and (vi) shall not prevent or otherwise +affect a determination that any Change underlying such failure or decline or +Change (if not otherwise falling within any of the exclusions pursuant to the +other clauses of this definition) has resulted in, or contributed to, a Company +Material Adverse Effect, (vii) Changes in Law after the date of this Agreement, +(viii) Changes in GAAP (or authoritative interpretation thereof) after the date +of this Agreement or (ix) the taking of any action required to be taken pursuant +to this Agreement or the failure to take any specific action expressly +prohibited by this Agreement for which Parent has unreasonably refused the +Company’s written request to provide consent, (x) the announcement of the +acquisition of the Company and the other transactions contemplated hereby by the +Guarantors or any Affiliate of the Guarantors and the impact thereof on the +relationships with customers, suppliers, distributors, partners, other third +parties with whom the Company has a relationship or employees, (xi) any +litigation brought by stockholders of the Company or Parent alleging breach of +fiduciary duty or inadequate disclosure in connection with this Agreement or any +of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (xii) any demand, action, claim, or +proceeding for appraisal of any Shares pursuant to the DGCL in connection +herewith; provided, however, that any Change referred to in clauses (i)-(iv), +(vii) and (viii) of this definition may be taken into account in determining +whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be +expected to occur to the extent that such Change, individually or taken together +with any other Change, has a disproportionate effect on the Company and its +Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other companies in the industries +and markets in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate (but only to the +extent of the incremental disproportionate effect on the Company and its +Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, compared to other companies operating in the +industries and markets in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate). +  +“Company Restricted Stock Award” means each restricted stock award granted under +the Company Stock Plan. +  +“Company Systems” means software, computer firmware, computer hardware, computer +or information technology systems, electronic data processing systems or +networks, telecommunications networks, network equipment, interfaces, platforms, +peripherals, and data or information contained therein or transmitted thereby, +owned by or relied on by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. +  +“Confidentiality Agreement” means the confidentiality agreement, dated as of May +21, 2020, between the Company and Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, on behalf of +its Fund VIII private equity funds (the “Confidentiality Agreement”). +  +“Contract” means any written or oral agreement, lease, license, contract, +consent, settlement, note, mortgage, indenture, arrangement, understanding or +other obligation, including any amendments, supplements or other modifications +thereto. +  +79 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Dissenting Shares” means Class A Shares or Class B Shares with respect to which +the holder thereof has not voted in favor of, or otherwise consented to, the +adoption of this Agreement and that has otherwise properly perfected a demand +for appraisal in accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL and not effectively +lost or withdrawn such right as of the Effective Time. +  +“Dissenting Stockholder” means a holder of Dissenting Shares. +  +“Environmental Law” means any Law relating to pollution or protection of the +environment or natural resources or public or worker health or safety. +  +“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) +that, together with the Company or any of its subsidiaries is treated as a +single employer under Section 414 of the Code. +  +“Existing Credit Facility” means the Credit Agreement, dated June 5, 2019, among +Holdings, as borrower, the Company, as parent, and certain subsidiaries of the +Company, as guarantors, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, +Swingline Lender and L/C Issuer, SunTrust Bank, as Syndication Agent, and +certain other lenders party thereto from time to time. +  +“Existing Exchange Agreement” means the Exchange Agreement, dated as of February +13, 2013, by and among the Company, Holdings and the holders of Series B +Membership Interests identified therein. +  +“Financing Sources” means the Persons (including the Lenders and the Purchasers) +that have committed to provide or arrange the Debt Financing and any joinder +agreements, indentures or credit agreements entered into pursuant thereto or +relating thereto, together with their Affiliates, officers, directors, +employees, agents and representatives involved in the Debt Financing and their +successors and assigns +  +“GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. +  +“Governmental Entity” means any domestic, foreign or transnational governmental +or regulatory authority, court, arbitral tribunal agency (public or private), +commission, tax, regulatory, or administrative body, agency, commission or other +legislative, executive or judicial governmental entity, self-regulatory agency, +tribunal or arbitral body (public or private). +  +“Hazardous Substance” means any substance, material or waste that is regulated, +characterized or otherwise classified as  “hazardous,” “toxic,” a “pollutant,” +or a “contaminant,” or for which liability or standards of conduct may be +imposed, pursuant to any Environmental Law, including petroleum and petroleum +products, polychlorinated biphenyls, poly and perfluoroalkyl substances, +asbestos, mold and radon. +  +“Health Care Permits” means any and all licenses, Permits, certifications, +authorizations, approvals, franchises, registrations, accreditations, letters of +non-reviewability, certificates of need, consents, supplier or provider numbers, +qualifications, operating authority, and/or any other Permit or permission which +is material to or legally required for the operation of the business of the +Company as currently conducted or in connection with the Company’s ability to +own, lease, operate or manage any of its property or the business, in each case +that are issued or enforced by a Governmental Entity with jurisdiction over any +Health Regulatory Law. +  +80 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Health Regulatory Laws” means any Law relating to healthcare, health insurance +or related regulatory matters, including, to the extent applicable, (i) the +Federal anti-kickback Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b); (ii) Title XVIII of the Social +Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395-1395lll (the Medicare Act), including but not +limited to the Stark I, II and III Laws (42 U.S.C. § 1395nn); (iii) Title XIX of +the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396-1396w-5 (the Medicaid Act); (iv) the +Federal False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729, et seq.); (v) the Federal Civil +Monetary Penalties Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a); (vi) the Federal Program Fraud +Civil Remedies Act (31 U.S.C. § 3801 et seq.) and the Federal Health Care Fraud +Law (18 U.S.C. § 1347); (vii) the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act +of 1985, as amended; (viii) any state or federal Laws governing the privacy, +security, transmission or protection of health care information belonging to +individuals or entities, including HIPAA; (ix) the Patient Protection and +Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of +2010; (x) the Travel Act (18 U.S.C. § 1952); (xi) state Law regulating +insurance; (xii) state Law regulating consumer protection or unfair trade +practices; (xiii) state Law regulating third party administrators, insurance +brokers, and agents; and (xiv) any federal, state or local Law relevant to false +statements or claims including: (A) making or causing to be made a false +statement or representation of a material fact to any Governmental Entity; or +(B) knowingly and willfully making or causing to be made any false statement or +representation of a material fact for use in determining rights to any benefit, +payment or permit; in each case, as amended, and all regulations and guidance +promulgated pursuant thereto. +  +“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, all +obligations or undertakings by such Person as of the date of determination (i) +for borrowed money (including deposits or advances of any kind to such Person), +(ii) evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or similar instruments or debt +securities, (iii) for capitalized leases or to pay the deferred and unpaid +purchase price of property or equipment, (iv) pursuant to securitization or +factoring programs or arrangements, (v) pursuant to guarantees and arrangements +having the economic effect of a guarantee of any Indebtedness of any other +Person (other than between or among any of Parent and its wholly owned +Subsidiaries or between or among the Company and its wholly owned Subsidiaries, +as applicable), (vi) net cash payment obligations of such Person under swaps, +options, derivatives and other hedging Contracts or other similar transaction or +arrangements, (vii) letters of credit, bank guarantees, and other similar +Contracts or arrangements entered into by or on behalf of such Person other than +undrawn letters of credit or (viii) all indebtedness of others guaranteed or +secured by any Lien on the assets of such Person. +  +“Intellectual Property” means all intellectual or proprietary rights existing in +any jurisdiction throughout the world, including all (i) patents, patent +applications and statutory invention registrations, (ii) trademarks, trade +dress, logos, brands, service marks, and all other indicia of source or origin, +together with all applications or registrations for any of the foregoing all +associated goodwill for any of the foregoing, (iii) Internet domain names, +usernames, and social media accounts, (iv) copyrights, copyrightable works, and +all works of authorship, (v) software (including object code and source code) +and all rights therein or thereto, (vi) data, databases, data repositories, and +other collections of data, and (vii) trade secrets and other confidential and +proprietary information, including inventions (whether or not patentable or +reduced to practice), ideas, know-how, processes, methods, techniques, research +and development, source code, drawings, specifications, layouts, designs, +formulae, algorithms, and technical data. +  +81 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Knowledge of the Company” means the actual knowledge of the individuals +identified on Section 9.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter. +  +“Knowledge of Parent” means the actual knowledge of the individuals identified +on Section 9.14(a) of the Parent Disclosure Letter. +  +“Law” means any federal, state, local, foreign, national, transnational law or +municipal law, Order, act, code, statute or ordinance, common law, order, +decree, injunction or any rule or regulation, constitutions, treaties, +conventions, codes, act, measures and rules in each case, enacted, adopted, +promulgated or applied by a Governmental Entity. +  +“Lien” means any lien, charge, pledge, security interest, license, easement, +mortgage, claim or other encumbrance or similar restriction. +  +“Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Stock Market. +  +“Open Source Software” means any software that is subject to a license or other +agreement commonly referred to as an open source, free software, copyleft or +community source code license (including any code or library licensed under the +GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License, BSD License, +Apache Software License, or any other public source code license arrangement), +including any license defined as an open source license by the Open Source +Initiative as set forth on www.opensource.org. +  +“Operating Agreement” means the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability +Company Agreement of Health Plan Intermediaries Holdings, LLC, dated as of +February 13, 2013, by and among the Company, Health Plan Intermediaries, LLC and +Health Plan Intermediaries Sub, LLC. +  +“Parent Material Adverse Effect” means any Change that, individually or in the +aggregate, prevents or materially impairs the ability of Parent or Merger Sub to +consummate the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby +when required pursuant to Section 1.1(g) and Section 1.3. +  + + +“Permitted Liens” means (i) Liens for Taxes not yet delinquent and payable or +that are being contested in good faith and for which appropriate reserves have +been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) Liens arising in the ordinary +course of business in favor of vendors, carriers, warehousemen, repairmen, +mechanics, workmen, materialmen, construction or similar Liens in the ordinary +course of business and for amounts which are not yet due and payable or are in +the process of being paid, (iii) Liens of record attaching to real property, +fixtures or leasehold improvements that would not, individually or in the +aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially impair the continued use and +operation of the assets to which they relate in the business of such entity and +its Subsidiaries as presently conducted, (iv) Liens that will be discharged and +released at or prior to the Closing granted pursuant to the Existing Credit +Facility or reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of March +31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 and the notes thereto set forth in the Company’s +quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020, (v) +Liens, exceptions, defects or irregularities in title, easements, imperfections +of title, claims, charges, security interests, rights-of-way, covenants, +restrictions, and other similar matters affecting real property that would not, +individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially impair +the continued use and operation of the real property to which they relate in the +business of such entity and its Subsidiaries as presently conducted and (vi) any +non-exclusive license, covenant or other right to or under Intellectual Property +granted in the ordinary course of business. +  +82 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Person” means any individual, corporation (including not-for-profit), general +or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, +association, organization, Governmental Entity or other entity of any kind or +nature. +  +“Personal Data” means any information in any media that identifies or is capable +of identifying a particular individual and any other data or information that +constitutes personal data or personal information under any applicable Law or +the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ privacy policies. +  +“Proceeding” means any civil, criminal or administrative actions, suits, claims, +charges, hearings, arbitrations, investigations, audit, inquiry or other +proceeding before a Governmental Entity. +  +“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which at +least a majority of the securities or ownership interests having by their terms +ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other +persons performing similar functions is directly or indirectly owned or +controlled by such Person and/or by one or more of its other Subsidiaries. +  +“Tax” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “Taxes” and “Taxable”) +means all federal, state, local and foreign taxes, duties or assessments +(however denominated) in the nature of a tax, including all net income, gross +receipts, alternative or add-on minimum tax, capital, sales, use, ad valorem, +value added, transfer, franchise, profits, gains, registration, inventory, +capital stock, license, withholding, payroll, employment, social security (or +similar), pension, unemployment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, property +and estimated taxes, and customs duties, in each case that is imposed by a +Governmental Entity, together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed +with respect to any of the foregoing, whether disputed or not. +  +“Tax Receivable Agreement” means the Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of +February 13, 2013, by and among the Company, Holdings and the holders of Series +B Units identified therein. +  +“Tax Return” means all returns, statements, and reports (including elections, +declarations, disclosures, schedules, estimates and information returns) filed +or required to be filed with any Governmental Entity relating to Taxes, +including any amendment thereof. +  +“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Exchange Agreement, the TRA +Termination Agreement, the Support Agreements, the Certificate of Merger and any +other certificate or instrument to be delivered hereunder or thereunder. +  +83 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Willful Breach” means any (i) breach by a party of any of its obligations under +this Agreement that is a consequence of an act or omission knowingly undertaken +or omitted by the breaching party with the knowledge that such act or failure to +act would, or would reasonably be expected to, result in or cause a breach of +this Agreement (regardless of whether breaching was the object of the act or +omission) or (ii) subject to the satisfaction or waiver (by the party for whom +such condition may be waived) of the conditions to Closing set forth in Article +VII (including each of the conditions set forth in Annex I, but other than those +conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at Closing, provided that +those conditions would have been satisfied if the Closing were to occur on such +date), the willful or intentional failure of the breaching party to consummate +the Offer in accordance with Section 1.1(g), the Merger in accordance with +Section 1.4 and the other transactions contemplated to be consummated at the +Closing when required by, and on the terms and conditions set forth in, this +Agreement. +  +[The remainder of this page is intentionally left blank.] +  +84 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the +duly authorized officers of the parties hereto as of the date first written +above. +  +  +BENEFYTT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. +  +  +  +  By: +/s/ Gavin Southwell +    Name: Gavin Southwell + +  +  +Title: President and Chief Executive Officer + + + + +[Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  +DAYLIGHT BETA PARENT CORP. +  +  +  +  By: +/s/ Vahe Dombalagian +    Name: Vahe Dombalagian + +  +  +Title: Managing Director +        +DAYLIGHT BETA CORP. +      By: +/s/ Vahe Dombalagian +    Name: Vahe Dombalagian +    Title: Managing Director + + + + +[Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +ANNEX I - CONDITIONS TO THE OFFER +  +Capitalized terms used in this Annex I but not defined herein have the meanings +assigned to such terms in the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Agreement”) of +which this Annex I is a part. +  +Notwithstanding any other term of the Offer or the Agreement to the contrary, +Merger Sub shall not be required to accept for payment or, subject to any +applicable rules and regulations of the SEC (including Rule 14e-l(c) under the +Exchange Act (relating to Merger Sub’s obligation to pay for or return tendered +Class A Shares promptly after the termination or withdrawal of the Offer)), to +pay for any Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer: (i) if the Agreement has been +terminated in accordance with Article VIII of the Agreement; or (ii) at any +scheduled Expiration Date (as it may have been extended pursuant to Section +1.1(d) of the Agreement), if (x) the condition in clause (a) below has not been +satisfied by one minute after 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration +Date or (y) any of the conditions set forth in clauses (b) through (i) below +shall not be satisfied or waived in writing by Parent +  +(a)          the number of Shares validly tendered and, “received” by the +“depositary” (as such terms are defined in Section 251(h) of the DGCL) and not +validly withdrawn (excluding, for clarity, Class A Shares tendered pursuant to +guaranteed delivery procedures that have not yet been delivered in satisfaction +of such guarantee in accordance with Section 251(h) of the DGCL), together with +any Shares beneficially owned by Parent or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of +Parent, equals at least one Share more than a majority of all issued and +outstanding Shares as of the Expiration Time (the “Minimum Condition”); +  +(b)        No Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, +issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law or Order (whether temporary, +preliminary or permanent) that is in effect and restrains, enjoins or otherwise +prohibits consummation of the Transactions; +  +(c)          The Parent Required Regulatory Law Filings and the Pre-Closing +Company Required Regulatory Law Filings shall have been made; +  +(d)          (i) The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in +Sections 5.1(b)(i)-(iii) (Capital Structure) shall be true and correct, subject +only to inaccuracies that would not increase the total of the aggregate Offer +Price payable pursuant to Section 1.1, the aggregate Merger Consideration +payable pursuant to Section 4.2 and the aggregate amounts payable to former +holders of Company Equity Awards pursuant to Section 4.2 and Section 4.5 +(calculated assuming there are no Dissenting Shares) by more than three million +Dollars ($3,000,000) relative to if such representations and warranties were +true and correct in all respects, as of the date of the Agreement and at the +Offer Acceptance Time (in each case except to the extent that any such +representation and warranty speaks as of a particular date, in which case such +representation and warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date), +(ii) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section +5.1(f)(i) (Absence of Certain Changes) shall be true and correct in all respects +as of the date of the Agreement and at the Offer Acceptance Time, (iii) the +representation and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 5.1(c) +(Corporate Authority and Approval) and Section 5.1(t) (Brokers and Finders) +shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of the +Agreement and at the Offer Acceptance Time, (iv) the other representations and +warranties of the Company set forth in Section 5.1 shall be true and correct as +of the date of the Agreement and at the Offer Acceptance Time (except to the +extent that any such representation and warranty speaks as of a particular date, +in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct as of +such earlier date), except where the failure of such representations and +warranties of the Company to be so true and correct (read for purposes of clause +(iii) and this clause (iv) without giving effect to any “materiality,” “Company +Material Adverse Effect” or similar qualification therein), individually or in +the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a +Company Material Adverse Effect and (v) Parent and Merger Sub shall have +received a certificate of the Company, validly executed for and on behalf of the +Company and in its name by a duly authorized executive officer thereof, to the +foregoing effect. +  + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(e)          the Company shall have performed in all material respects all +obligations required to be performed by it under the Agreement at or prior to +the Offer Acceptance Time and shall not have failed to comply with any covenant +or agreement of the Company hereunder at or prior to the Offer Acceptance Time, +and Parent and Merger Sub shall have received a certificate of the Company, +validly executed for and on behalf of the Company and in its name by a duly +authorized executive officer thereof, to the foregoing effect; +  +(f)          the waiting period applicable to the consummation of the +Transactions under the HSR Act shall have expired or been earlier terminated; +  +(g)          the Founder Exchange and Tender shall have occurred prior to the +Expiration Date and no party (other than Parent) shall have breached in any +material respect any of its obligations under, or terminated or repudiated, the +Exchange Agreement; +  +(h)          after the date of the Agreement, there shall not have occurred any +Change that, individually or taken together with any other Changes, has had or +would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; and +  +(i)          the Agreement shall not have been terminated in accordance with its +terms (the “Termination Condition”). +  +The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of Parent and Merger Sub and +(except for the Minimum Condition, which may be waived by Merger Sub only with +the prior written consent of the Company, and the Termination Condition) may be +waived by Parent and Merger Sub, in whole or in part at any time and from time +to time, in the sole discretion of Parent and Merger Sub to the extent permitted +by applicable Law. +  + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Exhibit 10.2 + +EXECUTION COPY + +  + +  + +TERM LOAN AGREEMENT + +AMONG + +AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION, + +AS BORROWER; + +TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS) LLC + +AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE LENDERS; + +AND + +THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS WHOSE NAMES APPEAR + +AS LENDERS ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HEREOF; + +AND WITH + +MORGAN STANLEY MUFG LOAN PARTNERS, LLC + +AND + +THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA + +AS CO-SYNDICATION AGENTS; + +AND + +TD SECURITIES (USA) LLC + +COBANK, ACB + +and + +SANTANDER BANK, N.A. + +AS JOINT LEAD ARRANGERS AND JOINT BOOKRUNNERS + +DATED AS OF APRIL 3, 2020 + +  + +  + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Table of Contents + +  + +         Page   + +ARTICLE 1 - DEFINITIONS + +     1   + +Section 1.1 + +  + +Definitions + +     1   + +Section 1.2 + +  + +Interpretation + +     18   + +Section 1.3 + +  + +Cross References + +     18   + +Section 1.4 + +  + +Accounting Provisions + +     18   + +Section 1.5 + +  + +Divisions + +     18   + +ARTICLE 2 - LOANS + +     19   + +Section 2.1 + +  + +The Term Loans + +     19   + +Section 2.2 + +  + +Manner of Advance and Disbursement + +     19   + +Section 2.3 + +  + +Interest + +     21   + +Section 2.4 + +  + +Fees + +     22   + +Section 2.5 + +  + +[Intentionally Omitted] + +     22   + +Section 2.6 + +  + +Prepayments and Repayments + +     22   + +Section 2.7 + +  + +Notes; Loan Accounts + +     22   + +Section 2.8 + +  + +Manner of Payment + +     23   + +Section 2.9 + +  + +Reimbursement + +     24   + +Section 2.10 + +  + +Pro Rata Treatment + +     24   + +Section 2.11 + +  + +Capital Adequacy + +     25   + +Section 2.12 + +  + +Lender Tax Forms + +     26   + +Section 2.13 + +  + +Incremental Term Loans + +     27   + +Section 2.14 + +  + +Defaulting Lender + +     28   + +ARTICLE 3 - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT + +     28   + +Section 3.1 + +  + +Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement + +     28   + +ARTICLE 4 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES + +     29   + +Section 4.1 + +  + +Representations and Warranties + +     30   + +Section 4.2 + +  + +Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc. + +     32   + +ARTICLE 5 - GENERAL COVENANTS + +     33   + +Section 5.1 + +  + +Preservation of Existence and Similar Matters + +     33   + +Section 5.2 + +  + +Compliance with Applicable Law + +     33   + +Section 5.3 + +  + +Maintenance of Properties + +     33   + +Section 5.4 + +  + +Accounting Methods and Financial Records + +     33   + +Section 5.5 + +  + +Insurance + +     33   + +Section 5.6 + +  + +Payment of Taxes and Claims + +     33   + +Section 5.7 + +  + +Visits and Inspections + +     34   + +Section 5.8 + +  + +Use of Proceeds + +     34   + +Section 5.9 + +  + +Maintenance of REIT Status + +     34   + +Section 5.10 + +  + +Senior Credit Facilities + +     34   + +ARTICLE 6 - INFORMATION COVENANTS + +     35   + +  + +(i) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 6.1 + +  + +Quarterly Financial Statements and Information + +     35   + +Section 6.2 + +  + +Annual Financial Statements and Information + +     35   + +Section 6.3 + +  + +Performance Certificates + +     36   + +Section 6.4 + +  + +Copies of Other Reports + +     36   + +Section 6.5 + +  + +Notice of Litigation and Other Matters + +     36   + +Section 6.6 + +  + +Certain Electronic Delivery; Public Information + +     37   + +Section 6.7 + +  + +Know Your Customer Information + +     38   + +Section 6.8 + +  + +Additional Requested Information + +     38   + +ARTICLE 7 - NEGATIVE COVENANTS + +     38   + +Section 7.1 + +  + +Indebtedness; Guaranties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries + +     38   + +Section 7.2 + +  + +Limitation on Liens + +     40   + +Section 7.3 + +  + +Liquidation, Merger or Disposition of Assets + +     40   + +Section 7.4 + +  + +Restricted Payments + +     41   + +Section 7.5 + +  + +Senior Secured Leverage Ratio + +     42   + +Section 7.6 + +  + +Total Borrower Leverage Ratio + +     42   + +Section 7.7 + +  + +[Reserved] + +     42   + +Section 7.8 + +  + +Affiliate Transactions + +     42   + +Section 7.9 + +  + +Restrictive Agreements + +     42   + +Section 7.10 + +  + +Use of Proceeds + +     43   + +ARTICLE 8 - DEFAULT + +     43   + +Section 8.1 + +  + +Events of Default + +     43   + +Section 8.2 + +  + +Remedies + +     46   + +Section 8.3 + +  + +Payments Subsequent to Declaration of Event of Default + +     46   + +ARTICLE 9 - THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT + +     46   + +Section 9.1 + +  + +Appointment and Authorization + +     46   + +Section 9.2 + +  + +Rights as a Lender + +     47   + +Section 9.3 + +  + +Exculpatory Provisions + +     47   + +Section 9.4 + +  + +Reliance by Administrative Agent + +     48   + +Section 9.5 + +  + +Resignation of Administrative Agent + +     48   + +Section 9.6 + +  + +Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders + +     49   + +Section 9.7 + +  + +Indemnification + +     49   + +Section 9.8 + +  + +No Responsibilities of the Agents + +     50   + +Section 9.9 + +  + +Lender ERISA Matters + +     50   + +ARTICLE 10 - CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES AFFECTING LIBOR ADVANCES AND INCREASED +COSTS + +     50   + +Section 10.1 + +  + +LIBOR Basis Determination Inadequate or Unfair + +     50   + +Section 10.2 + +  + +Illegality + +     51   + +Section 10.3 + +  + +Increased Costs and Additional Amounts + +     52   + +Section 10.4 + +  + +Effect On Other Advances + +     54   + +Section 10.5 + +  + +Claims for Increased Costs and Taxes; Replacement Lenders + +     55   + +ARTICLE 11 - MISCELLANEOUS + +     55   + +Section 11.1 + +  + +Notices + +     55   + +  + +(ii) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 11.2 + +  + +Expenses + +     57   + +Section 11.3 + +  + +Waivers + +     57   + +Section 11.4 + +  + +Assignment and Participation + +     58   + +Section 11.5 + +  + +Indemnity + +     62   + +Section 11.6 + +  + +Counterparts + +     63   + +Section 11.7 + +  + +Governing Law; Jurisdiction + +     63   + +Section 11.8 + +  + +Severability + +     64   + +Section 11.9 + +  + +Interest + +     64   + +Section 11.10 + +  + +Table of Contents and Headings + +     64   + +Section 11.11 + +  + +Amendment and Waiver + +     65   + +Section 11.12 + +  + +Entire Agreement + +     66   + +Section 11.13 + +  + +Other Relationships; No Fiduciary Relationships + +     66   + +Section 11.14 + +  + +Directly or Indirectly + +     66   + +Section 11.15 + +  + +Reliance on and Survival of Various Provisions + +     66   + +Section 11.16 + +  + +Senior Debt + +     67   + +Section 11.17 + +  + +Obligations + +     67   + +Section 11.18 + +  + +Confidentiality + +     67   + +Section 11.19 + +  + +USA PATRIOT ACT Notice + +     67   + +Section 11.20 + +  + +Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions + +     68   + +Section 11.21 + +  + +Right of Set-off + +     68   + +ARTICLE 12 - WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL + +     69   + +Section 12.1 + +  + +Waiver of Jury Trial + +     69   + +SCHEDULES + +  + +Schedule 1    Commitments Schedule 2    Existing ABS Facilities Schedule 3    +Subsidiaries on the Agreement Date Schedule 4    Administrative Agent’s Office, +Certain Notice Addresses + +EXHIBITS + +  + +Exhibit A    Form of Request for Advance Exhibit B    [Reserved] Exhibit C    +Form of Note Exhibit D    Form of Loan Certificate Exhibit E    Form of +Performance Certificate Exhibit F    Form of Assignment and Assumption + +  + +(iii) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +TERM LOAN AGREEMENT + +This Term Loan Agreement is made as of April 3, 2020, by and among AMERICAN +TOWER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as Borrower, TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS) +LLC, as Administrative Agent, and the financial institutions whose names appear +as lenders on the signature page hereof (together with any permitted successors +and assigns of the foregoing). + +NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency +of which are hereby acknowledged by each of the parties hereto, the parties +hereby agree as follows: + +ARTICLE 1 - DEFINITIONS + +Section 1.1 Definitions. For the purposes of this Agreement: + +“ABS Facility” shall mean one or more secured loans, borrowings or facilities +that may be included in a commercial real estate securitization transaction. + +“Acquisition” shall mean (whether by purchase, lease, exchange, issuance of +stock or other equity or debt securities, merger, reorganization or any other +method) (i) any acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any +Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower, which Person shall then become +consolidated with the Borrower or such Subsidiary in accordance with GAAP; +(ii) any acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of all or any +substantial part of the assets of any Person that is not a Subsidiary of the +Borrower; (iii) any acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of +any business (or related contracts) primarily engaged in the tower, tower +management or related businesses; or (iv) any acquisition by the Borrower or any +of its Subsidiaries of any communications towers or communications tower sites. + +“Adjusted EBITDA” shall mean, for the twelve (12) month period preceding the +calculation date, for any Person, the sum of (a) Net Income, plus (b) to the +extent deducted in determining Net Income, the sum, without duplication, of such +Person’s (i) Interest Expense, (ii) income tax expense, including, without +limitation, taxes paid or accrued based on income, profits or capital, including +state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes, +(iii) depreciation and amortization (including, without limitation, amortization +of goodwill and other intangible assets), (iv) extraordinary losses and +non-recurring non-cash charges and expenses, (v) all other non-cash charges, +expenses and interest (including, without limitation, any non-cash losses in +respect of Hedge Agreements, non-cash impairment charges, non-cash valuation +charges for stock option grants or vesting of restricted stock awards or any +other non-cash compensation charges, and losses from the early extinguishment of +Indebtedness), (vi) non-recurring integration costs and expenses resulting from +operational changes and improvements (including, without limitation, severance +costs and business optimization expenses) and (vii) non-recurring charges and +expenses, restructuring charges, transaction expenses (including, without +limitation, transaction expenses incurred in connection with any merger or +acquisition) and underwriters’ fees, and severance and retention payments in +connection with any merger or acquisition, in each case for such period, less +extraordinary gains and cash payments (not + +  + +-1- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +otherwise deducted in determining Net Income) made during such period with +respect to non-cash charges that were added back in a prior period; provided, +however, (A) with respect to any Person that became a Subsidiary of the +Borrower, or was merged with or consolidated into the Borrower or any of its +Subsidiaries, during such period, or any acquisition by the Borrower or any of +its Subsidiaries of the assets of any Person during such period, “Adjusted +EBITDA” shall, at the option of the Borrower in respect of any or all of the +foregoing, also include the Adjusted EBITDA of such Person or attributable to +such assets, as applicable, during such period as if such acquisition, merger or +consolidation, including any concurrent transaction entered into by such Person +or with respect to such assets as part of such acquisition, merger or +consolidation, had occurred on the first day of such period and (B) with respect +to any Person that has ceased to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower during such +period, or any material assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries sold +or otherwise disposed of by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during such +period, “Adjusted EBITDA” shall exclude the Adjusted EBITDA of such Person or +attributable to such assets, as applicable, during such period as if such sale +or disposition of such Subsidiary or such assets had occurred on the first day +of such period. + +“Administrative Agent” shall mean Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, in its capacity +as Administrative Agent for the Lenders, or any successor Administrative Agent +appointed pursuant to Section 9.5 hereof. + +“Administrative Agent’s Office” shall mean the Administrative Agent’s address +and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 4, or such other address +or account as may be designated pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.1 +hereof. + +“Advance” shall mean, initially, the borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans +by the Lenders. After the Loans are outstanding, “Advance” shall mean the +aggregate amounts advanced by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Article 2 +hereof and having the same Interest Rate Basis and Interest Period; and +“Advances” shall mean more than one Advance. + +“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or +(b) any UK Financial Institution. + +“Affected Lender” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 10.5 +hereof. + +“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a Person, any other Person directly or +indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such first +Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to +any Person, means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management +and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise. + +“Agreement” shall mean this Term Loan Agreement, as amended, supplemented, +restated or otherwise modified in writing from time to time. + +“Agreement Date” shall mean April 3, 2020. + +“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any +jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries from time to time +concerning or relating to money laundering, bribery or corruption. + +  + +-2- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Applicable Law” shall mean, in respect of any Person, all provisions of +constitutions, statutes, treaties, rules, regulations and orders of governmental +bodies or regulatory agencies applicable to such Person, including, without +limiting the foregoing, the Licenses, the Communications Act, zoning ordinances +and all environmental laws, and all orders, decisions, judgments and decrees of +all courts and arbitrators in proceedings or actions to which the Person in +question is a party or by which it is bound. + +“Applicable Margin” shall mean the interest rate margin applicable to Base Rate +Advances and LIBOR Advances, as the case may be, in each case determined in +accordance with Section 2.3(f) hereof. + +“Assignment and Assumption” shall mean an Assignment and Assumption agreement +substantially in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto. + +“Attributable Debt” in respect of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction shall mean, +at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee +for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such +Sale and Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has +been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended). Such present +value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest +implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP. + +“Authorized Signatory” shall mean such senior personnel of a Person as may be +duly authorized and designated in writing by such Person to execute documents, +agreements and instruments on behalf of such Person. + +“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by +the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected +Financial Institution. + +“Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country +implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and +of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation rule or +requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in +the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, +Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and +any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to +the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial +institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration +or other insolvency proceedings). + +“Base Rate” shall mean for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the +higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest +in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Toronto +Dominion as its “prime rate.” The “prime rate” is a rate set by Toronto Dominion +based upon various factors including Toronto Dominion costs and desired return, +general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point +for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced +rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by Toronto Dominion shall take +effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public +announcement of such change. + +  + +-3- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Base Rate Advance” shall mean an Advance which the Borrower requests to be made +as a Base Rate Advance or is Converted to a Base Rate Advance, in accordance +with the provisions of Section 2.2 hereof, and which shall be in a principal +amount of at least $1,000,000.00 and in an integral multiple of $500,000.00. + +“Base Rate Basis” shall mean a simple interest rate equal to the sum of (i) the +Base Rate and (ii) the Applicable Margin applicable to Base Rate Advances for +the applicable Loans. The Base Rate Basis shall be adjusted automatically as of +the opening of business on the effective date of each change in the Base Rate to +account for such change, and shall also be adjusted to reflect changes of the +Applicable Margin applicable to Base Rate Advances. + +“Beneficial Ownership Certification” shall mean a certification regarding +beneficial ownership or control as required by the Beneficial Ownership +Regulation. + +“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” shall mean 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230. + +“Borrower” shall mean American Tower Corporation, a Delaware corporation. + +“Borrower Materials” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.6 +hereof. + +“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on +which commercial banks are authorized to close under the laws of, or are in fact +closed in, the State of New York and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate +Loan, Business Day also means any such day that is also a London Banking Day. + +“Capitalized Lease Obligation” shall mean that portion of any obligation of a +Person as lessee under a lease which at the time would be required to be +capitalized on the balance sheet of such lessee in accordance with GAAP. + +“Cash Equivalents” shall mean ‘cash equivalents’ as defined under and determined +in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. + +“Change of Control” shall mean (a) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by +any Person or group (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange +Act) of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the voting stock of +either the Borrower (if the Borrower is not a Subsidiary of any Person) or of +the ultimate parent entity of which the Borrower is a Subsidiary (if the +Borrower is a Subsidiary of any Person), as the case may be, by way of merger or +consolidation or otherwise, or (b) a change shall occur in a majority of the +members of the Borrower’s board of directors (including the Chairman and +President) within a year-long period such that such majority shall no longer +consist of Continuing Directors. + +“Co-Syndication Agents” shall mean Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC and +The Bank of Nova Scotia. + +“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to +time. + +“Commitments” shall mean, the Term Loan Commitments and the Incremental Term +Loan Commitments. + +  + +-4- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Communications Act” shall mean the Communications Act of 1934, and any similar +or successor Federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the FCC or other +similar or successor agency thereunder, all as the same may be in effect from +time to time. + +“Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean as of any date the total assets of the +Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shown on the consolidated +balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date and +determined in accordance with GAAP. + +“Continue”, “Continuation”, “Continuing” and “Continued” shall mean the +continuation pursuant to Article 2 hereof of a LIBOR Advance as a LIBOR Advance +from one Interest Period to a different Interest Period. + +“Continuing Director” means a director who either (a) was a member of the +Borrower’s board of directors on the date of this Agreement, (b) becomes a +member of the Borrower’s board of directors subsequent to the date of this +Agreement and whose appointment, election or nomination for election by the +Borrower’s stockholders is duly approved by a majority of the directors referred +to in clause (a) above constituting at the time of such appointment, election or +nomination at least a majority of that board, or (c) becomes a member of the +Borrower’s board of directors subsequent to the date of this Agreement and whose +appointment, election or nomination for election by the Borrower’s stockholders +is duly approved by a majority of the directors referred to in clauses (a) and +(b) above constituting at the time of such appointment, election or nomination +at least a majority of that board. + +“Convert”, “Conversion” and “Converted” shall mean a conversion pursuant to +Article 2 hereof of a LIBOR Advance into a Base Rate Advance or of a Base Rate +Advance into a LIBOR Advance, as applicable. + +“Debt Rating” shall mean, as of any date, the senior unsecured debt rating of +the Borrower that has been most recently announced by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, as +the case may be. + +“Default” shall mean any Event of Default, and any of the events specified in +Section 8.1 hereof, regardless of whether there shall have occurred any passage +of time or giving of notice, or both, that would be necessary in order to +constitute such event an Event of Default. + +“Default Rate” shall mean a simple per annum interest rate equal to the sum of +(a) the then applicable Interest Rate Basis (including the Applicable Margin), +and (b) two percent (2.0%). + +“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.14, any Lender that, as +determined by the Administrative Agent, has, or has a direct or indirect parent +company that has, (i) become the subject of a voluntary proceeding under any +bankruptcy or other debtor relief law or has become the subject of a Bail-In +Action, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for +the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or +liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, or (iii) taken any +action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or +acquiescence in any voluntary or involuntary proceeding under any bankruptcy or +other debtor relief law or any such appointment; provided that a Lender shall +not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of (1) the ownership or acquisition +of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company +thereof by a governmental + +  + +-5- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +authority or (2) in the case of a solvent Lender, the precautionary appointment +of an administrator, guardian, custodian or other similar official by a +governmental authority under or based on the law of the country where such +Lender is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if applicable law requires +that such appointment not be publicly disclosed, so long as, in the case of +clause (1) and clause (2), such action does not result in or provide such Lender +with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from +the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such +Lender (or such governmental authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or +disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination +by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one +or more of clauses (i) through (iii) above shall be conclusive and binding +absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender +(subject to Section 2.14) upon delivery of written notice of such determination +to the Borrower and each Lender. + +“Designated Person” means a person or entity (a) listed in the annex to, or +otherwise subject to the provisions of, any Executive Order (as defined in the +definition of “Sanctions Laws and Regulations”), (b) named as a “Specifically +Designated National and Blocked Person” on the most current list published by +the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control at its +official website or any replacement website or other replacement official +publication of such list (the “SDN List”), (c) any Person listed in any +Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the United Nations +Security Council, the European Union, the United Kingdom or any EU member state, +(d) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or +(e) in which an entity or person on the SDN List (or any combination of such +entities or persons) has 50% or greater direct or indirect ownership interest or +that is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, by an entity or person on +the SDN List (or any combination of such entities or persons). + +“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm +established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an +EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country +which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, +or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a +subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition +and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent. + +“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, +Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. + +“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any +Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country +(including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA +Financial Institution. + +“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as in +effect from time to time. + +“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any Person, including a Subsidiary or an Affiliate +of the Borrower, that is a member of any group of organizations of which the +Borrower is a member and is treated as a single employer with the Borrower under +Section 414 of the Code. + +  + +-6- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule +published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect +from time to time. + +“Eurodollar Rate” means, for any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR +Advance, the rate per annum equal to the ICE Benchmark Administration Settlement +Rate (or, if the ICE Benchmark Administration is no longer making such a rate +available, such other commercially available source providing quotations of +LIBOR as reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time) +(“LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or such other commercially available source +providing quotations of LIBOR as may be designated by the Administrative Agent +from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days +prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for US Dollar deposits (for +delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to +such Interest Period; provided that if the Eurodollar Rate shall be less than +zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement. + +“Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” shall mean the percentage which is in effect +from time to time under Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal +Reserve System, as such regulation may be amended from time to time, as the +maximum reserve requirement applicable with respect to Eurocurrency Liabilities +(as that term is defined in Regulation D), whether or not any Lender has any +such Eurocurrency Liabilities subject to such reserve requirement at that time. + +“Event of Default” shall mean any of the events specified in Section 8.1 hereof; +provided, however, that any requirement stated therein for notice or lapse of +time, or both, has been satisfied. + +“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. + +“Existing ABS Facility” shall mean each mortgage loan facility existing on the +Agreement Date and listed on Schedule 2. + +“Existing Credit Agreements” shall mean (i) the Amended and Restated +Multicurrency Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of December 20, 2019, among +the Borrower and certain agents and lenders from time to time party thereto, +(ii) the Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of +December 20, 2019, among the Borrower and certain agents and lenders from time +to time party thereto, (iii) the Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement dated +as of December 20, 2019, among the Borrower and certain agents and lenders from +time to time party thereto and (iv) the Term Loan Agreement dated as of +February 13, 2020 among the Borrower and certain agents and lenders from time to +time party thereto. + +“FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of +this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively +comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or +future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements +entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the and any fiscal or regulatory +legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental + +  + +-7- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +agreement, treaty or convention among governmental authorities and implementing +such Sections of the Code. + +“FCC” shall mean the Federal Communications Commission, or any other similar or +successor agency of the Federal government administering the Communications Act. + +“Federal Funds Rate” shall mean, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per +annum equal for each day during such period to the rate published for such day +(or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by +the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for overnight Federal funds transactions +with members of the Federal Reserve System, or, if such rate is not so published +for any day that is a Business Day, the quotation for such day on such +transactions received by the Administrative Agent from a Federal funds broker of +recognized standing selected by it; provided that if the Federal Funds Rate +shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes +of this Agreement. + +“Fitch” shall mean Fitch, Inc. (Fitch Ratings), and its successors. + +“Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary whose place of registration, +incorporation, organization or domicile is outside of the United States of +America. + +“Funds From Operations” means net income (computed in accordance with GAAP), +excluding gains (or losses) from sales of property and extraordinary and unusual +items, plus depreciation, amortization and dividends declared on preferred +stock, and after adjustments for unconsolidated minority interests, on a +consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. + +“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, +consistently applied and as in effect on the date of this Agreement. + +“Granting Lender” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 11.4(f) +hereof. + +“Guaranty”, as applied to an obligation, shall mean and include (a) a guaranty, +direct or indirect, in any manner, of all or any part of such obligation, and +(b) any agreement, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, the practical +effect of which is to assure in any way the payment or performance (or payment +of damages in the event of non-performance) of all or any part of such +obligation, including, without limiting the foregoing, any reimbursement +obligations as to amounts drawn down by beneficiaries of outstanding letters of +credit or capital call requirements; provided, however, that the term “Guaranty” +shall only include guarantees of Indebtedness. + +“Hedge Agreements” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any agreements or +other arrangements to which such Person is a party relating to any rate swap +transaction, basis swap, forward rate transaction, interest rate cap +transaction, interest rate floor transaction, interest rate collar transaction, +currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, or any other +similar transaction, including an option to enter into any of the foregoing or +any combination of the foregoing. + +“Incremental Term Loan” shall mean the amounts advanced by the Lenders with an +Incremental Term Loan Commitment to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. + +  + +-8- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Incremental Term Loan Commitment” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in +Section 2.13 hereof. + +“Indebtedness” shall mean, with respect to any Person and without duplication: + +(a) indebtedness for money borrowed of such Person and indebtedness of such +Person evidenced by notes payable, bonds, debentures or other similar +instruments or drafts accepted representing extensions of credit; + +(b) all indebtedness of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily +paid (other than trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business, but +only if and so long as such accounts are payable on customary trade terms); + +(c) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person; + +(d) all reimbursement obligations of such Person with respect to outstanding +letters of credit; + +(e) all indebtedness of such Person issued or assumed as full or partial payment +for property or services (other than trade payables arising in the ordinary +course of business, but only if and so long as such accounts are payable on +customary trade terms); + +(f) all net obligations of such Person under Hedge Agreements valued on a marked +to market basis on the date of determination; + +(g) all direct or indirect obligations of any other Person secured by any Lien +to which any property or asset owned by such Person is subject, but only to the +extent of the higher of the fair market value or the book value of the property +or asset subject to such Lien (if less than the amount of such obligation), if +the obligation secured thereby shall not have been assumed; and + +(h) Guaranties by such Person of any of the foregoing of any other Person. + +“Indemnitee” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 11.5 hereof. + +“Interest Expense” shall mean, for any Person and for any period, all cash +interest expense (including imputed interest with respect to Capitalized Lease +Obligations and commitment fees) with respect to any Indebtedness (including, +without limitation, the Obligations) and Attributable Debt of such Person during +such period pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness. + +“Interest Period” shall mean (a) in connection with any Base Rate Advance, the +period beginning on the date such Advance is made as or Converted to a Base Rate +Advance and ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter in which such Advance +is made as or Converted to a Base Rate Advance; provided, however, that if a +Base Rate Advance is made or Converted on the last day of any fiscal quarter, it +shall have an Interest Period ending on, and its Payment Date shall be, the last +day of the following fiscal quarter, and (b) in connection with any LIBOR +Advance, the term of such LIBOR Advance selected by the Borrower or otherwise +determined in + +  + +-9- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +accordance with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, (i) any +applicable Interest Period which would otherwise end on a day which is not a +Business Day shall be extended to the next Business Day unless, with respect to +LIBOR Advances with an Interest Period longer than one week only, such Business +Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall +end on the next preceding Business Day, (ii) any applicable Interest Period, +with respect to LIBOR Advances with an Interest Period longer than one week +only, which begins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day +in the calendar month during which such Interest Period is to end shall (subject +to clause (i) above) end on the last day of such calendar month, and (iii) the +Borrower shall not select an Interest Period with respect to any portion of the +Loans which extends beyond the Term Loan Maturity Date or such earlier date as +would interfere with the Borrower’s repayment obligations under Section 2.6 +hereof. Interest shall be due and payable with respect to any Advance as +provided in Section 2.3 hereof. + +“Interest Rate Basis” shall mean the Base Rate Basis or the LIBOR Basis, as +appropriate. + +“Investment” shall mean any investment or loan by the Borrower or any of its +Subsidiaries in or to any Person which Person, after giving effect to such +investment or loan, is not consolidated with the Borrower and its Subsidiaries +in accordance with GAAP. + +“Joint Lead Arrangers” shall mean TD Securities (USA) LLC, CoBank, ACB and +Santander Bank, N.A. + +“known to the Borrower”, “to the knowledge of the Borrower” or any similar +phrase, shall mean known by, or reasonably should have been known by, the +executive officers of the Borrower (which shall include, without limitation, the +chief executive officer, the chief operating officer, if any, the chief +financial officer and the general counsel of the Borrower). + +“Lenders” shall mean the Persons whose names appear as “Lenders” on the +signature pages hereof, any other Person which becomes a “Lender” hereunder +after the Agreement Date by executing an Assignment and Assumption substantially +in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto in accordance with the provisions +hereof; and “Lender” shall mean any one of the foregoing Lenders. + +“LIBOR Advance” shall mean an Advance which the Borrower requests to be made as, +Converted to or Continued as a LIBOR Advance in accordance with the provisions +of Section 2.2 hereof, and which shall be in a principal amount of at least +$5,000,000.00 and in an integral multiple of $1,000,000.00. + +“LIBOR Basis” shall mean a simple per annum interest rate (rounded upward, if +necessary, to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100th) of one percent (1%)) equal to +the sum of (a) the quotient of (i) the Eurodollar Rate divided by (ii) one (1) +minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage, if any, stated as a decimal, plus +(b) the Applicable Margin. The LIBOR Basis shall apply to Interest Periods of +one (1) week, one (1), two (2), three (3), or six (6) months, and, once +determined, shall remain unchanged during the applicable Interest Period, except +for changes to reflect adjustments in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage. The +LIBOR Basis for any LIBOR + +  + +-10- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Advance shall be adjusted as of the effective date of any change in the +Eurodollar Reserve Percentage. + +“Licenses” shall mean, collectively, any telephone, microwave, radio +transmissions, personal communications or other license, authorization, +certificate of compliance, franchise, approval or permit, whether for the +construction, the ownership or the operation of any communications tower +facilities, granted or issued by the FCC and held by the Borrower or any of its +Subsidiaries. + +“Lien” shall mean, with respect to any property, any mortgage, lien, pledge, +charge, security interest, title retention agreement or other encumbrance of any +kind in respect of such property. + +“Loan Documents” shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, all fee +letters, all Requests for Advance and all other certificates, documents, +instruments and agreements executed or delivered by the Borrower in connection +with or contemplated by this Agreement. + +“Loans” shall mean the Term Loans and the Incremental Term Loans. + +“London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in US Dollar deposits are +conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market. + +“Majority Lenders” shall mean Lenders the total of whose Loans then outstanding, +exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the sum of the aggregate Loans then outstanding; +provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Loans then outstanding +held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of +making a determination of Majority Lenders. + +“Material Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower whose Adjusted +EBITDA, as of the last day of any fiscal year, is greater than ten percent (10%) +of the Adjusted EBITDA of the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated +basis as of such date. + +“Material Subsidiary Group” shall mean one or more Subsidiaries of the Borrower +when taken as a whole whose Adjusted EBITDA, as of the last day of any fiscal +year, is greater than ten percent (10%) of the Adjusted EBITDA of the Borrower +and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date. + +“Materially Adverse Effect” shall mean (a) any material adverse effect upon the +business, assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of +the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) a material adverse +effect upon any material rights or benefits of the Lenders or the Administrative +Agent under the Loan Documents. + +“Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investor’s Service, Inc., and its successors. + +“Necessary Authorizations” shall mean all approvals and licenses from, and all +filings and registrations with, any governmental or other regulatory authority, +including, without limiting the foregoing, the Licenses and all approvals, +licenses, filings and registrations under the Communications Act, necessary in +order to enable the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to own, + +  + +-11- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +construct, maintain, and operate communications tower facilities and to invest +in other Persons who own, construct, maintain, manage and operate communications +tower facilities. + +“Net Income” shall mean, for any Person and for any period of determination, net +income of such Person determined in accordance with GAAP. + +“New Lender” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.13 hereof. + +“Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in +Section 11.11(b) hereof. + +“Non-Excluded Taxes” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 10.3(b) +hereof. + +“Non-U.S. Person” shall mean a Person who is not a U.S. Person. + +“Notes” shall mean, collectively, those certain term loan promissory notes in an +aggregate original principal amount of up to the Commitments, issued by the +Borrower to the Lenders, each one substantially in the form of Exhibit C +attached hereto, and any extensions, renewals or amendments to, or replacements +of, the foregoing. + +“Obligations” shall mean all payment and performance obligations of every kind, +nature and description of the Borrower to the Lenders or the Administrative +Agent, or any of them, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents +(including, without limitation, any interest, fees and other charges on the +Loans or otherwise under the Loan Documents that would accrue but for the filing +of a bankruptcy action with respect to the Borrower, whether or not such claim +is allowed in such bankruptcy action), as they may be amended from time to time, +or as a result of making the Loans, whether such obligations are direct or +indirect, absolute or contingent, due or not due, contractual or based in tort, +liquidated or unliquidated, arising by operation of law or otherwise, now +existing or hereafter arising. + +“OFAC” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets +Control. + +“Ownership Interests” shall mean, as applied to any Person, corporate stock and +any and all securities, shares, partnership interests (whether general, limited, +special or other), limited liability company interests, membership interests, +equity interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however +designated and of any character) of corporate stock of such Person or any of the +foregoing issued by such Person (whether a corporation, a partnership, a limited +liability company or another type of entity) and includes, without limitation, +securities convertible into Ownership Interests and rights, warrants or options +to acquire Ownership Interests. + +“Payment Date” shall mean the last day of any Interest Period. + +“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor +thereto. + +“Permitted Liens” shall mean, collectively, as applied to any Person: + +  + +-12- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(a) (i) Liens on real estate or other property for taxes, assessments, +governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent and (ii) Liens for taxes, +assessments, judgments, governmental charges or levies or claims the non-payment +of which is being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings +and for which adequate reserves have been set aside on such Person’s books in +accordance with GAAP; + +(b) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business (i) for +sums not yet due or being diligently contested in good faith, or (ii) incidental +to the ownership of its assets that, in each case, were not incurred in +connection with the borrowing of money, such as Liens of carriers, warehousemen, +mechanics, vendors (solely to the extent arising by operation of law), laborers +and materialmen, in each case, if reserves in accordance with GAAP or +appropriate provisions shall have been made therefor; + +(c) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with +worker’s compensation and unemployment insurance, social security obligations, +assessments or government charges which are not overdue for more than sixty +(60) days; + +(d) restrictions on the transfer of the Licenses or assets of the Borrower or +any of its Subsidiaries imposed by any of the Licenses by the Communications Act +and any regulations thereunder; + +(e) easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions, licenses, reservations or +restrictions on use and other similar encumbrances on the use of real property +which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of +such Person or the use of such property in the operation of the business by such +Person; + +(f) Liens arising by operation of law in favor of purchasers in connection with +any asset sale permitted hereunder; provided, however, that such Lien only +encumbers the property being sold; + +(g) Liens in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, so long as such Liens +only attach to the assets leased thereunder, and Liens reflected by Uniform +Commercial Code financing statements filed in respect of true leases or +subleases of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; + +(h) Liens to secure performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal +bonds, performance bonds, bids or tenders; + +(i) judgment Liens which do not result in an Event of Default under +Section 8.1(h) hereof; + +(j) Liens in connection with escrow or security deposits made in connection with +Acquisitions permitted hereunder; + +(k) Liens created on any Ownership Interests of Subsidiaries of the Borrower +that are not Material Subsidiaries held by the Borrower or any of its +Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such Lien is not securing Indebtedness of +the Borrower or any of its U.S. Subsidiaries; + +  + +-13- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(l) Liens in favor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; + +(m) banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to +deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depositary institution; +provided that such deposit account is not (i) a dedicated cash collateral +account and is not subject to restrictions against access in excess of those set +forth by regulations promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board or other +Applicable Law; and (ii) intended to provide collateral to the depositary +institution; + +(n) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases granted by the Borrower or any of +its Subsidiaries to any other Person in the ordinary course of business; + +(o) Liens in the nature of trustees’ Liens granted pursuant to any indenture +governing any Indebtedness permitted hereunder, in each case in favor of the +trustee under such indenture and securing only obligations to pay compensation +to such trustee, to reimburse its expenses and to indemnify it under the terms +thereof; + +(p) Liens on property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries at the time the +Borrower or such Subsidiary acquired the property, including acquisition by +means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Borrower or such Subsidiary, +or an acquisition of assets; provided that such Liens (i) are not created, +incurred or assumed in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition +and (ii) may not extend to any other property owned by the Borrower or such +Subsidiary; + +(q) Liens on property or assets of any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower +securing the Indebtedness of such Foreign Subsidiary; and + +(r) Liens securing obligations under Hedge Agreements in an aggregate amount of +such obligations not to exceed $100,000,000 at any time outstanding. + +“Person” shall mean an individual, corporation, limited liability company, +association, partnership, joint venture, trust or estate, an unincorporated +organization, a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or +any other entity. + +“Plan” shall mean an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of +ERISA or any other employee benefit plan maintained for employees of the +Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates. + +“Platform” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.6 hereof. + +“Proposed Change” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 11.11(b) +hereof. + +“Register” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 11.4(c) hereof. + +“REIT” shall mean a “real estate investment trust” as defined and taxed under +Section 856-860 of the Code. + +  + +-14- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates +and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors +of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates. + +“Replacement Lender” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 10.5 +hereof. + +“Request for Advance” shall mean a certificate designated as a “Request for +Advance,” signed by an Authorized Signatory of the Borrower requesting the +Advance to be made under Section 2.1, or a Continuation or Conversion hereunder, +which shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, and +shall, among other things, (i) specify the date of the requested Advance, +Continuation or Conversion (which shall be a Business Day), the amount of the +Advance being made or being Continued or Converted, the type of Advance (LIBOR +or Base Rate), and, with respect to a LIBOR Advance, the Interest Period with +respect thereto, (ii) state that there shall not exist, on the date of the +requested Advance, Continuation or Conversion and after giving effect thereto, a +Default, (iii) designate the amount of the Commitments being drawn (if any), and +(iv) designate the amount of the Loans being Continued or Converted. + +“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any +UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority. + +“Restricted Payment” shall mean any direct or indirect distribution, dividend or +other payment to any Person (other than to the Borrower or any of its +Subsidiaries) on account of any Ownership Interests of the Borrower or any of +its Subsidiaries (other than dividends payable solely in Ownership Interests of +such Person or in warrants or other rights or options to acquire such Ownership +Interests). + +“S&P” shall mean S&P Global Ratings, and its successors. + +“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” shall mean any arrangement, directly or +indirectly, with any third party whereby the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries +shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, whether now owned or +hereafter acquired, and whereby the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall +then or thereafter rent or lease as lessee such property or any part thereof or +other property which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries intend to use for +substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred, +except for such arrangements for fair market value. + +“Sanctioned Country” means a country that is, or whose government is, the target +or subject of a sanctions program identified on the list maintained by (a) OFAC +and available at http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/programs, or as +otherwise published from time to time or (b) the United Nations Security +Council, European Union or the United Kingdom. + +“Sanctions Laws and Regulations” means (i) any sanctions, prohibitions or +requirements imposed by any executive order (an “Executive Order”) or by any +sanctions program administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of +Foreign Assets Control that apply to the Borrower; and (ii) any sanctions +measures imposed by the United Nations Security Council, European Union or the +United Kingdom that apply to the Borrower. + +  + +-15- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Senior Secured Debt” shall mean, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a +consolidated basis as of any date, the aggregate amount of secured Indebtedness +plus Attributable Debt of such Persons as of such date (including, without +limitation, Indebtedness under any Existing ABS Facility and Indebtedness under +any additional ABS Facilities entered into in accordance with Section 7.1(h) +hereof). + +“SPC” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 11.4(f) hereof. + +“Subsidiary” shall mean, as applied to any Person, (a) any corporation, +partnership or other entity of which no less than a majority of the Ownership +Interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of its board of +directors or other persons performing similar functions or such corporation, +partnership or other entity, whether or not at the time any Ownership Interests +of any other class or classes of such corporation, partnership or other entity +shall or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency, +is at the time owned directly or indirectly by such Person, or by one or more +Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of +such Person; provided, however, that if such Person and/or such Person’s +Subsidiaries directly or indirectly own less than a majority of such +Subsidiary’s Ownership Interests, then such Subsidiary’s operating or governing +documents must require (i) such Subsidiary’s net cash after the establishment of +reserves be distributed to its equity holders no less frequently than quarterly +and (ii) the consent of such Person and/or such Person’s Subsidiaries to amend +or otherwise modify the provisions of such operating or governing documents +requiring such distributions, or (b) any other entity which is directly or +indirectly controlled or capable of being controlled by such Person, or by one +or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more +Subsidiaries of such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Unrestricted +Subsidiary shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its +Subsidiaries for the purposes of this Agreement or any other Loan Document. + +“Taxes” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 10.3(b). + +“Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, as to each Lender its obligation to make a +Term Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1 in a principal amount not to +exceed the Term Loan Commitment amount set forth (a) opposite such Lender’s name +on Schedule 1 or (b) in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such +Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable. The aggregate Term Loan +Commitments on the Agreement Date are $1,140,000,000. + +“Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean April 2, 2021, or such earlier date as +payment of the Loans shall be due (whether by acceleration or otherwise). + +“Term Loans” shall mean, collectively, the amounts advanced by the Lenders with +a Term Loan Commitment to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. + +“Toronto Dominion” shall mean Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC or any of its +affiliates that is a bank. + +“Total Debt” shall mean, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated +basis as of any date, (a) the sum (without duplication) of (i) the outstanding +principal amount of the Loans as of such date, (ii) the aggregate amount of +Indebtedness plus Attributable Debt of such + +  + +-16- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Persons as of such date, (iii) the aggregate amount of all Guaranties by such +Persons of Indebtedness as of such date, and (iv) to the extent payable by the +Borrower, an amount equal to the aggregate exposure of the Borrower under any +Hedge Agreements permitted pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof, as calculated on a +marked to market basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter being tested or +the last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter, as applicable less +(b) the sum of all unrestricted domestic cash and Cash Equivalents of the +Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date. + +“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined +under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United +Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 +of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United +Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions +and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or +investment firms. + +“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public +administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK +Financial Institution. + +“U.S. Person” shall mean a citizen or resident of the United States of America, +a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under any +laws of the United States of America, or any estate or trust that is subject to +Federal income taxation regardless of the source of its income. + +“U.S. Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary. + +“Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is +hereafter designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by notice to +the Administrative Agent and the Lenders; provided that (a) no Material +Subsidiary shall be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary without the prior +written consent of the Majority Lenders, (b) the aggregate Adjusted EBITDA of +the Unrestricted Subsidiaries (without duplication) shall not exceed 20% of +consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Borrower and its subsidiaries, and (c) no +Subsidiary of the Borrower may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after +the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default; +provided, further, that the designation by the Borrower of a Subsidiary as an +Unrestricted Subsidiary may be revoked by the Borrower at any time by notice to +the Administrative Agent and the Lenders so long as no Default would be caused +thereby, from and after which time such Subsidiary will no longer be an +Unrestricted Subsidiary. + +“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution +Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority +from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member +Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In +Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of +the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, +reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution +or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all +or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that Person +or any other Person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have +effect as if a right had been exercised + +  + +-17- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the +powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of +those powers. + +Section 1.2 Interpretation. Except where otherwise specifically restricted, +reference to a party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document includes that +party and its successors and assigns. All capitalized terms used herein which +are defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State +of New York or other applicable jurisdiction on the date hereof and which are +not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as set forth +therein. Whenever any agreement, promissory note or other instrument or document +is defined in this Agreement, such definition shall be deemed to mean and +include, from and after the date of any amendment, restatement, supplement, +confirmation or modification thereof, such agreement, promissory note or other +instrument or document as so amended, restated, supplemented, confirmed or +modified, unless stated to be as in effect on a particular date. All terms +defined in this Agreement in the singular shall have comparable meanings when +used in the plural and vice versa. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” +and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this +Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. + +Section 1.3 Cross References. Unless otherwise specified, references in this +Agreement and in each other Loan Document to any Article or Section are +references to such Article or Section of this Agreement or such other Loan +Document, as the case may be, and, unless otherwise specified, references in any +Article, Section or definition to any clause are references to such clause in +such Article, Section or definition. + +Section 1.4 Accounting Provisions. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, +all references in this Agreement to GAAP shall mean GAAP as in effect on the +date of this Agreement as published by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. +All accounting terms used in this Agreement and not defined expressly, +completely or specifically herein shall have the respective meanings given to +them, and shall be construed, in accordance with GAAP. All financial data +(including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be +submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP +applied in a manner consistent with that used to prepare the most recent audited +consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. All +financial or accounting calculations or determinations required pursuant to this +Agreement shall be made, and all references to the financial statements of the +Borrower, Adjusted EBITDA, Senior Secured Debt, Total Debt, Interest Expense, +Consolidated Total Assets and other such financial terms shall be deemed to +refer to such items, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, on a +consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the +foregoing, leases shall continue to be classified and accounted for on a basis +consistent with that reflected in the financial statements of the Borrower for +the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 for all purposes, notwithstanding any +change in GAAP relating thereto, including with respect to Accounting Standards +Codification 842. + +Section 1.5 Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection +with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable +event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, +obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or +liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been + +  + +-18- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any +new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been +organized and acquired on the first date of its existence by the holders of its +equity interests at such time. + +ARTICLE 2 - LOANS + +Section 2.1 The Term Loans. The Lenders agree severally, and not jointly, upon +the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, to lend to the +Borrower on the Agreement Date an amount equal to (i) in the aggregate, the +Commitments of all Lenders and, (ii) individually, the sum of such Lender’s Term +Loan Commitment and such Lender’s Incremental Term Loan Commitment. Amounts +borrowed under this Section 2.1 and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. + +Section 2.2 Manner of Advance and Disbursement. + +(a) Choice of Interest Rate, Etc. The Advances hereunder shall, at the option of +the Borrower, be made as one or more Base Rate Advances or LIBOR Advances; +provided, however, that at such time as there shall have occurred and be +continuing a Default hereunder, the Borrower shall not have the right to +Continue a LIBOR Advance or to Convert a Base Rate Advance to a LIBOR Advance. +Any notice given to the Administrative Agent in connection with a requested +Advance or Conversion hereunder shall be given to the Administrative Agent prior +to 11:00 a.m. (New York, New York time) in order for such Business Day to count +toward the minimum number of Business Days required. + +(b) Base Rate Advances. + +(i) Advances. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent in the case of +Base Rate Advances irrevocable prior telephonic notice followed immediately by a +Request for Advance by 9:00 A.M. (New York, New York time) on the date of such +proposed Base Rate Advance; provided, however, that the Borrower’s failure to +confirm any telephonic notice with a Request for Advance shall not invalidate +any notice so given if acted upon by the Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of +such notice from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify +each Lender by telephone, followed promptly by email or telecopy of the contents +thereof. + +(ii) Conversions. The Borrower may, without regard to the applicable Payment +Date and upon at least three (3) Business Days’ irrevocable prior telephonic +notice by 11:00 A.M. (New York, New York time) followed by a Request for +Advance, Convert all or a portion of the principal of a Base Rate Advance to a +LIBOR Advance. On the date indicated by the Borrower, such Base Rate Advance +shall be so Converted. The failure to give timely notice hereunder with respect +to the Payment Date of any Base Rate Advance shall be considered a request for a +Base Rate Advance. + +(c) LIBOR Advances. Upon request, the Administrative Agent, whose determination +in absence of manifest error shall be conclusive, shall determine the available +LIBOR Basis and shall notify the Borrower of such LIBOR Basis to apply for the +applicable LIBOR Advance. + +  + +-19- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(i) Advances. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent in the case of +LIBOR Advances at least three (3) Business Days’ irrevocable prior telephonic +notice followed immediately by a Request for Advance; provided, however, that +the Borrower’s failure to confirm any telephonic notice with a Request for +Advance shall not invalidate any notice so given if acted upon by the +Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of such notice from the Borrower, the +Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender by telephone, email or +telecopy of the contents thereof. + +(ii) Conversions and Continuations. At least three (3) Business Days prior to +the Payment Date for each LIBOR Advance, the Borrower shall give the +Administrative Agent telephonic notice followed by written notice specifying +whether all or a portion of such LIBOR Advance (A) is to be Continued in whole +or in part as one or more LIBOR Advances, (B) is to be Converted in whole or in +part to a Base Rate Advance, or (C) is to be repaid. The failure to give such +notice shall be considered a request to Continue such Advance as a LIBOR Rate +Advance with a one month Interest Period. Upon such Payment Date such LIBOR +Advance will, subject to the provisions hereof, be so Continued, Converted or +repaid, as applicable. + +(d) Notification of Lenders. Upon receipt of irrevocable prior telephonic notice +in accordance with Section 2.2(b) or (c) hereof or a Request for Advance, or a +notice of Conversion or Continuation from the Borrower with respect to any +outstanding Advance prior to the Payment Date for such Advance, the +Administrative Agent shall promptly but no later than the close of business on +the day of such notice notify each Lender having the applicable Commitment or +holding a Loan subject to such request for an Advance by telephone, followed +promptly by written notice or telecopy, of the contents thereof and the amount +of such Lender’s portion of the Advance. Each Lender having the applicable +Commitment or holding a Loan subject to such request for an Advance shall, not +later than 12:00 noon (New York, New York time) on the date of borrowing +specified in such notice, make available to the Administrative Agent at the +Administrative Agent’s Office, or at such account as the Administrative Agent +shall designate, the amount of its portion of any Advance that represents a +borrowing hereunder in immediately available funds. + +(e) Disbursement. + +(i) Prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York, New York time) on the date of an Advance +hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the satisfaction of the +conditions set forth in Article 3 hereof, disburse the amounts made available to +the Administrative Agent by the Lenders in like funds by (A) transferring the +amounts so made available by wire transfer pursuant to the Borrower’s +instructions, or (B) in the absence of such instructions, crediting the amounts +so made available to the account of the Borrower maintained with the +Administrative Agent. + +(ii) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender +holding a Loan subject to such request for an Advance prior to 12:00 noon (New +York, New York time) on the date of a requested Advance that such Lender will +not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s ratable portion of +such Advance, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made or +will make + +  + +-20- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +such portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Advance +and the Administrative Agent may in its sole discretion and in reliance upon +such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding +amount. If and to the extent a Lender does not make such ratable portion +available to the Administrative Agent, such Lender agrees to repay to the +Administrative Agent on demand such corresponding amount together with interest +thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the +Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at +the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate reasonably determined by the +Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank +compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily +charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing. + +(iii) If such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding +amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such Lender’s portion of the +Advances for purposes of this Agreement. If such Lender does not repay such +corresponding amount immediately upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor +and the Administrative Agent has made such corresponding amount available to the +Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower, and the Borrower +shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent, +with interest at the Federal Funds Rate from the date the Administrative Agent +made such amount available to the Borrower. The Borrower shall not be obligated +to pay, and such amount shall not accrue, any interest or fees on such amount +other than as provided in the immediately preceding sentence. The failure of any +Lender to fund its portion of any Advance shall not relieve any other Lender of +its obligation, if any, hereunder to fund its respective portion of the Advance +on the date of such borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for any such +failure of any other Lender. + +Section 2.3 Interest. + +(a) On Base Rate Advances. Interest on each Base Rate Advance computed pursuant +to clause (b) of the definition of Base Rate shall be computed on the basis of a +year of 365/366 days and interest computed pursuant to clause (a) of the +definition of Base Rate shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year, in +each case for the actual number of days elapsed and shall be payable at the Base +Rate Basis for such Advance, in arrears on the applicable Payment Date. Interest +on Base Rate Advances of the Loans then outstanding shall also be due and +payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date. + +(b) On LIBOR Advances. Interest on each LIBOR Advance shall be computed on the +basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed and shall be +payable at the LIBOR Basis for such Advance, in arrears on the applicable +Payment Date, and, in addition, if the Interest Period for a LIBOR Advance +exceeds three (3) months, interest on such LIBOR Advance shall also be due and +payable in arrears on every three (3) month anniversary of the beginning of such +Interest Period. Interest on LIBOR Advances then outstanding shall also be due +and payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date. + +(c) [Intentionally Omitted.] + +  + +-21- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(d) Interest Upon Event of Default. Immediately upon the occurrence of an Event +of Default under Section 8.1(b), (f) or (g) hereunder and following a request +from the Majority Lenders upon the occurrence of any other Event of Default +hereunder, the outstanding principal balance of the Loans shall bear interest at +the Default Rate. Such interest shall be payable on demand by the Majority +Lenders and shall accrue until the earlier of (i) waiver or cure of the +applicable Event of Default, (ii) agreement by the Majority Lenders (or, if +applicable to the underlying Event of Default, the Lenders) to rescind the +charging of interest at the Default Rate or (iii) payment in full of the +Obligations. + +(e) LIBOR Contracts. At no time may the number of outstanding LIBOR Advances +hereunder exceed ten (10). + +(f) Applicable Margin. With respect to any Loans, the Applicable Margin shall be +equal to, in the case of Base Rate Advances, 0.75% per annum and, in the case of +LIBOR Advances, 1.75% per annum. + +Section 2.4 Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent certain +fees in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement as provided +in the fee letters delivered in connection herewith. + +Section 2.5 [Intentionally Omitted]. + +Section 2.6 Prepayments and Repayments. + +(a) Prepayment. The principal amount of any Base Rate Advance may be prepaid in +full or ratably in part at any time, without premium or penalty and without +regard to the Payment Date for such Advance. The principal amount of any LIBOR +Advance may be prepaid in full or ratably in part, upon three (3) Business Days’ +prior written notice, or telephonic notice followed immediately by written +notice, to the Administrative Agent, without premium or penalty; provided, +however, that, to the extent prepaid prior to the applicable Payment Date for +such LIBOR Advance, the Borrower shall reimburse the applicable Lenders, on the +earlier of (A) demand by the applicable Lender or (B) the Term Loan Maturity +Date, for any loss or out-of-pocket expense incurred by any such Lender in +connection with such prepayment, as set forth in Section 2.9 hereof; and +provided further, however, that (i) the Borrower’s failure to confirm any +telephonic notice with a written notice shall not invalidate any notice so given +if acted upon by the Administrative Agent and (ii) any notice of prepayment +given hereunder may be revoked by the Borrower at any time. Any prepayment +hereunder shall be in amounts of not less than $2,000,000.00 and in an integral +multiple of $1,000,000.00. Amounts prepaid shall be paid together with accrued +interest on the amount so prepaid. + +(b) Repayments. The Borrower shall repay the Loans, together with accrued +interest and fees with respect thereto, in full on the Term Loan Maturity Date. + +Section 2.7 Notes; Loan Accounts. + +(a) The Loans shall be repayable in accordance with the terms and provisions set +forth herein. If requested by a Lender, one (1) Note duly executed and delivered +by one or + +  + +-22- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +more Authorized Signatories of the Borrower, shall be issued by the Borrower and +payable to such Lender in an amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment. + +(b) Each Lender may open and maintain on its books in the name of the Borrower a +loan account with respect to its portion of the Loans and interest thereon. Each +Lender which opens such a loan account shall debit such loan account for the +principal amount of its portion of each Advance made by it and accrued interest +thereon, and shall credit such loan account for each payment on account of +principal of or interest on its Loans. The records of a Lender with respect to +the loan account maintained by it shall be prima facie evidence of its portion +of the Loans and accrued interest thereon absent manifest error, but the failure +of any Lender to make any such notations or any error or mistake in such +notations shall not affect the Borrower’s repayment obligations with respect to +such Loans. + +Section 2.8 Manner of Payment. + +(a) Each payment (including, without limitation, any prepayment) by the Borrower +on account of the principal of or interest on the Loans and any other amount +owed to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent or any of them under this +Agreement or the Notes shall be made not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York, New +York time) on the date specified for payment under this Agreement to the +Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office, for the account of +the Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in lawful money of +the United States of America in immediately available funds. Any payment +received by the Administrative Agent after 1:00 p.m. (New York, New York time) +shall be deemed received on the next Business Day. Receipt by the Administrative +Agent of any payment intended for any Lender or Lenders hereunder prior to 1:00 +p.m. (New York, New York time) on any Business Day shall be deemed to constitute +receipt by such Lender or Lenders on such Business Day. In the case of a payment +for the account of a Lender, the Administrative Agent will promptly, but no +later than the close of business on the date such payment is deemed received, +thereafter distribute the amount so received in like funds to such Lender. If +the Administrative Agent shall not have received any payment from the Borrower +as and when due, the Administrative Agent will promptly notify the applicable +Lenders accordingly. In the event that the Administrative Agent shall fail to +make distribution to any Lender as required under this Section 2.8, the +Administrative Agent agrees to pay such Lender interest from the date such +payment was due until paid at the Federal Funds Rate. + +(b) The Borrower agrees to pay principal, interest, fees and all other amounts +due hereunder or under the Notes without set-off or counterclaim or any +deduction whatsoever, except as provided in Section 10.3 hereof. + +(c) Prior to the acceleration of the Loans under Section 8.2 hereof, if some but +less than all amounts due from the Borrower are received by the Administrative +Agent with respect to the Obligations, the Administrative Agent shall distribute +such amounts in the following order of priority, all on a pro rata basis to the +Lenders: (i) to the payment on a pro rata basis of any fees or expenses then due +and payable to the Administrative Agent or expenses then due and payable to the +Lenders; (ii) to the payment of interest then due and payable on the Loans on a +pro rata basis and of fees then due and payable to the Lenders on a pro rata +basis; (iii) to the payment of all other amounts not otherwise referred to in +this Section 2.8(c) then due and + +  + +-23- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, hereunder +or under the Notes or any other Loan Document; and (iv) to the payment of +principal then due and payable on the Loans on a pro rata basis. + +(d) Subject to any contrary provisions in the definition of Interest Period, if +any payment under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents is specified +to be made on a day which is not a Business Day, it shall be made on the next +Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in +computing interest and fees, if any, in connection with such payment. + +Section 2.9 Reimbursement. + +(a) Whenever any Lender shall sustain or incur any losses or reasonable +out-of-pocket expenses in connection with (i) the failure by the Borrower to +borrow, Continue or Convert any LIBOR Advance after having given notice of its +intention to borrow, Continue or Convert such Advance in accordance with +Section 2.2 or 2.6 hereof (whether by reason of the Borrower’s election not to +proceed or the non-fulfillment of any of the conditions set forth in Article 3 +hereof, but not as a result of a failure of such Lender to make a Loan in +accordance with the terms of this Agreement), or (ii) the prepayment other than +on the applicable Payment Date (or failure to prepay after giving notice +thereof) of any LIBOR Advance in whole or in part for any reason, the Borrower +agrees to pay to such Lender, upon such Lender’s demand, an amount sufficient to +compensate such Lender for all such losses and out-of-pocket expenses. Such +Lender’s good faith determination of the amount of such losses or out-of-pocket +expenses, as set forth in writing and accompanied by calculations in reasonable +detail demonstrating the basis for its demand, shall be presumptively correct +absent manifest error. + +(b) Losses subject to reimbursement hereunder shall include, without limiting +the generality of the foregoing, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by +any Lender or any participant of such Lender permitted hereunder in connection +with the re-employment of funds prepaid, paid, repaid, not borrowed, or not +paid, as the case may be, but not losses resulting from lost Applicable Margin +or other margin. Losses subject to reimbursement will be payable whether the +Term Loan Maturity Date is changed by virtue of an amendment hereto (unless such +amendment expressly waives such payment) or as a result of acceleration of the +Loans. + +(c) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant +to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.9 shall not constitute a waiver of +such Lender’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrower +shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to the foregoing +provisions of this Section for any losses or expenses incurred more than six +(6) months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the +circumstances giving rise to such losses or expenses and of such Lender’s +intention to claim compensation therefor. + +Section 2.10 Pro Rata Treatment. + +(a) [Intentionally Omitted.] + +(b) Payments. Except as provided in Article 10 hereof, each payment and +prepayment of principal of, and interest on, the Loans shall be made to the +Lenders pro rata on + +  + +-24- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +the basis of their respective unpaid principal amounts outstanding under the +applicable Loans immediately prior to such payment or prepayment. + +(c) Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right +of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any +principal of or interest on any of the Loans made by it resulting in such +Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Loans +and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided +herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the +Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) +participations in the Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments +as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared +by the Lenders ratably, provided that: + +(i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the +payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded +and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without +interest; and + +(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (y) any +payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with +the express terms of this Agreement or (z) any payment obtained by a Lender as +consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its +Loans to any assignee or participant. + +The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another +Lender pursuant to this Section 2.10(b) may, to the fullest extent permitted by +law, exercise all its rights of payment (including, without limitation, the +right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such +purchasing Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such +participation. + +Section 2.11 Capital Adequacy. If after the date hereof, the adoption of any +Applicable Law regarding the capital adequacy or liquidity of banks or bank +holding companies, or any change in Applicable Law (whether adopted before or +after the Agreement Date) or any change in the interpretation or administration +thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged +with the interpretation or administration thereof, including any such change +resulting from the enactment or issuance of any regulation or regulatory +interpretation affecting existing Applicable Law, or compliance by such Lender +(or the bank holding company of such Lender) with any directive regarding +capital adequacy or liquidity (whether or not having the force of law) of any +such governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would +have the effect of reducing the rate of return on any Lender’s capital as a +consequence of its obligations hereunder with respect to the Loans to a level +below that which it could have achieved but for such adoption, change or +compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies with respect to +capital adequacy or liquidity immediately before such adoption, change or +compliance and assuming that such Lender’s (or the bank holding company of such +Lender) capital was fully utilized prior to such adoption, change or compliance) +by an amount reasonably deemed by such Lender to be material, then, upon demand +by such Lender, the Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender such additional +amounts as shall be sufficient to compensate such Lender (on an after-tax basis +and without duplication of amounts paid by the Borrower pursuant + +  + +-25- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +to Section 10.3) for such reduced return which is reasonably allocable to this +Agreement, together with interest on such amount from the fourth (4th) Business +Day after the date of demand or the Term Loan Maturity Date, as applicable, +until payment in full thereof at the Default Rate; provided that notwithstanding +anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and +Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives +thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, +guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, +the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar +authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case +pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be enacted, adopted or +issued after the date hereof, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued. +A certificate of such Lender setting forth the amount to be paid to such Lender +by the Borrower as a result of any event referred to in this paragraph and +supporting calculations in reasonable detail shall be presumptively correct +absent manifest error. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.11, +no Lender shall demand compensation for any increased cost or reduction referred +to above if it shall not at the time be the general policy or practice of such +Lender to demand such compensation in similar circumstances under comparable +provisions of other credit agreements. Failure or delay on the part of any +Lender to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this +Section 2.11 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such +compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a +Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased +costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six (6) months prior to the date +that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the circumstances giving rise to such +increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim +compensation therefor (except that, if the circumstances giving rise to such +increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six (6) month period +referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect +thereof). + +Section 2.12 Lender Tax Forms. (i)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 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 set forth in paragraphs (ii)(a) and (ii)(b) of this Section) shall +not be required if in the Lenders’ 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. + +(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing: + +(a) On or prior to the Agreement Date and on or prior to the first Business Day +of each calendar year thereafter, to the extent it may lawfully do so at such +time, each + +  + +-26- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Lender which is a Non-U.S. Person shall provide each of the Administrative Agent +and the Borrower (A) if such Lender is a “bank” under Section 881(c)(3)(A) of +the Code, with a properly executed original of Internal Revenue Service Form +W-8BEN (or W-8BEN-E, as applicable) or W-8ECI (or any successor form) prescribed +by the Internal Revenue Service or other documents satisfactory to the Borrower +and the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, certifying (i) as to such +Lender’s status as exempt from United States withholding taxes with respect to +all payments to be made to such Lender hereunder and under the Notes or +(ii) that all payments to be made to such Lender hereunder and under the Notes +are subject to such taxes at a rate reduced to zero by an applicable tax treaty, +or (B) if such Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) +of the Code and intends to claim exemption from U.S. Federal withholding tax +under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of +“portfolio interest”, a Form W-8BEN (or W-8BEN-E, as applicable), or any +subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto (and, if such Lender delivers +a Form W-8BEN (or W-8BEN-E, as applicable), a certificate representing that such +Lender is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c) of the Code, is not a +ten-percent (10%) shareholder (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the +Code and is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower (within +the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code)), properly completed and duly +executed by such Lender, indicating that such Lender is entitled to receive +payments under this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United +States Federal income taxes as permitted by the Code. If a payment made to a +Lender under this Agreement would be subject to withholding Tax imposed under +FATCA if such Lender fails to comply with the applicable reporting requirements +of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, +as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and the +Borrower, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times +reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, such +documentation prescribed by Applicable Law (included as prescribed by +Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation +reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower as may be +necessary for the Administrative Agent or the Borrower to comply with its +obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has complied with such +Lender’s obligations under FATCA, or to determine the amount to deduct and +withhold from such payment. + +(b) On or prior to the Agreement Date, and to the extent permitted by applicable +U.S. Federal law, on or prior to the first Business Day of each calendar year +thereafter, each Lender which is a U.S. Person shall provide the Administrative +Agent and the Borrower a duly completed and executed copy of the Internal +Revenue Service Form W-9 or successor form to the effect that it is a U.S. +Person. + +Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered +becomes 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. In addition, each Lender agrees that if any form or +certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete, upon written +request by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such Lender shall update +such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the +Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so. + +Section 2.13 Incremental Term Loans. The Borrower may, upon five (5) Business +Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, request a commitment for an additional +term loan + +  + +-27- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +from the Lenders or by adding one or more lenders, determined by the Borrower in +its sole discretion, subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent (such +consent not to be unreasonably withheld), which lender or lenders are willing to +commit to such increase (each such lender, a “New Lender,” and such commitment, +an “Incremental Term Loan Commitment”); provided, however, that (i) the Borrower +may not request an Incremental Term Loan Commitment after the occurrence and +during the continuance of an Event of Default, including, without limitation, +any Event of Default that would result after giving effect to any Incremental +Term Loan, (ii) each Incremental Term Loan Commitment shall be in an amount not +less than $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $5,000,000 in excess thereof +and (iii) the aggregate amount of all Incremental Term Loan Commitments shall +not exceed $750,000,000. Such notice to the Administrative Agent shall describe +the amount and intended disbursement date of the Incremental Term Loan to be +made pursuant to such Incremental Term Loan Commitments. An Incremental Term +Loan Commitment shall become effective upon (a) the execution by each applicable +New Lender of a counterpart of this Agreement and delivering such counterpart to +the Administrative Agent and (b) receipt by the Administrative Agent of a +certificate of a responsible officer of the Borrower, dated as of the date such +Incremental Term Loan Commitments are proposed to take effect, certifying that +as of such date each of the representations and warranties in Article 4 hereof +are true and correct in all material respects, except for those representations +and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Materially Adverse Effect, +which shall be true and correct, and no Default then exists. Over the term of +the Agreement the Borrower may request Incremental Term Loan Commitments no more +than four (4) times. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Lender +shall be required to provide an Incremental Term Loan Commitment pursuant to +this Section 2.13. + +Section 2.14 Defaulting Lender. + +(a) 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, 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 11.11. + +(b) If the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree in writing in their sole +discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a +Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, +whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided 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. + +ARTICLE 3 - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT + +Section 3.1 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement. The +effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the prior or contemporaneous +fulfillment (in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent), or, if +applicable, receipt by the Administrative Agent (in each case in form and +substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) +of each of the following: + +  + +-28- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(a) this Agreement duly executed by all relevant parties; + +(b) a loan certificate of the Borrower dated as of the Agreement Date, in +substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D, including a certificate of +incumbency with respect to each Authorized Signatory of the Borrower, together +with the following items: (i) a true, complete and correct copy of the articles +of incorporation and by-laws of the Borrower as in effect on the Agreement Date, +(ii) a certificate of good standing for the Borrower issued by the Secretary of +State of Delaware, and (iii) a true, complete and correct copy of the +resolutions of the Borrower authorizing it to execute, deliver and perform each +of the Loan Documents to which it is a party; + +(c) legal opinions of (i) Goodwin Procter LLP, special counsel to the Borrower +and (ii) Edmund DiSanto, Esq., General Counsel of the Borrower, addressed to +each Lender and the Administrative Agent and dated as of the Agreement Date; + +(d) receipt by the Borrower of evidence that all Necessary Authorizations, other +than Necessary Authorizations the absence of which would not reasonably be +expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Materially Adverse Effect, +including all necessary consents to the closing of this Agreement, have been +obtained or made, are in full force and effect and are not subject to any +pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened reversal or +cancellation; + +(e) each of the representations and warranties in Article 4 hereof are true and +correct in all material respects, except for those representations and +warranties that are qualified by materiality or Materially Adverse Effect, which +shall be true and correct, as of the Agreement Date, and no Default then exists; + +(f) the documentation that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are required +to obtain from the Borrower under Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT ACT (P.L. +107-56, 115 Stat. 272 (2001)) and under any other provision of the Patriot Act, +the Bank Secrecy Act (P.L. 91-508, 84 Stat. 1118 (1970)) or any regulations +under such Act or the Patriot Act that contain document collection requirements +that apply to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders; + +(g) all fees and expenses required to be paid in connection with this Agreement +to the Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication Agents, the Joint Lead Arrangers +and the Lenders shall have been (or shall be simultaneously) paid in full; + +(h) audited consolidated financial statements for the three years ended +December 31, 2019 of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; and + +(i) a certificate of the president, chief financial officer, treasurer or +controller of the Borrower as to the financial performance of the Borrower and +its Subsidiaries, substantially in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto, and, +to the extent applicable, using information contained in the financial +statements delivered pursuant to clause (h) of this Section 3.1 in respect of +the twelve (12) month period ended December 31, 2019. + +ARTICLE 4 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES + +  + +-29- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 4.1 Representations and Warranties. The Borrower hereby represents and +warrants in favor of the Administrative Agent and each Lender that: + +(a) Organization; Ownership; Power; Qualification. The Borrower is a corporation +duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its +jurisdiction of incorporation. The Borrower has the power and authority to own +its properties and to carry on its business as now being and as proposed +hereafter to be conducted. The Subsidiaries of the Borrower and the direct and +indirect ownership thereof as of the Agreement Date are as set forth on +Schedule 3 attached hereto. As of the Agreement Date and except as would not +reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect, each Subsidiary of +the Borrower is a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or +other legal entity duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good +standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation +and has the power and authority to own its properties and to carry on its +business as now being and as proposed hereafter to be conducted. + +(b) Authorization; Enforceability. The Borrower has the corporate power, and has +taken all necessary action, to authorize it to borrow hereunder, to execute, +deliver and perform this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to which +it is a party in accordance with their respective terms, and to consummate the +transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement has been duly +executed and delivered by the Borrower and is, and each of the other Loan +Documents to which the Borrower is party is, a legal, valid and binding +obligation of the Borrower and enforceable against the Borrower in accordance +with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent +conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ +rights and remedies generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general +principles of equity. + +(c) Compliance with Other Loan Documents and Contemplated Transactions. The +execution, delivery and performance, in accordance with their respective terms, +by the Borrower of this Agreement, the Notes, and each of the other Loan +Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and +thereby, do not (i) require any consent or approval, governmental or otherwise, +not already obtained, (ii) violate any Applicable Law respecting the Borrower, +(iii) conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under the +articles of incorporation or by-laws, as amended, of the Borrower, or under any +indenture, agreement, or other instrument, including without limitation the +Licenses, to which the Borrower is a party or by which the Borrower or its +respective properties is bound that is material to the Borrower and its +Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or (iv) result in or require the creation +or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property now owned or +hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries, except +for Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof. + +(d) Compliance with Law. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance +with all Applicable Law, except where the failure to be in compliance therewith +would not individually or in the aggregate have a Materially Adverse Effect. + +(e) Title to Assets. As of the Agreement Date, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries +have good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all of their respective +assets, except for such exceptions as would not reasonably be expected to have, +individually or in the + +  + +-30- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +aggregate, a Materially Adverse Effect. None of the properties or assets of the +Borrower or any Material Subsidiary is subject to any Liens, except for Liens +permitted pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof. + +(f) Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending +against, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower +or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, including +without limitation the Licenses, in any court or before any arbitrator of any +kind or before or by any governmental body (including, without limitation, the +FCC) that (i) calls into question the validity of this Agreement or any other +Loan Document or (ii) as of the Agreement Date, would reasonably be expected to +have a Materially Adverse Effect, other than as may be disclosed in the public +filings of the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the +Agreement Date. + +(g) Taxes. All Federal income, other material Federal and material state and +other tax returns of the Borrower and its Material Subsidiaries required by law +to be filed have been duly filed and all Federal income, other material Federal +and material state and other taxes, including, without limitation, withholding +taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies required to be paid +by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or imposed upon the Borrower or any +of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, income, profits or +assets, which are due and payable, have been paid, except any such taxes (i) (x) +the payment of which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is diligently +contesting in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (y) for which adequate +reserves in accordance with GAAP have been provided on the books of such Person, +and (z) as to which no Lien other than a Lien permitted pursuant to Section 7.2 +hereof has attached, or (ii) which may result from audits not yet conducted, or +(iii) as to which the failure to pay would not reasonably be expected to have a +Materially Adverse Effect. + +(h) Financial Statements. As of the Agreement Date, the Borrower has furnished +or caused to be furnished to the Administrative Agent, the audited financial +statements for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the +fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, all of which have been prepared in +accordance with GAAP and present fairly in all material respects the financial +position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, on and as +at such date and the results of operations for the period then ended. As of the +Agreement Date, none of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries has any liabilities, +contingent or otherwise, that are material to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries +on a consolidated basis other than as disclosed in the financial statements +referred to in the preceding sentence or in the reports filed by the Borrower +with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Agreement Date or the +Obligations. + +(i) No Material Adverse Change. Other than as may be disclosed in the public +filings of the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the +Agreement Date, there has occurred no event since December 31, 2019 which has +had or which would reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect. + +(j) ERISA. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries and, to the best of their +knowledge, their ERISA Affiliates have fulfilled their respective obligations +under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code with respect to each +Plan and are in compliance in all + +  + +-31- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +material respects with the currently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code +except where any failure or non-compliance would not reasonably be expected to +result in a Materially Adverse Effect. + +(k) Compliance with Regulations U and X. The Borrower does not own or presently +intend to own an amount of “margin stock” as defined in Regulations U and X (12 +C.F.R. Parts 221 and 224) of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve +System (“margin stock”) representing twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the +total assets of the Borrower, as measured on both a consolidated and +unconsolidated basis. Neither the making of the Loans nor the use of proceeds +thereof will violate, or be inconsistent with, the provisions of any of the +above-mentioned regulations. + +(l) Investment Company Act. The Borrower is not required to register under the +provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. + +(m) Solvency. As of the Agreement Date and after giving effect to the +transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents (i) the assets and property of +the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, +will exceed the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities of +the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; (ii) the capital of +the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not be +unreasonably small to conduct its business as such business is now conducted and +expected to be conducted following the Agreement Date; (iii) the Borrower and +its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have incurred debts, or have +intended to incur debts, beyond their ability to pay such debts as they mature; +and (iv) the present fair salable value of the assets and property of the +Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the +amount that will be required to pay their probable liabilities (including debts) +as they become absolute and matured. For purposes of this Section, the amount of +contingent liabilities at any time will be computed as the amount that, in light +of all the facts and circumstances existing as such time, can reasonably be +expected to become an actual or matured liability. + +(n) Designated Persons; Sanctions Laws and Regulations. Neither the Borrower nor +any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of their +respective directors, officers, brokers or other agents is a Designated Person. +The Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees and +to the knowledge of the Borrower, its directors and agents, are in compliance +with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions Laws and Regulations in all +material respects. + +(o) Beneficial Ownership Certifications. As of the date so delivered, to the +best knowledge of the Borrower, the information included in the Beneficial +Ownership Certification, if any, provided to any Lender in connection with this +Agreement is true and correct in all respects. + +Section 4.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc. All representations +and warranties made under this Agreement and any other Loan Document, shall be +deemed to be made, and shall be true and correct in all material respects, +except for those representations and warranties that are qualified by +materiality or Materially Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct, at +and as of the Agreement Date. All representations and warranties made under this + +  + +-32- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall survive, and not be waived by, the +execution hereof by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, any investigation +or inquiry by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, or the making of any +Advance under this Agreement. + +ARTICLE 5 - GENERAL COVENANTS + +So long as any of the Obligations are outstanding and unpaid: + +Section 5.1 Preservation of Existence and Similar Matters. Except as permitted +under Section 7.3 hereof or to the extent required for the Borrower or any of +its Subsidiaries to maintain its status as a REIT, the Borrower will, and will +cause each of its Subsidiaries to, preserve and maintain its existence, and its +material rights, franchises, licenses and privileges in the jurisdiction of its +incorporation or formation, including, without limitation, the Licenses and all +other Necessary Authorizations, except where the failure to do so would not +reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect. + +Section 5.2 Compliance with Applicable Law. The Borrower will, and will cause +each of its Subsidiaries to comply in all respects with the requirements of all +Applicable Law, except when the failure to comply therewith would not reasonably +be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect. + +Section 5.3 Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower will, and will cause each of +its Subsidiaries to, maintain or cause to be maintained in the ordinary course +of business in good repair, working order and condition (reasonable wear and +tear excepted) all properties then used or useful in their respective businesses +(whether owned or held under lease) that, individually or in the aggregate, are +material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on +a consolidated basis, except where the failure to maintain would not reasonably +be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect. + +Section 5.4 Accounting Methods and Financial Records. The Borrower will, and +will cause each of its Subsidiaries on a consolidated and consolidating basis +to, maintain a system of accounting established and administered in accordance +with generally accepted accounting principles, keep adequate records and books +of account in which complete entries will be made in accordance with generally +accepted accounting principles and reflecting all transactions required to be +reflected by generally accepted accounting principles, and keep accurate and +complete records of their respective properties and assets. + +Section 5.5 Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each Material +Subsidiary to, maintain insurance (including self-insurance) with respect to its +properties and business that are material to the conduct of the business of the +Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis from responsible companies +in such amounts and against such risks as are customary for companies engaged in +the same or similar business, with all premiums thereon to be paid by the +Borrower and the Material Subsidiaries. + +Section 5.6 Payment of Taxes and Claims. The Borrower will, and will cause each +of its Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge all Federal income, other material +Federal and material state and other material taxes required to be paid by them +or imposed upon them or their income or profits or upon any properties belonging +to them, prior to the date on which penalties attach + +  + +-33- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +thereto, which, if unpaid, might become a Lien or charge upon any of their +properties (other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof); +provided, however, that no such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim need be +paid which is being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate +proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have +been set aside on the appropriate books or where the failure to pay would not +reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect. + +Section 5.7 Visits and Inspections. The Borrower will, and will cause each +Material Subsidiary to, permit representatives of the Administrative Agent and +any of the Lenders, upon reasonable notice, to (a) visit and inspect the +properties of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary during business hours, +(b) inspect and make extracts from and copies of their respective books and +records, and (c) discuss with their respective principal officers and +accountants (with representatives of the Borrower participating in such +discussions with their accountants) their respective businesses, assets, +liabilities, financial positions, results of operations and business prospects, +all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested. + +Section 5.8 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Advances +to refinance existing Indebtedness outstanding and for working capital and other +general corporate purposes. + +Section 5.9 Maintenance of REIT Status. The Borrower will, at all times, conduct +its affairs in a manner so as to continue to qualify as a REIT and elect to be +treated as a REIT under all Applicable Laws, rules and regulations until such +time as the board of directors of the Borrower deems it in the best interests of +the Borrower and its stockholders not to remain qualified as a REIT. + +Section 5.10 Senior Credit Facilities. If the provisions of Articles 7 (Negative +Covenants) and/or 8 (Default) (and the definitions of defined terms used +therein) of any of the Existing Credit Agreements are proposed to be amended or +otherwise modified in a manner that is more restrictive from the Borrower’s +perspective (a “Restrictive Change”), the Borrower covenants and agrees that it +shall (a) provide the Lenders with written notice describing such proposed +Restrictive Change promptly and in any event prior to the effectiveness of such +Restrictive Change, and (b) upon fifteen (15) Business Days prior written notice +from the Majority Lenders requesting that such Restrictive Change be effected +with respect to this Agreement, take such steps as are necessary to effect a +Restrictive Change with respect to this Agreement that is acceptable to the +Majority Lenders and the Borrower; provided, that, in the event the Borrower +fails to effect such equivalent Restrictive Change within such fifteen +(15) Business Day period, then, such Restrictive Change to such Existing Credit +Agreement shall automatically be applied to this Agreement; provided, further +that (i) no default or event of default would occur solely by reason of such +amendment to this Agreement or any other debt agreement of the Borrower, and +(ii) such Restrictive Change shall not be made if doing so would cause the +Borrower to fail to maintain, or prevent it from being able to elect, REIT +status. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such Restrictive Change made to this +Agreement hereunder shall remain in effect until such time as the applicable +Existing Credit Agreement has matured or otherwise been terminated, at which +point, unless the Borrower’s Debt Ratings (or their related outlooks) have +declined since the date this Agreement was executed, the Administrative Agent, + +  + +-34- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Lenders and the Borrower will take such steps as are necessary to amend this +Agreement to remove entirely any such amendments made under this Section 5.10 to +this Agreement; provided, however, that in the event that (A) the applicable +Existing Credit Agreement has matured or otherwise been terminated, and (B) the +Borrower’s Debt Ratings (or their related outlooks) have declined since the date +this Agreement was executed, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the +Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to modify such Restrictive Change with +respect to its application for the remainder of this Agreement. + +ARTICLE 6 - INFORMATION COVENANTS + +So long as any of the Obligations are outstanding and unpaid, the Borrower will +furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agent (with the +Administrative Agent to make the same available to the Lenders) at its office: + +Section 6.1 Quarterly Financial Statements and Information. Within forty-five +(45) days after the last day of each of the first three (3) quarters of each +fiscal year of the Borrower, the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and +its Subsidiaries at the end of such quarter and as of the end of the preceding +fiscal year, and the related consolidated statement of operations and the +related consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower and its +Subsidiaries for such quarter and for the elapsed portion of the year ended with +the last day of such quarter, which shall set forth in comparative form such +figures as at the end of and for such quarter and appropriate prior period and +shall be certified by the chief financial officer of the Borrower to have been +prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and to +present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of +the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such period and the results +of operations for such period, and for the elapsed portion of the year ended +with the last day of such period, subject only to normal year-end and audit +adjustments; provided, that in the event of any change in generally accepted +accounting principles used in the preparation of such financial statements, the +Borrower shall also provide, if necessary for the determination of compliance +with Section 7.5 and 7.6, a statement of reconciliation conforming such +financial statements to GAAP; provided, further, that notwithstanding anything +to the contrary in this Section 6.1, no financial statements delivered pursuant +to this Section 6.1 shall be required to include footnotes. + +Section 6.2 Annual Financial Statements and Information. As soon as available, +but in any event not later than the earlier of (a) the date such deliverables +are required (if at all) by the Securities and Exchange Commission and (b) one +hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the +audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of +the end of such fiscal year and the related audited consolidated statement of +operations for such fiscal year and for the previous fiscal year, the related +audited consolidated statements of cash flow and stockholders’ equity for such +fiscal year and for the previous fiscal year, which shall be accompanied by an +opinion of Deloitte & Touche, LLP, or other independent certified public +accountants of recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the +Administrative Agent, together with a statement of such accountants (unless the +giving of such statement is contrary to accounting practice for the continuing +independence of such accountant) that in connection with their audit, nothing +came to their attention that caused them to believe that the Borrower was not in +compliance with Sections 7.5 and 7.6 hereof insofar as they relate to accounting +matters; provided that in the event of any change in generally accepted + +  + +-35- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +accounting principles used in the preparation of such financial statements, the +Borrower shall also provide, if necessary for the determination of compliance +with Section 7.5 and 7.6, a statement of reconciliation conforming such +financial statements to GAAP. + +Section 6.3 Performance Certificates. At the time the financial statements are +furnished pursuant to Sections 6.1 and 6.2 hereof, a certificate of the +president, chief financial officer or treasurer of the Borrower as to the +financial performance of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated +basis, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E: + +(a) setting forth as and at the end of such quarterly period or fiscal year, as +the case may be, the arithmetical calculations required to establish whether or +not the Borrower was in compliance with Sections 7.5 and 7.6 hereof; and + +(b) stating that, to the best of his or her knowledge, no Default has occurred +and is continuing as at the end of such quarterly period or year, as the case +may be, or, if a Default has occurred, disclosing each such Default and its +nature, when it occurred, whether it is continuing and the steps being taken by +the Borrower with respect to such Default. + +Section 6.4 Copies of Other Reports. + +(a) Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of the management letter prepared in +connection with the annual audit referred to in Section 6.2 hereof. + +(b) Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of any adverse notice or report +regarding any License that would reasonably be expected to have a Materially +Adverse Effect. + +(c) From time to time and promptly upon each request, such data, certificates, +reports, statements, documents or further information regarding the business, +assets, liabilities, financial position, projections, results of operations or +business prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as the Administrative +Agent or any Lender may reasonably request. + +(d) Promptly after the sending thereof, copies of all statements, reports and +other information which the Borrower sends to public security holders of the +Borrower generally or publicly files with the Securities and Exchange +Commission, but solely in the event that any such statement, report or +information has not been made publicly available by the Securities and Exchange +Commission on the EDGAR or similar system or by the Borrower on its internet +website. + +Section 6.5 Notice of Litigation and Other Matters. Unless previously disclosed +in the public filings of the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange +Commission, notice specifying the nature and status of any of the following +events, promptly, but in any event not later than fifteen (15) days after the +occurrence of any of the following events becomes known to the Borrower: + +(a) the commencement of all proceedings and investigations by or before any +governmental body and all actions and proceedings in any court or before any +arbitrator against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the extent +known to the Borrower, threatened in + +  + +-36- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +writing against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which would reasonably +be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect; + +(b) any material adverse change with respect to the business, assets, +liabilities, financial position, results of operations or business prospects of +the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than changes which +have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse +Effect and other than changes in the industry in which the Borrower or any of +its Subsidiaries operates or the economy or business conditions in general; + +(c) any Default, giving a description thereof and specifying the action proposed +to be taken with respect thereto; and + +(d) the commencement or threatened commencement of any litigation regarding any +Plan or naming it or the trustee of any such Plan with respect to such Plan or +any action taken by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA +Affiliate of the Borrower to withdraw or partially withdraw from any Plan or to +terminate any Plan, that in each case would reasonably be expected to have a +Materially Adverse Effect. + +Section 6.6 Certain Electronic Delivery; Public Information. Documents required +to be delivered pursuant to this Section 6 (to the extent any such documents are +included in materials otherwise filed with the Securities and Exchange +Commission) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed +to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such +documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet +at the website address listed on Schedule 4; or (ii) on which such documents are +posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to +which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a +commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative +Agent); provided that the Administrative Agent shall receive notice (by +telecopier or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and shall be +provided access (by electronic mail) to electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) +of such documents. + +The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent will make +available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf +of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, the “Borrower Materials”) by posting +the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the +“Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have +personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with +respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any +of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related +activities with respect to such Persons’ securities. The Borrower hereby agrees +that (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders +shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall +mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; +(x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have +authorized the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to treat such Borrower +Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to +the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States federal and state +securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials +constitute confidential information, they shall be treated as set forth in +Section 11.18); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are + +  + +-37- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated +“Public Side Information;” and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead +Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked +“PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not +marked as “Public Investor.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) the Borrower +shall be under no obligation to mark any Borrower Materials “PUBLIC” and (2) the +following Borrower Materials shall be marked “PUBLIC”, unless the Borrower +notifies the Administrative Agent promptly that any such document contains +material non-public information: (1) the Loan Documents and (2) notification of +changes in the terms of the Loans. + +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 communications +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. + +Section 6.7 Know Your Customer Information. Upon a merger or consolidation +pursuant to Section 7.3(b), the Borrower or the surviving corporation into which +the Borrower is merged or consolidated shall deliver for the benefit of the +Lenders and the Administrative Agent, such other documents as may reasonably be +requested in connection with such merger or consolidation, including, without +limitation, information in respect of “know your customer” and similar +requirements, an incumbency certificate and an opinion of nationally recognized +independent counsel, or other independent counsel reasonably satisfactory to the +Majority Lenders, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting the +assumption of the Obligations of the Borrower under the Notes, this Agreement +and the other Loan Documents pursuant to the terms of Section 7.3(b) are +enforceable in accordance with their terms and comply with the terms hereof. + +Section 6.8 Additional Requested Information. Promptly upon request, information +and documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender +for purposes of compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money +laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act and the Beneficial +Ownership Regulation. + +ARTICLE 7 - NEGATIVE COVENANTS + +So long as any of the Obligations are outstanding and unpaid: + +Section 7.1 Indebtedness; Guaranties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. The +Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, +assume, incur or otherwise become or remain obligated in respect of, or permit +to be outstanding, any Indebtedness (including, without limitation, any +Guaranty) except: + +(a) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and disclosed in the public filings +of the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any refinancing, +extensions, renewals and replacements (including through open market purchases +and tender offers) of any + +  + +-38- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +such Indebtedness that do not (i) increase the outstanding principal amount and +any existing commitments not utilized thereunder, or accreted value thereof (or, +in the case of open market purchases and tender offers, exceed the current +market value thereof) plus any accrued interest thereon, the amount of any +premiums and any costs and expenses incurred to effect such refinancing, +extension, renewal or replacement, (ii) result in an earlier maturity date or +decrease the weighted average life thereof or (iii) change the direct or any +contingent obligor with respect thereto; + +(b) Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; + +(c) Indebtedness existing at the time a Subsidiary of the Borrower (not having +previously been a Subsidiary) (i) becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or +(ii) is merged or consolidated with or into a Subsidiary of the Borrower and any +refinancing, extensions, renewals and replacements (including through open +market purchases and tender offers) of any such Indebtedness that do not +(x) increase the outstanding principal amount, including any existing +commitments not utilized thereunder, or accreted value thereof (or, in the case +of open market purchases and tender offers, exceed the current market value +thereof) plus any accrued interest thereon, the amount of any premiums and any +costs and expenses incurred to effect such refinancing, extension, renewal or +replacement or (y) result in an earlier maturity date or decrease the weighted +average life thereof; provided that such Indebtedness is not created in +contemplation of such merger or consolidation; + +(d) Indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens; + +(e) Capitalized Lease Obligations; + +(f) obligations under Hedge Agreements; provided that such Hedge Agreements +shall not be speculative in nature; + +(g) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries of the Borrower, so long as (i) no Default +exists or would be caused thereby and (ii) the principal outstanding amount of +such Indebtedness at the time of its incurrence does not exceed (when taken +together with the principal outstanding amount at such time of Indebtedness +incurred under Section 7.1(i) hereof (or portion thereof) that is guaranteed by +any Subsidiary of the Borrower), in the aggregate, the greater of (x) +$2,500,000,000 and (y) fifty percent (50%) of Adjusted EBITDA of the Borrower +and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the last day of the most +recently completed fiscal quarter; + +(h) Indebtedness under (i) each Existing ABS Facility and (ii) any additional +ABS Facilities entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries +(including any increase of any Existing ABS Facility) so long as, in each case +after giving pro forma effect to such ABS Facility, the Borrower is in +compliance with Sections 7.5 and 7.6 hereof; + +(i) (i) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents and (ii) other Indebtedness of the +Borrower so long as, in each case after giving pro forma effect to such other +Indebtedness, the Borrower is in compliance with Sections 7.5 and 7.6 hereof; + +  + +-39- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(j) Guaranties by the Borrower of any of the foregoing except for the +Indebtedness set forth under Section 7.1(h) hereof; and + +(k) Guaranties by any Subsidiary of the Borrower of any of the foregoing except +for the Indebtedness set forth under Section 7.1(h) hereof; provided that there +shall be no prohibition against Guaranties by any Subsidiaries of the Borrower +that (i) are special purposes entities directly involved in any ABS Facilities +and (ii) have no material assets other than the direct or indirect Ownership +Interests in special purpose entities directly involved in such ABS Facilities; +provided further that the principal outstanding amount of any Indebtedness set +forth in Section 7.1(i) hereof (or portion thereof) that is guaranteed by any +Subsidiary of the Borrower shall not exceed (when taken together with the +principal outstanding amount at such time of Indebtedness incurred under +Section 7.1(g) hereof), in the aggregate, the greater of (x) $2,500,000,000 and +(y) fifty percent (50%) of Adjusted EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries +on a consolidated basis as of the last day of the most recently completed fiscal +quarter; and + +(l) In respect of Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are owned by the Borrower +and one or more joint venture partners, Indebtedness of such Subsidiaries owed +to such joint venture partners. + +For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.1, (A) if an item of +Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness +described above, the Borrower, in its sole discretion, shall classify such item +of Indebtedness and only be required to include the amount and type of such +Indebtedness in one of such clauses, although the Borrower may divide and +classify an item of Indebtedness in one or more of the types of Indebtedness and +may later re-divide or reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness +in any manner that complies with this Section 7.1 and (B) the amount of +Indebtedness issued at a price that is less than the principal amount thereof +shall be equal to the amount of the liability in respect thereof determined in +conformity with GAAP. + +Section 7.2 Limitation on Liens. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit +any of its Subsidiaries to, create, assume, incur or permit to exist or to be +created, assumed, incurred or permitted to exist, directly or indirectly, any +Lien on any of its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter +acquired, except for (i) Liens securing the Obligations (if any), (ii) Permitted +Liens, and (iii) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.1(a) (but +only if and to the extent such Indebtedness (or the Indebtedness which was +refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced) is secured as of the date hereof), +Section 7.1(c) (but only if and to the extent such Indebtedness (or the +Indebtedness which was refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced) is secured as +of the date the Subsidiary that incurred such Indebtedness became a Subsidiary +of the Borrower), Section 7.1(g), Section 7.1(h) or Section 7.1(k). + +Section 7.3 Liquidation, Merger or Disposition of Assets. + +(a) Disposition of Assets. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of +its Subsidiaries to, at any time sell, lease, abandon, or otherwise dispose of +any assets (other than assets disposed of in the ordinary course of business), +except for (i) the transfer of assets among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries +(excluding Subsidiaries of such Persons described in clause (b) + +  + +-40- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +of the definition of “Subsidiary” if the requirements of clause (a) thereof are +not otherwise met) or the transfer of assets between or among the Borrower’s +Subsidiaries (excluding Subsidiaries of such Persons described in clause (b) of +the definition of “Subsidiary” if the requirements of clause (a) thereof are not +otherwise met), (ii) the transfer of assets by the Borrower or any of its +Subsidiaries to Unrestricted Subsidiaries representing an amount not to exceed, +in any given fiscal year, fifteen percent (15%) of Adjusted EBITDA of the +Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the last day of the +immediately preceding fiscal year, but in aggregate for the period commencing on +the Agreement Date and ending of the date of such transfer, not more than +twenty-five percent (25%) of Adjusted EBITDA of the Borrower and its +Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the last day of the fiscal year +immediately preceding the date of such transfer, or (iii) the disposition of +assets for fair market value so long as no Default exists or will be caused to +occur as a result of such disposition; provided that, in respect of this clause +(iii), the fair market value of all such assets disposed of by the Borrower and +its Subsidiaries during any fiscal year shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) +of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the immediately preceding +fiscal year. For the avoidance of doubt, cash and cash equivalents shall not be +considered assets subject to the provisions of this Section 7.3(a). + +(b) Liquidation or Merger. The Borrower shall not, at any time, liquidate or +dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) or otherwise wind up, +or enter into any merger or consolidation, other than (i) a merger or +consolidation among the Borrower and one or more of its Subsidiaries; provided, +however, that the Borrower is the surviving Person, (ii) in connection with an +Acquisition permitted hereunder effected by a merger in which the Borrower is +the surviving Person, or (iii) a merger or consolidation (including, without +limitation, in connection with an Acquisition permitted hereunder) among the +Borrower, on the one hand, and any other Person (including, without limitation, +an Affiliate), on the other hand, where the surviving Person (if other than the +Borrower) (A) is a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company +organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State +thereof or the District of Columbia and (B) on the effective date of such merger +or consolidation expressly assumes, by supplemental agreement, executed and +delivered to the Administrative Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Lenders, +in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Majority Lenders, all the +Obligations of the Borrower under the Notes, this Agreement and the other Loan +Documents; provided, however, that, in each case, no Default exists or would be +caused thereby. + +Section 7.4 Restricted Payments. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit +any of its Subsidiaries to, make any Restricted Payments; provided, however that +the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make any Restricted Payments so long as no +Default exists or would be caused thereby, and, provided, further that, (a) for +so long as the Borrower is a REIT, during the continuation of a Default, the +Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make any Restricted Payments provided they do +not exceed in the aggregate for any four consecutive fiscal quarters of the +Borrower occurring from and after September 30, 2013, (i) 95% of Funds From +Operations for such four fiscal quarter period, or (ii) such greater amount as +may be required to comply with Section 5.9 or to avoid the imposition of income +or excise taxes on the Borrower, and (b) the Borrower may make any Restricted +Payment required to comply with Section 5.9, including, for the avoidance of +doubt, any Restricted Payment necessary to satisfy the requirements of section +857(a)(2)(B) of the Code, or any successor provision, or to avoid the imposition +of any income or excise taxes. + +  + +-41- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 7.5 Senior Secured Leverage Ratio. As of the end of each fiscal quarter, +the Borrower shall not permit the ratio of (i) Senior Secured Debt on such +calculation date to (ii) Adjusted EBITDA, as of the last day of such fiscal +quarter, to be greater than 3.00 to 1.00. + +Section 7.6 Total Borrower Leverage Ratio. + +As of the end of each fiscal quarter, the Borrower shall not permit the ratio of +(a) Total Debt on such calculation date to (b) Adjusted EBITDA, as of the last +day of such fiscal quarter to be greater than 6.00 to 1.00; provided that in +lieu of the foregoing, for any such date occurring after a Qualified Acquisition +(as defined below) and on or prior to the last day of the fourth full fiscal +quarter of the Borrower after the consummation of such Qualified Acquisition, +the Borrower will not permit such ratio as of such date to exceed 7.00 to 1.00. + +“Qualified Acquisition” means an Acquisition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary +which has been designated to the Lenders by an authorized officer of the +Borrower as a “Qualified Acquisition” so long as, on a pro forma basis after +giving effect to such Acquisition, the ratio of Total Debt to Adjusted EBITDA 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 6.1 or 6.2) +prior to such acquisition would be no less than 5.00 to 1.00; provided that +(i) no such designation may be made with respect to any Acquisition prior to the +end of the fourth full fiscal quarter following the completion of the most +recently consummated Qualified Acquisition unless the ratio of Total Debt to +Adjusted EBITDA 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 6.1 or 6.2) prior to the consummation of such Acquisition was no greater +than 5.50 to 1.00, (ii) the aggregate consideration for such Acquisition +(including the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness assumed thereby) +is equal to or greater than $850,000,000 and (iii) the Borrower may designate no +more than three (3) such Acquisitions as a “Qualified Acquisition” during the +term of this Agreement. + +Section 7.7 [Reserved]. + +Section 7.8 Affiliate Transactions. Except (i) as specifically provided herein +(including, without limitation, Sections 7.1, 7.3 and 7.4 hereof), (ii) +investments of cash and cash equivalents in Unrestricted Subsidiaries, and +(iii) as may be disclosed in the public filings of the Borrower with the +Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Agreement Date, the Borrower +shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, at any time engage +in any transaction with an Affiliate, other than between or among the Borrower +and/or any Subsidiaries of the Borrower or in the ordinary course of business, +or make an assignment or other transfer of any of its properties or assets to +any Affiliate, in each case on terms less advantageous in any material respect +to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than would be the case if such transaction +had been effected with a non-Affiliate. + +Section 7.9 Restrictive Agreements. The Borrower shall not, nor shall the +Borrower permit any of its Material Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, +enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that +prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon the ability of any Material +Subsidiary of the Borrower to pay dividends or other distributions with respect +to any shares of its capital stock or to make or repay loans or advances to the + +  + +-42- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Borrower or any other Material Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided that (i) the +foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by Applicable +Law or by any Loan Document, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions +and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Material +Subsidiary of the Borrower pending such sale; provided that such restrictions +and conditions apply only to the Material Subsidiary that is to be sold and such +sale is permitted hereunder, (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions +and conditions contained in any instrument governing Indebtedness or Ownership +Interests of a Person acquired by the Borrower or any of its Material +Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent +such Indebtedness was incurred, or such Ownership Interests were issued, in +connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), 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, and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, +supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those instruments; +provided that the encumbrances or restrictions contained in any such amendments, +modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, +replacements or refinancings, taken as whole, are not materially more +restrictive than the encumbrances or restrictions contained in instruments as in +effect on the date of acquisition, (iv) the foregoing shall not apply to +restrictions and conditions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by +customers or lessors under contracts or leases entered into in the ordinary +course of business, (v) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and +conditions imposed on the transfer of copyrighted or patented materials or other +intellectual property and customary provisions in agreements that restrict the +assignment of such agreements or any rights thereunder, (vi) the foregoing shall +not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by contracts or leases entered +into in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any of its Material +Subsidiaries with such Person’s customers, lessors or suppliers and (vii) the +foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed upon the +“borrower”, “issuer”, “guarantor”, “pledgor” or “lender” entities under ABS +Facilities permitted under Section 7.1(h) hereof or which arise in connection +with any payment default regarding Indebtedness otherwise permitted under +Section 7.1 hereof. + +Section 7.10 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall not, nor shall the Borrower +permit any of its Subsidiaries to, use the proceeds of any Loan directly, or to +the Borrower’s knowledge indirectly, to fund any operations in, finance any +investments or activities in, or make any payments to a Designated Person or a +Sanctioned Country, in violation of Anti-Corruption Laws or in any manner that +would result in the violation of any Sanctions Laws and Regulations applicable +to any party hereto. + +ARTICLE 8 - DEFAULT + +Section 8.1 Events of Default. Each of the following shall constitute an Event +of Default, whatever the reason for such event and whether it shall be voluntary +or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment or +order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any governmental or +non-governmental body: + +(a) any representation or warranty made under this Agreement shall prove to be +incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed to be made pursuant to +Section 4.2 hereof; + +  + +-43- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b) the Borrower shall default in the payment of (i) any interest hereunder or +under any of the Notes or fees or other amounts payable to the Lenders and the +Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any of them, when due, +and such Default shall not be cured by payment in full within five (5) Business +Days from the due date or (ii) any principal hereunder or under any of the Notes +when due; + +(c) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, as applicable, shall default in the +performance or observance of any agreement or covenant contained in Sections 5.1 +(as to the existence of the Borrower), 5.8, 5.10, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6 +and 7.9 hereof; + +(d) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, shall default in the +performance or observance of any other agreement or covenant contained in this +Agreement not specifically referred to elsewhere in this Section 8.1, and such +default shall not be cured within a period of thirty (30) days (or with respect +to Sections 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 6.4, 6.5 and 7.8 hereof, such longer period not +to exceed sixty (60) days if such default is curable within such period and the +Borrower is proceeding in good faith with all diligent efforts to cure such +default) from the later of (i) occurrence of such Default and (ii) the date on +which such Default became known to the Borrower; + +(e) there shall occur any default in the performance or observance of any +agreement or covenant or breach of any representation or warranty contained in +any of the Loan Documents (other than this Agreement or as otherwise provided in +this Section 8.1) by the Borrower, which shall not be cured within a period of +thirty (30) days (or such longer period not to exceed sixty (60) days if such +default is curable within such period and the Borrower is proceeding in good +faith with all diligent efforts to cure such default) from the date on which +such default became known to the Borrower; + +(f) there shall be entered and remain unstayed a decree or order for relief in +respect of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary Group under Title 11 of the +United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other +applicable Federal or state bankruptcy law or other similar law, or appointing a +receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or similar +official of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary Group, or of any substantial +part of their respective properties, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation +of the affairs of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary Group; or an +involuntary petition shall be filed against the Borrower or any Material +Subsidiary Group, and (i) such petition shall not be diligently contested, or +(ii) any such petition shall continue undismissed or unstayed for a period of +ninety (90) consecutive days; + +(g) the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary Group shall file a petition, answer +or consent seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now +constituted or hereafter amended, or any other applicable Federal or state +bankruptcy law or other similar law, or the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary +Group shall consent to the institution of proceedings thereunder or to the +filing of any such petition or to the appointment or taking of possession of a +receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other +similar official of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary Group or of any +substantial part of their respective properties, or the Borrower or any Material +Subsidiary Group shall fail generally to pay their + +  + +-44- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +respective debts as they become due or shall be adjudicated insolvent; or the +Borrower or any Material Subsidiary Group shall take any action in furtherance +of any such action; + +(h) a judgment not covered by insurance or indemnification, where the +indemnifying party has agreed to indemnify and is financially able to do so, +shall be entered by any court against the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary +Group for the payment of money which exceeds singly, or in the aggregate with +other such judgments, $400,000,000, or a warrant of attachment or execution or +similar process shall be issued or levied against property of the Borrower or +any Material Subsidiary Group which, together with all other such property of +the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary Group subject to other such process, +exceeds in value $400,000,000 in the aggregate, and if, within thirty (30) days +after the entry, issue or levy thereof, such judgment, warrant or process shall +not have been paid or discharged or stayed pending appeal or removed to bond, or +if, after the expiration of any such stay, such judgment, warrant or process, +shall not have been paid or discharged or removed to bond; + +(i) except to the extent that would not reasonably be expected to have a +Materially Adverse Effect collectively or individually, (i) there shall be at +any time any “accumulated funding deficiency,” as defined in ERISA or in +Section 412 of the Code, with respect to any Plan maintained by the Borrower, +any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, or to which the Borrower, any of +its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has any liabilities, or any trust +created thereunder; (ii) a trustee shall be appointed by a United States +District Court to administer any such Plan; (iii) PBGC shall institute +proceedings to terminate any such Plan; (iv) the Borrower, any of its +Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate shall incur any liability to PBGC in +connection with the termination of any such Plan; or (v) any Plan or trust +created under any Plan of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA +Affiliate shall engage in a “prohibited transaction” (as such term is defined in +Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) which would subject any such +Plan, any trust created thereunder, any trustee or administrator thereof, or any +party dealing with any such Plan or trust to material tax or penalty on +“prohibited transactions” imposed by Section 502 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the +Code; + +(j) there shall occur (i) any acceleration of the maturity of any Indebtedness +of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount +exceeding $400,000,000, or, as a result of a failure to comply with the terms +thereof, such Indebtedness shall otherwise have become due and payable prior to +its scheduled maturity; or (ii) any failure to make any payment when due (after +any applicable grace period) with respect to any Indebtedness of the Borrower or +any Material Subsidiary (other than the Obligations) in an aggregate principal +amount exceeding $400,000,000; + +(k) any material Loan Document or any material provision thereof, shall at any +time and for any reason be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be +null and void, or a proceeding shall be commenced by the Borrower seeking to +establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof (exclusive of questions of +interpretation of any provision thereof), or the Borrower shall deny that it has +any liability or obligation for the payment of principal or interest purported +to be created under any Loan Document (other than in accordance with its terms); +or + +(l) there shall occur any Change of Control. + +  + +-45- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 8.2 Remedies. + +(a) If an Event of Default specified in Section 8.1 (other than an Event of +Default under Section 8.1(f) or (g) hereof) shall have occurred and shall be +continuing, the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Majority Lenders but +subject to Section 9.3 hereof, shall declare the principal of and interest on +the Loans and the Notes, if any, and all other amounts owed to the Lenders and +the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, the Notes and any other Loan +Documents to be forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest +or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything +in this Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Document to the contrary +notwithstanding. + +(b) Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default specified in +Section 8.1(f) or (g) hereof, all principal, interest and other amounts due +hereunder and under the Notes, and all other Obligations, shall thereupon and +concurrently therewith become due and payable and the principal amount of the +Loans outstanding hereunder shall bear interest at the Default Rate, all without +any action by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Majority Lenders or any +of them, and without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, +all of which are expressly waived, anything in this Agreement or in the other +Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding. + +(c) Upon acceleration of the Loans, as provided in Section 8.2(a) or (b) hereof, +the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have all of the post-default +rights granted to them, or any of them, as applicable under the Loan Documents +and under Applicable Law. + +(d) The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders +hereunder shall be cumulative, and not exclusive. + +Section 8.3 Payments Subsequent to Declaration of Event of Default. Subsequent +to the acceleration of the Loans under Section 8.2 hereof, payments and +prepayments under this Agreement made to the Administrative Agent and the +Lenders or otherwise received by any of such Persons shall be paid over to the +Administrative Agent (if necessary) and distributed by the Administrative Agent +as follows: first, to the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ reasonable +costs and expenses, if any, incurred in connection with the collection of such +payment or prepayment, including, without limitation, all amounts under +Section 11.2(b) hereof; second, to the Administrative Agent for any fees +hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents then due and payable; third, +to the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their respective unpaid principal +amounts (except as provided in Section 2.2(e) hereof), for the payment of any +unpaid interest which may have accrued on the Obligations and any fees hereunder +or under any of the other Loan Documents then due and payable; fourth, to the +Lenders pro rata until all Loans have been paid in full, for the payment of the +Loans; fifth, to the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their respective unpaid +amounts, for the payment of any other unpaid Obligations; and sixth, to the +Borrower or as otherwise required by Applicable Law. + +ARTICLE 9 - THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT + +Section 9.1 Appointment and Authorization. Each of the Lenders hereby +irrevocably appoints Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC to act on its behalf as the +Administrative Agent + +  + +-46- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative +Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are +delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together +with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The +provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative +Agent and the Lenders, and the Borrower shall not have rights as a third party +beneficiary of any of such provisions. + +Section 9.2 Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent +hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as +any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the +Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise +expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person +serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such +Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the +financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in +any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate +thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and +without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. + +Section 9.3 Exculpatory Provisions. The Administrative Agent shall not have any +duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other +Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the +Administrative Agent: + +(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of +whether a Default has occurred and is continuing; + +(b) 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 Majority Lenders (or such +other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for +herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent +shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of +its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is +contrary to any Loan Document or Applicable Law; and + +(c) 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. + +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 Majority 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 11.11 and 8.2) or (ii) in the absence of +its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall +be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice +describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent in writing by the +Borrower or a Lender. + +  + +-47- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to +ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in +or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the +contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or +thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or +observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set +forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, +enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan +Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction +of any condition set forth in Article 3 or elsewhere herein, other than to +confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the +Administrative Agent. + +Section 9.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be +entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any +notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other +writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting +or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, +sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent +also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed +by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability +for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to +the making of a Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of +a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is +satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received +notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. The +Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the +Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall +not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the +advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. + +Section 9.5 Resignation of Administrative Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent +may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower. +Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Majority Lenders shall have +the right to appoint a successor, which shall (i) be a bank with (A) an office +in the United States, or an Affiliate of a bank with an office in the United +States, and (B) combined capital and reserves in excess of $250,000,000 (clauses +(A) and (B) together, the “Agent Qualifications”) and (ii) so long as no Event +of Default is continuing, be reasonably acceptable to Borrower. If no such +successor shall have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders and shall have +accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent +gives notice of its resignation (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the +retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of +the Lenders and in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor +Administrative Agent meeting the Agent Qualifications. Whether or not a +successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in +accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date. + +(a) If the Person serving as Administrative Agent has, (i) become the subject of +a voluntary proceeding under any bankruptcy or other debtor relief law, (ii) had +a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of +creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its +business or a custodian appointed for it, or (iii) taken any action in +furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any +voluntary + +  + +-48- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +or involuntary proceeding under any bankruptcy or other debtor relief law or any +such appointment, the Majority Lenders may, to the extent permitted by +Applicable Law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such +Person as Administrative Agent and appoint a successor Administrative Agent +meeting the Agent Qualifications and which, so long as no Event of Default is +continuing, is reasonably acceptable to Borrower. If no such successor shall +have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders and shall have accepted such +appointment within thirty (30) days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by +the Majority Lenders) (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall +nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal +Effective Date. + +(b) With effect from, as applicable, the Resignation Effective Date or the +Removal Effective Date (1) the retiring 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 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) 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 directly, until +such time as the Majority Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as +provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s +appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to +and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the +retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative +Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or +under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided +above in this Section). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor +Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor +unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the +retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan +Documents, the provisions of this Article and Sections 11.2 and 11.5 shall +continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its +sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken +or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent +was acting as Administrative Agent. + +Section 9.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender +acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the +Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and +based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its +own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also +acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the +Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and +based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem +appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action +under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related +agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. + +Section 9.7 Indemnification. The Lenders severally, and not jointly, agree to +indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower +but without affecting the Borrower’s obligations with respect thereto) pro rata, +from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses (other than the +loss of principal, interest and fees hereunder in the event of a bankruptcy or +out-of-court ‘work-out’ of the Loans), damages, penalties, actions, + +  + +-49- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +judgments, suits, or reasonable out-of-pocket costs, expenses (including, +without limitation, fees and disbursements of experts, agents, consultants and +counsel), or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed +on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating +to or arising out of this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any other +document contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any action +taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any other +Loan Document, or any other document contemplated by this Agreement, except that +no Lender shall be liable to the Administrative Agent for any portion of such +liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, +or reasonable out-of-pocket costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the +gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent as determined +by a final, non-appealable judicial order of a court having jurisdiction over +the subject matter. + +Section 9.8 No Responsibilities of the Agents. Notwithstanding any provision to +the contrary contained elsewhere herein or in any other Loan Document, the +Co-Syndication Agents, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Joint Bookrunners (as +set forth on the cover page hereof) shall not have any duties or +responsibilities, nor shall the Co-Syndication Agents, the Joint Lead Arrangers +or Joint Bookrunners have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with +any Lender or participant, and no implied covenants, functions, +responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this +Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the +Co-Syndication Agents, the Joint Lead Arrangers or Joint Bookrunners. + +Section 9.9 Lender ERISA Matters. Each Lender represents and warrants as of the +date hereof to the Administrative Agent and each Joint Lead Arranger and their +respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, for the benefit of +the Borrower, that such Lender is not and will not be (i) an employee benefit +plan subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 +of the Internal Revenue Code; (iii) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of +any such plans or accounts for purposes of ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code +that is using “plan assets” of any such plans or accounts to fund or hold Loans +or perform its obligations under this Agreement; or (iv) a “governmental plan” +within the meaning of ERISA. + +ARTICLE 10 - CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES + +AFFECTING LIBOR ADVANCES AND INCREASED COSTS + +Section 10.1 LIBOR Basis Determination Inadequate or Unfair. + +(1) If with respect to any proposed LIBOR Advance for any Interest Period, +(a) the Majority Lenders notify the Administrative Agent that the Eurodollar +Rate for any Interest Period for such Advance will not adequately reflect the +cost to such Lenders of making, funding or maintaining their LIBOR Advances for +such Interest Period, or (b) the Administrative Agent determines after +consultation with the Lenders that adequate and fair means do not exist for +determining the LIBOR Basis, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give +notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders, whereupon until the +Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to +such situation no longer exist, the obligations of any affected Lender to make +its portion of such LIBOR Advances shall be suspended and each affected Lender +shall make its portion of such LIBOR Advance as a Base Rate Advance. + +  + +-50- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(2) If at any time the Administrative Agent determines (which determination +shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) the circumstances set forth +in clause (1)(b) have arisen and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary +or (ii) the circumstances set forth in clause (1)(b) have not arisen but either +(w) the supervisor for the administrator of LIBOR has made a public statement +that the administrator of LIBOR is insolvent (and there is no successor +administrator that will continue publication of LIBOR), (x) the administrator of +LIBOR has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which LIBOR +will permanently or indefinitely cease to be published by it (and there is no +successor administrator that will continue publication of LIBOR), (y) the +supervisor for the administrator of LIBOR has made a public statement +identifying a specific date after which LIBOR will permanently or indefinitely +cease to be published or (z) the supervisor for the administrator of LIBOR or a +governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has +made a public statement identifying a specific date after which LIBOR may no +longer be used for determining interest rates for loans, then the Administrative +Agent and the Borrower shall endeavor to establish an alternate rate of interest +to LIBOR that gives due consideration to the then prevailing market convention +for determining a rate of interest for syndicated loans in the United States at +such time, and shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such +alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as +may be applicable; provided that, if such alternate rate of interest as so +determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the +purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in +Section 11.11, such amendment shall become effective without any further action +or consent of any other party to this Agreement so long as the Administrative +Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date such +amendment is provided to the Lenders, a written notice from the Majority Lenders +stating that such Majority Lenders object to such amendment. Until an alternate +rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with this clause (2) (but, in +the case of the circumstances described in clause (ii)(w), clause (ii)(x) or +clause (ii)(y) of the first sentence of this Section 10.1(2), only to the extent +LIBOR for such Interest Period is not available or published at such time on a +current basis), (x) any Request for Advance requesting a Conversion of any Base +Rate Advance to, or continuation of any Base Rate Advance as, a LIBOR Advance +shall be ineffective and (y) if any Request for Advance requests a LIBOR +Advance, such Advance shall be made as an Base Rate Advance. + +Section 10.2 Illegality. If, after the date hereof, the adoption of any +Applicable Law, or any change in any Applicable Law (whether adopted before or +after the Agreement Date), or any change in interpretation or administration +thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged +with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender +with any directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such +authority, central bank or comparable agency, shall make it unlawful or +impossible for any Lender to make, maintain or fund its portion of such LIBOR +Advances, such Lender shall so notify the Administrative Agent, and the +Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the other Lenders +and the Borrower. Before giving any notice to the Administrative Agent pursuant +to this Section 10.2, such Lender shall designate a different lending office if +such designation will avoid the need for giving such notice and will not, in the +sole reasonable judgment of such Lender, be otherwise materially disadvantageous +to such Lender. Upon receipt of such notice, + +  + +-51- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +notwithstanding anything contained in Article 2 hereof, the Borrower shall +Convert such LIBOR Advance to a Base Rate Advance on either (a) the last day of +the then current Interest Period applicable to such affected LIBOR Advance if +such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain and fund its portion of such LIBOR +Advance to such day or (b) immediately if such Lender may not lawfully continue +to fund and maintain its portion of such affected LIBOR Advance to such day. + +Section 10.3 Increased Costs and Additional Amounts. + +(a) If after the date hereof, the adoption of any Applicable Law, or any change +in any Applicable Law (whether adopted before or after the Agreement Date), or +any interpretation or change in interpretation or administration thereof by any +governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the +interpretation or administration thereof or compliance by any Lender with any +directive issued after the Agreement Date (whether or not having the force of +law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency: + +(i) shall subject any Lender to any Tax with respect to its obligation to make +its portion of LIBOR Advances, or its portion of other Advances, or shall change +the basis of taxation of payments to any Lender of the principal of or interest +on its portion of LIBOR Advances or in respect of any other amounts due under +this Agreement, or its obligation to make its portion of Advances (except for +changes with respect to Taxes imposed on the revenues or net income of such +Lender, and except for any Taxes referred to in Section 10.3(b) hereof); or + +(ii) shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve (including, without +limitation, any imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, +but excluding any included in an applicable Eurodollar Reserve Percentage), +special deposit, capital adequacy or liquidity, assessment or other requirement +or condition against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or +commitments or credit extended by, any Lender or shall impose on any Lender or +the London interbank borrowing market any other condition affecting its +obligation to make its portion of such LIBOR Advances or its portion of existing +Advances; + +and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of +making or maintaining any of its portion of such LIBOR Advances, or to reduce +the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender under this Agreement +or under its Note, if any, with respect thereto, then, within ten (10) days +after demand by such Lender, the Borrower agrees to pay to such Lender such +additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender on an after-tax +basis for such increased costs; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to +the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act +and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in +connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives +promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on +Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States +or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in +each case be deemed to be enacted, adopted or issued after the date hereof, +regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued. + +  + +-52- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b) Except as required by Applicable Law, all payments made by the Borrower +under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or +withholding for or on account of, any present or future income or other similar +taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings +(“Taxes”), now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by +any governmental authority, excluding any Taxes imposed on a Lender by reason of +any connection between the Lender and the taxing jurisdiction other than a +connection that is solely attributable to executing, delivering, performing or +enforcing this Agreement and receiving payments hereunder. If any such +non-excluded Taxes (collectively, the “Non-Excluded Taxes”) are required to be +withheld or deducted from any such payment, the Borrower shall pay such +additional amounts as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount actually +received by a Lender after such withholding or deduction is equal to the amount +that the Lender would have received had no such withholding or deduction been +required; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to increase +any such amounts payable to any Lender if such Lender fails to comply with the +requirements of Section 2.12 hereof, provided, further, that the Borrower shall +not be required to pay any additional amounts in respect of Taxes imposed under +FATCA, provided, further, that the Borrower shall not be required to pay any +U.S. withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of any +Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant +to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest +in the Loan or Commitment or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, +except, in each case, to the extent that, pursuant to this Section 10.3, amounts +with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor +immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender +immediately before it changed its lending office. Whenever any Non-Excluded +Taxes are payable by the Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter the +Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the +account of such Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original +official receipt received by the Borrower showing payment thereof. If the +Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing +authority or fail to remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or +other documentary evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative +Agent and the Lenders for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may +become payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as result of any such +failure. The Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to the +immediately preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after receipt of written +demand therefor from the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as the case may be. +The agreements set forth in this Section 10.3 shall survive the termination of +this Agreement and the payment of the Obligations. Each Lender will promptly +notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any event of which it has +knowledge, occurring after the date hereof, which will entitle such Lender to +compensation pursuant to this Section 10.3 and will designate a different +lending office if such designation will avoid the need for, or reduce the amount +of, such compensation and will not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender +made in good faith, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender. + +(c) Any Lender claiming compensation under this Section 10.3 shall provide the +Borrower with a written certificate setting forth the additional amount or +amounts to be paid to it hereunder and calculations therefor in reasonable +detail. Such certificate shall be presumptively correct absent manifest error. +In determining such amount, such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and +attribution methods (it being understood that no Lender shall be required to +disclose (i) any confidential or price sensitive information or (ii) any +information to + +  + +-53- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +the extent prohibited by applicable law). Failure or delay on the part of any +Lender to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this +Section 10.3 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such +compensation, provided that, other than in respect of Taxes, the Borrower shall +not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of +this Section if the circumstances giving rise to such compensation occurred more +than six (6) months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of +such circumstances and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor +(except that, if such circumstances are retroactive, then the six (6) month +period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive +effect thereof). If any Lender demands compensation under this Section 10.3, the +Borrower may at any time, upon at least five (5) Business Days’ prior notice to +such Lender, Convert into a Base Rate Advance such Lender’s portion of the then +outstanding LIBOR Advances, and pay to such Lender the accrued interest and fees +thereon to the date of Conversion, along with any reimbursement required under +Section 2.9 hereof and this Section 10.3. + +(d) The Borrower shall pay any present or future stamp, transfer or documentary +Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes that may be imposed in connection +with the execution, delivery or registration of this Agreement or any other Loan +Documents. + +(e) If any party receives a refund of any Taxes for which it has been +indemnified pursuant to this Section 10.3, it shall pay to the indemnifying +party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity +payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such +refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified +party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant +governmental authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, +upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified +party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (e) (plus any penalties, +interest or other charges imposed by the relevant governmental authority) in the +event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such +governmental authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this +paragraph (e), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any +amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (e) the payment of +which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax +position than the indemnified party would have been in if the 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 paragraph shall not be construed +to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other +information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the +indemnifying party or any other Person. + +Section 10.4 Effect On Other Advances. If notice has been given pursuant to +Section 10.1, 10.2 or 10.3 hereof suspending the obligation of any Lender to +make its portion of any LIBOR Advance, or requiring such Lender’s portion of +LIBOR Advances to be Converted, then, unless and until such Lender notifies the +Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such Conversion no longer apply, +all amounts which would otherwise be made by such Lender as its portion of LIBOR +Advances shall be made instead as Base Rate Advances, unless otherwise notified +by the Borrower. + +  + +-54- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 10.5 Claims for Increased Costs and Taxes; Replacement Lenders. In the +event that any Lender shall (y) decline to make LIBOR Advances pursuant to +Sections 10.1 and 10.2 hereof, or (z) have notified the Borrower that it is +entitled to claim compensation pursuant to Section 10.3, 2.8, 2.9 or 2.11 hereof +or is unable to complete the form required or is subject to withholding on +account of any Tax (each such lender being an “Affected Lender”), the Borrower +at its own cost and expense may designate a replacement lender (a “Replacement +Lender”) to purchase the outstanding Loans of such Affected Lender and such +Affected Lender’s rights hereunder and with respect thereto, and within ten +(10) Business Days of such designation the Affected Lender shall (a) sell to +such Replacement Lender, without recourse upon, warranty by or expense to such +Affected Lender, by way of an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the +form of Exhibit F attached hereto, for a purchase price equal to (unless such +Lender agrees to a lesser amount) the outstanding principal amount of the Loans +of such Affected Lender, plus all interest accrued and unpaid thereon and all +other amounts owing to such Affected Lender hereunder, including without +limitation, payment by the Borrower of any amount which would be payable to such +Affected Lender pursuant to Section 2.9 hereof (provided that the administrative +fee set forth in Section 11.4(b)(iv) shall not apply to an assignment described +in this clause (a)), and (b) upon such assumption and purchase by the +Replacement Lender, such Replacement Lender shall be deemed to be a “Lender” for +purposes of this Agreement and such Affected Lender shall cease to be a “Lender” +for purposes of this Agreement and shall no longer have any obligations or +rights hereunder (other than any obligations or rights which according to this +Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement). + +ARTICLE 11 - MISCELLANEOUS + +Section 11.1 Notices. + +(a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications +expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in +subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein +shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, +mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows, and all +notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by +telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows: + +(i) if to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, to the address, telecopier +number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on +Schedule 4; and + +(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail +address or telephone number specified to the Administrative Agent (including, as +appropriate, notices delivered solely to the Person designated by a Lender for +the delivery of notices that may contain material non-public information +relating to the Borrower). + +Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or +mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when +received; notices and other communications sent by telecopier shall be deemed to +have been given when sent (except + +  + +-55- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be +deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day +for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through +electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall +be effective as provided in such subsection (b). + +(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders +hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including +e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the +Administrative Agent and the Borrower, provided that the foregoing shall not +apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article 2 if such Lender has notified +the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it is incapable of receiving +notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent +or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other +communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to +procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be +limited to particular notices or communications. + +Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other +communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the +sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by +the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other +written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is +not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or +communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on +the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications +posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the +deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in +the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is +available and identifying the website address therefor. + +(c) 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 or any other +Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether +in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the +Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, +except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses +are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable +judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of +such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have +any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, +special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or +actual damages). + +  + +-56- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent +may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other +communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other +Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and +other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative +Agent. 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, telecopier 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. + +(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders. The Administrative Agent and +the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any 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 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. + +Section 11.2 Expenses. The Borrower will promptly pay, or reimburse: + +(a) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative +Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of +this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the transactions contemplated +hereunder and thereunder any amendments, waivers and consents associated +therewith, including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented fees and +disbursements of Shearman & Sterling LLP, special counsel for the Administrative +Agent; and + +(b) all documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent +and the Lenders of enforcement under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents +and all documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of collection if an Event of +Default occurs in the payment of the Notes, which in each case shall include, +without limitation, reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of one counsel +for the Administrative Agent and one counsel for all Lenders. + +Section 11.3 Waivers. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and +the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be +cumulative and not + +  + +-57- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +exclusive of any rights or remedies which they would otherwise have. No failure +or delay by the Administrative Agent, the Majority Lenders and the Lenders, or +any of them, in exercising any right, shall operate as a waiver of such right. +No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the +Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries therefrom shall in any event be effective +unless the same shall be permitted by Section 11.11, and then such waiver or +consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for +which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a +Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether +the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such +Default at the time. + +Section 11.4 Assignment and Participation. + +(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be +binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective +successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Borrower may not assign +or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the +prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender +may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder +except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of +this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of +subsection (d) of this Section, (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a +security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (e) of this Section, +or (iv) to an SPC in accordance with the provisions of subsection (f) of this +Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto +shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall +be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their +respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent +provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly +contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and +the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of +this Agreement. + +(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more +assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement +(including all or a portion of the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that +any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions: + +(i) Minimum Amounts. + +(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the Loans at +the time owing to the assigning Lender or in the case of an assignment to a +Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, no minimum amount need be assigned; and + +(B) in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the +aggregate amount of the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the +assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the +Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the +Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and +Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than + +  + +-58- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +$1,000,000 unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of +Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each +such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). + +(ii) 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 assigned; + +(iii) 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: + +(A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or +delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is +continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender +or an Affiliate of a Lender; and + +(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably +withheld or delayed) shall be required if such assignment is to a Person that is +not a Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender; + +(iv) 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 in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the +Administrative Agent. + +(v) No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made (A) to +the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or (B) to a natural person. + +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 10.2, 10.3 and 10.5 with respect to +facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such +assignment. Upon request, the 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. + +  + +-59- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(c) 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 and a register for the recordation of the names and +addresses of the Lenders, and the principal amounts of the Loans owing to each +Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The +entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the +Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose +name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender +hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the +contrary. This Section 11.4(c) shall be construed so that the Obligations are at +all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), +871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related regulations (and any other +relevant or successor provisions of the Code or Treasury Regulations promulgated +thereunder). The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and +any Lender, as to its Commitments only, at any reasonable time and from time to +time upon reasonable prior notice. + +(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or +notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any +Person (other than a natural person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s +Affiliates) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights +and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of the 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 and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely +and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and +obligations under this Agreement. + +Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a +participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to +enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of +any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may +provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree +to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in clauses (ii)(A), (B) +or (C) of Section 11.11(a) that affects such Participant. Subject to the +following paragraph, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled +to the benefits of Section 10.3 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and +had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this +Section. + +A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under +Section 10.3 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with +respect to the participation sold to such Participant. A Participant that would +be a foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of +Section 2.12 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such +Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to +comply with Section 2.12 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a +participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of +the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of +each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each +participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement +(the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation +to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person +(including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a +participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans, or its other obligations under + +  + +-60- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +any Loan Document) except each Lender that sells a participation shall make a +copy of the Participant Register available for the Borrower and the +Administrative Agent to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to +establish that such Commitment, Loan or other obligation is in registered form +under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries +in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the +Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall treat each Person whose +name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation +for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. + +(e) 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 or other +central banking authority; 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. + +(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a +“Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an “SPC”) +sponsored by such Granting Lender, identified as such in writing from time to +time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the +option to provide to the Borrower all or any part of any Advance that such +Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make to the Borrower pursuant to +this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment +by any SPC to make any Advance and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such +option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of such Advance, the +Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Advance pursuant to the terms +hereof. The Loans by an SPC hereunder shall be Loans of the Granting Lender to +the same extent, and as if, such Loans were made by such Granting Lender. Each +party hereto hereby agrees that no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or +similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall +remain with the Granting Lender). In furtherance of the foregoing, each party +hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this +Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the +payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior indebtedness +of any SPC, it, solely in its capacity as a party hereto and to any other Loan +Document, will not institute against, or join any other person in instituting +against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or +liquidation proceedings under the laws of the United States or any State +thereof. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this +Section 11.4, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without the prior written +consent of, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and without paying any +processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Advance +to the Granting Lender or to any financial institutions (consented to by the +Borrower and the Administrative Agent) providing liquidity and/or credit support +to or for the account of such SPC to support the funding or maintenance of +Advance and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information +relating to its Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider +of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC. This +Section 11.4(f) may not be amended without the written consent of any SPC which +has been designated in writing as provided in the first sentence hereof and +holds any outstanding Loans. The designation by a Granting Lender of an SPC to +fund Advances shall be deemed to be a representation, warranty, covenant and +agreement by such Granting Lender to the Borrower and all other parties +hereunder + +  + +-61- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +that (A) the funding and maintaining of such Advances by such SPC shall not +constitute a “prohibited transaction” (as such term is defined in Section 406 of +ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code), and (B) such designation, funding and +maintenance would not result in any interest requiring registration under the +Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or qualification under any state securities +law. The SPC shall from time to time provide to the Borrower the tax and other +forms required pursuant to Section 2.12 hereof with respect to such SPC as +though such SPC were a Lender hereunder. In no event shall the Borrower or any +Lender other than the Granting Lender be obligated hereunder to pay any +additional amounts under any provision of this Agreement (pursuant to Article 10 +hereof or otherwise) by reason of a Granting Lender’s designation of an SPC or +the funding or maintenance of Advances by such SPC, in excess of amounts which +the Borrower would have been obligated to pay if such Granting Lender had not +made such designation and such Granting Lender were itself funding and +maintaining such Advances. The Administrative Agent shall register the interest +of any SPC in an Advance from time to time on the Register maintained pursuant +to Section 11.4(c) hereof. + +Section 11.5 Indemnity. The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each +Lender, the Administrative Agent and each of their respective Related Parties +(any of the foregoing shall be an “Indemnitee”) from and against any and all +claims, liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, actions, reasonable and +documented external attorneys’ fees and expenses (as such fees and expenses are +reasonably incurred), penalties, judgments, suits, reasonable and documented +out-of-pocket costs and demands by any third party, including the costs of +investigating and defending such claims, whether or not the Borrower or the +Person seeking indemnification is the prevailing party (a) resulting from any +breach or alleged breach by the Borrower of any representation or warranty made +hereunder or under any Loan Document; or (b) otherwise arising out of (i) this +Agreement, any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, +including, without limitation, the use of the proceeds of Loans hereunder in any +fashion by the Borrower or the performance of its obligations under the Loan +Documents, (ii) allegations of any participation by a Lender, the Administrative +Agent or any of them, in the affairs of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, +or allegations that any of them has any joint liability with the Borrower for +any reason and (iii) any claims against the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or +any of them, by any shareholder or other investor in or lender to the Borrower, +by any brokers or finders or investment advisers or investment bankers retained +by the Borrower or by any other third party, arising out of or under this +Agreement, except to the extent that (A) the Person seeking indemnification +hereunder is determined in such case to have acted with gross negligence or +willful misconduct, in any case, by a final, non-appealable judicial order of a +court of competent jurisdiction or (B) such claims are for lost profits, +foreseeable and unforeseeable, consequential, special, incidental or indirect +damages or punitive damages. Upon receipt of notice in writing of any actual or +prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding for which +indemnification is provided pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence (a +“Relevant Proceeding”), the recipient shall promptly notify the Administrative +Agent (which shall promptly notify the other parties hereto) thereof, and the +Borrower and the Lenders agree to consult, to the extent appropriate, with a +view to minimizing the cost to the Borrower of its obligations hereunder. The +Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent feasible, to participate in any +Relevant Proceeding and shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof with +counsel of the Borrower’s choice; provided, however, that such counsel shall be +reasonably satisfactory to such of the Indemnitees as are parties thereto; +provided, further, however, that, after the Borrower has assumed the defense of +any Relevant Proceeding, it will not settle, + +  + +-62- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +compromise or consent to the entry of any order adjudicating or otherwise +disposing of any claims against any Indemnitee (1) if such settlement, +compromise or order involves the payment of money damages, except if the +Borrower agrees, as between the Borrower and such Indemnitee, to pay such money +damages, and, if not simultaneously paid, to furnish such Indemnitee with +satisfactory evidence of its ability to pay the same, and (2) if such +settlement, compromise or order involves any relief against such Indemnitee +other than the payment of money damages, except with the prior written consent +of such Indemnitee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). +Notwithstanding the Borrower’s election to assume the defense of such Relevant +Proceeding, such of the Indemnitees as are parties thereto shall have the right +to employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such action or +proceeding at the expense of such Indemnitee. The obligations of the Borrower +under this Section 11.5 are in addition to, and shall not otherwise limit, any +liabilities which the Borrower might otherwise have in connection with any +warranties or similar obligations of the Borrower in any other Loan Document. +Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 11.5 shall not apply with respect to +Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising +from any non-Tax claim. + +Section 11.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of +counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such +separate counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. The +words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this +Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of +records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, +validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a +paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as +provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures +in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures +and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic +Transactions Act; provided, further, that, without limiting the foregoing, upon +the request of the Administrative Agent, any electronic signature shall be +promptly followed by such manually executed counterpart. + +Section 11.7 Governing Law; Jurisdiction. + +(a) Governing Law. This Agreement and the Notes shall be construed in accordance +with and governed by the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to +agreements made and to be performed the State of New York. + +(b) 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, 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, + +  + +-63- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +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 or any Lender 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. + +(c) 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. + +(d) Service of Process. Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of +process in the manner provided for notices in Section 11.1. Nothing in this +Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any +other manner permitted by applicable law. + +Section 11.8 Severability. To the extent permitted by law, any provision of this +Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be +ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without +invalidating the remaining provisions hereof in that jurisdiction or affecting +the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. + +Section 11.9 Interest. + +(a) In no event shall the amount of interest due or payable hereunder or under +the Notes exceed the maximum rate of interest allowed by Applicable Law, and in +the event any such payment is inadvertently made by the Borrower or +inadvertently received by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, then such +excess sum shall be credited as a payment of principal, unless, if no Event of +Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower shall notify the +Administrative Agent or such Lender, in writing, that it elects to have such +excess sum returned forthwith. It is the express intent hereof that the Borrower +not pay and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders not receive, directly or +indirectly in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of that which may +legally be paid by the Borrower under Applicable Law. + +(b) Notwithstanding the use by the Lenders of the Base Rate and the Eurodollar +Rate as reference rates for the determination of interest on the Loans, the +Lenders shall be under no obligation to obtain funds from any particular source +in order to charge interest to the Borrower at interest rates related to such +reference rates. + +Section 11.10 Table of Contents and Headings. The Table of Contents and the +headings of the various subdivisions used in this Agreement are for convenience +only and shall not in any way modify or amend any of the terms or provisions +hereof, nor be used in connection with the interpretation of any provision +hereof. + +  + +-64- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 11.11 Amendment and Waiver. + +(a) Neither this Agreement nor any Loan Document nor any term hereof or thereof +may be amended orally, nor may any provision hereof or thereof be waived orally +but only by an instrument in writing signed by or at the written direction of: + +(i) except as set forth in (ii) and (iii) below, the Majority Lenders and, in +the case of any amendment, by the Borrower; + +(ii) with respect to (A) any increase in the amount of any Lender’s portion of +the Commitments or any extension of the Lender’s Commitments, (B) any reduction +in the rate of, or postponement in the payment of any interest or fees due +hereunder or the payment thereof to any Lender without a corresponding payment +of such interest or fee amount by the Borrower, (C) (1) any waiver of any +Default due to the failure by the Borrower to pay any sum due to any of the +Lenders hereunder or (2) any reduction in the principal amount of the Loans +without a corresponding payment, (D) any release of the Borrower from this +Agreement, except in connection with a merger, sale or other disposition +otherwise permitted hereunder (in which case, such release shall require no +further approval by the Lenders), (E) any amendment to the pro rata treatment of +the Lenders set forth in Section 8.3 hereof, (F) any amendment of this Section +11.11, of the definition of Majority Lenders, or of any Section herein to the +extent that such Section requires action by all Lenders, (G) any subordination +of the Loans in full to any other Indebtedness, or (H) any extension of the Term +Loan Maturity Date, the affected Lenders and in the case of an amendment, the +Borrower, (it being understood that, for purposes of this Section 11.11(a)(ii), +changes to provisions of the Loan Documents that relate only to one or more of +the Loans shall be deemed to “affect” only the Lenders holding such Loans); and + +(iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the +Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above to take such +action, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this +Agreement or any other Loan Document. + +(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall +have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent +hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the +consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent +of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the +Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the +consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring +the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any +Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the +consent of such Defaulting Lender. + +(c) In connection with any proposed amendment, modification, waiver or +termination (a “Proposed Change”) requiring the consent of all Lenders, if the +consent of Majority Lenders is obtained, but the consent of the other Lenders +whose consent is required is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is not +obtained being referred to as a “Non- + +  + +-65- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Consenting Lender”), then, at the Borrower’s request (and at the Borrower’s sole +cost and expense), a Replacement Lender selected by the Borrower and reasonably +acceptable to the Administrative Agent, shall have the right to purchase from +such Non-Consenting Lenders, and such Non-Consenting Lenders agree that they +shall, upon the Borrower’s request, sell and assign to such Person, all of the +Loans of such Non-Consenting Lenders for an amount equal to the principal +balance of all Loans held by the Non-Consenting Lenders and all accrued interest +and fees and other amounts due (including without limitation amounts due to such +Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to Section 2.9 hereof) or outstanding to such +Non-Consenting Lender through the date of sale, such purchase and sale to be +consummated pursuant to an executed Assignment and Assumption substantially in +the form on Exhibit F attached hereto. Upon execution of any Assignment and +Assumption pursuant to this Section 11.11(b), (i) the Replacement Lender shall +be entitled to vote on any pending waiver, amendment or consent in lieu of the +Non-Consenting Lender replaced by such Replacement Lender, (ii) such Replacement +Lender shall be deemed to be a “Lender” for purposes of this Agreement and +(iii) such Non-Consenting Lender shall cease to be a “Lender” for purposes of +this Agreement and shall no longer have any obligations or rights hereunder +(other than any obligations or rights which according to this Agreement shall +survive the termination of the Loans). + +Section 11.12 Entire Agreement. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, +this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the other documents described or +contemplated herein or therein will embody the entire agreement and +understanding among the parties hereto and thereto and supersede all prior +agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. + +Section 11.13 Other Relationships; No Fiduciary Relationships. No relationship +created hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall in any way affect the +ability of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to enter into or maintain +business relationships with the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof beyond the +relationships specifically contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan +Documents. The Borrower agrees that in connection with all aspects of the +transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, +the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, +and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates, on +the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by +implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Administrative +Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates, and no such duty will +be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or +communications. + +Section 11.14 Directly or Indirectly. If any provision in this Agreement refers +to any action taken or to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is +prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action +is taken directly or indirectly by such Person, whether or not expressly +specified in such provision. + +Section 11.15 Reliance on and Survival of Various Provisions. All covenants, +agreements, statements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower +herein or in any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall (a) be deemed to +have been relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders +notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or hereafter made by them and +(b) survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and shall continue in +full force and effect so long as any Loans are outstanding and unpaid. Any right +to + +  + +-66- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +indemnification hereunder, including, without limitation, rights pursuant to +Sections 2.9, 2.11, 10.3, 11.2 and 11.5 hereof, shall survive the termination of +this Agreement and the payment and performance of all Obligations. + +Section 11.16 Senior Debt. The Obligations are intended by the parties hereto to +be senior in right of payment to any Indebtedness of the Borrower that by its +terms is subordinated to any other Indebtedness of the Borrower. + +Section 11.17 Obligations. The obligations of the Administrative Agent and each +of the Lenders hereunder are several, not joint. + +Section 11.18 Confidentiality. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall +hold confidentially all non-public and proprietary information and all other +information designated by the Borrower as confidential, in each case, obtained +from the Borrower or its Affiliates pursuant to the requirements of this +Agreement in accordance with their customary procedures for handling +confidential information of this nature and in accordance with safe and sound +lending practices; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent and the +Lenders may make disclosure of any such information (a) to their examiners, +Affiliates, outside auditors, counsel, consultants, appraisers, agents, other +professional advisors, any credit insurance provider relating to the Borrower +and its obligations and any direct or indirect contractual counterparty in swap +agreements or such counterparty’s professional advisor in connection with this +Agreement or as reasonably required by any proposed syndicate member or any +proposed transferee or participant in connection with the contemplated transfer +of any Note or participation therein (including, without limitation, any pledgee +referred to in Section 11.4(e) hereof), in each case, so long as any such Person +(other than any examiners) receiving such information is advised of the +provisions of this Section 11.18 and agrees to be bound thereby, (b) as required +or requested by any governmental authority or self-regulatory body or +representative thereof or in connection with the enforcement hereof or of any +Loan Document or related document or (c) pursuant to legal process or with +respect to any litigation between or among the Borrower and any of the +Administrative Agent or the Lenders. In no event shall the Administrative Agent +or any Lender be obligated or required to return any materials furnished to it +by the Borrower. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to the Administrative +Agent or any Lender with respect to information that (i) is or becomes generally +available to the public (other than through the Administrative Agent or such +Lender), (ii) is already in the possession of the Administrative Agent or such +Lender on a non-confidential basis, or (iii) comes into the possession of the +Administrative Agent or such Lender from a source other than the Borrower or its +Affiliates in a manner not known to the Administrative Agent or such Lender to +involve a breach of a duty of confidentiality owing to the Borrower or its +Affiliates. + +Section 11.19 USA PATRIOT ACT Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as +hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf +of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of +the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, +2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that +identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the +Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative +Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act. + +  + +-67- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 11.20 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial +Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any +Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any +such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected +Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such +liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers +of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and +acknowledges and agrees to be bound by: + +(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable +Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be +payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and + +(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if +applicable: + +(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability; + +(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other +instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent +entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred +on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted +by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this +Agreement; or + +(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the +exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution +Authority. + +Section 11.21 Right of Set-off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and +be continuing, each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby +authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by +applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, +time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held, +and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing, by such Lender +or any such Affiliate, to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower +against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing +under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or its +Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or Affiliate shall have +made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although +such obligations of the Borrower may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a +branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender different from the branch, office or +Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that +in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, +(x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative +Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.14 +and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from +its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative +Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to +the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the +Advances owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of +setoff. The rights of each Lender and their respective Affiliates under this +Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of +setoff) that such Lender or its + +  + +-68- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Affiliates may have. Each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the +Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided +that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such +setoff and application. + +ARTICLE 12 - WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL + +Section 12.1 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE +AGENT AND THE LENDERS, HEREBY AGREE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TO WAIVE +AND HEREBY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY COURT AND IN ANY ACTION OR +PROCEEDING OF ANY TYPE IN WHICH THE BORROWER, ANY OF THE LENDERS, THE +ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS IS A +PARTY, AS TO ALL MATTERS AND THINGS ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OUT OF THIS +AGREEMENT, ANY OF THE NOTES OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE RELATIONS AMONG +THE PARTIES LISTED IN THIS SECTION 12.1. EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW, EACH PARTY +TO THIS AGREEMENT WAIVES ANY RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE TO CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY +LITIGATION REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION, ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR +CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES OTHER THAN, OR IN ADDITION TO, ACTUAL +DAMAGES. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, +AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER HAS REPRESENTED, +EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER WOULD NOT, +IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVERS AND +(B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH +OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND +CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION HAVE BEEN FULLY +DISCLOSED BY AND TO THE PARTIES AND THE PROVISIONS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO NO +EXCEPTIONS. NO PARTY HAS IN ANY WAY AGREED WITH OR REPRESENTED TO ANY OTHER +PARTY THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION WILL NOT BE FULLY ENFORCED IN ALL +INSTANCES. + +[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK] + +  + +-69- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement or caused it +to be executed by their duly authorized officers, all as of the day and year +first above written. + +  + +BORROWER:     AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION     By:   + +/s/ Rodney M. Smith + +      Name: Rodney M. Smith       Title: Executive Vice President, Chief +Financial Officer and Treasurer + +  + +[Signature Page to Term Loan Agreement] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND LENDERS:     TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS) LLC, +as Administrative Agent     By:   + +/s/ Angela Del Duca + +      Name: Angela Del Duca +      Title: Authorized Signatory     THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, NEW YORK +BRANCH, +as a Lender     By:   + +/s/ Angela Del Duca + +      Name: Angela Del Duca +      Title: Authorized Signatory     COBANK ACB, +as a Lender     By:   + +/s/ Gary Franke + +      Name: Gary Franke       Title: Managing Director     SANTANDER BANK, N.A., +as a Lender     By:   + +/s/ Pablo Urgoiti + +      Name: Pablo Urgoiti       Title: Managing Director     By:   + +/s/ Nuno Dias Andrade + +      Name: Nuno Dias Andrade       Title: Managing Director     MORGAN STANLEY +BANK, N.A., +as a Lender     By:   + +/s/ Julie Lilienfeld + +      Name: Julie Lilienfeld +      Title: Authorized Signatory + +  + +[Signature Page to Term Loan Agreement] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +    MUFG UNION BANK, N.A., +as a Lender     By:   + +/s/ Marlon Mathews + +      Name: Marlon Mathews +      Title: Director     THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, +as a Lender     By:   + +/s/ Joseph Ward + +      Name: Joseph Ward       Title: Managing Director     BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA +ARGENTARIA, S.A. NEW YORK BRANCH, +as a Lender     By:   + +/s/ Brian Crowley + +      Name: Brian Crowley       Title: Managing Director     By:   + +/s/ Miriam Trautmann + +      Name: Miriam Trautmann       Title: Senior Vice President     CITIBANK, +N.A., +as a Lender     By:   + +/s/ Keith Lukasavich + +      Name: Keith Lukasavich +      Title: Vice President & Managing Director     COMMERZBANK AG, NEW YORK +BRANCH, +as a Lender     By:   + +/s/ Mathew Ward + +      Name: Mathew Ward       Title: Director     By:   + +/s/ Robert Sullivan + +      Name: Robert Sullivan       Title: Vice President + +  + +[Signature Page to Term Loan Agreement] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +    SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION +as a Lender     By:   + +/s/ Michael Maguire + +      Name: Michael Maguire       Title: Managing Director     BANK OF AMERICA, +N.A., +as a Lender     By:   /s/ Kyle Oberkrom       + +Name: Kyle Oberkrom + +      Title: Vice President     GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, +as a Lender     By:   + +/s/ Rebecca Kratz + +      Name: Rebecca Kratz       Title: Authorized Signatory + +  + +[Signature Page to Term Loan Agreement] + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SCHEDULE 1 + +COMMITMENTS + +  + +Lender + +   Term Loan +Commitment   + +The Toronto-Dominion Bank, New York Branch + +   $ 250,000,000   + +CoBank, ACB + +   $ 175,000,000   + +Santander Bank, N.A. + +   $ 150,000,000   + +Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. + +   $ 50,000,000   + +MUFG Union Bank, N.A. + +   $ 50,000,000   + +The Bank of Nova Scotia + +   $ 100,000,000   + +Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. New York Branch + +   $ 75,000,000   + +Citibank, N.A. + +   $ 75,000,000   + +Commerzbank AG, New York Branch + +   $ 75,000,000   + +Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation + +   $ 75,000,000   + +Bank of America, N.A. + +   $ 50,000,000   + +Goldman Sachs Bank USA + +   $ 15,000,000      + +  + +  + +  + +Total: + +   $ 1,140,000,000      + +  + +  + +  + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SCHEDULE 2 + +EXISTING ABS FACILITIES + +$1,300.0 million aggregate principal amount of Secured Tower Revenue Securities, +Series 2013-2, Subclass A and $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of +Secured Tower Revenue Securities, Series 2018-1, Subclass A issued by the +American Tower Trust I + +$350.0 million aggregate principal amount of American Tower Secured Revenue +Notes, Series 2015-1, Class A and $525.0 million aggregate principal amount +American Tower Secured Revenue Notes, Series 2015-2, Class A issued by GTP +Acquisition Partners I, LLC + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SCHEDULE 3 + +SUBSIDIARIES ON THE AGREEMENT DATE + +10 Presidential Way Associates, LLC + +ACC Tower Sub, LLC + +Adquisiciones y Proyectos Inalámbricos, S. de R. L. de C.V. + +Alternative Networking LLC + +American Tower Asset Sub II, LLC + +American Tower Asset Sub, LLC + +American Tower Charitable Foundation, Inc. + +American Tower Delaware Corporation + +American Tower Depositor Sub, LLC + +American Tower do Brasil - Cessão de Infraestruturas Ltda. + +American Tower do Brasil – Communicação Multimídia Ltda. + +American Tower Guarantor Sub, LLC + +American Tower Holding Sub, LLC + +American Tower Holding Sub II, LLC + +American Tower International Holding I LLC + +American Tower International Holding II LLC + +American Tower International, Inc. + +American Tower Investments LLC + +American Tower LLC + +American Tower Management, LLC + +American Tower Mauritius + +American Tower, L.P. + +American Tower Servicios Fibra, S. de R.L. de C.V. + +American Tower Tanzania Operations Limited + +American Towers LLC + +AT Kenya C.V. + +AT Netherlands C.V. + +AT Netherlands Coöperatief U.A. + +AT Sao Paulo C.V. + +AT Sher Netherlands Coöperatief U.A. + +AT South America C.V. + +ATC Africa Holding B.V. + +ATC Africa Shared Services (Pty) Ltd + +ATC Antennas Holding LLC + +ATC Antennas LLC + +ATC Argentina Coöperatief U.A. + +ATC Argentina C.V. + +ATC Argentina Holding LLC + +ATC Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. + +ATC Atlantic C.V. + +ATC Atlantic II B.V. + +ATC Backhaul LLC + +ATC Brasil – Serviços de Conectividades Ltda. + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +ATC Brazil Holding LLC + +ATC Brazil I LLC + +ATC Brazil II LLC + +ATC Chile Holding LLC + +ATC Colombia B.V. + +ATC Colombia Holding I LLC + +ATC Colombia Holding LLC + +ATC Colombia I LLC + +ATC CSR Foundation India + +ATC Ecuador Holding LLC + +ATC Edge LLC + +ATC EH GmbH & Co. KG + +ATC Europe B.V. + +ATC Europe LLC + +ATC European Holdings, Inc. + +ATC Fibra de Colombia, S.A.S. + +ATC France SAS + +ATC France Coöperatief U.A. + +ATC France Holding SAS + +ATC France Holding II SAS + +ATC France Réseaux SAS + +ATC France Services SAS + +ATC Germany Holdings GmbH + +ATC Germany Services GmbH + +ATC GP GmbH + +ATC Global Employment B.V. + +ATC Heston B.V. + +ATC Holding Fibra Mexico S. de R.L. DE C.V. + +ATC India Infrastructure Private Limited + +ATC Indoor DAS Holding LLC + +ATC Indoor DAS LLC + +ATC International Coöperatief U.A. + +ATC International Financing B.V. + +ATC International Financing II B.V. + +ATC International Financing II Holding LLC + +ATC International Holding Corp. + +ATC IP LLC + +ATC Iris I LLC + +ATC Kenya Operations Limited + +ATC Kenya Services Limited + +ATC Latin America S.A. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R. + +ATC Managed Sites Holding LLC + +ATC Managed Sites LLC + +ATC MexHold LLC + +ATC Mexico Holding LLC + +ATC Nigeria Coöperatief U.A. + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +ATC Nigeria C.V. + +ATC Nigeria Holding LLC + +ATC Nigeria Wireless Infrastructure Limited + +ATC On Air + LLC + +ATC Operations LLC + +ATC Outdoor DAS, LLC + +ATC Paraguay Holding LLC + +ATC Paraguay S.R.L. + +ATC Peru Holding LLC + +ATC Ponderosa B-I LLC + +ATC Ponderosa B-II LLC + +ATC Ponderosa K LLC + +ATC Ponderosa K-R LLC + +ATC Sequoia LLC + +ATC Sitios de Chile S.A. + +ATC Sitios de Colombia S.A.S. + +ATC Sitios del Peru S.R.L. + +ATC Sitios Infraco S.A.S. + +ATC South Africa Investment Holdings (Proprietary) Limited + +ATC South Africa Wireless Infrastructure (Pty) Ltd + +ATC South Africa Wireless Infrastructure II (Pty) Ltd + +ATC South America Holding LLC + +ATC South LLC + +ATC Tanzania Holding LLC + +ATC Telecom Infrastructure Private Limited + +ATC Tower (Ghana) Limited + +ATC Tower Services LLC + +ATC TRS I LLC + +ATC TRS II LLC + +ATC TRS III LLC + +ATC Uganda Limited + +ATC Watertown LLC + +ATC WiFi LLC + +ATS-Needham LLC + +Blue Transfer Sociedad Anonima + +California Tower, Inc. + +Cell Site NewCo II, LLC + +Cell Tower Lease Acquisition LLC + +Central States Tower Holdings, LLC + +CNC2 Associates, LLC + +Colo ATL, LLC + +Comunicaciones y Consumos S.A. + +Connectivity Infrastructure Services Limited + +DCS Tower Sub, LLC + +Eaton Towers Burkina Faso S.A. + +Eaton Towers Ghana Limited + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Eaton Towers Ghana (M) Limited + +Eaton Towers Holdings Limited + +Eaton Towers Kenya Limited + +Eaton Towers (Lilongwe) Limited + +Eaton Towers Limited + +Eaton Towers Niger S.A. + +Eaton Towers Uganda Limited + +Eure-et-Loir Réseaux Mobiles SAS + +Ghana Tower InterCo B.V. + +Global Tower Assets III, LLC + +Global Tower Assets, LLC + +Global Tower Holdings, LLC + +Global Tower Services, LLC + +Global Tower, LLC + +Goodison One Hundred Twenty Limited + +Gondola Tower Holdings LLC + +GrainComm I, LLC + +GrainComm II, LLC + +GrainComm III, LLC + +GrainComm V, LLC + +GrainComm Marketing, LLC + +Grain Communications REIT II, Inc. + +Grain HoldCo, LLC + +Grain HoldCo Parent, LLC + +GTP Acquisition Partners I, LLC + +GTP Acquisition Partners II, LLC + +GTP Acquisition Partners III, LLC + +GTP Costa Rica Finance, LLC + +GTP Infrastructure I, LLC + +GTP Infrastructure II, LLC + +GTP Infrastructure III, LLC + +GTP Investments LLC + +GTP LATAM Holdings B.V. + +GTP LatAm Holdings Coöperatieve U.A. + +GTP Operations CR, S.R.L. + +GTP South Acquisitions II, LLC + +GTP Structures I, LLC + +GTP Structures II, LLC + +GTP Structures III, LLC + +GTP Torres CR, S.R.L. + +GTP Towers Costa Rica Holdcorp S.R.L. + +GTP Towers I, LLC + +GTP Towers II, LLC + +GTP Towers III, LLC + +GTP Towers IV, LLC + +GTP Towers IX, LLC + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +GTP Towers V, LLC + +GTP Towers VII, LLC + +GTP Towers VIII, LLC + +GTP TRS I LLC + +GTPI HoldCo, LLC + +Haysville Towers, LLC + +JT Communications, LLC + +Lap do Brasil Empreendimentos Imobiliários Ltda + +LAP Inmobiliaria Limitada + +Loxel SAS + +MATC Digital, S. de R.L. de C.V. + +MATC Fibraoptica, S. de R.L. de C.V. + +MATC Infraestructura, S. de R.L. de C.V. + +MATC Servicios, S. de R.L. de C.V. + +MHB Tower Rentals of America, LLC + +MC New Macland Properties, LLC + +MCSU Properties, LLC + +Municipal Bay, LLC + +Municipal-Bay Holdings, LLC + +New Towers LLC + +PCS Structures Towers, LLC + +Red Spires Asset Sub, LLC + +Richland Towers, LLC + +RSA Media, Inc. + +Southeast Network Access Point, LLC + +SpectraSite Communications, LLC + +SpectraSite, LLC + +T8 Ulysses Site Management LLC + +Tower Management, Inc. + +Towers of America, L.L.L.P. + +Transcend Infrastructure Holdings Pte. Ltd. + +Transcend Towers Infrastructure (Philippines), Inc. + +Uganda Tower Interco B.V. + +Ulysses Asset Sub I, LLC + +Ulysses Asset Sub II, LLC + +UniSite, LLC + +UniSite/Omnipoint FL Tower Venture, LLC + +UniSite/Omnipoint NE Tower Venture, LLC + +UniSite/Omnipoint PA Tower Venture, LLC + +Verus Management One, LLC + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SCHEDULE 4 + +AGENT’S OFFICE; + +CERTAIN ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES + +BORROWER: + +American Tower Corporation + +116 Huntington Avenue + +Boston, MA 02116 + +Attention: Treasurer (or General Counsel if legal notice) + +Telephone:                      + +Fax: 617-375-7575 + +Website Address: www.americantower.com + +U.S. Taxpayer Identification Number:                      + +AGENT: + +Administrative Agent’s Office + +(for payments and Requests for Credit Extensions): + +Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC + +Attention: Administrative Agent + +Telephone: N/A + +Telecopier: 416 982 5535 + +Electronic Mail:                      + +Wire Instructions for Payments: + +  + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +EXHIBIT A + +FORM OF REQUEST FOR ADVANCE + +Date: [                    ], 20[    ] + +  + +To: + +Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent + +Ladies and Gentlemen: + +Reference is made to that certain Term Loan Agreement, to be dated as of +                    , 2020 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or +otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement;” the terms +defined therein being used herein as therein defined), by and among American +Tower Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from +time to time party thereto and Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative +Agent. + +The undersigned hereby requests (select one): + +☐  An Advance of Loans                      ☐  A conversion or continuation of +Loans + +  + +  1. + +On                                          (a Business Day). + +  + +  2. + +In the amount of $                . + +  + +  3. + +Comprised of                                                  . + +[type of Advance requested] + +  + +  4. + +For LIBOR Advances: with an Interest Period of      months with a maturity date +of                     . + +The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the conditions specified in +Section 3.1 of the Agreement shall be satisfied on and as of the date of the +Advance. + +This letter agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, +the laws of the State of New York. + +  + +AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation By:   + +  + +Name:   + +  + +Title:   + +  + +  + +A-1 + +Form of Request for Advance + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +EXHIBIT B + +[Reserved] + +  + +B-1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +EXHIBIT C + +FORM OF NOTE + +$                     + +FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to +                     or registered assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance with +the provisions of the Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount +of                      made by the Lender to the Borrower under that certain +Term Loan Agreement, dated as of                     , 2020 (as amended, +restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to +time, the “Agreement;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein +defined), among the Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and +Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent. + +The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loan +made by the Lender from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is +paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the +Agreement. All payments of principal and interest shall be made to the +Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in Dollars in immediately +available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office. If any amount is not paid +in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid +upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and +before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in +the Agreement. + +This promissory note is one of the Notes referred to in the Agreement, is +entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject +to the terms and conditions provided therein. Upon the occurrence and +continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Agreement, +all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may be declared +to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Agreement. The Loan +made by the Lender shall be evidenced by a loan account or record maintained by +the Lender in the ordinary course of business. The Lender may also attach a +schedule to this Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its +Loan and payments with respect thereto. + +The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, +presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and +non-payment of this Note. + +  + +C-1 + +Form of Note + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE +STATE OF NEW YORK. + +  + +AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION By:   + +  + +Name:   + +  + +Title:   + +  + + +  + +C-2 + +Form of Note + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +LOANS AND PAYMENTS WITH RESPECT THERETO + +  + +Date + +   Type of +Loan Made      Amount��of +Loan Made      End of +Interest +Period      Amount of +Principal +or Interest +Paid This +Date      Outstanding +Principal +Balance +This Date      Notation +Made By                                                                        +                                                                                 +                                                                                 +                                                                                 +            + +  + +C-3 + +Form of Note + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +EXHIBIT D + +FORM OF LOAN CERTIFICATE + +[                    ], 20[    ] + +The undersigned, [                    ], the [                    ] of American +Tower Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), does hereby certify, +on and as of the date hereof, in the name of and on behalf of the Company +pursuant to that certain Term Loan Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the +“Loan Agreement”), by and among the Company, the financial institutions party +thereto as lenders and Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent, as +follows: + +1. All terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to +such terms in the Loan Agreement. + +2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true, complete and correct copy of the +certificate of incorporation of the Company (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) +as certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as of the date +given on the certificate. The Certificate of Incorporation has not been amended +or restated, and no document with respect to an amendment to the Certificate of +Incorporation has been filed with the Secretary of State since such date. + +3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true, complete and correct copy of the +By-laws of the Company, as have been in full force and effect at all times from +the date thereof through the date hereof. + +4. (i) Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of certain +resolutions, duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company [at a meeting +held ][by unanimous written consent] on [                    ] (the +“Resolutions”), (ii) that the Resolutions have not been amended, modified or +rescinded and remain in full force and effect, and (iii) that the Resolutions +constitute all of the resolutions or consents of the Board of Directors of the +Company relating to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents. + +5. Attached hereto as Exhibit D are the names and the respective offices and the +true and genuine specimen signatures (or facsimiles thereof) of the duly +elected, qualified and acting officers of the Company authorized to execute and +deliver on behalf of the Company the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and +all other documents necessary or appropriate to consummate the transactions +contemplated therein or in the Loan Agreement and the Loan Documents. + +6. Attached hereto as Exhibit E is a true, correct and complete copy of a +Certificate of Good Standing as of a recent date for the Company issued by the +Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. + +  + +D-1 + +Form of Loan Certificate + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +7. Goodwin Procter LLP is entitled to rely on this certificate in rendering its +opinion pursuant to Section 3.1(c)(i) of the Loan Agreement. + +[Signature Pages Follow] + +  + +D-2 + +Form of Loan Certificate + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate as of the date +first written above. + +  + +By:   + +  + +  Name: [                    ]   Title: [                    ] + +The undersigned, [                    ],[                    ] of the Company, +hereby certifies that [                    ], who executed the foregoing +Certificate, is the duly elected, qualified and acting [                    ] of +the Company and that the signature set forth above his name is his genuine +signature. + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate as of the date +first written above. + +  + +By:   + +  + +  Name: [                    ]   Title: [                    ] + +  + +D-3 + +Form of Loan Certificate + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +EXHIBIT A + +CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION + +  + +D-4 + +Form of Loan Certificate + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +EXHIBIT B + +BY-LAWS + +  + +D-5 + +Form of Loan Certificate + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +EXHIBIT C + +RESOLUTIONS + +  + +D-6 + +Form of Loan Certificate + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +EXHIBIT D + +INCUMBENCY + +  + +Name + +  + +Office + +  + +Signature + +[                    ]   [                    ]   [                    ] +[                    ]   [                    ]   [                    ] +[                    ]   [                    ]   [                    ] +[                    ]   [                    ]   [                    ] +[                    ]   [                    ]   [                    ] +[                    ]   [                    ]   [                    ] + +  + +D-7 + +Form of Loan Certificate + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +EXHIBIT E + +GOOD STANDING CERTIFICATE + +  + +D-8 + +Form of Loan Certificate + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +EXHIBIT E + +FORM OF PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE + +[                    ], 20[    ] + +Financial Statement Date: [                    ], 20[    ] + +  + +To: + +Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent + +The undersigned [                    ], as [                    ] of AMERICAN +TOWER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), does hereby certify, +on and as of the date hereof, in the name of and on behalf of the Borrower in +connection with that certain Term Loan Agreement, dated as of the date hereof +(the “Loan Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, the financial institutions +party thereto as lenders and Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative +Agent, as follows: + +1. Calculations demonstrating compliance with Sections 7.5 and 7.6 of the Loan +Agreement are set forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto; and + +2. To the knowledge of the undersigned, no Default or Event of Default has +occurred and is continuing or, if a Default has occurred, each such Default and +its nature, when it occurred, whether it is continuing and the steps being taken +by the Borrowers with respect to such Default are set forth on Schedule 2 +attached hereto. + +Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meaning given +to them in the Loan Agreement. + +[REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK] + +  + +E-1 + +Form of Performance Certificate + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate as of the date +first written above. + +  + +AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation By:   + +  + +  Name: [                    ]   Title: [                    ] + +  + +E-2 + +Form of Performance Certificate + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +For the [Quarter] [Year] ended                     , 20     (“Statement Date”) + +SCHEDULE 1 + +to the Performance Certificate + +($ in 000’s) + +ARTICLE 13 - (A) Section 7.5 of the Loan Agreement + +  + +1.   Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Compliance      (a)   Senior Secured Debt as +of the last day of such fiscal quarter or on any other calculation date, as +applicable = the aggregate amount of secured Indebtedness plus Attributable Debt +as of such date (including, without limitation, Indebtedness under any Existing +ABS Facility and Indebtedness under any additional ABS Facilities entered into +in accordance with Section 7.1(h) of the Loan Agreement)    $                   +    divided by      (b)   Adjusted EBITDA for the four fiscal quarter period +ended on the last day of such fiscal quarter, if calculated as of the end of a +fiscal quarter, or for the four fiscal quarter period ended on the last day of +the most recently completed fiscal quarter for which financial statements have +been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 or 6.2 of the Loan Agreement, if +calculated at the time of incurrence of any Indebtedness = the sum of (in each +case determined in accordance with GAAP):        (1)   Net Income    $ +                      plus (to the extent deducted in determining such Net +Income)        (2)   The sum of:          (A)   Interest Expense    $ +                        plus          (B)   income tax expense, including, +without limitation, taxes paid or accrued based on income, profits or capital, +including state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes    $ +                        plus          (C)   depreciation and amortization +(including, without limitation, amortization of goodwill and other intangible    + +  + +E-3 + +Form of Performance Certificate + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +        assets)    $                         + +plus + +         (D)   extraordinary losses and non-recurring non-cash charges and +expenses    $                         plus          (E)   all other non-cash +charges, expenses and interest (including, without limitation, any non-cash +losses in respect of Hedge Agreements, non-cash impairment charges, non-cash +valuation charges for stock option grants or vesting of restricted stock awards +or any other non-cash compensation charges and losses from the early +extinguishment of Indebtedness)    $                         plus          (F)   +non-recurring integration costs and expenses resulting from operational changes +and improvements (including, without limitation, severance costs and business +optimization expenses)    $                         plus          (G)   +non-recurring charges and expenses, restructuring charges, transaction expenses +(including, without limitation, transaction expenses incurred in connection with +any merger or acquisition) and underwriters’ fees, and severance and retention +payments in connection with any merger or acquisition, in each case for such +period    $                         less          (H)   extraordinary gains and +cash payments (not otherwise deducted in determining Net Income) made during +such period with respect to non-cash charges that were added back in a prior +period    $                         SUBTOTAL for (b):    $                       +  + +TOTAL SENIOR SECURED LEVERAGE RATIO (line (a) divided by line (b)) = + +             : 1.00   + +  + +E-4 + +Form of Performance Certificate + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +        + +Maximum ratio permitted for applicable period = + +     3.00: 1.00   + +  + +E-5 + +Form of Performance Certificate + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +ARTICLE 14 - (B) Section 7.6 of the Loan Agreement + +  + +1.    Total Borrower Leverage Ratio Compliance       (a)    Total Debt as of the +last day of such fiscal quarter or on any other calculation date, as applicable += the sum (without duplication) of, in each case for the Borrower and its +Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis:          (1)    the outstanding principal +amount of the Loans as of such date    $                          plus          +(2)    the aggregate amount of Indebtedness plus Attributable Debt of such +Persons as of such date    $                          plus          (3)    the +aggregate amount of all Guaranties by such Persons of Indebtedness as of such +date    $                          plus          (4)    to the extent payable by +the Borrower, an amount equal to the aggregate exposure of the Borrower under +any Hedge Agreements permitted pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Loan Agreement, as +calculated on a marked to market basis as of the last day of the fiscal quarter +being tested or the last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter, as +applicable    $                          less          (5)    the sum of all +unrestricted domestic cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its +Subsidiaries as of such date    $                          SUBTOTAL for (a):    +$                             divided by       (b)    Adjusted EBITDA for the +four fiscal quarter period ended on the last day of such fiscal quarter, if +calculated as of the end of a fiscal quarter, or for the four fiscal quarter +period ended on the last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter for +which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 or 6.2 of +the Loan Agreement, if calculated at the time of incurrence of any Indebtedness += the sum of (in each case determined in accordance with GAAP):    $ +                + +  + +E-6 + +Form of Performance Certificate + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +      (1)    Net Income    $                          plus (to the extent +deducted in determining such Net Income)          (2)    The sum of:             +(A)    Interest Expense    $                             plus             (B)    +income tax expense, including, without limitation, taxes paid or accrued based +on income, profits or capital, including state, franchise and similar taxes and +foreign withholding taxes    $                             plus             (C) +   depreciation and amortization (including, without limitation, amortization of +goodwill and other intangible assets)    $                             plus    +         (D)    extraordinary losses and non-recurring non-cash charges and +expenses    $                             plus             (E)    all other +non-cash charges, expenses and interest (including, without limitation, any +non-cash losses in respect of Hedge Agreements, non-cash impairment charges, +non-cash valuation charges for stock option grants or vesting of restricted +stock awards or any other non-cash compensation charges and losses from the +early extinguishment of Indebtedness)    $                             plus    +         (F)    non-recurring integration costs and expenses resulting from +operational changes and improvements (including, without limitation, severance +costs and business optimization expenses)    $                             plus +            (G)    non-recurring charges and expenses, restructuring charges, +transaction expenses (including, without limitation, transaction expenses +incurred in connection with any merger or acquisition) and underwriters’ fees, +and severance and retention payments in connection    + +  + +E-7 + +Form of Performance Certificate + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +            with any merger or acquisition, in each case for such period    $ +                            less             (H)    extraordinary gains and cash +payments (not otherwise deducted in determining Net Income) made during such +period with respect to non-cash charges that were added back in a prior period +   $                             SUBTOTAL for (b):    $                          +   + +TOTAL BORROWER LEVERAGE RATIO (line (a) divided by line (b)) = + +             : 1.00               + +Maximum ratio permitted for applicable period = + +     6.00: 1.00   + +ARTICLE 15 - + +  + +E-8 + +Form of Performance Certificate + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +EXHIBIT F + +ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION + +This Assignment and Assumption (this “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of +the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between +[the][each]1 Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] “Assignor”) +and [the][each]2 Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] +“Assignee”). [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of +[the Assignors][the Assignees]3 hereunder are several and not joint.]4 +Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to +them in the Term Loan Agreement identified below (the “Term Loan Agreement”), +receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard +Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to +and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and +Assumption as if set forth herein in full. + +For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and +assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee +hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective +Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions +and the Term Loan Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the +Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of [the Assignor’s][the +respective Assignors’] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a +Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under the Term Loan Agreement +and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent +related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such +outstanding rights and obligations of [the Assignor][the respective Assignors] +under the respective facilities identified below and (ii) to the extent +permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of +action and any other right of [the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender)][the +respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any +Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Term +Loan Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or +the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any +of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, +malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity +related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause +(i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by [the][any] Assignor +to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to +herein collectively as [the][an] “Assigned Interest”). Each such sale and +assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly +provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty +by [the][any] Assignor. + +  + +1  + +For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the +Assignor(s), if the assignment is from a single Assignor, choose the first +bracketed language. If the assignment is from multiple Assignors, choose the +second bracketed language. + +2  + +For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the +Assignee(s), if the assignment is to a single Assignee, choose the first +bracketed language. If the assignment is to multiple Assignees, choose the +second bracketed language. + +3  + +Select as appropriate. + +4  + +Include bracketed language if there are either multiple Assignors or multiple +Assignees. + +  + +F-1 + +Form of Assignment and Assumption + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +1.   Assignor[s]:    + +  + +        + +  + +   2.   Assignee[s]:    + +  + +        + +  + +     [for each Assignee, indicate [Affiliate][Approved Fund] of [identify +Lender]] 3.   Borrower(s):    + +  + +   + +  + +4. + +Administrative Agent: Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as the administrative agent +under the Term Loan Agreement + +  + +5. + +Term Loan Agreement: Term Loan Agreement, dated as of                     , 2020 +among American Tower Corporation, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, +and Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent + +  + +6. + +Assigned Interest[s]: + +  + +Assignor[s]5   Assignee[s]6     Aggregate +Amount of +Loans +for all Lenders7     Amount +of +Loans +Assigned     Percentage +Assigned of +Loans8     CUSIP +Number       $                   $                          %        $ +                  $                          %        $                   $ +                         %    + +  + +[7. + +Trade Date:                     ]9 + +  + +5  + +List each Assignor, as appropriate. + +6  + +List each Assignee, as appropriate. + +7  + +Amounts in this column and in the column immediately to the right to be adjusted +by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made +between the Trade Date and the Effective Date. + +8  + +Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Loans of all Lenders +thereunder. + +9  + +To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum +assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date. + +  + +F-2 + +Form of Assignment and Assumption + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Effective Date:                     , 20     [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE +AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE +REGISTER THEREFOR.] + +The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to: + +  + +ASSIGNOR [NAME OF ASSIGNOR] By:   + +  + +  Title: ASSIGNEE [NAME OF ASSIGNEE] By:   + +  + +  Title: + +  + +[Consented to and]10 Accepted: Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative +Agent By:   + +  + +  Title: [Consented to:]11 By:   + +  + +  Title: + +  + +10  + +To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the +terms of the Term Loan Agreement. + +11  + +To be added only if the consent of the Borrower and/or other parties is required +by the terms of the Term Loan Agreement. + +  + +F-2 + +Form of Assignment and Assumption + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +ANNEX 1 TO ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION + +STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR + +ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION + +1. Representations and Warranties. + +1.1. Assignor. [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is +the legal and beneficial owner of [the][[the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) +[the][such] Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or +other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all +action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to +consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no +responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations +made in or in connection with the Term Loan Agreement or any other Loan +Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, +sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, +(iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or +Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or +(iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or +Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any +Loan Document. + +1.2. Assignee. [The][Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has +full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and +deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions +contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Term Loan Agreement, +(ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.4(b)(i), +(iii) and (iv) of the Term Loan Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as +may be required under Section 11.4(b)(iii) of the Term Loan Agreement), (iii) +from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the +Term Loan Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of [the][the +relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, +(iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type +represented by [the][such] Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person +exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire [the][such] Assigned +Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a +copy of the Term Loan Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the +opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered +pursuant to Section      thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and +information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision +to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] +Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the +Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and +information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and +decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase +[the][such] Assigned Interest, and (vii) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached +hereto is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms +of the Term Loan Agreement, duly completed and executed by [the][such] Assignee; +and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance upon the +Administrative Agent, [the][any] Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such +documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at + +  + +F-3 + +Form of Assignment and Assumption + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking +action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with +their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are +required to be performed by it as a Lender. + +2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall +make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest (including +payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] +Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and +to [the][the relevant] Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after +the Effective Date. + +3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and +inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and +assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of +counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an +executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by +telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of +this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed +by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York. + +  + +F-4 + +Form of Assignment and Assumption +EXHIBIT 10.1 + +PURCHASE AGREEMENT + +THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of February 10, 2020, by and +between TRANSENTERIX, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and LINCOLN +PARK CAPITAL FUND, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company (the “Investor”). + +WHEREAS: + +Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company +wishes to sell to the Investor, and the Investor wishes to purchase from the +Company, up to Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) of the Company’s common +stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”). The shares of Common +Stock to be purchased hereunder are referred to herein as the “Purchase Shares.” + +NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this +Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and +adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Investor hereby +agree as follows: + +  + +1. + +CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. + +For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following +meanings: + +(a)    “Accelerated Purchase Date” means, with respect to any Accelerated +Purchase made pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof, the Business Day immediately +following the applicable Purchase Date with respect to the corresponding Regular +Purchase referred to in clause (i) of the second sentence of Section 2(b) +hereof. + +(b)    “Accelerated Purchase Minimum Price Threshold” means, with respect to any +Accelerated Purchase made pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof, any minimum per share +price threshold set forth in the applicable Accelerated Purchase Notice. + +(c)    “Accelerated Purchase Notice” means, with respect to any Accelerated +Purchase made pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof, an irrevocable written notice +from the Company to the Investor directing the Investor to buy a specified +Accelerated Purchase Share Amount on the applicable Accelerated Purchase Date +pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof at the applicable Accelerated Purchase Price on +the Accelerated Purchase Date for such Accelerated Purchase in accordance with +this Agreement, and specifying any Accelerated Purchase Minimum Price Threshold +determined by the Company. + +(d)    “Accelerated Purchase Price” means, with respect to an Accelerated +Purchase made pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof, the lower of (i) ninety-seven +percent (97%) of the VWAP for the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., Eastern +time, on the applicable Accelerated Purchase Date, or such other time publicly +announced by the Principal Market as the official open (or commencement) of +trading on the Principal Market on such applicable Accelerated Purchase Date +(the “Accelerated Purchase Commencement Time”), and ending at the earliest of +(A) 4:00:00 p.m., Eastern time, on such applicable Accelerated Purchase Date, or +such other time publicly announced by the Principal Market as the official close +of trading on the Principal Market on such applicable Accelerated Purchase Date, +(B) such time, from and after the Accelerated Purchase Commencement Time for +such Accelerated Purchase, that the total number (or volume) of shares of Common +Stock traded on the Principal Market has exceeded the applicable Accelerated +Purchase Share Volume Maximum, and (C) such time, from and after the Accelerated +Purchase Commencement Time for such Accelerated Purchase, that the Sale Price +has fallen below the applicable Accelerated Purchase Minimum Price Threshold +(such earliest of (i)(A), (i)(B) and (i)(C) above, the “Accelerated Purchase +Termination Time”), and (ii) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on such +applicable Accelerated Purchase Date (each to be appropriately adjusted for any +reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock +split or other similar transaction). + +  + +1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(e)    “Accelerated Purchase Share Amount” means, with respect to an Accelerated +Purchase made pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof, the number of Purchase Shares +directed by the Company to be purchased by the Investor in an Accelerated +Purchase Notice, which number of Purchase Shares shall not exceed the lesser of +(i) 300% of the number of Purchase Shares directed by the Company to be +purchased by the Investor pursuant to the corresponding Regular Purchase Notice +for the corresponding Regular Purchase referred to in clause (i) of the second +sentence of Section 2(b) hereof (subject to the Purchase Share limitations +contained in Section 2(a) hereof) and (ii) an amount equal to (A) the +Accelerated Purchase Share Percentage multiplied by (B) the total number (or +volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the Principal Market during the +period on the applicable Accelerated Purchase Date beginning at the Accelerated +Purchase Commencement Time for such Accelerated Purchase and ending at the +Accelerated Purchase Termination Time for such Accelerated Purchase. + +(f)    “Accelerated Purchase Share Percentage” means, with respect to any +Accelerated Purchase made pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof, thirty percent (30%). + +(g)    “Accelerated Purchase Share Volume Maximum” means, with respect to an +Accelerated Purchase made pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof, a number of shares of +Common Stock equal to (i) the applicable Accelerated Purchase Share Amount to be +purchased by the Investor pursuant to the applicable Accelerated Purchase Notice +for such Accelerated Purchase, divided by (ii) the Accelerated Purchase Share +Percentage (to be appropriately adjusted for any reorganization, +recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other +similar transaction). + +(h)    “Additional Accelerated Purchase Date” means, with respect to an +Additional Accelerated Purchase made pursuant to Section 2(c) hereof, the +Business Day (i) that is the Accelerated Purchase Date with respect to the +corresponding Accelerated Purchase referred to in Section 2(b) hereof and +(ii) on which the Investor receives, prior to 1:00 p.m., Eastern time, on such +Business Day, a valid Additional Accelerated Purchase Notice for such Additional +Accelerated Purchase in accordance with this Agreement. + +(i)    “Additional Accelerated Purchase Minimum Price Threshold” means, with +respect to an Additional Accelerated Purchase made pursuant to Section 2(c) +hereof, any minimum per share price threshold set forth in the applicable +Additional Accelerated Purchase Notice. + +(j)    “Additional Accelerated Purchase Notice” means, with respect to an +Additional Accelerated Purchase made pursuant to Section 2(c) hereof, an +irrevocable written notice from the Company to the Investor directing the +Investor to purchase the applicable Additional Accelerated Purchase Share Amount +at the Additional Accelerated Purchase Price for such Additional Accelerated +Purchase in accordance with this Agreement, and specifying any Additional +Accelerated Purchase Minimum Price Threshold determined by the Company. + +(k)    “Additional Accelerated Purchase Price” means, with respect to an +Additional Accelerated Purchase made pursuant to Section 2(c) hereof, the lower +of (i) ninety-seven percent (97%) of the VWAP for the period on the applicable +Additional Accelerated Purchase Date, beginning at the latest of (A) the +applicable Accelerated Purchase Termination Time with respect to the +corresponding Accelerated Purchase referred to in Section 2(b) hereof on such +Additional Accelerated Purchase Date, (B) the applicable Additional Accelerated +Purchase Termination Time with respect to the most recently completed prior +Additional Accelerated Purchase on such Additional Accelerated Purchase Date, as +applicable, and (C) the time at which all Purchase Shares subject to all prior +Accelerated Purchases and Additional Accelerated Purchases (as applicable), +including, without limitation, those that have been effected on the same +Business + +  + +2 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Day as the applicable Additional Accelerated Purchase Date with respect to which +the applicable Additional Accelerated Purchase relates, have theretofore been +received by the Investor as DWAC Shares in accordance with this Agreement (such +latest of (i)(A), (i)(B) and (i)(C) above, the “Additional Accelerated Purchase +Commencement Time”), and ending at the earliest of (X) 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, +on such Additional Accelerated Purchase Date, or such other time publicly +announced by the Principal Market as the official close of trading on the +Principal Market on such Additional Accelerated Purchase Date, (Y) such time, +from and after the Additional Accelerated Purchase Commencement Time for such +Additional Accelerated Purchase, that the total number (or volume) of shares of +Common Stock traded on the Principal Market has exceeded the applicable +Additional Accelerated Purchase Share Volume Maximum, and (Z) such time, from +and after the Additional Accelerated Purchase Commencement Time for such +Additional Accelerated Purchase, that the Sale Price has fallen below the +applicable Additional Accelerated Purchase Minimum Price Threshold (if any) +(such earliest of (i)(X), (i)(Y) and (i)(Z) above, the “Additional Accelerated +Purchase Termination Time”), and (ii) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock +on such Additional Accelerated Purchase Date (each to be appropriately adjusted +for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, +reverse stock split or other similar transaction). + +(l)    “Additional Accelerated Purchase Share Amount” means, with respect to an +Additional Accelerated Purchase made pursuant to Section 2(c) hereof, the number +of Purchase Shares directed by the Company to be purchased by the Investor on an +Additional Accelerated Purchase Notice, which number of Purchase Shares shall +not exceed the lesser of (i) 300% of the number of Purchase Shares directed by +the Company to be purchased by the Investor pursuant to the corresponding +Regular Purchase Notice for the corresponding Regular Purchase referred to in +clause (i) of the second sentence of Section 2(c) hereof (subject to the +Purchase Share limitations contained in Section 2(a) hereof) and (ii) an amount +equal to (A) the Additional Accelerated Purchase Share Percentage multiplied by +(B) the total number (or volume) of shares of Common Stock traded on the +Principal Market during the period on the applicable Additional Accelerated +Purchase Date beginning at the Additional Accelerated Purchase Commencement Time +for such Additional Accelerated Purchase and ending at the Additional +Accelerated Purchase Termination Time for such Additional Accelerated Purchase. + +(m)    “Additional Accelerated Purchase Share Percentage” means, with respect to +an Additional Accelerated Purchase made pursuant to Section 2(c) hereof, thirty +percent (30%). + +(n)    “Additional Accelerated Purchase Share Volume Maximum” means, with +respect to an Additional Accelerated Purchase made pursuant to Section 2(c) +hereof, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (i) the applicable +Additional Accelerated Purchase Share Amount properly directed by the Company to +be purchased by the Investor pursuant to the applicable Additional Accelerated +Purchase Notice for such Additional Accelerated Purchase, divided by (ii) the +Additional Accelerated Purchase Share Percentage (to be appropriately adjusted +for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, or +other similar transaction). + +(o)    “Alternate Adjusted Regular Purchase Share Limit” means, with respect to +a Regular Purchase made pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof, the maximum number of +Purchase Shares which, taking into account the applicable per share Purchase +Price therefor calculated in accordance with this Agreement, would enable the +Company to deliver to the Investor, on the applicable Purchase Date for such +Regular Purchase, a Regular Purchase Notice for a Purchase Amount equal to, or +as closely approximating without exceeding, One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars +($150,000). + +(p)    “Available Amount” means, initially, Twenty-Five Million Dollars +($25,000,000) in the aggregate, which amount shall be reduced by the Purchase +Amount each time the Investor purchases shares of Common Stock pursuant to +Section 2 hereof. + +  + +3 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(q)    “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or +state law for the relief of debtors. + +(r)     “Base Prospectus” means the Company’s final base prospectus, dated +February 10, 2020, a preliminary form of which is included in the Registration +Statement, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, or any +final base prospectus in any Registration Statement filed after the date hereof +to cover the sales of the Securities. + +(s)     “Business Day” means any day on which the Principal Market is open for +trading, including any day on which the Principal Market is open for trading for +a period of time less than the customary time. + +(t)    “Closing Sale Price” means, for any security as of any date, the last +closing sale price for such security on the Principal Market as reported by the +Principal Market. + +(u)    “Confidential Information” means any information disclosed by either +party to the other party, either directly or indirectly, in writing, orally or +by inspection of tangible objects (including, without limitation, documents, +prototypes, samples, plant and equipment), which is designated as +“Confidential,” “Proprietary” or some similar designation. Information +communicated orally shall be considered Confidential Information if such +information is confirmed in writing as being Confidential Information within ten +(10) Business Days after the initial disclosure. Confidential Information may +also include information disclosed to a disclosing party by third parties. +Confidential Information shall not, however, include any information which +(i) was publicly known and made generally available in the public domain prior +to the time of disclosure by the disclosing party; (ii) becomes publicly known +and made generally available after disclosure by the disclosing party to the +receiving party through no action or inaction of the receiving party; (iii) is +already in the possession of the receiving party without confidential +restriction at the time of disclosure by the disclosing party as shown by the +receiving party’s files and records immediately prior to the time of disclosure; +(iv) is obtained by the receiving party from a third party without a breach of +such third party’s obligations of confidentiality; or (v) is independently +developed by the receiving party without use of or reference to the disclosing +party’s Confidential Information, as shown by documents and other competent +evidence in the receiving party’s possession. + +(v)    “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar +official under any Bankruptcy Law. + +(w)    “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, or any successor performing +substantially the same function for the Company. + +(x)    “DWAC Shares” means shares of Common Stock that are (i) issued in +electronic form, (ii) freely tradable and transferable and without restriction +on resale and (iii) timely credited by the Company to the Investor’s or its +designee’s specified Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian (DWAC) account with DTC +under its Fast Automated Securities Transfer (FAST) Program, or any similar +program hereafter adopted by DTC performing substantially the same function. + +(y)    “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and +the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. + +(z)    “Floor Price” means $0.25, which shall be appropriately adjusted for any +reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split or other +similar transaction and, effective upon the consummation of any such +reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split or other +similar transaction, the Floor Price shall mean the lower of (i) the adjusted +price and (ii) $0.25. + +  + +4 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(aa)    “Fully Adjusted Regular Purchase Share Limit” means, following any +reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split or other +similar transaction from and after the date of this Agreement, the Regular +Purchase Share Limit (as defined in Section 2(a) hereof) in effect on the +applicable date of determination, after giving effect to the full proportionate +adjustment with respect to such reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash +dividend, stock split or other similar transaction. + +(bb)    “Initial Prospectus Supplement” means the prospectus supplement to the +Base Prospectus complying with Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that is +filed with the SEC and delivered by the Company to the Investor upon the +execution and delivery of this Agreement in accordance with Section 5(a), +including the documents incorporated by reference therein. + +(cc)    “Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect on (i) the +enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) the results of operations, +assets, business or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, +taken as a whole, other than any material adverse effect that resulted +exclusively from (A) any change in the United States or foreign economies or +securities or financial markets in general that does not have a disproportionate +effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (B) any change +that generally affects the industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries +operate that does not have a disproportionate effect on the Company and its +Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (C) any change arising in connection with +earthquakes, hostilities, acts of war, sabotage or terrorism or military actions +or any escalation or material worsening of any such hostilities, acts of war, +sabotage or terrorism or military actions existing as of the date hereof, +(D) any action taken by the Investor, its affiliates or its or their successors +and assigns with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, +(E) the effect of any change in applicable laws or accounting rules that does +not have a disproportionate effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as +a whole, or (F) any change resulting from compliance with terms of this +Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this +Agreement, or (iii) the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on +a timely basis its obligations under any Transaction Document to be performed as +of the date of determination. + +(dd)    “Maturity Date” means the first day of the month immediately following +the thirty-six (36) month anniversary of the Commencement Date. + +(ee)    “PEA Period” means the period commencing at 9:30 a.m., Eastern time, on +the twentieth (20th) Business Day immediately prior to the filing of any +post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement (as defined herein) or a +New Registration Statement (as such term is defined in the Registration Rights +Agreement), and ending at 9:30 a.m., Eastern time, on the Business Day +immediately following the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the +Registration Statement (as defined herein) or New Registration Statement (as +such term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement). + +(ff)    “Person” means an individual or entity including but not limited to any +limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a +trust, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or +agency thereof. + +(gg)    “Principal Market” means the NYSE American (or any nationally recognized +successor thereto); provided, however, that in the event the Company’s Common +Stock is ever listed or traded on The NASDAQ Capital Market, The NASDAQ Global +Market, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE +Arca, the OTC Bulletin Board, or the OTCQB or the OTCQX operated by the OTC +Markets Group, Inc. (or any nationally recognized successor to any of the +foregoing), then the “Principal Market” shall mean such other market or exchange +on which the Company’s Common Stock is then listed or traded. + +  + +5 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(hh)    “Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus, as supplemented by any +Prospectus Supplement (including the Initial Prospectus Supplement), including +the documents and information incorporated by reference therein. + +(ii)    “Prospectus Supplement” means any prospectus supplement to the Base +Prospectus (including the Initial Prospectus Supplement) filed with the SEC +pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act in connection with the +transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the documents and +information incorporated by reference therein. + +(jj)    “Purchase Amount” means, with respect to any Regular Purchase, any +Accelerated Purchase or any Additional Accelerated Purchase made hereunder, the +portion of the Available Amount to be purchased by the Investor pursuant to +Section 2 hereof. + +(kk)    “Purchase Date” means, with respect to any Regular Purchase made +pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof, the Business Day on which the Investor +receives, prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, of such Business Day, a valid +Regular Purchase Notice that the Investor is to buy Purchase Shares pursuant to +Section 2(a) hereof. + +(ll)    “Purchase Notice” means a Regular Purchase Notice, an Accelerated +Purchase Notice or an Additional Accelerated Purchase Notice with respect to any +Regular Purchase, Accelerated Purchase or Additional Accelerated Purchase, +respectively. + +(mm)    “Purchase Price” means, with respect to any Regular Purchase made +pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof, the lower of: (i) the lowest Sale Price of the +Common Stock on the applicable Purchase Date and (ii) the arithmetic average of +the three (3) lowest Closing Sale Prices for the Common Stock during the ten +(10) consecutive Business Days ending on the Business Day immediately preceding +such Purchase Date (in each case, to be appropriately adjusted for any +reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split or other +similar transaction that occurs on or after the date of this Agreement). + +(nn)    “Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights +Agreement, of even date herewith between the Company and the Investor. + +(oo)    “Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in the Registration +Rights Agreement. + +(pp)    “Regular Purchase Notice” means, with respect to any Regular Purchase +pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof, an irrevocable written notice from the Company +to the Investor directing the Investor to buy such applicable amount of Purchase +Shares at the applicable Purchase Price as specified by the Company therein on +the applicable Purchase Date for such Regular Purchase. + +(qq)    “Sale Price” means any sale price for the shares of Common Stock on the +Principal Market as reported by the Principal Market. + +(rr)    “SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. + +(ss)    “Securities” means, collectively, the Purchase Shares and the Commitment +Shares. + +(tt)    “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the +rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. + +(uu)     “Subsidiary” means any Person the Company wholly-owns or controls, or +in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns a majority of the voting +stock or similar voting interest, in each case that would be disclosable +pursuant to Item 601(b)(21) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities +Act. + +  + +6 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(vv)    “Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement and the +schedules and exhibits hereto, the Registration Rights Agreement and the +schedules and exhibits thereto, and each of the other agreements, documents, +certificates and instruments entered into or furnished by the parties hereto in +connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. + +(ww)     “Transfer Agent” means Continental Stock & Transfer Company, or such +other Person who is then serving as the transfer agent for the Company in +respect of the Common Stock. + +(xx)    “VWAP” means in respect of an applicable Accelerated Purchase Date and +an Additional Accelerated Purchase Date, as applicable, the volume weighted +average price of the Common Stock on the Principal Market, as reported on the +Principal Market or by another reputable source such as Bloomberg, L.P. + +  + +2. + +PURCHASE OF COMMON STOCK. + +Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company has +the right to sell to the Investor, and the Investor has the obligation to +purchase from the Company, Purchase Shares as follows: + +(a)    Commencement of Regular Sales of Common Stock. Upon the satisfaction of +the conditions set forth in Sections 7 and 8 hereof (the “Commencement” and the +date of satisfaction of such conditions the “Commencement Date”) and thereafter, +the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to direct the +Investor, by its delivery to the Investor of a Regular Purchase Notice from time +to time, to purchase up to Two Hundred Thousand (200,000) Purchase Shares (such +maximum number of Purchase Shares, as may be adjusted from time to time, the +“Regular Purchase Share Limit”), at the Purchase Price on the Purchase Date, +provided that the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock is not below the Floor +Price on the Purchase Date (each such purchase a “Regular Purchase”); provided, +however, that (i) the Regular Purchase may be increased to up to Three Hundred +Thousand (300,000) Purchase Shares, provided that the Closing Sale Price of the +Common Stock is not below $1.50 on the Purchase Date and (ii) the Regular +Purchase may be increased to up to Four Hundred Thousand (400,000) Purchase +Shares, provided that the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock is not below +$2.00 on the Purchase Date; provided that if, the Fully Adjusted Regular +Purchase Share Limit then in effect would preclude the Company from delivering +to the Investor a Regular Purchase Notice hereunder for a Purchase Amount equal +to or greater than the Alternate Adjusted Regular Purchase Share Limit, the +Alternate Adjusted Regular Purchase Share Limit shall apply in lieu of the Fully +Adjusted Regular Purchase Share Limit; provided, further, however, that the +Investor’s committed obligation under any single Regular Purchase, other than +any Regular Purchase with respect to which an Alternate Adjusted Regular +Purchase Share Limit shall apply, shall not exceed Two Million Dollars +($2,000,000) and provided, further, however, that the parties may mutually agree +to increase the Regular Purchase Share Limit for any Regular Purchase. The +Company may deliver multiple Regular Purchase Notices to the Investor in a day +as often as every Business Day, so long as Purchase Shares for all prior Regular +Purchases, Accelerated Purchases and Additional Accelerated Purchases, +including, without limitation, those that have been effected on the same +Business Day as the applicable Purchase Date, have theretofore been received by +the Investor as DWAC Shares in accordance with this Agreement. Notwithstanding +the foregoing, the Company shall not deliver a Regular Purchase Notice to the +Investor during the PEA Period. + +  + +7 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b)    Accelerated Purchases. Subject to the terms and conditions of this +Agreement, beginning on the Commencement Date, in addition to purchases of +Purchase Shares as described in Section 2(a) above, the Company shall also have +the right, but not the obligation, to direct the Investor, by its delivery to +the Investor of an Accelerated Purchase Notice from time to time in accordance +with this Agreement, to purchase the applicable Accelerated Purchase Share +Amount at the Accelerated Purchase Price on the Accelerated Purchase Date +therefor in accordance with this Agreement (each such purchase, an “Accelerated +Purchase”). The Company may deliver an Accelerated Purchase Notice to the +Investor only on a Purchase Date on which (i) the Company also properly +submitted a Regular Purchase Notice providing for a Regular Purchase of a number +of Purchase Shares not less than the Regular Purchase Share Limit then in effect +on such Purchase Date in accordance with this Agreement and (ii) if all Purchase +Shares subject to all prior Regular Purchases, Accelerated Purchases and +Additional Accelerated Purchases, including, without limitation, those that have +been effected on the same Business Day as the applicable Accelerated Purchase +Date with respect to which the applicable Accelerated Purchase relates, have +theretofore been received by the Investor as DWAC Shares in accordance with this +Agreement; provided, however, that the parties may mutually agree to increase +the Accelerated Purchase Share Amount on any Accelerated Purchase Date at the +applicable Accelerated Purchase Price. Within one (1) Business Day after each +Accelerated Purchase Date, the Accelerated Purchase Share Amount and the +applicable Accelerated Purchase Price shall be set forth on a confirmation of +the Accelerated Purchase to be provided to the Company by the Investor (an +“Accelerated Purchase Confirmation”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company +shall not deliver any Accelerated Purchase Notices during the PEA Period. + +(c)    Additional Accelerated Purchases. Subject to the terms and conditions of +this Agreement, beginning one (1) Business Day following the Commencement Date +and thereafter, in addition to purchases of Purchase Shares as described in +Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) above, the Company shall also have the right, but +not the obligation, to direct the Investor, by its timely delivery to the +Investor of an Additional Accelerated Purchase Notice on an Additional +Accelerated Purchase Date in accordance with this Agreement, to purchase the +applicable Additional Accelerated Purchase Share Amount at the applicable +Additional Accelerated Purchase Price therefor in accordance with this Agreement +(each such purchase, an “Additional Accelerated Purchase”). The Company may +deliver multiple Additional Accelerated Purchase Notices to the Investor on an +Additional Accelerated Purchase Date; provided, however, that the Company may +deliver an Additional Accelerated Purchase Notice to the Investor only (i) on a +Business Day that is also the Accelerated Purchase Date for an Accelerated +Purchase with respect to which the Company properly submitted to the Investor an +Accelerated Purchase Notice in accordance with this Agreement on the applicable +Purchase Date for a Regular Purchase of a number of Purchase Shares not less +than the Regular Purchase Share Limit then in effect in accordance with this +Agreement and (ii) if all Purchase Shares subject to all prior Regular +Purchases, Accelerated Purchases and Additional Accelerated Purchases, +including, without limitation, those that have been effected on the same +Business Day as the applicable Additional Accelerated Purchase Date with respect +to which the applicable Additional Accelerated Purchase relates, have +theretofore been received by the Investor as DWAC Shares in accordance with this +Agreement and provided, further, however, that the parties may mutually agree to +increase the Additional Accelerated Purchase Share Amount applicable to any +Accelerated Purchase, and all of the Purchase Shares subject to such increased +Accelerated Purchase shall be purchased by the Investor at the Accelerated +Purchase Price for such increased Accelerated Purchase in accordance with this +Agreement. Within one (1) Business Day after each Additional Accelerated +Purchase Date, the Additional Accelerated Purchase Share Amount and the +applicable Additional Accelerated Purchase Price shall be set forth on a +confirmation of the Additional Accelerated Purchase to be provided to the +Company by the Investor (an “Accelerated Purchase Confirmation”). +Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not deliver any Additional +Accelerated Purchase Notices during the PEA Period. + +(d)    Payment for Purchase Shares. For each Regular Purchase, the Investor +shall pay to the Company an amount equal to the Purchase Amount with respect to +such Regular Purchase as full payment for such Purchase Shares via wire transfer +of immediately available funds on the same Business Day that the Investor +receives such Purchase Shares, if such Purchase Shares are received by the +Investor + +  + +8 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +before 1:00 p.m., Eastern time, or, if such Purchase Shares are received by the +Investor after 1:00 p.m., Eastern time, the next Business Day. For each +Accelerated Purchase and each Additional Accelerated Purchase, the Investor +shall pay to the Company an amount equal to the Purchase Amount with respect to +such Accelerated Purchase and Additional Accelerated Purchase, respectively, as +full payment for such Purchase Shares via wire transfer of immediately available +funds on the second Business Day following the date that the Investor receives +such Purchase Shares. If the Company or the Transfer Agent shall fail for any +reason or for no reason to electronically transfer any Purchase Shares as DWAC +Shares with respect to any Regular Purchase, Accelerated Purchase or Additional +Accelerated Purchase (as applicable) within two (2) Business Days following the +receipt by the Company of the Purchase Price, Accelerated Purchase Price or +Additional Accelerated Purchase Price, respectively, therefor in compliance with +this Section 2(d), and if on or after such Business Day the Investor purchases +(in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver +in satisfaction of a sale by the Investor of such Purchase Shares that the +Investor anticipated receiving from the Company in respect of such Regular +Purchase, Accelerated Purchase or Additional Accelerated Purchase (as +applicable), then the Company shall, in the Company’s discretion, within two +(2) Business Days after the Investor’s request, either (i) pay cash to the +Investor in an amount equal to the Investor’s total purchase price (including +reasonable brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so +purchased (the “Cover Price”), at which point the Company’s obligation to +deliver such Purchase Shares as DWAC Shares shall terminate, or (ii) promptly +honor its obligation to deliver to the Investor such Purchase Shares as DWAC +Shares and pay cash to the Investor in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of +the Cover Price over the total Purchase Amount paid by the Investor pursuant to +this Agreement for all of the Purchase Shares to be purchased by the Investor in +connection with such purchases. The Company shall not issue any fraction of a +share of Common Stock upon any Regular Purchase, Accelerated Purchase or +Additional Accelerated Purchase. If the issuance would result in the issuance of +a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of +a share of Common Stock up or down to the nearest whole share. All payments made +under this Agreement shall be made in lawful money of the United States of +America or wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account as the +Company may from time to time designate by written notice in accordance with the +provisions of this Agreement. Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the +terms of this Agreement is due on any day that is not a Business Day, the same +shall instead be due on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day. + +(e)    Compliance with Rules of the Principal Market. + +(i)    Exchange Cap. Subject to Section 2(e)(ii) below, the Company shall not +issue or sell any shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement, and the +Investor shall not purchase or acquire any shares of Common Stock pursuant to +this Agreement, to the extent that after giving effect thereto, the aggregate +number of shares of Common Stock that would be issued pursuant to this Agreement +and the transactions contemplated hereby would exceed 5,303,544 shares of Common +Stock (which number of shares shall be reduced, on a share-for-share basis, by +the number of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to any +transaction or series of transactions that may be aggregated with the +transactions contemplated by this Agreement under applicable rules of the NYSE +American or any other Principal Market on which the Common Stock may be listed +or quoted) (the “Exchange Cap”), unless and until the Company elects to solicit +stockholder approval of the issuance of Common Stock as contemplated by this +Agreement and the stockholders of the Company have in fact approved such +issuance in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the NYSE +American, any other Principal Market on which the Common Stock may be listed or +quoted, and the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the +“Certificate of Incorporation”), and the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, +as amended (the “Bylaws”). For the avoidance of doubt, the Company may, but +shall be under no obligation to, request its stockholders to approve the +issuance of Common Stock as contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that if +stockholder approval is not obtained in accordance with this Section 2(e)(i), +the Exchange Cap shall be applicable for all purposes of this Agreement and the +transactions contemplated hereby at all times during the term of this Agreement +(except as set forth in +Section 2(e)(ii) below). + +  + +9 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(ii)    At-Market Transaction. Notwithstanding Section 2(e)(i) above and subject +to the prior approval of the NYSE American or any other Principal Market on +which the Common Stock may be listed or quoted (to the extent required), the +Exchange Cap shall not be applicable for any purposes of this Agreement and the +transactions contemplated hereby, solely to the extent that the issuances and +sales of Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement are deemed to be at a price +equal to or in excess of the greater of book or market value of the Common Stock +as calculated in accordance with the applicable rules of the NYSE American or +any other Principal Market on which the Common Stock may be listed or quoted (it +being hereby acknowledged and agreed that the Exchange Cap shall be applicable +for all purposes of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby at +all other times during the term of this Agreement, unless the stockholder +approval referred to in Section 2(e)(i) is obtained). + +(iii)    General. The Company shall not issue any shares of Common Stock +pursuant to this Agreement if such issuance would reasonably be expected to +result in (A) a violation of the Securities Act or (B) a breach of the rules and +regulations of the NYSE American or any other Principal Market on which the +Common Stock may be listed or quoted. The provisions of this Section 2(f) shall +be implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms +hereof only if necessary to ensure compliance with the Securities Act and the +rules and regulations of NYSE American or any other the Principal Market on +which the Common Stock may be listed or quoted. + +(f)    Beneficial Ownership Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary +contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not issue or sell, and the +Investor shall not purchase or acquire, any shares of Common Stock under this +Agreement which, when aggregated with all other shares of Common Stock then +beneficially owned by the Investor and its affiliates (as calculated pursuant to +Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Rule 13d-3 promulgated thereunder) would +result in the beneficial ownership by the Investor and its affiliates of more +than 9.99% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (the +“Beneficial Ownership Limitation”). Upon the written or oral request of the +Investor, the Company shall promptly (but not later than one (1) Business Day) +confirm orally or in writing to the Investor the amount of Common Stock then +outstanding. The Investor and the Company shall each cooperate in good faith in +the determinations required hereby and the application hereof. The Investor’s +written certification to the Company of the applicability of the Beneficial +Ownership Limitation, and the resulting effect thereof hereunder at any time, +shall be conclusive with respect to the applicability thereof and such result +absent manifest error. + +(g)    Excess Share Limitation. If the Company delivers any Purchase Notice for +a Purchase Amount in excess of the limitations contained in this Section 2, such +Purchase Notice shall be void ab initio to the extent of the amount by which the +number of Purchase Shares set forth in such Purchase Notice exceeds the number +of Purchase Shares which the Company is permitted to include in such Purchase +Notice in accordance herewith, and the Investor shall have no obligation to +purchase such excess Purchase Shares in respect of such Purchase Notice; +provided, however, that the Investor shall remain obligated to purchase the +number of Purchase Shares which the Company is permitted to include in such +Purchase Notice. + +(h)    Adjustments for Shares. All share-related numbers contained in this +Section 2, and the Regular Purchase Share Limit, shall be adjusted to take into +account any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split or +other similar transaction effected with respect to the Common Stock except as +specifically stated herein. + +  + +10 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +3. + +INVESTOR’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. + +The Investor represents and warrants to the Company that as of the date hereof +and as of the Commencement Date: + +(a)    Accredited Investor Status. The Investor is an “accredited investor” as +that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D promulgated under the +Securities Act. + +(b)    Information. The Investor understands that its investment in the +Securities involves a high degree of risk. The Investor (i) is able to bear the +economic risk of an investment in the Securities including a total loss thereof, +(ii) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it +is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the proposed investment in the +Securities and (iii) has had an opportunity to ask questions of and receive +answers from the officers of the Company concerning the financial condition and +business of the Company and other matters related to an investment in the +Securities. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations +conducted by the Investor or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect +the Investor’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and warranties +contained in Section 4 below. The Investor has sought such accounting, legal and +tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment +decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities. The Investor +acknowledges and agrees that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries +makes or has made any representations or warranties with respect to the +transactions contemplated hereby, other than those specifically set forth in +Section 4 hereof. + +(c)    No Governmental Review. The Investor understands that no U.S. federal or +state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or +made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or +suitability of an investment in the Securities nor have such authorities passed +upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities. + +(d)    Validity; Enforcement. This Agreement has been duly and validly +authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Investor and is a valid and +binding agreement of the Investor enforceable against the Investor in accordance +with its terms, subject as to enforceability to general principles of equity and +to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation +and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of +applicable creditors’ rights and remedies. + +(e)    Residency. The Investor is a resident of the State of Illinois. + +(f)    Confidentiality. Other than to other Persons party to this Agreement, +Investor has maintained the confidentiality of all Confidential Information +(including the existence and terms of this transaction). + +(g)    No Short Selling, Other Transactions. The Investor represents and +warrants to the Company that at no time prior to the date of this Agreement has +any of the Investor, its agents, representatives or affiliates engaged in or +effected, in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, any (i) “short sale” +(as such term is defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO of the Exchange Act) of +the Common Stock or (ii) hedging transaction, which establishes a net short +position with respect to the Common Stock. Other than consummating the +transactions contemplated hereunder, Investor has not, nor has any Person acting +on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with Investor, directly or +indirectly, executed any other purchases or sales of the securities of the +Company during the period commencing as of the time that the Investor first +received a term sheet (written or oral) with respect to the Company setting +forth the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereunder and ending +immediately prior to the execution hereof. + +  + +11 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +4. + +REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. + +The Company represents and warrants to the Investor that as of the date hereof +and as of the Commencement Date: + +(a)    Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries +is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in +good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or +organization, with the requisite corporate power and authority to own and use +its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently +conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation or default of +any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of formation or +incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, except as +would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the +Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in +good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in +which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such +qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good +standing, as the case may be, would not reasonably be expected to result in a +Material Adverse Effect, and no proceeding has been instituted in any such +jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or +curtail such power and authority or qualification. The Company has no +Subsidiaries except as set forth on Schedule 4(a). + +(b)    Authorization; Enforcement; Validity. (i) The Company has the requisite +corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under +this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents, and to issue the +Securities in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii) the execution +and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by +it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including without +limitation, the issuance of the Initial Commitment Shares (as defined below in +Section 5(e)) and the reservation for issuance and the issuance of the +Additional Commitment Shares (as defined below in Section 5(e)) and the Purchase +Shares issuable under this Agreement, have been duly authorized by the Company’s +Board of Directors, or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, +and no further consent or authorization is required by the Company, its Board of +Directors or its stockholders (save to the extent provided in this Agreement), +(iii) this Agreement has been, and each other Transaction Document shall be on +the Commencement Date, duly executed and delivered by the Company and (iv) this +Agreement constitutes, and each other Transaction Document upon its execution on +behalf of the Company, shall constitute, the valid and binding obligations of +the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, +except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or +applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or +similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of creditors’ +rights and remedies. The Board of Directors of the Company, or a duly authorized +committee of the Board of Directors, has approved the resolutions (the “Signing +Resolutions”) substantially in the form as set forth as Exhibit C attached +hereto to authorize this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. The +Signing Resolutions are valid, in full force and effect and have not been +modified or supplemented in any respect. The Company has delivered to the +Investor a true and correct copy of the written consent of the Board of +Directors of the Company, or a duly authorized committee of the Board of +Directors, adopting the Signing Resolutions. Except as set forth in this +Agreement, no other approvals or consents of the Company’s Board of Directors +and/or stockholders is necessary under applicable laws and the Company’s +Certificate of Incorporation and/or Bylaws to authorize the execution and +delivery of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, +including, but not limited to, the issuance of the Commitment Shares (as defined +below in Section 5(e)) and the issuance of the Purchase Shares. + +(c)    Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of +the Company is set forth in the SEC Documents (as defined below). Except as +disclosed in the Registration Statement or the SEC Documents, (i) no shares of +the Company’s capital stock are subject to preemptive rights or any other +similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the +Company, (ii) there are no + +  + +12 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +outstanding debt securities, (iii) there are no outstanding options, warrants, +scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever +relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital +stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, +understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries +is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the +Company or any of its Subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to +subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or +securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the +Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) there are no agreements or arrangements +under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the +sale of any of their securities under the Securities Act, (v) there are no +outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries +which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, +commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or any +of its Subsidiaries, (vi) there are no securities or instruments containing +anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of +the Securities as described in this Agreement and (vii) the Company does not +have any stock appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any +similar plan or agreement. True and correct copies of the Company’s Certificate +of Incorporation and the Company’s Bylaws, and summaries of the terms of all +securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock, if any, and copies +of any documents containing the material rights of the holders thereof in +respect thereto are part of the SEC Documents. + +(d)    Issuance of Securities. Upon issuance and payment thereof in accordance +with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Purchase Shares shall be +validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens, +charges, restrictions, rights of first refusal and preemptive rights with +respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights +accorded to a holder of Common Stock. Up to 20,833,333 shares of Common Stock +have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon purchase under this +Agreement as Purchase Shares. The Commitment Shares have been duly authorized +and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, shall be +validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens, +charges, restrictions, rights of first refusal and preemptive rights with +respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights +accorded to a holder of Common Stock. 171,585 shares of Common Stock (subject to +equitable adjustment for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash +dividend, stock split or other similar transaction) have been duly authorized +and reserved for issuance as Additional Commitment Shares in accordance with +this Agreement. The issuance of the Securities has been registered under the +Securities Act by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement. Upon +receipt of the Purchase Shares and the Commitment Shares, the Investor will have +good and marketable title to such Securities and such Securities will be +immediately freely tradable on the Principal Market. + +(e)    No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction +Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions +contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of +the Initial Commitment Shares and the reservation for issuance and issuance of +the Purchase Shares and the Additional Commitment Shares) will not (i) result in +a violation of the Certificate of Incorporation, any Certificate of +Designations, Preferences and Rights of any outstanding series of preferred +stock of the Company or the Bylaws or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a +default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a +default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, +acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which +the Company is a party, or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, +order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and +regulations and the rules and regulations of the Principal Market applicable to +the Company) or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except in the case of conflicts, defaults, +terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations under +clause (ii), which would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material +Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in + +  + +13 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +violation of any term of or is in default under any material contract, +agreement, mortgage, indebtedness, indenture, instrument, judgment, decree or +order or any statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or its +Subsidiaries, except for possible conflicts, defaults, terminations or +amendments which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse +Effect. The business of the Company and its Subsidiaries is not being conducted, +and shall not be conducted, in violation of any law, ordinance, regulation of +any governmental entity, except for possible violations, the sanctions for which +either individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have +a Material Adverse Effect. Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement +and as required under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws and +the rules and regulations of the Principal Market and under the Corporate +Financing Rule 5110 of the FINRA, the Company is not required to obtain any +consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any +court or governmental agency or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency in +order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or +contemplated by the Transaction Documents in accordance with the terms hereof or +thereof. Except as set forth elsewhere in this agreement, all consents, +authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required +to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be obtained or effected on or +prior to the Commencement Date. Since one year prior to the date hereof, the +Company has not received nor delivered any notices or correspondence from or to +the Principal Market other than in connection with supplemental listing +applications for the listing of additional shares of the Company’s equity +securities or any correspondence from or to the Principal Market which the +Company was not required to disclose in its SEC Documents (as defined below). +The Principal Market has not commenced any delisting proceedings against the +Company. + +(f)    SEC Documents; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports, +schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the +Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to +Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the twelve months preceding the date hereof +(or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file +such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and +documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to +herein as the “SEC Documents”) on a timely basis or has received a valid +extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Documents prior to +the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates and to the +Company’s knowledge, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with +the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as +applicable.    None of the SEC Documents, when filed, contained any untrue +statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be +stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the +light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The +financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents comply in all +material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and +regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of +filing. Such financial statements (i) have been prepared in accordance with +United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent +basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified +in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited +financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and +(ii) fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the +Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and +the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in +the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit +adjustments. Except as publicly available through the SEC’s Electronic Data +Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (EDGAR) or in connection with a +confidential treatment request submitted to the SEC, the Company has received no +notices or correspondence from the SEC for the one year preceding the date +hereof other than SEC comment letters relating to the Company’s filings under +the Exchange Act and the Securities Act. There are no “open” SEC comments. To +the Company’s knowledge, the SEC has not commenced any enforcement proceedings +against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. + +  + +14 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(g)    Absence of Certain Changes. Except as disclosed in the Registration +Statement or the SEC Documents, since December 31, 2018, there has been no +material adverse change in the business, properties, operations, financial +condition or results of operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries. The +Company has not taken any steps, and does not currently expect to take any +steps, to seek protection pursuant to any Bankruptcy Law nor does the Company or +any of its Subsidiaries have any knowledge or reason to believe that its +creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings. +The Company is financially solvent and is generally able to pay its debts as +they become due. + +(h)    Absence of Litigation. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement +or the SEC Documents, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or +investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, +self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company +or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the Company, the +Common Stock or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s or the +Company’s Subsidiaries’ officers or directors in their capacities as such, which +would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. + +(i)    Acknowledgment Regarding Investor’s Status. The Company acknowledges and +agrees that the Investor is acting solely in the capacity of arm’s length +purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions +contemplated hereby and thereby. The Company further acknowledges that the +Investor is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in +any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the +transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and any advice given by the +Investor or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the +Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is +merely incidental to the Investor’s purchase of the Securities. The Company +further represents to the Investor that the Company’s decision to enter into the +Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the +Company and its representatives and advisors. + +(j)    No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, +nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made +any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, +under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to be +integrated with prior offerings by the Company in a manner that would require +stockholder approval pursuant to the rules of the Principal Market on which any +of the securities of the Company are listed or designated. The issuance and sale +of the Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the +Principal Market. + +(k)    Intellectual Property Rights. Except as disclosed in the Registration +Statement or the SEC Documents, the Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess +adequate rights or licenses to use all material trademarks, trade names, service +marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, +copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade +secrets and rights necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now +conducted. None of the Company’s material trademarks, trade names, service +marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, +copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, government authorizations, trade +secrets or other intellectual property rights have expired or terminated, or, by +the terms and conditions thereof, could expire or terminate within two years +from the date of this Agreement, except as would not reasonably be expected to +have a Material Adverse Effect.    The Company and its Subsidiaries do not have +any knowledge of any infringement by the Company or its Subsidiaries of any +material trademark, trade name rights, patents, patent rights, copyrights, +inventions, licenses, service names, service marks, service mark registrations, +trade secret or other similar rights of others, and there is no claim, action or +proceeding being made or brought against, or to the Company’s knowledge, being +threatened against, the Company or its Subsidiaries regarding trademark, trade +name, patents, patent rights, invention, copyright, license, service names, +service marks, service mark registrations, trade secret or other infringement, +which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. + +  + +15 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(l)    Environmental Laws. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement or +the SEC Documents, the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with +any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations +relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or +hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants +(“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other +approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their +respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions +of any such permit, license or approval, except where, in each of the three +foregoing clauses, the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to +have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. + +(m)    Title Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the SEC +Documents, the Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in +fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in +all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the +Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, +encumbrances and defects (“Liens”) and, except for Liens as do not materially +affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use +made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the +Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, the +payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real +property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are +held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the +Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with such exceptions as are not +material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such +property and buildings by the Company and its Subsidiaries. + +(n)    Insurance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by +insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks +and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and +customary in the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are +engaged. Neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has been refused any +insurance coverage sought or applied for and neither the Company nor any such +Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its +existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain +similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its +business at a cost that would not materially and adversely affect the financial +condition or the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its +Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. + +(o)    Regulatory Permits. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement or +the SEC Documents, the Company and its Subsidiaries possess all certificates, +authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign +regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as +currently conducted, except where the failure to possess such certificates, +authorizations, or permits would not reasonably be expected to have a Material +Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any +notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such +certificate, authorization or permit. + +(p)    Tax Status. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the SEC +Documents, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has made or filed all +federal and state income and all other material tax returns, reports and +declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject (unless and +only to the extent that the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has set aside +on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all unpaid and +unreported taxes) and has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and +charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such +returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith +and has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of +all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports +or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any amount claimed to be due +by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, except as would not reasonably be +expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and the officers of the Company know +of no basis for any such claim. + +  + +16 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(q)    Transactions With Affiliates. Except as disclosed in the Registration +Statement or the SEC Documents, none of the officers or directors of the Company +and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company is +presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other +than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, +agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or +by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise +requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the +knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such +employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or +partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for (i) payment of salary +or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses +incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including +stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company. + +(r)    Application of Takeover Protections. The Company and its Board of +Directors have taken or will take prior to the Commencement Date all necessary +action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, +business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights +agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Certificate of +Incorporation or the laws of the state of its incorporation which is or could +become applicable to the Investor as a result of the transactions contemplated +by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s issuance of the +Securities and the Investor’s ownership of the Securities. + +(s)    Disclosure. Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of +the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents that will be timely +publicly disclosed by the Company, the Company confirms that neither it nor any +other Person acting on its behalf has provided the Investor or its agents or +counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute +material, non-public information which is not otherwise disclosed in the +Registration Statement or any Prospectus Supplements thereto.    The Company +understands and confirms that the Investor will rely on the foregoing +representation in effecting purchases and sales of securities of the +Company. All of the disclosure furnished by or on behalf of the Company to the +Investor regarding the Company, its business and the transactions contemplated +hereby, including the disclosure schedules to this Agreement, is true and +correct in all material respects and does not contain any untrue statement of a +material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the +statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were +made, not misleading. The press releases disseminated by the Company during the +12 months preceding the date of this Agreement taken as a whole do not contain +any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact +required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements +therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made and when made, +not misleading. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Investor neither +makes nor has made any representations or warranties with respect to the +transactions contemplated hereby other than those specifically set forth in +Section 3 hereof. + +(t)    Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, nor to the knowledge of +the Company, any agent or other Person acting on behalf of the Company, has +(i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, +entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic +political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic +government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political +parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any +contribution made by the Company (or made by any Person acting on its behalf of +which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in +any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, +as amended. + +(u)    Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the SEC +in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act the Registration +Statement. The Registration Statement was declared effective by order of the SEC +on February 10, 2020. The Registration Statement is effective + +  + +17 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +pursuant to the Securities Act and available for the issuance of the Securities +thereunder, and the Company has not received any written notice that the SEC has +issued or intends to issue a stop order or other similar order with respect to +the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or that the SEC otherwise has +(i) suspended or withdrawn the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or +(ii) issued any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or any +Prospectus Supplement, in either case, either temporarily or permanently or +intends or has threatened in writing to do so. The “Plan of Distribution” +section of the Prospectus permits the issuance of the Securities hereunder. At +the time the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto became effective, +at the date of this Agreement and at each deemed effective date thereof pursuant +to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the Securities Act, the Registration Statement and any +amendments thereto complied and will comply in all material respects with the +requirements of the Securities Act and did not and will not contain any untrue +statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be +stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and +the Base Prospectus and any Prospectus Supplement thereto, at the time such Base +Prospectus or such Prospectus Supplement thereto was issued and on the +Commencement Date, complied and will comply in all material respects with the +requirements of the Securities Act and did not and will not contain an untrue +statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order +to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they +were made, not misleading; provided that this representation and warranty does +not apply to statements in or omissions from any Prospectus Supplement made in +reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Investor +furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of the Investor expressly +for use therein. The Company meets all of the requirements for the use of a +registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to the Securities Act for the +offering and sale of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement without +reliance on General Instruction I.B.6. of Form S-3, and the SEC has not notified +the Company of any objection to the use of the form of the Registration +Statement pursuant to Rule 401(g)(1) of the Securities Act. The Registration +Statement, as of its effective date, meets the requirements set forth in Rule +415(a)(1)(x) pursuant to the Securities Act. The Company has not been since +December 31, 2018, and currently is not, an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in +Rule 405 of the Securities Act). The Company has not distributed any offering +material in connection with the offering and sale of any of the Securities, and, +until the Investor does not hold any of the Securities, shall not distribute any +offering material in connection with the offering and sale of any of the +Securities, to or by the Investor, in each case, other than the Registration +Statement or any amendment thereto, the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement +required pursuant to applicable law or the Transaction Documents. The Company +has not made, and agrees that unless it obtains the prior written consent of the +Investor it will not make, an offer relating to the Securities that would +constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the +Securities Act. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and +433 under the Securities Act applicable to any such free writing prospectus +consented to by the Investor, including in respect of timely filing with the +SEC, legending and record keeping. The offering of the Securities pursuant to +this Agreement qualifies for the exemption from the filing requirements of Rule +5110 of the FINRA afforded by FINRA Rule 5110(b)(7)(C)(i). + +(v)    DTC Eligibility. The Company, through the Transfer Agent, currently +participates in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer (FAST) Program and +the Common Stock can be transferred electronically to third parties via the DTC +Fast Automated Securities Transfer (FAST) Program. + +(w)    Sarbanes-Oxley. The Company is in material compliance with all provisions +of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, which are applicable to it as of +the date hereof. + +(x)    Certain Fees. Except as disclosed on Schedule 4(x), no brokerage or +finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company to any +broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment +banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by +the Transaction Documents. Except as disclosed on Schedule 4(x), the Investor +shall have no obligation with respect to any fees or with respect to any claims +made by or on behalf of other Persons for fees of a type contemplated in this +Section 4(x) that may be due in connection with the transactions contemplated by +the Transaction Documents. + +  + +18 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(y)    Investment Company. The Company is not required to be registered as, and +immediately after receipt of payment for the Securities will not be required to +be registered as, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment +Company Act of 1940, as amended. + +(z)    Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Common Stock is registered +pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no +action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, +terminating the registration of the Common Stock pursuant to the Exchange Act +nor has the Company received any notification that the SEC is currently +contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the twelve +(12) months preceding the date hereof, received any notice from the Principal +Market to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or +maintenance requirements of the Principal Market. The Company is in compliance +with all such listing and maintenance requirements. + +(aa)    Accountants. The Company’s accountants are set forth in the SEC +Documents and, to the knowledge of the Company, such accountants are an +independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act. + +(bb)    No Market Manipulation. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no +Person acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action +designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price +of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the +Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for +soliciting purchases of, any of the Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay +to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other +securities of the Company. + +(cc)    Shell Company Status. The Company is not currently, and has not been +within the prior 12 months, an issuer identified in Rule 144(i)(1) under the +Securities Act. + +  + +5. + +COVENANTS. + +(a)    Filing of Current Report and Initial Prospectus Supplement. The Company +agrees that it shall, within the time required under the Exchange Act, file with +the SEC a current report on Form 8-K relating to the transactions contemplated +by, and describing the material terms and conditions of, the Transaction +Documents (the “Current Report”). The Company further agrees that it shall, +within the time required under Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, file with +the SEC the Initial Prospectus Supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the +Securities Act specifically relating to the transactions contemplated by, and +describing the material terms and conditions of, the Transaction Documents, +containing information previously omitted at the time of effectiveness of the +Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 430B under the Securities Act, and +disclosing all information relating to the transactions contemplated hereby +required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as of +the date of the Initial Prospectus Supplement, including, without limitation, +information required to be disclosed in the section captioned “Plan of +Distribution” in the Prospectus. The Investor acknowledges that it will be +identified in the Initial Prospectus Supplement as an underwriter within the +meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act. The Company shall permit the +Investor to review and comment upon the Current Report and the Initial +Prospectus Supplement at least two (2) Business Days prior to their filing with +the SEC, the Company shall give due consideration to all such comments, and the +Company shall not file the Current Report or the Initial Prospectus Supplement +with the SEC in a form to which the Investor reasonably objects. The Investor +shall use its reasonable best efforts to comment upon the Current Report and the +Initial Prospectus Supplement within one (1) Business Day from the date the +Investor receives the final pre-filing draft version + +  + +19 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +thereof from the Company. The Investor shall furnish to the Company such +information regarding itself, the Securities held by it and the intended method +of distribution thereof, including any arrangement between the Investor and any +other Person relating to the sale or distribution of the Securities, as shall be +reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and +filing of the Current Report and the Initial Prospectus Supplement, and shall +otherwise cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in +connection with the preparation and filing of the Current Report and the Initial +Prospectus Supplement with the SEC. + +(b)    Blue Sky. The Company shall take all such action, if any, as is +reasonably necessary in order to obtain an exemption for or to register or +qualify (i) the issuance of the Commitment Shares and the sale of the Purchase +Shares to the Investor under this Agreement and (ii) any subsequent resale of +all Commitment Shares and all Purchase Shares by the Investor, in each case, +under applicable securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the states of the United +States in such states as is reasonably requested by the Investor from time to +time, and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the Investor. + +(c)    Listing/DTC. The Company shall promptly secure the listing of all of the +Purchase Shares and Commitment Shares to be issued to the Investor hereunder on +the Principal Market (subject to official notice of issuance) and upon each +other national securities exchange or automated quotation system, if any, upon +which the Common Stock is then listed, and shall use commercially reasonable +efforts to maintain, so long as any shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, +such listing of all such Securities from time to time issuable hereunder. The +Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the listing of the +Common Stock on the Principal Market and shall comply in all respects with the +Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules and +regulations of the Principal Market. Neither the Company nor any of its +Subsidiaries shall take any action that would reasonably be expected to result +in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock on the Principal Market. The +Company shall promptly, and in no event later than the following Business Day, +provide to the Investor copies of any notices it receives from the Principal +Market regarding the continued eligibility of the Common Stock for listing on +the Principal Market; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required +to provide the Investor copies of any such notice that the Company reasonably +believes constitutes material non-public information and the Company would not +be required to publicly disclose such notice in any report or statement filed +with the SEC under the Exchange Act (including on Form 8-K) or the Securities +Act. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying +its obligations under this Section 5(c). The Company shall take all action +necessary to ensure that its Common Stock can be transferred electronically as +DWAC Shares. + +(d)    Prohibition of Short Sales and Hedging Transactions. The Investor agrees +that beginning on the date of this Agreement and ending on the date of +termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 11, the Investor and its +agents, representatives and affiliates shall not in any manner whatsoever enter +into or effect, directly or indirectly, any (i) “short sale” (as such term is +defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO of the Exchange Act) of the Common Stock +or (ii) hedging transaction, which establishes a net short position with respect +to the Common Stock. + +(e)    Issuance of Commitment Shares. In consideration for the Investor’s +execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall cause to be issued +to the Investor a total of 343,171 shares of Common Stock (the “Initial +Commitment Shares”) immediately upon the execution of this Agreement and shall +deliver to the Transfer Agent the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions with +respect to the issuance of such Initial Commitment Shares. The Company shall +cause to be issued to the Investor up to 171,585 shares of Common Stock (the +“Additional Commitment Shares” and, collectively with the Initial Commitment +Shares, the “Commitment Shares”), as follows: in connection with each purchase +of Purchase Shares hereunder, the Company shall issue to the Investor a number +of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (i) 171,585 and (y) the +Purchase Amount Fraction. The “Purchase Amount Fraction” shall + +  + +20 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +mean a fraction, the numerator of which is the Purchase Amount purchased by the +Investor with respect to such purchase of Purchase Shares and the denominator of +which is Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000). The Additional Commitment +Shares shall be equitably adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, +non-cash dividend, stock split or other similar transaction. For the avoidance +of doubt, (1) all of the Initial Commitment Shares shall be fully earned as of +the date of this Agreement, whether or not the Commencement shall occur or any +Purchase Shares (other than the Initial Purchase Shares) are purchased by the +Investor under this Agreement and irrespective of any subsequent termination of +this Agreement and (2) the Additional Commitment Shares shall be fully earned as +of the date of their issuance to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement, +irrespective of any subsequent termination of this Agreement. + +(f)    Due Diligence; Non-Public Information. The Investor shall have the right, +from time to time as the Investor may reasonably deem appropriate and upon +reasonable advance notice to the Company, to perform reasonable due diligence on +the Company during normal business hours. The Company and its officers and +employees shall provide information and reasonably cooperate with the Investor +in connection with any reasonable request by the Investor related to the +Investor’s due diligence of the Company. Each party hereto agrees not to +disclose any Confidential Information of the other party to any third party and +shall not use the Confidential Information for any purpose other than in +connection with, or in furtherance of, the transactions contemplated hereby. +Each party hereto acknowledges that the Confidential Information shall remain +the property of the disclosing party and agrees that it shall take all +reasonable measures to protect the secrecy of any Confidential Information +disclosed by the other party. The receiving party may disclose Confidential +Information to the extent such information is required to be disclosed by law, +regulation or order of a court of competent jurisdiction or regulatory +authority, provided that the receiving party shall promptly notify the +disclosing party when such requirement to disclose arises, and shall cooperate +with the disclosing party so as to enable the disclosing party to: (i) seek an +appropriate protective order; and (ii) make any applicable claim of +confidentiality in respect of such Confidential Information; and provided, +further, that the receiving party shall disclose Confidential Information only +to the extent required by the protective order or other similar order, if such +an order is obtained, and, if no such order is obtained, the receiving party +shall disclose only the minimum amount of such Confidential Information required +to be disclosed in order to comply with the applicable law, regulation or order. +In addition, any such Confidential Information disclosed pursuant to this +section shall continue to be deemed Confidential Information. Notwithstanding +anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company and the Investor agree +that neither the Company nor any other Person acting on its behalf shall provide +the Investor or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or +may reasonably be considered to constitute material, non-public information, +unless a simultaneous public announcement thereof is made by the Company in the +manner contemplated by Regulation FD. In the event of a breach of the foregoing +covenant by the Company or any Person acting on its behalf (as determined in the +reasonable good faith judgment of the Investor), in addition to any other remedy +provided herein or in the other Transaction Documents, the Investor shall have +the right to make a public disclosure, in the form of a press release, public +advertisement or otherwise, of such material, non-public information without the +prior approval by the Company; provided the Investor shall have first provided +notice to the Company that it believes it has received information that +constitutes material, non-public information, the Company shall have at least 24 +hours to publicly disclose such material, non-public information prior to any +such disclosure by the Investor, and the Company shall have failed to publicly +disclose such material, non-public information within such time period. The +Investor shall not have any liability to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, +or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, stockholders or +agents, for any such disclosure. The Company understands and confirms that the +Investor shall be relying on the foregoing covenants in effecting transactions +in securities of the Company. + +  + +21 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(g)     Purchase Records. The Investor and the Company shall each maintain +records showing the remaining Available Amount at any given time and the dates +and Purchase Amounts for each Regular Purchase, Accelerated Purchase and +Additional Accelerated Purchase or shall use such other method, reasonably +satisfactory to the Investor and the Company. + +(h)    Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all transfer, stamp or similar taxes +that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of any shares of +Common Stock to the Investor made under this Agreement. + +(i)    Effective Registration Statement; Current Prospectus; Securities Law +Compliance. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep +the Registration Statement effective pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the +Securities Act, and to keep the Registration Statement and the Prospectus +current and available for issuances and sales of all of the Securities by the +Company to the Investor, and for the resale by the Investor, at all times until +the earlier of (i) the date on which the Investor shall have sold all the +Securities and no Available Amount remains under this Agreement and (ii) 180 +days following the earlier of termination of this Agreement and the Maturity +Date (the “Registration Period”). Without limiting the generality of the +foregoing, during the Registration Period, the Company shall (a) take all action +necessary to cause the Common Stock to continue to be registered as a class of +securities under Sections 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, shall comply with +its reporting and filing obligations under the Exchange Act, and shall not take +any action or file any document (whether or not permitted by the Exchange Act) +to terminate or suspend such registration or to terminate or suspend its +reporting and filing obligations under the Exchange Act, and (b) prepare and +file with the SEC, at the Company’s expense, such amendments (including, without +limitation, post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement and such +Prospectus Supplements pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, in each +case, as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective pursuant +to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, and to keep the Registration +Statement and the Prospectus current and available for issuances and sales of +all of the Securities by the Company to the Investor, and for the resale of all +of the Securities by the Investor, at all times during the Registration Period +(it being hereby acknowledged and agreed that the Company shall prepare and file +with the SEC, at the Company’s expense, immediately prior to the third +anniversary of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement (the +“Renewal Date”), a new Registration Statement relating to the Securities, in a +form satisfactory to the Investor and its counsel, and the Company shall use its +commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be +declared effective within 180 days after the Renewal Date unless the +Registration Period has lapsed). The Investor shall furnish to the Company such +information regarding itself, the Securities held by it and the intended method +of distribution thereof as shall be reasonably requested by the Company in +connection with the preparation and filing of any such amendment to the +Registration Statement (or new Registration Statement) or any such Prospectus +Supplement, and shall otherwise cooperate with the Company as reasonably +requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of any +such amendment to the Registration Statement (or new Registration Statement) or +any such Prospectus Supplement. The Company shall comply with all applicable +federal, state and foreign securities laws in connection with the offer, +issuance and sale of the Securities contemplated by the Transaction Documents. +Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Company nor any of +its officers, directors or affiliates acting on the Company’s behalf will take, +directly or indirectly, any action designed or intended to stabilize or +manipulate the price of any security of the Company, or which would reasonably +be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of +any security of the Company. + +(j)    Stop Orders. The Company shall advise the Investor promptly (but in no +event later than 24 hours) and shall confirm such advice in writing: (i) of the +Company’s receipt of notice of any request by the SEC for amendment of or a +supplement to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Prospectus +Supplement or for any additional information with respect thereto; (ii) of the +Company’s receipt of notice of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order +suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or prohibiting or +suspending the use of the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement, or of the +Company’s receipt of any notification of the suspension of qualification of the +Securities for offering or sale in any + +  + +22 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +jurisdiction or the initiation or contemplated initiation of any proceeding for +such purpose; and (iii) of the Company becoming aware of the happening of any +event which makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration +Statement, the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement untrue or which requires +the making of any additions to or changes to the statements then made in the +Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement in order to +state a material fact required by the Securities Act to be stated therein or +necessary in order to make the statements then made therein (in the case of the +Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement, in light of the circumstances under +which they were made) not misleading, or of the necessity to amend the +Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement +to comply with the Securities Act or any other law. The Company shall not be +required to disclose to the Investor the substance or specific reasons of any of +the events set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) of the immediately preceding +sentence, but rather, shall only be required to disclose that the event has +occurred. The Company shall not deliver to the Investor any Regular Purchase +Notice, Accelerated Purchase Notice or Additional Accelerated Purchase Notice, +and the Investor shall not be obligated to purchase any shares of Common Stock +under this Agreement, during the continuation or pendency of any of the +foregoing events. If at any time the SEC shall issue any stop order suspending +the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or prohibiting or suspending the +use of the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement, the Company shall use +commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the +earliest possible time. The Company shall furnish to the Investor, without +charge, a copy of any correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC to the +Company or its representatives relating to the Registration Statement or the +Prospectus, as the case may be. + +(k)    Amendments to Registration Statement; Prospectus Supplements. Except as +provided in this Agreement and other than periodic and current reports required +to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act, the Company shall not file with the +SEC any amendment to the Registration Statement or any supplement to the Base +Prospectus that refers to the Investor, the Transaction Documents or the +transactions contemplated thereby (including, without limitation, any Prospectus +Supplement filed in connection with the transactions contemplated by the +Transaction Documents), in each case with respect to which (a) the Investor +shall not previously have been advised and afforded the opportunity to review +and comment thereon at least two (2) Business Days prior to filing with the SEC, +as the case may be, (b) the Company shall not have given due consideration to +any comments thereon received from the Investor or its counsel, or (c) the +Investor shall reasonably object, unless the Company reasonably has determined +that it is necessary to amend the Registration Statement or make any supplement +to the Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or any other applicable law +or regulation, in which case the Company shall promptly (but in no event later +than 24 hours) so inform the Investor, the Investor shall be provided with a +reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon any disclosure referring to +the Investor, the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated +thereby, as applicable, and the Company shall expeditiously furnish to the +Investor a copy thereof. In addition, for so long as, in the reasonable opinion +of counsel for the Investor, the Prospectus is required to be delivered in +connection with any acquisition or sale of Securities by the Investor, the +Company shall not file any Prospectus Supplement with respect to the Securities +without furnishing to the Investor as many copies of such Prospectus Supplement, +together with the Prospectus, as the Investor may reasonably request. + +(l)    Prospectus Delivery. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus +(and of each Prospectus Supplement thereto) in accordance with the provisions of +the Securities Act and with the securities or “blue sky” laws of the +jurisdictions in which the Securities may be sold by the Investor, in connection +with the offering and sale of the Securities and for such period of time +thereafter as the Prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered +in connection with sales of the Securities. The Company will make available to +the Investor upon request, and thereafter from time to time will furnish to the +Investor, as many copies of the Prospectus (and each Prospectus Supplement +thereto) as the Investor may reasonably request for the purposes contemplated by +the Securities Act within the time during which the Prospectus is required by +the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities. + +  + +23 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +If during such period of time any event shall occur that in the reasonable +judgment of the Company and its counsel, or in the reasonable judgment of the +Investor and its counsel, is required to be set forth in the Registration +Statement, the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement or should be set forth +therein in order to make the statements made therein (in the case of the +Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement, in light of the circumstances under +which they were made) not misleading, or if in the reasonable judgment of the +Company and its counsel, or in the reasonable judgment of the Investor and its +counsel, it is otherwise necessary to amend the Registration Statement or +supplement the Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement to comply with the +Securities Act or any other applicable law or regulation, the Company shall +forthwith prepare and, subject to Section 5(k) above, file with the SEC an +appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement or an appropriate Prospectus +Supplement and in each case shall expeditiously furnish to the Investor, at the +Company’s expense, such amendment to the Registration Statement or such +Prospectus Supplement, as applicable, as may be necessary to reflect any such +change or to effect such compliance. The Company shall have no obligation to +separately advise the Investor of, or deliver copies to the Investor of, the SEC +Documents, all of which the Investor shall be deemed to have notice and +knowledge of. + +(m)    Integration. From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company will +not, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that no Person +acting on its behalf will, directly or indirectly, make any offers or sales of +any security or solicit any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that +would cause this offering of the Securities to be integrated with other +offerings by the Company in a manner that would require stockholder approval +pursuant to the rules of the Principal Market on which any of the securities of +the Company are listed or designated, unless stockholder approval is obtained +before the closing of such subsequent transaction in accordance with the rules +of such Principal Market. + +(n)    Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds from the offering +as described in the Prospectus. + +(o)    Other Transactions. The Company shall not enter into, announce or +recommend to its stockholders any agreement, plan, arrangement or transaction in +or of which the terms thereof would restrict, materially delay, conflict with or +impair the ability or right of the Company to perform its obligations under the +Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the obligation of the +Company to deliver the Purchase Shares and the Commitment Shares to the Investor +in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents. + +(p)    Required Filings Relating to Purchases. To the extent required under the +Securities Act or under interpretations by the SEC thereof, as promptly as +practicable after the close of each of the Company’s fiscal quarters (or on such +other dates as required under the Securities Act or under interpretations by the +SEC thereof), the Company shall prepare a Prospectus Supplement, which will set +forth the number of Purchase Shares sold to the Investor during such quarterly +period (or other relevant period), the purchase price for such Purchase Shares +and the net proceeds received by the Company from such sales, and shall file +such Prospectus Supplement with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the +Securities Act (and within the time periods required by Rule 424(b) and Rule +430B under the Securities Act). If any such quarterly Prospectus Supplement is +not required to be filed under the Securities Act or under interpretations by +the SEC thereof, the Company shall disclose the information referenced in the +immediately preceding sentence in its annual report on Form 10-K or its +quarterly report on Form 10-Q (as applicable) in respect of the quarterly period +that ended immediately before the filing of such report in which sales of +Purchase Shares were made to the Investor under this Agreement, and file such +report with the SEC within the applicable time period required by the Exchange +Act. The Company shall not file any Prospectus Supplement pursuant to this +Section 5(p), and shall not file any report containing disclosure relating to +such sales of Purchase Shares, unless a copy of such Prospectus Supplement or +disclosure has been submitted to the Investor a reasonable period of time before +the filing and the Investor has not reasonably objected thereto (it being +acknowledged and agreed that the Company shall not submit any portion of any +Form 10-K or Form 10-Q + +  + +24 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +other than the specific disclosure relating to any sales of Purchase Shares). +The Company shall also furnish copies of all such Prospectus Supplements to each +exchange or market in the United States on which sales of the Purchase Shares +may be made as may be required by the rules or regulations of such exchange or +market, if applicable. + +(q)    No Variable Rate Transactions. From and after the date of this Agreement +until the earlier of (i) the 36-month anniversary of the date of this Agreement, +(ii) 6 months following the date on which the Company shall have received the +full Available Amount pursuant to this Agreement and (iii) in the event of early +termination of this Agreement, the date on which the Investor shall have sold +all of the Securities acquired by the Investor hereunder, the Company shall be +prohibited from effecting or entering into an agreement to effect any issuance +by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Common Stock or Common Stock +Equivalents (or a combination of units thereof) involving a Variable Rate +Transaction, other than in connection with an Exempt Issuance. The Investor +shall be entitled to obtain injunctive relief against the Company and its +Subsidiaries to preclude any such issuance, which remedy shall be in addition to +any right to collect damages, without the necessity of showing economic loss and +without any bond or other security being required. “Common Stock Equivalents” +means any securities of the Company or its Subsidiaries which entitle the holder +thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any +debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at +any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise +entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock. “Variable Rate +Transaction” means a transaction in which the Company (i) issues or sells any +debt or equity securities that are convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable +for, or include the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock or Common +Stock Equivalents either (A) at a conversion price, exercise price, exchange +rate or other price that is based upon and/or varies with the trading prices of +or quotations for the Common Stock at any time after the initial issuance of +such debt or equity securities (including, without limitation, pursuant to any +“cashless exercise” provision), or (B) with a conversion, exercise or exchange +price that is subject to being reset at some future date after the initial +issuance of such debt or equity security or upon the occurrence of specified or +contingent events directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company +or the market for the Common Stock (including, without limitation, any “full +ratchet” or “weighted average” anti-dilution provisions), (ii) issues or sells +any debt or equity securities, including without limitation, Common Stock or +Common Stock Equivalents, either (A) at a price that is subject to being reset +at some future date after the initial issuance of such debt or equity security +or upon the occurrence of specified or contingent events directly or indirectly +related to the business of the Company or the market for the Common Stock, or +(B) that is subject to or contains any put, call, redemption, buy-back, +price-reset or other similar provision or mechanism (including, without +limitation, a “Black-Scholes” put or call right) that provides for the issuance +of additional debt or equity securities of the Company or the payment of cash by +the Company, or (iii) enters into any agreement, including, but not limited to, +an “equity line of credit”, “at-the-market offering” or other continuous +offering or similar offering of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, +whereby the Company may sell Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents at a +future determined price. “Exempt Issuance” means the issuance of (a) Common +Stock, restricted stock units or options to employees, officers, directors or +vendors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for +such purpose, by the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a +committee of directors established for such purpose, (b) securities upon the +exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder, and/or +of or for any Securities issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, +provided that such securities have not been amended following the date of this +Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise +price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in +connection with a reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock +split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction), (c) securities issued +pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by the Board of +Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of directors established +for such purpose, which acquisitions or strategic transactions can have a +Variable Rate Transaction component, provided that any such issuance shall only +be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or +through its subsidiaries, an + +  + +25 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +operating company or an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the +Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the +investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is +issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity +whose primary business is investing in securities, or (d) shares of Common Stock +issued and sold pursuant to (1) the Controlled Equity OfferingSM Sales +Agreement, dated August 12, 2019, by and between the Company and Cantor +Fitzgerald & Co. and (2) any other “at-the-market offering” of Common Stock +through a registered broker-dealer pursuant to an agreement executed from and +after the date of this Agreement. + +  + +6. + +TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS. + +(a)    On the date of this Agreement, the Company shall issue to the Transfer +Agent (and any subsequent transfer agent) irrevocable instructions, in the form +substantially similar to those used by the Investor in substantially similar +transactions, to issue the Purchase Shares and the Commitment Shares in +accordance with the terms of this Agreement (the “Irrevocable Transfer Agent +Instructions”). All Securities to be issued to or for the benefit of the +Investor pursuant to this Agreement shall be issued as DWAC Shares. The Company +warrants to the Investor that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer +Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 6 will be given by the Company to +the Transfer Agent with respect to the Securities, and the Securities shall +otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company. + +  + +7. + +CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY’S RIGHT TO COMMENCE SALES OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK. + +The right of the Company hereunder to commence sales of the Purchase Shares on +the Commencement Date is subject to the satisfaction or, where legally +permissible, the waiver of each of the following conditions: + +(a)    The Investor shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents and +delivered the same to the Company; + +(b)    No stop order with respect to the Registration Statement shall be pending +or threatened by the SEC; + +(c)    All federal, state, local and foreign governmental laws, rules and +regulations applicable to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction +Documents and necessary for the execution, delivery and performance of the +Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated +thereby in accordance with the terms thereof shall have been complied with, and +all consents, authorizations and orders of, and all filings and registrations +with, all federal, state, local and foreign courts or governmental agencies and +all federal, state, local and foreign regulatory or self-regulatory agencies +necessary for the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction +Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby in +accordance with the terms thereof shall have been obtained or made, including, +without limitation, in each case those required prior to the commencement of +sales of Purchase Shares under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, applicable +state securities or “Blue Sky” laws or applicable rules and regulations of the +Principal Market or otherwise required by the SEC, the Principal Market, or any +state securities regulators; + +(d)    No statute, regulation, order, decree, writ, ruling or injunction shall +have been enacted, entered, promulgated, threatened or endorsed by any federal, +state or local court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which +prohibits the consummation of or which would materially modify or delay any of +the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; + +  + +26 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(e)    All Securities to be issued by the Company to the Investor under the +Transaction Documents shall have been approved for listing on the Principal +Market in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the Principal +Market, subject only to official notice of issuance; and + +(f)    The representations and warranties of the Investor shall be true and +correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any of such +representations and warranties is already qualified as to materiality in +Section 3 above, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be +true and correct without further qualification) as of the date hereof and as of +the Commencement Date as though made at that time. + +  + +8. + +CONDITIONS TO THE INVESTOR’S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK. + +The obligation of the Investor to buy Purchase Shares under this Agreement is +subject to the satisfaction or, where legally permissible, the waiver of each of +the following conditions on or prior to the Commencement Date and, once such +conditions have been initially satisfied, there shall not be any ongoing +obligation to satisfy such conditions after the Commencement has occurred: + +(a)    The Company shall have executed each of the Transaction Documents and +delivered the same to the Investor; + +(b)    The Common Stock shall be listed on the Principal Market, and all +Securities to be issued by the Company to the Investor pursuant to this +Agreement shall have been approved for listing on the Principal Market in +accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the Principal Market, +subject only to official notice of issuance; + +(c)    The Investor shall have received the opinions and the negative assurances +letter of the Company’s legal counsel dated as of the Commencement Date +substantially in the form agreed to prior to the date of this Agreement by the +Company’s legal counsel and the Investor’s legal counsel; + +(d)    The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and +correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any of such +representations and warranties is already qualified as to materiality in +Section 4 above, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be +true and correct without further qualification) as of the date when made and as +of the Commencement Date as though made at that time (except for representations +and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have +performed, satisfied and complied with the covenants, agreements and conditions +required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied +with by the Company at or prior to the Commencement Date. The Investor shall +have received a certificate, executed by the CEO, President or CFO of the +Company, dated as of the Commencement Date, to the foregoing effect in the form +attached hereto as Exhibit A; + +(e)    The Board of Directors of the Company, or a duly authorized committee of +the Board of Directors, shall have adopted resolutions substantially in the form +attached hereto as Exhibit C which shall be in full force and effect without any +amendment or supplement thereto as of the Commencement Date; + +(f)    As of the Commencement Date, the Company shall have reserved out of its +authorized and unissued Common Stock, (i) solely for the purpose of effecting +purchases of Purchase Shares hereunder, 20,833,333 shares of Common Stock, and +(ii) solely for the purpose of effecting the issuance of Additional Commitment +Shares hereunder, 171,585 shares of Common Stock; + +  + +27 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(g)    The Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions shall have been delivered to +and acknowledged in writing by the Company and the Company’s Transfer Agent (or +any successor transfer agent), and the Initial Commitment Shares required to be +issued on the date of this Agreement in accordance with Section 5(e) hereof +shall have been issued directly to the Investor electronically as DWAC Shares; + +(h)    The Company shall have delivered to the Investor a certificate evidencing +the incorporation and good standing of the Company in the State of Delaware +issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; + +(i)    The Company shall have delivered to the Investor a certified copy of the +Certificate of Incorporation as certified by the Secretary of State of the State +of Delaware within ten (10) Business Days of the Commencement Date; + +(j)    The Company shall have delivered to the Investor a secretary’s +certificate executed by the Secretary of the Company, dated as of the +Commencement Date, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B; + +(k)    The Registration Statement shall continue to be effective and no stop +order with respect to the Registration Statement shall be pending or threatened +by the SEC. The Company shall have a maximum dollar amount of Common Stock +registered under the Registration Statement which is sufficient to issue to the +Investor not less than (i) the full Available Amount worth of Purchase Shares +plus (ii) all of the Commitment Shares. The Current Report and the Initial +Prospectus Supplement each shall have been filed with the SEC, as required +pursuant to Section 5(a), and copies of the Prospectus shall have been delivered +to the Investor in accordance with Section 5(m) hereof. The Prospectus shall be +current and available for issuances and sales of all of the Securities by the +Company to the Investor and for the resale of all of the Securities by the +Investor. Any other Prospectus Supplements required to have been filed by the +Company with the SEC under the Securities Act at or prior to the Commencement +Date shall have been filed with the SEC within the applicable time periods +prescribed for such filings under the Securities Act. All reports, schedules, +registrations, forms, statements, information and other documents required to +have been filed by the Company with the SEC at or prior to the Commencement Date +pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act shall have been filed +with the SEC within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings +under the Exchange Act; + +(l)    No Event of Default (as defined below) has occurred, or any event which, +after notice and/or lapse of time, would become an Event of Default has +occurred; + +(m)    All federal, state and local governmental laws, rules and regulations +applicable to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and +necessary for the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction +Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby in +accordance with the terms thereof shall have been complied with, and all +consents, authorizations and orders of, and all filings and registrations with, +all federal, state and local courts or governmental agencies and all federal, +state and local regulatory or self-regulatory agencies necessary for the +execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the +consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby in accordance with the +terms thereof shall have been obtained or made, including, without limitation, +in each case those required under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, +applicable state securities or “Blue Sky” laws or applicable rules and +regulations of the Principal Market, or otherwise required by the SEC, the +Principal Market or any state securities regulators; + +(n)    No statute, regulation, order, decree, writ, ruling or injunction shall +have been enacted, entered, promulgated, threatened or endorsed by any federal, +state, local or foreign court or governmental authority of competent +jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of or which would materially +modify or delay any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction +Documents; and + +  + +28 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(o)    No action, suit or proceeding before any federal, state, local or foreign +arbitrator or any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction +shall have been commenced or threatened, and no inquiry or investigation by any +federal, state, local or foreign governmental authority of competent +jurisdiction shall have been commenced or threatened, against the Company, or +any of the officers, directors or affiliates of the Company, seeking to +restrain, prevent or change the transactions contemplated by the Transaction +Documents, or seeking material damages in connection with such transactions. + +  + +9. + +INDEMNIFICATION. + +In consideration of the Investor’s execution and delivery of the Transaction +Documents and acquiring the Securities hereunder and in addition to all of the +Company’s other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall +defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Investor and all of its +affiliates, stockholders, officers, directors, members, managers, employees and +direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing Person’s agents or other +representatives (including, without limitation, those retained in connection +with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the +“Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, +claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in +connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to +the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including +reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “Indemnified Liabilities”), +incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of or relating to: +(a) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by +the Company in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or +document contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) any breach of any covenant, +agreement or obligation of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents or +any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby, +(c) any cause of action, suit or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee +and arising out of or resulting from the execution, delivery, performance or +enforcement of the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or +document contemplated hereby or thereby, (d) any violation of the Securities +Act, the Exchange Act, state securities or “Blue Sky” laws, or the rules and +regulations of the Principal Market in connection with the transactions +contemplated by the Transaction Documents by the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors or employees, (e) any untrue +statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained, or +incorporated by reference, in the Registration Statement or any amendment +thereto or any omission or alleged omission to state therein, or in any document +incorporated by reference therein, a material fact required to be stated therein +or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (f) any untrue +statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained, or +incorporated by reference, in the Prospectus, or any omission or alleged +omission to state therein, or in any document incorporated by reference therein, +a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the +statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, +not misleading; provided, however, that (I) the indemnity contained in clause +(c) of this Section 9 shall not apply to any Indemnified Liabilities which +directly and primarily result from the fraud, gross negligence or willful +misconduct of an Indemnitee, (II) the indemnity contained in clauses (d), (e) +and (f) of this Section 9 shall not apply to any Indemnified Liabilities to the +extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue +statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in +reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the +Company by or on behalf of the Investor expressly for use in any Prospectus +Supplement (it being hereby acknowledged and agreed that the written information +set forth on Exhibit D attached hereto is the only written information furnished +to the Company by or on behalf of the Investor expressly for use in the Initial +Prospectus Supplement), if the Prospectus was timely made available by the +Company to the Investor pursuant to Section 5(l), (III) the indemnity contained +in clauses (d), (e) and (f) of this Section 9 shall not inure to the benefit of +the Investor to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities are based on a failure +of the Investor to deliver or to cause to be delivered the Prospectus made +available by the Company, if such Prospectus was timely made available by the +Company pursuant to Section 5(l), and if delivery of the Prospectus would have +cured the defect giving rise to such Indemnified Liabilities, and (IV) the +indemnity in this Section 9 shall not apply to amounts paid + +  + +29 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +in settlement of any claim if such settlement is effected without the prior +written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably +withheld, conditioned or delayed. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking +by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the +maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified +Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law. Payment under this +indemnification shall be made within thirty (30) days from the date the +Indemnitee makes written request for it. A certificate containing reasonable +detail as to the amount of such indemnification submitted to the Company by the +Indemnitee shall be conclusive evidence, absent manifest error, of the amount +due from the Company to the Indemnitee, provided that the Indemnitee shall +undertake to repay any amounts paid to it hereunder if it is ultimately +determined, by a final and non-appealable order of a court of competent +jurisdiction, that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified against such +Indemnified Liabilities by the Company pursuant to this Agreement. If any action +shall be brought against any Indemnitee in respect of which indemnity may be +sought pursuant to this Agreement, such Indemnitee shall promptly notify the +Company in writing, and the Company shall have the right to assume the defense +thereof with counsel of its own choosing reasonably acceptable to the +Indemnitee. Any Indemnitee shall have the right to employ separate counsel in +any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and +expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnitee, except to +the extent that (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by +the Company in writing, (ii) the Company has failed after a reasonable period of +time to assume such defense and to employ counsel or (iii) in such action there +is, in the reasonable opinion of such separate counsel, a material conflict on +any material issue between the position of the Company and the position of such +Indemnitee, in which case the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable +fees and expenses of no more than one such separate counsel. + +  + +10. + +EVENTS OF DEFAULT. + +An “Event of Default” shall be deemed to have occurred at any time as any of the +following events occurs: + +(a)    the effectiveness of the Registration Statement registering the +Securities lapses for any reason (including, without limitation, the issuance of +a stop order or similar order), the Registration Statement or any Prospectus is +unavailable for the sale by the Company to the Investor (or the resale by the +Investor) of any or all of the Securities to be issued to the Investor under the +Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, as a result of any failure +of the Company to satisfy all of the requirements for the use of a registration +statement on Form S-3 pursuant to the Securities Act for the offering and sale +of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement), and any such lapse or +unavailability continues for a period of ten (10) consecutive Business Days or +for more than an aggregate of thirty (30) Business Days in any 365-day period; + +(b)    the suspension of the Common Stock from trading on the Principal Market +for a period of one (1) Business Day, provided that the Company may not direct +the Investor to purchase any shares of Common Stock during any such suspension; + +(c)    the delisting of the Common Stock from theNYSE American provided, +however, that the Common Stock is not immediately thereafter trading on The +NASDAQ Capital Market, The NASDAQ Global Market, The NASDAQ Global Select +Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE Arca, the OTC Bulletin Board, or +the OTCQB or the OTCQX operated by the OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or any +nationally recognized successor to any of the foregoing); + +(d)    the failure for any reason by the Transfer Agent to issue (i) the +Additional Commitment Shares to the Investor within three (3) Business Days +after the date on which the Investor is entitled to receive such Additional +Commitment Shares pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof and (ii) Purchase Shares to +the Investor within three (3) Business Days after the applicable Purchase Date +or Accelerated Purchase Date (as applicable) on which the Investor is entitled +to receive such Purchase Shares; + +  + +30 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(e)    the Company breaches any representation, warranty, covenant or other term +or condition under any Transaction Document if such breach could have a Material +Adverse Effect and except, in the case of a breach of a covenant which is +reasonably curable, only if such breach continues for a period of at least five +(5) Business Days; + +(f)    if any Person commences a proceeding against the Company pursuant to or +within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law; + +(g)    if the Company is at any time insolvent, or, pursuant to or within the +meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, (i) commences a voluntary case, (ii) consents to +the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, +(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or +substantially all of its property, or (iv) makes a general assignment for the +benefit of its creditors or is generally unable to pay its debts as the same +become due; + +(h)    a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any +Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary +case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all +of its property, or (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any +Subsidiary; + +(i)    if at any time the Company is not eligible to transfer its Common Stock +electronically as DWAC Shares; or + +(j)    if at any time after the Commencement Date, the Exchange Cap is reached +(to the extent the Exchange Cap is applicable pursuant to Section 2(e) hereof). + +In addition to any other rights and remedies under applicable law and this +Agreement, so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or if +any event which, after notice and/or lapse of time, would become an Event of +Default, has occurred and is continuing, or so long as the Closing Sale Price is +below the Floor Price, the Company shall not deliver to the Investor any Regular +Purchase Notice, Accelerated Purchase Notice or Additional Accelerated Purchase +Notice, and the Investor shall not purchase any shares of Common Stock under +this Agreement. + +  + +11. + +TERMINATION + +This Agreement may be terminated only as follows: + +(a)    If pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, the Company +commences a voluntary case or any Person commences a proceeding against the +Company, a Custodian is appointed for the Company or for all or substantially +all of its property, or the Company makes a general assignment for the benefit +of its creditors (any of which would be an Event of Default as described in +Sections 10(f), 10(g) and 10(h) hereof), this Agreement shall automatically +terminate without any liability or payment to the Company (except as set forth +below) without further action or notice by any Person. + +(b)    In the event that the Commencement shall not have occurred on or before +March 10, 2020, due to the failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in +Sections 7 and 8 above with respect to the Commencement, either the Company or +the Investor shall have the option to terminate this Agreement at the close of +business on such date or thereafter without liability of any party to any other +party (except as set forth below); provided, however, that the right to +terminate this Agreement under this Section 11(b) shall not be available to any +party if such party is then in breach of any covenant or agreement contained in + +  + +31 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +this Agreement or any representation or warranty of such party contained in this +Agreement fails to be true and correct such that the conditions set forth in +Section 7(f) or Section 8(d), as applicable, could not then be satisfied. + +(c)    At any time after the Commencement Date, the Company shall have the +option to terminate this Agreement for any reason or for no reason by delivering +notice (a “Company Termination Notice”) to the Investor electing to terminate +this Agreement without any liability whatsoever of any party to any other party +under this Agreement (except as set forth below). The Company Termination Notice +shall not be effective until one (1) Business Day after it has been received by +the Investor. + +(d)    This Agreement shall automatically terminate on the date that the Company +sells and the Investor purchases the full Available Amount as provided herein, +without any action or notice on the part of any party and without any liability +whatsoever of any party to any other party under this Agreement (except as set +forth below). + +(e)    If, for any reason or for no reason, the full Available Amount has not +been purchased in accordance with Section 2 of this Agreement by the Maturity +Date, this Agreement shall automatically terminate on the Maturity Date, without +any action or notice on the part of any party and without any liability +whatsoever of any party to any other party under this Agreement (except as set +forth below). + +Except as set forth in Sections 11(a) (in respect of an Event of Default under +Sections 10(f), 10(g) and 10(h)), 11(d) and 11(e), any termination of this +Agreement pursuant to this Section 11 shall be effected by written notice from +the Company to the Investor, or the Investor to the Company, as the case may be, +setting forth the basis for the termination hereof. The representations and +warranties and covenants of the Company and the Investor contained in Sections +3, 4, 5, and 6 hereof, the indemnification provisions set forth in Section 9 +hereof and the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 10, 11 and 12 +shall survive the Commencement and any termination of this Agreement. No +termination of this Agreement shall (i) affect the Company’s or the Investor’s +rights or obligations under (A) this Agreement with respect to pending Regular +Purchases, Accelerated Purchases, and Additional Accelerated Purchases and the +Company and the Investor shall complete their respective obligations with +respect to any pending Regular Purchases, Accelerated Purchases and Additional +Accelerated Purchases under this Agreement and (B) the Registration Rights +Agreement, which shall survive any such termination in accordance with its +terms, or (ii) be deemed to release the Company or the Investor from any +liability for intentional misrepresentation or willful breach of any of the +Transaction Documents. + +  + +12. + +MISCELLANEOUS. + +(a)    Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial. The corporate laws of the State +of Delaware shall govern all issues concerning the relative rights of the +Company and its stockholders. All other questions concerning the construction, +validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement and the other +Transaction Documents shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of +Illinois, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law +provision or rule (whether of the State of Illinois or any other jurisdictions) +that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the +State of Illinois. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive +jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the State of Illinois, +County of Cook, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or under the other +Transaction Documents or in connection herewith or therewith, or with any +transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably +waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim +that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that +such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the +venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby +irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being +served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such +party at the address for such + +  + +32 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute +good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained +herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any +manner permitted by law. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY +HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY +DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR +ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. + +(b)    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical +counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and +shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and +delivered to the other party; provided that a facsimile signature or signature +delivered by e-mail in a “.pdf” format data file shall be considered due +execution and shall be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force +and effect as if the signature were an original signature. + +(c)    Headings. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference +and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement. + +(d)    Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or +unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not +affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that +jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this +Agreement in any other jurisdiction. + +(e)    Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents supersede all other prior +oral or written agreements between the Investor, the Company, their affiliates +and Persons acting on their behalf with respect to the subject matter thereof, +and this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments +referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect +to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth +herein or therein, neither the Company nor the Investor makes any +representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. +The Company acknowledges and agrees that is has not relied on, in any manner +whatsoever, any representations or statements, written or oral, other than as +expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents. + +(f)    Notices. Any notices, consents or other communications required or +permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and +will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt when delivered +personally; (ii) upon receipt when sent by facsimile or email (provided +confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and +kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one Business Day after deposit with +a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly +addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses for such +communications shall be: + +If to the Company: + +Transenterix, Inc. + +635 Davis Drive, Suite 300 + +Morrisville NC 27560 + +Telephone:    919.765.8400 + +E-mail:           afernando@transenterix.com + +Attention:      Anthony Fernando, President and CEO + +  + +33 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice or service of process): + +Ballard Spahr LLP + +1735 Market Street, 51st Floor + +Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 + +Telephone:    215-864-8631 + +Facsimile:      215-864-8999 + +Email:           mullany@ballardspahr.com + +Attention:     Mary J. Mullany, Esq. + +And to: + +Joshua Weingard, Chief Legal Officer + +4400 Biscayne Blvd. + +Miami, Fl 33137 + +Telephone:    305-778-1031 + +Email:            jweingard@transenterix.com + +If to the Investor: + +Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC + +440 North Wells, Suite 410 + +Chicago, IL 60654 + +Telephone:    312.822.9300 + +Facsimile:     312.822.9301 + +E-mail:           jscheinfeld@lpcfunds.com/jcope@lpcfunds.com + +Attention:     Josh Scheinfeld/Jonathan Cope + +With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice or service of process): + +K&L Gates, LLP + +200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Ste. 3900 + +Miami, Florida 33131 + +Telephone:    305.539.3306 + +Facsimile:     305.358.7095 + +E-mail:           clayton.parker@klgates.com + +Attention:      Clayton E. Parker, Esq. + +If to the Transfer Agent: + +Continental Stock & Transfer Company + +1 State Street, 30th Floor + +New York, New York 10004-1561 + +Telephone:    212-845-3269 + +Facsimile:     + +Attention:     Steven Vacante + +or at such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such +other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to +each other party three (3) Business Days prior to the effectiveness of such +change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such +notice, + +  + +34 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +consent or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by +the sender’s facsimile machine or email account containing the time, date, and +recipient facsimile number or email address, as applicable, and an image of the +first page of such transmission or (C) provided by a nationally recognized +overnight delivery service, shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, +receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery +service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively. + +(g)    Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to +the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns. The +Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder +without the prior written consent of the Investor, including by merger or +consolidation. The Investor may not assign its rights or obligations under this +Agreement. + +(h)    No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit +of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, +and, except as set forth in Section 9, is not for the benefit of, nor may any +provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person. + +(i)    Publicity. The Company shall afford the Investor and its counsel with the +opportunity to review and comment upon, shall consult with the Investor and its +counsel on the form and substance of, and shall give due consideration to all +such comments from the Investor or its counsel on, any press release, SEC filing +or any other public disclosure by or on behalf of the Company relating to the +Investor, its purchases hereunder or any aspect of the Transaction Documents or +the transactions contemplated thereby, not less than 24 hours prior to the +issuance, filing or public disclosure thereof. The Investor must be provided +with a final version of any such press release, SEC filing or other public +disclosure at least 24 hours prior to any release, filing or use by the Company +thereof; provided, however, that the Company’s obligations pursuant to this +Section 12(i) shall not apply if the form and substance of such press release, +SEC filing, or other public disclosure relating to the Investor, its purchases +hereunder or any aspect of the Transaction Documents or the transactions +contemplated thereby previously have been publicly disclosed by the Company in +compliance with this Section 12(i). The Company agrees and acknowledges that its +failure to fully comply with this provision constitutes a Material Adverse +Effect. + +(j)    Further Assurances. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done +and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver +all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other +party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the +purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated +hereby. + +(k)    No Financial Advisor, Placement Agent, Broker or Finder. The Company +represents and warrants to the Investor that, except as disclosed in Schedule +4(x), it has not engaged any financial advisor, placement agent, broker or +finder in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. The Investor +represents and warrants to the Company that it has not engaged any financial +advisor, placement agent, broker or finder in connection with the transactions +contemplated hereby. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any +fees or commissions, if any, of any financial advisor, placement agent, broker +or finder relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby. +The Company shall pay, and hold the Investor harmless against, any liability, +loss or expense (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and out of +pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such claim. + +(l)    No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be +deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, +and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party. + +  + +35 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(m)    Remedies, Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The +Investor’s remedies provided in this Agreement, including, without limitation, +the Investor’s remedies provided in Section 9, shall be cumulative and in +addition to all other remedies available to the Investor under this Agreement, +at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other +injunctive relief), no remedy of the Investor contained herein shall be deemed a +waiver of compliance with the provisions giving rise to such remedy and nothing +herein shall limit the Investor’s right to pursue actual damages for any failure +by the Company to comply with the terms of this Agreement. The Company +acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause +irreparable harm to the Investor and that the remedy at law for any such breach +may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such +breach or threatened breach, the Investor shall be entitled, in addition to all +other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the +necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being +required. + +(n)    Enforcement Costs. In the event of a dispute arising out of or relating +to this Agreement, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final, +non-appealable order that a party has breached this Agreement, then, in addition +to any other available remedies, the non-breaching party shall be entitled to, +and the breaching party shall be liable for, the reasonable legal fees and +expenses incurred by the non-breaching party in connection with the dispute, +including any appeals in connection therewith. If this Agreement is placed by +the Investor in the hands of an attorney for enforcement or is enforced by the +Investor through any legal proceeding or an attorney is retained to represent +the Investor in any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other +proceedings affecting creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this +Agreement, then the Company shall pay to the Investor, as incurred by the +Investor, all reasonable costs and expenses including reasonable attorneys’ fees +incurred in connection therewith, in addition to all other amounts due +hereunder. If this Agreement is placed by the Company in the hands of an +attorney for enforcement or is enforced by the Company through any legal +proceeding, then the Investor shall pay to the Company, as incurred by the +Company, all reasonable costs and expenses including reasonable attorneys’ fees +incurred in connection therewith, in addition to all other amounts due +hereunder. + +(o)    Amendment and Waiver; Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver. No provision of +this Agreement may be waived other than in a written instrument signed by the +party against whom enforcement of such waiver is sought. No failure or delay in +the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a +waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, +right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other +right, power or privilege. + +** Signature Page Follows ** + +  + +36 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor and the Company have caused this Purchase +Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above. + +  + +THE COMPANY: TRANSENTERIX, INC. By:   + +/s/ Anthony Fernando + +Name:   Anthony Fernando Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer +INVESTOR: LINCOLN PARK CAPITAL FUND, LLC BY: LINCOLN PARK CAPITAL, LLC BY: +Rockledge Capital Corporation By:   + +/s/ Joshua Scheinfeld + +Name:   Joshua Scheinfeld Title:   President + +  + +37 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +EXHIBITS + +  + +Exhibit A    Form of Officer’s Certificate Exhibit B    Form of Secretary’s +Certificate Exhibit C    Form of Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the +Company Exhibit D    Information About the Investor Furnished to the Company + +  + +38 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES + +Schedule 4(a) – Subsidiaries + +TransEnterix Surgical, Inc. + +Safestitch LLC + +TransEnterix International, Inc. + +TransEnterix Italia, S.r.l. + +TransEnterix Europe S.à.R.L + +TransEnterix Asia Pte. Ltd. + +TransEnterix Taiwan Ltd. + +TransEnterix Japan KK + +TransEnterix Israel Ltd. + +TransEnterix Netherlands, B.V. + +Schedule 4(x) – Agent Fees + +None + +  + +39 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +EXHIBIT A + +FORM OF OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE + +This Officer’s Certificate (“Certificate”) is being delivered pursuant to +Section 8(d) of that certain Purchase Agreement dated as of February 10, 2020, +(“Purchase Agreement”), by and between TRANSENTERIX, INC., a Delaware +corporation (the “Company”), and LINCOLN PARK CAPITAL FUND, LLC (the +“Investor”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have +the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement. + +The undersigned, Anthony Fernando, President and Chief Executive Officer of the +Company, hereby certifies, on behalf of the Company and not in his individual +capacity, as follows: + +1.    I am the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and make the +statements contained in this Certificate; + +2.    The representations and warranties of the Company are true and correct in +all material respects (except to the extent that any of such representations and +warranties is already qualified as to materiality in Section 4 of the Purchase +Agreement, in which case, such representations and warranties are true and +correct without further qualification) as of the date when made and as of the +Commencement Date as though made at that time (except for representations and +warranties that speak as of a specific date); + +3.    The Company has performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects +with covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents +to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the +Commencement Date. + +4.    The Company has not taken any steps, and does not currently expect to take +any steps, to seek protection pursuant to any Bankruptcy Law nor does the +Company or any of its Subsidiaries currently have any knowledge or reason to +believe that its creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy or +insolvency proceedings. The Company is currently financially solvent and is +generally able to pay its debts as they become due. + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunder signed my name as of the date first written +above. + +  + +                                              + +Name:   Anthony Fernando Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer + +The undersigned as Interim Chief Financial Officer of TransEnterix, Inc., a +Delaware corporation, hereby certifies that Anthony Fernando is the duly +elected, appointed, qualified and acting President and Chief Executive Officer +of TransEnterix, Inc., and that the signature appearing above is his genuine +signature. + +  + +                                               + +Name:   Brett Farabaugh Title:   Interim Chief Financial Officer + +  + +40 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +EXHIBIT B + +FORM OF SECRETARY’S CERTIFICATE + +This Secretary’s Certificate (“Certificate”) is being delivered pursuant to +Section 8(j) of that certain Purchase Agreement dated as of February 10, 2020, +(“Purchase Agreement”), by and between TRANSENTERIX, INC., a Delaware +corporation (the “Company”) and LINCOLN PARK CAPITAL FUND, LLC (the “Investor”), +pursuant to which the Company may sell to the Investor up to Twenty-Five Million +Dollars ($25,000,000) of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value (the +“Common Stock”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall +have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement. + +The undersigned, Joshua Weingard, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of the +Company, hereby certifies, on behalf of the Company and not in his individual +capacity, as follows: + +1.    I am the Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of the Company and make the +statements contained in this Secretary’s Certificate. + +2.    Attached hereto as Exhibit A and Exhibit B are true, correct and complete +copies of the Company’s Bylaws (“Bylaws”) and Certificate of Incorporation +(“Charter”), in each case, as amended through the date hereof, and no action has +been taken by the Company, its directors, officers or stockholders, in +contemplation of the filing of any further amendment relating to or affecting +the Bylaws or Charter. + +3.    Attached hereto as Exhibit C are true, correct and complete copies of the +resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on February +[___], 2020, at which a quorum was present and acting throughout. Such +resolutions have not been amended, modified or rescinded and remain in full +force and effect and such resolutions are the only resolutions adopted by the +Company’s Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, or the stockholders of +the Company relating to or affecting (i) the entering into and performance of +the Purchase Agreement, or the issuance, offering and sale of the Purchase +Shares and the Commitment Shares and (ii) and the performance of the Company of +its obligation under the Transaction Documents as contemplated therein. + +4.    As of the date hereof, the authorized, issued and reserved capital stock +of the Company is as set forth on Exhibit D hereto. + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunder signed my name as of the date first written +above. + +  + +  + +Joshua Weingard Secretary, Chief Legal Officer + +The undersigned as Interim Chief Financial Officer of TransEnterix, Inc., a +Delaware corporation, hereby certifies that Joshua Weingard is the duly elected, +appointed, qualified and acting Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of +TransEnterix, Inc., and that the signature appearing above is his genuine +signature. + +  + +  + +Name:   Brett Farabaugh Title:   Interim Chief Financial Officer + +  + +41 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +EXHIBIT C + +FORM OF COMPANY RESOLUTIONS + +FOR SIGNING PURCHASE AGREEMENT + +WHEREAS, there has been presented to the Board of Directors of the Corporation a +draft of the Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and between +TransEnterix, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and Lincoln Park +Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln Park”), providing for the purchase by Lincoln Park +of up to Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) of the Corporation’s common +stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”); and + +WHEREAS, after careful consideration of the terms and conditions of the Purchase +Agreement, the documents incident thereto and other factors deemed relevant by +the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors has determined that it is +advisable and in the best interests of the Corporation to engage in the +transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, including, but not limited +to, the issuance of up to 514,756 shares of Common Stock (the “Commitment +Shares”) to Lincoln Park as a commitment fee, of which 343,171 are to be issued +upon the signing of the Purchase Agreement (the “Initial Commitment Shares”) and +the sale of shares of Common Stock to Lincoln Park up to the available amount +under the Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Shares”). + +Transaction Documents + +NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the transactions described in the Purchase +Agreement are hereby approved and                                          (the +“Authorized Officers”) are severally authorized to execute and deliver the +Purchase Agreement, and any other agreements or documents contemplated thereby, +with such amendments, changes, additions and deletions as the Authorized +Officers may deem to be appropriate and approve on behalf of, the Corporation, +such approval to be conclusively evidenced by the signature of an Authorized +Officer thereon; and + +FURTHER RESOLVED, that the terms and provisions of the forms of Irrevocable +Transfer Agent Instructions (the “Instructions”) are hereby approved and the +Authorized Officers are authorized to execute and deliver the Instructions on +behalf of the Company in accordance with the Purchase Agreement, with such +amendments, changes, additions and deletions as the Authorized Officers may deem +appropriate and approve, on behalf of the Corporation, such approval to be +conclusively evidenced by the signature of an Authorized Officer thereon; and + +Execution of Purchase Agreement + +FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be and each of them hereby is +authorized to execute and deliver the Purchase Agreement in substantially the +form presented to the Board of Directors and providing for the issuance and sale +of up to Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) of the Common Stock to +Lincoln Park; and + +Issuance of Common Stock + +FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporation is hereby authorized to issue to Lincoln +Park 343,171 shares of Common Stock as Initial Commitment Shares upon execution +and delivery of the Purchase Agreement by the Company and Lincoln Park, and that +upon issuance of the Initial Commitment Shares pursuant to the Purchase +Agreement the Initial Commitment Shares shall be duly authorized, validly +issued, fully paid and nonassessable with no personal liability attaching to the +ownership thereof; and + +  + +42 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporation is hereby authorized to issue up to +171,585 shares of Common Stock as Additional Commitment Shares under the +Purchase Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement and +that, upon issuance of the Additional Commitment Shares pursuant to the Purchase +Agreement, the Additional Commitment Shares will be duly authorized, validly +issued, fully paid and nonassessable with no personal liability attaching to the +ownership thereof; and + +FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporation shall reserve 171,585 shares of Common +Stock for issuance as Additional Commitment Shares under the Purchase Agreement; +and + +FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporation is hereby authorized to issue shares of +Common Stock upon the purchase of Purchase Shares up to the Available Amount +under the Purchase Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Purchase +Agreement and that, upon issuance of the Purchase Shares and receipt of the +consideration therefor pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Purchase Shares +will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable with no +personal liability attaching to the ownership thereof; and + +FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporation shall initially reserve 20,833,333 shares +of Common Stock for issuance as Purchase Shares under the Purchase Agreement; +and + +Approval of Actions + +FURTHER RESOLVED, that, without limiting the foregoing, the Authorized Officers +are, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed to proceed on behalf of +the Corporation and to take all such steps as deemed necessary or appropriate, +with the advice and assistance of counsel, to cause the Corporation to +consummate the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the +agreements referred to therein and to perform its obligations under such +agreements; and + +FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is, +authorized, empowered and directed on behalf of and in the name of the +Corporation, to take or cause to be taken all such further actions and to +execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered all such further +agreements, amendments, documents, certificates, reports, schedules, +applications, notices, letters and undertakings and to incur and pay all such +fees and expenses as in their judgment shall be necessary, proper or desirable +to carry into effect the purpose and intent of any and all of the foregoing +resolutions, and that all actions heretofore taken by any officer or director of +the Corporation in connection with the transactions contemplated by the +agreements described herein are hereby approved, ratified and confirmed in all +respects. + +  + +43 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +EXHIBIT D + +Information About The Investor Furnished To The Company By The Investor +Expressly For Use In Connection With The Initial Prospectus Supplement + +Information With Respect to Lincoln Park Capital + +As of the date of the Purchase Agreement, Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC, +beneficially owned 0 shares of our common stock. Josh Scheinfeld and Jonathan +Cope, the Managing Members of Lincoln Park Capital, LLC, the manager of Lincoln +Park Capital Fund, LLC, are deemed to be beneficial owners of all of the shares +of common stock owned by Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC. Messrs. Cope and +Scheinfeld have shared voting and investment power over the shares being offered +under the prospectus supplement filed with the SEC in connection with the +transactions contemplated under the Purchase Agreement. Lincoln Park Capital, +LLC is not a licensed broker dealer or an affiliate of a licensed broker dealer. + +  + +44 +Exhibit 10.10 + +  + +Certain portions of this exhibit, marked with [***], have been excluded from +this exhibit because it is not material and would likely cause competitive harm +to the Company if publicly disclosed. + +  + +August 28, 2020 + +  + +Dylan Lissette + +  + +c/o Utz Quality Foods, LLC + +900 High Street + +Hanover PA 17331 + +  + +Re:          Offer of Employment + +  + +Dear Dylan: + +  + +1.                   Defined Terms + +  + +Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Offer Letter (as defined below) +shall have the meanings set forth on Appendix A attached hereto. + +  + +2.                   Offer and Position + +  + +We are very pleased to extend an offer of employment to you for the position of +Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Utz Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation +(“PubCo”), effective upon and following the consummation of the transactions +(collectively, the “Transaction”) contemplated by that certain Business +Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”), dated as of June +5, 2020, by and among Collier Creek Holdings (“CCH”), a Cayman Islands exempted +company, which shall domesticate as a Delaware corporation, Utz Brands Holdings, +LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), Series U of UM +Partners, LLC, a series of a Delaware limited liability company, and Series R of +UM Partners, LLC, a series of a Delaware limited liability company. Your +employment will be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this letter +(the “Offer Letter”). This Offer Letter will be binding upon execution but the +obligations under this Offer Letter are not effective until the consummation of +the Transaction (with the date on which the Transaction is consummated, the +“Closing Date”) and if the Business Combination Agreement terminates in +accordance with Article XI of the Business Combination Agreement, then this +Offer Letter will be null and void ab initio. The board of directors of PubCo +(the “Board”) will take all such actions required for you to be appointed as CEO +as of the Start Date (as defined below). + +  + +3.                   Duties, Authority and Responsibilities + +  + +In your capacity as CEO, you will have such duties, authorities and +responsibilities as are (i) commensurate with such title (including managing the +day-to-day business activities of PubCo and its subsidiaries subject to +oversight by the Board), (ii) required of such position (including but not +limited to such responsibilities as set forth in PubCo’s Bylaws) and (iii) +assigned to you from time to time that are reasonably consistent with your +position. You will report directly to the Board and will comply with PubCo’s +written policies during your employment with PubCo. You agree to devote +substantially all of your business time and attention to the performance of your +duties; provided that following the Closing Date, (A) you will continue to serve +as CEO of the Company and its subsidiaries; (B) you will be permitted to perform +any role for any “Rice family owned” entity that is a non-operating entity +and/or trust; (C) you shall not be precluded from engaging in civic, charitable +or religious activities, (D) you shall not be precluded from serving on the +board of directors of other companies that are not competitors to PubCo or its +subsidiaries and that are approved by the Board, such approval not to be +unreasonably withheld, provided however, that while you are CEO you will not +serve on more than one other board of directors for any other company that is a +public company (i.e., a company subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities +Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) and (E) you shall not be precluded from +managing your and your family’s personal passive investments. Notwithstanding +the foregoing, any outside activities must be in compliance with PubCo’s Code of +Ethics, including approval procedures, and must not materially interfere with +your duties as CEO. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +4.                   Start Date + +  + +Your start date will be the first calendar day after the Closing Date (the +“Start Date”). + +  + +5.                   Base Salary + +  + +In consideration of your services, you will be paid an initial base salary of +$750,000 per year, subject to at least annual reviews for increases by the +Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”), payable in accordance +with the standard payroll practices of PubCo. Your initial base salary and any +such upward adjustment in initial base salary shall constitute “Base Salary” for +the purposes of this Offer Letter. + +  + +6.                   Annual Bonus Award + +  + +During your employment, you will be eligible to participate in PubCo’s annual +bonus award plan, with terms and conditions as approved by the Committee, and as +part of the same annual bonus award plan as other named executive officers of +PubCo. Your target bonus opportunity will be 100% of your Base Salary, subject +to annual review by the Committee, with a maximum bonus opportunity of 200% of +your Base Salary. Your actual bonus payment will be based on performance as +measured against goals approved annually by the Committee. For fiscal year 2020, +your goals for your annual bonus award are set forth in PubCo’s summary annual +bonus award plan for 2020 and your award thereunder, both of which have been +approved by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee of CCH and are +attached hereto as Exhibit A. For fiscal years 2021 and thereafter, your goals +for your annual bonus award will be set forth in PubCo’s summary annual bonus +award plan for such fiscal year and your award thereunder, each as adopted by +the Committee after consultation with you. + +  + +7.                   PubCo’s 2020 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan + +  + +During your employment with PubCo, you will be eligible to participate in +PubCo’s 2020 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan in the form attached hereto as +Exhibit B, as mutually agreed upon by CCH and the Company pursuant to the +Business Combination Agreement, approved by PubCo’s stockholders, and amended +from time to time thereafter (the “OEIP”), and receive equity awards thereunder +in the form as determined by the Committee, and subject to vesting and other +conditions as set forth in the OEIP and the applicable award agreements. + +  + +You will receive an initial grant under the OEIP with an aggregate grant date +fair value equal to $1,500,000, with 50% of the grant value to be awarded on the +Start Date in the form of a stock option (the “Initial Option Grant”) +exercisable for shares of PubCo’s Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per +share (“Class A Common Stock”) The remaining 50% of the grant value will +subsequently be awarded to you during calendar year 2020 in the form of +performance share units (the “Initial PSU Grant”), subject to Pubco’s filing of +a Registration Statement on Form S-8. The forms of Initial Option Grant and +Initial PSU Grant have been approved by the Board of Directors or the +Compensation Committee of CCH and are attached hereto as Exhibits C and D. + +  + + + +2 + +  + +  + +8.                   Utz Quality Foods, LLC 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan + +  + +On or around the Closing Date, the Utz Quality Foods, LLC 2018 Long-Term +Incentive Plan (as amended, the “LTIP”) and your existing awards thereunder will +be amended, as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, to provide that +your awards will be converted into restricted stock units that settle in shares +of Class A Common Stock issued under the OEIP (the “Converted RSU Grant”) in +accordance with the terms of the Converted RSU Grant in the form attached hereto +as Exhibit E. Contingent upon the closing under the Business Combination +Agreement, you hereby agree to consent to such amendment and to making such +election for conversion. Following the Closing Date, you will retain your +existing LTIP awards, as so amended, and remain eligible to vest in any unvested +portion thereof. For clarity and the avoidance of doubt, Utz Quality Foods, LLC +will make no new awards under the LTIP following the Closing Date. + +  + +9.                   Severance + +  + +Following the Start Date, you will participate in the Utz Brands, Inc. Executive +Change in Control Severance Plan (the “Severance Plan”) attached hereto as +Exhibit F, in accordance with its terms and conditions as in effect from time to +time. + +Except for the Severance Plan, after the Start Date you will no longer be +eligible to participate in any other severance plans, programs, policies or +practices of PubCo, the Company or their respective subsidiaries, including but +not limited to the Utz Quality Foods, LLC Executive Officer Team Change in +Control Severance Benefit Policy. + +  + +10.                 Other Benefits and Perquisites + +  + +Following the Start Date, you will also be eligible and/or continue to be +eligible to participate in the employee benefit plans and programs (excluding +severance) generally available to PubCo’s senior executives and consistent with +such plans and programs of Utz Quality Foods, LLC as in effect as of the date +hereof, including but not limited to medical, life and disability insurance, +retirement, vacation, fringe benefit, perquisite, business expense reimbursement +and travel plans or programs, in accordance with and subject to eligibility and +other terms and conditions of such plans and programs, as in effect from time to +time. PubCo reserves the right to amend, modify or terminate any of its benefit +plans or programs at any time and for any reason except as set forth in this +Offer Letter. + +  + +11.                 Withholding + +  + +All forms of compensation paid to you as an employee of PubCo shall be less all +applicable withholdings. + +  + +12.                 At-will Employment + +  + +Your employment with PubCo will be for no specific period of time. Rather, your +employment will be at-will, meaning that you or the Board may terminate your +employment relationship at any time, with or without cause, and with or without +notice and for any reason or no particular reason. Although your compensation +and benefits may change from time to time, the at-will nature of your employment +may only be changed by an express written agreement signed on behalf of PubCo by +an authorized officer of PubCo. Upon any termination of your employment with +PubCo, you will immediately and without the need for any additional action be +deemed to have resigned from all officer positions with PubCo, the Company, and +each of their respective subsidiaries and as a member of the governing boards of +the Company and its subsidiaries but not as a member of the Board. + +  + + + +3 + +  + +  + +13.                 Governing Law, Disputes and Waiver of Jury Trial + +  + +This Offer Letter shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, +without regard to conflict of law principles, and any dispute between the +parties will be resolved only in the courts of the State of Delaware or in the +United States District Court for the District of Delaware and the appellate +courts having jurisdiction of appeals in such courts. You and PubCo hereby +waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to trial by jury +resulting from any proceeding or cause of action brought to resolve any dispute +between the parties arising out of, connected with, or related to your +employment after the Closing Date with PubCo, the Company, or any of its +subsidiaries, whether in contract, tort, equity or otherwise. + +  + +14.                 Representations + +  + +You represent that you are not party to any agreement that would limit your +ability to discharge your duties to PubCo, the Company and their respective +subsidiaries. As a condition of accepting this offer of employment, you agree to +be subject to PubCo’s terms of employment which include restrictive covenants, +assignment of inventions, confidentiality and non-disparagement, and +non-competition and non-solicitation of employees, customers and suppliers +provisions, all as set forth in the form of agreement as attached hereto as +Exhibit G. + +  + +15.                 Section 409A + +  + +The intent of the parties is that the payments and benefits under this Offer +Letter comply with or be exempt from Section 409A and accordingly, to the +maximum extent permitted, this Offer Letter shall be interpreted to be in +compliance therewith.  + +  + + + +4 + +  + +  + +If any payment, compensation or other benefit provided to you under this Offer +Letter in connection with your “separation from service” (within the meaning of +Section 409A) is determined, in whole or in part, to constitute “nonqualified +deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A and you are a +specified employee as defined in Section 409A(2)(B)(i), no part of such payments +shall be paid before the day that is six months plus one day after the date of +termination or, if earlier, ten (10) business days following your death (the +“New Payment Date”).  The aggregate of any payments and benefits that otherwise +would have been paid and/or provided to you during the period between the date +of termination and the New Payment Date shall be paid to you in a lump sum on +such New Payment Date.  Thereafter, any payments and/or benefits that remain +outstanding as of the day immediately following the New Payment Date shall be +paid without delay over the time period originally scheduled, in accordance with +the terms of this Offer Letter.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary +herein, to the extent that the foregoing delay applies to the provision of any +ongoing welfare benefits, you shall pay the full cost of premiums for such +welfare benefits due and payable prior to the New Payment Date and PubCo will +pay you an amount equal to the amount of such premiums which otherwise would +have been paid by PubCo during such period within five (5) business days +following its conclusion. + +  + +A termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of +any provision of this Offer Letter providing for the payment of any amounts or +benefits subject to Section 409A upon or following a termination of employment +unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning +of Section 409A, and for purposes of any such provision of this Offer Letter, +references to a “resignation,” “termination,” “terminate,” “termination of +employment” or like terms shall mean separation from service. + +  + +All expenses or other reimbursements as provided herein shall be payable in +accordance with PubCo’s policies in effect from time to time, but in any event +shall be made on or prior to the last day of the taxable year following the +taxable year in which you incurred the expenses.  With regard to any provision +herein that provides for reimbursement of costs and expenses or in-kind +benefits, except as permitted by Section 409A: (i) the right to reimbursement or +in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another +benefit; and (ii) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursements or in-kind +benefits provided during any taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible +for reimbursement or in-kind benefits to be provided in any other taxable year. + +  + +For purposes of Section 409A, your right to receive any installment payments +pursuant to this Offer Letter shall be treated as a right to receive a series of +separate and distinct payments.  Whenever a payment under this Offer Letter +specifies a payment period with reference to a number of days (e.g., payment +shall be made within 30 days following the date of termination), the actual date +of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole discretion of +PubCo. + +  + +If you wish to accept this position, please sign below and return this Offer +Letter to me. This offer is open for you to accept until August 28, 2020, at +which time it will be deemed to be withdrawn. + +  + +  Sincerely,       COLLIER CREEK HOLDINGS       By: /s/ Roger Deromedi   Name: +Roger Deromedi   Title: Co-Executive Chairman   Date: August 28, 2020 + +  + +Acceptance of Offer + +  + +I have read, understood and accept all the terms of this Offer Letter. I have +not relied on any agreements or representations, express or implied, with +respect to such employment which are not set forth expressly in this Offer +Letter or in the documents referred herein, and this Offer Letter supersedes all +prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and +warranties, both written and oral, with respect to my employment by PubCo. + +    /s/ Dylan B. Lissette   Dylan B. Lissette       Date: August 28, 2020   + +  + +[Signature Page to Dylan Lissette Offer Letter] + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +APPENDIX A +Certain Definitions + +  + +1.“Bylaws” shall mean the bylaws of PubCo, as may be amended and/or restated +from time to time. + +  + +2.“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules +and regulations promulgated thereunder. + +  + +3.“Section 409A” shall mean Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and +Internal Revenue Service notices thereunder. + +   + + + +  + +  + +  + +  + +Exhibit A + +2020 Annual Bonus Award Plan + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + + + +[tm2029975d1_ex10-10img001.jpg] + + + +2020 Bonus Program for EOT Similar to2019; with a Progressive Scale consisting +of three components: 1) Adjusted EBITDA: 2020’s 53 weektarget will be $120M +paying at 100% to $132M paying at 200%. 30% 50% 2) GAAP Net Sales: 2020’s 53 +weektarget will be $907M paying at 100% to paying at 200%. 50% 30% 3) IDP: Now +20% of Total Matrix for payout, vs 2019 at 10% and now includes the opportunity +to earn up to 200% based on individual performance  + +  + +  + +  + +Exhibit B + +2020 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan  + + + +  + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +Execution Version + +  + +UTZ BRANDS, INC. 2020 OMNIBUS EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN + +  + +1.                  Purpose; Eligibility. + +  + +1.1              General Purpose. The name of this plan is the Utz Brands, Inc. +2020 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan. The purposes of the Plan are to (a) enable +Utz Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and any Affiliate to +attract and retain the types of Employees, Consultants, and Independent +Directors who will contribute to the Company’s long range success; (b) provide +incentives that align the interests of Employees, Consultants and Independent +Directors with those of the stockholders of the Company; and (c) promote the +success of the Company’s business. + +  + +1.2              Eligible Award Recipients. The Persons eligible to receive +Awards are the Employees, Consultants and Independent Directors of the Company +and its Affiliates and such other individuals designated by the Committee who +are reasonably expected to become Employees, Consultants and Independent +Directors after the receipt of Awards. + +  + +1.3              Available Awards. Awards that may be granted under the Plan +include: (a) Incentive Stock Options, (b) Non-qualified Stock Options, (c) Stock +Appreciation Rights, (d) Restricted Awards, (e) Performance Share Awards, (f) +Cash Awards, and (g) Other Equity-Based Awards. Except with respect to the +conversion of phantom units into Restricted Stock Units in accordance with the +LTIP, following the Effective Date, no further equity compensation awards shall +be granted pursuant to any Predecessor Plan (it being understood that +outstanding awards under any Predecessor Plan will continue to be settled +pursuant to the terms of such Predecessor Plan). + +  + +2.                  Definitions. + +  + +“Affiliate” means a parent or subsidiary corporation of the Company, as defined +in Section 424 of the Code (substituting “Company” for “employer corporation”), +any other entity that is a parent or subsidiary of the Company, including a +parent or subsidiary which becomes such after the Effective Date of the Plan. + +  + +“Applicable Laws” means the requirements related to or implicated by the +administration of the Plan under applicable state corporate law, United States +federal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or quotation +system on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or quoted, and the +applicable laws of any foreign country or jurisdiction where Awards are granted +under the Plan. + +  + +“Award” means any right granted under the Plan, including an Incentive Stock +Option, a Non-qualified Stock Option, a Stock Appreciation Right, a Restricted +Award, a Performance Share Award, a Cash Award, or an Other Equity-Based Award. + +  + +“Award Agreement” means a written agreement, contract, certificate or other +instrument or document evidencing the terms and conditions of an individual +Award granted under the Plan which may, in the discretion of the Company, be +transmitted electronically to any Participant. Each Award Agreement shall be +subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +“Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule +13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial +ownership of any particular Person, such Person shall be deemed to have +beneficial ownership of all securities that such Person has the right to acquire +by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently +exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of time. The terms +“Beneficially Owns,” “Beneficially Owned” and “Beneficial Ownership” have a +corresponding meaning. + +  + +“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company, as constituted at any time. + +  + +“Cash Award” means an Award denominated in cash that is granted under Section 10 +of the Plan. + +  + +“Cause” means: + +  + +(a)       With respect to any Employee or Consultant, unless the applicable +Award Agreement provides otherwise, if the Employee or Consultant is a party to +an employment or service agreement with the Company or its Affiliates and such +agreement provides for a definition of Cause (or any term of similar effect), +the definition contained therein; or if no such agreement exists, or if such +agreement does not define Cause (or any term of similar effect): (i) the +commission of, or plea of guilty or no contest to, a felony or other crime +involving dishonesty, moral turpitude or the commission of any other act +involving willful malfeasance or breach of fiduciary duty with respect to the +Company or an Affiliate; (ii) any acts, omissions or statements that are, or are +reasonably likely to be, detrimental or damaging to the reputation, operations, +prospects or business relations of the Company or an Affiliate; (iii) gross +negligence or willful misconduct with respect to the Company or an Affiliate, or +willful or repeated failure or refusal to substantially perform assigned duties; +(iv) violation of state or federal securities laws; (v) material violation of +the Company’s written policies or codes of conduct, including written policies +related to discrimination, harassment, performance of illegal or unethical +activities, and ethical misconduct; (vi) any act of fraud, embezzlement, +material misappropriation or dishonesty against the Company or an Affiliate; +(vii) any material breach of a written agreement with the Company or an +Affiliate, including, without limitation, a breach of any employment, +consulting, confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation, +non-disparagement or similar agreement. + +  + +(b)       With respect to any Independent Director, unless the applicable Award +Agreement provides otherwise, a determination by a majority of the disinterested +Board members that the Independent Director has engaged in any of the following: +(i) malfeasance in office; (ii) gross misconduct or negligence; (iii) false or +fraudulent misrepresentation inducing the Independent Director’s appointment; +(iv) willful conversion of corporate funds; or (v) repeated failure to +participate in Board meetings on a regular basis despite having received proper +notice of the meetings in advance. + +  + +The Committee, in its absolute discretion, shall determine the effect of all +matters and questions relating to whether a Participant has been discharged for +Cause. + + + +2 + +  + +  + +“Change in Control” means any of the following: + +  + +(a) A transaction or series of transactions (other than an offering of shares of +Common Stock to the general public through a registration statement filed with +the Securities and Exchange Commission or a transaction or series of +transactions that meets the requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection +(d) below) whereby any Person (other than the Company, any of its subsidiaries, +an employee benefit plan maintained by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or +a Person that, prior to such transaction, directly or indirectly controls, is +controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company) directly or +indirectly acquires Beneficial Ownership of securities of the Company possessing +more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Company’s securities +that are outstanding immediately after such acquisition; or + +  + +(b) During any period of 24 months, individuals who, at the beginning of such +period, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason to +constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, that any Person becoming +a Director subsequent to the Effective Date, whose election or nomination for +election was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent +Directors then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the +proxy statement of the Company in which such Person is named as a nominee for +Director, without written objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent +Director; provided, however, that no individual initially elected or nominated +as a Director during such period as a result of an actual or threatened election +contest, as such terms are used in Rule 14a-12 of Regulation 14A promulgated +under the Exchange Act, with respect to Directors or as a result of any other +actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any +Person other than the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director; or + +  + +(c) The date that is ten (10) business days prior to the complete liquidation or +dissolution of the Company; or + +  + +(d) The consummation by the Company (whether directly involving the Company or +indirectly involving the Company through one or more intermediaries) of (x) a +merger, consolidation, reorganization, or business combination, (y) a sale or +other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets in any +single transaction or series of related transactions, or (z) the acquisition of +assets or shares of another entity, in each case other than a transaction: + +  + +(i) which results in the Company’s voting securities outstanding immediately +before the transaction continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding +or by being converted into voting securities of the Company or the Person that, +as a result of the transaction, controls, directly or indirectly, the Company or +owns, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the Company’s assets +or otherwise succeeds to the business of the Company (the Company or such +Person, the “Successor Entity”)) directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the +total combined voting power of the Successor Entity’s outstanding voting +securities immediately after the transaction, and + +  + +(ii) after which no Person Beneficially Owns securities representing 50% or more +of the total combined voting power of the Successor Entity; provided, however, +that no Person shall be treated for purposes of this clause (ii) as Beneficially +Owning 50% or more of the total combined voting power of the Successor Entity +solely as a result of the voting power held in the Company prior to the +consummation of the transaction. + +  + +A Change in Control shall not be deemed to have occurred if the Sponsor, any +Family Member or any of their respective Affiliates Beneficially Own or acquire +more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Company (or any +successor to substantially all of the assets of the Company and its +subsidiaries) or any direct or indirect parent company. + +  + + + +3 + +  + +  + +Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Change in Control constitutes a payment +event with respect to any Award (or portion of any Award) that provides for the +deferral of compensation that is subject to Section 409A, to the extent required +to avoid the imposition of additional taxes under Section 409A, the transaction +or event described in subsection (a), (b), (c) or (d) with respect to such Award +(or portion thereof) shall only constitute a Change in Control for purposes of +the payment timing of such Award if such transaction also constitutes a “change +in control event,” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5). + +  + +The Committee shall have full and final authority, which shall be exercised in +its discretion, to determine conclusively whether a Change in Control has +occurred pursuant to the above definition, the date of the occurrence of such +Change in Control and any incidental matters relating thereto; provided that any +exercise of authority in conjunction with a determination of whether a Change in +Control is a “change in control event” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section +1.409A-3(i)(5) shall be consistent with such regulation. + +  + +“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time +to time. Any reference to a section of the Code shall be deemed to include a +reference to any regulations promulgated thereunder. + +  + +“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or one or more +subcommittees appointed by the Committee to administer the Plan in accordance +with Section 3.3 and Section 3.4 or, if no such Compensation Committee or +subcommittee thereof exists, or in its sole discretion, the Board. + +  + +“Common Stock” means the Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of +the Company, or such other securities of the Company as may be designated by the +Committee from time to time in substitution thereof. + +  + +“Company” means Utz Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor +thereto. + +  + +“Consultant” means any individual or entity which performs bona fide services +for the Company or an Affiliate, other than as an Employee or Independent +Director, and who may be offered securities registerable pursuant to a +registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act. + +  + +“Continuous Service” means that the Participant’s service with the Company or an +Affiliate, whether as an Employee, Consultant or Independent Director, is not +interrupted or terminated. The Participant’s Continuous Service shall not be +deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in the capacity in which +the Participant renders service to the Company or an Affiliate as an Employee, +Consultant or Independent Director or a change in the entity for which the +Participant renders such service, provided that there is no interruption or +termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service; provided further that if +any Award is subject to Section 409A of the Code, this sentence shall only be +given effect to the extent consistent with Section 409A of the Code. For +example, a change in status from an Employee of the Company to an Independent +Director of an Affiliate will not constitute an interruption of Continuous +Service. The Committee or its delegate, in its sole discretion, may determine +whether Continuous Service shall be considered interrupted in the case of any +leave of absence approved by that party, including sick leave, military leave or +any other personal or family leave of absence. The Committee or its delegate, in +its sole discretion, may determine whether a Company transaction, such as a sale +or spin-off of a division or subsidiary that employs a Participant, shall be +deemed to result in a termination of Continuous Service for purposes of affected +Awards, and any such decision shall be final, conclusive and binding on all +parties. + +  + + + +4 + +  + +  + +“Deferred Stock Units” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(b) hereof. + +  + +“Director” means a member of the Board. + +  + +“Disability” means, unless the applicable Award Agreement provides otherwise, +that the Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by +reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be +expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a +continuous period of not less than 12 months. The determination of whether an +individual has a Disability shall be determined under procedures established by +the Committee. Except in situations where the Committee is determining +Disability for purposes of the term of an Incentive Stock Option pursuant to +Section 6.9 hereof within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, the +Committee may rely on any determination that a Participant is disabled for +purposes of benefits under any long-term disability plan maintained by the +Company or any Affiliate in which a Participant participates. + +  + +“Disqualifying Disposition” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.11. + +  + +“Effective Date” shall mean the later of (i) the date that the Company’s +stockholders approve the Plan and (ii) August 28, 2020. + +  + +“Employee” means any Person, including an Officer or Director who is not an +Independent Director employed by the Company or an Affiliate; provided, +that, for purposes of determining eligibility to receive Incentive Stock +Options, an Employee shall mean an employee of the Company or a parent or +subsidiary corporation within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code. Mere +service as an Independent Director or payment of a director’s fee by the Company +or an Affiliate shall not be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the +Company or an Affiliate. + +  + +“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. + +  + +“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to a share of Common Stock as of a given +date of determination hereunder, (i) subject to clause (iii), the closing price +as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange or on such other principal exchange or +market on which the Common Stock is traded on such date of determination, or +(ii) if the Common Stock was not traded on such date, then the immediately +preceding date on which sales of shares of Common Stock have been so quoted or +reported shall be used, or (iii) with respect to any Awards issued on the +Effective Date, the closing price on the New York Stock Exchange of a share of +Class A common stock of Collier Creek Holdings on the immediately preceding date +on which shares of Common Stock were traded. If there should not be a public +market for the Common Stock on such date, “Fair Market Value” shall be such +value as determined by the Board in its discretion and, to the extent necessary, +shall be determined in a manner consistent with Section 409A of the Code. Any +such determination by the Board shall be final, conclusive, and binding on all +parties. + +  + + + +5 + +  + +  + +“Family Member” means any of (a) Michael Rice, (b) the spouse and lineal +descendants (whether natural or adopted) of Michael Rice, (c) any spouse of any +lineal descendants of Michael Rice, (d) a trust solely for the benefit of any +individuals described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (c), and (e) any +entity in which the Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (d) +own more than 50% of the voting interests. + +  + +“Fiscal Year” means the Company’s fiscal year. + +  + +“Free Standing Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 7. + +  + +“Grant Date” means the date on which the Committee adopts a resolution, or takes +other appropriate action, expressly granting an Award to a Participant that +specifies the key terms and conditions of the Award or, if a later date is set +forth in such resolution, then such date as is set forth in such resolution. + +  + +“Incentive Stock Option” means an Option that is designated by the Committee as +an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code and that +meets the requirements set out in the Plan. + +  + +“Independent Director” means any member of the Board or any member of the board +of directors of an Affiliate (or similar governing body of an Affiliate that is +not a corporation) who is not an Employee or Consultant. + +  + +“LTIP” means the Utz Quality Foods, LLC 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan, a +sub-plan to this Plan. + +  + +“Non-Employee Director” means a Director who is a “non-employee director” within +the meaning of Rule 16b-3. + +  + +“Non-qualified Stock Option” means an Option that by its terms does not qualify +or is not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option. + +  + +“Officer” means a Person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of +Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated +thereunder. + +  + +“Option” means an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-qualified Stock Option granted +pursuant to the Plan. + +  + +“Optionholder” means a Person to whom an Option is granted pursuant to the Plan +or, if applicable, such other Person who holds an outstanding Option. + +  + +“Option Exercise Price” means the price at which a share of Common Stock may be +purchased upon the exercise of an Option. + +  + + + +6 + +  + +  + +“Other Equity-Based Award” means an Award that is not an Option, Stock +Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, or Performance +Share Award that is granted under Section 10 and is payable by delivery of +Common Stock and/or which is measured by reference to the value of Common Stock. + +  + +“Participant” means an eligible Person to whom an Award is granted pursuant to +the Plan or, if applicable, such other Person who holds an outstanding Award. + +  + +“Performance Criteria” means the criterion or criteria that the Committee shall +select for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal(s) for a Performance +Period with respect to any Award under the Plan. The Performance Criteria that +will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s) shall be based on the +attainment of specific levels of performance of the Company (or Affiliate, +division, business unit or operational unit of the Company) or any Participant, +which may be determined in accordance with GAAP or on a non-GAAP basis +including, but not limited to, one or more of the following measures: (a) terms +relative to a peer group or index; (b) basic, diluted, or adjusted earnings per +share; (c) sales or revenue;(d) earnings before interest, taxes, and other +adjustments (in total or on a per share basis); (e) cash available for +distribution; (f) basic or adjusted net income; (g) returns on equity, assets, +capital, revenue or similar measure; (h) level and growth of dividends; (i) the +price or increase in price of Common Stock; (j) total shareholder return; (k) +total assets;(l) growth in assets, new originations of assets, or financing of +assets; (m) equity market capitalization; (n) reduction or other quantifiable +goal with respect to general and/or specific expenses; (o) equity capital +raised; (p) mergers, acquisitions, increase in enterprise value of Affiliates, +subsidiaries, divisions or business units or sales of assets of Affiliates, +subsidiaries, divisions or business units or sales of assets; and (q) any +combination of the foregoing. Any one or more of the Performance Criteria may be +stated as a percentage of another Performance Criteria, or used on an absolute +or relative basis to measure the performance of the Company and/or one or more +Affiliates as a whole or any divisions or operational and/or business units, +business segments, administrative departments of the Company and/or one or more +Affiliates or any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate, or +any of the above Performance Criteria may be compared to the performance of a +selected group of comparison companies, or a published or special index that the +Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, or as compared to various +stock market indices. + +  + +“Performance Goals” means, for a Performance Period, the one or more goals +established by the Committee for the Performance Period based upon Performance +Criteria determined by the Committee in its discretion. + +  + +“Performance Period” means the one or more periods of time, as the Committee may +select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be +measured for the purpose of determining a Participant’s right to and the payment +of a Performance Share Award or a Cash Award. + +  + + + +7 + +  + +  + +“Performance Share Award” means any Award granted pursuant to Section 9 hereof. + +  + +“Performance Share” means the grant of a right to receive a number of actual +shares of Common Stock or share units based upon the performance of the Company +during a Performance Period, as determined by the Committee. + +  + +“Permitted Transferee” means: (a) a member of the Participant’s immediate family +(child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former +spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, +daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive +relationships), any Person sharing the Participant’s household (other than a +tenant or employee) in each case as approved by the Committee, a trust in which +these Persons have more than 50% of the beneficial interest, a foundation in +which these Persons (or the Participant) control the management of assets, and +any other entity in which these Persons (or the Participant) own more than 50% +of the voting interests; and (b) such other transferees as may be permitted by +the Committee in its sole discretion. + +  + +“Person” means an individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section +13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act). + +  + +“Plan” means this Utz Brands, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, as +amended and/or amended and restated from time to time. + +  + +“Predecessor Plan” means any of the plans maintained by the Company or any of +its Affiliates under which equity or equity-based awards were granted, including +the LTIP. + +  + +“Related Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 7. + +  + +“Restricted Award” means any Award granted pursuant to Section 8. + +  + +“Restricted Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 8. + +  + +“Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or any +successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect from time to time. + +  + +“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. + +  + +“Sponsor” means Collier Creek Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability +company. + +  + +“Stock Appreciation Right” means the right pursuant to an Award granted under +Section 7 to receive, upon exercise, an amount payable in cash or shares equal +to the number of shares subject to the Stock Appreciation Right that is being +exercised multiplied by the excess of (a) the Fair Market Value of a share of +Common Stock on the date the Award is exercised, over (b) the exercise price +specified in the Stock Appreciation Right Award Agreement. + +  + +“Stock for Stock Exchange” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4. + +  + +“Substitute Award” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6. + +  + +“Ten Percent Stockholder” means a Person who owns (or is deemed to own pursuant +to Section 424(d) of the Code) stock possessing more than 10% of the total +combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any of its +Affiliates. + +  + +“Total Share Reserve” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1. + +  + + + +8 + +  + +  + +3.                  Administration. + +  + +3.1              Authority of Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the +Committee, or in the Board’s sole discretion, by the Board. The Board may revoke +such delegation to the Committee at any time and revest in the Board the +administration of the Plan. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee’s +charter and Applicable Laws, and in addition to other express powers and +authorization conferred by the Plan, the Committee shall have the authority: + +  + +(a)               to construe and interpret the Plan and apply its provisions; + +  + +(b)               to promulgate, amend, and rescind rules and regulations +relating to the administration of the Plan; + +  + +(c)               to authorize any Person to execute, on behalf of the Company, +any instrument required to carry out the purposes of the Plan; + +  + +(d)               to delegate its authority to one or more Officers of the +Company with respect to Awards that do not involve “insiders” within the meaning +of Section 16 of the Exchange Act; + +  + +(e)               to determine when Awards are to be granted under the Plan and +the applicable Grant Date; + +  + +(f)                from time to time to select, subject to the limitations set +forth in the Plan, those eligible Award recipients to whom Awards shall be +granted; + +  + +(g)               to determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be made +subject to each Award; + +  + +(h)               to determine whether each Option is to be an Incentive Stock +Option or a Non-qualified Stock Option; + +  + +(i)                 to prescribe the terms and conditions of each Award, +including, without limitation, the exercise price and medium of payment and +vesting provisions, and to specify the provisions of the Award Agreement +relating to such grant; + +  + +(j)                 to determine the target number of Performance Shares to be +granted pursuant to a Performance Share Award, the performance measures that +will be used to establish the Performance Goals, the Performance Period(s) and +the number of Performance Shares earned by a Participant; + +  + + + +9 + +  + +  + +(k)               to amend any outstanding Awards, including for the purpose of +modifying the time or manner of vesting or the term of any outstanding Award; +provided, however, that if any such amendment impairs a Participant’s rights or +increases a Participant’s obligations under his or her Award or creates or +increases a Participant’s federal income tax liability with respect to an Award, +such amendment shall also be subject to the Participant’s consent; + +  + +(l)                 to determine the duration and purpose of leaves of absences +which may be granted to a Participant without constituting termination of their +employment for purposes of the Plan, which periods shall be no shorter than the +periods generally applicable to Employees under the Company’s employment +policies; + +  + +(m)             to make decisions with respect to outstanding Awards that may +become necessary upon a change in corporate control or an event that triggers +anti-dilution adjustments; + +  + +(n)               to interpret, administer, reconcile any inconsistency in, +correct any defect in and/or supply any omission in the Plan and any instrument +or agreement relating to, or Award granted under, the Plan; + +  + +(o)               to exercise discretion to make any and all other +determinations which it determines to be necessary or advisable for the +administration of the Plan; and + +  + +(p)               to impose a “blackout” or other periods during which Awards +may not be exercised or settled. + +  + +The Committee also may modify the purchase price or the exercise price of any +outstanding Award, provided that if the modification effects a repricing or a +cash buyout of underwater Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, stockholder +approval shall be required before the repricing is effective. + +  + +3.2              Committee Decisions Final. All decisions made by the Committee +pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall be final, conclusive, and binding +on the Company and the Participants, unless such decisions are determined by a +court having jurisdiction to be arbitrary and capricious. + +  + +3.3              Delegation. The Committee may delegate administration of the +Plan to a subcommittee or subcommittees of one or more members of the Board, and +the term “Committee” shall apply to any Person or Persons to whom such authority +has been delegated, subject, however, to Applicable Law and to such resolutions, +not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to +time by the Board. Any such delegation may be revoked by the Committee at any +time. + +  + +3.4              Committee Composition. To the extent the Board desires to +comply with the exemption requirements of Rule 16b-3 (if the Board is not acting +as the Committee under the Plan), with respect to any insider subject to Section +16 of the Exchange Act, the Committee shall be a compensation committee of the +Board that at all times consists solely of two or more Non-Employee Directors. +Within the scope of such authority, the Board or the Committee may delegate to a +committee of one or more members of the Board who are not Non-Employee +Directors, or one or more officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, +the authority to grant Awards to eligible Persons who are not then subject to +Section 16 of the Exchange Act. Nothing herein shall create an inference that an +Award is not validly granted under the Plan in the event Awards are granted +under the Plan by a Committee that does not at all times consist solely of two +or more Non-Employee Directors. + +  + + + +10 + +  + +  + +3.5              Indemnification. In addition to such other rights of +indemnification as they may have as Directors or members of the Committee, and +to the extent allowed by Applicable Laws, the Committee shall be indemnified by +the Company against the reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, actually +incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding or in connection with +any appeal therein, to which the Committee may be party by reason of any action +taken or failure to act under or in connection with the Plan or any Award +granted under the Plan, and against all amounts paid by the Committee in +settlement thereof (provided, however, that the settlement has been approved by +the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) or paid by the +Committee in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding, +except in relation to matters as to which it shall be adjudged in such action, +suit or proceeding that such Committee did not act in good faith and in a manner +which such Person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the +Company, or in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reason to believe that +the conduct complained of was unlawful; provided, however, that within 60 days +after the institution of any such action, suit or proceeding, such Committee +shall, in writing, offer the Company the opportunity at its own expense to +handle and defend such action, suit or proceeding. + +  + +4.                  Shares Subject to the Plan. + +  + +4.1              Subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 14, no more +than 9,500,000 shares of Common Stock shall be available for the grant of Awards +under the Plan (the “Total Share Reserve”). During the terms of the Awards, the +Company shall keep available at all times the number of shares of Common Stock +required to satisfy such Awards. + +  + +4.2              Shares of Common Stock available for distribution under the +Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued shares, +treasury shares or shares reacquired by the Company in any manner. + +  + +4.3              Subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 14, no more +than 9,500,000 shares of Common Stock may be issued in the aggregate pursuant to +the exercise of Incentive Stock Options (the “ISO Limit”). + +  + +4.4              The maximum number of shares of Common Stock subject to Awards +granted during a single Fiscal Year to any Director, together with any cash fees +paid to such Director during the Fiscal Year shall not exceed a total value of +$500,000 (calculating the value of any Awards based on the grant date fair value +for financial reporting purposes). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may +provide, in its discretion, for exceptions to this limit for a Non-Employee +Director, provided that the Non-Employee Director receiving such additional +compensation may not participate in the decision to award such compensation. + +  + + + +11 + +  + +  + +4.5              Any shares of Common Stock subject to an Award that expires or +is canceled, forfeited, cash-settled or terminated without issuance of the full +number of shares of Common Stock to which the Award related will again be +available for issuance under the Plan. Shares subject to an Award under the Plan +shall be deemed to constitute shares not issued to the Participant and shall be +deemed to again be made available for issuance or delivery under the Plan if +such shares are (a) shares tendered in payment of an Option, (b) shares +delivered or withheld by the Company to satisfy any tax withholding obligation, +or (c) shares covered by a stock-settled Stock Appreciation Right or other +Awards that were not issued upon the settlement of the Award. + +  + +4.6              Awards: (i) may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, be +granted under the Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding +awards previously granted by an entity acquired by the Company or with which the +Company combines, and (ii) shall be granted in the form of restricted stock +units under the LTIP for all LTIP participants who elect to convert their LTIP +benefit into Restricted Stock Units (collectively, the “Substitute Awards”). +Substitute Awards shall not be counted against the Total Share Reserve; +provided, that, Substitute Awards issued in connection with the assumption of, +or in substitution for, outstanding options intended to qualify as Incentive +Stock Options shall be counted against the ISO limit. Subject to applicable +stock exchange requirements, converted awards of Restricted Stock Units under +the LTIP and available shares under a stockholder-approved plan of an entity +directly or indirectly acquired by the Company or with which the Company +combines (as appropriately adjusted to reflect such acquisition or transaction) +may be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not count toward the Total Share +Reserve. + +  + +4.7              Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the +contrary, with respect to any Award that provides for or includes a right to +dividends or dividend equivalents, if dividends are declared during the period +that an equity Award is outstanding, such dividends (or dividend equivalents) +shall either (i) not be paid or credited with respect to such Award or (ii) be +accumulated but remain subject to vesting requirement(s) to the same extent as +the applicable Award and shall only be paid at the time or times such vesting +requirement(s) are satisfied. In no event shall dividends or dividend +equivalents be paid with respect to Options or Stock Appreciation Rights. + +  + +5.                  Eligibility. + +  + +5.1              Eligibility for Specific Awards. Incentive Stock Options may be +granted only to Employees. Awards other than Incentive Stock Options may be +granted to Employees, Consultants and Independent Directors and those +individuals whom the Committee determines are reasonably expected to become +Employees, Consultants and Independent Directors following the Grant Date. + +  + +5.2              Ten Percent Stockholders. A Ten Percent Stockholder shall not +be granted an Incentive Stock Option unless the Option Exercise Price is at +least 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Grant Date and +the Option is not exercisable after the expiration of five years from the Grant +Date. + +  + + + +12 + +  + +  + +6.                  Option Provisions. Each Option granted under the Plan shall +be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Each Option so granted shall be subject to +the conditions set forth in Section 5 and this Section 6, and to such other +conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be set forth in the applicable +Award Agreement. All Options shall be separately designated Incentive Stock +Options or Non-qualified Stock Options at the time of grant, and, if +certificates are issued, a separate certificate or certificates will be issued +for shares of Common Stock purchased on exercise of each type of Option. +Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have no liability to any +Participant or any other Person if an Option designated as an Incentive Stock +Option fails to qualify as such at any time or if an Option is determined to +constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section +409A of the Code and the terms of such Option do not satisfy the requirements of +Section 409A of the Code. The provisions of separate Options need not be +identical, but each Option shall include (through incorporation of provisions +hereof by reference in the Option or otherwise) the substance of each of the +following provisions: + +  + +6.1              Term. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.2 regarding Ten +Percent Stockholders, no Incentive Stock Option shall be exercisable after the +expiration of 10 years from the Grant Date. The term of a Non-qualified Stock +Option granted under the Plan shall be determined by the Committee; provided, +however, no Non-qualified Stock Option shall be exercisable after the expiration +of 10 years from the Grant Date. + +  + +6.2              Exercise Price of an Incentive Stock Option. Subject to the +provisions of Section 5.2 regarding Ten Percent Stockholders, the Option +Exercise Price of each Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than 100% of the +Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Option on the Grant Date. +Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Incentive Stock Option may be granted with an +Option Exercise Price lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if +such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another +option in a manner satisfying the provisions of Section 424(a) of the Code. + +  + +6.3              Exercise Price of a Non-qualified Stock Option. The Option +Exercise Price of each Non-qualified Stock Option shall be not less than 100% of +the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Option, as determined +by the Committee using one of the methods permitted by Treasury Regulation +Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(iv)(A). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Non-qualified +Stock Option may be granted with an Option Exercise Price lower than that set +forth in the preceding sentence if such Option is granted pursuant to an +assumption or substitution for another option in a manner satisfying the +provisions of Section 409A of the Code. + +  + +6.4              Consideration. The Option Exercise Price of Common Stock +acquired pursuant to an Option shall be paid, to the extent permitted by +Applicable Laws, either (a) in cash or by certified or bank check at the time +the Option is exercised or (b) in the discretion of the Committee, upon such +terms as the Committee shall approve: (i) by delivery to the Company of other +Common Stock, duly endorsed for transfer to the Company, with a Fair Market +Value on the date of delivery equal to the Option Exercise Price (or portion +thereof) due for the number of shares being acquired, or by means of attestation +whereby the Participant identifies for delivery specific shares of Common Stock +that have an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of attestation equal to the +Option Exercise Price (or portion thereof) and receives a number of shares of +Common Stock equal to the difference between the number of shares thereby +purchased and the number of identified attestation shares of Common Stock (a +“Stock for Stock Exchange”); (ii) a “cashless” exercise program established with +a broker; (iii) by reduction in the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise +deliverable upon exercise of such Option with a Fair Market Value equal to the +aggregate Option Exercise Price at the time of exercise; (iv) by any combination +of the foregoing methods; or (v) in any other form of legal consideration that +may be acceptable to the Committee. Unless otherwise specifically provided in +the Option, the exercise price of Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Option +that is paid by delivery (or attestation) to the Company of other Common Stock +acquired, directly or indirectly from the Company, shall be paid only by shares +of the Common Stock of the Company that have been held for more than six months +(or such longer or shorter period of time required to avoid a charge to earnings +for financial accounting purposes). Notwithstanding the foregoing, during any +period for which the Common Stock is publicly traded (i.e., the Common Stock is +listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system) an +exercise by a Director who is not an Independent Director or by an Officer that +involves or may involve a direct or indirect extension of credit or arrangement +of an extension of credit by the Company, directly or indirectly, in violation +of Section 402(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 shall be prohibited with +respect to any Award under the Plan. + +  + + + +13 + +  + +  + +6.5              Transferability of an Incentive Stock Option. An Incentive +Stock Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent +and distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the +Optionholder only by the Optionholder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the +Optionholder may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form +satisfactory to the Company, designate a third party who, in the event of the +death of the Optionholder, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option. + +  + +6.6              Vesting of Options. Stock Options granted under the Plan shall +be subject to such restrictions and limitations described in the Award Agreement +as the Committee may impose in its discretion, including vesting conditions, +restrictions on exercise, and forfeiture provisions. In its discretion, the +Committee may provide in the Award Agreement that some or all of such +restrictions shall lapse upon (a) the Participant’s continued employment with +the Company or an Affiliate for a specified period of time, (b) the occurrence +of any one or more other events or the satisfaction of any one or more other +conditions, as specified by the Committee, including satisfaction of performance +criteria, a termination of Continuous Services under certain circumstances (such +as death or Disability), or a Change in Control, or (c) a combination of any of +the foregoing. In its discretion, the Committee shall have the authority to +accelerate the vesting of a Stock Option at any time, in whole or in part, or +otherwise waive or modify any such restrictions. + +  + +6.7              Termination of Continuous Service. Unless otherwise provided in +an Award Agreement or in an employment agreement the terms of which have been +approved by the Committee, in the event an Optionholder’s Continuous Service +terminates (other than upon the Optionholder’s death or Disability), the +Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder +was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of termination) but only +within such period of time ending on the earlier of (a) the date three months +following the termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service or (b) the +expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Award Agreement; +provided that, if the termination of Continuous Service is by the Company for +Cause, all outstanding Options (whether or not vested) shall immediately +terminate and cease to be exercisable. If, after termination, the Optionholder +does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified in the Award +Agreement, the Option shall terminate. + +  + + + +14 + +  + +  + +6.8              Extension of Termination Date. An Optionholder’s Award +Agreement may also provide that if the exercise of the Option following the +termination of the Optionholder’s Continuous Service for any reason would be +prohibited at any time because the issuance of shares of Common Stock would +violate the registration requirements under the Securities Act or any other +state or federal securities law or the rules of any securities exchange or +interdealer quotation system, then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of +(a) the expiration of the term of the Option in accordance with Section 6.1 or +(b) the expiration of a period after termination of the Participant’s Continuous +Service that is three months after the end of the period during which the +exercise of the Option would be in violation of such registration or other +securities law requirements. + +  + +6.9              Disability of Optionholder. Unless otherwise provided in an +Award Agreement, in the event that an Optionholder’s Continuous Service +terminates as a result of the Optionholder’s Disability, the Optionholder may +exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder was entitled to +exercise such Option as of the date of termination), but only within the period +of time ending on the earlier of (a) the date 12 months following such +termination or (b) the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the +Award Agreement. If, after termination, the Optionholder does not exercise his +or her Option within the time specified herein or in the Award Agreement, the +Option shall terminate. + +  + +6.10          Death of Optionholder. Unless otherwise provided in an Award +Agreement, in the event an Optionholder’s Continuous Service terminates as a +result of the Optionholder’s death, then the Option may be exercised (to the +extent that the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date +of death) by the Optionholder’s estate, by a Person who acquired the right to +exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance or by a Person designated to +exercise the Option upon the Optionholder’s death, but only within the period +ending on the earlier of (a) the date 12 months following the date of death or +(b) the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Award +Agreement. If, after the Optionholder’s death, the Option is not exercised +within the time specified herein or in the Award Agreement, the Option shall +terminate. + +  + +6.11          Incentive Stock Option $100,000 Limitation. To the extent that the +aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time of grant) of Common Stock +with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time +by any Optionholder during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and +its Affiliates) exceeds $100,000, the Options or portions thereof which exceed +such limit (according to the order in which they were granted) shall be treated +as Non-qualified Stock Options. + +  + +7.                  Stock Appreciation Rights. Each Stock Appreciation Right +granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Each Stock +Appreciation Right so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in +this Section 7, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as +may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement. Stock Appreciation Rights +may be granted alone (“Free Standing Rights”) or in tandem with an Option +granted under the Plan (“Related Rights”). + +  + +7.1              Grant Requirements for Related Rights.  Any Related Right that +relates to a Non-qualified Stock Option may be granted at the same time the +Option is granted or at any time thereafter but before the exercise or +expiration of the Option. Any Related Right that relates to an Incentive Stock +Option must be granted at the same time the Incentive Stock Option is granted. + +  + + + +15 + +  + +  + +7.2              Term. The term of a Stock Appreciation Right granted under the +Plan shall be determined by the Committee; provided, however, no Stock +Appreciation Right shall be exercisable later than the tenth anniversary of the +Grant Date. + +  + +7.3              Vesting. Stock Appreciation Rights under the Plan shall be +subject to such restrictions and limitations set forth in the Award Agreement as +the Committee may impose in its discretion, including vesting conditions and +forfeiture provisions. In its discretion, the Committee may provide in the Award +Agreement that some or all of such restrictions shall lapse upon (a) the +Participant’s continued employment with the Company or an Affiliate for a +specified period of time, (b) the occurrence of any one or more other events or +the satisfaction of any one or more other conditions, as specified by the +Committee, including satisfaction of performance criteria, a termination of +Continuous Services under certain circumstances (such as death or Disability), +or a Change in Control, or (c) a combination of any of the foregoing. In its +discretion, the Committee shall have the authority to accelerate the vesting of +a Stock Appreciation Right at any time, in whole or in part, or otherwise waive +or modify any such restrictions. + +  + +7.4              Exercise and Payment. Upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation +Right, the holder shall be entitled to receive from the Company an amount equal +to the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Stock Appreciation Right +that is being exercised multiplied by the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of +a share of Common Stock on the date the Award is exercised, over (ii) the +exercise price specified in the Stock Appreciation Right or related Option. +Payment with respect to the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right shall be made +on the date of exercise. Payment shall be made in the form of shares of Common +Stock (with or without restrictions as to substantial risk of forfeiture and +transferability, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion), cash or +a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee. + +  + +7.5              Exercise Price. The exercise price of a Free Standing Right +shall be determined by the Committee, but shall not be less than 100% of the +Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the Grant Date of such Stock +Appreciation Right. A Related Right granted simultaneously with or subsequent to +the grant of an Option and in conjunction therewith or in the alternative +thereto shall have the same exercise price as the related Option, shall be +transferable only upon the same terms and conditions as the related Option, and +shall be exercisable only to the same extent as the related Option; provided, +however, that a Stock Appreciation Right, by its terms, shall be exercisable +only when the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock subject to the Stock +Appreciation Right and related Option exceeds the exercise price per share +thereof and no Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted in tandem with an Option +unless the Committee determines that the requirements of Section 7.1 are +satisfied. + +  + +7.6              Reduction in the Underlying Option Shares. Upon any exercise of +a Related Right, the number of shares of Common Stock for which any related +Option shall be exercisable shall be reduced by the number of shares for which +the Stock Appreciation Right has been exercised. The number of shares of Common +Stock for which a Related Right shall be exercisable shall be reduced upon any +exercise of any related Option by the number of shares of Common Stock for which +such Option has been exercised. + +  + + + +16 + +  + +  + +8.                  Restricted Awards. A Restricted Award is an Award of actual +shares of Common Stock (“Restricted Stock”) or hypothetical Common Stock units +(“Restricted Stock Units”) having a value equal to the Fair Market Value of an +identical number of shares of Common Stock, which may, but need not, provide +that such Restricted Award may not be sold, assigned, transferred or otherwise +disposed of, pledged or hypothecated as collateral for a loan or as security for +the performance of any obligation or for any other purpose for such period (the +“Restricted Period”) as the Committee shall determine. Each Restricted Award +granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Each Restricted +Award so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 8, +and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be set forth +in the applicable Award Agreement. + +  + +8.1              Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units. + +  + +(a)               Each Participant granted Restricted Stock shall execute and +deliver to the Company an Award Agreement with respect to the Restricted Stock +setting forth the restrictions and other terms and conditions applicable to such +Restricted Stock. If the Committee determines that the Restricted Stock shall be +held by the Company or in escrow rather than delivered to the Participant +pending the release of the applicable restrictions, the Committee may require +the Participant to additionally execute and deliver to the Company (A) an escrow +agreement satisfactory to the Committee, if applicable and (B) the appropriate +blank stock power with respect to the Restricted Stock covered by such +agreement. If a Participant fails to execute an agreement evidencing an Award of +Restricted Stock and, if applicable, an escrow agreement and stock power, the +Award shall be null and void. Subject to the restrictions set forth in the +Award, the Participant generally shall have the rights and privileges of a +stockholder as to such Restricted Stock, including the right to vote such +Restricted Stock and the right to receive dividends; provided that, any cash +dividends and stock dividends with respect to the Restricted Stock shall be +withheld by the Company for the Participant’s account, and interest may be +credited on the amount of the cash dividends withheld at a rate and subject to +such terms as determined by the Committee. The cash dividends or stock dividends +so withheld by the Committee and attributable to any particular share of +Restricted Stock (and earnings thereon, if applicable) shall be distributed to +the Participant in cash or, at the discretion of the Committee, in shares of +Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such dividends, +if applicable, upon the release of restrictions on such share and, if such share +is forfeited, the Participant shall have no right to such dividends. + +  + +(b)               The terms and conditions of a grant of Restricted Stock Units +shall be reflected in an Award Agreement. No shares of Common Stock shall be +issued at the time a Restricted Stock Unit is granted, and the Company will not +be required to set aside funds for the payment of any such Award. A Participant +shall have no voting rights with respect to any Restricted Stock Units granted +hereunder. The Committee may also grant Restricted Stock Units with a deferral +feature, whereby settlement is deferred beyond the vesting date until the +occurrence of a future payment date or event set forth in an Award Agreement +(“Deferred Stock Units”). At the discretion of the Committee, each Restricted +Stock Unit or Deferred Stock Unit (representing one share of Common Stock) may +be credited with an amount equal to the cash and stock dividends paid by the +Company in respect of one share of Common Stock (“Dividend Equivalents”). + +  + + + +17 + +  + +  + +(c)               Dividend Equivalents shall be withheld by the Company and +credited to the Participant’s account, and interest may be credited on the +amount of cash Dividend Equivalents credited to the Participant’s account at a +rate and subject to such terms as determined by the Committee. Dividend +Equivalents credited to a Participant’s account and attributable to any +particular Restricted Stock Unit or Deferred Stock Unit (and earnings thereon, +if applicable) shall be distributed in cash or, at the discretion of the +Committee, in shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the +amount of such Dividend Equivalents and earnings, if applicable, to the +Participant upon settlement of such Restricted Stock Unit or Deferred Stock Unit +and, if such Restricted Stock Unit or Deferred Stock Unit is forfeited, the +Participant shall have no right to such Dividend Equivalents. + +  + +8.2              Restrictions. + +  + +(a)               Restricted Stock awarded to a Participant shall be subject to +the following restrictions until the expiration of the Restricted Period, and to +such other terms and conditions as may be set forth in the applicable Award +Agreement: (A) if an escrow arrangement is used, the Participant shall not be +entitled to delivery of the stock certificate; (B) the shares shall be subject +to the restrictions on transferability set forth in the Award Agreement; (C) the +shares shall be subject to forfeiture to the extent provided in the applicable +Award Agreement; and (D) to the extent such shares are forfeited, the stock +certificates shall be returned to the Company, and all rights of the Participant +to such shares and as a stockholder with respect to such shares shall terminate +without further obligation on the part of the Company. + +  + +(b)               Restricted Stock Units and Deferred Stock Units awarded to any +Participant shall be subject to (A) forfeiture until the expiration of the +Restricted Period, and satisfaction of any applicable Performance Goals during +such period, to the extent provided in the applicable Award Agreement, and to +the extent such Restricted Stock Units or Deferred Stock Units are forfeited, +all rights of the Participant to such Restricted Stock Units or Deferred Stock +Units shall terminate without further obligation on the part of the Company and +(B) such other terms and conditions as may be set forth in the applicable Award +Agreement. + +  + +(c)               The Committee shall have the authority to remove any or all of +the restrictions on the Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units and Deferred +Stock Units whenever it may determine that, by reason of changes in Applicable +Laws or other changes in circumstances arising after the date the Restricted +Stock or Restricted Stock Units or Deferred Stock Units are granted, such action +is appropriate. + +  + +8.3              Restricted Period. With respect to Restricted Awards, the +Restricted Period shall commence on the Grant Date and end at the time or times +set forth on a schedule established by the Committee in the applicable Award +Agreement. + +  + +8.4              Delivery of Restricted Stock and Settlement of Restricted Stock +Units. Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any shares +of Restricted Stock, the restrictions set forth in Section 8.2 and the +applicable Award Agreement shall be of no further force or effect with respect +to such shares, except as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. If an +escrow arrangement is used, upon such expiration, the Company shall deliver to +the Participant, or his or her beneficiary, without charge, the stock +certificate evidencing the shares of Restricted Stock which have not then been +forfeited and with respect to which the Restricted Period has expired (to the +nearest full share) and any cash dividends or stock dividends credited to the +Participant’s account with respect to such Restricted Stock and the interest +thereon, if any. Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to +any outstanding Restricted Stock Units, or at the expiration of the deferral +period with respect to any outstanding Deferred Stock Units, the Company shall +deliver to the Participant, or his or her beneficiary, without charge, one share +of Common Stock for each such outstanding vested Restricted Stock Unit or +Deferred Stock Unit (“Vested Unit”) and cash equal to any Dividend Equivalents +credited with respect to each such Vested Unit in accordance with Section 8.1(c) +hereof and the interest thereon or, at the discretion of the Committee, in +shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to such Dividend +Equivalents and the interest thereon, if any; provided, however, that, if +explicitly provided in the applicable Award Agreement, the Committee may, in its +sole discretion, elect to pay cash or part cash and part Common Stock in lieu of +delivering only shares of Common Stock for Vested Units. If a cash payment is +made in lieu of delivering shares of Common Stock, the amount of such payment +shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock as of the date on +which the Restricted Period lapsed in the case of Restricted Stock Units, or the +delivery date in the case of Deferred Stock Units, with respect to each Vested +Unit. + +  + +8.5              Stock Restrictions. Each certificate representing Restricted +Stock awarded under the Plan shall bear a legend in such form as the Company +deems appropriate. + +  + + + +18 + +  + +  + +9.                  Performance Share Awards. Each Performance Share Award +granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Each +Performance Share Award so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth +in this Section 9, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan +as may be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. The Committee shall have +the discretion to determine: (i) the number of shares of Common Stock or +stock-denominated units subject to a Performance Share Award granted to any +Participant; (ii) the Performance Period applicable to any Award; (iii) the +conditions that must be satisfied for a Participant to earn an Award; and (iv) +the other terms, conditions and restrictions of the Award. + +  + +9.1              Earning Performance Share Awards. The number of Performance +Shares earned by a Participant will depend on the extent to which the +Performance Goals established by the Committee are attained within the +applicable Performance Period, as determined by the Committee. + +  + +10.              Other Equity-Based Awards and Cash Awards. The Committee may +grant Other Equity-Based Awards, either alone or in tandem with other Awards, in +such amounts and subject to such conditions as the Committee shall determine in +its sole discretion. Each Other Equity-Based Award shall be evidenced by an +Award Agreement and shall be subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with +the Plan, as may be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. The Committee +may grant Cash Awards in such amounts and subject to such Performance Goals, +other vesting conditions, and such other terms as the Committee determines in +its discretion. Cash Awards shall be evidenced in such form as the Committee may +determine. + +  + + + +19 + +  + +  + +11.              Securities Law Compliance. Each Award Agreement shall provide +that no shares of Common Stock shall be purchased or sold thereunder unless and +until (a) any then applicable requirements of state and federal laws and +regulatory agencies have been fully complied with to the satisfaction of the +Company and its counsel and (b) if required to do so by the Company, the +Participant has executed and delivered to the Company a letter of investment +intent in such form and containing such provisions as the Committee may require. +The Company shall use reasonable efforts to seek to obtain from each regulatory +commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be +required to grant Awards and to issue and sell shares of Common Stock upon +exercise of the Awards; provided, however, that this undertaking shall not +require the Company to register under the Securities Act the Plan, any Award or +any Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to any such Award. If, after +reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain from any such regulatory +commission or agency the authority which counsel for the Company deems necessary +for the lawful issuance and sale of Common Stock under the Plan, the Company +shall be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell Common Stock +upon exercise of such Awards unless and until such authority is obtained. + +  + +12.              Use of Proceeds from Stock. Proceeds from the sale of Common +Stock pursuant to Awards, or upon exercise thereof, shall constitute general +funds of the Company. + +  + +13.              Miscellaneous. + +  + +13.1          Acceleration of Exercisability and Vesting. The Committee shall +have the power to accelerate the time at which an Award may first be exercised +or the time during which an Award or any part thereof will vest in accordance +with the Plan, notwithstanding the provisions in the Award stating the time at +which it may first be exercised or the time during which it will vest. + +  + +13.2          Stockholder Rights. Except as provided in the Plan or an Award +Agreement, no Participant shall be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of +the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Common Stock subject to +such Award unless and until such Participant has satisfied all requirements for +exercise of the Award pursuant to its terms and no adjustment shall be made for +dividends (ordinary or extraordinary, whether in cash, securities or other +property) or distributions of other rights for which the record date is prior to +the date such Common Stock certificate is issued, except as provided in Section +14 hereof. + +  + +13.3          No Employment or Other Service Rights. Nothing in the Plan or any +instrument executed or Award granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any +Participant any right to continue to serve the Company or an Affiliate in the +capacity in effect at the time the Award was granted or shall affect the right +of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate (a) the employment of an Employee +with or without notice and with or without Cause or (b) the service of a +Director pursuant to the By-laws of the Company or an Affiliate, and any +applicable provisions of the corporate law of the state in which the Company or +the Affiliate is incorporated, as the case may be. + +  + +13.4          Transfer; Approved Leave of Absence. For purposes of the Plan, no +termination of employment by an Employee shall be deemed to result from either +(a) a transfer of employment to the Company from an Affiliate or from the +Company to an Affiliate, or from one Affiliate to another, or (b) an approved +leave of absence for military service or sickness, or for any other purpose +approved by the Company, if the Employee’s right to reemployment is guaranteed +either by a statute or by contract or under the policy pursuant to which the +leave of absence was granted or if the Committee otherwise so provides in +writing, in either case, except to the extent inconsistent with Section 409A of +the Code if the applicable Award is subject thereto. + +  + + + +20 + +  + +  + +13.5          Withholding Obligations. To the extent provided by the terms of an +Award Agreement and subject to the discretion of the Committee, the Participant +may satisfy any federal, state or local tax withholding obligation relating to +the exercise or acquisition of Common Stock under an Award by any of the +following means (in addition to the Company’s right to withhold from any +compensation paid to the Participant by the Company) or by a combination of such +means: (a) tendering a cash payment; (b) authorizing the Company to withhold +shares of Common Stock from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the +Participant as a result of the exercise or acquisition of Common Stock under the +Award, provided, however, that no shares of Common Stock are withheld with a +value exceeding the maximum amount of tax required to be withheld by law; or (c) +delivering to the Company previously owned and unencumbered shares of Common +Stock of the Company. + +  + +13.6          Permitted Transfers. Awards (other than Incentive Stock Options) +may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, be transferable to a Permitted +Transferee upon written approval by the Committee. Any such permitted transfer +of Awards shall be for zero consideration. + +  + +14.              Adjustments. + +  + +14.1          Adjustments Upon Changes in Stock. In the event of any changes in +the outstanding Common Stock or in the capital structure of the Company by +reason of any dividend (other than regular cash dividends) or other distribution +(whether in the form of cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, or other +property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, +merger, consolidation, split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination, repurchase, +or exchange of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, +issuance of warrants or other rights to acquire shares of Common Stock or other +securities of the Company or other relevant change in capitalization (any of the +foregoing, an “Adjustment Event”), the Committee shall, in respect of any such +Adjustment Event, make such proportionate substitution or adjustment, if any, as +it deems equitable, to any or all of: (i) the Total Share Reserve, or any other +limit applicable under the Plan with respect to the number of Awards which may +be granted hereunder; (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock or other +securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other +property) which may be issued in respect of Awards or with respect to which +Awards may be granted under the Plan; and (iii) the terms of any outstanding +Award, including, without limitation, (A) the number of shares of Common Stock +or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or +other property) subject to outstanding Awards or to which outstanding Awards +relate; (B) the exercise price with respect to any Award; or (C) any applicable +performance measures; provided, that in the case of any “equity restructuring” +(within the meaning of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting +Standards Codification Topic 718 (or any successor pronouncement thereto)), the +Committee shall make an equitable or proportionate adjustment to outstanding +Awards to reflect such equity restructuring. In the case of adjustments made +pursuant to this Section 14, unless the Committee specifically determines that +such adjustment is in the best interests of the Company or its Affiliates, the +Committee shall, in the case of Incentive Stock Options, ensure that any +adjustments under this Section 14 will not constitute a modification, extension +or renewal of the Incentive Stock Options within the meaning of Section +424(h)(3) of the Code and in the case of Non-qualified Stock Options, ensure +that any adjustments under this Section 14 will not constitute a modification of +such Non-qualified Stock Options within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. +Any adjustments made under this Section 14 shall be made in a manner which does +not adversely affect the exemption provided pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the +Exchange Act. The Company shall give each Participant notice of an adjustment +hereunder and, upon notice, such adjustment shall be final, conclusive and +binding for all purposes. + +  + + + +21 + +  + +  + +14.2          Adjustment Upon a Change in Control. Except as may otherwise be +provided in an Award Agreement, in connection with any Change in Control, the +Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for any one or more of the +following: + +  + +(a)               substitution or assumption of Awards (or awards of an +acquiring company); + +  + +(b)               acceleration of the exercisability of an Award, lapse of +restrictions on an Award, or alteration of the period of time for Participants +to exercise outstanding Awards prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control +(which shall be a period of at least ten days); and + +  + +(c)               subject to any limitations or reductions as may be necessary +to comply with Section 409A of the Code, cancellation of any one or more +outstanding Awards and payment to the holders of such Awards of the value of +such Awards, if any, as shall be determined by the Committee as follows: + +  + +(i)                 in the case of an outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation +Right, a cash payment in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair +Market Value (as of a date specified by the Committee) of the shares of Common +Stock subject to such Option or Stock Appreciation Right over the aggregate +exercise price of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right (it being understood +that, in such event, any Option or Stock Appreciation Right having a per share +exercise price specified in the Award Agreement that is equal to, or in excess +of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock subject thereto may be +canceled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor), or + +  + +(ii)              in the case of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, +Performance Share Awards, Cash Awards or Other Equity-Based Awards that are not +vested as of such cancellation, a cash payment or equity subject to deferred +vesting and delivery consistent with the same vesting restrictions applicable to +such Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Share Awards, Cash +Awards or Other Equity-Based Awards prior to cancellation, or the underlying +shares in respect thereof, with Performance Goals with respect to each +outstanding Performance Period, if any, that are applicable to such Awards +deemed to be achieved at the greater of 100% of the applicable “target” +performance levels and the performance levels actually achieved as of the date +of such event, as determined by the Committee. + +  + + + +22 + +  + +  + +Payments to holders pursuant to clause (c) above shall be made in cash or, in +the sole discretion of the Committee, in the form of shares of Common Stock, or +such other consideration necessary for a Participant to receive property, cash, +or securities (or combination thereof) as such Participant would have been +entitled to receive upon the occurrence of the Change in Control if the +Participant had been, immediately prior to such Change in Control, the holder of +the number of shares of Common Stock covered by the Award at such time (less any +applicable exercise price). + +  + +14.3          Other Requirements. Prior to any payment or adjustment +contemplated under this Section 14, the Committee may require a Participant to +(a) represent and warrant as to the unencumbered title to the Participant’s +Awards; (b) bear such Participant’s pro rata share of any post-closing indemnity +obligations, and be subject to the same post-closing purchase price adjustments, +escrow terms, offset rights, holdback terms, and similar conditions as the other +holders of Common Stock, subject to any limitations or reductions as may be +necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code; and (iii) deliver customary +transfer documentation as reasonably determined by the Committee. + +  + +14.4          Binding Effect. Any adjustment, substitution, determination of +value or other action taken by the Committee under this Section 14 shall be +final, conclusive and binding for all purposes. + +  + +15.              Amendment of the Plan and Awards. + +  + +15.1          Amendment of Plan. The Board at any time, and from time to time, +may amend or terminate the Plan. However, except as provided in Section 14 +relating to adjustments upon changes in Common Stock and Section 15.3, no +amendment shall be effective unless approved by the stockholders of the Company +to the extent stockholder approval is necessary to satisfy any Applicable Laws. +At the time of such amendment, the Board shall determine, upon advice from +counsel, whether such amendment will be contingent on stockholder approval. + +  + +15.2          Stockholder Approval. The Board may, in its sole discretion, +submit any other amendment to the Plan for stockholder approval. + +  + +15.3          Contemplated Amendments. It is expressly contemplated that the +Board may amend the Plan in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable +to provide eligible Employees, Consultants and Independent Directors with the +maximum benefits provided or to be provided under the provisions of the Code and +the regulations promulgated thereunder relating to Incentive Stock Options or to +the nonqualified deferred compensation provisions of Section 409A of the Code +and/or to bring the Plan and/or Awards granted under it into compliance +therewith. + +  + +15.4          No Impairment of Rights. Rights under any Award granted before +amendment of the Plan shall not be materially impaired by any amendment of the +Plan unless (a) the Company requests the consent of the Participant and (b) the +Participant consents in writing. + +  + +15.5          Amendment of Awards. The Committee at any time, and from time to +time, may amend the terms of any one or more Awards; provided, however, that the +Committee may not affect any amendment which would otherwise constitute an +impairment of the rights under any Award unless (a) the Company requests the +consent of the Participant and (b) the Participant consents in writing. + +  + + + +23 + +  + +  + +16.              General Provisions. + +  + +16.1          Forfeiture Events. The Committee may specify in an Award Agreement +that the Participant’s rights, payments and benefits with respect to an Award +shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment upon the +occurrence of certain events, in addition to applicable vesting conditions of an +Award. Such events may include, without limitation, breach of non-competition, +non-solicitation, confidentiality, or other restrictive covenants that are +contained in the Award Agreement or otherwise applicable to the Participant, a +termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service for Cause, or other conduct +by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the +Company and/or its Affiliates. + +  + +16.2          Clawback. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Plan, the +Company may cancel any Award, require reimbursement of any Award by a +Participant, and effect any other right of recoupment of equity or other +compensation provided under the Plan in connection with the following: (a) any +material noncompliance with any financial reporting requirement under the +securities Laws that requires the Company to file a restatement of its financial +statements; (b) any action by a Participant that constitutes Cause; and (c) any +Company policies that may be adopted and/or modified from time to time. In +addition, a Participant may be required to repay to the Company previously paid +compensation, whether provided pursuant to the Plan or an Award Agreement, in +accordance with the Plan. By accepting an Award, the Participant is agreeing to +be bound by this Section 16.2, as in effect or as may be adopted and/or modified +from time to time by the Company in its discretion (including, without +limitation, to comply with Applicable Law). + +  + +16.3          Other Compensation Arrangements. Nothing contained in the Plan +shall prevent the Board from adopting other or additional compensation +arrangements, subject to stockholder approval if such approval is required; and +such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in +specific cases. + +  + +16.4          Sub-Plans. The Committee may from time to time establish sub-plans +under the Plan for purposes of satisfying securities, tax or other laws of +various jurisdictions in which the Company intends to grant Awards. Any +sub-plans shall contain such limitations and other terms and conditions as the +Committee determines are necessary or desirable. All sub-plans shall be deemed a +part of the Plan, but each sub-plan shall apply only to the Participants in the +jurisdiction for which the sub-plan was designed. + +  + +16.5          Deferral of Awards. The Committee may establish one or more +programs under the Plan to permit selected Participants the opportunity to elect +to defer receipt of consideration upon exercise of an Award, satisfaction of +performance criteria, or other event that absent the election would entitle the +Participant to payment or receipt of shares of Common Stock or other +consideration under an Award. The Committee may establish the election +procedures, the timing of such elections, the mechanisms for payments of, and +accrual of interest or other earnings, if any, on amounts, shares or other +consideration so deferred, and such other terms, conditions, rules and +procedures that the Committee deems advisable for the administration of any such +deferral program. + +  + +16.6          Unfunded Plan. The Plan shall be unfunded. Neither the Company, +the Board nor the Committee shall be required to establish any special or +separate fund or to segregate any assets to assure the performance of its +obligations under the Plan. + +  + + + +24 + +  + +  + +16.7          Delivery. Upon exercise of a right granted under the Plan, the +Company shall issue Common Stock or pay any amounts due within a reasonable +period of time thereafter. Subject to any statutory or regulatory obligations +the Company may otherwise have, for purposes of the Plan, 30 days shall be +considered a reasonable period of time. + +  + +16.8          No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall +be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan, including pursuant to any +adjustment under Section 14. The Committee shall determine whether cash, +additional Awards or other securities or property shall be issued or paid in +lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock or whether any fractional shares +should be rounded, forfeited or otherwise eliminated. + +  + +16.9          Other Provisions. The Award Agreements authorized under the Plan +may contain such other provisions not inconsistent with the Plan, including, +without limitation, restrictions upon the exercise of Awards, as the Committee +may deem advisable. + +  + +16.10      Section 409A. The Plan is intended to comply with Section 409A of the +Code to the extent subject thereto, and, accordingly, to the maximum extent +permitted, the Plan shall be interpreted and administered to be in compliance +therewith. Any payments described in the Plan that are due within the +“short-term deferral period” as defined in Section 409A of the Code shall not be +treated as deferred compensation unless Applicable Laws require otherwise. +Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, to the extent required to +avoid accelerated taxation and tax penalties under Section 409A of the Code, +amounts that would otherwise be payable and benefits that would otherwise be +provided pursuant to the Plan during the six (6) month period immediately +following the Participant’s termination of Continuous Service shall instead be +paid on the first payroll date after the six-month anniversary of the +Participant’s separation from service (or the Participant’s death, if earlier). +Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor the Committee shall have +any obligation to take any action to prevent the assessment of any additional +tax or penalty on any Participant under Section 409A of the Code and neither the +Company nor the Committee will have any liability to any Participant for such +tax or penalty. + +  + +16.11      Disqualifying Dispositions. Any Participant who shall make a +“disposition” (as defined in Section 424 of the Code) of all or any portion of +shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise of an Incentive Stock Option +within two years from the Grant Date of such Incentive Stock Option or within +one year after the issuance of the shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise +of such Incentive Stock Option (a “Disqualifying Disposition”) shall be required +to immediately advise the Company in writing as to the occurrence of the sale +and the price realized upon the sale of such shares of Common Stock. + +  + +16.12      Section 16. It is the intent of the Company that the Plan satisfy, +and be interpreted in a manner that satisfies, the applicable requirements of +Rule 16b-3 as promulgated under Section 16 of the Exchange Act so that +Participants will be entitled to the benefit of Rule 16b-3, or any other rule +promulgated under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and will not be subject to +short-swing liability under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. Accordingly, if the +operation of any provision of the Plan would conflict with the intent expressed +in this Section 16.12, such provision to the extent possible shall be +interpreted and/or deemed amended so as to avoid such conflict. + +  + + + +25 + +  + +  + +16.13      Beneficiary Designation. Each Participant under the Plan may from +time to time name any beneficiary or beneficiaries by whom any right under the +Plan is to be exercised in case of such Participant’s death. Each designation +will revoke all prior designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form +reasonably prescribed by the Committee and shall be effective only when filed by +the Participant in writing with the Company during the Participant’s lifetime. + +  + +16.14      Expenses. The costs of administering the Plan shall be paid by the +Company. + +  + +16.15      Severability. If any of the provisions of the Plan or any Award +Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, whether in whole or +in part, such provision shall be deemed modified to the extent, but only to the +extent, of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability and the remaining +provisions shall not be affected thereby. + +  + +16.16      Plan Headings. The headings in the Plan are for purposes of +convenience only and are not intended to define or limit the construction of the +provisions hereof. + +  + +16.17      Non-Uniform Treatment. The Committee’s determinations under the Plan +need not be uniform and may be made by it selectively among Persons who are +eligible to receive, or actually receive, Awards. Without limiting the +generality of the foregoing, the Committee shall be entitled to make non-uniform +and selective determinations, amendments and adjustments, and to enter into +non-uniform and selective Award Agreements. + +  + +17.              Effective Date of Plan. The Plan shall become effective as of +the Effective Date. + +  + +18.              Termination or Suspension of the Plan. The Plan shall terminate +automatically on August 28, 2030. No Award shall be granted pursuant to the Plan +after such date, but Awards theretofore granted may extend beyond that date. The +Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any earlier date pursuant to Section +15.1 hereof. No Awards may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended +or after it is terminated. + +  + +19.              Choice of Law. The law of the State of Delaware shall govern +(a) all claims or matters related to or arising from the Plan (including any +tort or non-contractual claims) and (b) any questions concerning the +construction, interpretation, validity and enforcement of the Plan, without +giving effect to any choice-of-law or conflict-of-law rules or provisions +(whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause +the application of the Law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. + +  + +As adopted by the Board of Directors of Utz Brands, Inc. on June 4, 2020. + +  + +As approved by the stockholders of Utz Brands, Inc. on August 27, 2020. + +  + + + +26 + +  + + + +  + +Exhibit C + +Form of Initial Option Grant + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +Exhibit C + +  + +Stock Option Agreement + +  + +This Stock Option Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of +August 29, 2020 by and between Utz Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the +“Company”) and Dylan B. Lissette (the “Participant”). + +  + +Grant Date: + +  + +Exercise Price per Share: + +  + +Number of Option Shares: + +  + +Expiration Date: + +  + +1.             Grant of Option. + +  + +1.1              Grant; Type of Option. The Company hereby grants to the +Participant an option (the “Option”) to purchase the total number of shares of +Common Stock of the Company equal to the number of Option Shares set forth +above, at the Exercise Price set forth above. The Option is being granted +pursuant to the terms of the Utz Brands, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Equity Incentive +Plan, as then amended (the “Plan”). The Option is not intended to be an +“incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. + +  + +1.2              Consideration; Subject to Plan. The grant of the Option is made +in consideration of the services to be rendered by the Participant to the +Company and is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. Capitalized +terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the +Plan. + +  + +2.             Exercise Period; Vesting. + +  + +2.1              Vesting Schedule. The Option will become vested and exercisable +with respect to 50% of the total number of Option Shares on December 31, 2022, +and with respect to an additional 50% of the total number of Option Shares on +December 31, 2023. The unvested portion of the Option will not be exercisable +after the Participant’s termination of Continuous Service. + +  + +2.2              Expiration. The Option will expire on the Expiration Date set +forth above, or earlier as provided in this Agreement or the Plan. + +  + +3.             Termination of Continuous Service. + +  + +3.1              Termination for Reasons Other Than Cause, Death, Disability. If +the Participant’s Continuous Service is terminated for any reason other than +Cause, death or Disability, the Participant may exercise the vested portion of +the Option, but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of: (a) +the date three months following the termination of the Participant’s Continuous +Service or (b) the Expiration Date. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +3.2              Termination for Cause. If the Participant’s Continuous Service +is terminated for Cause, the Option (whether vested or unvested) shall +immediately terminate and cease to be exercisable. + +  + +3.3              Termination due to Disability. If the Participant’s Continuous +Service terminates as a result of the Participant’s Disability, the Participant +may exercise the vested portion of the Option, but only within such period of +time ending on the earlier of: (a) the date 12 months following the +Participant’s termination of Continuous Service or (b) the Expiration Date. + +  + +3.4              Termination due to Death. If the Participant’s Continuous +Service terminates as a result of the Participant’s death, the vested portion of +the Option may be exercised by the Participant’s estate, by a Person who +acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance or by the +Person designated to exercise the Option upon the Participant’s death, but only +within the time period ending on the earlier of: (a) the date 12 months +following the Participant’s termination of Continuous Service or (b) the +Expiration Date. + +  + +3.5              Extension of Termination Date. If following the Participant’s +termination of Continuous Service for any reason the exercise of the Option is +prohibited because the exercise of the Option would violate the registration +requirements under the Securities Act or any other state or federal securities +law or the rules of any securities exchange or interdealer quotation system, +then the expiration of the Option shall be tolled until the date that is thirty +(30) days after the end of the period during which the exercise of the Option +would be in violation of such registration or other securities requirements. + +  + +4.             Manner of Exercise. + +  + +4.1              Election to Exercise. To exercise the portion of the Option +which is vested and exercisable, the Participant (or in the case of exercise +after the Participant’s death or incapacity, the Participant’s executor, +administrator, heir or legatee, as the case may be) must deliver written notice +of exercise in a form and in accordance with procedures approved by the +Committee or the Board in accordance with Section 3 of the Plan, and the notice +of exercise shall be accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price. + +  + +4.2              Payment of Exercise Price. The entire Exercise Price of the +Option shall be payable, to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, as follows: +(a) in cash (including check, bank draft, money order or wire transfer of +immediately available funds), (b) by delivery of outstanding shares of Common +Stock, duly endorsed for transfer to the Company, with a Fair Market Value on +the date of delivery equal to the aggregate Exercise Price payable with respect +to the Option’s exercise, (c) by means of any cashless exercise procedures +established with a broker and approved by the Committee and as may be in effect +on the date of exercise, (d) by any combination of the foregoing, in each case +in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan or (e) in any other form +of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Committee or the Board as +the administrator of the Plan in accordance with Section 3 thereof. + +  + + + +2 + +  + +  + +4.3        ��     Withholding. If the Company, in its discretion, determines that +it is obligated to withhold any tax in connection with the exercise of the +Option, the Participant must make arrangements satisfactory to the Company to +pay or provide for any applicable federal, state and local withholding +obligations of the Company. The Committee may permit the Participant to satisfy +any federal, state or local tax withholding obligation relating to the exercise +of the Option by any of the following means, or by a combination of such means, +to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws: + +  + +(a)                 tendering a cash payment; + +  + +(b)               authorizing the Company to withhold shares of Common Stock +from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Participant as a +result of the exercise of the Option; provided, however, that no shares of +Common Stock shall be withheld with a value exceeding the maximum amount of tax +required to be withheld by law; + +  + +(c)               delivery of a properly executed notice of exercise together +with irrevocable instructions to a broker registered under the Exchange Act to +promptly deliver to the Company the amount of proceeds required to pay the +Exercise Price; or + +  + +(d)               delivering to the Company previously owned and unencumbered +shares of Common Stock. + +  + +The Company has the right to withhold from any compensation paid to a +Participant. + +  + +4.4              Issuance of Shares. Provided that the notice of exercise and +payment are in form and substance satisfactory to the Committee or the Board in +accordance with Section 3 of the Plan, the Company shall issue the shares of +Common Stock registered in the name of the Participant, the Participant’s +authorized assignee, or the Participant’s legal representative which shall be +evidenced by stock certificates representing the shares with the appropriate +legends affixed thereto, appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a +duly authorized transfer agent, or other appropriate means as determined by the +Company. + +  + +5.             No Right to Continued Service; No Rights as Stockholder. Neither +the Plan nor this Agreement shall confer upon the Participant any right to be +retained in any position, as an Employee, Consultant or Director of the Company. +Further, nothing in the Plan or this Agreement shall be construed to limit the +discretion of the Company to terminate the Participant’s Continuous Service at +any time, with or without Cause. The Participant shall not have any rights as a +stockholder with respect to any shares of Common Stock subject to the Option +unless and until certificates representing the shares have been issued by the +Company to the holder of such shares, or the shares have otherwise been recorded +on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent as owned by +such holder. + +  + +6.             Transferability. The Option may be transferred to a Permitted +Transferee upon written approval by the Committee. + +  + + + +3 + +  + +  + +7.             Change in Control. + +  + +7.1              Acceleration of Vesting. In the event the Participant’s +Continuous Service is terminated by the Company without Cause (other than due to +the Participant’s death or Disability) or by the Participant for Good Reason (as +defined in the Utz Brands, Inc. Executive Change in Control Severance Plan), in +each case within two (2) years following a Change in Control, then, +notwithstanding any provision of the Plan or this Agreement to the contrary, the +Option shall become immediately vested and exercisable with respect to 100% of +the shares subject to the Option. To the extent practicable, such acceleration +of vesting and exercisability shall occur in a manner and at a time which allows +the Participant the ability to participate in the Change in Control with respect +to the shares of Common Stock received. + +  + +7.2              Cash-out. In the event of a Change in Control, the Committee +may, in its discretion and upon at least ten (10) days’ advance notice to the +Participant, cancel the Option and pay to the Participant the value of the +Option in accordance with the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at the +time of a Change in Control the Exercise Price of the Option equals or exceeds +the price paid for a share of Common Stock in connection with the Change in +Control, the Committee may cancel the Option without the payment of +consideration therefor. + +  + +8.             Adjustments. The shares of Common Stock subject to the Option may +be adjusted or terminated in any manner as contemplated by Section 14 of the +Plan. + +  + +9.             Tax Liability and Withholding. Notwithstanding any action the +Company takes with respect to any or all income tax, social insurance, payroll +tax, or other tax-related withholding (“Tax-Related Items”), the ultimate +liability for all Tax-Related Items is and remains the Participant’s +responsibility and the Company (a) makes no representation or undertakings +regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with the grant, +vesting, or exercise of the Option or the subsequent sale of any shares acquired +on exercise; and (b) does not commit to structure the Option to reduce or +eliminate the Participant’s liability for Tax-Related Items. + +  + +10.         Restrictive Covenants. + +  + +10.1          Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information. + +  + +(a)               The term “Confidential Information,” as used in this +Agreement, shall mean any and all information (in whatever form and whether or +not expressly designated as confidential) relating directly or indirectly to the +respective businesses, operations, financial affairs, assets or technology of +the Company and any of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Companies”) +including, but not limited to, marketing and financial information, personnel, +sales and statistical data, plans for future development, computer programs, +information and knowledge pertaining to the products and services offered, +inventions, innovations, designs, ideas, recipes, formulas, manufacturing +processes, trade secrets, technical data, computer source codes, software, +proprietary information, construction, advertising, manufacturing, distribution +and sales methods and systems, pricing, sales and profit figures, customer and +client lists, and relationships with customers, clients, suppliers, distributors +and others who have business dealings with any of the Companies and information +with respect to various ingredients, formulas, manufacturing processes, +techniques, procedures, processes and methods. Confidential Information also +includes information received by the Participant from third parties in +connection with the Participant’s employment by any of the Companies subject to +an obligation to maintain the confidentiality of such information. Confidential +Information does not include information which (a) becomes generally known to +and available for use by the public other than as a result of Participant’s +violation of this Agreement; (b) is or becomes generally available within the +relevant business or industry other than as a result of Participant’s violation +of this Agreement; or (c) is or becomes available to Participant on a +non-confidential basis from a source other than the Companies, which source is +not known by Participant, after reasonable inquiry, to be subject to a +contractual or fiduciary obligation of secrecy to the Companies. + +  + + + +4 + +  + +  + +(b)               The Participant acknowledges and agrees that all Confidential +Information known or obtained by the Participant, whether before or after the +Grant Date and regardless of whether the Participant participated in the +discovery or development of such Confidential Information, is the property of +the Company. Except as expressly authorized in writing by the Company or as +necessary to perform the Participant’s services while an employee of the +Company, the Participant agrees that the Participant will not, during or after +the Participant’s employment with any of the Companies, for any reason, directly +or indirectly, duplicate, use, make available, sell, misappropriate, exploit, +remove, copy or disclose to any Person Confidential Information, unless such +information is required to be produced by the Participant under order of a court +of competent jurisdiction or a valid administrative or congressional subpoena; +provided, however, that upon receipt of any such order or subpoena, the +Participant shall promptly notify the Company and shall provide the Company with +an opportunity at its cost and expense to contest the propriety of such order or +subpoena or restrict or condition the disclosure of such Confidential +Information or to arrange for appropriate safeguards against any further +disclosure by the court or administrative or other body seeking to compel +disclosure of such Confidential Information. + +  + +10.2          Assignment of Inventions. + +  + +(a)               The Participant acknowledges and agrees that all ideas, +methods, inventions, discoveries, improvements, work products, developments, +software, know-how, processes, techniques, works of authorship and other work +product, whether patentable or unpatentable, (i) that are reduced to practice, +created, invented, designed, developed, contributed to, or improved with the use +of any of the Companies’ resources and/or within the scope of the Participant’s +duties to the Companies or that relate to the business, operations or actual or +demonstrably anticipated research or development of the Companies, and that are +made or conceived by the Participant, solely or jointly with others, during the +Participant’s employment by any of the Companies; or (ii) suggested by any work +that the Participant performs in connection with any of the Companies, either +while performing the Participant’s duties to the Companies or on the +Participant’s own time, will belong exclusively to the Companies (or their +designees), whether or not patent or other applications for intellectual +property protection are filed thereon (the “Inventions”). The Participant will +keep full and complete written records (the “Records”), in the manner prescribed +by the Companies, of all Inventions, and will promptly disclose all Inventions +completely and in writing to the Companies. The Records are the sole and +exclusive property of the Companies, and the Participant will surrender them +upon termination of employment, or upon any of the Companies’ request. The +Participant irrevocably conveys, transfers and assigns to the Companies the +Inventions and all patents or other intellectual property rights that may issue +thereon in any and all countries, whether during or subsequent to the +Participant’s employment by any of the Companies, together with the right to +file, in the Participant’s name or in the name of any of the Companies (or their +designees), applications for patents and equivalent rights (the “Applications”). +The Participant will, at any time during and subsequent to employment by or +service to any of the Companies, make such applications, sign such papers, take +all rightful oaths, and perform all other acts as may be requested from time to +time by any of the Companies to perfect, record, enforce, protect, patent or +register the Companies’ rights in the Inventions, all without additional +compensation to the Participant from the Companies. The Participant will also +execute assignments to the Companies (or their designees) of the Applications, +and give the Companies and their attorneys all reasonable assistance (including +the giving of testimony) to obtain the Inventions for the Companies’ benefit. + +  + + + +5 + +  + +  + +(b)               In addition, the Inventions are deemed Work for Hire, as such +term is defined under the copyright laws of the United States, on behalf of the +Companies, and the Participant agrees that the Companies are the sole owners of +the Inventions and all underlying rights therein, in all media now known or +hereinafter devised, throughout the universe and in perpetuity without any +further obligations to the Participant. If the Inventions, or any portion +thereof, are deemed not to be Work for Hire, or the rights in such Inventions do +not otherwise automatically vest in the Companies, the Participant hereby +irrevocably conveys, transfers and assigns to the Companies all rights, in all +media now known or hereinafter devised, throughout the universe and in +perpetuity, in and to the Inventions, including, without limitation, all of the +Participant’s right, title and interest in the copyrights (and all renewals, +revivals and extensions thereof) to the Inventions, including, without +limitation, all rights of any kind or any nature now or hereafter recognized, +including, without limitation, the unrestricted right to make modifications, +adaptations and revisions to the Inventions, to exploit and allow others to +exploit the Inventions and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any +infringement, or other unauthorized use or conduct in derogation of the +Inventions, known or unknown, before the date hereof, including, without +limitation, the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom. In +addition, the Participant hereby waives any so-called “moral rights” with +respect to the Inventions. To the extent that the Participant has any rights in +the results and proceeds of the Participant’s service to the Companies that +cannot be assigned in the manner described herein, the Participant agrees to +unconditionally waive the enforcement of such rights. The Participant hereby +waives any and all currently existing and future monetary rights in and to the +Inventions and all patents and other registrations for intellectual property +that may issue thereon, including, without limitation, any rights that would +otherwise accrue to the Participant’s benefit by virtue of the Participant being +an employee of or other service provider to any of the Companies. + +  + + + +6 + +  + +  + +10.3          Return of Companies’ Property and Companies’ Information. The +Participant agrees to return, promptly following the termination of the +Participant’s employment with any of the Companies, or earlier if directed by +any of the Companies, any and all of the Companies’ property in the +Participant’s possession, as well as any and all records, files, correspondence, +reports and computer disks relating to any of the Companies’ operations, +products and potential products, marketing, research and development, production +and general business plans, customer information, accounting and financial +information, distribution, sales, and confidential cost and price +characteristics and policies in the Participant’s possession (including on any +personal computer). + +  + +10.4          Nothing in this Agreement is intended to conflict with the +whistleblower provisions of any United States federal, state or local law or +regulation, including but not limited to Rule 21F-17 of the Securities Exchange +Act of 1934 or § 1833(b) of the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016. Accordingly, +notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, nothing in this Agreement shall +prohibit the Participant from reporting possible violations of United States +federal, state or local law or regulation to any United States federal, state or +local governmental agency or entity, including but not limited to the Department +of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Congress, and any agency +Inspector General, or to an attorney, or from making other disclosures that are +protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal law or regulation, or +from disclosing trade secrets and other confidential information in the course +of such reporting; provided, that the Participant uses the Participant’s +reasonable best efforts to (a) disclose only information that is reasonably +related to such possible violations or that is requested by such agency or +entity and (b) requests that such agency or entity treat such information as +confidential. The Participant does not need the prior authorization from the +Company to make any such reports or disclosures and is not required to notify +the Company that it has made such reports or disclosures. In addition, the +Participant has the right to disclose trade secrets and other confidential +information in a document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding; provided, that +the filing is made under seal and protected from public disclosure. + +  + +10.5          In consideration of the Option, the Participant agrees and +covenants not to: + +  + +(a)               During the entire period of the Participant’s employment with +any of the Companies and for the longer of (A) the Restriction Period (as +defined in the Utz Brands, Inc. Executive Change in Control Severance Plan) +applicable to the Participant, if any, and (B) a period of six (6) months +following the termination of the Participant’s employment for any reason, the +Participant shall not, directly or indirectly, for the Participant’s own +account, or on behalf of, or together with, any other Person (other than on +behalf of the Companies) anywhere in any state of the United States or the +District of Columbia: + +  + +(i)                 own, manage, operate, control, finance or participate in the +ownership, management, operation, control or financing of, render financial +assistance to, be connected as an officer, director, stockholder, employee, +partner, member, manager, principal, agent, representative, consultant or +otherwise with, use or permit the Participant’s name to be used in connection +with, or develop products or services for, any Competing Business. “Competing +Business” means any business which is engaged in the development, manufacture, +distribution, marketing or sale of snack foods; notwithstanding the foregoing, +it shall not be a breach of this Section 10.5(a)(i) for the Participant to own a +passive investment of less than one percent (1%) of a class of stock of a +publicly held company that is traded on a national securities exchange or in the +over the counter market; + +  + + + +7 + +  + +  + +(ii)              contact, solicit, induce or attempt to contact, solicit or +induce any Person who is or was, within the one-year period prior to termination +of the Participant’s employment with the Companies, a customer, supplier or +agent of any of the Companies or with which any of the Companies or the +Participant had contact during the Participant’s employment with any of the +Companies, to terminate their relationship with any of the Companies, or do any +act which may interfere with or result in the impairment of the relationship, +including any reduction in sales or purchases, between any of the Companies and +such customers, suppliers or agents; or + +  + +(iii)            hire any Person who is or was, within the one-year period prior +to termination of the Participant’s employment with any of the Companies, an +employee of any of the Companies; or contact, solicit, induce or attempt to +contact, solicit or induce any Person who is or was, within the one-year period +prior to termination of the Participant’s employment with the Companies, an +employee of any of the Companies for the purpose of seeking to have such Person +terminate his or her employment or engagement with any of the Companies. + +  + +(b)               The Participant will not, at any time, make any statement that +is intended to disparage (i) any of the Companies or any of their businesses, +products, services, directors or officers or (ii) Michael Rice, the spouse and +lineal descendants (whether natural or adopted) of Michael Rice or any spouse of +any lineal descendants of Michael Rice. + +  + +10.6          Acknowledgments by the Participant. The Participant acknowledges +and agrees that: (a) the Participant has occupied or will occupy a position of +trust and confidence with the Companies and has or will become familiar with +Confidential Information; (b) the Confidential Information is of unique, very +substantial and immeasurable value to the Companies; (c) the Company has +required that the Participant make the covenants set forth in this Section 10 as +a condition to the execution by the Company of this Agreement; (d) the +provisions of this Section 10 are reasonable with respect to duration, +geographic area and scope and necessary to protect and preserve the goodwill and +ongoing business value of the Companies, and will not, individually or in the +aggregate, prevent the Participant from obtaining other suitable employment +during the period in which the Participant is bound by such provisions; (e) the +scope of the business of the Companies is independent of location (such that it +is not practical to limit the restrictions contained in this Section 10 to a +specified county, city or part thereof); (f) the Companies would be irreparably +damaged if the Participant were to breach the covenants set forth in this +Section 10; and (g) the potential benefits to the Participant available under +this Agreement are sufficient to compensate the Participant fully and adequately +for agreeing to the terms and restrictions of this Agreement. + +  + + + +8 + +  + +  + +10.7          If a court holds that the duration, scope, or area restrictions +stated herein are unreasonable, the parties agree that the court shall be +allowed and directed to revise the restrictions to cover the maximum reasonable +period, scope and area permitted by law. + +  + +10.8          If the Committee determines in good faith that the Participant has +breached or threatened to breach any of the covenants contained in this Section +10: + +  + +(a)               any unvested or vested but unexercised portion of the Option +shall be immediately forfeited effective as of the date of such breach, unless +sooner terminated by operation of another term or condition of this Agreement or +the Plan, and the Participant shall deliver to the Company (or take all steps +necessary to effectuate the delivery of), no later than five (5) days following +such determination, any shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise of the +Participant’s Option and any proceeds resulting from the sale or other +disposition (including to the Company) of shares of Common Stock issued upon +exercise of the Participant’s Option; and + +  + +(b)               the Participant hereby consents and agrees that the Company +shall be entitled to seek, in addition to other available remedies, a temporary +or permanent injunction or other equitable relief against such breach or +threatened breach from any court of competent jurisdiction, without the +necessity of showing any actual damages or that money damages would not afford +an adequate remedy, and without the necessity of posting any bond or other +security. The aforementioned equitable relief shall be in addition to, not in +lieu of, legal remedies, monetary damages or other available forms of relief. +Each of the Companies not party to this Agreement is intended to be third-party +beneficiaries of the provisions of this Section 10, and such provisions may be +enforced by each of them in accordance with the terms hereof in respect of the +rights granted to each such entity hereunder. + +  + +11.         Compliance with Law. The exercise of the Option and the issuance and +transfer of shares of Common Stock shall be subject to compliance by the Company +and the Participant with all applicable requirements of federal and state +securities laws and with all applicable requirements of any stock exchange on +which the Company’s shares of Common Stock may be listed. No shares of Common +Stock shall be issued or transferred pursuant to this Option unless and until +any then applicable requirements of state and federal laws and regulatory +agencies have been fully complied with to the satisfaction of the Company and +its counsel. + +  + +12.         Notices. All notices, demands and other communications to be given +or delivered under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to +have been given (a) when personally delivered (or, if delivery is refused, upon +presentment) or received by email (with confirmation of transmission) prior to +5:00 p.m. eastern time on a business day and, if otherwise, on the next business +day, (b) one (1) business day following sending by reputable overnight express +courier (charges prepaid), or (c) three (3) days following mailing by certified +or registered mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested. Unless another +address is specified in writing pursuant to the provisions of this Section 12, +notices, demands and other communications shall be sent to the addresses +indicated below: + +  + + + +9 + +  + +  + +If to the Company: + +  + +If to the Participant: + +  + +13.         Governing Law Jurisdiction; Costs. The law of the State of Delaware +shall govern (a) all claims or matters related to or arising from this Agreement +(including any tort or non-contractual claims) and (b) any questions concerning +the construction, interpretation, validity and enforcement of this Agreement, +without giving effect to any choice-of-law or conflict-of-law rules or +provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that +would cause the application of the Law of any jurisdiction other than the State +of Delaware. The Participant hereby agrees to submit to personal jurisdiction of +said courts, and waives any right to challenge venue or claim that it is an +inconvenient forum. The Participant will reimburse the Company for all court +costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with any action the +Company brings for a breach or threatened breach by the Participant of any +covenants contained in this Agreement if (i) the Participant challenges the +reasonableness or enforceability of such covenants or (ii) the Company is the +prevailing party in such action. + +  + +14.         Interpretation. Any dispute regarding the interpretation of this +Agreement shall be submitted by the Participant or the Company to the Committee +for review. The resolution of such dispute by the Committee shall be final and +binding on the Participant and the Company. + +  + +15.         Options Subject to Plan. This Agreement is subject to the Plan as +approved by the Company’s stockholders. The terms and provisions of the Plan as +it may be amended from time to time are hereby incorporated herein by reference. +In the event of a conflict between any term or provision contained herein and a +term or provision of the Plan, the applicable terms and provisions of the Plan +will govern and prevail. + +  + +16.         Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights +under this Agreement. This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be +binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and +assigns. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein, this +Agreement will be binding upon the Participant and the Participant’s +beneficiaries, executors, administrators and the Person(s) to whom the Option +may be transferred by will or the laws of descent or distribution. + +  + +17.         Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement +shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under +applicable Law, but if any provision of this Agreement or the application of any +such provision to any Person or circumstance shall be held to be prohibited by +or invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law in any respect by a +court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective only to the +extent of such prohibition or invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, +without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions +of this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or +unenforceable provision, there shall be added automatically as a part of this +Agreement a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms to such +illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision as may be possible. + +  + + + +10 + +  + +  + +18.         Discretionary Nature of Plan. The Plan is discretionary and may be +amended, cancelled or terminated by the Company at any time, in its discretion. +The grant of the Option in this Agreement does not create any contractual right +or other right to receive any Options or other Awards in the future. Future +Awards, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company. Any amendment, +modification, or termination of the Plan shall not constitute a change or +impairment of the terms and conditions of the Participant's employment with the +Company. + +  + +19.         Amendment. The Committee has the right to amend, alter, suspend, +discontinue or cancel the Option, prospectively or retroactively; provided, +that, no such amendment shall adversely affect the Participant’s material rights +under this Agreement without the Participant’s consent. The failure of the +Company or Committee to enforce at any time any provision of this Agreement will +in no way be construed to be a waiver of such provision or of any other +provision hereof. + +  + +20.         Section 409A. This Agreement is intended to comply with Section 409A +of the Code or an exemption thereunder and shall be construed and interpreted in +a manner that is consistent with the requirements for avoiding additional taxes +or penalties under Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the +Company makes no representations that the payments and benefits provided under +this Agreement comply with Section 409A of the Code and in no event shall the +Company be liable for all or any portion of any taxes, penalties, interest or +other expenses that may be incurred by the Participant on account of +non-compliance with Section 409A of the Code. + +  + +21.         No Impact on Other Benefits. The value of the Participant’s Option +is not part of his or her normal or expected compensation for purposes of +calculating any severance, retirement, welfare, insurance or similar employee +benefit. + +  + +22.         Data Privacy. The Participant expressly authorizes and consents to +the collection, possession, use, retention and transfer of personal data of the +Participant, whether in electronic or other form, by and among Company, its +Affiliates, third-party administrator(s) and other possible recipients, in each +case for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering, facilitating +and/or managing the Participant’s Awards under, and participation in, the Plan. +Such personal data may include, without limitation, the Participant’s name, home +address and telephone number, date of birth, Social Security Number, social +insurance number or other identification number, salary, job title and other +job-related information, tax information, the number of Company shares held or +sold by the Participant, and the details of all Awards (including any +information contained in this Award and all Award-related materials) granted to +the Participant, whether exercised, unexercised, vested, unvested, cancelled or +outstanding (“Data”). The Participant acknowledges, understands and agrees that +Data may be transferred to third parties, which will assist the Company with the +implementation, administration and management of the Plan. + +  + +23.         Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered in one or +more counterparts and by fax, email or other electronic transmission, each of +which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall be considered one and +the same agreement. No party shall raise the use of a fax machine or email to +deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument +was transmitted or communicated through the use of a fax machine or email as a +defense to the formation or enforceability of this Agreement and each party +forever waives any such defense. + +  + + + +11 + +  + +  + +24.         Acceptance. The Participant hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of +the Plan and this Agreement. The Participant has read and understands the terms +and provisions thereof, and accepts the Option subject to all of the terms and +conditions of the Plan and this Agreement. The Participant acknowledges that +there may be adverse tax consequences upon exercise of the Option or disposition +of the underlying shares and that the Participant has been advised to consult a +tax advisor prior to such exercise or disposition. + +  + +25.         Complete Agreement. This Agreement and the Plan and the other +documents referred to herein and therein embody the complete agreement and +understanding among the parties and supersede and preempt any prior +understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written +or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way. + +  + +26.         No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement shall be +deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual +intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party. + +  + +* * * * * + +  + + + +12 + +  + +  + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed +as of the date first above written. + +  + +  UTZ BRANDS, INC.       By:           Name: Roger Deromedi   Title: Chairman   +          DYLAN B. LISSETTE + +  + + + +13 + +  + +  + +  + +Exhibit D + +Form of Initial PSU Grant + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +Exhibit D + +  + +Performance Share Unit Agreement + +  + +This Performance Share Unit Award Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and +entered into as of (the “Grant Date”) by and between Utz Brands, Inc., a +Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Dylan B. Lissette (the “Participant”). + +  + +1.          Grant of Performance Share Units. + +  + +1.1           Grant. The Company hereby grants to the Participant an Award for a +target number of Performance Share Units (“PSUs”, and such award, the “Target +Award”). The PSUs are being granted pursuant to the terms of the Utz Brands, +Inc. 2020 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, as then amended (the “Plan”). Each PSU +represents the right to receive one share of Common Stock, subject to the terms +and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Plan. The number of PSUs that +the Participant actually earns for the applicable Performance Period (up to a +maximum of                     1 in aggregate) will be determined by the level +of achievement of the Performance Goal(s) in accordance with Exhibit A attached +hereto. + +  + +1.2           Consideration; Subject to Plan. The grant of the PSUs is made in +consideration of the services to be rendered by the Participant to the Company +and is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. Capitalized terms used +but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan. + +  + +2.          Performance Period. For purposes of this Agreement, the term +“Performance Period” shall be the period commencing on the Grant Date, and (a) +ending on December 31, 2022 for 50% of the PSUs and (b) ending on December 31, +2023 for the remaining 50% of the PSUs, as applicable. + +  + +3.          Performance Goals. + +  + +3.1           The number of PSUs earned by the Participant for a Performance +Period will be determined at the end of the Performance Period based on the +level of achievement of the Performance Goal(s) in accordance with Exhibit A. +All determinations of whether Performance Goal(s) have been achieved, the number +of PSUs earned by the Participant, and all other matters related to this Section +3 shall be made by the Committee in its sole discretion. + +  + +3.2           Promptly following completion of a Performance Period (and no +later than thirty (30) days following the end of the Performance Period), the +Committee will review and certify in writing (a) whether, and to what extent, +the Performance Goal(s) for the Performance Period have been achieved, and (b) +the number of PSUs that the Participant shall earn, if any, subject to +compliance with the requirements of Section 4. Such certification shall be +final, conclusive and binding on the Participant, and on all other Persons, to +the maximum extent permitted by law. + +  + + + +  + +  + +1 NTD: To be 200% of Target Award. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +4.          Vesting of PSUs. The PSUs are subject to forfeiture until they vest. +Except as otherwise provided herein, the PSUs will vest and become +nonforfeitable on the last day of the applicable Performance Period subject to +(a) the achievement of the minimum threshold Performance Goal(s) for payout set +forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, and (b) the Participant’s Continuous Service +from the Grant Date through the last day of the applicable Performance Period. +The number of PSUs that vest and become payable under this Agreement shall be +determined by the Committee based on the level of achievement of the Performance +Goal(s) set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and shall be rounded to the +nearest whole PSU. + +  + +5.          Termination of Continuous Service. + +  + +5.1          Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if the +Participant’s Continuous Service terminates for any reason at any time before +all of his or her PSUs have vested, the Participant’s unvested PSUs shall be +automatically forfeited upon such termination of Continuous Service and neither +the Company nor any Affiliate shall have any further obligations to the +Participant under this Agreement. + +  + +5.2           Notwithstanding Section 5.1, if the Participant’s Continuous +Service terminates during a Performance Period as a result of the Participant’s +death, Disability or termination by the Company without Cause, the target number +of PSUs granted hereunder shall be prorated and then remain eligible to vest in +accordance with Section 4 subject to achievement of the Performance Goal(s) as +if the Participant’s Continuous Service had not terminated, with such pro ration +based on the number of days in the Performance Period prior to the Termination +Date relative to the number of the days in the full Performance Period. + +  + +6.          Effect of a Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything to the +contrary, if there is a Change in Control during a Performance Period, then on +the effective date of the Change in Control, the applicable Performance Period +shall be deemed to have ended as of such date and the Committee shall determine +the number of PSUs that performance vest as of such date based on the level of +achievement of the Performance Goal(s) as of such date, with the price paid per +share of Common Stock in connection with such Change in Control deemed to be the +Ending Price. Following the Change in Control, the PSUs will continue to time +vest and become nonforfeitable on the last day of the original Performance +Period subject only to the Participant’s Continuous Service through the last day +of such original Performance Period; provided that, the PSUs shall immediately +vest in the event the Participant’s Continuous Service is terminated by the +Company without Cause (other than due to the Participant’s death or Disability) +or by the Participant for Good Reason (as defined in the Utz Brands, Inc. +Executive Change in Control Severance Plan), in each case, within two (2) years +following a Change in Control. + +  + +7.          Payment of PSUs. Payment in respect of the PSUs earned for a +Performance Period shall be made in shares of Common Stock and shall be issued +to the Participant as soon as practicable following the vesting date and in any +event within sixty (60) days following the vesting date. The Company shall (a) +issue and deliver to the Participant the number of shares of Common Stock equal +to the number of vested PSUs, and (b) enter the Participant’s name on the books +of the Company as the stockholder of record with respect to the shares of Common +Stock delivered to the Participant. + +  + + + +2 + +  + +  + +8.          Transferability. Subject to any exceptions set forth in this +Agreement or the Plan, the PSUs or the rights relating thereto may not be +assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or +encumbered by the Participant, except by will or the laws of descent and +distribution, and upon any such transfer by will or the laws of descent and +distribution, the transferee shall hold such PSUs subject to all of the terms +and conditions that were applicable to the Participant immediately prior to such +transfer. + +  + +9.          Rights as Stockholder; Dividend Equivalents. + +  + +9.1           The Participant shall not have any rights of a stockholder with +respect to the shares of Common Stock underlying the PSUs, including, but not +limited to, voting rights. + +  + +9.2           As of any date that the Company pays an ordinary cash dividend on +its shares of Common Stock, the Participant will be credited by the Company with +a Dividend Equivalent, which entitles the Participant to a dividend equivalent +payment equal to the amount of such dividends per share of Common Stock subject +to the number of PSUs held by Participant under this Agreement, which Dividend +Equivalent shall be paid in cash (or if elected by the Committee in its sole +discretion, in shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value as of the +settlement date equal to the amount of such dividends), at the same time as the +underlying PSUs are settled following vesting of such PSUs. Any such Dividend +Equivalents shall be subject to the same vesting, forfeiture, payment, +termination and other terms, conditions and restrictions as the PSUs to which +they relate; provided that, the Dividend Equivalents will vest at the same +percentage (not to exceed 100%) that the related PSUs vest. For the sake of +clarity, if the related PSUs vest (A) at 50% of target, 50% of the Dividend +Equivalents credited with respect to such PSUs will vest, or (B) at 200% of +target, 100% of the Dividend Equivalents credited with respect to such PSUs will +vest. No Dividend Equivalents shall be granted with respect to any PSUs which, +as of the record date, have either been paid or terminated. + +  + +9.3           Upon and following the vesting of the PSUs and the issuance of +shares, the Participant shall be the record owner of the shares of Common Stock +underlying the PSUs unless and until such shares are sold or otherwise disposed +of, and as record owner shall be entitled to all rights of a stockholder of the +Company (including voting and dividend rights). + +  + +10.        No Right to Continued Service. Neither the Plan nor this Agreement +shall confer upon the Participant any right to be retained in any position, as +an Employee, Consultant or Director of the Company. Further, nothing in the Plan +or this Agreement shall be construed to limit the discretion of the Company to +terminate the Participant’s Continuous Service at any time, with or without +Cause. + +  + +11.        Adjustments. The PSUs shall be adjusted or terminated in any manner +as contemplated by Section 14 of the Plan. + +  + + + +3 + +  + +  + +12.        Tax Liability and Withholding. + +  + +12.1         The Participant shall be required to pay to the Company, and the +Company shall have the right to deduct from any compensation paid to the +Participant pursuant to the Plan, the amount of any required withholding taxes +in respect of the PSUs and to take all such other action as the Committee deems +necessary to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such withholding taxes. +The Committee may permit the Participant to satisfy any federal, state or local +tax withholding obligation by any of the following means, or by a combination of +such means, to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws: + +  + +(a)             tendering a cash payment; + +  + +(b)            authorizing the Company to withhold shares of Common Stock from +the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable or deliverable to the Participant +as a result of the settlement of the PSUs; provided, however, that no shares of +Common Stock shall be withheld with a value exceeding the maximum amount of tax +required to be withheld by law; + +  + +(c)             delivery of a properly executed notice of settlement together +with irrevocable instructions to a broker registered under the Exchange Act to +promptly deliver to the Company the required tax withholding amount; or + +  + +(d)            delivering to the Company previously owned and unencumbered +shares of Common Stock. + +  + +The Company has the right to withhold from any compensation paid to a +Participant. + +  + +12.2         Notwithstanding any action the Company takes with respect to any or +all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, or other tax-related withholding +(“Tax-Related Items”), the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items is and +remains the Participant’s responsibility and the Company (a) makes no +representation or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items +in connection with the grant, vesting, or settlement of the PSUs or the +subsequent sale of any shares; and (b) does not commit to structure the PSUs to +reduce or eliminate the Participant’s liability for Tax-Related Items. + +  + +13.        Restrictive Covenants. + +  + +13.1         Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information. + +  + +(a)            The term “Confidential Information,” as used in this Agreement, +shall mean any and all information (in whatever form and whether or not +expressly designated as confidential) relating directly or indirectly to the +respective businesses, operations, financial affairs, assets or technology of +the Company and any of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Companies”) +including, but not limited to, marketing and financial information, personnel, +sales and statistical data, plans for future development, computer programs, +information and knowledge pertaining to the products and services offered, +inventions, innovations, designs, ideas, recipes, formulas, manufacturing +processes, trade secrets, technical data, computer source codes, software, +proprietary information, construction, advertising, manufacturing, distribution +and sales methods and systems, pricing, sales and profit figures, customer and +client lists, and relationships with customers, clients, suppliers, distributors +and others who have business dealings with any of the Companies and information +with respect to various ingredients, formulas, manufacturing processes, +techniques, procedures, processes and methods. Confidential Information also +includes information received by the Participant from third parties in +connection with the Participant’s employment by any of the Companies subject to +an obligation to maintain the confidentiality of such information. Confidential +Information does not include information which (a) becomes generally known to +and available for use by the public other than as a result of the Participant’s +violation of this Agreement; (b) is or becomes generally available within the +relevant business or industry other than as a result of the Participant’s +violation of this Agreement; or (c) is or becomes available to the Participant +on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Companies, which source +is not known by the Participant, after reasonable inquiry, to be subject to a +contractual or fiduciary obligation of secrecy to the Companies. + +  + + + +4 + +  + +  + +(b)            The Participant acknowledges and agrees that all Confidential +Information known or obtained by the Participant, whether before or after the +Grant Date and regardless of whether the Participant participated in the +discovery or development of such Confidential Information, is the property of +the Company. Except as expressly authorized in writing by the Company or as +necessary to perform the Participant’s services while an employee of the +Company, the Participant agrees that the Participant will not, during or after +the Participant’s employment with any of the Companies, for any reason, directly +or indirectly, duplicate, use, make available, sell, misappropriate, exploit, +remove, copy or disclose to any Person Confidential Information, unless such +information is required to be produced by the Participant under order of a court +of competent jurisdiction or a valid administrative or congressional subpoena; +provided, however, that upon receipt of any such order or subpoena, the +Participant shall promptly notify the Company and shall provide the Company with +an opportunity at its cost and expense to contest the propriety of such order or +subpoena or restrict or condition the disclosure of such Confidential +Information or to arrange for appropriate safeguards against any further +disclosure by the court or administrative or other body seeking to compel +disclosure of such Confidential Information. + +  + +13.2             Assignment of Inventions. + +  + +(a)             The Participant acknowledges and agrees that all ideas, methods, +inventions, discoveries, improvements, work products, developments, software, +know-how, processes, techniques, works of authorship and other work product, +whether patentable or unpatentable, (i) that are reduced to practice, created, +invented, designed, developed, contributed to, or improved with the use of any +of the Companies’ resources and/or within the scope of the Participant’s duties +to the Companies or that relate to the business, operations or actual or +demonstrably anticipated research or development of the Companies, and that are +made or conceived by the Participant, solely or jointly with others, during the +Participant’s employment by any of the Companies; or (ii) suggested by any work +that the Participant performs in connection with any of the Companies, either +while performing the Participant’s duties to the Companies or on the +Participant’s own time, will belong exclusively to the Companies (or their +designees), whether or not patent or other applications for intellectual +property protection are filed thereon (the “Inventions”). The Participant will +keep full and complete written records (the “Records”), in the manner prescribed +by the Companies, of all Inventions, and will promptly disclose all Inventions +completely and in writing to the Companies. The Records are the sole and +exclusive property of the Companies, and the Participant will surrender them +upon termination of employment, or upon any of the Companies’ request. The +Participant irrevocably conveys, transfers and assigns to the Companies the +Inventions and all patents or other intellectual property rights that may issue +thereon in any and all countries, whether during or subsequent to the +Participant’s employment by any of the Companies, together with the right to +file, in the Participant’s name or in the name of any of the Companies (or their +designees), applications for patents and equivalent rights (the “Applications”). +The Participant will, at any time during and subsequent to employment by or +service to any of the Companies, make such applications, sign such papers, take +all rightful oaths, and perform all other acts as may be requested from time to +time by any of the Companies to perfect, record, enforce, protect, patent or +register the Companies’ rights in the Inventions, all without additional +compensation to the Participant from the Companies. The Participant will also +execute assignments to the Companies (or their designees) of the Applications, +and give the Companies and their attorneys all reasonable assistance (including +the giving of testimony) to obtain the Inventions for the Companies’ benefit. + +  + + + +5 + +  + +  + +(b)            In addition, the Inventions are deemed Work for Hire, as such +term is defined under the copyright laws of the United States, on behalf of the +Companies, and the Participant agrees that the Companies are the sole owners of +the Inventions and all underlying rights therein, in all media now known or +hereinafter devised, throughout the universe and in perpetuity without any +further obligations to the Participant. If the Inventions, or any portion +thereof, are deemed not to be Work for Hire, or the rights in such Inventions do +not otherwise automatically vest in the Companies, the Participant hereby +irrevocably conveys, transfers and assigns to the Companies all rights, in all +media now known or hereinafter devised, throughout the universe and in +perpetuity, in and to the Inventions, including, without limitation, all of the +Participant’s right, title and interest in the copyrights (and all renewals, +revivals and extensions thereof) to the Inventions, including, without +limitation, all rights of any kind or any nature now or hereafter recognized, +including, without limitation, the unrestricted right to make modifications, +adaptations and revisions to the Inventions, to exploit and allow others to +exploit the Inventions and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any +infringement, or other unauthorized use or conduct in derogation of the +Inventions, known or unknown, before the date hereof, including, without +limitation, the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom. In +addition, the Participant hereby waives any so-called “moral rights” with +respect to the Inventions. To the extent that the Participant has any rights in +the results and proceeds of the Participant’s service to the Companies that +cannot be assigned in the manner described herein, the Participant agrees to +unconditionally waive the enforcement of such rights. The Participant hereby +waives any and all currently existing and future monetary rights in and to the +Inventions and all patents and other registrations for intellectual property +that may issue thereon, including, without limitation, any rights that would +otherwise accrue to the Participant’s benefit by virtue of the Participant being +an employee of or other service provider to any of the Companies. + +  + +13.3         Return of Companies’ Property and Companies’ Information. The +Participant agrees to return, promptly following the termination of the +Participant’s employment with any of the Companies, or earlier if directed by +any of the Companies, any and all of the Companies’ property in the +Participant’s possession, as well as any and all records, files, correspondence, +reports and computer disks relating to any of the Companies’ operations, +products and potential products, marketing, research and development, production +and general business plans, customer information, accounting and financial +information, distribution, sales, and confidential cost and price +characteristics and policies in the Participant’s possession (including on any +personal computer). + +  + + + +6 + +  + +  + +13.4         Nothing in this Agreement is intended to conflict with the +whistleblower provisions of any United States federal, state or local law or +regulation, including but not limited to Rule 21F-17 of the Securities Exchange +Act of 1934 or § 1833(b) of the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016. Accordingly, +notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, nothing in this Agreement shall +prohibit the Participant from reporting possible violations of United States +federal, state or local law or regulation to any United States federal, state or +local governmental agency or entity, including but not limited to the Department +of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Congress, and any agency +Inspector General, or to an attorney, or from making other disclosures that are +protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal law or regulation, or +from disclosing trade secrets and other confidential information in the course +of such reporting; provided, that the Participant uses the Participant’s +reasonable best efforts to (a) disclose only information that is reasonably +related to such possible violations or that is requested by such agency or +entity and (b) requests that such agency or entity treat such information as +confidential. The Participant does not need the prior authorization from the +Company to make any such reports or disclosures and is not required to notify +the Company that it has made such reports or disclosures. In addition, the +Participant has the right to disclose trade secrets and other confidential +information in a document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding; provided, that +the filing is made under seal and protected from public disclosure. + +  + +13.5         In consideration of the PSUs, the Participant agrees and covenants +not to: + +  + +(a)             During the entire period of the Participant’s employment with +any of the Companies and for the longer of (A) the Restriction Period (as +defined in the Utz Brands, Inc. Executive Change in Control Severance Plan) +applicable to the Participant, if any, and (B) a period of six (6) months +following the termination of the Participant’s employment for any reason, the +Participant shall not, directly or indirectly, for the Participant’s own +account, or on behalf of, or together with, any other Person (other than on +behalf of the Companies) anywhere in any state of the United States or the +District of Columbia: + +  + + + +7 + +  + +  + +(i)            own, manage, operate, control, finance or participate in the +ownership, management, operation, control or financing of, render financial +assistance to, be connected as an officer, director, stockholder, employee, +partner, member, manager, principal, agent, representative, consultant or +otherwise with, use or permit the Participant’s name to be used in connection +with, or develop products or services for, any Competing Business. “Competing +Business” means any business which is engaged in the development, manufacture, +distribution, marketing or sale of snack foods; notwithstanding the foregoing, +it shall not be a breach of this Section 13.5(a)(i) for the Participant to own a +passive investment of less than one percent (1%) of a class of stock of a +publicly held company that is traded on a national securities exchange or in the +over the counter market; + +  + +(ii)           contact, solicit, induce or attempt to contact, solicit or induce +any Person who is or was, within the one-year period prior to termination of the +Participant’s employment with the Companies, a customer, supplier or agent of +any of the Companies or with which any of the Companies or the Participant had +contact during the Participant’s employment with any of the Companies, to +terminate their relationship with any of the Companies, or do any act which may +interfere with or result in the impairment of the relationship, including any +reduction in sales or purchases, between any of the Companies and such +customers, suppliers or agents; or + +  + +(iii)          hire any Person who is or was, within the one-year period prior +to termination of the Participant’s employment with any of the Companies, an +employee of any of the Companies; or contact, solicit, induce or attempt to +contact, solicit or induce any Person who is or was, within the one-year period +prior to termination of the Participant’s employment with the Companies, an +employee of any of the Companies for the purpose of seeking to have such Person +terminate his or her employment or engagement with any of the Companies. + +  + +(b)            The Participant will not, at any time, make any statement that is +intended to disparage (i) any of the Companies or any of their respective +businesses, products, services, directors or officers or (ii) Michael Rice, the +spouse and lineal descendants (whether natural or adopted) of Michael Rice or +any spouse of any lineal descendants of Michael Rice. + +  + +13.6         Acknowledgments by the Participant. The Participant acknowledges +and agrees that: (a) the Participant has occupied or will occupy a position of +trust and confidence with the Companies and has or will become familiar with +Confidential Information (b) the Confidential Information is of unique, very +substantial and immeasurable value to the Companies; (c) the Company has +required that the Participant make the covenants set forth in this Section 13 as +a condition to the execution by the Company of this Agreement; (d) the +provisions of this Section 13 are reasonable with respect to duration, +geographic area and scope and necessary to protect and preserve the goodwill and +ongoing business value of the Companies, and will not, individually or in the +aggregate, prevent the Participant from obtaining other suitable employment +during the period in which the Participant is bound by such provisions; (e) the +scope of the business of the Companies is independent of location (such that it +is not practical to limit the restrictions contained in this Section 13 to a +specified county, city or part thereof); (f) the Companies would be irreparably +damaged if the Participant were to breach the covenants set forth in this +Section 13; and (g) the potential benefits to the Participant available under +this Agreement are sufficient to compensate the Participant fully and adequately +for agreeing to the terms and restrictions of this Agreement. + +  + + + +8 + +  + +  + +13.7         If a court holds that the duration, scope, or area restrictions +stated herein are unreasonable, the parties agree that the court shall be +allowed and directed to revise the restrictions to cover the maximum reasonable +period, scope and area permitted by law. + +  + +13.8         If the Committee determines in good faith that the Participant has +breached or threatened to breach any of the covenants contained in this Section +13: + +  + +(a)            any unvested or vested but unsettled PSUs shall be immediately +forfeited effective as of the date of such breach, unless sooner terminated by +operation of another term or condition of this Agreement or the Plan, and the +Participant shall deliver to the Company (or take all steps necessary to +effectuate the delivery of), no later than five (5) days following such +determination, any shares of Common Stock issued upon the settlement of the +Participant’s PSUs and any proceeds resulting from the sale or other disposition +(including to the Company) of shares of Common Stock issued upon settlement of +the Participant’s PSUs; and + +  + +(b)            the Participant hereby consents and agrees that the Company shall +be entitled to seek, in addition to other available remedies, a temporary or +permanent injunction or other equitable relief against such breach or threatened +breach from any court of competent jurisdiction, without the necessity of +showing any actual damages or that money damages would not afford an adequate +remedy, and without the necessity of posting any bond or other security. The +aforementioned equitable relief shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, legal +remedies, monetary damages or other available forms of relief. Each of the +Companies not party to this Agreement is intended to be third-party +beneficiaries of the provisions of this Section 13, and such provisions may be +enforced by each of them in accordance with the terms hereof in respect of the +rights granted to each such entity hereunder. + +  + +14.        Compliance with Law. The issuance and transfer of shares of Common +Stock in connection with the PSUs shall be subject to compliance by the Company +and the Participant with all applicable requirements of federal and state +securities laws and with all applicable requirements of any stock exchange on +which the Company’s shares of Common Stock may be listed. No shares of Common +Stock shall be issued or transferred unless and until any then applicable +requirements of state and federal laws and regulatory agencies have been fully +complied with to the satisfaction of the Company and its counsel. + +  + +15.        Notices. All notices, demands and other communications to be given or +delivered under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have +been given (a) when personally delivered (or, if delivery is refused, upon +presentment) or received by email (with confirmation of transmission) prior to +5:00 p.m. eastern time on a business day and, if otherwise, on the next business +day, (b) one (1) business day following sending by reputable overnight express +courier (charges prepaid), or (c) three (3) days following mailing by certified +or registered mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested. Unless another +address is specified in writing pursuant to the provisions of this Section 15, +notices, demands and other communications shall be sent to the addresses +indicated below: + +  + + + +9 + +  + +  + +If to the Company: + +  + +If to the Participant: + +  + +16.        Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Costs. The law of the State of Delaware +shall govern (a) all claims or matters related to or arising from this Agreement +(including any tort or non-contractual claims) and (b) any questions concerning +the construction, interpretation, validity and enforcement of this Agreement, +without giving effect to any choice-of-law or conflict-of-law rules or +provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that +would cause the application of the Law of any jurisdiction other than the State +of Delaware. The Participant hereby agrees to submit to personal jurisdiction of +said courts, and waives any right to challenge venue or claim that it is an +inconvenient forum. The Participant will reimburse the Company for all court +costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with any action the +Company brings for a breach or threatened breach by the Participant of any +covenants contained in this Agreement if (i) the Participant challenges the +reasonableness or enforceability of such covenants or (ii) the Company is the +prevailing party in such action. + +  + +17.        Interpretation. Any dispute regarding the interpretation of this +Agreement shall be submitted by the Participant or the Company to the Committee +for review. The resolution of such dispute by the Committee shall be final and +binding on the Participant and the Company. + +  + +18.        PSUs Subject to Plan. This Agreement is subject to the Plan as +approved by the Company’s stockholders. The terms and provisions of the Plan as +it may be amended from time to time are hereby incorporated herein by reference. +In the event of a conflict between any term or provision contained herein and a +term or provision of the Plan, the applicable terms and provisions of the Plan +will govern and prevail. + +  + +19.        Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights +under this Agreement. This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be +binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and +assigns. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein, this +Agreement will be binding upon the Participant and the Participant’s +beneficiaries, executors, administrators and the Person(s) to whom the PSUs may +be transferred by will or the laws of descent or distribution. + +  + +20.        Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement +shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under +applicable Law, but if any provision of this Agreement or the application of any +such provision to any Person or circumstance shall be held to be prohibited by +or invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law in any respect by a +court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective only to the +extent of such prohibition or invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, +without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions +of this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or +unenforceable provision, there shall be added automatically as a part of this +Agreement a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms to such +illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision as may be possible. + +  + + + +10 + +  + +  + +21.        Discretionary Nature of Plan. The Plan is discretionary and may be +amended, cancelled or terminated by the Company at any time, in its discretion. +The grant of the PSUs in this Agreement does not create any contractual right or +other right to receive any PSUs or other Awards in the future. Future Awards, if +any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company. Any amendment, modification, +or termination of the Plan shall not constitute a change or impairment of the +terms and conditions of the Participant’s employment with the Company. + +  + +22.        Amendment. The Committee has the right to amend, alter, suspend, +discontinue or cancel the PSUs, prospectively or retroactively; provided, that, +no such amendment shall adversely affect the Participant’s material rights under +this Agreement without the Participant’s consent. The failure of the Company or +Committee to enforce at any time any provision of this Agreement will in no way +be construed to be a waiver of such provision or of any other provision hereof. + +  + +23.        Section 409A. This Agreement is intended to comply with Section 409A +of the Code or an exemption thereunder and shall be construed and interpreted in +a manner that is consistent with the requirements for avoiding additional taxes +or penalties under Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the +Company makes no representations that the payments and benefits provided under +this Agreement comply with Section 409A of the Code and in no event shall the +Company be liable for all or any portion of any taxes, penalties, interest or +other expenses that may be incurred by the Participant on account of +non-compliance with Section 409A of the Code. + +  + +24.        No Impact on Other Benefits. The value of the Participant’s PSUs is +not part of his or her normal or expected compensation for purposes of +calculating any severance, retirement, welfare, insurance or similar employee +benefit. + +  + +25.        Data Privacy. The Participant expressly authorizes and consents to +the collection, possession, use, retention and transfer of personal data of the +Participant, whether in electronic or other form, by and among Company, its +Affiliates, third-party administrator(s) and other possible recipients, in each +case for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering, facilitating +and/or managing the Participant’s Awards under, and participation in, the Plan. +Such personal data may include, without limitation, the Participant’s name, home +address and telephone number, date of birth, Social Security Number, social +insurance number or other identification number, salary, job title and other +job-related information, tax information, the number of Company shares held or +sold by the Participant, and the details of all Awards (including any +information contained in this Award and all Award-related materials) granted to +the Participant, whether exercised, unexercised, vested, unvested, cancelled or +outstanding (“Data”). The Participant acknowledges, understands and agrees that +Data may be transferred to third parties, which will assist the Company with the +implementation, administration and management of the Plan. + +  + + + +11 + +  + +  + +26.        Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered in one or +more counterparts and by fax, email or other electronic transmission, each of +which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall be considered one and +the same agreement. No party shall raise the use of a fax machine or email to +deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument +was transmitted or communicated through the use of a fax machine or email as a +defense to the formation or enforceability of this Agreement and each party +forever waives any such defense. + +  + +27.        Acceptance. The Participant hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of +the Plan and this Agreement. The Participant has read and understands the terms +and provisions thereof, and accepts the PSUs subject to all of the terms and +conditions of the Plan and this Agreement. The Participant acknowledges that +there may be adverse tax consequences upon the vesting or settlement of the PSUs +or disposition of the underlying shares and that the Participant has been +advised to consult a tax advisor prior to such vesting, settlement or +disposition. + +  + +28.        Complete Agreement. This Agreement and the Plan and the other +documents referred to herein and therein embody the complete agreement and +understanding among the parties and supersede and preempt any prior +understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written +or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way. + +  + +29.        No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement shall be +deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual +intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party. + +  + +* * * * * + +  + + + +12 + +  + +  + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed +as of the date first above written. + +  + +  UTZ BRANDS, INC.       By:                   Name: Roger Deromedi   Title: +Chairman of the Board           + + + +DYLAN B. LISSETTE + +  + + + +13 + +  + +  + +Exhibit E + +Form of Converted RSU Grant + +  + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +Utz Quality Foods, LLC + +Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement + +  + +This Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and +entered into by and between Utz Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the +“Company”), and Dylan B. Lissette (the “Participant”). + +  + +WHEREAS, Utz Quality Foods, LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the +Company (“Utz”), previously issued 37.50 Phantom Units to Participant under the +Utz Quality Foods, LLC 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2018 LTIP”) pursuant +to one or more Phantom Unit Award Agreements (the “Prior Agreement”); + +  + +WHEREAS, in connection with and contingent upon the occurrence of the closing +under the Business Combination Agreement by and among the Company (formerly +known as Collier Creek Holdings), Utz Brands Holdings, LLC (the parent company +of Utz), Series U of UM Partners, LLC and Series R of UM Partners, LLC (the +“Business Combination”), Utz amended and restated the 2018 LTIP into the Utz +Quality Foods, LLC 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) which constitutes +a sub-plan under the Utz Brands, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan and +provided each participant in the 2018 LTIP the opportunity to elect to convert +his or her Phantom Units into Restricted Stock Units under the terms of the +Plan; + +  + +WHEREAS, the Participant previously elected, contingent on the closing of the +Business Combination, to convert his or her Phantom Units into Restricted Stock +Units, and pursuant to that election has agreed to sign an award agreement with +similar provisions to the Prior Agreement; + +  + +WHEREAS, a copy of the Plan has been furnished to the Participant and shall be +deemed a part of this Agreement, as if fully set forth herein, and the terms +capitalized but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the +Plan; + +  + +WHEREAS, the Participant and the Company desire to formally document in this +Agreement the Restricted Stock Units issued upon the conversion of the Phantom +Units and to terminate the Prior Agreement. + +  + +NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants set forth herein and +for other valuable consideration hereinafter set forth, the parties, intending +to be legally bound agree as follows: + +  + +1.            Number of Restricted Stock Units. Subject to the conditions set +forth below and in the Plan, the Company hereby awards to the Participant, as a +matter of separate inducement but not in lieu of any salary or other +compensation for the Participant’s services for the Company, 119,454 Restricted +Stock Unit(s) (the “Award”) representing the number of Restricted Stock Units to +which the Participant’s Phantom Units converted. The Participant agrees that the +Prior Agreement is hereby terminated and of no further force or effect. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +2.             Vesting. + +  + +2.1           Vesting Schedule. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2, +the Award is credited to the Participant’s Account and is 100% vested under the +terms of the Plan. + +  + +2.2           Forfeitures. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, +the Participant’s Account shall be forfeited (including any amount that is or +otherwise would be vested) upon the earliest to occur of (i) the Participant’s +employment is terminated by the Company for Cause or voluntarily by the +Participant without the Company’s written consent other than for Good Reason; +(ii) the Participant violates any of the provisions of Section 5.1 or +Section 5.2; (iii) the Participant would be in violation of any of the +provisions of Section 5.2(a) if such provisions terminated thirty-six (36) +months (rather than twelve (12) months) following the termination of the +Participant’s employment for any reason; or (iv) as otherwise provided in the +Plan with respect to the forfeiture of Restricted Stock Units. + +  + +3.                  Payment of Account. + +  + +3.1           Payment of Vested Account. The Company shall pay the value of the +Participant’s Account by the issuance of an equal number of shares of Class A +common stock of Utz Brands, Inc. in one lump sum payment on the Payment Date. +All payments shall be made in the form of Class A common stock of Utz Brands, +Inc. In addition to payment of the value of the Participant’s Account (the +“Account Value”), the Company shall pay the Participant on the Payment Date an +additional amount, either in the form of cash or additional shares of Class A +common stock, as elected by the Company, as a tax “gross-up” (the “Gross-Up +Payment”) such that the amount that the Participant retains after receipt of the +Account Value and the Gross-Up Payment and payment of all local, state and +federal taxes owed with respect to the receipt thereof (taking into account +income and payroll taxes) is equal to the amount that the Participant would +retain if the Participant receives the Account Value (but not the Gross-Up +Payment) and the receipt of the Account Value is treated as long-term capital +gain for income tax purposes. For purposes of the preceding calculation, the +Participant shall be presumed to be subject to income tax at the highest +marginal income tax bracket to which individuals are subject. + +  + +3.2           Payment Delay. Notwithstanding Section 3.1, to the extent +permitted by Section 409A of the Code, payments will be delayed if making the +payment on the Payment Date would jeopardize the ability of the Company to +continue as a going concern. If payment is delayed, payment will be made during +the first taxable year in which making the payment would not so jeopardize the +Company, together with simple interest computed on the deferred amount at the +applicable LIBOR rate of interest (or successor rate of interest if LIBOR is no +longer reported) set forth in The Wall Street Journal plus five percent for the +period of time from the date of the Distribution Event until the date of actual +payment. + +  + +4.             Payment of Taxes. If the Company, in its discretion, determines +that it is obligated to withhold any tax in connection with the payment of the +Participant’s Account, the Participant must make arrangements satisfactory to +the Company to pay or provide for any applicable federal, state and local +withholding obligations of the Company. The Committee may permit the Participant +to satisfy any federal, state or local tax withholding obligation relating to +the payment of the Participant’s Account by any of the following means, or by a +combination of such means, to the extent permitted by applicable laws: + +  + + + +2 + +  + +  + +(a)           tendering to the Company a certified or official bank check or a +wire transfer; + +  + +(b)          authorizing the Company to withhold shares of Class A common stock +from the shares of Class A common stock otherwise issuable to the Participant as +a result of the payment of the Participant’s Account; or + +  + +(c)           delivery of properly executed irrevocable instructions to a broker +registered under the Exchange Act to promptly deliver to the Company the amount +of proceeds required to satisfy the tax withholding obligations. + +  + +5.             Restrictive Covenants. + +  + +5.1           Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information. + +  + +(a)             The term “Confidential Information,” as used in this Agreement, +shall mean all confidential and proprietary technical, business and financial +information relating to the respective businesses of the Company and any of its +affiliates (collectively, the “Companies”) including, but not limited to, +marketing and financial information, personnel, sales and statistical data, +plans for future development, computer programs, information and knowledge +pertaining to the products and services offered, inventions, innovations, +designs, ideas, recipes, formulas, manufacturing processes, trade secrets, +technical data, computer source codes, software, proprietary information, +construction, advertising, manufacturing, distribution and sales methods and +systems, pricing, sales and profit figures, customer and client lists, and +relationships with customers, clients, suppliers, distributors and others who +have business dealings with any of the Companies and information with respect to +various ingredients, formulas, manufacturing processes, techniques, procedures, +processes and methods. Confidential Information also includes confidential or +proprietary information received by the Participant from third parties in +connection with the Participant’s employment by any of the Companies subject to +an obligation to maintain the confidentiality of such information. Confidential +Information does not include any information that is in the public domain other +than as a result of breach by the Participant of this Agreement. + +  + +(b)             The Participant acknowledges and agrees that all Confidential +Information known or obtained by the Participant, whether before or after the +date hereof and regardless of whether the Participant participated in the +discovery or development of such Confidential Information, is the property of +one of the Companies. Except as expressly authorized in writing by the Company +or as necessary to perform the Participant’s services while an employee of the +Companies, the Participant agrees that the Participant will not, during or after +the Participant’s employment with the Company or any affiliate of the Company, +for any reason, directly or indirectly, duplicate, use, misappropriate, exploit, +remove, copy or disclose to any person Confidential Information, unless such +information is required to be produced by the Participant under order of a court +of competent jurisdiction or a valid administrative or congressional subpoena; +provided, however, that upon receipt of any such order or subpoena, the +Participant shall promptly notify the Company and shall provide the Company with +an opportunity at its cost and expense to contest the propriety of such order or +subpoena or restrict or condition the disclosure of such Confidential +Information or to arrange for appropriate safeguards against any further +disclosure by the court or administrative or other body seeking to compel +disclosure of such Confidential Information. + +  + + + +3 + +  + +  + +5.2          Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation; Nondisparagement. As an inducement +for the Company to enter into this Agreement and provide the potential benefits +to the Participant available under this Agreement, the Participant agrees that: + +  + +(a)             During the entire period of the Participant’s employment with +any of the Companies and for a period of twelve (12) months following the +termination of the Participant’s employment for any reason, the Participant +shall not, directly or indirectly, for the Participant’s own account, or on +behalf of, or together with, any other person (other than on behalf of the +Companies) anywhere in any state of the United States or the District of +Columbia: + +  + +(i)              own, manage, operate, control, finance or participate in the +ownership, management, operation, control or financing of, render financial +assistance to, be connected as an officer, director, stockholder, employee, +partner, member, manager, principal, agent, representative, consultant or +otherwise with, use or permit the Participant’s name to be used in connection +with, or develop products or services for, any Competing Business. “Competing +Business” means any business which is engaged in the development, manufacture, +distribution, marketing or sale of snack foods; notwithstanding the foregoing, +it shall not be a breach of this Section 5.2(a)(i) for the Participant to own a +passive investment of less than one percent (1%) of a class of stock of a +publicly held company that is traded on a national securities exchange or in the +over the counter market; + +  + +(ii)             contact, solicit, induce or attempt to induce any person who is +or was, within the one-year period prior to termination of the Participant’s +employment with any of the Companies, a customer, supplier or agent of any of +the Companies or with which any of the Companies or the Participant had contact +during the Participant’s employment with any of the Companies, to terminate +their relationship with any of the Companies, or do any act which may interfere +with or result in the impairment of the relationship, including any reduction in +sales or purchases, between any of the Companies and such customers, suppliers +or agents; or + +  + +(iii)            hire any person who is or was, within the one-year period prior +to termination of the Participant’s employment with any of the Companies, an +employee of any of the Companies; or contact, solicit, induce or attempt to +induce any employee who is an employee of any of the Companies for the purpose +of seeking to have such employee terminate his or her employment with any of the +Companies. + +  + + + +4 + +  + +  + +(b)             The Participant will not, at any time during the entire period +of the Participant’s employment with any of the Companies and for a period of +twelve (12) months following the termination of the Participant’s employment for +any reason, intentionally disparage any of the Companies or any of their +respective directors, officers, managers, owners or employees. + +  + +5.3           Extension of Restrictions. To the fullest extent permitted by law, +in the event of a breach by the Participant of any covenant set forth in Section +5.2, the term of such covenant will be extended by the period of the duration of +such breach. + +  + +5.4           Acknowledgments by the Participant. The Participant acknowledges +and agrees that: (a) the Participant has occupied or will occupy a position of +trust and confidence with the Companies and has or will become familiar with +Confidential Information; (b) the Confidential Information is of great value to +the Companies; (c) the Company has required that the Participant make the +covenants set forth in Section 5.1 and Section 5.2 as a condition to the +execution by the Company of this Agreement; (d) the provisions of Section 5.1 +and Section 5.2 are reasonable with respect to duration, geographic area and +scope and necessary to protect and preserve the goodwill and ongoing business +value of the Companies; (e) the scope of the business of the Companies is +independent of location (such that it is not practical to limit the restrictions +contained in Section 5.2 to a specified county, city or part thereof); (f) the +Companies would be irreparably damaged if the Participant were to breach the +covenants set forth in Section 5.1 and Section 5.2; and (g) the potential +benefits to the Participant available under this Agreement are sufficient to +compensate the Participant fully and adequately for agreeing to the terms and +restrictions of this Agreement. + +  + +5.5           Specific Performance. The Participant acknowledges and agrees that +irreparable injury to the Companies will result in the event the Participant +breaches any covenant or agreement contained in Section 5.1 or Section 5.2 and +that any remedy at law for the breach of any such covenant will be inadequate. +Therefore, if the Participant engages in any act in violation of any of the +provisions of Section 5.1 or Section 5.2, the Participant agrees that the +Companies shall be entitled, in addition to such other remedies and damages as +may be available to them at law or under this Agreement, to temporary and +permanent injunctive relief, without the necessity of proving actual damages, +and without the necessity of posting a bond, and to an equitable accounting of +all earnings, profits and other benefits arising from any such breach, which +rights shall be cumulative and in addition to any other rights or remedies to +which the Companies may be entitled. If the Participant violates Section 5.1 or +Section 5.2, the Participant shall be liable to the Companies for any attorneys’ +fees it incurs to enforce this Agreement, in addition to any other remedies that +the Companies may have. + +  + +5.6           Assignment. Neither party may assign its rights or obligations +under this Agreement except that the Participant agrees that the Company shall +have the right to assign its rights under this Agreement to any one or more of +its affiliates, to any entity that acquires a substantial part of the assets of +the Company or one or more of its affiliates or to a successor by merger, +consolidation or other corporate restructuring. The obligations of the +Participant may not be delegated or assigned. Any attempted assignment in +violation of this Section 5.6 shall be null and void. + +  + + + +5 + +  + +  + +5.7           Severability. Whenever possible each provision and term of this +Agreement will be interpreted in a manner to be effective and valid, but if any +provision or term of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by law or invalid, +then such provision or term will be ineffective only to the extent of such +prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating or affecting in any manner +whatsoever the remainder of such provision or term or the remaining provisions +or terms of this Agreement. If the final judgment of a court of competent +jurisdiction declares that any term or provision of Section 5.2(a) is invalid or +unenforceable, the parties agree that this Agreement shall be automatically +modified to reduce the scope, duration, or area of the term or provision to its +maximum allowable extent, to delete specific words or phrases, or to replace any +invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a term or provision that is +valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the +invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be +enforceable as so modified. If any of the covenants set forth in Section 5.1 or +Section 5.2 are held to be unreasonable, arbitrary or against public policy, +such covenants will be considered divisible with respect to scope, time and +geographic area, and in such lesser scope, time and geographic area, will be +effective, binding and enforceable against the Participant. + +  + +6.             Right of the Companies to Terminate Services. Nothing in this +Agreement confers upon the Participant the right to continue in the employ or +service of the Companies, or interfere in any way with the rights of the +Companies to terminate the Participant’s employment or service relationship at +any time. + +  + +7.             Remedies. The parties to this Agreement shall be entitled to +recover from each other reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with +the successful enforcement of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, +whether by an action to enforce specific performance or for damages for its +breach or otherwise. + +  + +8.             No Liability for Good Faith Determinations. The Company and the +members of the Committee or the Board shall not be liable for any act, omission +or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to this Agreement or +the Award granted hereunder. + +  + +9.             No Guarantee of Interests. The Board and the Company do not +guarantee the Account from loss or depreciation. + +  + +10.           Information Confidential. As partial consideration for the +granting of the Award hereunder, the Participant hereby agrees to keep +confidential all information and knowledge, except that which has been disclosed +in any public filings required by law, that the Participant has relating to the +terms and conditions of this Agreement; provided, however, that such information +may be disclosed as required by law and may be given in confidence to the +Participant’s spouse and tax and financial advisors. The Company may disclose +information regarding the Award as the Company deems necessary and proper. + +  + + + +6 + +  + +  + +11.           Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Participant, +the Participant’s legal representatives, heirs, legatees, and distributees, and +upon the Company, its successors, and assigns. + +  + +12.           Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be +illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect +the remaining provisions hereof, but such provision shall be fully severable and +this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid +provision had never been included herein. + +  + +13.           Headings; Recitals. The titles and headings of Sections are +included for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in +construction of the provisions hereof. The recitals set forth above hereby are +incorporated by reference and made a part hereof as if fully rewritten herein. + +  + +14.           Governing Law. All questions arising with respect to the +provisions of this Agreement shall be determined by application of the laws of +the State of Delaware, without giving any effect to any conflict of law +provisions thereof, except to the extent preempted by federal law. + +  + +15.           Arbitration. Except as provided in Section 5 (relating to +enforcement of restrictive covenants), any dispute, controversy or claim arising +out of or related to this Agreement or any breach of this Agreement shall be +submitted to and decided by binding arbitration. Arbitration shall be +administered exclusively by the American Arbitration Association in Hanover, +Pennsylvania (or such other location mutually agreed by the parties) and shall +be conducted consistent with the rules, regulations, and requirements of the +courts situated therein as well as any requirements imposed by state law. Any +arbitral award determination shall be final and binding upon the parties and may +be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction. + +  + +16.           Amendment and Termination. This Agreement may be amended or +terminated by the Company at any time; provided, that, no amendment or +termination that adversely affects the Participant’s rights with respect to the +value of the Participant’s Account shall be made without the Participant’s +consent. No payment of benefits shall be made upon termination of the Plan +unless the requirements of Section 409A of the Code have been met. + +  + +17.           No Waiver. The Company’s failure to insist upon strict compliance +with any provision of, or to assert any right under, this Agreement shall not be +deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or of any other provision or +right under this Agreement. + +  + +18.           Section 409A. The Company intends that the Plan and this Agreement +comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code to the extent +applicable and they shall be operated and interpreted consistent with that +intent. + +  + +19.           Interpretation. Any dispute regarding the interpretation of this +Agreement shall be submitted to the Committee for review. The resolution of such +dispute by the Committee shall be final and binding on the parties, unless such +decisions are determined by a court having jurisdiction to be arbitrary and +capricious. + +  + +20.           Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision +of the Plan or this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of +any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement, and each provision of the +Plan and this Agreement shall be severable and enforceable to the extent +permitted by law. + +  + + + +7 + +  + +  + +21.           Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each +of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together will constitute +one and the same instrument. Counterpart signature pages to this Agreement +transmitted by facsimile transmission, by electronic mail in portable document +format (.pdf), or by any other electronic means intended to preserve the +original graphic and pictorial appearance of a document, will have the same +effect as physical delivery of the paper document bearing an original signature. + +  + +22.           Acknowledgement; Release. The Participant acknowledges and agrees +that: (a) the Participant is not relying upon any determination by the Company, +its affiliates, or any of their respective employees, directors, officers, +attorneys or agents (collectively, the “Company Parties”) of the fair market +value of the Restricted Stock Units or value of the Account; (b) the Participant +is not relying upon any written or oral statement or representation of the +Company Parties regarding the tax effects associated with the Participant’s +execution of this Agreement and the Participant’s receipt, and ultimate +distribution, of the Award; and (c) in deciding to enter into this Agreement, +the Participant is relying on the Participant’s own judgment and the judgment of +the professionals of the Participant’s choice with whom the Participant has +consulted. The Participant hereby releases, acquits, and forever discharges the +Company Parties from all actions, causes of actions, suits, debts, obligations, +liabilities, claims, damages, losses, costs and expenses of any nature +whatsoever, known or unknown, on account of, arising out of, or in any way +related to the tax effects associated with the Participant’s execution of this +Agreement and the Participant’s receipt of, and ultimate distribution with +respect to, the Award. + +  + +[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS] + +  + + + +8 + +  + +  + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the +date first above written. + +  + +  UTZ BRANDS, INC.       By:     Name: Roger Deromedi   Title: Chairman of the +Board       PARTICIPANT             Name: DYLAN B. LISSETTE + +  + + + +9 + +  + +  + +Exhibit F + +Form of Executive Change in Control Severance Plan + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +Exhibit G + +PubCo’s terms of employment + +  + +In consideration of your employment with PubCo, you acknowledge that you owe a +duty of loyalty to PubCo and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) at +all times to act in its best interest and to safeguard and protect its trade +secrets and confidential information. Intending to be legally bound, you hereby +agree to the following terms (these “Terms of Employment”): + +  + +1.             Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information. + +  + +(a)             The term “Confidential Information,” as used herein, shall mean +any and all information (in whatever form and whether or not expressly +designated as confidential) relating directly or indirectly to the respective +businesses, operations, financial affairs, assets or technology of the Company, +including, but not limited to, marketing and financial information, personnel, +sales and statistical data, plans for future development, computer programs, +information and knowledge pertaining to the products and services offered, +inventions, innovations, designs, ideas, recipes, formulas, manufacturing +processes, trade secrets, technical data, computer source codes, software, +proprietary information, construction, advertising, manufacturing, distribution +and sales methods and systems, pricing, sales and profit figures, customer and +client lists, and relationships with customers, clients, suppliers, distributors +and others who have business dealings with the Company and information with +respect to various ingredients, formulas, manufacturing processes, techniques, +procedures, processes and methods. Confidential Information also includes +information received by you from third parties in connection with your +employment by the Company subject to an obligation to maintain the +confidentiality of such information. Confidential Information does not include +information which (a) becomes generally known to and available for use by the +public other than as a result of your violation of the Terms of Employment; (b) +is or becomes generally available within the relevant business or industry other +than as a result of your violation of the Terms of Employment; or (c) is or +becomes available to you on a non-confidential basis from a source other than +the Company, which source is not known by you, after reasonable inquiry, to be +subject to a contractual or fiduciary obligation of secrecy to the Company. + +  + +(b)             You acknowledge and agree that all Confidential Information +known or obtained by you, whether before or after the Start Date and regardless +of whether you participated in the discovery or development of such Confidential +Information, is the property of the Company. Except as expressly authorized in +writing by Pubco or as necessary to perform your services while an employee of +the Company, you agree that you will not, at any time, for any reason, directly +or indirectly, duplicate, use, make available, sell, misappropriate, exploit, +remove, copy or disclose to any individual, entity or group (within the meaning +of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) +(“Person”) Confidential Information, unless such information is required to be +produced by you under order of a court of competent jurisdiction or a valid +administrative or congressional subpoena; provided, however, that upon receipt +of any such order or subpoena, you shall promptly notify Pubco and shall provide +Pubco with an opportunity at its cost and expense to contest the propriety of +such order or subpoena or restrict or condition the disclosure of such +Confidential Information or to arrange for appropriate safeguards against any +further disclosure by the court or administrative or other body seeking to +compel disclosure of such Confidential Information. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +2.             Whistleblower Protection. Nothing in these Terms of Employment is +intended to conflict with the whistleblower provisions of any United States +federal, state or local law or regulation, including but not limited to Rule +21F-17 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or § 1833(b) of the Defend Trade +Secrets Act of 2016. Accordingly, notwithstanding anything to the contrary +herein, nothing in these Terms of Employment shall prohibit you from reporting +possible violations of United States federal, state or local law or regulation +to any United States federal, state or local governmental agency or entity, +including but not limited to the Department of Justice, the Securities and +Exchange Commission, the Congress, and any agency Inspector General, or to an +attorney, or from making other disclosures that are protected under the +whistleblower provisions of federal law or regulation, or from disclosing trade +secrets and other confidential information in the course of such reporting; +provided, that you use your reasonable efforts to (a) disclose only information +that is reasonably related to such possible violations or that is requested by +such agency or entity and (b) request that such agency or entity treat such +information as confidential. You do not need the prior authorization from the +Company to make any such reports or disclosures and you are not required to +notify the Company that you have made such reports or disclosures. In addition, +you have the right to disclose trade secrets and other confidential information +in a document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding; provided, that the filing +is made under seal and protected from public disclosure. + +  + +3.             Restrictive Covenants. You agree that during your employment, you +will have access to Confidential Information. Such access and knowledge would +put the Company at an unfair competitive disadvantage were you to use it on +behalf of another person or entity. Therefore, during your employment with the +Company and for a period of two (2) years following the termination of your +employment with the Company, you agree that you shall not, directly or +indirectly, for your own account, or on behalf of, or together with, any other +Person (other than on behalf of the Company) anywhere in any state of the United +States or the District of Columbia: + +  + +(a)             own, manage, operate, control, finance or participate in the +ownership, management, operation, control or financing of, render financial +assistance to, be connected as an officer, director, stockholder, employee, +partner, member, manager, principal, agent, representative, consultant or +otherwise with, use or permit your name to be used in connection with, or +develop products or services for, any Competing Business. “Competing Business” +means any business which is engaged in the development, manufacture, +distribution, marketing or sale of snack foods; notwithstanding the foregoing, +it shall not be a breach of this Section 3(a) of these Terms of Employment for +you to own a passive investment of less than one percent (1%) of a class of +stock of a publicly held company that is traded on a national securities +exchange or in the over the counter market; + +  + +(b)             contact, solicit, induce or attempt to contact, solicit or +induce any Person who is or was, within the one-year period prior to the +termination of your employment with the Company, a customer, supplier or agent +of the Company or with which the Company or you had contact during your +employment with the Company, to terminate their relationship with the Company, +or do any act which may interfere with or result in the impairment of the +relationship, including any reduction in sales or purchases, between the Company +and such customers, suppliers or agents; or + +  + + + + 2  + +  + +  + +(c)             hire any Person who is or was, within the one-year period prior +to termination of your employment with the Company, an employee of the Company; +or contact, solicit, induce or attempt to contact, solicit or induce any Person +who is or was, within the one-year period prior to termination of your +employment with the Company, an employee of the Company for the purpose of +seeking to have such employee terminate his or her employment with the Company. + +  + +(d)             You will not, at any time, make any statement that is intended +to disparage: (i) the Company or any of its businesses, products, services, +directors or officers or (ii) Michael Rice, the spouse and lineal descendants +(whether natural or adopted) of Michael Rice or any spouse of any lineal +descendants of Michael Rice. + +  + +(e)             In the event of a breach or threatened breach of this Section 3 +of these Terms of Employment, the Company may, in addition to other rights and +remedies existing in its favor, apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for +specific performance and/or temporary or permanent injunctive or other equitable +relief in order to enforce, or prevent any violations of, the provisions hereof +(without posting a bond or other security), without the necessity of showing any +actual damages or that money damages would not afford an adequate remedy. The +aforementioned equitable relief shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, legal +remedies, monetary damages or other available forms of relief. In addition to +any other relief, the prevailing party in any such action shall be entitled to +recover its costs and attorney’s fees. If a court holds that the duration, +scope, or area restrictions stated herein are unreasonable, the parties agree +that the court shall be allowed and directed to revise the restrictions to cover +the maximum reasonable period, scope and area permitted by law. + +  + +4.             Employee Invention Assignment. + +  + +(a)             You acknowledge and agree that all ideas, methods, inventions, +discoveries, improvements, work products, developments, software, know-how, +processes, techniques, works of authorship and other work product, whether +patentable or unpatentable, (i) that are reduced to practice, created, invented, +designed, developed, contributed to, or improved with the use of any of the +Company’s resources and/or within the scope of your duties to the Company or +that relate to the business, operations or actual or demonstrably anticipated +research or development of the Company, and that are made or conceived by you, +solely or jointly with others, during your employment by the Company; or (ii) +suggested by any work that you perform in connection with the Company, either +while performing your duties to the Company or on your own time, will belong +exclusively to the Company (or its designees), whether or not patent or other +applications for intellectual property protection are filed thereon (the +“Inventions”). You will keep full and complete written records (the “Records”), +in the manner prescribed by the Company, of all Inventions, and will promptly +disclose all Inventions completely and in writing to the Company. The Records +are the sole and exclusive property of the Company, and you will surrender them +upon termination of your employment, or upon the Company’s request. You +irrevocably convey, transfer and assign to the Company the Inventions and all +patents or other intellectual property rights that may issue thereon in any and +all countries, whether during or subsequent to your employment by the Company, +together with the right to file, in your name or in the name of the Company (or +their designees), applications for patents and equivalent rights (the +“Applications”). You will, at any time during and subsequent to employment by +the Company, make such applications, sign such papers, take all rightful oaths, +and perform all other acts as may be requested from time to time by the Company +to perfect, record, enforce, protect, patent or register the Company’s rights in +the Inventions, all without additional compensation to you from the Company. You +will also execute assignments to the Company (or its designees) of the +Applications, and give the Company and their attorneys all reasonable assistance +(including the giving of testimony) to obtain the Inventions for the Company’s +benefit. + +  + + + + 3  + +  + +  + +(b)             In addition, the Inventions are deemed Work for Hire, as such +term is defined under the copyright laws of the United States, on behalf of the +Company, and you agree that the Company is the sole owner of the Inventions and +all underlying rights therein, in all media now known or hereinafter devised, +throughout the universe and in perpetuity without any further obligations to +you. If the Inventions, or any portion thereof, are deemed not to be Work for +Hire, or the rights in such Inventions do not otherwise automatically vest in +the Company, you hereby irrevocably convey, transfer and assign to the Company +all rights, in all media now known or hereinafter devised, throughout the +universe and in perpetuity, in and to the Inventions, including, without +limitation, all of your right, title and interest in the copyrights (and all +renewals, revivals and extensions thereof) to the Inventions, including, without +limitation, all rights of any kind or any nature now or hereafter recognized, +including, without limitation, the unrestricted right to make modifications, +adaptations and revisions to the Inventions, to exploit and allow others to +exploit the Inventions and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any +infringement, or other unauthorized use or conduct in derogation of the +Inventions, known or unknown, before the date hereof, including, without +limitation, the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom. In +addition, you hereby waive any so-called “moral rights” with respect to the +Inventions. To the extent that you have any rights in the results and proceeds +of your service to the Company that cannot be assigned in the manner described +herein, you agree to unconditionally waive the enforcement of such rights. You +hereby waive any and all currently existing and future monetary rights in and to +the Inventions and all patents and other registrations for intellectual property +that may issue thereon, including, without limitation, any rights that would +otherwise accrue to your benefit by virtue of you being an employee of or other +service provider to the Company. + +  + +5.             Return of Company Property and Company Information. You agree to +return, promptly following the termination of your employment with the Company, +or earlier if directed by the Company, any and all of Company’s property in your +possession, as well as any and all records, files, correspondence, reports and +computer disks relating to the Company’s operations, products and potential +products, marketing, research and development, production and general business +plans, customer information, accounting and financial information, distribution, +sales, and confidential cost and price characteristics and policies in your +possession (including on any personal computer). + +  + +6.             Acknowledgments. You acknowledge and agree that: (a) you will +occupy a position of trust and confidence with the Company and become familiar +with Confidential Information; (b) the Confidential Information is of unique, +very substantial and immeasurable value to the Company; (c) Pubco has required +that you make the covenants set forth in Sections 1 through 5 of these Terms of +Employment as a condition to the execution by Pubco of the Offer Letter; (d) the +provisions of Sections 1 through 5 of these Terms of Employment are reasonable +with respect to duration, geographic area and scope and necessary to protect and +preserve the goodwill and ongoing business value of the Company, and will not, +individually or in the aggregate, prevent you from obtaining other suitable +employment during the period in which you are bound by such provisions; (e) the +scope of the business of the Company is independent of location (such that it is +not practical to limit the restrictions contained in Sections 1 through 5 of +these Terms of Employment to a specified county, city or part thereof); (f) the +Company would be irreparably damaged if you were to breach the covenants set +forth in Sections 1 through 5 of these Terms of Employment; and (g) the +potential benefits to you available under the Offer Letter are sufficient to +compensate you fully and adequately for agreeing to the terms and restrictions +in these Terms of Employment. + +  + + + + 4  + +  + +  + +7.             Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Costs. The law of the State of +Delaware shall govern (a) all claims or matters related to or arising from these +Terms of Employment (including any tort or non-contractual claims) and (b) any +questions concerning the construction, interpretation, validity and enforcement +of these Terms of Employment, without giving effect to any choice of law or +conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any +other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the law of any +jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. You hereby agree to submit to +personal jurisdiction of said courts, and waive any right to challenge venue or +claim that it is an inconvenient forum. You will reimburse the Company for all +court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with any +action the Company brings for a breach or threatened breach by you of any +covenants contained in these Terms of Employment if (i) you challenge the +reasonableness or enforceability of such covenants or (ii) the Company is the +prevailing party in such action. + +  + +8.             Severability. If any term, provision or paragraph of these Terms +of Employment is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid +or unenforceable for any reason, such determination shall be limited to the +narrowest possible scope in order to preserve the enforceability of the +remaining portions of the term, provision or paragraph, and such determination +shall not affect the remaining terms, provisions or paragraphs of these Terms of +Employment, which shall continue to be given full force and effect. + +  + + + + 5  + + +Exhibit 10.1 + +COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION AGREEMENT + +between + +AMERIMMUNE LLC + +and + +HISTOGEN, INC. + +Dated as of 26 October 2020 + +  + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION AGREEMENT + +This Collaborative Development and Commercialization Agreement (the “Agreement”) +is entered into as of 26 October 2020 (the “Effective Date”) by and between +Amerimmune LLC, a Virginia limited liability company with a place of business at +11212 Waples Mill Rd, Suite 100, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 (“Amerimmune”), and +Histogen, Inc., a Delaware corporation with a place of business at 16745 West +Bernardo Drive, Suite 200, San Diego, California 92127 (“Histogen”). Amerimmune +and Histogen may each be referred to herein by name or as a “Party”, or, +collectively, as the “Parties.” + +BACKGROUND + +Histogen is a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company with a novel +biological platform that replaces and regenerates tissues in the human body. On +or about 27 May 2020, Histogen, through a reverse merger with Conatus +Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Conatus”), acquired the assets of Conatus, including +that certain pan-caspase inhibitor known as Emricasan (as defined below). + +Amerimmune is a clinical laboratory engaged in research related to human +disease. Amerimmune has recently invented technologies for the treatment of +COVID-19 using caspase inhibitors, including Emricasan. + +Amerimmune and Histogen now wish to collaborate to undertake a clinical +development program using Emricasan to determine if Emricasan is safe and +efficacious in treating COVID-19. + +In view of the foregoing and the following terms and condition set forth below, +and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of +which the Parties acknowledge, Amerimmune and Histogen agree as follows: + +ARTICLE I + +DEFINITIONS + +1.1 Terms. Capitalized and underlined terms in this Agreement (including its +Schedules) shall be defined as indicated, including those terms set out below. + +1.1.1 “Accounting Standards” means GAAP (United States Generally Accepted +Accounting Principles), consistently applied. + +1.1.2 “Additional Revenue” means the sum of (a) any payments or income (other +than Net Sales) received by a Party or its Affiliates that are attributable to a +Product, including any and all payments or income (other than Net Sales) +received from a Strategic Partner pursuant to a Strategic Partnership, and (b) +recoveries pursuant to Section 6.4 of this Agreement; provided, however, that +such amount does not include an amount received from any Third Party (i) for +issuance of equity securities, (ii) pursuant to a bona fide loan, (iii) for any +payment made or reimbursement provided for Development, (iv) for any payment +made or reimbursement provided for Patent Costs, (v) for acquisition of a Party +or any of its Affiliates, or an assignee or successor of a Party or any of its +Affiliates, or (vi) for acquisition of any of the assets of a Party or any of +its Affiliates, or an assignee or successor of a Party or any of its Affiliates. + +1.1.3 “Advertising and Market Research Expenses” means, with respect to a +Product, those expenses incurred related to: (a) conducting and monitoring +professional and consumer appraisals of any Products in the Territory, such as +market share services (e.g., IMS data), pricing analysis, special research +testing and focus groups; and (b) advertising and promotion of such Product in +the Territory through any means, including (i) television and radio +advertisements; (ii) advertisements appearing in journals, newspapers, magazines +or other media; (iii) seminars, symposia and conventions; (iv) packaging design; +(v) programs for education of health care professionals; (vi) product samples; +(vii) visual aids and other selling materials; (viii) hospital formulary +committee presentations; (ix) presentations to state and other governmental +formulary committees; and (x) all media costs associated with product +advertising. + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +1.1.4 “Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or +indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is +under common control with such Person, as the case may be, for so long as such +control exists. As used in this Section 1.1.2, “control” means: (a) to possess, +directly or indirectly, the power to direct affirmatively the management and +policies of such Person, whether through ownership of voting securities or by +contract relating to voting rights or corporate governance; (b) in the case of a +corporate entity, direct or indirect ownership of at least fifty percent (50%) +of the stock or shares having the right to vote for the election of directors; +or (c) in the case of a non-corporate entity, direct or indirect ownership of at +least fifty percent (50%) of the equity interest with the power to direct the +management and policies of such non-corporate entity, or in each case (b) and +(c) such lesser percentage which is the maximum allowed to be owned by a foreign +corporation or non-corporate entity in a particular jurisdiction. + +1.1.5 “Alliance Manager” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4. + +1.1.6 “Amended and Restated CDA” means that certain “Amended and Restated +Confidential Disclosure Agreement” entered into by the Parties on 23 July 2020 +and effective as of 5 May 2020. + +1.1.7 “Amerimmune Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2, +below. + +1.1.8 “Amerimmune Intellectual Property” means Amerimmune Know-How and +Amerimmune Patents, collectively. + +1.1.9 “Amerimmune Know-How” means any Know-How that is (a) Controlled by +Amerimmune as of the Effective Date or during the Term, and (b) necessary or +useful for the Development, Manufacture and/or Commercialization of any Product +in the Field. + +1.1.10 “Amerimmune Manufacturing Responsibilities” has the meaning set forth in +Section 5.4, below. + +1.1.11 “Amerimmune Patents” means any and all Patents that (a) are owned or +controlled by Amerimmune as of the Effective Date or during the Term, and +(b) concern the Development, Manufacture, and/or Commercialization of any +Product (including the composition of matter, manufacture, or any use thereof) +in the Field. The Amerimmune Patents include those Patents listed on attached +Schedule 1. + +1.1.12 “Amerimmune Profit Allocation” means the percentage of Profits to which +Amerimmune is entitled. + +1.1.13 “Bankruptcy Code” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.5, below. + +1.1.14 “Calendar Quarter” means a calendar quarter ending on the last day of +March, June, September or December; provided, however, that (a) the first +Calendar Quarter shall begin on the Effective Date and end on 30 September 2020, +and (b) the final Calendar Quarter shall end on the last day of the Term. + +1.1.15 “Calendar Year” means a period of time commencing on January 1 and ending +on the following December 31; provided, however, that (a) the first Calendar +Year shall begin on the Effective Date and end on December 31, 2020, and (b) the +final Calendar Year shall end on the last day of the Term. + +1.1.16 “Change of Control” of a Party means any of the following, in a single +transaction or a series of related transactions: (a) the sale or disposition of +all or substantially all of the assets of such Party to a Third Party; (b) the +direct or indirect acquisition by a Third Party (other than an employee benefit +plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by such Party or any of its +Affiliates) of beneficial ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the +then-outstanding common shares or voting power of such Party or any direct or +indirect entity which holds, directly or indirectly, beneficial ownership of +more than fifty percent (50%) of the then-outstanding common shares or voting +power of such Party, or (c) the acquisition, merger, or consolidation of such +Party with or into a Third Party, unless, following such acquisition, merger, or +consolidation. + +  + +-2- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +1.1.17 “Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls” or “CMC” means the part of +pharmaceutical development that is directed to the Development and Manufacture +of products, the specifications therefor, and other parameters which indicate +that the finished drug or biologic product and the manufacturing process are +consistent and controlled, in each case, as specified by the FDA or other +applicable Regulatory Authorities in the chemistry, manufacturing and controls +section of an IND or other regulatory filing in the United States, or the +equivalent section of regulatory filings made outside of the United States. + +1.1.18 “Claims” means any and all suits, claims, actions, proceedings, or +demands brought by a Third Party. + +1.1.19 “Clinical Trial” means a Phase I Study, a Phase II Study, a Phase III +Study, a Pivotal Clinical Trial, a Phase IV Study, or a combination of any of +the foregoing studies. + +1.1.20 “Collaboration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1, below. + +1.1.21 “Committee” means the JDC or JPC, as the context requires. + +1.1.22 “Commercialization” or “Commercialize” means any activities directed to +using, marketing, promoting, distributing, importing, offering to sell, and/or +selling a Product, after or in expectation of receipt of Regulatory Approval for +such Product (but excluding Development). + +1.1.23 “Commercial Field” means the treatment, prophylaxis, or amelioration of +any condition, disease, or disorder in humans. + +1.1.24 “Competitive Product” means any Product or other compound that has as its +primary mode of action modulation of one or more caspase enzyme activities. + +1.1.25 “Confidential Information” means (a) all confidential or proprietary +information relating to any Product, including all pre-clinical and clinical +data, and (b) all other confidential or proprietary documents, technology, +Know-How, or other information (whether or not patentable) actually disclosed by +one Party to the other pursuant to this Agreement or Amended and Restated +Confidentiality Agreement, including information regarding a Party’s technology, +products, business information or objectives and reports under Section 2.7, and +all proprietary biological materials of a Party. + +1.1.26 “Contingent Payments” mean the consideration received or receivable by +Amerimmune, its employees, former or current equity holders and/or any other +parties in the form of deferred performance or retention-based payments, +earn-outs, or other contingent payments based upon the occurrence of future +events. Any part of the sales proceeds held pursuant to an escrow account +established before or in connection with the consummation of a Transaction shall +be deemed paid or received and not contingent. + +1.1.27 “Control” or “Controlled” means, with respect to any (a) Know-How or +other information or materials, (b) any compounds, or (c) intellectual property +right, the possession (whether by license (other than a license granted under +this Agreement) or ownership) by a Party of the ability to grant to the other +Party access and/or a license, as provided herein, without violating the terms +of any agreement with any Third Party existing as of the Effective Date or +thereafter during the Term. + +1.1.28 “Cure Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4.1, below. + +1.1.29 “Damages” means all claims, threatened claims, damages, losses, suits, +proceedings, liabilities, costs (including reasonable legal expenses, costs of +litigation and reasonable attorney’s fees), or judgments, whether for money or +equitable relief, of any kind and is not limited to matters asserted by Third +Parties against a Party, but includes claims, threatened claims, damages, +losses, suits, proceedings, liabilities, costs (including reasonable legal +expenses, costs of litigation and reasonable attorney’s fees) or judgments +incurred or sustained by a Party in the absence of Third Party claims; provided, +that no Party shall be liable to hold harmless or indemnify the Amerimmune +Indemnified Parties or Histogen Indemnified Parties, as applicable, for any +claims, + +  + +-3- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +threatened claims, damages, losses, suits, proceedings, liabilities, costs or +judgments for punitive or exemplary damages, except to the extent the Party +seeking indemnification is actually liable to a Third Party for such punitive or +exemplary damages in connection with a claim by such Third Party. + +1.1.30 “Data” means any and all research data, results, pharmacology data, +medicinal chemistry data, preclinical data, market research, clinical data +(including investigator reports (both preliminary and final), results, +conclusions, statistical analyses, expert opinions and reports, safety and other +electronic databases), in any and all forms, including files, reports, raw data, +source data (including patient medical records and original patient report +forms, but excluding patient-specific data to the extent required by applicable +Laws), and the like, in each case created, generated, or directed to, or used +in, the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of any Product(s). + +1.1.31 “Develop” or “Development” means discovery, research, preclinical, +non-clinical and clinical development activities, including activities relating +to screening, assays, test method development and stability testing, toxicology, +pharmacology, formulation, quality assurance/quality control development, +Clinical Trials, technology transfer, statistical analysis, process development +and scale-up, pharmacokinetic studies, data collection and management, report +writing and other pre-Regulatory Approval activities. + +1.1.32 “Development Costs” means with respect to a Product, the costs and +expenses that are actually incurred by or on behalf of a Party and specifically +and directly attributable to the Development of such Product. “Development +Costs” of a Party with respect to the Product shall include, without +duplication: + +(a) the FTE Costs of the Party or its Affiliates with respect to such +Development; + +(b) all Out-of-Pocket Costs incurred by the Party or its Affiliates, including +payments made to Third Parties, with respect to such Development (except to the +extent that such costs have been included in FTE Costs), including the costs and +expenses of conducting Clinical Trials; + +(c) Regulatory Expenses other than Regulatory Maintenance Costs; + +(d) the cost of contract research organizations; + +(e) Manufacturing Costs for clinical supply, including: + +(i) costs of packaging of drug products and distribution of drug products used +in Clinical Trials; + +(ii) expenses incurred to purchase or package comparator drugs; + +(iii) costs and expenses of disposal of clinical samples; and + +(iv) costs and expenses incurred in scaling up Manufacturing activities related +to pre-clinical or clinical supply, including formulation development +activities; + +(f) Manufacturing Scale-Up Costs; and + +(g) Third Party License Costs. + +Development Costs for a Product shall not include any Damages and other +liabilities incurred by a Party as a result of such Party’s negligence, gross +negligence, illegal conduct, willful misconduct, or breach of such Party’s +representations and warranties made hereunder and any such Damages and other +liabilities will be treated as the sole and exclusive responsibility of the +Party whose actions or omissions gave rise to such Damages and other +liabilities. + +All of such costs shall be as determined from the books and records of the +applicable Party and its Affiliates maintained in accordance with Accounting +Standards. For purposes of clarity, no general corporate + +  + +-4- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +overhead or fixed charges, such as depreciation, shall constitute Development +Costs (except as otherwise provided under the definition of Manufacturing +Costs). + +1.1.33 “Development Plan” means a development plan outlining the clinical +program to be pursued in Developing a Product. + +1.1.34 “Disclosing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1, below. + +1.1.35 “Dispute” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1, below. + +1.1.36 “Electronic Delivery” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.12, below. + +1.1.37 “EMA” means the European Medicines Agency, or any successor agency +thereof. + +1.1.38 “Emricasan” means (a) in the Research Field, an irreversible orally +active pan-caspase inhibitor formerly known as IDN-6556, PF-03491390; with an +IUPAC name of +(3S)-3-{[(2S)-2-{[2-(2-tert-butylanilino)-2-oxoacetyl]amino}propanoyl]amino}-4-oxo-5-(2,3,5,6-tetrafluorophenoxy)pentanoic +acid; and (b) in the Commercial Field, an irreversible orally active pan-caspase +inhibitor formerly known as IDN-6556, PF-03491390; with an IUPAC name of +(3S)-3-{[(2S)-2-{[2-(2-tert-butylanilino)-2-oxoacetyl]amino}propanoyl]amino}-4-oxo-5-(2,3,5,6-tetrafluorophenoxy)pentanoic +acid, alone or in any dosage form or delivery system, including pro-drugs, +hydrates, hemihydrates, polymorphs, acids, bases, analogs, homologs, +derivatives, and isomers, including stereoisomers, structural and geometric +isomers, diastereomers, enantiomers, racemic mixtures, and chiral versions. + +1.1.39 “Existing Third Party Agreement” means a Third Party agreement existing +as of the Effective Date regarding the acquisition, licensing, or other grant of +rights to or under any Patent or Know-How owned or controlled by a Third Party +that are necessary or useful for the Development, Manufacture or +Commercialization of one or more Products. + +1.1.40 “FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration, or any +successor agency thereof. + +1.1.41 “FDCA” means the United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and +the regulations promulgated thereunder, each as amended from time to time. + +1.1.42 “Field” means the Research Field and/or the Commercial Field, as the +context requires. + +1.1.43 “FTE” means the equivalent of the work of one (1) full-time employee of a +Party or its Affiliates for one (1) year (consisting of One Thousand Nine +Hundred Fifty (1,950) hours per year) in directly conducting Development, +Manufacturing, and/or as Pre-Commercialization Expenses hereunder. For the +avoidance of doubt, “FTE” shall not include the work of general corporate or +administrative personnel, except for the portion of such personnel’s work time +actually spent on conducting scientific, technical or commercial activities +directly related to the Development, Manufacture, or as Pre-Commercialization +Expenses related to one or more Products. + +1.1.44 “FTE Costs” means, for any period, the FTE Rate multiplied by the number +of FTEs (including fractions thereof) in such period. + +1.1.45 “FTE Rate” means, during the Term, Two Hundred Fifty Thousand dollars +($250,000) per FTE. + +1.1.46 “Good Clinical Practices” or “GCP” means the ethical and scientific +quality standards for designing, conducting, recording, and reporting trials +that involve the participation of human subjects as are required by applicable +Regulatory Authorities or Law in the relevant jurisdiction. In the United +States, GCP shall be based on Good Clinical Practices established through FDA +guidances (including Guideline for Good Clinical Practice – ICH Harmonized +Tripartite Guideline (ICH E6)), and, outside the United States, GCP shall be +based on Guideline for Good Clinical Practice – ICH Harmonized Tripartite +Guideline (ICH E6). + +  + +-5- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +1.1.47 “Good Laboratory Practices” or “GLP” means the then-current good +laboratory practice standards promulgated or endorsed by the FDA, as defined in +U.S. 21 C.F.R. Part 58 (or such other comparable regulatory standards in +jurisdictions outside the United States, as they may be updated from time to +time). + +1.1.48 “Good Manufacturing Practices” or “GMP” means all applicable standards +relating to manufacturing practices for fine chemicals, intermediates, bulk +products and/or finished pharmaceutical products, including (a) all applicable +requirements detailed in the FDA’s current Good Manufacturing Practices +regulations, U.S. 21 C.F.R. Parts 210 and 211 and “The Rules Governing Medicinal +Products in the European Community, Volume IV, Good Manufacturing Practice for +Medicinal Products”, as each may be amended from time to time, and (b) all +applicable Laws promulgated by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction +over the Manufacture of any Product for the Field. + +1.1.49 “Governmental Authority” means any: (a) nation, principality, state, +commonwealth, province, territory, county, municipality, district or other +jurisdiction of any nature; (b) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or +other government; (c) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature +(including any governmental division, subdivision, department, agency, bureau, +branch, office, commission, council, board, instrumentality, officer, official, +representative, organization, unit, body or entity and any court or other +tribunal); (d) multinational organization or body; or (e) individual, entity or +body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any executive, legislative, judicial, +administrative, regulatory, police, military or taxing authority or power of any +nature. + +1.1.50 “Histogen Collaboration Intellectual Property” means any Patents or +Know-How, or Histogen’s and/or its Affiliates’ interest therein, that is +developed or generated by or on behalf of Histogen and/or its Affiliate(s) +through the use of Amerimmune Know-How, Joint Collaboration Know-How, or +materials disclosed or transferred by Amerimmune to Histogen in the conduct of +the Collaboration during the Research Term and is necessary for the Development, +Manufacture, and/or Commercialization of any Product(s) for the Field. + +1.1.51 “Histogen Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.1, +below. + +1.1.52 “Histogen Intellectual Property” means Histogen Know-How, Histogen +Patents, Histogen Collaboration Intellectual Property, and Histogen’s interest +in any Joint Collaboration IP, collectively. + +1.1.53 “Histogen Know-How” means any Know-How that is (a) Controlled by Histogen +as of the Effective Date or during the Term, and (b) necessary or useful for the +Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of any Product in the Field. + +1.1.54 “Histogen Patents” means any and all Patents that (a) are owned or +controlled by Histogen as of the Effective Date or during the Term, and +(b) concern the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization of any Product +(including the composition of matter, manufacture, or any use thereof) in the +Field. The Histogen Patents include those Patents listed on attached Schedule 2. + +1.1.55 “Histogen Profit Allocation” means the percentage of Profits to which +Histogen is entitled. + +1.1.56 “IND” means any Investigational New Drug application, filed with the FDA +pursuant to Part 312 of Title 21 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, +including any supplements or amendments thereto. Prior to exercise of the +Option, references herein to “IND” shall mean the Research IND; in the event the +Option is exercised, “IND” shall include any IND owned or controlled by either +Party for a Product in the Field, and shall include, to the extent applicable, +any comparable filing(s) outside the United States (such as a Clinical Trial +Application (“CTA”) in the countries that are officially recognized as member +states of the EU). + +1.1.57 “Indication” means any human disease, condition or syndrome, or sign or +symptom of, or associated with, a human disease, condition or syndrome. + +1.1.58 “Initial Trial” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.1, below. + +  + +-6- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +1.1.59 “Initial Trial Report” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.2, below. + +1.1.60 “Inventions” means all inventions, whether or not patentable, that are +designed, discovered, generated, invented or conceived by or on behalf of either +Party or its respective Affiliates or both Parties or their respective +Affiliates, whether solely or jointly with any Third Party, in the course of +activities performed under this Agreement in the Field. + +1.1.61 “Joint Collaboration IP” means, collectively: + +(a) “Joint Collaboration Know-How,” which means all Know-How related to the +Field, including physical embodiments of a Product, that is jointly created, +invented, or otherwise made by or on behalf of both Parties or their respective +Affiliates by at least one employee, consultant, or agent of Amerimmune and at +least one employee, consultant, or agent of Histogen, whether solely or jointly +with any Third Party, pursuant to the conduct of activities under the +Collaboration at any time during the Research Term; and + +(b) “Joint Collaboration Patents,” which means Patents that cover any Joint +Collaboration Know-How. + +1.1.62 “Joint Development Committee” or “JDC” has the meaning set forth in +Section 3.1.1, below. + +1.1.63 “Joint Partnering Committee” or “JPC” has the meaning set forth in +Section 3.3, below. + +1.1.64 “Know-How” means any tangible or intangible trade secrets, know-how, +expertise, discoveries, information, Inventions, data or materials, including +ideas, concepts, formulas, methods, procedures, designs, technologies, +compositions, plans, applications, scientific or technical data, assays, +manufacturing information or data, samples, chemical and biological materials +and all derivatives, modifications, and improvements of any of the foregoing, as +well as financial and commercial data, business and commercial information, and +non-public information about or belonging to a Party’s customers, collaborators, +suppliers, employees, agents, or other representatives. + +1.1.65 “Law” means any law, statute, rule, regulation, ordinance or other +pronouncement having the effect of law, of any federal, national, multinational, +state, provincial, county, city or other political subdivision, as from time to +time enacted, repealed or amended, including Good Clinical Practices and adverse +event reporting requirements, guidance from the International Conference on +Harmonization or other generally accepted conventions, the FDCA and similar laws +and regulations in countries outside the United States, and all other rules, +regulations and requirements of the FDA and other applicable Regulatory +Authorities. + +1.1.66 “License Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.1, +below. + +1.1.67 “Manufacture” or “Manufacturing” means, as applicable, all activities +associated with the production, manufacture, processing, filling, packaging, +labeling, shipping and storage of a drug product or drug substance in the Field, +and/or any components thereof, including process and formulation development, +process validation, stability testing, manufacturing scale-up, preclinical, +clinical and commercial manufacture and analytical methods development and +validation, product characterization, quality assurance and quality control +development, testing and release. + +1.1.68 “Manufacturing Costs” means, with respect to a Product, the reasonable +FTE Costs and Out-of-Pocket Costs of a Party or any of its Affiliates or +sublicensees incurred in Manufacturing a Product, excluding Manufacturing +Scale-Up Costs, but including: + +(a) to the extent that a Product is manufactured by a Party or any of its +Affiliates or sublicensees, direct material and direct labor costs, plus +manufacturing overhead attributable to the Product (including facility start-up +costs, all directly incurred manufacturing variances, and a reasonable +allocation + +  + +-7- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +of related manufacturing administrative and facilities costs (including +depreciation) and a reasonable allocation of the costs of failed batches to be +further described in the applicable supply agreement, to be provided for a +Product, but excluding costs associated with excess capacity), all determined in +accordance with the books and records of the applicable Party or its Affiliates +or sublicensees maintained in accordance with Accounting Standards; and + +(b) to the extent that a Product is Manufactured by a Third Party manufacturer, +the Out-of-Pocket Costs paid by a Party or any of its Affiliates or sublicensees +to the Third Party for the manufacture, supply, packaging, and labeling of a +Product, and any reasonable Out-of-Pocket Costs and direct labor costs actually +incurred by such Party or any of its Affiliates or sublicensees in managing or +overseeing the Third Party relationship, determined in accordance with the books +and records of the applicable Party or its Affiliates or sublicensees maintained +in accordance with Accounting Standards. + +1.1.69 “Manufacturing Scale-Up Costs” means, with respect to a Product, the +reasonable FTE Costs and Out-of-Pocket Costs of a Party or any of its Affiliates +or sublicensees incurred in scaling up Manufacturing activities related to a +Product for clinical supply, including (a) costs for process development work, +analytical method optimization, and process validation, (b) costs for complete +technology transfer to a commercial site (including costs for Manufacturing of +demonstration batches on a suitable scale), and (c) Regulatory Expenses +associated with such Manufacturing activities. + +1.1.70 “Marketing Expenses” means, with respect to a Product, the sum of +Marketing Management Expenses, Advertising and Market Research Expenses, and +Medical Education Expenses relating to such Product. + +1.1.71 “Marketing Management Expenses” means, with respect to a Product, FTE +Costs arising from the management of marketing activities for such Product, +including management and administration of managed care and national accounts +and other activities associated with developing overall sales and marketing +strategies; Product-related advertising, market research, and public relations; +relationship maintenance with opinion leaders, professional societies, contract +pricing administrators, and market information systems; education programs for +health care professionals; governmental affairs activities for reimbursement; +formulary acceptance; and other activities directly related to the marketing or +promotion of such Product anywhere in the Territory. + +1.1.72 “Material Breach” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4.1, below. + +1.1.73 “Medical Education Expenses” means, with respect to a Product, all +Out-of-Pocket Costs specifically incurred to educate health care professionals +licensed to practice in one or more jurisdictions in the Territory with respect +to the Product through any means not covered as an Advertising and Marketing +Research Expense, but including articles appearing in journals, newspapers, +magazines, or other media; seminars, scientific exhibits, and conventions; and +symposia, advisory boards, and opinion leader development activities; medical +science liaison and medical affairs activities, and education grant programs. + +1.1.74 “NDA” means an application submitted to a Regulatory Authority for the +marketing approval of a Product, including (a) a New Drug Application, Product +License Application or Biologics License Application (as such capitalized terms +are used in C.F.R. Title 21) filed with FDA or any successor applications or +procedures, (b) a foreign equivalent of a US New Drug Application, Product +License Application or Biologics License Application or any successor +applications or procedures, including a Marketing Authorization Application in +the European Union, and (c) all supplements and amendments that may be filed +with respect to the foregoing. + +1.1.75“Net Sales” means, with respect to any Product, the gross amounts received +by the Parties, their respective Affiliates, or Strategic Partners from Third +Parties (that are not Strategic Partners) for the sale or other commercial +disposition of such Product anywhere within the Territory (each, a “Selling +Party”) to Third Party customers for sales of such Product, less the following +deductions actually incurred, allowed, paid, accrued or specifically allocated +in its financial statements in accordance with (as applicable to the Selling +Party) Accounting Standards, for: (i) customary discounts allowed; (ii) sales +tariffs, duties, taxes (including value added taxes), or the like required to be +paid; (iii) amounts allowed or credited on returns; (iv) rebates and chargebacks +or + +  + +-8- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +retroactive price reductions actually granted; and (v) freight and insurance, to +the extent Amerimmune, its Affiliates, or Strategic Partners, or the +distributors of any of them, bear and specify such costs on the corresponding +invoice. + +If non-monetary consideration is received by a Selling Party for any Product in +the relevant country, Net Sales will be calculated based on the average price +charged for such Product, as applicable, during the preceding royalty period, or +in the absence of such sales, the fair market value of the Product, as +applicable, as determined by the Parties in good faith. Notwithstanding the +foregoing, Net Sales shall not be imputed to transfers of Products, as +applicable, for use in Clinical Trials, non-clinical development activities or +other development activities with respect to Products by or on behalf of the +Parties, for bona fide charitable purposes or for compassionate use or for +Product samples, if no monetary consideration is received for such transfers. + +If a Product is sold as part of a Combination Product (as defined below), Net +Sales will be the product of (i) Net Sales of the Combination Product calculated +as above (i.e., calculated as for a non-Combination Product) and (ii) the +fraction (A/(A+B)), where: + +“A” is the gross invoice price in such country of the Product comprising a +Compound as the sole therapeutically active ingredient; and + +“B” is the gross invoice price in such country of the other therapeutically +active ingredients contained in the Combination Product. + +If “A” or “B” cannot be determined by reference to non-Combination Product sales +as described above, then Net Sales will be calculated as above, but the gross +invoice price in the above equation shall be determined by mutual agreement +reached in good faith by the Parties prior to the end of the accounting period +in question based on an equitable method of determining the same that takes into +account, in the applicable country, variation in dosage units and the relative +fair market value of each therapeutically active ingredient in the Combination +Product. As used in this definition of “Net Sales,” “Combination Product” means +a Product that contains one or more additional active ingredients (whether +co-formulated or co-packaged) that are neither Compounds nor generic or other +non-proprietary compositions of matter. Pharmaceutical dosage forms, adjuvants, +and excipients shall be deemed not to be “active ingredients”. + +There shall be no double counting in determining the foregoing deductions from +gross amounts invoiced to calculate Net Sales. Subject to the foregoing, the +calculations set forth in this definition of Net Sales shall be determined in +accordance with Accounting Standards so as to arrive at Net Sales as reported by +the Selling Party in such Person’s financial statements. + +1.1.76 “Option” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.1, below. + +1.1.77 “Option Exercise Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.2, +below. + +1.1.78 “Option Exercise Window” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.1, +below. + +1.1.79 “Option Term” means the period commencing on the Effective Date and +ending on the first to occur of (a) Amerimmune’s exercise of the Option in +accordance with Section 4.1, below, or (b) the expiration of the Research Term; +provided, however, the Option Term shall not extend after 31 December 2022. + +1.1.80 “Out-of-Pocket Costs” means, with respect to a Product, direct expenses +paid or payable by either Party or its Affiliates to Third Parties (other than +employees of such Party or its Affiliates) that are specifically identifiable +and incurred to conduct such activities for the Collaboration hereunder and have +been recorded in accordance with the Accounting Standards. + +1.1.81 “Partnering” means any activity directed at identifying, negotiating, and +concluding a commercial relationship with a Third Party to further Develop a +Product in the Field for the ultimate purpose of Commercializing such Product in +the Field after or in expectation of receipt of Regulatory Approval for such +Product. + +  + +-9- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +1.1.82 “Patent” means (a) patents and patent applications anywhere in the world, +(b) all divisionals, continuations, continuations in-part thereof or any other +patent application claiming priority, or entitled to claim priority, directly or +indirectly to (i) any such patents or patent applications or (ii) any patent or +patent application from which such patents or patent applications claim, or is +entitled to claim, direct or indirect priority, and (c) all patents issuing on +any of the foregoing anywhere in the world, together with all registrations, +reissues, re-examinations, patents of addition, renewals, patent term +extensions, supplemental protection certificates, or extensions of any of the +foregoing anywhere in the world. + +1.1.83 “Patent Costs” means costs incurred by a Party pursuant to Article VI of +this Agreement. + +1.1.84 “Pre-Commercialization Expenses” means, with respect to a Product, those +expenses incurred by either Party or its Affiliates (as detailed below) for the +purpose of Developing the Product or reasonable out of pocket expenses directly +connected to identifying Strategic Partners for a Product, and shall consist of +the following expenses with respect to such Product: (a) expenses related to +Development, including any Clinical Trial expenses; (b) Manufacturing Costs for +supply of the Product; (c) Marketing Expenses; (d) other Pre-Commercialization +costs; (e) Patent Costs; (f) Regulatory Maintenance Costs; and (g) Third Party +License Costs. + +1.1.85 “Person” means any corporation, limited or general partnership, limited +liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated association, +governmental body, authority, bureau or agency, any other entity or body, or an +individual. + +1.1.86 “Phase I Study” means a human clinical trial of a product, the principal +purpose of which is a preliminary determination of safety, tolerability, and +pharmacokinetics in study subjects where potential pharmacological activity may +be determined or similar clinical study prescribed by the Regulatory +Authorities, from time to time, pursuant to applicable Law or otherwise, +including for example the trials referred to in 21 C.F.R. §312.21(a), as amended +(or the non-United States equivalent thereof). + +1.1.87 “Phase II Study” means a human clinical trial intended to explore a +variety of doses, dose response, and duration of effect, and to generate +evidence of clinical safety and effectiveness for a particular Indication or +Indications in a target patient population, or a similar clinical study +prescribed by the relevant Regulatory Authorities, from time to time, pursuant +to applicable Law or otherwise, including for example the trials referred to in +21 C.F.R. §312.21(b), as amended (or the non-United States equivalent thereof). + +1.1.88 “Phase III Study” means a human clinical trial of a product in any +country that would satisfy the requirements of 21 C.F.R. §312.21(c), as amended +(or the non-United States equivalent thereof) and is intended to (a) establish +that the product is safe and efficacious for its intended use, (b) define +contraindications, warnings, precautions and adverse reactions that are +associated with the product in the dosage range to be prescribed, and +(c) support Regulatory Approval for such product. + +1.1.89 “Phase IV Study” means a human clinical trial of a product which is +(a) conducted to satisfy a requirement of a Regulatory Authority in order to +maintain a Regulatory Approval or (b) conducted voluntarily after Regulatory +Approval of the product has been obtained from an appropriate Regulatory +Authority for enhancing marketing or scientific knowledge of an approved +indication. + +1.1.90 “Pivotal Clinical Trial” means a human clinical trial of a Product on a +sufficient number of subjects that, prior to commencement of the trial, +satisfies both of the following: such trial (a) is designed to establish that +such Product has an acceptable safety and efficacy profile for its intended use, +and to determine warnings, precautions, and adverse reactions that are +associated with such Product in the dosage range to be prescribed, which trial +is intended to support Regulatory Approval of such Product by the FDA or EMA, +and (b) such trial is a registration trial designed to be sufficient to support +the filing of an application for a Regulatory Approval for such Product in the +U.S. or another country or some or all of an extra-national territory, as +evidenced by (i) an agreement with or statement from the FDA or the EMA on a +special protocol assessment or equivalent, or (ii) other guidance or minutes +issued by the FDA or EMA, for such registration trial. + +  + +-10- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +1.1.91 “Press Release” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.5.1, below, a +mutually agreed form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A. + +1.1.92 “Product” means any pharmaceutical preparation, dosage form, or delivery +system containing as an active pharmaceutical ingredient (i) Emricasan or +(ii) any other caspase modulator owned or controlled by Histogen as of the +Effective Date or at any time during the Term, in each case alone or in +combination with another active pharmaceutical ingredient except as identified +on Schedule 1.172, as it may be amended by Histogen from time to time to reflect +caspase modulators first owned or controlled by Histogen after the Effective +Date. + +1.1.93 “Profits” means, with respect to any Calendar Quarter or Calendar Year: +the sum of (x) any and all profits resulting from Strategic Partnering and/or +the Development and Commercialization of a Product, which shall be equal to (a) +the sum of (i) Net Sales of Products, plus (ii) Additional Revenue, less (to the +extent not previously allocated) (b) (i) Development Costs, +(ii) Pre-Commercialization Expenses, (iii) for any Product that is +Commercialized, Manufacturing Costs, (iv) Manufacturing Scale-Up Costs, (v) +Marketing Expenses, (vi) Regulatory Maintenance Costs, and (vii) Third Party +License Costs; and (y) the Transaction Value from any Transaction. + +1.1.94 “Profit Allocation” means the Histogen Profit Allocation or the +Amerimmune Profit Allocation, as applicable. + +1.1.95 “Prosecution” or “Prosecute” means the filing, preparation, prosecution +and maintenance of Patents, including any and all pre-grant proceedings before +any patent authority, such as interferences. + +1.1.96 “Publication” means any publication in a scientific journal, any +scientific abstract to be presented to any audience, any presentation at any +scientific conference, including slides and texts of oral or other public +presentations, any other scientific presentation and any other oral, written or +electronic scientific disclosure directed to any audience that pertains to any +Product, or the use of any of Product, or the data or results from any work +under the Research Program. + +1.1.97 “Qualifying Strategic Partnership” means a Strategic Partnership pursuant +to which the Third Party who is Partnering with Amerimmune is obligated to pay +to Amerimmune consideration that equals or exceeds One Million dollars +($1,000,000), exclusive of any payment or reimbursement to Amerimmune for past, +current, or future expenses incurred by or on behalf of Amerimmune in connection +with the Development or Manufacturing of the Product(s) that are the subject of +such Strategic Partnership. + +1.1.98 “Receiving Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1, below. + +1.1.99 “Regulatory Interactions” means (i) monitoring and coordinating all +regulatory actions, preparing, submitting, and coordinating all communications +and filings with, and submissions to, any Regulatory Authority with respect to +Emricasan or any other Product, and (ii) interfacing, corresponding, and meeting +with any Regulatory Authority with respect to Emricasan and other Products. + +1.1.100 “Regulatory Approval” means all approvals of the applicable Regulatory +Authority necessary for the commercial marketing and sale of a product for a +particular indication in a country (including separate Regulatory Authority +pricing or reimbursement approvals whether or not legally required in order to +sell the product in such country, it being understood that, as of the Effective +Date, no such Regulatory Authority pricing or reimbursement approval requirement +is applicable in the United States). + +1.1.101 “Regulatory Authority” means a federal, national, multinational, state, +provincial or local regulatory agency, department, bureau or other governmental +entity with authority over the testing, manufacture, use, storage, import, +promotion, marketing or sale (including pricing and reimbursement approval) of a +product in a country or territory. + +  + +-11- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +1.1.102 “Regulatory Documentation” means, with respect to the Collaboration, all +INDs, NDAs, and other regulatory applications submitted to any Regulatory +Authority, Regulatory Approvals (if any), pre-clinical and clinical data and +information, regulatory materials, drug dossiers, master files (including Drug +Master Files, as defined in 21 C.F.R. 314.420 and any non-United States +equivalents), and any other data, reports, records, regulatory correspondence +and other materials relating to Development or Regulatory Approval of the +Licensed Products, or required to Manufacture, distribute or sell the Licensed +Products, including any information that relates to pharmacology, toxicology, +CMC, Manufacturing and controls data, batch records, safety and efficacy, and +any safety database. + +1.1.103 “Regulatory Expenses” means, with respect to a Product, all +Out-of-Pocket Costs incurred by or on behalf of a Party in connection with the +preparation and filing of regulatory submissions for a Product and obtaining of +Regulatory Approvals and any applicable governmental price and reimbursement +approvals. + +1.1.104 “Regulatory Maintenance Costs” means Out-of-Pocket Costs and FTE Costs +for maintenance fees relating to Regulatory Approvals for a Product, and +personnel engaged in the filing and maintenance of Regulatory Approvals. + +1.1.105 “Representative” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.1, below. + +1.1.106 “Research Field” means the treatment, prophylaxis, or amelioration of +COVID-19 (caused by SARS-CoV-2) in humans. + +1.1.107 “Research IND” means the IND filed by and in the name of Histogen on or +before the Effective Date concerning the use of Emricasan in the Research Field, +and any extension thereof (i) filed by and in the name of Histogen if filed +prior to consummation of a Qualifying Strategic Partnership or (ii) by and in +the name of a Strategic Partner after consummation of a Qualifying Strategic +Partnership. + +1.1.108 “Research Program” means a program comprising Development activities by +and on behalf of Amerimmune, Histogen, and their Affiliates directed to +Emricasan solely in the Field. + +1.1.109 “Research Term” means the period commencing on the Effective Date and, +unless earlier terminated in accordance with this Agreement, ending on the +earlier of (a) one hundred eighty (180) days after Amerimmune delivers the final +Phase 2 Initial Trial Report to the JDC, (b) December 31, 2022, or any permitted +extension thereto, and (c) discontinuation of the Research Program. + +1.1.110 “Research Term Extension” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.2, +below. + +1.1.111 “Right of Reference or Use” means a “Right of Reference or Use” as that +term is defined in 21 C.F.R. §314.3(b), and any non-United States equivalents. + +1.1.112 “Strategic Partner” means any Third Party to whom Amerimmune or any of +its Affiliates or any other Strategic Partner grants a sublicense under this +Agreement with respect to the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization of +a Product, in each case excluding (a) Third Party contractors and (b) wholesale +distributors or any other Third Party that purchases a Product in an +arm’s-length transaction to Develop, Manufacture or Commercialize the Product. + +1.1.113 “Strategic Partnership” means a written agreement between Amerimmune and +a Third Party regarding Partnering of one or more Products in the Research Field +and/or Commercial Field in any country in the Territory pursuant to which the +Third Party is obligated to pay to Amerimmune consideration. + +1.1.114 “Suspension Period” means a period not to exceed one hundred twenty +(120) days after execution of this Agreement during which Amerimmune shall have +the right to cease its Development activities under the Research Program. + +  + +-12- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +1.1.115 “Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1, below. + +1.1.116 “Term Sheet” means that certain “Term Sheet” entered into by the Parties +and effective as of 21 July 2020. + +1.1.117 “Territory” means the entire world. + +1.1.118 “Third Party” means any Person other than a Party or any of a Party’s +respective Affiliates. + +1.1.119 “Third Party License” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.5.2, below. + +1.1.120 “Third Party License Costs” means Out-of-Pocket Costs paid to Third +Parties pursuant to Section 7.5.3 of this Agreement for a Product. + +1.1.121 “Transaction” means any direct or indirect merger, consolidation, joint +venture, partnership (including any Strategic Partnership), spin-off, split-off, +business combination, tender or exchange offer, recapitalization, acquisition, +sale, distribution, transfer or other disposition of assets or equity interests, +or other transaction, involving all or a substantial portion of the business, +assets or equity interests of Amerimmune and/or any of its Affiliates, or any +right or option to acquire any of the foregoing, in one or more transactions. + +1.1.122 “Transaction Value” means the total proceeds and other consideration +paid or received, or to be paid or received, directly or indirectly, in +connection with or in anticipation of a Transaction (which consideration shall +be deemed to include amounts in escrow), including, without limitation, cash, +notes, securities, and other property received or to be received by Amerimmune +or any of its Affiliates, creditors or security holders (including, without +limitation, the holders of convertible securities, options, warrants, stock +appreciation rights or similar rights, whether or not vested); deferred +non-contingent payments (such as installment payments); amounts payable under +consulting agreements, above-market employment contracts, non-compete or +severance agreements, employee benefit plans, reimbursement for taxes or similar +arrangements; Contingent Payments (as defined below); and, in the case of a +partnership, joint venture or similar structure, the gross value of all cash, +securities, assets and other consideration contributed, invested, committed, or +otherwise made available by Amerimmune or any other parties to such partnership, +joint venture or similar structure. The Transaction Value shall be calculated as +if 100% of the equity interests of Amerimmune on a fully diluted basis had been +sold by dividing the total consideration involved in a Transaction by the +percentage of ownership which is sold. The Transaction Value shall include the +aggregate principal amount of any debt, pension liabilities, guarantees and any +other liabilities or obligations of Amerimmune or any of its affiliates or +security holders (i) retired, refinanced, restructured, redeemed, decreased, +repaid or extinguished in connection with or anticipation of a Transaction or +(ii) assumed in an acquisition of assets or which remain outstanding at the time +of closing in all other cases. If any cash or other assets of Amerimmune and/or +any of its subsidiaries or affiliates are sold or otherwise transferred to +another party after the date hereof (including, without limitation, any +dividends, distributions or other amounts paid to option or other security +holders, amounts paid to repurchase any securities, or transaction-related bonus +payments made to employees), or are retained after the consummation of the +Transaction, then the Transaction Value will be increased to reflect the fair +market value of any such assets. + +1.1.123 “Trial Results” means any Data or other results generated during the +performance of or in connection with a Clinical Trial conducted as part of the +Research Program, including the Initial Trials. + +1.1.124 “United States” or “U.S.” means the United States of America and all of +its territories and possessions, including Puerto Rico. + +1.2 Interpretation; Construction. The captions to the several Articles and +Sections of this Agreement are included only for convenience of reference and +shall not in any way affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration +in interpreting, this Agreement. In this Agreement, unless the context requires +otherwise, (a) the word “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase +“without limitation” or like expression, whether or not followed by the same; +(b) references to the singular shall include the plural and vice versa; +(c) references to + +  + +-13- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +masculine, feminine, and neuter pronouns and expressions shall be +interchangeable; (d) the words “herein” or “hereunder” relate to this Agreement; +(e) “or” is disjunctive but not necessarily exclusive; (f) the word “will” shall +be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”; and +(g) all references to “dollars” or “$” herein shall mean U.S. Dollars. Each +Party represents that it has been represented by legal counsel in connection +with this Agreement and acknowledges that it has participated in the drafting +hereof. In interpreting and applying the terms and provisions of this Agreement, +the Parties agree that no presumption will apply against the Party which drafted +such terms and provisions. + +ARTICLE II + +COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH PROGRAM; RESEARCH LICENSE + +2.1 Scope and Collaboration Overview. Pursuant to this Agreement and as further +provided in this Article II, during the Research Term, Amerimmune, at its +expense and in collaboration with Histogen, (a) shall conduct the Research +Program in the Research Field using commercially reasonable efforts and shall +provide regular updates to Histogen at JDC meetings in accordance with +Article IV below, together with all material data and information in +Amerimmune’s possession relating to Emricasan, and (b) subject to oversight by +the JDC and Article III, below, shall be responsible for the research strategy +and the conduct of activities under each Research Program. The activities +conducted pursuant to this Article II and the activities performed by a Party or +the Parties relating to the Research Program, and any Commercialization as +permitted and overseen by the JPC or a Strategic Partner pursuant to Strategic +Partnership, shall be the “Collaboration”. + +2.1.1 Amerimmune Responsibility for Development. + +(a) Commencing on the Effective Date, during the Research Term Amerimmune, will +lead the Development activities in collaboration with Histogen, conduct +Development activities with respect to Emricasan with the goal of progressing +Emricasan through a Phase I Study and a Phase 2 Study in the Research Field (the +“Initial Trials”). + +(b) Amerimmune shall be responsible for conducting the Clinical Trials, +including, the Initial Trials, and including providing human resources, +coordinating with its network of clinical investigators, establishing study +sites, engaging a clinical research organization, if part of the clinical +development plan, and patient enrollment, pursuant to a Development Plan for +Emricasan. Amerimmune, in collaboration with Histogen, shall prepare and submit +to the JDC for approval a Development Plan for the Initial Trials. Once +approved, a Development Plan may be amended from time to time by the JDC or +otherwise by agreement of the Parties. Furthermore, Amerimmune may amend a +Development Plan from time to time, provided that such amendment would not +impose any obligation on Histogen beyond those for which Histogen is responsible +or otherwise diminish Histogen’s rights under this Agreement or the then-current +Development Plan. + +(c) Amerimmune shall have the right, after discussing in the JDC and by so +informing Histogen in writing in advance, to cease or suspend its Research +Program activities at any time during the Research Term for one Suspension +Period; provided, however, that a cessation or suspension for longer than the +Suspension Period shall automatically terminate this Agreement with immediate +effect on the day following the last day of the Suspension Period. If Amerimmune +ends the Suspension Period before the 120th of the Suspension Period and +continues to conduct, without stoppage, the Research Program, then the Research +Term shall be deemed to be in progress until it expires or is otherwise +terminated in accordance with this Agreement. + +(d) During the Research Term, in accordance with Article III below, Amerimmune +shall collaborate with Histogen, on a regular basis at JDC meetings, the status +of the Research Program, progress made to date thereunder, and future plans +under the Research Program, including discussing with Histogen material +developments in or new data or information in Amerimmune’s possession relating +to the Research Program made since the preceding JDC meeting. + +2.1.2 Extension of Research Term. Amerimmune may, at its election and after +discussing in the JDC, as long as both parties are in mutual agreement, extend +the Research Term for up to three (3) one (1) year + +  + +-14- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +extension periods (each being a “Research Term Extension”, and each to run +consecutively after the end of the then-current Research Term) by giving notice +to Amerimmune of each such election at least thirty (30) days prior to the +expiration of the then-current Research Term. + +2.2 [intentionally left blank] + +2.3 Supply of Emricasan. + +2.3.1 Initial Trials. To facilitate conduct of the Initial Trials, after the +Effective Date and promptly following a written request from Amerimmune, +Histogen shall provide Amerimmune (or clinical trial sites designated by +Amerimmune), at no cost to Amerimmune, with reasonable quantities of clinical +Emricasan to conduct the Initial Trials, subject to the availability of +Emricasan to Histogen. + +2.3.2 Additional Development. To facilitate conduct of the Research Program +beyond the conduct of the Initial Trials, if available and promptly following a +written request from Amerimmune, Histogen shall provide Amerimmune with +reasonable quantities of clinical Emricasan for the conduct of such additional +Clinical Trials as the JDC approves. Histogen shall be entitled to charge +Amerimmune a reasonable price for such additional Emricasan for such additional +Clinical Trials (not to exceed Histogen’s documented costs for each dose from a +Third Party supplier, plus Twenty Five percent (25%) of Histogen’s documented +cost for each dose), absent the Parties entering into a written agreement to the +contrary. + +2.3.3 Limitations. Amerimmune agrees that Emricasan provided by Histogen shall +be used only in furtherance of the Research Program and pursuant to Amerimmune’s +rights and obligations under this Agreement. The Parties agree that Emricasan +shall be used in compliance with applicable Law and the terms and conditions of +this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Histogen’s +obligation to provide clinical Emricasan under this Agreement shall not extend +to more Emricasan than is reasonably available to Histogen. + +2.4 Regulatory Matters. + +2.4.1 Initial Trial IND. To facilitate conduct of the Initial Trial, prior to +the start of the Research Program, Histogen, in collaboration with Amerimmune, +shall have filed a Research IND with the FDA seeking approval of a clinical +trial protocol to govern the conduct of the Initial Trial. + +2.4.2 Research Program. During the Research Program and until such time as a +Strategic Partner assumes responsibility pursuant to a Qualifying Strategic +Partnership, Histogen, in collaboration with Amerimmune, shall be responsible +for and shall control all Regulatory Interactions relating to any Phase I or +Phase II Study of Emricasan conducted pursuant to the Research Program, +including the Initial Trials. + +2.4.3 Transfer of Regulatory Interactions. After Amerimmune exercises the Option +and a Strategic Partner assumes responsibility for Development of Emricasan +pursuant to a Qualifying Strategic Partnership, the Parties shall each transfer +any IND(s) for the Field to such Strategic Partner and promptly complete all +relevant activities related to such IND(s) as required for the Strategic Partner +to assume regulatory ownership thereof. Each of Histogen and Amerimmune shall +provide such Strategic Partner in a Qualifying Strategic Partnership with all +relevant clinical and non-clinical data reasonably requested by the Strategic +Partner or a Regulatory Authority, including CMC, pharmacology, and toxicology +Data in its possession with respect to any Product, including Emricasan. Such +Strategic Partner shall be deemed a third party beneficiary with respect to this +Agreement. + +2.4.4 Review of Regulatory Documentation. During the Research Term, for so long +as Histogen has responsibility under Section 2.4.2, above, for Regulatory +Interactions, Histogen shall (i) keep the JDC reasonably informed of all +material Regulatory Interactions, preparation of regulatory documentation, +Regulatory Authority review thereof, annual reports, and the like, and +(ii) afford Amerimmune a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon +and to provide meaningful input with respect to responses to any Regulatory +Authority. Once any of Histogen’s responsibility under Section 2.4.2, above, is +transferred to Amerimmune or a + +  + +-15- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Strategic Partner, Amerimmune or the Strategic Partner, as the case may be, +shall (i) keep Histogen reasonably informed of all material Regulatory +Interactions, preparation of regulatory documentation, Regulatory Authority +review thereof, annual reports, and the like, and (ii) provide Histogen with a +reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon and to provide meaningful +input with respect to responses to any Regulatory Authority. + +2.4.5 Meeting Participation. Amerimmune shall have the right to have an +experienced representative participate as an observer in material or scheduled +meetings, video conferences, and any teleconferences with any Regulatory +Authority, and shall be provided with advance access to Histogen’s material +documentation prepared for such meetings. Histogen shall have the same right to +participate as an observer and have advance access to material documentation +prepared for such meetings after it makes a transfer of any regulatory authority +or responsibility under Section 2.4.3, above. + +2.4.6 Submission Review. While Histogen maintains responsibility for Regulatory +Interactions, prior to submission of material correspondence to any Regulatory +Authority with respect to a Product, Histogen shall, sufficiently in advance for +Amerimmune to review and comment, provide Amerimmune any material correspondence +intended for submission to the Regulatory Authority. Histogen shall also provide +Amerimmune with a copy of any material correspondence with a Regulatory +Authority relating to Development of any Products, and consider and respond +within a reasonable time frame to all reasonable inquiries made by Amerimmune +with respect thereto. After it makes a transfer of any regulatory authority or +responsibility under Section 2.4.3, above, Histogen shall have the same right to +review and comment on any material correspondence intended for submission to the +Regulatory Authority, and Histogen shall receive a copy of any material +correspondence with a Regulatory Authority relating to Development of any +Products and shall consider and respond within a reasonable time frame to all +reasonable inquiries with respect thereto. + +2.5 Reports; Results. + +2.5.1 Records. Amerimmune shall maintain, and shall require its Third Party +contractors to maintain in all material respects, complete, current, and +accurate records of all Development activities conducted by it under this +Agreement, and all Trial Results and other data and information resulting from +the Research Program and any Clinical Trials, including all Phase I or Phase II +Studies conducted pursuant thereto. Such records shall fully and properly +reflect all work done and results achieved in the performance of the Development +activities in good scientific manner appropriate for regulatory and patent +purposes. Amerimmune shall document in writing all non-clinical studies and +Clinical Trials conducted pursuant to the Research Program, and Histogen shall +have the right to review and copy such records at reasonable times, as +reasonably requested by Histogen. + +2.5.2 Reports. At each meeting of the JDC held pursuant to Section 3.5, below, +Amerimmune shall provide the Histogen a written progress report summary on the +status of its activities under the Research Program, including data summaries of +Trial Results, it being understood that Histogen may reasonably request +additional information regarding any such written progress report summary. Upon +the conclusion of any Clinical Trial conducted pursuant to the Research Program, +including the Initial Trials, Amerimmune shall promptly prepare and submit to +the JDC for review and approval a final report detailing the conduct of and the +Trial Results obtained, and conclusions drawn, from such Clinical Trial, +including the Initial Trials (as relates to either of the Initial Trials, the +“Initial Trial Report(s)”). + +2.5.3 Trial Results as Confidential information. Trial Results will be deemed to +be the Confidential Information of each Party. In the absence of a written +agreement to the contrary, upon the expiration or termination of the Term, +either Party shall be free to use the Trial Results as they would use other +Confidential Information owned by them, subject to each Party’s Intellectual +Property rights therein. + +2.6 No Representation. Neither Party makes any representation, warranty, or +guarantee that the Collaboration will be successful, or that any other +particular results will be achieved with respect to the Collaboration or +Research Program or any Product. + +2.7 Subcontracting. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, as applicable, +Amerimmune shall have the right to engage Affiliates or Third Party +subcontractors to perform some or all of its obligations under this Agreement. +Any such Affiliate or subcontractor shall meet the qualifications typically +required by such Party for + +  + +-16- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +the performance of work similar in scope and complexity to the subcontracted +activity and perform such work consistent with the terms of this Agreement; +provided, however, that Amerimmune shall remain fully responsible and obligated +for any activities it subcontracts under this Agreement. Amerimmune will inform +the JDC in the event it elects to subcontract any of its obligations in +connection with the Research Program, and if requested by Histogen, Amerimmune +agrees to provide Histogen further information regarding any subcontractor. Any +subcontract of all or substantially all of Amerimmune’s obligations under the +Agreement must be unanimously approved by the JDC. + +2.8 Research License. Histogen hereby grants Amerimmune, and Amerimmune accepts, +a fully-paid, exclusive research license under Histogen Intellectual Property to +Develop Emricasan in the Research Field throughout the Territory during the +Research Term (the “Research License”). Upon expiration or termination of the +Research Term or this Agreement, the Research License shall automatically +terminate. Except as otherwise provided under this Agreement, any Emricasan +delivered by Histogen to Amerimmune shall remain the sole property of Histogen, +shall only be used only in furtherance of the Research Program, and shall be +returned to Histogen or destroyed, in Histogen’s sole discretion, upon the first +to occur of: termination of this Agreement (subject to Article X, below); or +upon the discontinuation of the Research Program. Amerimmune shall not permit +Emricasan to be used by or delivered to or for the benefit of any Third Party +without the prior written consent of Histogen unless such Third Party is a +Strategic Partner under a Qualifying Strategic Partnership or Third Party +subcontractor as set forth above. + +2.9 Tech Transfer. As soon as reasonably practical after the Effective Date and +thereafter upon Amerimmune’s reasonable request during the Research Term, +Histogen shall transfer to Amerimmune, at no cost to Amerimmune, copies of all +Histogen Know-How that are related to the Product and necessary for the Clinical +Trial(s), to the extent not previously transferred to Amerimmune. In addition, +Histogen shall provide reasonable assistance, including making its personnel +reasonably available for meetings or teleconferences to answer questions and +provide technical support to Amerimmune with respect to Development and +regulatory matters and the use of such transferred Know-How in the Development +of Products. The Out-of-Pocket Costs, as indicated with reasonable supporting +evidence, incurred by Histogen in connection with such assistance shall be +reimbursed to Histogen from any monies from Third Parties (including without +limitation, any grants). + +2.10 Grant Applications. During the Research Term, Amerimmune and Histogen agree +to cooperate with regard to submitting grant applications or the like to Third +Party funding agencies in order to obtain financial support for the Research +Program, including the conduct of the Initial Trials and such additional +Clinical Trials as the Parties mutually agree to undertake. + +ARTICLE III + +GOVERNANCE; COLLABORATION + +3.1 General. + +3.1.1 Governance Committees. The Parties shall establish (a) a Joint Development +Committee (“JDC”) to oversee Development of Emricasan in the Research Field +during the Research Term and (b) a Joint Partnering Committee (“JPC”) to oversee +Commercialization activities for the Products. The JDC and JPC shall have +decision-making authority with respect to the matters within its purview to the +extent expressly and as more specifically provided herein, it being understood +and agreed that with respect to any Product that becomes subject to a Qualifying +Strategic Partnership, neither the JDC nor JPC shall have any review or +decision-making authority as of the effective date thereof with respect to such +Product(s). + +3.1.2 Subcommittees. From time to time, each Committee may establish +subcommittees to oversee particular projects or activities, as it deems +necessary or advisable (each, a “Subcommittee”). Each Subcommittee shall consist +of such number of members as the applicable Committee determines is appropriate +from time to time. Such members shall be individuals with expertise and +responsibilities in the subject matter area(s) to be overseen by the particular +Subcommittee. Any Subcommittee shall operate under the same principles as set +forth in this Article III for its governing Committee. + +  + +-17- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +3.2 Joint Development Committee. + +3.2.1 Establishment. Within ten (10) days following the Effective Date, +Amerimmune and Histogen shall establish the JDC. The JDC shall have oversight +over all Development activities conducted by or on behalf of Amerimmune as part +of the Research Program, subject to Sections 3.6 and 3.7, below. + +3.2.2 Duties. The JDC shall: + +(a) manage the strategic direction of the Research Program, and to update the +same from time to time as mutually agreed; + +(b) oversee implementation of the Research Program in accordance with this +Agreement; + +(c) provide a forum for the Parties (i) to discuss the objectives of the +Research Program; and (ii) to exchange and review scientific information and +data relating to the activities being conducted under the Research Program; + +(d) review and approve all Development plans for the Research Program and any +proposed updates or amendments to such Development plans in the Research Field, +and propose revisions to each of such Development plans in the Research Field as +needed; + +(e) oversee the implementation of the Research Program and Development of +Emricasan (including evaluation of clinical trial protocols and review of the +conduct of Clinical Trials conducted pursuant to the Research Program); + +(f) oversee and approve the overall strategy and positioning of all material +submissions and filings for Emricasan with the applicable Regulatory Authorities +in the Research Field; + +(g) review and approve the content of any IND for Emricasan or other clinical +trial protocol or other submission to the FDA in respect of a Phase I or Phase +II Study to be conducted pursuant to the Research Program; + +(h) provide a forum for the Parties to share information with respect to +Development of Emricasan in the Research Field, including reviewing and +commenting on updates on such Development; + +(i) review and monitor progress of the Research Program and serve as a forum for +exchanging information and facilitating discussions regarding the conduct of the +Research Program; + +(j) provide a forum for the Parties to discuss whether to conduct additional +Development activities for a Product other than Emricasan in the Research Field; + +(k) oversee, review, and coordinate process research and development activities +(including Manufacturing and formulation development activities) for Emricasan +in the Research Field; + +(l) oversee, review and coordinate the Parties’ activities with respect to +Manufacturing of Emricasan for Development purposes in the Research Field, +including discussion, review, and implementation of any supply plans pursuant to +which, if necessary, a Third Party will Manufacture and supply Emricasan to +Amerimmune for purposes of conducting the Research Program; + +(m) develop and approve a publication plan for any Publication concerning use of +Emricasan in the Research Field in accordance with Section 8.6, below, and +review and approve in advance of the submission any such proposed Publication; + +  + +-18- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(n) review and approve any grant application or the like that is prepared by +Amerimmune or Amerimmune and Histogen to seek funding or other award from a +Third Party in order to obtain financial support for the Research Program, +including the conduct of the Initial Trials and/or such additional Clinical +Trials as the Parties mutually agree to undertake; + +(o) discuss and attempt to resolve any disputes in the JDC; and + +(p) perform such other duties as are specifically assigned to the JDC under this +Agreement. + +3.2.3 Dissolution. Unless the Parties otherwise agree in writing, the JDC shall +be dissolved and its activities and authority terminated upon the first to occur +of (i) expiration or termination of the Research Program or (ii) a Strategic +Partner assumes responsibility for Development of Emricasan pursuant to a +Qualifying Strategic Partnership and all other tasks of the JDC have been +discharged or are no longer needed. + +3.3 Joint Partnering Committee. + +3.3.1 Establishment. Within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date, the Parties +shall establish the JPC. The Parties intend that the JPC shall have the +responsibility for overseeing the Partnering of Products pursuant to the terms +of this Agreement. + +3.3.2 Duties. The JPC shall: + +(a) review and approve Partnering plans presented from time to time by +Amerimmune or Histogen with respect to Products in the Field; + +(b) oversee implementation of any Partnering plan in the Field; + +(c) review and coordinate the Partnering activities of Histogen and Amerimmune +in the Field with respect to Products; + +(d) review and unanimously approve in writing any proposed Strategic Partnership +in the Commercial Field with respect to Products, and any deadlock or other +failure to achieve unanimity with regard to any proposed Strategic Partnership +shall not be subject to any dispute resolution mechanism provided in this +Agreement, except that either Party may elect to escalate the matter to the +Chief Executive Officers of the Parties for attempted resolution in accordance +with Section 12.1, below; provided, however, that if such Chief Executive +Officers are unable to approve the proposed Strategic Partnership, the proposed +Strategic Partnership will be deemed to not approved; + +(e) have such other Partnering responsibilities as may be mutually agreed by the +Parties from time to time. For purposes of clarity, the JPC shall not have any +authority beyond the specific matters set forth in this Section. In any case +where a matter within the JPC’s authority arises, the JPC shall convene a +meeting and consider such matter as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no +event later than ten (10) business days after the matter is first brought to the +JPC’s attention (or, if earlier, at the next regularly scheduled JPC meeting); +and + +(f) identify Third Parties that may assist with identifying one or more +Strategic Partners. + +3.4 Alliance Managers. Each Party shall appoint one designated representative to +serve as an alliance manager (“Alliance Manager”) with responsibility for being +the primary point of contact between the Parties with respect to the +Collaboration. The Alliance Managers shall attend JDC and JPC meetings, as +necessary, as non-voting observers. Nothing herein shall prohibit a Party from +appointing its Alliance Manager as a member of one or more Committees. + +  + +-19- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +3.5 General Committee Membership and Procedures. + +3.5.1 Committee Membership. The JDC and JPC shall each be composed of two +(2) representatives from each of Histogen and Amerimmune (each a +“Representative”). Each Committee representative shall be of the seniority and +experience appropriate for service on the applicable Committee in light of the +functions, responsibilities, and authority of the Committee. Each Party may +replace any of its Representatives on any Committee at any time by so informing +the other Party in writing at least five (5) business days in advance of the +next meeting of the particular Committee. Each Committee shall appoint a +Committee member as chairperson from among its members. Within ten (10) business +days following each Committee meeting, the chairperson of each Committee shall +circulate to all members of that Committee a draft of the minutes of such +meeting. The Representatives of that Committee shall then have five (5) business +days after receiving such draft minutes to provide comments in writing to the +Committee chairperson. If Representatives of that Committee do not submit +comments within the applicable comment period, then the draft minutes shall be +deemed final. If comments are timely submitted, then following incorporation or +resolution of such comments, the chairperson of that Committee shall issue final +minutes. + +3.5.2 Committee Meetings. + +(a) The JDC and JPC shall hold an initial joint meeting within ten (10) business +days after the Effective Date or as otherwise agreed by the Parties. Thereafter, +each Committee shall meet at least monthly, unless the respective Committee +members otherwise agree. All Committee meetings shall be conducted in person or +by telephone or televideo conference, unless otherwise determined by the +applicable Committee. + +(b) Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, all in-person meetings for any +Committee shall be held at such locations as the Committee chairperson +determines. A reasonable number of other representatives of a Party (not to +exceed three (3)) may attend any Committee meeting as non-voting observers; +provided, that such additional representatives are under obligations of +confidentiality and non-use applicable to the Confidential Information of the +other Party that are at least as stringent as those set forth in Article VIII, +below; and provided further that the Parties, reasonably in advance of the +applicable Committee meeting, approve the list of non-voting observers to attend +such meeting. Each Party shall be responsible for all of its own personnel and +travel costs and expenses relating to participation in Committee meetings. The +first scheduled meeting of the JPC shall be held no later than thirty (30) days +after the Effective Date unless otherwise agreed by the Parties. The JPC shall +disband upon the last to occur of: expiration or termination of the Research +Program; expiration or termination of this Agreement; or the date that the +Parties have received any and all consideration due under the last Strategic +Partnership. + +(c) Each Party shall be responsible for all expenses, as well as travel and +related costs and expenses, for its Representatives to attend or otherwise +participate in Committee meetings. + +3.6 Responsibilities after Strategic Partnering. After a Strategic Partnership +approved by the JPC has been consummated to govern the Development and +Commercialization of a Product in the Commercial Field, no Committee shall have +any review or decision-making authority under this Agreement with respect to +such Product(s). + +3.7 Decision-Making. + +3.7.1 Committee; Referral to Executive Officers. All decisions of each Committee +shall be made by consensus, with each Party’s Representatives collectively +having one (1) vote, and shall be set forth in minutes approved in writing by +both Parties. Upon five (5) business days prior written notice, either Party may +convene a special meeting of a Committee for the purpose of resolving any +failure to reach consensus on a matter within the scope of the authority and +responsibility of such Committee. No Committee shall have the authority to +resolve any dispute involving the breach or alleged breach of this Agreement and +shall not have any power to amend, modify, expand the scope of, or waive the +terms of, this Agreement, or to alter, increase, expand, or waive compliance by +a Party with, a Party’s obligations under this Agreement. If the JDC or JPC is +unable to achieve + +  + +-20- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +consensus on any matter so referred to it for resolution by one or both Parties +within ten (10) business days after the matter is so referred to it, such matter +shall be referred to the Chief Executive Officers of the Parties for resolution. + +3.7.2 Decision-Making Authority. If the matter is not resolved by the Executive +Officers after discussions between them within ten (10) business days (or such +longer period as the Parties agree) after referral to the Executive Officers, +then the Executive Officer of Amerimmune shall have the right to decide the +unresolved matter. + +3.7.3 Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Party shall have the right to +finally and unilaterally resolve a dispute subject to this Section 3.7: + +(i) in a manner that excuses such Party from any of its obligations specifically +enumerated under this Agreement; + +(ii) in a manner that negates any consent rights or other rights specifically +allocated to the other Party under this Agreement; + +(iii) to resolve any dispute involving the breach or alleged breach of this +Agreement; + +(iv) to resolve a matter if the provisions of this Agreement specify that +unanimous or mutual agreement of the Parties or a Committee, or consent of the +other Party, is required for such matter; + +(v) in a manner that would require the other Party to perform any act that is +inconsistent with any Law; or + +(vi) otherwise expand a Party’s rights or reduce a Party’s obligations under +this Agreement. + +3.8 Scope of Governance. Notwithstanding the creation of each the Committees, +each Party shall retain the rights, powers, and discretion granted to it under +this Agreement, and no Committee shall be delegated or vested with rights, +powers, or discretion unless such delegation or vesting is expressly provided +herein, or the Parties expressly so agree in writing. It is understood and +agreed that issues to be formally decided by a particular Committee are only +those specific issues that are expressly provided in this Agreement to be +decided by such Committee, as applicable. + +ARTICLE IV + +OPTION; OPTION EXERCISE; TECH TRANSFER + +4.1 Option Grant and Exercise. + +4.1.1 Option Grant by Histogen. Subject to the terms and conditions of this +Agreement, Histogen hereby grants to Amerimmune, and Amerimmune accepts, an +exclusive option (the “Option”), exercisable at any time during the period +commencing on the first to occur of (i) the date the JPC agrees that Amerimmune +shall have the right to exercise the Option, and (ii) the date that the JPC +approves a Strategic Partnership, and in any case ending upon the end of the +Research Term (the “Option Exercise Window”), to obtain an exclusive license to +Develop and Commercialize Products in the Research and Commercial Fields +throughout the Territory during the Term (the “Commercial License”). After +exercise of the Option, Amerimmune, alone or in conjunction with one or more +Strategic Partners, will use its commercially reasonable efforts to Develop, +Manufacture, and Commercialize a Product for Profit, and to identify and support +a Strategic Partner to Develop, Manufacture, and Commercialize a Product for +Profit; it being understood and agreed that Amerimmune shall have satisfied this +diligence obligation as of the date the first Qualifying Strategic Partnership +becomes effective. + +  + +-21- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +4.1.2 Option Exercise. Amerimmune shall have the right, but not the obligation, +to exercise the Option by delivering written notice of such exercise to Histogen +(the “Option Exercise Notice”) during the Option Exercise Window. + +4.1.3 Expiration of Option Exercise Window. Unless otherwise agreed by the +Parties in writing, if Amerimmune does not exercise the Option during the Option +Exercise Window, then all rights in the Histogen Intellectual Property shall +revert to Histogen, and this Agreement shall automatically and concurrently +terminate with the expiration of the Option Exercise Window. + +4.2 Data. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the +event Amerimmune timely exercises the Option, Histogen shall promptly provide to +Amerimmune, free of charge, copies of and Rights of Reference to and use of all +Data related to the Products that is relevant to or necessary to address issues +relating to: (i) the safety of any Product, including Data that is related to +adverse effects experienced with a Product, and/or (ii) all activities relating +to CMC regarding Products. + +4.3 Tech Transfer. In the event Amerimmune timely exercises the Option, and +periodically thereafter following a reasonable request from Amerimmune, as soon +as reasonably practical Histogen shall transfer to Amerimmune, at no cost to +Histogen, copies of all Histogen Know-How and Histogen Collaboration +Intellectual Property to the extent not previously provided to Amerimmune. In +addition, Histogen shall provide reasonable assistance, including making its +personnel reasonably available for meetings or teleconferences to answer +questions and provide technical support to Amerimmune with respect to the use of +such transferred Know-How in the Development, Manufacture, and Commercialization +of Products. The costs and expense incurred by either Party in connection with +such assistance shall constitute Development Costs. + +ARTICLE V + +COMMERCIAL LICENSE; EXCLUSIVITY + +5.1 Commercial License. + +5.1.1 Exclusive License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, +in the event Amerimmune provides Histogen an Option Exercise Notice during the +Option Exercise Window, Histogen hereby grants to Amerimmune, and Amerimmune +accepts as of the date of the Option Exercise Notice (the “License Effective +Date”), an exclusive, royalty-free right and license, including the right to +grant and authorize sublicenses (subject to Section 5.1.2, below), under the +Histogen Intellectual Property and Histogen Collaboration Intellectual Property, +to Develop, Manufacture, and Commercialize one or more Products in the +Commercial Field in the Territory (the “Commercial License”); provided, however, +that all rights under the Commercial License shall be suspended for every +licensee and sublicensee during any Suspension Period in the event Amerimmune +has not yet entered into at least one Qualifying Strategic Partnership. In the +event of early termination of this Agreement, the Commercial License shall +terminate as of the date of termination of this Agreement. + +5.1.2 Sublicenses. Amerimmune shall have the right to grant and authorize +sublicenses under the Commercial License, provided that any such sublicense +granted by Amerimmune shall be (i) included only within a Strategic Partnership +that has been unanimously approved in writing in advance by the JPC and +(ii) subject to and consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. +Amerimmune agrees to promptly provide Histogen with an unredacted copy of any +such sublicense. It is understood and agreed that a Strategic Partnership may +grant the Strategic Partner the unrestricted right to grant and authorize +further sublicenses pursuant to and consistent with the terms and conditions of +the Strategic Partnership, and provided that to the extent at the time any such +further sublicense is granted the Strategic Partner then owes one or more +obligations to Amerimmune, the Strategic Partnership shall require that the +Strategic Partner promptly provide an unredacted copy of such further sublicense +to Amerimmune, and Amerimmune shall promptly share that unredacted copy of such +sublicense with Histogen. + +5.1.3 Rights Retained by the Parties. For purposes of clarity, each Party +retains all rights under Know-How and Patents Controlled by such Party not +expressly granted to the other Party pursuant to this Agreement. + +  + +-22- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +5.1.4 Limitation. For purposes of clarity, the Parties expect that further +Development beyond the Research Program and any Commercialization of a Product +will be carried out by a Third Party pursuant to a Qualifying Strategic +Partnership. It is the intention of the Parties, subject to any Strategic +Partnership entered into as provided herein, to structure Partnering with +respect to such Strategic Partnership (i) as a collaborative endeavor whereby +Amerimmune shall be the lead party for Partnering and (ii) whereby the Parties +will mutually make decisions regarding Partnering through the JPC. It is +understood and agreed that, unless agreed in a separate writing by the Parties, +(i) no Product shall be Developed outside of the Research Field prior to a +Qualifying Strategic Partnership being consummated, and (ii) no Product shall be +Commercialized by Amerimmune without the prior written consent of Histogen; it +being understood and agreed, however, that any activities undertaken by either +Amerimmune or Histogen during the Term to identify a Third Party to support the +Research Program and Development of Products under this Agreement, shall not be +deemed Commercialization of any Product. + +5.1.5 Section 365(n) of the Bankruptcy Code. All licenses granted under this +Agreement are deemed to be, for purposes of Section 365(n) of the United States +Bankruptcy Code, licenses of rights to “intellectual property” as defined in +Section 101 of such Code. Each Party, as licensee, may fully exercise all of its +rights and elections under the Bankruptcy Code. The Parties further agree that, +if a Party elects to retain its rights as a licensee under any Bankruptcy Code, +such Party shall be entitled to complete access to any technology licensed to it +hereunder and all embodiments of such technology. Such embodiments of the +technology shall be delivered to the licensee Party not later than: (a) the +commencement of bankruptcy proceedings against the licensor, upon written +request, unless the licensor elects to perform its obligations under the +Agreement; or (b) if not delivered under clause (a), upon the rejection of this +Agreement by or on behalf of the licensor, upon written request. Any +agreement(s) supplemental hereto will be deemed to be “agreement(s) +supplementary to” this Agreement for purposes of Section 365(n) of the +Bankruptcy Code. As used herein, “Bankruptcy Code” means the U.S. Bankruptcy +Code and any foreign equivalent thereto in any country having jurisdiction over +a Party or its assets. + +5.2 Exclusivity. + +5.2.1 Amerimmune; Histogen. During the Research Term, except as expressly +permitted in this Agreement or mutually agreed in writing by the Parties, +neither Party nor any of its Affiliates shall, directly or indirectly, Develop, +Manufacture, or Commercialize any Competitive Product for any use or purpose. + +5.2.2 Certain Exceptions. Section 5.2.1, above, shall not apply if, during +Research Term, either Party or any of its Affiliates merges or consolidates +with, or otherwise acquires or is acquired by, a Third Party that is then +engaged in activities that would otherwise constitute a breach of this +Section 5.2 by a Party or its Affiliates. + +5.3 Government Approvals. To the extent required, each of Amerimmune and +Histogen will use its commercially reasonable good faith efforts to eliminate +any concern on the part of any Governmental Authority regarding the granting, +scope, or exercise of the Commercial License, including, if required by +Governmental Authorities, promptly taking all steps to remove any and all +impediments to consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, +including obtaining government antitrust clearance, cooperating in good faith +with any Governmental Authority investigation, promptly producing any documents +and information and providing witness testimony if requested by a Governmental +Authority. Subject to this Section 5.3, Amerimmune and Histogen shall cooperate +and use respectively all reasonable efforts to make all other registrations, +filings and applications, to give all notices and to obtain as soon as +practicable all governmental or other consents, transfers, approvals, orders, +qualifications, authorizations, permits and waivers, if any, and to do all other +thing necessary or desirable for the consummation of the transactions as +contemplated hereby. + +5.4 Post-Exercise Clinical, Commercial Supply. In the event Amerimmune timely +exercises the Option, thereafter Amerimmune (or, following consummation of a +Strategic Partnership, the Strategic Partner), itself or through one or more +Third Party manufacturers, shall be responsible for all drug product +manufacturing and processing and filling of Products for all subsequent Clinical +Trials and for Commercialization of Products (collectively, the “Amerimmune +Manufacturing Responsibilities”). In order to assist Amerimmune (or the +Strategic Partner) to perform the Amerimmune Manufacturing Responsibilities, +Histogen shall (a) transfer, or have transferred, to Amerimmune (or the +Strategic Partner), pursuant to a technology transfer plan to be mutually agreed +by the Parties, all Manufacturing technology Controlled by Histogen and used in +Manufacturing Products at the time + +  + +-23- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +of such transfer, and (b) provide reasonable assistance in connection with the +transfer of such Manufacturing responsibility to Amerimmune (or the Strategic +Partner). + +5.5 Diligence; Compliance with Laws. Each Party shall use commercially +reasonable efforts to perform all Development and, if any, all Manufacturing +obligations under this Agreement in compliance with the applicable Development +Plan, including any budget(s) and timeframe(s) set forth therein and including +making available those resources set forth in any applicable Development Plan +and the terms of this Agreement. In addition, each Party shall perform its +obligations under this Agreement in a scientifically sound and workmanlike +manner and carry out all work done in the course of the Collaboration in +compliance with all applicable Laws governing the conduct of such work. + +ARTICLE VI + +FINANCIAL TERMS + +6.1 [intentionally left blank] + +6.2 Amerimmune Responsibility. Amerimmune shall be responsible for all costs +associated with the Research Program, including all Clinical Trials conducted as +part of the Research Program, unless a Strategic Partner has assumed such costs. + +6.3 Profit Sharing. + +6.3.1 The Parties shall equally share in Profits generated directly or +indirectly (including through one or more Third Parties) in the course of +Developing, preparing to Commercialize, and Commercializing Products subject to +this Agreement, whether pursuant to and in accordance with any Strategic +Partnership or through the acquisition (by sale, merger, or otherwise) of +Amerimmune, subject first to deductions for costs and expenses a Party incurs in +connection with such activities. For the avoidance of doubt, Profits would be +net of costs and expenses that each Party incurs in connection with such +activities. Profits shall also include Profit generated in a Transaction. For +clarity, regardless of specific reference in an applicable definition in this +Agreement, (i) all costs and expenses that a Party incurs in connection with +this Agreement shall be as determined from the books and records of the +applicable Party and its Affiliates maintained in accordance with Accounting +Standards, and (ii) no costs and expenses shall be double-counted. + +6.3.2 Beginning with the first Calendar Quarter in which Profits accrue under +this Agreement, and for each Calendar Quarter thereafter during the Term in +which Profits accrue, the Profit Allocation shall be as follows: + +(a) the Amerimmune Profit Allocation shall be Fifty Percent (50%) of Profits +accrued during such Calendar Quarter; and + +(b) the Histogen Profit Allocation shall be Fifty Percent (50%) of Profits +accrued during such Calendar Quarter. + +6.4 Reports of Revenue, Profits; Payment. Beginning with the Calendar Quarter in +which a Strategic Partnership or other Commercialization is entered into with a +Third Party, within forty-five (45) days after the end of each Calendar Quarter, +Amerimmune shall provide Histogen with a report stating the Profits received by +Amerimmune during the applicable quarter. If no amount is payable to Histogen +for a particular Calendar Quarter, the corresponding report shall so state. +Concurrently with providing such report, Amerimmune shall pay the amounts +specified in such report, if any, to Histogen. If a Transaction occurs, then the +Report and Profits shall be provided and paid to Histogen at the closing of such +Transaction. + +6.5 Development Costs and Manufacturing Costs. In addition to receipt of its +respective Profit Allocation in accordance with Section 6.3, above, each Party +shall also be entitled to recover all of its documented, unallocated +(i) Development Costs, (ii) Pre-Commercialization Expenses, (iii) Manufacturing +Costs, + +  + +-24- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(iv) Manufacturing Scale-Up Costs, (v) Regulatory Expenses, (vi) Regulatory +Maintenance Costs, and (vii) Third Party License Costs from proceeds received +from a Strategic Partnership or the sale or acquisition of Amerimmune. + +6.6 Financial Records. Amerimmune shall keep, and shall require its Affiliates +and Strategic Partners or other Third Parties involved in any Commercialization +to keep, complete and accurate books and records containing all data reasonably +required for the calculation and verification of amounts payable to Histogen +under this Article in accordance with the applicable Accounting Standards. +Amerimmune shall keep, and shall require its Affiliates and Strategic Partners +to keep, such books and records for at least three (3) years following the end +of the Calendar Year to which they pertain. Such books of accounts shall be kept +at the principal place of business of the financial personnel with +responsibility for preparing and maintaining such records. With respect to any +royalties that may be payable to Amerimmune from a Strategic Partner in respect +of a Strategic Partnership or by a Third Party for any Commercialization, such +records shall be in sufficient detail to support calculations of the equal share +thereof due to Histogen. Amerimmune shall also keep, and require its Affiliates +and Strategic Partners to keep, complete and accurate records and books of +accounts containing all data reasonably required for the calculation and +verification of Development Costs, including FTEs, Profit or Loss and, if +applicable, Net Sales. + +6.7 Inspection Rights. For a period of three (3) years from the end of a +Calendar Quarter in which a payment is due to Histogen under this Agreement, +upon thirty (30) days prior notice, Amerimmune agrees to make, and to cause its +Affiliates to make, such records relating to the expenditure of all Third Party +monies (including, without limitation, all grants) available, during regular +business hours and not more often than once each calendar year, for examination +by an independent certified public accountant selected by Histogen, for the +purpose of verifying the accuracy of the financial reports and expenditures made +by Amerimmune pursuant to this Agreement. The results of any such inspection +shall be shared by the auditor with both Parties and shall be considered +Confidential Information of both Parties. Histogen shall bear the full cost of +such inspection unless the audit reveals an underpayment in an amount in excess +of the cost of the audit due Histogen for the period under examination, in which +case, Amerimmune shall bear the full cost of such audit. + +6.8 Underpayment. In the event an examination conducted pursuant to Section 6.7, +above, reveals a deficiency in Amerimmune’s payments to Histogen for the period +under examination, Amerimmune shall promptly (and in no event within +five Business Days) rectify such deficiency and, in addition, pay to Histogen +interest on the amount of the deficiency, calculated at a rate per annum equal +to ten percent (10%), calculated on the number of days such payments are paid +after the date such payments were due, compounded annually. + +6.9 Tax Matters. + +6.9.1 Income Taxes; Withholding Taxes. + +(a) Each Party shall be responsible for payment of any income or withholding +taxes in connection with amounts received by such Party in connection with this +Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Amerimmune shall be entitled to deduct +and withhold from any amounts payable to Histogen under this Agreement such +taxes as are required to be deducted or withheld therefrom under any provision +of applicable Law, in which event Amerimmune: (i) deduct those taxes from such +payment; (ii) timely remit the taxes to the proper taxing authority; and +(iii) if requested by Histogen, send evidence of the obligation together with +proof of tax payment to Histogen. Each Party agrees to cooperate with the other +Party in claiming refunds or exemptions from such deductions or withholdings +under any relevant agreement or treaty or other applicable Law which is in +effect to ensure that any amounts required to be withheld pursuant to this +Section 6.9.1(a) are reduced in amount to the fullest extent permitted by +applicable Law. In addition, the Parties shall co-operate in accordance with +applicable Laws to minimize income taxes payable by either Party in connection +with this Agreement, as applicable. + +(b) Tax Documentation. Each Party and any other recipient of payments under this +Agreement shall provide to the other Party, at the time or times reasonably +requested by the other Party or as required by applicable Law, properly +completed and duly executed documentation as will permit payments made under +this Agreement to be made without, or at a reduced rate of, withholding for +taxes, and the applicable payment shall be made without (or at a reduced rate +of) withholding to the extent permitted by such documentation, as reasonably +determined by Amerimmune. + +  + +-25- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +6.9.2 Tax Cooperation. Upon request, each Party shall use Commercially +Reasonable Efforts to cooperate with the other Party to mitigate, reduce, or +eliminate adverse tax consequences to such other Party from changes in +applicable Law, the use of present or future Affiliates of either Party to +engage in transactions described in or contemplated by this Agreement, or from +other activities or transactions described in or contemplated by this Agreement. + +6.10 Payments; Currency Exchange. Payments of all amounts payable under this +Article shall be made directly by Amerimmune to the bank account as designated +in writing by Histogen from time to time during the Term. Unless otherwise +expressly stated in this Agreement, all amounts specified in, and all payments +made under, this Agreement shall be in United States dollars. Conversion of +sales recorded in local currencies to United States dollars shall be performed +in a manner consistent with commercially reasonable business practices. + +6.11 Late Payments. Amerimmune shall pay interest to Histogen on any payments +due to Histogen that are not paid on or before the date such payments are due +under this Agreement at a rate per annum equal to ten percent (10%), calculated +on the number of days such payments are paid after the date such payments were +due, compounded annually. + +ARTICLE VII + +INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY + +7.1 IP Ownership. + +7.1.1 Amerimmune IP. Except as expressly provided herein or otherwise agreed in +writing by the Parties, during the Term Amerimmune shall retain ownership of all +Amerimmune Intellectual Property owned or Controlled by Amerimmune as of the +Effective Date or during the Term. + +7.1.2 Histogen IP. Except as expressly provided herein or otherwise agreed in +writing by the Parties, during the Term Histogen shall retain ownership of all +Histogen Intellectual Property owned or Controlled by Histogen as of the +Effective Date or during the Term. + +7.1.3 Joint Collaboration IP. Except as expressly provided herein or otherwise +agreed in writing by the Parties, during the Term Amerimmune and Histogen shall +jointly own all Joint Collaboration IP discovered, invented, created, or made +during the Research Term, without any duty to account to the other except as +provided herein. + +7.1.4 Inventorship. Inventorship of Inventions shall be determined by +application of U.S. patent law pertaining to inventorship, and ownership shall +follow inventorship. All such Inventions shall be deemed the Intellectual +Property of the Party that owns it/them. + +7.2 Prosecution of Patents. + +7.2.1 Before Strategic Partnering. As between the Parties, during the Term until +such time as a Qualifying Strategic Partnership is entered into, the Party that +owns a Patent subject to this Agreement shall have the sole right (but not the +obligation) to Prosecute such Patent, at such Party’s sole discretion and +expense using patent counsel of its choice, and unless otherwise explicitly +agreed in writing by the Parties, Amerimmune shall have the first right (but not +the obligation) to Prosecute any Patent within the Joint Collaboration Patents +(if any), at its sole expense. If Amerimmune determines not to prosecute any +such Collaboration Patent(s), then such right and Invention shall be assigned, +and is hereby assigned, to Histogen and such patent shall thereafter be Histogen +Intellectual Property. + +7.2.2 After Strategic Partnering. If during the Term a Qualifying Strategic +Partnership is consummated, then the Qualifying Strategic Partnership may +provide that the Strategic Partner may assume responsibility to Prosecute any +Patent within the Amerimmune Patents, Histogen Patents, or Joint Collaboration +Patents, in which event the Strategic Partner shall thereafter have the sole +right to Prosecute any and all such Patents, subject to the terms of the +Qualifying Strategic Partnership. + +  + +-26- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +7.2.3 Cooperation. During the Term, each Party agrees to keep the other Party +reasonably informed of all material developments with respect to the Prosecution +of any and all Patents for which it has Prosecution responsibility under this +Agreement, including by providing copies of all substantive office actions or +any other substantive documents in connection with such Patent(s) that such +Party, though its patent counsel, receives from any patent office, and +(y) provide the other Party with a reasonable opportunity to comment +substantively on the Prosecution thereof prior to taking material actions +(including the filing of applications, designating countries for +national/regional stage entry, for validation, or the like), and will in good +faith consider any comments made by and actions recommended by the other Party, +provided, however, that the other Party does so promptly and consistently +sufficiently prior to any applicable filing deadlines (but in no event after the +date the Party having Prosecution Responsibility therefor reasonably +designates). + +7.3 Defense of Claims Brought by Third Parties. If a Party becomes aware of any +actual or potential claim that the Development, Manufacture or Commercialization +of any Product may infringe or misappropriates the intellectual property rights +of any Third Party, such Party shall promptly notify the other Party. + +7.4 Enforcement and Defense of Patents. The Party owning a Patent subject to +this Agreement shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to institute, +prosecute, and control any action or proceeding with respect to any infringement +or defense of any Patent subject to this Agreement, using counsel of its choice, +in its own name, and under its direction, control and expense. In the event the +Party owning the Patent elects to abandon a Patent applicable to a Product or +the Research Program, the other Party shall have the option to receive an +assignment of the Patent for the same consideration provided to the Patent owner +for such assignment, if possible. Upon receipt of such consideration, the Party +owning the Patent shall promptly assign the Patent to the other Party at the +other Party’s sole cost and expense. + +7.5 Third Party Licenses. + +7.5.1 Notice. On a Product-by-Product basis, if, at any time during the Term +Amerimmune or Histogen reasonably determines that the Development, Manufacture, +or Commercialization of any Product subject to this Agreement may infringe one +or more Patents or utilize Know-How, in either case owned or controlled by a +Third Party, then the Party making such determination shall so inform the other +Party in writing and request that an emergency session of the JPC be convened in +order to consider the issue, which issue shall then be deemed to be within the +purview of the for so long as the issue remains unresolved. + +7.5.2 Third Party License. If the JPC determines that resolution of a matter +referred to the JPC pursuant to Section 7.5.1, above, may require obtaining one +or more licenses, on commercially reasonable terms, from one or more Third +Parties for the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization of a Product +subject to this Agreement (in each case, a “Third Party License”), thereafter +Amerimmune shall have the right, but not the obligation, at its sole discretion +but after consultation with the JPC, to obtain a Third Party License on +commercially reasonable terms. + +7.5.3 Costs. Subject to Section 6.3, above, unless otherwise agreed by the +Parties in writing, the costs associated with negotiating and obtaining rights +under any Third Party License obtained under this Section 7.5 shall be borne by +the Party entering into such Third Party License. + +ARTICLE VIII + +CONFIDENTIALITY + +8.1 Confidential Information. Each Party agrees that a Party receiving +Confidential Information (the “Receiving Party”) of the other Party (the +“Disclosing Party”) shall (x) maintain in confidence such Confidential +Information using not less than the efforts such Receiving Party uses to +maintain in confidence its own proprietary information of similar kind and +value, but in no event less than a reasonable degree of effort, (y) not disclose +such Confidential Information to any Third Party without the prior written +consent of the Disclosing Party, except for disclosures expressly permitted +below, and (z) not use such Confidential Information for any purpose except +those permitted by this Agreement (it being understood that this clause +(z) shall not create or imply any rights or licenses not expressly granted under +this Agreement). No Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party shall be +used by + +  + +-27- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +the Receiving Party except in performing its obligations or exercising rights +explicitly granted under this Agreement, except to the extent that the +Confidential Information: + +(a) was known by the Receiving Party or its Affiliates prior to its date of +disclosure to the Receiving Party, as evidenced by the Receiving Party’s written +records at the time of disclosure; or + +(b) is lawfully disclosed to the Receiving Party or its Affiliates by a Third +Party other than the Disclosing Party rightfully in possession of the +Confidential Information; or + +(c) becomes published or generally known to the public through no fault or +omission on the part of the Receiving Party or its Affiliates; or + +(d) is independently developed by or for the Receiving Party or its Affiliates +without reference to or reliance upon such Confidential Information, as +evidenced by the Receiving Party’s written records at the time of disclosure. + +8.2 Ownership. Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, Amerimmune +and Histogen shall at all times remain the sole owner of its respective +Confidential Information. + +8.3 Permitted Disclosures. The Receiving Party may provide the Disclosing +Party’s Confidential Information: + +(a) to the Receiving Party’s respective employees, consultants, and professional +advisors, and to the employees, consultants, and professional advisors of such +Party’s Affiliates, who have a need to know such information for performing +obligations or exercising rights expressly granted under this Agreement and who +have a binding obligation to treat such information and materials as +confidential; + +(b) to patent offices in order to seek or obtain Patents or to Regulatory +Authorities in order to seek or obtain approval to conduct clinical trials or to +gain Regulatory Approval with respect to any Product, as contemplated by this +Agreement; provided, however, that such disclosure may be made only following +reasonable notice to and receipt of prior written approval from the Disclosing +Party and then only to the extent reasonably necessary to seek or obtain such +Patents or approvals; + +(c) if such disclosure is required by judicial order or applicable Law or to +defend or prosecute litigation or arbitration; provided, however, that prior to +such disclosure, to the extent permitted by Law, the Receiving Party promptly +informs the Disclosing Party in writing of such requirement, cooperates with the +Disclosing Party to take whatever action it may deem appropriate to protect the +confidentiality of such information, and furnishes only that portion of the +Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information that the Receiving Party is legally +required to furnish; or + +(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article VIII, Amerimmune +may disclose Confidential Information of Histogen (i) to Governmental +Authorities (a) to the extent required to obtain or maintain INDs or Regulatory +Approvals in the Research Field for Emricasan or, in the event the Option is +exercised, in the Commercial Field, anywhere in the Territory for any Product, +and (b) in the event it is obligated to respond to inquiries, requests, or +investigations relating to this Agreement; (ii) to outside consultants, +contractors, advisory boards, managed care organizations, and non-clinical and +clinical investigators, in each case to the extent necessary to Develop +Emricasan in the Research Field or, in the event the Option is exercised, in the +Commercial Field, anywhere in the Territory for any Product; provided, that +Amerimmune shall obtain the same confidentiality obligations from such Third +Parties identified in (i) and (ii) above as it obtains with respect to its own +similar types of Confidential Information; (iii) in connection with filing or +Prosecuting Patents as permitted by this Agreement; (iv) in connection with +prosecuting or defending litigation as permitted by this Agreement under a +Protective Order having the same confidentiality obligations Amerimmune would +seek or obtains with respect to its own similar types of Confidential +Information; or (v) in connection with or included in scientific presentations +and publications relating to Products, including abstracts, posters, journal +articles, and the + +  + +-28- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +like, and posting results of and other information about clinical trials to +government and private sector websites in any country in the Territory, solely +in accordance with Section 8.6 and only upon the written consent of Histogen, +which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Parties will coordinate in +advance in connection with any such disclosures of Confidential Information of +Histogen under this Section. + +8.4 Acknowledgement. Amerimmune acknowledges that Histogen’s Confidential +Information may represent material, non-public information of Histogen, and that +Amerimmune is aware, and agrees that it will advise its employees, Affiliates, +and professional advisors who are informed of the matters that are the subject +of this Agreement, of the restrictions imposed by the U.S. securities laws on +the purchase or sale of securities by any Person who has received material, +non-public information from the issuer of such securities and on the +communication of such information to any other person when it is reasonably +foreseeable that such other person is likely to purchase or sell such securities +in reliance upon such information. + +8.5 Publicity; Terms of this Agreement; Non-Use of Names. + +8.5.1 Except as required by judicial order or applicable Law or as explicitly +permitted by this Article, neither Party shall make any public announcement +concerning this Agreement without the other Party’s prior written consent, which +consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Notwithstanding the +foregoing, the Parties shall issue a press release, in a form mutually agreed to +by the Parties (the “Press Release”), within thirty (30) days after the +Effective Date. Neither Party shall use the name, trademark, trade name, or logo +of the other Party, or the names of any of the other Party’s officers, +directors, employees, consultants, agents, or professional advisors in any +publicity or news release relating to this Agreement or its subject matter, +without the prior express written permission of the other Party. For clarity, +either Party may issue a press release or public announcement or make such other +disclosure relating to this Agreement if the content of such press release, +public announcement, or other disclosure: (i) does not consist of financial +information and has previously been made public other than through a breach of +this Agreement by the issuing Party or its Affiliates; or (ii) is contained in +such Party’s financial statements prepared in accordance with Accounting +Standards. + +8.5.2 Notwithstanding the terms of this Article: + +(a) Either Party shall be permitted to disclose the existence and terms of this +Agreement to the extent required, in the reasonable opinion of such Party’s +legal counsel, to comply with applicable Laws, including the rules and +regulations promulgated by any Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding the +foregoing, before disclosing this Agreement or any of the terms hereof pursuant +to this Section 8.5.2, the Parties will coordinate in advance in connection with +the redaction of certain provisions of this Agreement with respect to any +filings with a Governmental Authority or domestic or foreign stock exchange on +which securities issued by a Party or a Party’s Affiliate are traded, and each +Party will use commercially reasonable efforts to seek confidential treatment +for such terms as may be reasonably requested by the other Party. + +(b) Notwithstanding Section 8.1, above, the Receiving Party may disclose +Confidential Information belonging to the Disclosing Party, and Confidential +Information deemed to belong to both the Disclosing Party and the Receiving +Party, to the extent (and only to the extent) such disclosure is reasonably +necessary in the following instances: + +(i) subject to Section 8.5.2(a), above, complying with applicable Laws, +regulations promulgated by Governmental Authorities, and with judicial process; + +(ii) disclosure, solely on a “need to know basis,” to (A) Affiliates, +subcontractors, advisors (including attorneys and accountants), and (B) subject +to Section 8.5.2(b)(iii), below, investment bankers; provided; however, that in +all cases of (A) and/or (B), prior to any such disclosure, each Person to whom +such disclosure is to be made must be bound by written obligations of +confidentiality, non-disclosure, and non-use no less restrictive than those set +forth in this Article (provided, however, that in the case of legal advisors, no +written agreement shall be required), with it being understood and agreed that +in each of the above + +  + +-29- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +situations, the Receiving Party shall remain responsible for any failure by any +Person who receives Confidential Information pursuant to this +Section 8.5.2(b)(ii) to treat such Confidential Information as required under +this Article; and + +(iii) in the case of any disclosure of this Agreement by Amerimmune to any +actual or potential acquirer, assignee, licensee, licensor, investment banker, +institutional investor, lender, or other financial partner or advisor, such +disclosure shall solely be made to a Third Party in connection with a proposed +Strategic Partnership or transaction that would result in a Change of Control of +Amerimmune. + +8.6 Publications. The Parties agree that decisions regarding the timing and +content of Publications shall be subject to the oversight and approval of the +JDC and neither Party nor its Affiliates shall have the right to make +Publications pertaining to the Research Program or any Product except as +provided in this Agreement. If a Party desires to make a Publication, such Party +must comply with the following procedure: + +8.6.1 The publishing Party shall provide the JDC with an advance copy of the +proposed Publication, and the JDC shall then have ten (10) business days prior +to submission for any Publication in which to determine whether the Publication +should be submitted and under what conditions, including (a) delaying +sufficiently long to permit the timely preparation and filing of a patent +application or (b) specifying changes the JDC reasonably believes are necessary +to preserve Confidential Information contained in any unpublished Patent or +Know-How belonging in whole or in part to the non-publishing Party. + +8.6.2 In addition, if the non-publishing Party informs the publishing Party that +such Publication, in the non-publishing Party’s reasonable judgment, discloses +any Confidential Information of the non-publishing Party or could be expected to +have a material adverse effect on any Know-How which is Confidential Information +of the non-publishing Party, such Confidential Information or Know-How shall be +deleted from the Publication. + +8.6.3 Each Party shall have the right to present its Publications approved +pursuant to this Section 8.6.3 at scientific conferences, including at any +conferences in any country in the world, subject to any conditions imposed by +the JDC in its approval. + +8.6.4 For purposes of convenience, the JDC may delegate its responsibilities +under this Section 8.6.4 to one or more representatives of Amerimmune or +Histogen. + +8.6.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Parties shall, +through the JDC review and approval process set forth in this Section 8.6, seek +to promptly publish in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, with Dr. Oral Alpan +as the lead author, the results of any the Initial Trial following delivery of +the corresponding Initial Trial Report to the JDC. + +8.7 Confidentiality Period. All obligations under Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5, +8.7, 8.8, 8.9, and 8.10 of this Article shall survive termination or expiration +of this Agreement and shall (i) expire seven (7) years following termination or +expiration of this Agreement for non-trade secret Confidential Information; and +(ii) remain, for Confidential Information which rises to the level of a trade +secret under applicable Law, for so long as such Confidential Information +retains its status as a trade secret. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions +of this Section 8.7, Section 8.9 shall survive one (1) year after termination or +expiration of this Agreement. + +8.8 Return of Confidential Information. + +8.8.1 Upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement, should the +Disclosing Party request in writing that the Receiving Party return or destroy +the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information during the seven (7) year +Confidentiality Period during which the confidentiality and non-use obligations +subsequently survive, the Receiving Party shall, as the case may be, return to +the Disclosing Party or destroy all Confidential Information received by the +Receiving Party from the Disclosing Party (and all copies and reproductions +thereof). + +  + +-30- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +8.8.2 Nothing in this Section 8.8 shall require the alteration, modification, +deletion, or destruction of archival tapes or other electronic back-up media +made in the ordinary course of business; provided; however, that regardless of +any other provision of this Agreement the Receiving Party shall continue to be +bound by its obligations of confidentiality and other obligations under this +Article with respect to any Confidential Information contained in such archival +tapes or other electronic back-up media for so long as such tapes or media are +retained by the Receiving Party. + +8.8.3 Notwithstanding the foregoing, + +(a) the Receiving Party may retain its own notes, reports, and other documents +generated by or on such Party’s behalf in accordance with the provisions of this +Article that contain Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information but only: + +(i) to the extent reasonably required (A) to exercise the rights and licenses of +the Receiving Party expressly surviving expiration or termination of this +Agreement; or (B) to perform the obligations of the Receiving Party expressly +surviving expiration or termination of this Agreement; or + +(ii) to the extent it is impracticable to do so without incurring +disproportionate cost. + +Notwithstanding the return or destruction of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential +Information, the Receiving Party shall continue to be bound by its obligations +of confidentiality and other obligations under this Article. + +8.9 Non-Solicitation. Each Party agrees as follows: + +8.9.1 Employees; Consultants. During the Research Term and for a period of +eighteen (18) months thereafter, such Party shall not, directly or indirectly, +solicit, induce, recruit, or encourage any of the other Party’s employees, +officers, directors, consultants, agents, or professional advisors to terminate +their relationship with the other Party. + +8.9.2 Other Parties. During the term of this Agreement and for a period of +twelve (12) months following the date of this Agreement, when in the role of a +Receiving Party, such Party shall not use any Confidential Information of the +Disclosing Party to negatively influence any of the Disclosing Party’s clients, +licensors, licensees, or customers from purchasing products or services of the +Disclosing Party or to solicit or influence or attempt to influence any client, +licensor, licensee, customer, or other Person, either directly or indirectly, to +direct any purchase of products and/or services to any Person in competition +with the business of disclosing Party. + +8.10 Common Interest. To the extent that any Confidential Information provided +or made available under this Agreement may include material subject to the +attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine, or any other applicable +privilege concerning pending or threatened legal proceedings or governmental +investigations, the Receiving Party and the Disclosing Party understand and +agree that they have a commonality of interest with respect to such matters and +it is their desire, intention, and mutual understanding that the sharing of such +material is not intended to, and shall not, waive or diminish in any way the +confidentiality of such material or its continued protection under the +attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine, or other applicable privilege. +All Confidential Information provided or made available by the Disclosing Party +that is entitled to protection under the attorney-client privilege, work product +doctrine, or other applicable privilege shall remain entitled to such protection +under these privileges, this Agreement, and under the joint defense doctrine. +Nothing in this Agreement obligates the Disclosing Party to reveal material +subject to the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine, or any other +applicable privilege. + +  + +-31- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +ARTICLE IX + +REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES + +9.1 Mutual Representations. Amerimmune and Histogen each represents, warrants, +and covenants to the other Party, as of the Effective Date, that: + +9.1.1 Authority. It is duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing +under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and has full corporate power +and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out its obligations +hereunder, as applicable. + +9.1.2 Consents. All necessary consents, approvals, and authorizations of all +Government Authorities and other Persons required to be obtained by it as of the +Effective Date in connection with the execution, delivery, and performance of +this Agreement have been obtained. + +9.1.3 No Conflict. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, +the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of such Party’s +obligations in the conduct of the Collaboration and the licenses and sublicenses +to be granted pursuant to this Agreement (a) do not and will not conflict with +or violate any requirement of applicable Laws existing as of the Effective Date +and (b) do not and will not conflict with, violate, breach, or constitute a +default under any agreement, or any contract, oral or written, to which it is a +party or by which it or any of its Affiliates is bound, existing as of the +Effective Date. + +9.1.4 Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on +behalf of such Party and is a legal and valid obligation binding upon it and is +enforceable in accordance with its terms. + +9.1.5 Employee Obligations. To its knowledge, none of its or its Affiliates’ +employees who have been, are or will be involved in the Collaboration are, as a +result of the nature of such Collaboration to be conducted by the Parties, in +violation of any covenant in any contract with a Third Party relating to +non-disclosure of proprietary information, non-competition, or non-solicitation. + +9.2 Additional Amerimmune Representations. Amerimmune represents, warrants, and +covenants to Histogen, that, as of the Effective Date: + +9.2.1 Amerimmune has not used, and during the Term will not knowingly use, any +Know-How in the Research Program conducted by Amerimmune that is encumbered by +any contractual right of or obligation to a Third Party that conflicts or +interferes with any of the rights granted or to be granted to Histogen under +this Agreement. + +9.2.2 Amerimmune has not granted, and during the Term Amerimmune will not grant, +any right or license to any Third Party relating to any Amerimmune Intellectual +Property that conflicts with or limits the scope of the rights granted or to be +granted to Histogen under this Agreement. + +9.2.3 There are no claims, litigations, suits, actions, disputes, arbitrations, +or legal, administrative, or other proceedings or governmental investigations +pending or, to Amerimmune’s knowledge, threatened against Amerimmune, nor is +Amerimmune a party to any judgment or settlement that would be reasonably +expected to adversely affect or restrict the ability of Amerimmune to consummate +the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and to perform its +obligations under this Agreement, or which would affect the Amerimmune +Intellectual Property or Amerimmune’s Control thereof. + +9.2.4 To Amerimmune’s knowledge, the practice of the Amerimmune Intellectual +Property as contemplated under this Agreement does not (a) infringe any claim of +any Patent of any Third Party or (b) misappropriate any Know-How of any Third +Party. + +9.2.5 None of the Amerimmune Patents are subject to any pending re-examination, +opposition, interference, or litigation proceeding. + +  + +-32- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +9.2.6 There is no Existing Third Party Agreement to which Amerimmune or an +Affiliate of Amerimmune is a party. + +9.2.7 There is no agreement, contract, or other enforceable obligation with any +Third Party to which Amerimmune or an Affiliate of Amerimmune is a party that +requires payment of any fee, milestone payment, royalty, or other consideration +with respect to the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization (if any) of a +Product for any purpose in the Field. + +9.2.8 Neither Amerimmune nor any of its Affiliates has granted any lien or +security interest in or to the Amerimmune Intellectual Property and the +Amerimmune Intellectual Property is free and clear of any mortgage, pledge, +claim, security interest, covenant, easement, encumbrance, lien, or charge of +any kind. + +9.2.9 Schedule 1 contains a complete and accurate list of all Patents owned by +Amerimmune and/or its Affiliates as of the Effective Date. + +9.2.10 Amerimmune and its Affiliates are not subject to any payment obligations +to Third Parties as a result of the execution or performance of this Agreement. + +9.3 Additional Histogen Representations. Histogen represents, warrants, and +covenants to Amerimmune, that, as of the Effective Date: + +9.3.1 Histogen possesses sufficient rights, authorizations, and consents +necessary to grant all rights and licenses it purports to grant to Amerimmune +with respect to the Histogen Intellectual Property under this Agreement. + +9.3.2 Histogen Know-How to be used by Amerimmune in conducting the Research +Program is not encumbered by any contractual right of or obligation to a Third +Party that conflicts or interferes with any of the rights granted or to be +granted to Amerimmune under this Agreement. + +9.3.3 Histogen has not granted, and during the Term Histogen will not grant, any +right or license to any Third Party relating to any Histogen Intellectual +Property that conflicts with or limits the scope of the rights granted or to be +granted to Amerimmune under this Agreement. + +9.3.4 There are no claims, litigations, suits, actions, disputes, arbitrations, +or legal, administrative, or other proceedings or governmental investigations +pending or, to Histogen’s knowledge, threatened against Histogen, nor is +Histogen a party to any judgment or settlement that would be reasonably expected +to adversely affect or restrict the ability of Histogen to consummate the +transactions contemplated under this Agreement and to perform its obligations +under this Agreement, or which would affect the Histogen Intellectual Property +or Histogen’s Control thereof. + +9.3.5 To Histogen’s knowledge, the practice of the Histogen Intellectual +Property as contemplated under this Agreement does not (a) infringe any claim of +any Patent of any Third Party or (b) misappropriate any Know-How of any Third +Party. + +9.3.6 None of the Histogen Patents are subject to any pending re-examination, +opposition, interference, or litigation proceeding. + +9.3.7 There is no Existing Third Party Agreement to which Histogen or an +Affiliate of Histogen is a party. + +9.3.8 There is no agreement, contract, or other enforceable obligation with any +Third Party to which Histogen or an Affiliate of Histogen is a party that +requires payment of any fee, milestone payment, royalty, or other consideration +with respect to the Development, Manufacture, or Commercialization (if any) of a +Product for any purpose in the Commercial Field, including the Research Field. + +  + +-33- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +9.3.9 Neither Histogen nor any of its Affiliates has granted any lien or +security interest in or to the Histogen Intellectual Property and the Histogen +Intellectual Property is free and clear of any mortgage, pledge, claim, security +interest, covenant, easement, encumbrance, lien, or charge of any kind. + +9.3.10 Schedule 2 contains a complete and accurate list of all Histogen Patents +owned by Histogen and/or its Affiliates as of the Effective Date. + +9.3.11 Histogen and its Affiliates are not subject to any payment obligations to +Third Parties as a result of the execution or performance of this Agreement. + +9.4 Covenants. + +9.4.1 Mutual Covenants. Each Party hereby covenants to the other Party that: + +(a) all employees of such Party or its Affiliates or Third Party subcontractors +working under this Agreement will be under appropriate confidentiality +provisions at least as protective as those contained in this Agreement, and, to +the extent permitted under applicable Law, the obligation to assign all right, +title, and interest in and to their inventions and discoveries, whether or not +patentable, to such Party as the sole owner thereof; + +(b) to its knowledge, such Party will not (i) employ or use, nor hire or use any +contractor or consultant that employs or uses, any individual or entity, +including a clinical investigator, institution, or institutional review board +that has been debarred or disqualified by the FDA (or subject to a similar +sanction by any Regulatory Authority outside the United States) or (ii) employ +any individual who or entity that is the subject of an FDA debarment +investigation or proceeding (or similar proceeding by any Regulatory Authority +outside the United States), in each of subclauses (i) and (ii) of this Section +in the conduct of its activities under this Agreement; + +(c) neither such Party nor any of its Affiliates shall, during the Term, grant +any right or license to any Third Party relating to any of the intellectual +property rights it owns or Controls which would conflict with any of the rights +or licenses granted to the other Party under this Agreement; and + +(d) such Party and its Affiliates shall perform its obligations pursuant to this +Agreement in compliance (and shall ensure compliance by any of its +subcontractors) in all material respects with all applicable Laws, including +GCP, GLP, and GMP, as applicable, and with respect to the research, Development, +Manufacturing, and Commercialization activities under this Agreement. + +9.4.2 Additional Covenants. Except to the extent expressly permitted under +Article V, above, on a Product-by-Product basis, during the Term neither Party +nor its Affiliates will, other than to an Affiliate of such Party that agrees in +writing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (a) assign, +transfer, convey, encumber (including any liens or charges, but excluding any +licenses, which are the subject of subsection (b) of this Section 9.4.2), or +dispose of, or enter into any agreement with any Third Party to assign, +transfer, convey, encumber (including any liens or charges, but excluding any +licenses, which are the subject of this Section 9.4.2) or dispose of, any assets +specifically related to such Product, including pre-clinical study or Clinical +Trial results or other data specifically related to such Product, or any +intellectual property specifically related to any of the foregoing, except to +the extent such assignment, transfer, conveyance, encumbrance, or disposition +would not fundamentally frustrate the purpose of this Agreement with respect to +such Product, (b) license or grant to any Third Party, or agree to license or +grant to any Third Party, any rights to the same if such license or grant would +fundamentally frustrate the purpose of this Agreement, or (c) disclose any +Confidential Information relating to the same to any Third Party if such +disclosure would fundamentally frustrate the purpose of this Agreement with +respect to such Product. Each Party and/or its Affiliates shall have the right +to assign, transfer, convey, or dispose of any assets specifically related to +such Product to any Affiliate, to the extent permitted by Section 12.4, below. + +9.5 Disclaimer. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, +NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR EXTENDS ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, +EITHER EXPRESS OR + +  + +-34- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY THAT ANY PATENTS ARE VALID OR ENFORCEABLE, AND +EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD +PARTY RIGHTS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, EACH PARTY +DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO: (A) THE SUCCESS OF ANY STUDY OR TEST, +INCLUDING THE RESEARCH PROGRAM OR ANY CLINICAL TRIAL, COMMENCED UNDER THIS +AGREEMENT; (B) THE SAFETY OR USEFULNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE OF THE TECHNOLOGY OR +MATERIALS, INCLUDING ANY PRODUCT IT PROVIDES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT; OR (C) THE +VALIDITY, ENFORCEABILITY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY +RIGHTS OR TECHNOLOGY IT PROVIDES OR LICENSES TO THE OTHER PARTY UNDER THIS +AGREEMENT. + +ARTICLE X + +INDEMNIFICATION; INSURANCE + +10.1 By Amerimmune. + +10.1.1 Amerimmune agrees, at Amerimmune’s cost and expense, to defend, +indemnify, and hold harmless Histogen and its Affiliates and their respective +directors, officers, employees, and agents (each a “Histogen Indemnified Party”) +from and against any Damages arising out of any Claim relating to: + +(a) any breach by Amerimmune of any of its covenants, representations, or +warranties pursuant to this Agreement; or + +(b) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Amerimmune; or + +(c) the Development, Manufacture, distribution, sale, offer for sale, +importation, use, or other disposition of any Product by Amerimmune, its +Affiliates, licensees, or sublicensees. + +10.1.2 In the event of any such Claim against a Histogen Indemnified Party by +any Third Party, Histogen shall promptly notify Amerimmune in writing of the +Claim. Amerimmune shall have the right, exercisable by notice to Histogen within +ten (10) business days after receipt of notice from Histogen of the Claim, to +assume direction and control of the defense, litigation, settlement, appeal, or +other disposition of the Claim (provided that such Claim is solely for monetary +damages and Amerimmune agrees to pay all Damages relating to such matter, as +evidenced in a written confirmation delivered by Amerimmune to Histogen) with +counsel selected by Amerimmune and reasonably acceptable to Histogen; provided, +that the failure to provide timely notice of a Claim shall not limit a Histogen +Indemnified Party’s right for indemnification hereunder except to the extent +such failure results in actual prejudice to Amerimmune. Any Histogen Indemnified +Party shall cooperate with Amerimmune and may, at its option and expense, be +separately represented in any such action or proceeding. Amerimmune shall not be +liable for any litigation costs or expenses incurred by a Histogen Indemnified +Party without Amerimmune’s prior written authorization. In addition, Amerimmune +shall not be responsible for the indemnification or defense of any Histogen +Indemnified Party to the extent arising from any negligent or intentional act by +any Histogen Indemnified Party or the breach by Histogen of any of its +covenants, obligations, representations, or warranties under this Agreement, or +any Claim compromised or settled without Amerimmune’s prior written consent, +which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Each Party shall use +reasonable efforts to mitigate Damages indemnified under this Section 10.1. + +10.1.3 Amerimmune shall not be obligated to indemnify, defend, or hold Histogen +or any Histogen Indemnified Party harmless to the extent that such Damages are +the subject of Histogen’s indemnification obligations under Section 10.2, below. + +  + +-35- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +10.2 By Histogen. + +10.2.1 Histogen agrees, at Histogen’s cost and expense, to defend, indemnify, +and hold harmless Amerimmune and its Affiliates and their respective directors, +officers, employees, and agents (each an “Amerimmune Indemnified Party”) from +and against any Damages arising out of any Claim relating to: + +(a) any breach by Histogen of any of its covenants, representations, or +warranties pursuant to this Agreement; + +(b) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Histogen; or + +(c) the Manufacture or supply of any Product by or on behalf of Histogen +pursuant to this Agreement. + +10.2.2 In the event of any such Claim against an Amerimmune Indemnified Party by +any Third Party, Amerimmune shall promptly notify Histogen in writing of the +Claim. Histogen shall have the right, exercisable by notice to Amerimmune within +ten (10) business days after receipt of notice from Amerimmune of the Claim, to +assume direction and control of the defense, litigation, settlement, appeal, or +other disposition of the Claim (provided that such Claim is solely for monetary +damages and Histogen agrees to pay all Damages relating to such matter, as +evidenced in a written confirmation delivered by Histogen to Amerimmune) with +counsel selected by Histogen and reasonably acceptable to Amerimmune; provided, +that the failure to provide timely notice of a Claim shall not limit an +Amerimmune Indemnified Party’s right for indemnification hereunder except to the +extent such failure results in actual prejudice to Histogen. Any Amerimmune +Indemnified Party shall cooperate with Histogen and may, at its option and +expense, be separately represented in any such action or proceeding. Histogen +shall not be liable for any litigation costs or expenses incurred by an +Amerimmune Indemnified Party without Histogen’s prior written authorization. In +addition, Histogen shall not be responsible for the indemnification or defense +of any Amerimmune Indemnified Party to the extent arising from any negligent or +intentional act by any Amerimmune Indemnified Party or the breach by Amerimmune +of any of its covenants, obligations, representations, or warranties under this +Agreement, or any Claim compromised or settled without Histogen’s prior written +consent. Each Party shall use reasonable efforts to mitigate Damages indemnified +under this Section 10.2. + +10.2.3 Histogen shall not be obligated to indemnify, defend, or hold Amerimmune +or any Amerimmune Indemnified Party harmless to the extent that such Damages are +the subject of Amerimmune’s indemnification obligations under Section 10.1, +above. + +10.3 Joint Defendants. If any suit is brought against either Party relating in +any way to any Product(s), and it is not clear from the allegations in the +complaint or the known facts surrounding the allegations in the complaint as to +whether a Claim exists for which there is a right of indemnification pursuant to +Section 10.1 or 10.2 above, then Amerimmune shall be responsible for controlling +the defense of such suit in the first instance, at its expense. No settlement, +consent judgment, or other voluntary final disposition of any such suit may be +entered into without the prior written consent of Histogen, which consent shall +not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If, at any time in the course of such +suit, it becomes apparent from discovery or otherwise that a Claim exists for +which indemnification may be obtained in accordance with Section 10.1 or 10.2, +above, then the indemnification provisions of either Section 10.1 or 10.2, +above, whichever is applicable, shall become applicable and govern further +proceedings in the suit in accordance with Section 10.1 or 10.2, above. + +10.4 Limitation of Liability. EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO A BREACH OF ARTICLE VIII, +ABOVE, NEITHER PARTY NOR ITS RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES SHALL BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, +INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, MULTIPLE, OR OTHER INDIRECT OR +REMOTE DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, OR LOSS OF USE +ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE EXERCISE OF ITS RIGHTS +HEREUNDER, WHETHER BASED UPON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR +OTHERWISE, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH +DAMAGES OR LOSS. + +  + +-36- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +10.5 Insurance. During the Term, each Party shall maintain commercial general +liability insurance (including product liability insurance and clinical trials +insurance policy in an amount not less than what Histogen carries) from a +recognized, creditworthy insurance company, with coverage limits on per claim +and annual aggregate bases being commercially reasonable under the +circumstances. Within thirty (30) days following written request from the other +Party, each Party shall furnish to the other Party a certificate of insurance +evidencing such coverage. If such coverage is modified or cancelled, the insured +Party shall so inform the other Party in writing and promptly provide such other +Party with a new certificate of insurance evidencing that such insured Party’s +coverage meets the requirements of this Section 10.5. + +ARTICLE XI + +TERMINATION + +11.1 Term; Expiration. Unless earlier terminated in accordance with this +Article XI, the term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall commence as of the +Effective Date and remain in force until the later of the expiration of the +last-to-expire of the following (i) the Research Term, (ii) the last to expire +Patent within the Amerimmune Patents or Histogen Patents, and (iii) the date on +which Amerimmune receives the last payment due pursuant to the last to expire +any Strategic Partnership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this +Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate automatically and with immediate +effect if by 31 December 2025 Profits are less than Ten Million U.S. dollars +(US$10,000,000) from Development or Commercialization of a Product. + +11.2 Licenses After Agreement Expiration. If Amerimmune consummated a Qualifying +Strategic Partnership or has been acquired in a Transaction, in either case in +which Histogen has received at least One Million dollars ($1,000,000) from +Profit sharing as contemplated herein, then, concurrent with expiration of the +Term (but not in the event of early termination) of this Agreement, Amerimmune’s +(or a Strategic Partner’s) rights and licenses under this Agreement to surviving +Histogen Intellectual Property to Develop, Manufacture, and Commercialize any +Product(s) in the Commercial Field in the Territory shall convert to +irrevocable, non-terminable rights and licenses, with the right to grant and +authorize sublicenses, provided that following such expiration Amerimmune (or a +Strategic Partner) shall be solely responsible for (i) any payment owed to any +Third Party licensors of intellectual property or other assets or rights then +included within Histogen Intellectual Property and (ii) for complying with the +terms of any license agreements with such Third Party licensors (but only to the +extent of Amerimmune’s exercise of such rights). For clarity, in the event that +after expiration of this Agreement Amerimmune receives payment or other +consideration (from a Strategic Partner or otherwise) in respect of Histogen +Intellectual Property that survives such expiration, then Amerimmune and +Histogen shall continue to share Profits derived therefrom for so long as +Amerimmune receives such payment(s) or other consideration, and the provisions +of Sections 6.4-6.8, above, shall survive accordingly. + +11.3 Termination for Clinical Reasons. During the Research Term, either Party, +or a Strategic Partner then having Development responsibility, shall have the +right to terminate this Agreement in its entirety at any time upon at least +thirty (30) days prior written notice to the other Party in the event that (i) a +Party, or a Strategic Partner then having Development responsibility, in the +exercise of its reasonable scientific judgment, determines that further +Development of Emricasan for use in the Research Field is unlikely to be +successful; provided, however, that if Histogen seeks to terminate this +Agreement in accordance with the foregoing and Amerimmune believes in its +reasonable scientific judgment that further Development of Emricasan for use in +the Research Field is likely to be successful, then Amerimmune may veto such +termination by notice to Histogen and committing (to Histogen) to spend at least +One Million dollars ($1,000,000) in Development costs within twelve (12) months +following Histogen’s written notice to terminate for clinical reasons. After +entry into the first Qualifying Strategic Partnership, Amerimmune shall have the +right to terminate this Agreement in its entirety at any time upon at least +thirty (30) days prior written notice to Histogen in the event that such +Strategic Partnership is terminated and no other Qualifying Strategic +Partnership is then in effect. + +11.4 Termination for Breach. + +11.4.1 Material Breach. Subject to Sections 11.4.2 and 11.4.3, below, this +Agreement may be terminated by either Party due to a breach of this Agreement in +a manner that fundamentally frustrates the transactions contemplated by this +Agreement taken as a whole (each, a “Material Breach”), provided that the +breaching Party has not cured such breach within ninety (90) days after receipt +of notice of such Material Breach + +  + +-37- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(the “Cure Period”). Any notice of Material Breach shall describe such breach in +reasonable detail and shall state the non-breaching Party’s intention to +terminate this Agreement in its entirety or with respect to one or more +Products. Under this Section 11.4.1, after expiration of the applicable Cure +Period, unless the breaching Party has cured any such breach or default and +notified the non-breaching Party of such cure prior to the expiration of the +applicable Cure Period, the non-breaching Party shall then have the right to +terminate this Agreement in its entirety or as to the particular Product(s), as +specified in the corresponding notice of breach, which termination shall be +effective as of the date of such notice of termination (or such later date as +the non-breaching Party may designate in such notice of termination). +Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Material Breach is not susceptible to a +complete cure within the applicable Cure Period, then the non-breaching Party’s +right of termination shall be suspended only if and for so long as the breaching +Party has diligently worked to cure the default and has provided to the +non-breaching Party a written plan that is reasonably calculated to effect a +cure and the breaching Party commits to and carries out such plan. For the +avoidance of doubt, termination of this Agreement with respect to any particular +Product(s) pursuant to this Section 11.4.1 shall not terminate this Agreement +with respect to any other Product(s). + +11.4.2 Disagreement as to Material Breach. If the Parties reasonably and in good +faith disagree as to whether there has been a Material Breach pursuant to +Section 11.4.1, above, then subject to Section 12.1, below: (a) the Party that +disputes that there has been a Material Breach may contest the allegation by +referring such matter, within ten business (10) days after receipt of the +corresponding notice of intention to terminate, for resolution to the Parties’ +Chief Executive Officers, who shall meet promptly to discuss the matter and +determine within ten business (10) days (or such longer period as they mutually +agree in writing) following referral of such matter, whether or not a Material +Breach has occurred; (b) the relevant Cure Period with respect thereto shall +only be tolled during the period from which a dispute is lodged and the Chief +Executive Officers make a decision (including any such time as this period may +be extended by mutual agreement) in accordance with the applicable provisions of +this Agreement; (c) it is understood and agreed that during the pendency of any +such dispute, all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall remain in +effect and the Parties shall continue to perform all of their respective +obligations hereunder); and (d) if it is finally and conclusively determined +that the breaching Party committed such Material Breach, then the breaching +Party shall have the right to cure such Material Breach after such determination +within the remainder of the applicable Cure Period provided in Section 11.4.1, +above. + +11.4.3 If the Chief Executive Officers are unable to resolve a dispute within +the ten (10) day period (or mutually agreed longer period) after it is referred +to them, the Party allegedly in breach or default shall have the right to have +the dispute resolved as provided in Section 12.1, below, during which the +relevant Cure Period with respect to such dispute shall be tolled for not more +than sixty (60) days. + +11.5 Termination for Insolvency. + +11.5.1 To the extent permitted by Law, this Agreement may be terminated by +either Party upon the filing or institution of bankruptcy, reorganization, +liquidation, or receivership proceedings, or upon an assignment of a substantial +portion of the assets for the benefit of creditors by the other Party; provided, +however, that in the event of any involuntary bankruptcy or receivership +proceeding, such right to terminate shall only become effective if the Party +consents to the involuntary bankruptcy or receivership or such proceeding is not +dismissed within ninety (90) days after the filing thereof. + +11.5.2 All rights and licenses granted under or pursuant to this Agreement by +Histogen are, and shall otherwise be deemed to be for purposes of Section 365(n) +of the Bankruptcy Code, licenses of rights to “intellectual property” as defined +under Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Parties agree that either Party, +as licensee of intellectual property under this Agreement, shall retain and may +fully exercise all of its rights and elections under the Bankruptcy Code. The +Parties further agree that in the event of a rejection of this Agreement by +either Party in any bankruptcy proceeding by or against that Party under the +Bankruptcy Code, (i) the other Party shall be entitled to a complete duplicate +of (or complete access to, as appropriate) any such intellectual property and +all embodiments of such intellectual property, which, if not already in that +Party’s possession, shall be promptly delivered to it upon written request +therefor by the Party, and (ii) neither Party shall interfere with the Licensed +Party’s rights to intellectual property and all embodiments of intellectual +property, and shall assist and not interfere with the Party obtaining +intellectual property and all embodiments of intellectual property from another +entity. The term “embodiments” of intellectual property includes all tangible, +intangible, electronic, or other embodiments of + +  + +-38- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +rights and licenses hereunder, including all Products, data, and tangible assets +embodying intellectual property, filings with Regulatory Authorities and related +rights, and Histogen Know-How and Amerimmune Know-How. + +11.6 Effects of Termination. + +11.6.1 Termination Pursuant to Section 11.3 or 11.4. In the event of termination +of this Agreement by either Party pursuant to Section 11.3 or 11.4, above, +notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, upon the effective +date of such termination: + +(a) all rights and licenses granted herein to Amerimmune by Histogen shall +terminate, Amerimmune shall cease any and all Development, Manufacture, and +Commercialization activities under this Agreement (if any), and any and all +rights granted by Histogen to Amerimmune shall revert to Histogen; + +(b) all rights and licenses granted herein to Histogen by Amerimmune shall +terminate, Histogen shall cease any and all Development, Manufacture, and +Commercialization activities under this Agreement (if any), and any and all +rights granted to Histogen by Amerimmune shall revert to Amerimmune; and + +(c) other than as provided in Section 11.7, below, neither Party shall have any +further obligation to the other Party under this Agreement. + +11.7 Surviving Provisions. + +11.7.1 Accrued Liabilities. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, +expiration or termination of this Agreement shall not relieve the Parties of any +liability or obligation that accrued prior to the effective date of expiration +or such termination, nor preclude either Party from pursuing all rights and +remedies it may have under this Agreement or at law or in equity with respect to +any breach of this Agreement nor prejudice either Party’s right to obtain +performance of any obligation. In addition, termination of this Agreement shall +not terminate provisions that provide by their respective terms for obligations +or undertakings following the expiration of the term of this Agreement. + +11.7.2 Survival. The rights and obligations of the Parties set forth in the +following Sections and Articles shall survive the expiration or termination of +this Agreement: Sections 2.2, 2.5, 5.1, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, +8.3, 8.5, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 11.6, 11.7, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, and 12.5. In +addition, those other terms and conditions of this Agreement that (i) by their +nature are intended to survive or (b) are expressly stated to survive +termination or expiration of this Agreement, shall survive. + +11.7.3 Equitable Relief. Termination of this Agreement shall be in addition to, +and shall not prejudice, either Party’s remedies at law or in equity, including +either Party’s ability to receive Damages and/or equitable relief with respect +to any breach of this Agreement, regardless of whether or not such breach was +the reason for the termination. + +11.7.4 Relationship to Other Agreements. Termination of this Agreement, in whole +or with respect to any Product, shall not affect in any way the terms or +provisions of any then-existing executed agreement between the Parties. + +ARTICLE XII + +MISCELLANEOUS + +12.1 Alternative Dispute Resolution. Except for any disagreements that are +within the authority of the JDC or JPC as provided in Article III, above, or +unless otherwise expressly set forth herein, the Parties agree that any disputes +arising with respect to the interpretation, performance, enforcement, +termination, or validity of this Agreement (each, a “Dispute”) shall first be +presented to the Parties’ respective Chief Executive Officers for resolution. If +the Parties are unable to resolve a given dispute pursuant to this Section 12.1 +after discussions + +  + +-39- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +between the Chief Executive Officers within thirty (30) days (or such longer +period as the Parties agree in writing) after referring such dispute to the +Chief Executive Officers, either Party may, at its sole discretion, seek +resolution of such matter in accordance with Section 12.2, below. + +12.2 Binding Arbitration. Subject to Section 12.1, above, if the Parties are +unable to resolve any such Dispute by negotiation and a Party wishes to pursue +the matter, such Dispute shall be finally resolved by binding arbitration +conducted in San Diego, California by JAMS using the JAMS Expedited Arbitration +Rules for Commercial Disputes, and judgment on the arbitration award may be +entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The arbitration shall be +conducted before a single arbitrator experienced in the law, the pharmaceutical +business, and pharmaceutical licensing transactions. If within twenty (20) days +after initiation of arbitration the Parties are unable to agree on a qualified +arbitrator, the Parties shall each nominate three (3) arbitrators and the +Parties shall thereafter confidentially rank the six (6) nominees within five +business (5) days, and the arbitrator with the lowest score shall be the +arbitrator. In the event there is a tie and the Parties cannot agree between the +candidates, JAMS shall choose the arbitrator from the tied candidates. The place +of arbitration shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties or, alternatively, +selected by the arbitrator to be mutually convenient to both Parties. The +Parties agree that the arbitrator shall have the authority to, but need not, +permit full and complete discovery, both written and oral, by deposition, to +establish reasonable additional procedures to facilitate and complete any such +arbitration within ninety (90) days of the arbitrator’s appointment, and to +decide any motions brought by either Party, including motions for summary +judgment and/or adjudication and motions to dismiss, prior to any arbitration +hearing. Either Party may also apply to the arbitrator for interim injunctive +relief until the arbitration award is rendered or the controversy is otherwise +resolved. Either Party also may, without waiving any remedy under this +Agreement, seek from any court having jurisdiction any injunctive or provisional +relief necessary to protect such Party’s rights pending the arbitration award. +The arbitrator shall have no authority to award punitive or any other type of +damages not measured by a Party’s compensatory damages. Each Party shall bear +its own costs and expenses and attorneys’ fees and an equal share of the +arbitrator’s and any administrative fees of arbitration; provided, however, that +the arbitrator shall have the power to award any remedies, including attorneys’ +fees and costs, available under applicable law. Except to the extent necessary +to confirm an award or as may be required by law, neither a Party nor the +arbitrator may disclose the existence, content, or results of an arbitration +without the prior written consent of both Parties. In no event shall an +arbitration be initiated after the date when commencement of a legal or +equitable proceeding based on the dispute would be barred by the applicable +statute of limitations. + +12.3 Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by, and construed and +enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of California and, if +applicable, the laws of the United States, in any case without reference to +conflicts of laws principles. + +12.4 Assignment. + +12.4.1 Generally. This Agreement may not be assigned by any Party, nor may any +Party delegate its obligations or otherwise transfer licenses or other rights +created by this Agreement, except as expressly permitted hereunder without the +prior written consent of the other Party, which consent may be withheld in the +Party’s sole discretion. + +12.4.2 Histogen. Notwithstanding the limitations in Section 12.4.1, above, +Histogen may assign all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to +(a) one or more Affiliates solely as provided in this Section 12.4.2 or (b) its +successor in interest in connection with the merger, consolidation, or sale of +all or substantially all of its assets or that portion of its business +pertaining to the subject matter of this Agreement; provided, however, +(a) Histogen informs Amerimmune in writing in advance of any such assignment, +(ii) prior to such assignment becoming effective, the assignee agrees in writing +to assume performance of all such assigned obligations, and (iii) all Histogen +Intellectual Property an shall be transferred to such assignee effective as of +such assignment. + +12.4.3 Amerimmune. Notwithstanding the limitations in Section 12.4.1, above, +Amerimmune may assign this Agreement, or all of its rights or obligations +hereunder, to (a) one or more Affiliates solely as provided in this +Section 12.4.3, or (b) its successor in connection with the merger, +consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets or that portion +of its business pertaining to the subject matter of this Agreement; provided, +however, (i) Amerimmune informs Histogen in writing in advance of any such +assignment, (ii) prior to + +  + +-40- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +such assignment becoming effective, the assignee agrees in writing to assume +performance of all such assigned obligations, (iii) all Amerimmune Intellectual +Property and Amerimmune’s interest Joint Collaboration IP shall be transferred +to such assignee effective as of such assignment; (iv) the proposed assignee has +not developed or sought to develop a Competitive Product, and (v) Histogen +receives is share of the Profits associated with such transfer or assignment as +provided in this Agreement. + +12.4.4 Change of Control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this +Agreement, with respect to any intellectual property rights controlled by the +permitted assignee of a Party or its Affiliates (if other than one of the +Parties to this Agreement) involved in any Change of Control of either Party, +such intellectual property rights shall not be included in the technology and +intellectual property rights licensed to the other Party hereunder to the extent +held by such acquirer or its Affiliate (other than the relevant Party to this +Agreement) prior to such transaction, or to the extent such technology is +developed outside the scope of activities conducted with respect to the +Collaboration, Research Program, or Products. The Histogen Intellectual Property +and the Amerimmune Intellectual Property shall exclude any intellectual property +owned or controlled by a permitted assignee or successor and not developed in +connection with the Collaboration, Research Program, or Products Developed, +Manufactured, or Commercialized pursuant to this Agreement. + +12.4.5 All Other Assignments Null and Void. The terms of this Agreement shall be +binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the successors, heirs, +administrators, and permitted assigns of the Parties. In the event of any +permitted assignment by a Party of its rights and obligations under this +Agreement, the permitted assignee shall assume all obligations of its assignor +under this Agreement. Any purported assignment in violation of this Section 12.4 +shall be null and void. + +12.5 Force Majeure. If the performance of any part of this Agreement by a Party +is prevented, restricted, interfered with, or delayed by an occurrence beyond +the control of such Party (and which did not occur as a result of such Party’s +financial condition, negligence, or fault), including fire, earthquake, flood, +embargo, power shortage or failure, acts of war or terrorism, insurrection, +riot, lockout or other labor disturbance, governmental acts or orders or +restrictions, acts of God, such Party shall, upon giving written notice to the +other Party, be excused from such performance to the extent of such prevention, +restriction, interference, or delay; provided, that the affected Party shall use +its Commercially Reasonable Efforts to avoid or remove such causes of +non-performance and shall continue performance with the utmost dispatch whenever +such cause(s) is(are) removed. For the avoidance of doubt, the coronavirus +pandemic shall not qualify as a Force Majeure. + +12.6 Notices. Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties or specified in this +Agreement, all notices required or permitted to be given under this Agreement +shall be in writing and shall be sufficient if: (a) personally delivered; +(b) sent by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested and postage +prepaid); (c) sent by express overnight courier service providing evidence of +receipt and postage prepaid where applicable; (d) by email; or (e) sent by +facsimile transmission (receipt verified and a copy promptly sent by another +permissible method of providing notice described in any of clauses (a)-(d) +above), to each of the address(es) designated below by the Party to be notified, +which address(es) a Party may update from time-to-time during the Term by notice +to the other Party: + +  + +To Amerimmune:    To Histogen: + +Amerimmune LLC + +11212 Waples Mill Road + +Suite 100 + +Fairfax, Virginia 22030 + +Attention: Oral Alpan, M.D. + +Telephone: 571.418.4824 + +Facsimile: 703.577.9065 + +Email: oalpan@amerimmune.com + +   + +Histogen, Inc. + +16745 West Bernardo Drive + +Suite 200 + +San Diego, California 92127 + +Attention: CEO + +Telephone: + +Email: + +With a copy to:    With a copy to: + +Amerimmune LLC + +1212 Waples Mill Road + +   + +Will Chuchawat, Esq. + +Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP + +  + +-41- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Suite 100 + +Fairfax, Virginia 22030 + +Attention: Ivan Santos, CFO + +Telephone: + +Facsimile: + +Email: isantos@amerimmune.com + +  + +and + +  + +John Wehrli. Esq. + +Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati + +12235 El Camino Real + +San Diego, CA 92130-3002 + +Telephone: 858-350-2313 + +Facsimile: 858350-2399 + +Email: jwehrli@wsgr.com + +   + +333 South Hope Street, 43rd Floor + +Los Angeles, CA 90071 + +Telephone: 213-617-1555 + +wchuchawat@sheppardmullin.com + +Any such notices shall be effective upon the date of receipt by the Party to +whom it is addressed. + +12.7 Waiver. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, any term +of this Agreement may be waived only by a written instrument executed by a duly +authorized representative of the Party waiving compliance. A delay or failure of +either Party at any time to require performance of any provision of this +Agreement shall in no manner affect such Party’s rights at a later time to +thereafter enforce such provision. No waiver by either Party of any condition or +term in any one or more instances shall be construed as a further or continuing +waiver of such condition or term or of another condition or term. + +12.8 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement should be adjudicated to +be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith +a valid, legal, and enforceable substitute provision that most nearly reflects +the original intent of the Parties, and all other provisions of this Agreement +shall remain in full force and effect and shall be liberally construed in order +to carry out the intentions of the Parties as nearly as may be possible. If the +Parties cannot agree upon a substitute provision, the invalid, illegal, or +unenforceable provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity of this +Agreement as a whole, unless the invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision is +of such essential importance to this Agreement that it is to be reasonably +assumed that the Parties would not have entered into this Agreement without the +invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision. + +12.9 Entire Agreement. Except as set forth in this Section 12.9, this Agreement, +which includes its attached Exhibits and Schedules, together with the Amended +and Restated CDA, constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties relating +to its subject matter, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, +representations or understandings, either written or oral, between the Parties +with respect to such subject matter, including the Amended and Restated CDA and +the Term Sheet, each of which are hereby terminated as of the Effective Date of +this Agreement; it being understood and agreed, however, that the Amended and +Restated CDA shall continue to apply to the “Confidential Information” (as such +term is defined in the Amended and Restated CDA) disclosed thereunder. + +12.10 Modification. No modification, amendment, or addition to this Agreement, +or any provision hereof, shall be effective unless reduced to writing and signed +by a duly authorized representative of each Party. No provision of this +Agreement shall be varied, contradicted, or explained by any oral agreement, +course of dealing or performance, or any other matter not set forth in an +agreement in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of each +Party. + +12.11 Independent Contractors; No Intended Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing +contained in this Agreement is intended or shall be deemed or construed to +create any relationship of employer and employee, agent and principal, +partnership, or joint venture between the Parties. Each Party is an independent +contractor. Neither Party shall assume, either directly or indirectly, any +liability of or for the other Party. Neither Party shall have any express or +implied right or authority to assume or create any obligations on behalf of, or +in the name of, the other Party, nor to bind the other Party to any contract, +agreement, or undertaking with any Third Party. There are no + +  + +-42- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +express or implied third party beneficiaries hereunder, except for the +indemnitees identified in Sections 10.1 and 10.2, above. + +12.12 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two (2) counterparts, each +of which shall be deemed an original, and both of which together shall +constitute one and the same instrument. Any such counterpart, to the extent +delivered by means of a fax machine or by .pdf, .tif, .gif, .jpeg, or similar +attachment to electronic mail (any such delivery, an “Electronic Delivery”) +shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original executed counterpart +and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the +original signed version thereof delivered in person. Neither Party shall raise a +Party’s use of Electronic Delivery to deliver a signature or the fact that any +signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the +use of Electronic Delivery as a claim or defense with respect to the formation, +amendment, restatement, or other modification of a contract, and each Party +waives any such claim or defense, except to the extent that such claim or +defense relates to lack of authenticity. + +12.13 Equitable Relief. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the +Parties shall be entitled to seek equitable relief, including an injunction and +specific performance, as a remedy for any breach of this Agreement. Such +remedies shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedies for a breach of this +Agreement but shall be in addition to all other remedies available at law or +equity. + +12.14 Further Assurances. Each Party shall execute, acknowledge, and deliver +such further instruments, and do all such other acts, as may be necessary or +appropriate in order to carry out the expressly stated purposes and the clear +intent of this Agreement. + +[remainder of page intentionally left blank] + +  + +-43- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Intending to be legally bound, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be +executed below by their respective duly authorized officers as of the Effective +Date. + +  + +HISTOGEN, INC.: On behalf of itself and its Affiliates By:   + +/s/ Richard W. Pascoe + +Print Name:   Richard W. Pascoe Title:   President and CEO Date:   10/26/2020 +AMMERIMMUNE LLC: On behalf of itself and its Affiliates By:   /s/ Oral Alpan, +M.D. Print Name:   Oral Alpan, M.D. Title:   Chief Executive Officer Date:   +10/26/2020 + +SIGNATURE PAGE TO COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT + +AND COMMERCIALIZATION AGREEMENT + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Exhibit A + +Press Release + +  + +LOGO [g92015g59w18.jpg]    + +CONTACT: + +  + +Susan A. Knudson + +Executive Vice President & CFO + +Histogen Inc. + +ir@histogen.com + +Histogen and Amerimmune Enter into a Collaborative Development and +Commercialization Agreement for Emricasan in the Treatment of COVID-19 + +Histogen Receives IND Approval from FDA to Initiate a Phase 1 Study of Emricasan +in Mild-COVID-19 Patients to Assess Safety and Tolerability + +Amerimmune to Lead Development Efforts of Emricasan in a Phase 1 Study in +Mild-COVID-19 Patients Expected to Commence as Early as the End of 2020 + +SAN DIEGO, October 27, 2020 — Histogen Inc. (NASDAQ: HSTO), a clinical-stage +therapeutics company focused on developing potential first-in-class therapeutics +that ignite the body’s natural process to repair and maintain healthy biological +function, today announced entering into a Collaborative Development and +Commercialization Agreement with Amerimmune LLC to jointly develop emricasan, an +orally active caspase inhibitor, for the treatment of COVID-19. Additionally, +Histogen has received Investigational New Drug (IND) approval from the United +States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a Phase 1 study of +emricasan in mild-COVID-19 patients to assess safety and tolerability. +Amerimmune, which will lead the development efforts of emricasan, has selected +clinical sites at two major medical centers in the New York City metropolitan +area to conduct the study. Amerimmune is pursuing non-dilutive funding in order +to support the clinical program and anticipates initiating the Phase 1 study as +early as the end of 2020. + +Under the terms of the collaboration, Histogen will retain ownership and +oversight over emricasan and responsibility for all regulatory filings and +maintaining its existing caspase inhibitor patent portfolio. Amerimmune, in +collaboration with Histogen, will fund and lead the emricasan development +efforts and maintain its own portfolio of patents for caspase inhibition and +immunotherapy. Additionally, Amerimmune has been granted an option to +commercialize emricasan under certain conditions for the sole purpose of +supporting future third-party partnering transactions. Should any such +partnering transaction emerge, Histogen and + +  + +A-1- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Amerimmune will share profits equally. The parties will manage the collaboration +under a joint development and partnering committee governance structure. + +“Since completing the merger with Conatus Pharmaceuticals in the second quarter, +we have been evaluating opportunities to create value from the emricasan asset, +which we believe can be best accomplished in partnership with Amerimmune in the +potential treatment of COVID-19. The Amerimmune team brings both a strong +caspase inhibitor scientific background and relevant technologies for the +treatment of COVID-19 using caspase inhibitors to this collaboration,” said +Richard Pascoe, President and CEO of Histogen. “With Amerimmune leading the +development efforts related to emricasan, Histogen will remain focused on +delivering the top line data results in the fourth quarter of 2020 for its +HST-001 Phase 1b/2a trial for androgenic alopecia in men, evaluating a clinical +pathway for HST-002 as a dermal filler, and continuing to progress our HST-003 +program for regeneration of cartilage in the knee,” concluded Pascoe. + +“We are delighted to work in collaboration with Histogen to explore the +potential role of caspase inhibition as a therapy for reducing disease severity +and progression of COVID-19,” said Dr. Oral Alpan, CEO of Amerimmune. “We +believe our research and development efforts over the last decade have enabled +us to make important advancements in our understanding of how SARS-CoV-2 +compromises the immune system. We are encouraged by our progress and look +forward to advancing emricasan into the clinic as early as the end of 2020,“ +concluded Dr. Alpan. + +About Emricasan + +Emricasan is a first-in-class, orally active, pan-caspase inhibitor designed to +reduce the activity of enzymes that mediate inflammation and apoptosis. Histogen +believes that by reducing the activity of these enzymes, caspase inhibitors have +the potential to interrupt the progression of a variety of diseases. To date, +emricasan has been studied in over 950 patients in 19 completed clinical trials +across a broad range of liver diseases. In NASH cirrhosis patients in multiple +clinical Phase II trials conducted by Conatus, emricasan demonstrated rapid and +sustained reductions in elevated levels of key biomarkers of inflammation and +cell death. Similarly, elevated biomarkers are also believed to play a role in +the severity and progression of COVID-19. + +About Histogen + +Histogen Inc. is a clinical-stage therapeutics company focused on developing +potential first-in-class restorative therapeutics that ignite the body’s natural +process to repair and maintain healthy biological function. Histogen’s +innovative technology platform utilizes cell conditioned media and extracellular +matrix materials produced by hypoxia-induced multipotent cells. Histogen’s +proprietary, reproducible manufacturing process provides targeted solutions +across a broad range of therapeutic indications including hair growth, dermal +rejuvenation, joint cartilage regeneration and spinal disk repair. For more +information, please visit www.histogen.com. + +  + +A-2- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +About Amerimmune + +Amerimmune LLC is a research center and immunology laboratory with a strong +focus on identifying underlying mechanisms of immune disorders. Amerimmune’s +mission is to bring relevant science, data, and diagnostic and therapeutic +solutions to diseases that involve the immune system. Amerimmune LLC is a +spinoff of Amerimmune Diagnostics LLC, which is focused on establishing a +network of physician-owned immunology labs across the United States. Amerimmune +Diagnostics’ clinical approach led to the development of the innovative +therapeutics technology upon which Amerimmune was founded. When the COVID-19 +pandemic emerged early this year, Amerimmune brought its expertise to bear +against this devastating disease. Amerimmune is a privately held +development-stage company based in Fairfax, VA. For more information and to +explore partnering opportunities, please visit www.amerimmune.com. + +Forward-Looking Statements + +This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the +“safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 +and other Federal securities laws. For example, we are using forward-looking +statements when we discuss our future operations and our ability to successfully +initiate and complete clinical trials, obtain clinical trial data and achieve +regulatory milestones and related timing, including those related to the planned +Phase 1 study of emricasan for the treatment of COVID-19; the nature, strategy +and focus of our business; the sufficiency of our and Amerimmune’s cash +resources and ability to commence the planned Phase 1 study of emricasan and +achieve value for our stockholders; and the development and commercial potential +and potential benefits of any of our product candidates and the Collaborative +Development and Commercialization Agreement with Amerimmune or any other +collaboration agreements. We may not actually achieve the plans, carry out the +intentions or meet the expectations or projections disclosed in the +forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on these +forward-looking statements. Because such statements deal with future events and +are based on our current expectations, they are subject to various risks and +uncertainties and actual results, performance or achievements of ours that could +differ materially from those described in or implied by the statements in this +press release, including: the uncertainties associated with the clinical +development and regulatory approval of our product candidates and Amerimmune’s +ability to further develop emricasan for the treatment of COVID-19, including +the complexity and length of studies required to commercialize emricasan for +COVID-19 and potential delays in the commencement, enrollment, and completion of +clinical trials, such as the planned emricasan Phase 1 study for the treatment +of COVID-19; the uncertainties associated with Amerimmune’s pursuit and receipt +of non-dilutive capital for the advancement of emricasan, including any +potential government grants; Histogen’s dependence on its collaboration partner, +Amerimmune, to carry out the development of emricasan and the potential for +delays in the timing of regulatory approval; competition in the COVID-19 market +and other markets in which Histogen and its collaboration partner operate; risks +related to business interruptions to Histogen and/or Amerimmune, including the +outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus, which could seriously harm our respective +financial conditions and increase our respective costs and expenses; the +potential for adverse reactions to emricasan; and market conditions. The + +  + +A-3- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +foregoing review of important factors that could cause actual events to differ +from expectations should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in +conjunction with statements that are included herein and elsewhere, including +those risks discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange +Commission. Except as otherwise required by law, we disclaim any intention or +obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, which speak only +as of the date hereof, whether as a result of new information, future events, or +circumstances or otherwise. + +#                #                 # + +  + +A-4- + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Schedule 1 + +Amerimmune Patents + +  + +Status + +   + +Application No. + +   + +ALG Docket No. + +   + +Filing Date + +   + +Title + +Pending    6x/xxx,xxx    AME-0001-PV    14-xxx-2020    Treatment for SARS-CoV-2 +Pending    6x/xxx,xxx    AME-0001-PV2    22-xxx-2020    Treatment for SARS-CoV-2 +Pending    6x/xxx,xxx    AME-0001-PV3    05-xxx-2020    Treatment for SARS-CoV-2 +Pending    6x/xxx,xxx    AME-0010-PV    02-xxx-2020    TREATMENT FOR DISEASES +CAUSED BY RNA VIRUSES Pending    6x/xxx,xxx    AME-0010-PV2    22-xxx-2020    +METHODS FOR DETECTING INFECTIONS CAUSED BY RNA VIRUSES, INCLUDING COVID-19 +Pending    6x/xxx,xxx    AME-0020-PV    22-xxx-2020    TREATMENT OF CONDITIONS +CAUSED BY RNA VIRUS-ASSOCIATED ABERRANT RED BLOOD CELL AGGREGATION + +  + +S-1-1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Schedule 2 + +Histogen Patents + +EMRICASAN + +  + +Country + +name + +   + +Type name + +   + +Patent / Design + +number + +   + +Current renewal + +date + +   + +Current + +annuity + +   + +Est. expiry + +date + +Australia + +   + +Patent + +   + +2007330478 + +   + +3-Dec-20 + +   + +14 + +   + +3-Dec-27 + +Canada + +   + +Large Entity Granted Patent + +   + +2669849 + +   + +3-Dec-20 + +   + +14 + +   + +3-Dec-27 + +China + +   + +Granted Patent + +   + +200780045311.8 + +   + +3-Dec-20 + +   + +14 + +   + +3-Dec-27 + +China + +   + +Granted Patent + +   + +201410058519.5 + +   + +3-Dec-20 + +   + +14 + +   + +3-Dec-27 + +Denmark + +   + +European Patent + +   + +2091910 + +   + +3-Dec-20 + +   + +14 + +   + +3-Dec-27 + +France + +   + +European Patent + +   + +2091910 + +   + +3-Dec-20 + +   + +14 + +   + +3-Dec-27 + +Germany + +   + +European Patent + +   + +602007038268.8 + +   + +3-Dec-20 + +   + +14 + +   + +3-Dec-27 + +Great Britain + +   + +European Patent + +   + +2091910 + +   + +3-Dec-20 + +   + +14 + +   + +3-Dec-27 + +Hong Kong + +   + +Granted New Law Patent + +   + +1199885 + +   + +3-Dec-21 + +   + +15 + +   + +3-Dec-27 + +Israel + +   + +Patent + +   + +198732 + +   + +3-Dec-21 + +   + +15 + +   + +3-Dec-27 + +Italy + +   + +European Patent + +   + +502014000002368 + +   + +3-Dec-20 + +   + +14 + +   + +3-Dec-27 + +Japan + +   + +Patent-exam.req.on/after01Apr2004 + +   + +5495787 + +   + +14-Mar-21 + +   + +8 + +   + +3-Dec-27 + +Mexico + +   + +Patent + +   + +286788 + +   + +3-Dec-21 + +   + +15 + +   + +3-Dec-27 + +Netherlands + +   + +European Patent + +   + +2091910 + +   + +3-Dec-20 + +   + +14 + +   + +3-Dec-27 + +Singapore + +   + +Granted New Law Patent + +   + +200903593.2 + +   + +3-Dec-20 + +   + +14 + +   + +3-Dec-27 + +South Korea + +   + +New Law Patent + +   + +1125932 + +   + +5-Mar-21 + +   + +10 + +   + +3-Dec-27 + +Spain + +   + +European Patent + +   + +7859033.8 + +   + +3-Dec-20 + +   + +14 + +   + +3-Dec-27 + +Sweden + +   + +European Patent + +   + +7859033.8 + +   + +3-Dec-20 + +   + +14 + +   + +3-Dec-27 + +Switzerland + +   + +European Patent + +   + +2091910 + +   + +3-Dec-20 + +   + +14 + +   + +3-Dec-27 + +Taiwan + +   + +Patent + +   + +96146304 + +   + +21-Jul-21 + +   + +11 + +   + +5-Dec-27 + +U.S.A. + +   + +Large Entity Patent + +   + +7692038 + +   + +6-Oct-21 + +   + +3 + +   + +10-Jul-28 + +OTHER CASPASE MODULATORS + +  + +Country + +   + +Type name + +   + +Application Number + +   + +Status + +   + +Note: Patent Family + +Patent Cooperation Treaty    Patent    PCT/US2019/039702    Published    +Novel Caspase 040 Taiwan    Patent    109107427 ��  Filed Wait Exam    Novel +Caspase 041 Patent Cooperation Treaty    Patent    PCT/US2020/021324    Pending +   Novel Caspase 041 U.S.A.    Patent    16/812,063    Pending    Novel Caspase +041 + +  + +S-2-1 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Schedule 1.172 + +Caspase Modulators Owned Or Controlled By Histogen Excluded From a Product + +  + +S-1.172-1 +Exhibit 10.2 + +SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT + +among + +NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES 2020-A OWNER TRUST, + +as Issuer, + +NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II, + +as Seller, + +NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, + +as Servicer + +and + +U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, + +as Indenture Trustee + +Dated as of April 29, 2020 + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +TABLE OF CONTENTS + +  + +          Page   + +ARTICLE I.         DEFINITIONS + +     1   + +SECTION 1.01 + +   Definitions      1   + +SECTION 1.02 + +   Usage of Terms      23   + +ARTICLE II.         CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES + +     23   + +SECTION 2.01 + +   Conveyance of Receivables      23   + +SECTION 2.02 + +   Custody of Receivable Files      24   + +SECTION 2.03 + +   Acceptance by Issuer      25   + +ARTICLE III.         THE RECEIVABLES + +     25   + +SECTION 3.01 + +   Representations and Warranties of the Seller with Respect to the Receivables +     25   + +SECTION 3.02 + +   Repurchase upon Breach      25   + +SECTION 3.03 + +   Duties of Servicer as Custodian      26   + +SECTION 3.04 + +   Instructions; Authority To Act      27   + +SECTION 3.05 + +   Custodian’s Indemnification      27   + +SECTION 3.06 + +   Effective Period and Termination      27   + +ARTICLE IV.         ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF RECEIVABLES + +     27   + +SECTION 4.01 + +   Duties of Servicer      27   + +SECTION 4.02 + +   Collection of Receivable Payments      29   + +SECTION 4.03 + +   Realization upon Receivables      29   + +SECTION 4.04 + +   Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles      29   + +SECTION 4.05 + +   Covenants of Servicer      30   + +SECTION 4.06 + +   Purchase of Receivables upon Breach      30   + +SECTION 4.07 + +   Servicing Fee and Expenses      30   + +SECTION 4.08 + +   Servicer’s Certificate      31   + +SECTION 4.09 + +   Communication among Noteholders      31   + +SECTION 4.10 + +   Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default      31   + +SECTION 4.11 + +   Annual Registered Public Accounting Firm Attestation      32   + +SECTION 4.12 + +   Appointment of Subservicer      33   + +SECTION 4.13 + +   Fidelity Bond      33   + +SECTION 4.14 + +   Administrator Compensation      33   + +  + +i   (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +TABLE OF CONTENTS + +(continued) + +  + +          Page   + +ARTICLE V.         DISTRIBUTIONS; ACCOUNTS; STATEMENTS TO THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS +AND THE NOTEHOLDERS + +     33   + +SECTION 5.01 + +   Establishment of Accounts      33   + +SECTION 5.02 + +   Collections      36   + +SECTION 5.03 + +   Application of Collections      37   + +SECTION 5.04 + +   [Reserved]      37   + +SECTION 5.05 + +   Additional Deposits      37   + +SECTION 5.06 + +   Payments and Distributions      37   + +SECTION 5.07 + +   Reserve Account      39   + +SECTION 5.08 + +   Statements to Certificateholders and Noteholders      39   + +ARTICLE VI.         THE SELLER + +     41   + +SECTION 6.01 + +   Representations of Seller      41   + +SECTION 6.02 + +   Compliance with Organizational Documents      43   + +SECTION 6.03 + +   Liability of Seller; Indemnities      43   + +SECTION 6.04 + +   Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller      +44   + +SECTION 6.05 + +   Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others      45   + +SECTION 6.06 + +   Seller May Own Certificates or Notes      45   + +SECTION 6.07 + +   Sarbanes-Oxley Act Requirements      46   + +ARTICLE VII.         THE SERVICER + +     46   + +SECTION 7.01 + +   Representations of Servicer      46   + +SECTION 7.02 + +   Indemnities of Servicer      47   + +SECTION 7.03 + +   Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Servicer    +  48   + +SECTION 7.04 + +   Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others      49   + +SECTION 7.05 + +   NMAC Not To Resign as Servicer      49   + +ARTICLE VIII.         DEFAULT + +     50   + +SECTION 8.01 + +   Servicer Default      50   + +SECTION 8.02 + +   Appointment of Successor      51   + +SECTION 8.03 + +   Notification      52   + +SECTION 8.04 + +   Waiver of Past Defaults      52   + +�� + +ii   (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +TABLE OF CONTENTS + +(continued) + +  + +          Page   + +ARTICLE IX.         TERMINATION; RELEASE OF RECEIVABLES + +     53   + +SECTION 9.01 + +   Optional Purchase of All Receivables      53   + +SECTION 9.02 + +   Release of Receivables      53   + +SECTION 9.03 + +   Termination      54   + +SECTION 9.04 + +   Rights of the Certificateholders      54   + +ARTICLE X.         MISCELLANEOUS + +     54   + +SECTION 10.01 + +   Amendment      54   + +SECTION 10.02 + +   Protection of Title to Trust      55   + +SECTION 10.03 + +   Notices      56   + +SECTION 10.04 + +   Limitations on Rights of Others      57   + +SECTION 10.05 + +   Severability      57   + +SECTION 10.06 + +   Separate Counterparts and Electronic Signature      57   + +SECTION 10.07 + +   Headings      57   + +SECTION 10.08 + +   Governing Law      58   + +SECTION 10.09 + +   Assignment by Issuer      58   + +SECTION 10.10 + +   Nonpetition Covenant      58   + +SECTION 10.11 + +   Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee      58   + +SECTION 10.12 + +   Waivers      59   + +SECTION 10.13 + +   Dispute Resolution      59   + +SECTION 10.14 + +   Cooperation with Voting      62   + +  + +iii   (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SALE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of April 29, 2020 (this “Agreement”), +among NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES 2020-A OWNER TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust +(the “Issuer”), NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES CORPORATION II, a Delaware corporation +(the “Seller”), NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, a California corporation in +its individual capacity (in such capacity, “NMAC”) and as Servicer (in such +capacity, the “Servicer”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national +banking association, as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”). Capitalized +terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings assigned +to such terms in Article I. + +WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to purchase a portfolio of receivables arising in +connection with retail installment sales contracts secured by new, near-new or +used automobiles and light-duty trucks originated by NMAC in the ordinary course +of business and sold to the Seller; + +WHEREAS, the Seller is willing to sell such receivables to the Issuer; and + +WHEREAS, the Servicer is willing to service such receivables. + +NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein +contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: + +ARTICLE I. + +Definitions + +SECTION 1.01 Definitions. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, +whenever used herein, the following words and phrases, unless the context +otherwise requires, shall have the following respective meanings: + +“60-Day Delinquent Receivables” means, as of any date of determination, all +Receivables (other than Repurchased Receivables and Defaulted Receivables) that +are sixty (60) or more days delinquent as of such date (or, if such date is not +the last day of a Collection Period, as of the last day of the Collection Period +immediately preceding such date), as determined in accordance with the +Servicer’s Customary Servicing Practices. + +“Account Property” means the Accounts, all amounts and investments held from +time to time in any Account (whether in the form of deposit accounts, Physical +Property, book-entry securities, uncertificated securities or otherwise), and +all proceeds of the foregoing. + +“Accounts” means, collectively, the Collection Account and the Reserve Account. + +“Action” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.03(a) of the +Indenture. + +“Adjusted Pool Balance” means, at any time, an amount equal to the Pool Balance +minus the YSOC Amount. + +“Administration Agreement” means the Administration Agreement, dated as of the +Closing Date, among the Administrator, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the +Owner Trustee. + +  + +      (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Administrator” means NMAC, or any successor Administrator under the +Administration Agreement. + +“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person +controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. +For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any +specified Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of such +Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting +securities, by contract or otherwise; and the term “controlling” and +“controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. + +“Amount Financed” with respect to any Receivable, means the amount advanced +under the Receivable toward the purchase price of the related Financed Vehicle +and any related costs, including but not limited to accessories, insurance +premiums, service and warranty contracts and other items customarily financed as +part of retail automobile and light-duty truck installment sale contracts. + +“Annual Percentage Rate” or “APR” of a Receivable means the annual rate of +finance charges stated in such Receivable. + +“Applicant” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01 of the +Indenture. + +“Asset Representations Review Agreement” means the Asset Representations Review +Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Issuer, the Sponsor, the +Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer. + +“Asset Representations Reviewer” means Clayton Fixed Income Services LLC, or any +successor Asset Representations Reviewer under the Asset Representations Review +Agreement. + +“Asset Review” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Asset +Representations Review Agreement. + +“Assignment” means the document of assignment attached to the Purchase Agreement +as Exhibit A. + +“Authorized Officer” means (a) with respect to the Issuer, (i) any officer of +the Owner Trustee who is authorized to act for the Owner Trustee in matters +relating to the Issuer and who is identified on the list of Authorized Officers +delivered by the Owner Trustee to the Indenture Trustee on the Closing Date and +(ii) so long as the Administration Agreement is in effect, the President, any +Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary, and any +Assistant Secretary of the Administrator, (b) with respect to the Seller or the +Servicer, any chairman of the board, the president, any executive vice +president, any vice president, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer or the +controller of the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable, (c) with respect to the +Indenture Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the +Indenture Trustee, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, +Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any other officer of the Indenture Trustee +customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above +designated officers and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other +officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of + +  + +   2    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +and familiarity with the particular subject and who, in each case, shall have +direct responsibility for the administration of the Indenture and (d) with +respect to the Owner Trustee, any officer in the Corporate Trust Administration +Department of the Owner Trustee with direct responsibility for the +administration of the Trust Agreement and the Basic Documents on behalf of the +Owner Trustee. + +“Available Amounts” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of +(i) all Collections received by the Servicer during the related Collection +Period, (ii) the sum of the Repurchase Payments deposited into the Collection +Account with respect to each Receivable that is to become a Repurchased +Receivable on such Distribution Date and (iii) in the case of an Optional +Purchase, the Optional Purchase Price. + +“Bankruptcy Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 101 et +seq. + +“Bankruptcy Remote Party” means each of NARC II, the Issuer, any other trust +created by NARC II or any limited liability company or corporation wholly owned +by NARC II. + +“Base Servicing Fee” means the fee payable to the Servicer on each Distribution +Date for services rendered during the related Collection Period, which shall be +equal to one-twelfth of the Servicing Rate multiplied by the Pool Balance as of +the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Collection +Period or, with respect to the first Distribution Date, the Original Pool +Balance. + +“Basic Documents” means the Purchase Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the +Certificate of Trust, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Administration +Agreement, the Asset Representations Review Agreement, the Note Depository +Agreement and the other documents and certificates delivered in connection +herewith and therewith. + +“Benefit Plan” means an “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of +ERISA, which is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, a “plan” +described in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or any entity whose +underlying assets include “plan assets” by reason of an employee benefit plan’s +or plan’s investment in the entity. + +“Book-Entry Notes” means a beneficial interest in the Notes, ownership and +transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as +described in Section 2.10 of the Indenture. + +“Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks +in the city and state where the Corporate Trust Office is located, New York, +New York, Franklin, Tennessee, Irving, Texas or Wilmington, Delaware are +authorized or obligated by law, regulation, executive order or governmental +decree to be closed. + +“Certificate” means any of the Certificates executed by the Issuer and +authenticated by the Owner Trustee, evidencing a beneficial ownership interest +in the Trust, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A to the Trust +Agreement. + +  + +   3    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Certificate Balance” means, as of any Distribution Date, the Original +Certificate Balance, reduced by all amounts distributed to the +Certificateholders pursuant to Section 5.06(a)(viii) of this Agreement and/or +Section 5.04(b)(6) of the Indenture (but in no event less than zero). For the +purposes of determining whether the vote of the requisite percentage of +Certificateholders necessary to effect any consent, waiver, request or demand +shall have been obtained, the Certificate Balance shall be deemed to be reduced +by the amount equal to the balance (without giving effect to this provision) +evidenced by any Certificate registered in the name of the Seller, the Servicer +or any Person actually known to an Authorized Officer of the Owner Trustee or +the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, to be the Seller or the Servicer or +any of their Affiliates and the vote of any such party shall be excluded for +such calculation (unless at such time all Certificates are then owned by the +Seller or the Servicer or any of their Affiliates). + +“Certificate Distribution Account” means an Eligible Account established by the +Owner Trustee pursuant to Section 5.01(a) of the Trust Agreement. + +“Certificate Factor” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, a seven-digit +decimal figure obtained by dividing the Certificate Balance as of the close of +business on the last day of the related Collection Period by the Original +Certificate Balance. + +“Certificate of Title” means, with respect to any Financed Vehicle, the +certificate of title or other documentary evidence of ownership of such Financed +Vehicle as issued by the department, agency or official of the jurisdiction +(whether in paper or electronic form) in which such Financed Vehicle is titled +responsible for accepting applications for, and maintaining records regarding, +certificates of title and liens thereon. + +“Certificate of Trust” means the Certificate of Trust filed with respect to the +formation of the Issuer pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the Statutory Trust Act. + +“Certificate Owner” means, with respect to a Certificate, any Person who is the +beneficial owner of such Certificate. + +“Certificate Pool Factor” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, a seven +digit decimal figure obtained by dividing the Certificate Balance as of the +close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period by the +Original Pool Balance. + +“Certificate Register” means the register maintained by the Certificate +Registrar pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Trust Agreement recording the names of +the Certificateholders. + +“Certificate Registrar” means U.S. Bank National Association, unless and until a +successor thereto is appointed pursuant to Section 3.03 of the Trust Agreement. +The Certificate Registrar initially designates its offices at 190 South LaSalle +Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603, Attention: NAROT 2020-A, as its offices +for purposes of Section 3.03 of the Trust Agreement. + +“Certificateholder” means a Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in +the Certificate Register. + +“Class” means any one of the classes of the Notes. + +  + +   4    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Class A-1 Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means April 15, 2021. + +“Class A-1 Interest Rate” means 0.97793% per annum. + +“Class A-1 Note” means any of the 0.97793% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1, issued +under the Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture. + +“Class A-1 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-1 Note is +registered in the Note Register. + +“Class A-2 Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means December 15, 2022. + +“Class A-2 Interest Rate” means 1.45% per annum. + +“Class A-2 Note” means any of the 1.45% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2, issued +under the Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture. + +“Class A-2 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-2 Note is +registered in the Note Register. + +“Class A-3 Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means December 16, 2024. + +“Class A-3 Interest Rate” means 1.38% per annum. + +“Class A-3 Note” means any of the 1.38% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3, issued +under the Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture. + +“Class A-3 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-3 Note is +registered in the Note Register. + +“Class A-4 Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means May 17, 2027. + +“Class A-4 Interest Rate” means 1.70% per annum. + +“Class A-4 Note” means any of the 1.70% Asset Backed Notes, Class A-4, issued +under the Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture. + +“Class A-4 Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Class A-4 Note is +registered in the Note Register. + +“Clearing Agency” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” +pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act. + +“Clearing Agency Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial +institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects +book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing +Agency. + +“Closing Date” means April 29, 2020. + +  + +   5    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. + +“Collateral” means the property of the Issuer subject to the Granting Clause of +the Indenture. + +“Collection Account” means the account designated as such, established and +maintained pursuant to Section 5.01. + +“Collection Period” means the period commencing on the first day of each +calendar month and ending on the last day of such calendar month (or, in the +case of the initial Collection Period, the period commencing on the close of +business on the Cut-off Date and ending on April 30, 2020). As used herein, the +“related” Collection Period with respect to a Distribution Date shall be deemed +to be the Collection Period which precedes such Distribution Date. + +“Collections” means, for any Distribution Date, the sum of the following amounts +received during the related Collection Period: (i) all collections on +Receivables, (ii) without duplication of amounts described in clause (i), all +Net Liquidation Proceeds, and (iii) the amount, if any, deposited into the +Collection Account from the Reserve Account. + +“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. + +“Corporate Trust Office” means (a) with respect to the Owner Trustee, the +principal corporate trust office of the Owner Trustee located at Rodney Square +North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890; or at such other +address as the Owner Trustee may designate by notice to the Certificateholders, +or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Owner Trustee (the +address of which the successor Owner Trustee will notify the Certificateholders) +and (b) with respect to the Indenture Trustee, the office of the Indenture +Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be +administered, which office at the date of execution of this Agreement is located +at: (i) for note transfer/surrender purposes, U.S. Bank National Association, +111 Fillmore Avenue East, St. Paul, MN 55107, Attention: Bondholder Services, +and (ii) for all other purposes, U.S. Bank National Association, 190 South +LaSalle Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603 (email: brian.kozack@usbank.com), +Attention: NAROT 2020-A; or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee may +designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders, the Issuer and the +Administrator, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor +Indenture Trustee at the address designated by such successor Indenture Trustee +by notice to the Noteholders, the Issuer and the Administrator. + +“Customary Servicing Practices” means the customary servicing practices of the +Servicer with respect to all comparable motor vehicle receivables that the +Servicer services for itself and others, as such practices may be changed from +time to time by the Servicer in its sole discretion. + +“Cut-off Date” means the close of business on March 31, 2020. + +“Damages” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02. + +“Dealer” means the dealer who sold a Financed Vehicle and who originated and +assigned the related Receivable to NMAC under an existing agreement between such +dealer and NMAC. + +  + +   6    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Dealer Recourse” means, with respect to a Receivable, all recourse rights +against the Dealer which originated the Receivable, and any successor Dealer. + +“Default” means any occurrence that is, or with notice or the lapse of time or +both would become, an Event of Default. + +“Defaulted Receivable” means (a) a Receivable (other than a Repurchased +Receivable), which, by its terms, is delinquent for 120 or more days, (b) with +respect to Receivables that are delinquent for less than 120 days, the Servicer +has (i) determined, in accordance with its customary servicing practices, that +eventual payment in full is unlikely or (ii) repossessed the Financed Vehicle, +or (c) a Receivable with respect to which the Servicer has received notification +that the related Obligor is subject to proceedings under Chapter 13 of the +Bankruptcy Code. + +“Definitive Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10 +of the Indenture. + +“Delinquency Percentage” means, for any Distribution Date and the related +Collection Period, an amount equal to the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of +(i) the aggregate Principal Balance of all 60-Day Delinquent Receivables as of +the last day of such Collection Period to (ii) the Pool Balance as of the last +day of such Collection Period. + +“Delinquency Trigger” means, for any Distribution Date and the related +Collection Period, 4.90%. + +“Delivery” when used with respect to Account Property means: + +(a) with respect to (I) bankers’ acceptances, commercial paper, and negotiable +certificates of deposit and other obligations that constitute “instruments” as +defined in Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC and are susceptible of physical +delivery, transfer of actual possession thereof to the Indenture Trustee or its +nominee or custodian by physical delivery to the Indenture Trustee or its +nominee or custodian endorsed to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or +custodian or endorsed in blank, and (II) with respect to a “certificated +security” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC) transfer of actual +possession thereof (i) by physical delivery of such certificated security to the +Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian endorsed to, or registered in the +name of, the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or endorsed in blank, +or to another person, other than a “securities intermediary” (as defined in +Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC), who acquires possession of the certificated +security on behalf of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or, +having previously acquired possession of the certificate, acknowledges that it +holds for the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian or (ii) if such +certificated security is in registered form, by delivery thereof to a +“securities intermediary”, endorsed to or registered in the name of the +Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, and the making by such +“securities intermediary” of entries on its books and records identifying such +certificated securities as belonging to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or +custodian and the sending by such “securities intermediary” of a confirmation of +the purchase of such certificated security by the Indenture Trustee or its +nominee or custodian (all of the foregoing, “Physical Property”), and, in any +event, any such Physical Property in registered form shall be in the name + +  + +   7    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian; and such additional or +alternative procedures as may hereafter become appropriate to effect the +complete transfer of ownership of any such Account Property to the Indenture +Trustee or its nominee or custodian, consistent with changes in applicable law +or regulations or the interpretation thereof; + +(b) with respect to any securities issued by the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Home +Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association or the +other government agencies, instrumentalities and establishments of the United +States identified in Appendix A to Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7 +as in effect from time to time that is a “book-entry security” (as such term is +defined in Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7) held in a securities +account and eligible for transfer through the Fedwire® Securities Service +operated by the Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry +regulations, the following procedures, all in accordance with applicable law, +including applicable Federal regulations and Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC: +book-entry registration of such Account Property to an appropriate securities +account maintained with a Federal Reserve Bank by a “participant” (as such term +is defined in Federal Reserve Bank Operating Circular No. 7) that is a +“depository institution” (as defined in Section 19(b)(1)(A) of the Federal +Reserve Act) pursuant to applicable Federal regulations, and issuance by such +depository institution of a deposit notice or other written confirmation of such +book-entry registration to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian of +the purchase by the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian of such +book-entry securities; the making by such depository institution of entries in +its books and records identifying such book entry security held through the +Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations or a security +entitlement thereto as belonging to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or +custodian and indicating that such depository institution holds such Account +Property solely as agent for the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian; +and such additional or alternative procedures as may hereafter become +appropriate to effect complete transfer of ownership of any such Account +Property to the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, consistent with +changes in applicable law or regulations or the interpretation thereof; and + +(c) with respect to any item of Account Property that is an “uncertificated +security” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(18) of the UCC) and that is not +governed by clause (b) above, (i) registration on the books and records of the +issuer thereof in the name of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee or custodian, +or (ii) registration on the books and records of the issuer thereof in the name +of another person, other than a securities intermediary, who acknowledges that +it holds such uncertificated security for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee +or its nominee or custodian. + +“Depositor” means NARC II in its capacity as depositor under the Trust +Agreement. + +“Depositor’s Formation Documents” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of +Incorporation of Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, dated as of January 10, +2001 and the by-laws of NARC II, each as may be amended from time to time. + +“Designated Account” means (a) so long as the Administrator or one of its +Affiliates is the sole Certificateholder, the account designated by such +Certificateholder (which need not be under the control of the Paying Agent) and +(b) at any time thereafter, the Certificate Distribution Account. + +  + +   8    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Determination Date” means the tenth calendar day of each calendar month, or if +such tenth day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day. + +“Distribution Date” means, for each Collection Period, the 15th calendar day of +the following calendar month, or if the 15th day is not a Business Day, the next +succeeding Business Day, commencing May 15, 2020. + +“Domestic Corporation” means an entity that is treated as a corporation for +United States federal income tax purposes and is a United States person under +Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code. + +“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company. + +“Eligible Account” means (a) an account maintained with a depository institution +or trust company (which may be the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any +of their respective Affiliates) organized under the laws of the United States of +America or any one of the states thereof or the District of Columbia (or any +domestic branch of a foreign bank) that is subject to regulations substantially +similar to 12 CFR §9.10(b) (i) which at all times has either (A) a long-term +senior unsecured debt rating of at least “Aa2” by Moody’s and at least “BBB” by +S&P, (B) a certificate of deposit rating of at least “P-1” by Moody’s and at +least “A-2” by S&P or (C) such other rating that is acceptable to each Rating +Agency, as evidenced by satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition (each of +(A), (B) or (C), the “Required Deposit Ratings”) and (ii) whose deposits are +insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; provided, that a foreign +financial institution shall be deemed to satisfy clause (ii) if such foreign +financial institution meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) under the +Exchange Act (17 CFR §240.13k-1(b)(1)) or (b) a segregated trust account in the +trust department of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as the case may +be. + +“Eligible Investments” means, at any time, any one or more of the following +obligations, instruments or securities: + +(i) obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment of +principal and interest by, the United States or any agency thereof, provided +such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States; + +(ii) general obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the Federal National +Mortgage Association or any State; provided that such obligations have the +highest available credit rating from each Rating Agency for such obligations; + +(iii) securities bearing interest or sold at a discount issued by any +corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any State; +provided, that at the time of such investment or contractual commitment +providing for such investment, either (a) the long-term unsecured debt of such +corporation has the highest available rating from each Rating Agency for such +obligations or (b) the commercial paper or other short-term debt of such +corporation that is then rated has the highest available credit rating of each +Rating Agency for such obligations; + +  + +   9    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(iv) certificates of deposit, demand deposits, time deposits or bankers’ +acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust company incorporated +under the laws of the United States or any State and subject to supervision and +examination by banking authorities of one or more of such jurisdictions; +provided, however, that at the time of the investment or contractual commitment +to invest therein, the commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt +obligations (other than such obligations the rating of which is based on the +credit of a Person other than such depository institution or trust company) +thereof shall have a credit rating from each of the Rating Agencies in the +highest investment category granted thereby (including applicable plus signs); + +(v) certificates of deposit that are issued by any bank, trust company, savings +bank or other savings institution and insured up to the maximum amount insurable +by the FDIC; + +(vi) investments in money market funds having a rating from each of the Rating +Agencies in the highest investment category granted thereby (including funds for +which the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective +Affiliates is investment manager or advisor); + +(vii) repurchase obligations held by the Owner Trustee or Indenture Trustee with +respect to any obligation or security described in clauses (i), (ii) or +(viii) hereof or any other obligation or security issued or guaranteed by any +other agency or instrumentality of the United States, in either case entered +into with a federal agency or a depository institution or trust company (acting +as principal) described in clause (iv) above; and + +(viii) any other investment with respect to which the acquisition of such +investment as an Eligible Investment will satisfy the Rating Agency Condition; + +provided, that each of the foregoing obligations, instruments and securities +shall mature no later than the Business Day prior to the date on which such +funds are required to be available for application pursuant to any related Basic +Document (other than in the case of the investment of monies in obligations, +instruments or securities of which the entity at which the related account is +located is the obligor, which may mature on such date), and shall be required to +be held to such maturity. + +For purposes of this definition, any reference to the highest available credit +rating of an obligation shall mean the highest available credit rating for such +obligation (excluding any “+” signs associated with such rating) or such lower +credit rating (as approved in writing by each Rating Agency) as will not result +in the qualification, downgrading or withdrawal of the rating then assigned by +such Rating Agency to any of the Notes. + +“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. + +“Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01 +of the Indenture. + +  + +   10    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. + +“Executive Officer” means, with respect to any corporation or depositary +institution, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief +Financial Officer, President, Executive Vice President, any Vice President, the +Secretary or the Treasurer of such corporation or depositary institution; and +with respect to any partnership, any general partner thereof. + +“Expenses” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.01 of the +Trust Agreement. + +“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date hereof (or +any amended or successor provisions that are substantially similar), any current +or future regulations or official interpretations thereunder or official +interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to +Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, any published intergovernmental agreement +entered into in connection with the implementation the foregoing and any fiscal +or regulatory legislation, rules or official practices adopted pursuant to such +published intergovernmental agreement. + +“FATCA Withholding Tax” means any withholding or deduction required pursuant to +FATCA. + +“Final Scheduled Distribution Date” means, the Class A-1 Final Scheduled +Distribution Date, the Class A-2 Final Scheduled Distribution Date, the +Class A-3 Final Scheduled Distribution Date and the Class A-4 Final Scheduled +Distribution Date, as applicable. + +“Financed Vehicle” means a new, near-new or used automobile or light-duty truck, +together with all accessions thereto, securing an Obligor’s indebtedness under +the related Receivable. + +“Grant” means mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, +release, convey, assign, transfer, create, and grant a lien upon and a security +interest in and right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm pursuant +to the Indenture. A Grant of the Collateral or of any other agreement or +instrument shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the +obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including the immediate and +continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal +and interest payments in respect of the Collateral and all other moneys payable +thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make +waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring +Proceedings in the name of the granting party or otherwise, and generally to do +and receive anything that the granting party is or may be entitled to do or +receive thereunder or with respect thereto. + +“Hague Securities Convention” means the Hague Convention on the Law Applicable +to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities Held with an Intermediary (concluded +July 5, 2006). + +“Holder” or “Securityholder” means the registered holder of any Certificate or +Note as evidenced by the Certificate Register or Note Register. + +  + +   11    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of the Closing Date, between the Issuer +and U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee. + +“Indenture Trustee” means the Person acting as Indenture Trustee under the +Indenture, its successors in interest and any successor trustee under the +Indenture. + +“Independent” means, when used with respect to any specified Person, that the +Person is in fact independent of the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator, +the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes or any Affiliate of any of the +foregoing Persons because, among other things, such Person (a) is not an +employee, officer or director or otherwise controlled thereby or under common +control therewith, (b) does not have any direct financial interest or any +material indirect financial interest therein (whether as holder of securities +thereof or party to contract therewith or otherwise), and (c) is not and has not +within the preceding twelve months been a promoter, underwriter, trustee, +partner, director or person performing similar functions therefor or otherwise +had legal, contractual or fiduciary or other duties to act on behalf of or for +the benefit thereof. + +“Independent Certificate” means a certificate or opinion to be delivered to the +Indenture Trustee, made by an Independent appraiser or other expert appointed by +an Issuer Order and approved by the Indenture Trustee in the exercise of +reasonable care, and such opinion or certificate shall state that the signer has +read the definition of “Independent” and that the signer is Independent within +the meaning thereof. + +“Insolvency Event” means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) the entry of a +decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in +respect of such Person or all or substantially all of its property in an +involuntary case under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or +other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, +liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for +such Person or for all or substantially all of its property, or ordering the +winding-up or liquidation of such Person’s affairs, and such decree or order +shall remain unstayed and in effect for more than 90 consecutive days; or +(b) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any applicable +federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in +effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an +involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by such Person to the +appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, +custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for all +or substantially all of its property, or the making by such Person of any +general assignment for the benefit of creditors. + +“Instituting Noteholders” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.08(a) of the +Indenture. + +“Interest Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date and the Class A-1 +Notes, the period from (and including) the preceding Distribution Date or (in +the case of the first Distribution Date) the Closing Date to (but excluding) +such Distribution Date, and, with respect to any Distribution Date and the +Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the Class A-4 Notes, the period from +(and including) the 15th day of the preceding calendar month or (in the case of +the first Distribution Date) the Closing Date to (but excluding) the 15th day of +the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. + +  + +   12    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Interest Rate” means the Class A-1 Interest Rate, the Class A-2 Interest Rate, +the Class A-3 Interest Rate or the Class A-4 Interest Rate, as the case may be. + +“Investor” means (a) with respect to any Book-Entry Note, each related Note +Owner and (b) with respect to any Definitive Note, each related Noteholder. + +“Issuer” means Nissan Auto Receivables 2020-A Owner Trust unless and until a +successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of +any provision contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on +the Notes. + +“Issuer Order” and “Issuer Request” mean a written order or request signed in +the name of the Issuer by any one of its Authorized Officers and delivered to +the Indenture Trustee. + +“Lien” means any security interest, lien, charge, pledge, equity or encumbrance +of any kind, other than Permitted Liens. + +“Liquidated Receivable” means a Defaulted Receivable as to which the related +Financed Vehicle has been liquidated by the Servicer. + +“Monthly Remittance Condition” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in +Section 5.02. + +“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. + +“NARC II” means Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, a Delaware corporation. + +“Net Liquidation Proceeds” means the monies collected from whatever source on a +Liquidated Receivable, net of the sum of any amounts expended by the Servicer +for the account of the Obligor, plus any amounts required by law to be remitted +to the Obligor. + +“Nissan” means Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. + +“NMAC” means Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, a California corporation. + +“Non-U.S. Person” means any Person who is not (i) a citizen or resident of the +United States who is a natural person, (ii) a corporation or partnership (or an +entity treated as a corporation or partnership) created or organized in or under +the laws of the United States or any state thereof, including the District of +Columbia (unless, in the case of a partnership, Treasury Regulations are adopted +that provide otherwise), (iii) an estate, the income of which is subject to +United States Federal income taxation, regardless of its source, (iv) a trust, +if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over +the administration of the trust and one or more United States persons (as +defined in the Code and Treasury Regulations) have the authority to control all +substantial decisions of the trust; or (v) a trust that was in existence prior +to August 20, 1996 and that, under Treasury Regulations, is eligible to elect, +and does validly elect, to be treated as a United States person (as defined in +the Code and Treasury Regulations) despite not meeting the requirements of +clause (iv). + +  + +   13    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Note” means a Class A-1 Note, a Class A-2 Note, a Class A-3 Note or a Class A-4 +Note, as the context may require. + +“Note Depository Agreement” means the agreement entitled “Letter of +Representations” dated on or before the Closing Date executed by the Issuer in +favor of the Clearing Agency with respect to certain matters relating to the +duties thereof with respect to the Book-Entry Notes. + +“Note Factor” means, with respect to any Class of Notes and any Distribution +Date, a seven-digit decimal figure obtained by dividing the Outstanding Amount +of such Class of Notes, as of the close of business on the last day of the +related Collection Period, by the initial Outstanding Amount of that Class of +Notes. + +“Note Owner” means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, any Person who is the +beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the +Clearing Agency or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such +Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect +participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency). + +“Note Pool Factor” means, with respect to any Class of Notes and any +Distribution Date, a seven-digit decimal figure obtained by dividing the +Outstanding Amount of such Class of Notes as of the close of business on the +last day of the related Collection Period by the Original Pool Balance. + +“Note Register” means the Register of Noteholders’ information maintained by the +Note Registrar pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture. + +“Note Registrar” means the Indenture Trustee unless and until a successor Note +Registrar shall have been appointed pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture. + +“Noteholder” shall mean any of the Class A-1 Noteholders, the Class A-2 +Noteholders, the Class A-3 Noteholders or the Class A-4 Noteholders. + +“Noteholder Direction” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.08(a) of the +Indenture. + +“Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall” means, with respect to any +Distribution Date and a Class of Notes, the excess, if any, of the sum of the +Noteholders’ Monthly Interest Distributable Amount for such Class for the +preceding Distribution Date plus any outstanding Noteholders’ Interest Carryover +Shortfall for such Class on such preceding Distribution Date, over the amount in +respect of interest that is actually paid on the Notes of such Class on such +preceding Distribution Date, plus, to the extent permitted by applicable law, +interest on the Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall at the related +Interest Rate for the related Interest Period (calculated on the same basis as +interest on that Class of Notes for the same period). + +“Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any +Distribution Date and a Class of Notes, the sum of the Noteholders’ Monthly +Interest Distributable Amount for such Class and Distribution Date plus any +outstanding Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall for such Class and +Distribution Date. + +  + +   14    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Noteholders’ Monthly Interest Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any +Distribution Date and a Class of Notes, interest accrued for the related +Interest Period (calculated on the basis of, in the case of the Class A-1 Notes, +the actual number of days in such Interest Period and a year assumed to consist +of 360 days, and in the case of the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes and the +Class A-4 Notes, such Interest Period being assumed to consist of 30 days and a +year assumed to consist of 360 days) at the related Interest Rate for such +Class of Notes on the Outstanding Amount of the Notes of such Class on the +immediately preceding Distribution Date, after giving effect to all payments of +principal to Noteholders of such Class on or prior to such Distribution Date +(or, in the case of the first Distribution Date, on the original principal +amount of such Class of Notes). + +“Noteholders’ Principal Carryover Shortfall” means, with respect to any +Distribution Date, the excess, if any, of the Noteholders’ Principal +Distributable Amount for the preceding Distribution Date over the amount in +respect of principal that is actually paid as principal on the Notes on such +previous Distribution Date. Noteholders’ Principal Carryover Shortfall is not +used to determine the amount of principal due on the Notes on any Distribution +Date, but is used solely for reporting purposes. + +“Noteholders’ Principal Distributable Amount” means, with respect to any +Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such +Distribution Date until the outstanding principal amount of each Class of Notes +has been reduced to zero, and for any Distribution Date thereafter, an amount +equal to zero. + +“Notes” means the Class A-1 Notes, the Class A-2 Notes, the Class A-3 Notes, and +the Class A-4 Notes. + +“Obligor” on a Receivable means the purchaser or co-purchasers of the Financed +Vehicle or any other Person who owes payments under the Receivable (but +excluding any Dealer in respect of Dealer Recourse). + +“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Authorized Officer of +the Issuer, the Seller or the Servicer, as applicable. + +“Opinion of Counsel” means one or more written opinions of counsel who may, +except as otherwise provided herein, be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer, +the Seller or the Servicer, which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the +recipient of such opinion. + +“Optional Purchase” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in +Section 9.01(a) + +“Optional Purchase Percentage” means 5.00%. + +“Optional Purchase Price” means, an amount equal to the greater of (a) the +aggregate Repurchase Payments for the Receivables (including Receivables that +became Defaulted Receivables in the Collection Period preceding the Distribution +Date on which a purchase pursuant to Section 9.01 is effected) and (b) the sum +of (i) the Outstanding Amount of all Classes of Notes, (ii) the Noteholders’ +Interest Distributable Amount for all Classes of Notes for such Distribution +Date and (iii) any amounts due pursuant to Sections 5.06(a)(v) and (vi). + +  + +   15    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Original Certificate Balance” means $47,137,850.19. + +“Original Pool Balance” means the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables +on the Cut-off Date. + +“Original Principal Amount” means $162,000,000 for the Class A-1 Notes, +$352,000,000 for the Class A-2 Notes, $401,000,000 for the Class A-3 Notes and +$85,000,000 for the Class A-4 Notes. + +“Other Assets” means any assets (or interests therein) (other than the Owner +Trust Estate) conveyed or purported to be conveyed by the Seller to another +Person or Persons other than the Issuer, whether by way of a sale, capital +contribution or by virtue of the granting of a lien. + +“Outstanding” means, as of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore +authenticated and delivered under the Indenture except: + +(a) Notes theretofore canceled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note +Registrar for cancellation; + +(b) Notes or portions thereof the payment for which money in the necessary +amount has been theretofore deposited with the Indenture Trustee or any Paying +Agent in trust for the Holders of such Notes; and + +(c) Notes in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been +authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture unless proof satisfactory +to the Indenture Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by a +protected purchaser; + +provided, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite percentage of +the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, or any Class of Notes, have given any +request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, or waiver hereunder +or under any Basic Document, Notes owned by the Issuer, NARC II, NMAC, a +Certificateholder or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing Persons shall be +disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, unless all Notes are owned by the +Issuer, NARC II, NMAC, a Certificateholder or any of their respective +Affiliates; provided, further, that, in determining whether the Indenture +Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, +authorization, direction, notice, consent, or waiver, only Notes that the +Indenture Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned +that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the +pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee the pledgee’s +right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the +Issuer, NARC II, NMAC, a Certificateholder or any Affiliate of any of the +foregoing Persons. + +“Outstanding Amount” means the aggregate principal amount of all Notes, or, if +indicated by the context, all Notes of any Class, Outstanding at the date of +determination. + +“Owner Trust Estate” means all right, title and interest of the Issuer in and to +the Receivables (other than Repurchased Receivables), and all monies paid +thereon, and all monies accrued thereon, after the Cut-off Date; security +interests in the Financed Vehicles and any accessions thereto; the Accounts and +all funds deposited in the Accounts; all property (including + +  + +   16    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +the right to receive Net Liquidation Proceeds) that shall have secured a +Receivable and that shall have been acquired by or on behalf of the Issuer; +proceeds from claims on any physical damage, credit life or disability insurance +policies covering the Financed Vehicles or the Obligors; all right to receive +payments in respect of any Dealer Recourse with respect to the Receivables; all +right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Purchase Agreement and the +Assignment; all right, title and interest of the Issuer pursuant to this +Agreement, the Administration Agreement; certain rebates of premiums and other +amounts relating to certain insurance policies and other items financed under +the Receivables in effect as of the Cut-off Date; and the proceeds of any and +all of the foregoing. + +“Owner Trustee” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, not in its +individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement, or +any successor Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement. + +“Paying Agent” means, (i) under the Indenture, U.S. Bank National Association, +as Indenture Trustee, or any other Person that meets the eligibility standards +for the Indenture Trustee set forth in Section 6.11 of the Indenture and is +authorized by the Issuer to make the payments to and distributions from the +Collection Account, including the payment of principal of or interest on the +Notes on behalf of the Issuer, and (ii) under the Trust Agreement, any paying +agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.08 of the Trust +Agreement that is authorized to make distributions from the Certificate +Distribution Account, and shall initially be U.S. Bank National Association. + +“Permitted Liens” means (a) any liens created by the Basic Documents; (b) any +liens for taxes not yet due and payable or the amount of which is being +contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; and (c) any liens of +mechanics, suppliers, vendors, materialmen, laborers, employees, repairmen and +other like liens securing obligations which are not due and payable or the +amount or validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate +proceedings. + +“Person” means any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, +association, joint stock company, limited liability company, trust, +unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision +thereof. + +“Physical Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the +definition of “Delivery.” + +“Pool Balance” as of the close of business on the last day of a Collection +Period means the aggregate Principal Balance of the Receivables (reduced by the +principal balance of any Repurchased Receivables and Defaulted Receivables) as +of the close of business on such day. + +“Pool Factor” for a particular Class of Notes or Certificates on any +Distribution Date means a seven-digit decimal figure indicating the principal +amount of such Class of Notes or the Certificate Balance, as the case may be, as +of the close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period as a +fraction of the Original Pool Balance. + +  + +   17    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Predecessor Note” means, with respect to any particular Note, every previous +Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such +particular Note; and, for the purpose of this definition, any Note authenticated +and delivered under Section 2.05 of the Indenture in lieu of a mutilated, lost, +destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the +mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note. + +“Prepayment” means, with respect to any Receivable, any prepayment, whether in +part or in full, in respect of such Receivable. + +“Principal Balance” of a Receivable, as of any date of determination, means the +outstanding principal balance of such Receivable calculated in accordance with +the Customary Servicing Practices. + +“Principal Distribution Amount” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, an +amount equal to (i) the excess, if any, of (x) the Adjusted Pool Balance as of +the beginning of the related Collection Period, or in the case of the first +Collection Period, as of the Cut-off Date, over (y) the Adjusted Pool Balance as +of the end of the related Collection Period and (ii) any Noteholders’ Principal +Distributable Amount not paid to the Noteholders on a prior Distribution Date +because Available Amounts on such Distribution Date were not sufficient to make +such payments; provided, however, that the Principal Distribution Amount on the +Final Scheduled Distribution Date for any Class of Notes shall not be less than +the amount necessary to reduce the outstanding principal amount of such Class to +zero. + +“Proceeding” means any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or +administrative proceeding. + +“Purchase Agreement” means that certain agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, +between NMAC and the Seller, relating to the purchase by the Seller from NMAC of +the Receivables. + +“Purchased Assets” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1 +of the Purchase Agreement. + +“Rating Agency” means as of any date, any of the nationally recognized +statistical rating organizations that has been requested by the Seller or one of +its Affiliates to rate any Class of Notes and that is rating such Class of Notes +on such date. + +“Rating Agency Condition” means, with respect to any event or action and each +Rating Agency, either (a) written confirmation (which may be in the form of a +letter, a press release or other publication, or a change in such Rating +Agency’s published ratings criteria to this effect) by such Rating Agency that +the occurrence of such event or action will not cause it to downgrade, qualify +or withdraw its rating assigned to the Notes or (b) that such Rating Agency +shall have been given notice of such event or action at least ten (10) days +prior to such event or action (or, if ten (10) days’ advance notice is +impracticable, as much advance notice as is practicable) and such Rating Agency +shall not have issued any written notice that the occurrence of such event or +action will cause it to downgrade, qualify or withdraw its rating assigned to +the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Rating Agency has any duty to +review any notice given with respect to any event or action. + +  + +   18    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Receivable” means any retail installment sale contract that appears on the +Schedule of Receivables and that has not been released by the Issuer. + +“Receivable File” means the records (whether tangible or electronic) specified +in Section 2.02 pertaining to a particular Receivable. + +“Record Date” means, with respect to the Notes of any Class and each +Distribution Date, the Business Day immediately preceding such Distribution +Date, and, with respect to the Certificates or if Definitive Notes, representing +any Class of Notes, have been issued, the last day of the Collection Period +preceding the related Distribution Date. + +“Redemption Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in +Section 9.01(a). + +“Redemption Price” means an amount equal to the sum of (a) the Outstanding +Amount of all Notes redeemed, plus (b) accrued and unpaid interest thereon at +the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for the Notes being so redeemed, +up to but excluding the Redemption Date. + +“Registered Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the +Note Register on the applicable Record Date. + +“Regulation AB” means Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation +AB), 17 C.F.R. §§229.1100-229.1125, as such regulation may be amended from time +to time, subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided +by the Commission in the adopting release (Asset-Backed Securities, Securities +Act Release No. 33-8518. 70 Fed. Reg. 1,506, 1,531 (January 7, 2005); +Asset-Backed Securities Disclosure and Registration, Securities Act Release +No. 33-9638. 79 Fed. Reg. 57184 (September 24, 2014)) or by the staff of the +Commission, or as may be provided in writing by the Commission or its staff from +time to time. + +“Relevant Trustee” means (i) with respect to the control over or appropriate +designation denoting ownership or control over any property comprising a portion +of the Owner Trust Estate that either is not conveyed or pledged to the +Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders pursuant to the Granting +Clause of the Indenture or that has been released from the lien of the +Indenture, the Owner Trustee, and (ii) with respect to any property comprising a +portion of the Collateral that has not been released from the lien of the +Indenture, the Indenture Trustee; provided, however, that with respect to any +property that is under the joint or separate control of a co-trustee or separate +trustee under the Trust Agreement or the Indenture, respectively, “Relevant +Trustee” shall refer to either or both of the Owner Trustee and such co-trustee +or separate trustee or to either or both of the Indenture Trustee and such +co-trustee or separate trustee, as the case may be. + +“Repurchase Payment” for any Repurchased Receivable as of the last day of any +Collection Period, means the sum of the Principal Balance thereof as of the +beginning of such Collection Period plus interest accrued thereon through the +due date for the Obligor’s payment in such Collection Period at the related APR, +after giving effect to the receipt of monies collected on such Repurchased +Receivable, if any, during such Collection Period. + +  + +   19    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Repurchased Receivable” means a Receivable purchased as of the close of +business on the last day of a Collection Period by the Servicer pursuant to +Section 4.06 by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.02 or by NMAC pursuant to +Section 4.3 of the Purchase Agreement. + +“Required Deposit Rating” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the +definition of “Eligible Account.” + +“Required Rate” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, 6.10%. + +“Reserve Account” means the account designated as such, established and +maintained pursuant to Section 5.01 and Section 5.07. + +“Reserve Account Initial Deposit” means $10,471,378.50. + +“Retained Notes” if any, means any Notes beneficially owned by the Issuer or an +entity which, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, is treated as the same +Person as the Issuer, until such time as such Notes are the subject of an +opinion pursuant to Section 2.04(g) of the Indenture. + +“Review Notice” means the notice delivered by the Indenture Trustee in +accordance with Section 7.08(b) of the Indenture to NMAC, the Seller, the Asset +Representations Reviewer and the Servicer. + +“Review Report” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.5 of +the Asset Representations Review Agreement. + +“Review Satisfaction Date” means, with respect to any Asset Review, the first +date on which (a) the Delinquency Percentage for any Payment Date exceeds the +Delinquency Trigger and (b) a Noteholder Direction with respect to such Asset +Review has occurred. + +“Schedule of Receivables” means the schedule of receivables on file with the +Indenture Trustee, as it may be amended from time to time. + +“Section 385 Controlled Partnership” shall have the meaning set forth in +Treasury Regulation Section 1.385-1(c)(1) for a “controlled partnership”. + +“Section 385 Expanded Group” shall have the meaning set forth in Treasury +Regulation Section 1.385-1(c)(4) for an “expanded group”. + +“Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. + +“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933. + +“Securityholders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in this +Section 1.01 under the definition of “Holder.” + +“Seller” means NARC II, as the seller of the Receivables under this Agreement, +and each successor to NARC II (in the same capacity) pursuant to Section 6.04. + +  + +   20    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Servicer” means NMAC, as the servicer of the Receivables, and each successor to +NMAC (in the same capacity) pursuant to Section 7.03 or 8.02. + +“Servicer Default” means an event specified in Section 8.01. + +“Servicer’s Certificate” means a certificate completed and executed on behalf of +the Servicer by the president, any executive vice president, any vice president, +the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the controller or any assistant +controller of the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.08. + +“Servicing Criteria” shall mean the “servicing criteria” set forth in +Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB. + +“Servicing Rate” means 1.00% per annum. + +“Similar Law” means a law that is similar to the fiduciary responsibility or +prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. + +“Simple Interest Method” means the method of allocating a fixed level payment to +principal and interest pursuant to which the portion of such payment that is +allocated to interest is equal to the product of the fixed rate of interest +multiplied by the unpaid principal balance multiplied by the quotient obtained +by calculating the period of time elapsed since the preceding payment of +interest was made and dividing such period of time by 365 or 366, as +appropriate. + +“Simple Interest Receivable” means any Receivable under which the portion of a +payment allocable to interest and the portion allocable to principal is +determined in accordance with the Simple Interest Method. + +“Specified Reserve Account Balance” means with respect to any Distribution Date, +an amount equal to not less than 1.00% of the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the +Cut-off Date provided, that on any Distribution Date after the Notes are no +longer Outstanding following payment in full of the principal of and interest on +the Notes, the “Specified Reserve Account Balance” shall be $0. + +“Sponsor” means NMAC. + +“Statutory Trust Act” means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. +Code § 3801 et seq. + +“Subject Receivables” means, for any Asset Review, all Receivables which are +60-Day Delinquent Receivables as of the end of the Collection Period immediately +preceding the related Review Satisfaction Date. + +“Successor Servicer” means any entity appointed as a successor to the Servicer +pursuant to Section 8.02. + +“Supplemental Servicing Fee” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, all +late fees, prepayment charges and other administrative fees and expenses or +similar charges allowed by applicable law received by the Servicer with respect +to the Receivables during the related Collection Period. + +  + +   21    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings. + +“Tax Information” means information and/or properly completed and signed tax +certifications sufficient to eliminate the imposition of or to determine the +amount of any withholding of tax, including FATCA Withholding Tax. + +“Test Fail” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Asset +Representations Review Agreement. + +“Transferred Assets” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in +Section 2.01. + +“Treasury Regulations” means regulations, including proposed or temporary +regulations, promulgated under the Code. References herein to specific +provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous +provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury +Regulations. + +“Trust Agreement” means the Trust Agreement, dated as of April 2, 2020, as +amended by the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of the Closing +Date, between the Seller, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Owner +Trustee, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Certificate Registrar and Paying +Agent. + +“Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force +on the date hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided. + +“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant +jurisdiction. + +“Verification Documents” means, with respect to any Note Owner, a certification +from such Note Owner certifying that such Person is in fact, a Note Owner, as +well as an additional piece of documentation reasonably satisfactory to the +recipient, such as a trade confirmation, account statement, letter from a broker +or dealer or other similar document. + +“YSOC Amount” means, (i) as of the Closing Date, $72,495,090.62, and +(ii) thereafter, with respect to any Collection Period and the related +Distribution Date, the aggregate amount by which the Principal Balance as of the +last day of such Collection Period of each Receivable (other than a Receivable +that is a non-collectible Receivable, a Defaulted Receivable or a Repurchased +Receivable), exceeds the present value of each scheduled payment of each such +Receivable assuming the discount rate of such Receivable is the greater of the +Required Rate or the Receivable’s contract rate and that such scheduled payments +(assumed to be equal monthly payments that amortize the Principal Balance of the +Receivable to zero, using its contract rate, over the remaining term of the +contract) are made on the last day of each month and each month has 30 days. + +  + +   22    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SECTION 1.02 Usage of Terms. With respect to all terms in this Agreement, the +singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words importing any +gender include the other genders; references to “writing” include printing, +typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a visible form; +references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all +subsequent amendments, amendments and restatements and supplements thereto or +changes therein entered into in accordance with their respective terms and not +prohibited by this Agreement; references to Persons include their permitted +successors and assigns; references to laws include their amendments and +supplements, the rules and regulations thereunder and any successors thereto; +the term “including” means “including without limitation;” and the term “or” is +not exclusive. + +ARTICLE II. + +Conveyance of Receivables + +SECTION 2.01 Conveyance of Receivables. + +(a) In consideration of the promises and the agreements, provisions and +covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration to be +delivered to the Seller hereunder, the Seller does hereby sell, transfer, assign +and otherwise convey to the Issuer, without recourse (but subject to the +Seller’s obligations in this Agreement) (collectively, the “Transferred +Assets”): + +(i) all right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Purchased Assets; + +(ii) the rights of the Seller under the Purchase Agreement and the Assignment; + +(iii) all other assets comprising the Owner Trust Estate; and + +(iv) all proceeds of the foregoing. + +On the Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver to, or to the order of, the Issuer +the Transferred Assets and in consideration therefor, the Issuer shall deliver +to, or to the order of, the Seller, the Notes and the Certificates. +Notwithstanding the foregoing, monies received in respect of the Receivables +after the Cut-off Date and before the Closing Date shall be deposited by NMAC +(in its individual capacity or as the Servicer) into the Collection Account no +later than the Business Day preceding the first Distribution Date. + +(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Receivables and other +Transferred Assets are held to be property of the Seller, or if for any reason +this Agreement is held or deemed to create indebtedness or a security interest +in the Receivables and other Transferred Assets, then it is intended that: + +(i) This Agreement shall be deemed to be a security agreement within the meaning +of Articles 8 and 9 of the New York UCC and the UCC of any other applicable +jurisdiction; + +  + +   23    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(ii) The conveyance provided for in Section 2.01 shall be deemed to be a grant +by the Seller of, and the Seller hereby grants to the Issuer, a security +interest in all of its right (including the power to convey title thereto), +title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the +Receivables and other Transferred Assets, to secure such indebtedness and the +performance of the obligations of the Seller hereunder; + +(iii) The possession by the Issuer, or the Servicer as the Issuer’s agent, of +the Receivable Files and any other property as constitute instruments, money, +negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be “possession by the +secured party” or possession by the purchaser or a person designated by such +purchaser, for purposes of perfecting the security interest pursuant to the New +York UCC and the UCC of any other applicable jurisdiction; and + +(iv) Notifications to persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, +receipts or confirmations from persons holding such property, shall be deemed to +be notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, bailees +or agents (as applicable) of the Issuer for the purpose of perfecting such +security interest under applicable law. + +SECTION 2.02 Custody of Receivable Files. To assure uniform quality in servicing +the Receivables and to reduce administrative costs, the Issuer, upon the +execution and delivery of this Agreement, appoints the Servicer, and the +Servicer accepts such appointment, to act as the agent of the Issuer as +custodian of the following documents or instruments (or a photocopy or other +image thereof that the Servicer shall keep on file in accordance with its +Customary Servicing Practices) that are hereby constructively delivered to the +Issuer with respect to each Receivable (but only to the extent applicable to +such Receivable and only to the extent held in tangible paper form or electronic +form) (collectively, the “Receivable Files”): + +(a) the original of each tangible record constituting or forming a part of such +Receivable that is tangible chattel paper (as such term is used in Section 9-105 +of the UCC) and a single “authoritative copy” (as such term is used in +Section 9-105 of the UCC) of each electronic record constituting or forming a +part of each Receivable that is electronic chattel paper, fully executed by the +Obligor; + +(b) the original credit application executed by the related Obligor; + +(c) the original Certificate of Title or, if not yet received, evidence that an +application therefor has been submitted with the appropriate authority, a +guaranty of title from a Dealer or such other document (electronic or otherwise, +as used in the applicable jurisdiction) that the Servicer keeps on file, in +accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, evidencing the security +interest of NMAC in the Financed Vehicle; provided, however, that in lieu of +being held in the Receivable File, the Certificate of Title may be held by a +third party service provider engaged by the Servicer to obtain or hold +Certificates of Title; and + +  + +   24    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(d) any and all other records (whether tangible or electronic) that the Servicer +shall keep on file, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, +relating to such Receivable, the related Obligor or Financed Vehicle. + +SECTION 2.03 Acceptance by Issuer. The Issuer acknowledges its acceptance +pursuant to this Agreement, of all right, title and interest in and to the +Receivables and the other Transferred Assets conveyed by the Seller pursuant to +this Agreement and declares and shall declare from and after the date hereof +that the Issuer holds and shall hold such right, title and interest, upon the +terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. + +ARTICLE III. + +The Receivables + +SECTION 3.01 Representations and Warranties of the Seller with Respect to the +Receivables. The Seller makes the representations and warranties set forth on +Schedule I to this Agreement as to the Receivables on which the Issuer is deemed +to have relied in acquiring the Receivables. Such representations and warranties +speak as of the Closing Date or as of such date expressly set forth therein, but +shall survive the sale, transfer and assignment of the Receivables to the Issuer +and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. + +SECTION 3.02 Repurchase upon Breach. The Seller, the Servicer, the Issuer, the +Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, as the case may be, shall inform the +other parties to this Agreement and the Indenture Trustee promptly, in writing, +upon the discovery of any breach of the Seller’s representations and warranties +pursuant to Section 3.01 that materially and adversely affects the interests of +the Securityholders in any Receivable; provided, that the delivery of the +Servicer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 4.08 shall be deemed to constitute +prompt written notice by the Servicer of such breach. If the breach materially +and adversely affects the interests of the Securityholders in such Receivable, +then the Seller shall either (a) correct or cure such breach or (b) repurchase +such Receivable from the Issuer, in either case on or before the Distribution +Date following the end of the Collection Period which includes the 60th day (or, +if the Seller elects, an earlier date) after the date that the Seller became +aware or was notified of such breach. Any such breach or failure will be deemed +not to have a material and adverse effect on the interests of Securityholders if +such breach or failure does not affect the ability of the Issuer to receive and +retain timely payment in full on such Receivable. In consideration of the +purchase of the Receivables, the Seller shall remit (or cause to be remitted) +the Repurchase Payment in the manner specified in Section 5.05. Upon payment of +such Repurchase Payment by the Seller, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee +shall release and shall execute and deliver such instruments of release, +transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse or representation, as +shall be reasonably requested of it to vest in the Seller or its designee any +Receivable and any related Purchased Assets repurchased pursuant hereto. The +Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of +any breach of the Seller’s representations and warranties unless an Authorized +Officer has actual knowledge thereof or has received written notice thereof in +accordance with the Basic Documents. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture +Trustee will have any duty to conduct an affirmative investigation as to the +occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase of any Receivable pursuant +to this Section 3.02. The sole remedy of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee (by +operation + +  + +   25    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +of the assignment of the Issuer’s rights hereunder pursuant to the Indenture), +or any Securityholder with respect to a breach with a material adverse effect on +the interests of Securityholders caused by the Seller’s representations and +warranties pursuant to Section 3.01, shall be to require the Seller to +repurchase Receivables pursuant to this Section 3.02. + +SECTION 3.03 Duties of Servicer as Custodian. + +(a) Safekeeping. The Servicer, in its capacity as custodian, shall hold the +Receivable Files for the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as +pledgee of the Issuer. In performing its duties as custodian, the Servicer shall +act in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices. The Servicer will +promptly report to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee any failure on its part +to hold a material portion of the Receivable Files and maintain its accounts, +records and computer systems as herein provided in all material respects and +promptly take appropriate action to remedy any such material failure. The +Servicer may, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices: (i) maintain +all or a portion of the Receivable Files in electronic form and (ii) maintain +custody of all or any portion of the Receivable Files with one or more of its +agents or designees. Nothing in this Section 3.03 shall affect the obligation of +the Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information +regarding the Obligors and the failure of the Servicer to provide access to +information as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this +Section 3.03. + +(b) Maintenance of and Access to Records. The Servicer shall maintain each +Receivable File in the United States (it being understood that the Receivable +Files, or any part thereof, may be maintained at the offices of any Person to +whom the Servicer has delegated responsibilities in accordance with +Section 4.12). The Servicer shall make available to the Issuer and the Indenture +Trustee or their respective duly authorized representatives, attorneys or +auditors the Receivable Files and the related accounts, records and computer +systems maintained by the Servicer at such times during normal business hours +upon reasonable prior written notice as the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee +shall instruct. The Servicer shall permit the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and +their respective agents at any time during normal business hours upon reasonable +prior written notice to inspect, audit and make copies of and abstracts from the +Servicer’s records regarding any Receivable. + +(c) Release of Receivable Files. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation +of a Servicer Default or to the extent necessary for the Indenture Trustee to +comply with its obligations under the Basic Documents, the Servicer shall, upon +instruction from the Indenture Trustee, release any Receivable File to the +Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee’s agent or the Indenture Trustee’s +designee, as the case may be, at such place or places as the Indenture Trustee +may designate, as soon as commercially practicable. Any document so released +will be handled by the Indenture Trustee with due care and returned to the +Servicer for safekeeping as soon as the Indenture Trustee or its agent or +designee, as the case may be, has no further need therefor. + +  + +   26    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SECTION 3.04 Instructions; Authority To Act. The Servicer shall be deemed to +have received proper instructions with respect to the Receivable Files upon its +receipt of written instructions signed by an Authorized Officer of the Issuer or +the Indenture Trustee. + +SECTION 3.05 Custodian’s Indemnification. The Servicer, as custodian, shall +indemnify the Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee for any and +all liabilities, obligations, losses, compensatory damages, payments, costs or +expenses of any kind whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and +expenses) that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any of them as +the result of any improper act or omission in any way relating to the +maintenance and custody by the Servicer as custodian of the Receivable Files +including any legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with the +enforcement by any such Person of any indemnification or other obligation of the +Servicer as custodian; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be liable +to the Owner Trustee for any portion of any such amount resulting from the +willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of the Owner Trustee, and the +Servicer shall not be liable to the Indenture Trustee for any portion of any +such amount resulting from the willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence of +the Indenture Trustee. Any indemnity claimed under this Section 3.05 shall be +subject to the procedures described in Section 7.02. + +SECTION 3.06 Effective Period and Termination. The Servicer’s appointment as +custodian shall become effective as of the Cut-off Date, and shall continue in +full force and effect until terminated pursuant to this Section 3.06. If NMAC +resigns as Servicer in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or if +all of the rights and obligations of any Servicer shall have been terminated +under Section 8.01, the appointment of NMAC as custodian may be terminated by +the Indenture Trustee or by the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than 25% of +the Outstanding Amount of the Notes or, with the consent of Holders of the Notes +evidencing not less than 25% of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, by the +Owner Trustee or by the Certificateholders evidencing not less than 25% of the +Certificate Balance, in the same manner as the Indenture Trustee or such Holders +may terminate the rights and obligations of the Servicer under Section 8.01. As +soon as practicable after any termination of such appointment, the Servicer +shall deliver the Receivable Files and the related accounts and records +maintained by the Servicer to the Relevant Trustee or the agent thereof at such +place or places as the Relevant Trustee may reasonably designate. + +ARTICLE IV. + +Administration and Servicing of Receivables + +SECTION 4.01 Duties of Servicer. + +(a) The Servicer is hereby appointed by the Issuer and authorized to act as +agent for the Issuer and, in such capacity, shall manage, service, administer +and make collections on the Receivables in accordance with its Customary +Servicing Practices, using that degree of skill and attention that the Servicer +exercises with respect to all comparable receivables that it services for itself +or others. There are no requirements under the Basic Documents to maintain a +back-up servicer. The Servicer and its Affiliates may engage in any marketing +practice or promotion or any sale of any products, goods or services to Obligors +with respect to the Receivables so long as such + +  + +   27    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +practices, promotions or sales are offered to obligors of comparable motor +vehicle receivables serviced by the Servicer for itself and others, whether or +not such practices, promotions or sales might result in a decrease in the +aggregate amount of payments on the Receivables, prepayments or faster or slower +timing of the payment of the Receivables. Subject to Section 4.05, the Servicer +may grant extensions, rebates, deferrals, amendments, modifications or +adjustments with respect to any Receivable in accordance with its Customary +Servicing Practices; provided, however, that if the Servicer (i) extends the +date for final payment by the Obligor of any Receivable beyond the last day of +the Collection Period preceding the latest Final Scheduled Distribution Date of +any Notes issued under the Indenture or (ii) reduces the APR or Principal +Balance with respect to any Receivable other than as required by applicable law +(including, without limitation, by the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act) or court +order, it will promptly purchase such Receivable in the manner provided in +Section 4.06 if such change in the Receivable would materially and adversely +affect the interests of the Securityholders in such Receivable. The Servicer may +in its discretion waive any late payment charge or any other fees that may be +collected in the ordinary course of servicing a Receivable. + +(b) The Servicer’s duties shall include collection and posting of all payments, +responding to inquiries of Obligors on the Receivables, investigating +delinquencies, sending remittance advises to Obligors, reporting tax information +to Obligors, accounting for collections and furnishing monthly and annual +statements to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee with respect to +distributions. The Servicer is not required under the Basic Documents to make +any disbursements via wire transfer or otherwise on behalf of an Obligor. There +are no requirements under the Receivables or the Basic Documents for funds to +be, and funds shall not be, held in trust for an Obligor. The Servicer shall not +make any payments or distributions on behalf of an Obligor. + +(c) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Servicer is authorized +and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Trust, the Owner +Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and the Securityholders or any of them, any and +all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or partial or full release or +discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Receivables +or to the Financed Vehicles securing the Receivables. If the Servicer shall +commence a legal proceeding to enforce a Receivable (other than a Repurchased +Receivable), the Issuer shall thereupon be deemed to have automatically +assigned, solely for the purpose of collection, such Receivable to the Servicer. +If in any enforcement suit or legal proceeding it shall be held that the +Servicer may not enforce a Receivable on the ground that it shall not be a real +party in interest or a holder entitled to enforce such Receivable, the Issuer +shall, at the Servicer’s expense and direction, take steps to enforce the +Receivable, including bringing suit in its name or the name of the Indenture +Trustee or the Securityholders. The Issuer shall furnish the Servicer with any +powers of attorney and other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to +enable the Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties +hereunder. + +  + +   28    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(d) Nothing in any section of this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the +Servicer from implementing new programs, whether on an intermediate, pilot or +permanent basis, or on a regional or nationwide basis, or from modifying its +standards, policies and procedures as long as, in each case, such programs or +modifications would be consistent with its Customary Servicing Practices, even +if such practices, promotions or sales might result in a decrease in the +aggregate amount of payments on the Receivables, prepaying or faster or slower +timing of the payment of the Receivables. + +(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Servicer may +refinance any Receivable and deposit the full Principal Balance of such +Receivable into the Collection Account. The receivable created by such +refinancing shall not be property of the Issuer. The Servicer and its Affiliates +may also sell insurance or debt cancellation products, including products which +result in the cancellation of some or all of the amount of a Receivable upon the +death or disability of the Obligor or any casualty with respect to the Financed +Vehicle. + +SECTION 4.02 Collection of Receivable Payments. The Servicer shall make +reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and +provisions of the Receivables as and when the same shall become due in +accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices. Payments on the Receivables +made in accordance with the related documentation for such Receivables, shall be +posted to the Servicer’s Obligor records in accordance with the Servicer’s +Customary Servicing Practices. Such payments shall be allocated to principal, +interest or other items in accordance with the related documentation for such +Receivables + +SECTION 4.03 Realization upon Receivables. On behalf of the Issuer, the Servicer +shall use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with its Customary +Servicing Practices, to repossess or otherwise convert the ownership of the +Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable as to which the Servicer shall have +determined eventual payment in full is unlikely, unless it determines in its +sole discretion that repossession will not increase the Net Liquidation Proceeds +by an amount greater than the expense of such repossession or that the proceeds +ultimately recoverable with respect to such Receivable would be increased by +forbearance. The Servicer shall follow such Customary Servicing Practices and +procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable, which may include reasonable +efforts to realize upon any Dealer Recourse and selling the related Financed +Vehicle at public or private sale. The foregoing shall be subject to the +provision that, in any case in which the Financed Vehicle shall have suffered +damage, the Servicer shall not be required to expend funds in connection with +the repair or the repossession of such Financed Vehicle unless it shall +determine in its discretion that such repair and/or repossession will increase +the Net Liquidation Proceeds. + +SECTION 4.04 Maintenance of Security Interests in Financed Vehicles. The +Servicer shall, in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, take such +steps as are necessary to maintain perfection of the security interest created +by each Receivable in the related Financed Vehicle. The Servicer is hereby +authorized to take such steps as are necessary to re-perfect such security +interest on behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in the event of the +relocation of a Financed Vehicle or for any other reason. If the assignment of a +Receivable to the Issuer is insufficient, without a notation on the related +Financed Vehicle’s Certificate of Title, to grant to the Issuer a first priority +perfected security interest in the related Financed Vehicle, the Servicer hereby +agrees to serve as the agent of the Issuer for the purpose of perfecting the +security interest of the Issuer in such Financed Vehicle and agrees that the +Servicer’s listing as the secured party + +  + +   29    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +on the Certificate of Title is in this capacity as agent of the Issuer. The +provisions set forth in this Section 4.04 are the sole requirements under the +Basic Documents with respect to the maintenance of collateral or security on the +Receivables. It is understood that the Financed Vehicles are the collateral and +security for the Receivables, but that the Certificate of Title with respect to +a Financed Vehicle does not constitute collateral and merely evidences such +security interest. + +SECTION 4.05 Covenants of Servicer. Unless required by law or court order, the +Servicer shall not release the Financed Vehicle securing any Receivable from the +security interest granted by such Receivable in whole or in part except (i) in +the event of payment in full by or on behalf of the Obligor thereunder or +payment in full less a deficiency which the Servicer would not attempt to +collect in accordance with its Customary Servicing Practices, (ii) in connection +with repossession or (iii) except as may be required by an insurer in order to +receive proceeds from any insurance policy covering such Financed Vehicle. + +SECTION 4.06 Purchase of Receivables upon Breach. The Servicer or the Issuer +shall inform the other party and the Indenture Trustee promptly, in writing, +upon the discovery of any breach by the Servicer of its obligations under +Section 4.01(a) or 4.05 that would materially and adversely affect any +Receivable. If the breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the +Securityholders in such Receivable, then the Servicer shall either (a) correct +or cure such breach or (b) repurchase such Receivable from the Issuer, in either +case on or before the Distribution Date following the end of the Collection +Period which includes the 60th day (or, if the Servicer elects, an earlier date) +after the date that the Servicer became aware or was notified of such breach. +Any such breach or failure will be deemed not to have a material and adverse +effect if such breach or failure does not affect the ability of the Issuer to +receive and retain timely payment in full on such Receivable. In consideration +of such Receivable, the Servicer shall remit the Repurchase Payment in the +manner specified in Section 5.05. Upon payment of such Repurchase Payment by the +Servicer, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall release and shall execute +and deliver such instruments of release, transfer or assignment, in each case +without recourse or representation, as shall be reasonably requested of it to +vest in the Servicer or its designee any Receivable and any related Purchased +Assets repurchased pursuant hereto. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture +Trustee will have any duty to conduct an affirmative investigation as to the +occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase of any Receivable pursuant +to this Section 4.06. The sole remedy of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner +Trustee, the Issuer, the Securityholders against the Servicer with respect to a +breach by the Servicer of its obligations under Sections 4.01(a) or 4.05 shall +be to require the Servicer to purchase Receivables pursuant to this +Section 4.06. + +SECTION 4.07 Servicing Fee and Expenses. As compensation for the performance of +its obligations hereunder, the Servicer shall be entitled to receive on each +Distribution Date the Base Servicing Fee and shall be entitled to retain all +Supplemental Servicing Fees. The Servicer will also be entitled to receive +investment earnings (net of investment losses and expenses) on funds on deposit +in the Collection Account and the Reserve Account during each Collection Period. +Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, the Servicer shall be required +to pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities under this +Agreement (including fees and disbursements of independent accountants, taxes +imposed on the Servicer, expenses incurred in connection with distributions and +reports to Securityholders and all other fees and expenses not expressly stated +under this Agreement to be for the account of the Securityholders). + +  + +  + +   30    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SECTION 4.08 Servicer’s Certificate. On or before each Determination Date, the +Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, each Paying Agent and the Indenture +Trustee, with a copy to each Rating Agency, a Servicer’s Certificate containing +all information necessary to make the distributions pursuant to Sections 5.06, +5.07 and 5.08 of this Agreement and Section 5.04(d) of the Indenture for the +Collection Period preceding the date of such Servicer’s Certificate, all +information necessary for the Owner Trustee to send statements to the +Certificateholders and the Indenture Trustee to send statements to the +Noteholders pursuant to the Trust Agreement or Indenture, as the case may be. +Each of the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on the +information in any Servicer’s Certificate and shall have no duty to confirm or +verify the contents thereof. At the sole option of the Servicer, each Servicer +Certificate may be delivered in electronic or hard copy form. + +SECTION 4.09 Communication among Noteholders. A Noteholder (if the Notes are +represented by Definitive Notes) or a Note Owner (if the Notes are represented +by Book-Entry Notes) may send a request to the Seller at any time notifying the +Seller that such Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, would like to +communicate with other Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, with respect +to an exercise of their rights under the terms of the Basic Documents. If the +requesting party is not a Noteholder as reflected on the Note Register, the +Seller may require that the requesting party provide Verification Documents. +Each request must include (i) the name of the requesting Noteholder or Note +Owner, and (ii) a description of the method by which other Noteholders or Note +Owners, as applicable, may contact the requesting Noteholder or Note Owner. A +Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, that delivers a request under this +Section 4.09 will be deemed to have certified to the Issuer and the Servicer +that its request to communicate with other Noteholders or Note Owners, as +applicable, relates solely to a possible exercise of rights under this Indenture +or the other Basic Documents, and will not be used for other purposes. In each +monthly distribution report on Form 10-D under the Exchange Act with respect to +the Issuer, the Seller shall include disclosure regarding any request that +complies with the requirements of this Section 4.09 received during the related +Collection Period from a Noteholder or Note Owner to communicate with other +Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, related to the Noteholders or Note +Owners exercising their rights under the terms of the Basic Documents. The +disclosure in such Form 10-D regarding the request to communicate shall include +(w) the name of the investor making the request, (x) the date the request was +received, (y) a statement to the effect that the Issuer has received a request +from such Noteholder or Note Owner, as applicable, stating that such Noteholder +or Note Owner, as applicable, is interested in communicating with other +Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, with regard to the possible exercise +of rights under the Basic Documents, and (z) a description of the method other +Noteholders or Note Owners, as applicable, may use to contact the requesting +Noteholder or Note Owner. + +SECTION 4.10 Annual Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Default. + +(a) The Servicer shall deliver to the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee and +each Rating Agency, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the +Servicer, beginning June 30, 2021, an Officer’s Certificate with respect to the +prior fiscal year of the Servicer (or with respect to the initial Officer’s +Certificate, the period from the date of the initial issuance of the Notes to +March 31, 2021), providing the information required under Item 1123 of +Regulation AB. + +  + +   31    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b) The Servicer shall deliver to the Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture +Trustee and each Rating Agency, promptly after having obtained knowledge +thereof, written notice (in the form of an Officer’s Certificate) of any event +that with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a +Servicer Default under Section 8.01. Except to the extent set forth in this +Section 4.10(b) of this Agreement and Section 5.01 of the Indenture, the Basic +Documents do not require any policies or procedures to monitor any performance +or other triggers and Events of Default. + +(c) The Servicer will deliver to the Issuer, within 90 days after the end of +each fiscal year of the Servicer, beginning June 30, 2021, a report regarding +the Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria during the +immediately preceding fiscal year, including disclosure of any material instance +of non-compliance identified by the Servicer, as required under paragraph (b) of +Rule 13a-18 and Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. + +(d) The Indenture Trustee will deliver to the Issuer, on or before June 15th of +each calendar year, commencing in 2021, a report regarding the Indenture +Trustee’s assessment of compliance with the applicable Servicing Criteria during +the immediately preceding fiscal year, including disclosure of any material +instance of non-compliance identified by the Indenture Trustee, as required +under paragraph (b) of Rule 13a-18 and Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item +1122 of Regulation AB. + +SECTION 4.11 Annual Registered Public Accounting Firm Attestation. + +(a) On or before the 90th day following the end of each fiscal year, beginning +with the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, the Servicer shall cause a firm of +independent registered public accountants (who may also render other services to +the Servicer, the Seller or their respective Affiliates) to furnish to the +Issuer, with a copy to the Indenture Trustee, the Servicer and the Seller, each +attestation report on assessments of compliance with the Servicing Criteria with +respect to the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof during the related fiscal year +delivered by such accountants pursuant to paragraph (c) of Rule 13a-18 or Rule +15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. The certification +required by this paragraph may be replaced by any similar certification using +other procedures or attestation standards which are now or in the future in use +by servicers of comparable assets, or which otherwise comply with any rule, +regulation, “no action” letter or similar guidance promulgated by the +Commission. + +The Servicer, however, shall not be obligated to add as an addressee or reliance +party with respect to any report described above any Person who does not comply +with or agree to the required procedures of such firm of independent certified +public accountants, including but not limited to execution of engagement letters +or access letters regarding such reports. + +  + +   32    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b) On or before June 15th of each calendar year, commencing in 2021, the +Indenture Trustee shall cause a firm of independent registered public +accountants (who may also render other services to the Indenture Trustee) to +furnish to the Issuer, with a copy to the Servicer and the Seller, an +attestation report on assessment of compliance with the applicable Servicing +Criteria with respect to the Indenture Trustee during the immediately preceding +fiscal year delivered by such accountants pursuant to paragraph (c) of Rule +13a-18 or Rule 15d-18 of the Exchange Act and Item 1122 of Regulation AB. The +certification required by this paragraph may be replaced by any similar +certification using other procedures or attestation standards which are now or +in the future in use by servicers of comparable assets, or which otherwise +comply with any rule, regulation, “no action” letter or similar guidance +promulgated by the Commission. + +SECTION 4.12 Appointment of Subservicer. So long as NMAC acts as the Servicer, +the Servicer may at any time without notice or consent delegate (a) any or all +of its duties under this Agreement to any of its Affiliates or (b) specific +duties as servicer under this Agreement through subcontractors; provided, +however, that no such delegation or subcontracting shall relieve the Servicer of +its responsibilities with respect to such duties as to which the Servicer shall +remain primarily responsible with respect thereto. For any servicing activities +delegated to third parties in accordance with this Section 4.12, the Servicer +shall follow such policies and procedures to monitor the performance of such +third parties and compliance with such servicing activities as the Servicer +follows with respect to comparable motor vehicle receivables serviced by the +Servicer for its own account. + +SECTION 4.13 Fidelity Bond. The Servicer shall not be required to maintain a +fidelity bond or error and omissions policy. + +SECTION 4.14 Administrator Compensation. The Servicer shall pay the +Administrative Agent compensation pursuant to Section 3 of the Administration +Agreement. + +ARTICLE V. + +Distributions; Accounts; + +Statements to the Certificateholders and the Noteholders + +SECTION 5.01 Establishment of Accounts. + +(a) The Servicer shall cause to be established the following accounts: + +(i) For the benefit of the Securityholders in the name of the Indenture Trustee, +an account (the “Collection Account”), which shall be an Eligible Account +initially established with the Indenture Trustee. + +(ii) For the benefit of the Securityholders in the name of the Indenture +Trustee, an account (the “Reserve Account”), which shall be an Eligible Account +initially established with the Indenture Trustee. + +  + +   33    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b) All amounts held in the Collection Account and the Reserve Account +(collectively, the “Accounts”) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable +laws, rules and regulations and as directed by the Servicer, be invested by the +Indenture Trustee in Eligible Investments in accordance with Section 8.03 of the +Indenture. All such Eligible Investments shall mature not later than the +Business Day preceding the next Distribution Date, in such manner that such +amounts invested shall be available to make the required distributions on the +Distribution Date. The Servicer will not direct the Indenture Trustee, and the +Issuer shall cause the Servicer not to make any investment of any funds or to +sell any investment held in the Collection Account unless the security interest +granted and perfected in such account will continue to be perfected in such +investment or the proceeds of such sale, in either case without any further +action by any Person, and, in connection with any direction to the Indenture +Trustee to make any such investment or sale, if requested by the Indenture +Trustee, the Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of +Counsel, acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, to such effect. + +(c) If either (i) the Servicer, in its sole discretion and for any reason, +notifies the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee in writing that the +Accounts should be moved or (ii) the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as +applicable, notifies the Servicer that the short-term unsecured debt obligations +of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, no longer have the +Required Deposit Rating, then, in each case, the Servicer shall, within ten +Business Days after receipt of the notice described in clause (i) or (ii), as +applicable, cause the Accounts (x) to be moved to segregated trust accounts in a +bank or trust company selected by the Servicer, the short-term unsecured debt +obligations of which shall have the Required Deposit Rating, or (y) to be moved +to the trust department of the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as +applicable. The Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, shall +assist the Servicer with the moving of Accounts described in the preceding +sentence. + +(d) Earnings on investment of funds in the Collection Account and the Reserve +Account shall be paid to the Servicer as additional servicing compensation, and +any losses and investment expenses shall be charged against the funds on deposit +in the Collection Account or the Reserve Account, as applicable. + +(e) Except for the Collection Account and the Reserve Account, there are no +accounts required to be maintained under the Basic Documents. + +(f) The Indenture Trustee shall transfer all amounts remaining on deposit in the +Collection Account on the Distribution Date on which the Notes of all Classes +have been paid in full (or when substantially all of the Collateral is otherwise +released from the lien of the Indenture) to the Designated Account, and take all +necessary or appropriate actions to transfer all of its right, title and +interest in the Collection Account, all funds or investments held therein and +all proceeds thereof, whether or not on behalf of the Securityholders, to the +Owner Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, subject to the +limitations set forth in the Indenture with respect to amounts held for payment +to Noteholders that do not promptly deliver a Note for payment on such +Distribution Date. After the transfer to the Designated Account described in the +immediately preceding sentence, references in this Agreement to “Collection +Account” shall be deemed to be references to the “Designated Account.” + +  + +   34    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(g) With respect to the Accounts and all property held therein, the Issuer +agrees, by its acceptance hereof that, on the terms and conditions set forth in +the Indenture, for so long as Notes of any Class remain outstanding, the +Indenture Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest therein (excluding +interest or investment income thereon payable to the Servicer or the Seller, as +the case may be), and the Accounts shall be under the sole dominion and control +of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders and the +Certificateholders, as the case may be, as set forth in the Indenture. The +parties hereto agree that the Servicer shall have the power, revocable by the +Indenture Trustee or by the Issuer with the consent of the Indenture Trustee, to +instruct the Indenture Trustee to make withdrawals and payments from the +Collection Account for the purpose of permitting the Servicer, Indenture +Trustee, Issuer or the Owner Trustee to carry out its respective duties +hereunder or under the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as the case may be. + +Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer shall be entitled to withhold, or to +be reimbursed from amounts otherwise payable into or on deposit in the +Collection Account, as the case may be, amounts previously deposited in the +Collection Account but later determined to have resulted from mistaken deposits +or posting. + +(h) With respect to the Account Property, the parties hereto agree that: + +(i) any Account Property that consists of uninvested funds shall be held solely +in Eligible Accounts and, except as otherwise provided herein, each such +Eligible Account shall be subject to the exclusive custody and control of the +Indenture Trustee, and, except as otherwise provided in the Basic Documents, the +Indenture Trustee or its designee shall have sole signature authority with +respect thereto; + +(ii) any Account Property that constitutes Physical Property shall be delivered +to the Indenture Trustee or its designee, in accordance with paragraph (a) of +the definition of “Delivery” and shall be held, pending maturity or disposition, +solely by the Indenture Trustee or any such designee; + +(iii) any Account Property that is an “uncertificated security” under Article 8 +of the UCC and that is not governed by clause (iv) below shall be delivered to +the Indenture Trustee or its designee in accordance with paragraph (c) of the +definition of “Delivery” and shall be maintained by the Indenture Trustee or +such designee, pending maturity or disposition, through continued registration +of the Indenture Trustee’s (or its designee’s) ownership of such security on the +books of the issuer thereof; + +(iv) any Account Property that is an uncertificated security that is a +“book-entry security” (as such term is defined in Federal Reserve Bank Operating +Circular No. 7) held in a securities account at a Federal Reserve Bank and +eligible for transfer through the Fedwire® Securities Service operated by the +Federal Reserve System pursuant to Federal book-entry regulations shall be +delivered in accordance with paragraph (b) of the definition of “Delivery” and +shall be maintained by the + +  + +   35    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Indenture Trustee or its designee or a securities intermediary (as such term is +defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC) acting solely for the Indenture +Trustee or such designee, pending maturity or disposition, through continued +book-entry registration of such Account Property as described in such paragraph; +and + +(v) to the extent any Account Property is credited to a securities account, the +account agreement establishing such securities account shall provide that the +account agreement is governed by the law of the State of New York and that the +law of the State of New York shall govern all issues specified in Article 2(1) +of the Hague Securities Convention. + +(i) The Indenture Trustee, to the extent it is acting in the capacity of +securities intermediary with respect to Account Property, covenants and agrees +that: + +(i) it is a “securities intermediary,” as such term is defined in +Section 8-102(a)(14)(ii) of the relevant UCC; + +(ii) pursuant to Section 8-110(e)(1) of the relevant UCC for purposes of Article +8 of the UCC, the jurisdiction of the Indenture Trustee as “securities +intermediary” is the State of New York; and + +(iii) it has, at the time of entry into this Agreement, one or more offices in +the United States of America engaged in a business or other regular activity of +maintaining securities accounts. + +To the extent that there are any other agreements with the Indenture Trustee +governing the Accounts, the parties agree that each and every such agreement is +hereby amended to provide that, with respect to the Accounts, the law applicable +to all issues specified in Article 2(1) of the Hague Securities Convention shall +be the laws of the State of New York. + +SECTION 5.02 Collections. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the +Servicer shall remit to the Collection Account all Collections (other than +payments on Repurchased Receivables) not later than the second Business Day +after identification thereof; provided, however, that if the Monthly Remittance +Condition is satisfied, then the Servicer shall not be required to deposit into +the Collection Account an amount equal to the Collections received during the +related Collection Period until the Business Day before each Distribution Date. +The “Monthly Remittance Condition” shall be deemed to be satisfied if (i) NMAC +is the Servicer and (ii) NMAC’s short-term unsecured debt obligations are rated +at least “P-1” by Moody’s and at least “A-1” by S&P (so long as Moody’s and S&P +are Rating Agencies). Commencing with the first day of the first Collection +Period that begins at least two Business Days after the day on which the Monthly +Remittance Condition is not satisfied, all Collections then held by the Servicer +shall be immediately deposited into the Collection Account and all future +Collections on or in respect of the Receivables (other than payments on +Repurchased Receivables) and all Net Liquidation Proceeds shall be remitted by +the Servicer to the Collection Account not later than the second Business Day +after identification thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Servicer may +remit Collections to the Collection Account on any other alternate remittance +schedule (but not later than the related Distribution Date) if the Rating Agency +Condition is satisfied with respect to such alternate remittance schedule. +Pending deposit into the Collection Account, Collections may be commingled and +used by the Servicer at its own risk and are not required to be segregated from +its own funds. + +  + +   36    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SECTION 5.03 Application of Collections. All Collections for the related +Collection Period with respect to each Receivable shall be posted to the +Servicer’s Obligor records in accordance with the Servicer’s Customary Servicing +Practices. + +SECTION 5.04 [Reserved] + +SECTION 5.05 Additional Deposits. + +(a) The following additional deposits shall be made to the Collection Account: +(i) the Seller shall remit the aggregate Repurchase Payments with respect to +Repurchased Receivables pursuant to Section 3.02; (ii) the Servicer shall remit +(A) the aggregate Repurchase Payments with respect to Repurchased Receivables +pursuant to Section 4.06 and (B) the cash amount required upon any optional +purchase of the Receivables by the Servicer, or any Successor Servicer, pursuant +to Section 9.01; and (iii) the Indenture Trustee shall transfer the amounts +described in Sections 5.06 and 5.07 from the Reserve Account to the Collection +Account pursuant to Section 5.07. + +(b) All deposits required to be made pursuant to Section 5.05(a) by the Seller +or the Servicer, as the case may be, may be made in the form of a single deposit +and shall be made in immediately available funds, no later than 5:00 P.M., New +York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the related +Distribution Date. At the direction of the Servicer, the Relevant Trustee shall +invest such amounts in Eligible Investments in accordance with Section 5.01(b). + +(c) So long as NMAC is the Servicer, NMAC (as Servicer or in any other capacity) +may make the remittances pursuant to Sections 5.02 and 5.05(a) above net of +amounts to be distributed to the Servicer or its Affiliates pursuant to +Section 5.06 and may pay the Optional Purchase Price pursuant to Section 9.01(a) +net of amounts to be distributed to the Servicer or its Affiliates. Accounts +between the Servicer and such Affiliates will be adjusted accordingly. +Nonetheless, the Servicer shall account for all of the above described +remittances and distributions (except for the Supplemental Servicing Fee to the +extent that the Servicer is entitled to retain such amounts) in the Servicer’s +Certificate as if the amounts were deposited and/or transferred separately. + +SECTION 5.06 Payments and Distributions. + +(a) Prior to any acceleration of the Notes pursuant to Section 5.02 of the +Indenture, on each Distribution Date, the Relevant Trustee (based on information +contained in, and as directed by, the Servicer’s Certificate delivered on or +before the related Determination Date) shall make the following deposits and +distributions, to the extent of Available Amounts on deposit in the Collection +Account for such Distribution Date and with respect to the related Collection +Period, in the following order of priority: + +  + +   37    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(i) to the Servicer, the Base Servicing Fee and any unpaid Base Servicing Fees +from one or more prior Collection Periods; + +(ii) on a pro rata basis (based on the amounts distributable pursuant to this +clause to each Class of Noteholders), to the Class A-1 Noteholders, the +Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, to the Class A-2 +Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for such Class, to +the Class A-3 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest Distributable Amount for +such Class, and to the Class A-4 Noteholders, the Noteholders’ Interest +Distributable Amount for such Class, such amounts to be paid from any remaining +Available Amounts; + +(iii) to the Class A-1 Noteholders until the principal amount of the Class A-1 +Notes is reduced to zero, then to the Class A-2 Noteholders, until the principal +amount of the Class A-2 Notes is reduced to zero, then to the Class A-3 +Noteholders, until the principal amount of the Class A-3 Notes is reduced to +zero, and then to the Class A-4 Noteholders, until the principal amount of the +Class A-4 Notes is reduced to zero, an amount equal to the Noteholders’ +Principal Distributable Amount for such Distribution Date, such amounts to be +paid from any remaining Available Amounts; + +(iv) to the Reserve Account, the amount, if any, necessary to increase the +balance of funds therein to the Specified Reserve Account Balance with respect +to such Distribution Date, such amounts to be paid from any remaining Available +Amounts; + +(v) to the Indenture Trustee, any accrued and unpaid fees, expenses and +indemnity payments due pursuant to the Indenture, but only to the extent that +such fees, expenses or indemnity payments have not been paid by the +Administrator and have been outstanding for at least sixty (60) days, such +amounts to be paid from any remaining Available Amounts; + +(vi) to the Owner Trustee, any accrued and unpaid fees, expenses and indemnity +payments due pursuant to the Trust Agreement, but only to the extent that such +fees, expenses or indemnity payments have not been paid by the Administrator and +have been outstanding for at least sixty (60) days, such amounts to be paid from +any remaining Available Amounts; + +(vii) to the Asset Representations Reviewer, any accrued and unpaid fees, +expenses and indemnity payments due pursuant to the Asset Representations Review +Agreement, but only to the extent that such fees, expenses or indemnity payments +have not been paid by the Sponsor and have been outstanding for at least sixty +(60) days, such amounts to be paid from any remaining Available Amounts; and + +(viii) any remaining Available Amounts to the Designated Account for +distribution to the Certificateholders. + +  + +   38    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of Section 5.06(a), following the +occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default which has resulted +in an acceleration of the Notes and unless and until such acceleration has been +rescinded, on each Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee shall apply all +amounts on deposit in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 5.04(b) of the +Indenture. + +(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.06(b) of this Agreement and +Section 5.04(b) of the Indenture, after the occurrence of an Event of Default +that results in the acceleration of any Notes, on and after the date on which +such acceleration has been rescinded, on each Distribution Date, the Relevant +Trustee shall make payments and distributions from the Collection Account in +accordance with Section 5.06(a). + +SECTION 5.07 Reserve Account. + +(a) On each Distribution Date, the Relevant Trustee will deposit Available +Amounts into the Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.06(c) as provided in the +Servicer’s Certificate, until the amount on deposit therein equals the Specified +Reserve Account Balance. + +(b) On each Distribution Date, to the extent that amounts on deposit in the +Collection Account are insufficient to fully fund the payments and distributions +described in clauses (i) through (iii) of Section 5.06(a) of this Agreement or +clauses (1) through (5) of Section 5.04(b) of the Indenture, the Relevant +Trustee will withdraw amounts then on deposit in the Reserve Account, up to the +amounts of any such deficiencies, and deposit such amounts into the Collection +Account for application pursuant to such clauses. + +(c) On each Distribution Date, as provided in the Servicer’s Certificate, the +Relevant Trustee will release to the Certificateholders any amounts remaining on +deposit in the Reserve Account in excess of the Specified Reserve Account +Balance. Upon the payment in full of the Notes under the Indenture, as directed +in writing by the Servicer, the Relevant Trustee will deposit into the +Designated Account for distribution to the Certificateholders any amounts +remaining on deposit in the Reserve Account and all rights to the Reserve +Account and all other collateral registered or held therein shall vest in the +Certificateholders. Upon any such distribution to the Certificateholders, the +Issuer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the +Relevant Trustee will have no further rights in, or claims to, such amounts. + +SECTION 5.08 Statements to Certificateholders and Noteholders. + +(a) On each Distribution Date, the Indenture Trustee shall include with each +distribution to each Noteholder (or make available on its investor website) and +the Owner Trustee (or, if the Indenture Trustee is the Paying Agent with respect +to the Certificates, the Indenture Trustee) shall include with each distribution +to each Certificateholder a statement (which statement may be the Servicer’s +Certificate and which statement shall also be provided to the Servicer and the +Servicer will thereafter deliver or otherwise make available a copy of such +statement to each Rating Agency) based on information in the Servicer’s +Certificate furnished pursuant to Section 4.08, setting forth for the Collection +Period relating to such Distribution Date the following information: + +  + +   39    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(i) the amount of the payment allocable to the principal amount of each Class of +Notes; + +(ii) the amount of the payment allocable to interest on or with respect to each +Class of Notes; + +(iii) the YSOC Amount; + +(iv) the Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the related +Collection Period; + +(v) the Adjusted Pool Balance as of the close of business on the last day of the +related Collection Period; + +(vi) the amount of the Base Servicing Fee paid to the Servicer with respect to +the related Collection Period, the amount of any unpaid Base Servicing Fees and +the change in such amount from that of the prior Distribution Date and the +amount of the Supplemental Servicing Fee, if any, paid to the Servicer with +respect to the related Collection Period; + +(vii) the Noteholders’ Interest Carryover Shortfall and the Noteholders’ +Principal Carryover Shortfall, if any, with respect to each Class of Notes, and +the change in such amounts from the preceding Distribution Date; + +(viii) the Outstanding Amount, the Note Factor and the Note Pool Factor with +respect to each Class of Notes, and the Certificate Balance, the Certificate +Factor and the Certificate Pool Factor with respect to the Certificates, in each +case after giving effect to all payments in respect of principal on such +Distribution Date; + +(ix) the balance of the Reserve Account on such Distribution Date, after giving +effect to changes thereto on such Distribution Date and the amount of such +changes; + +(x) the amount of defaults and net losses on the Receivables for the related +Collection Period; + +(xi) the number of delinquencies on the Receivables as a percentage of the +number of Receivables; + +(xii) the aggregate Principal Balance of 60-Day Delinquent Receivables for such +Distribution Date; + +(xiii) the Delinquency Percentage; + +(xiv) the Delinquency Trigger; + +  + +   40    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(xv) any material changes in practices with respect to charge-offs, collection +and management of delinquent Receivables, and the effect of any grace period, +re-aging, re-structuring, partial payments or other practices on delinquency and +loss experience; + +(xvi) any material modifications, extensions or waivers to Receivables terms, +fees, penalties or payments during the Collection Period; and + +(xvii) any material breaches of representations, warranties or covenants with +respect to the Receivables. + +(b) Copies of such statements may be obtained by the Certificateholders or the +Note Owners from the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, +by a request in writing. The Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee, as the case +may be, shall provide such copies promptly after such requests. + +(c) No disbursements shall be made directly by the Servicer to a Noteholder, and +the Servicer shall not be required to maintain any investor record relating to +the posting of disbursements or otherwise. + +ARTICLE VI. + +The Seller + +SECTION 6.01 Representations of Seller. The Seller makes the following +representations on which the Issuer is deemed to have relied in acquiring the +Receivables. The representations speak as of the Closing Date, and shall survive +the sale of the Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the +Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. + +(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Seller is duly organized, validly +existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its formation, with +power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such +properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted, and had +at all relevant times, and has, power, authority and legal right to acquire and +own the Receivables. + +(b) Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign +entity in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals +in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct +of its business shall require such qualifications and where the failure to so +qualify would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Seller to +perform its obligations under this Agreement. + +(c) Power and Authority. The Seller has the power and authority to execute and +deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms. The Seller has full power and +authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and +deposited as part of the Owner Trust Estate, and has duly authorized such sale +and assignment to the Issuer by all necessary action; and the execution, +delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by the +Seller by all necessary action. + +  + +   41    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(d) Valid Sale; Binding Obligations. This Agreement evidences a valid sale, +transfer and assignment of the Receivables, enforceable against creditors of and +purchasers from the Seller (other than a good faith purchaser for value in the +ordinary course of business who takes actual possession of one or more +Receivables); and this Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the +Seller enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of +bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws +affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles, +regardless of whether such enforceability shall be considered in a proceeding in +equity or law. + +(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this +Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with, result +in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or +without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the governing documents of the +Seller, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Seller is a +party or by which it shall be bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of +any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, +agreement or other instrument (other than the Basic Documents); nor violate any +law or, to the best of the Seller’s knowledge, any order, rule or regulation +applicable to the Seller of any court or of any federal or state regulatory +body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having +jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties; which breach, default, conflict, +Lien or violation in any case would have a material adverse effect on the +ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement. + +(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or, to +the Seller’s knowledge, threatened, before any court, regulatory body, +administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction +over the Seller or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this +Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the Certificates or the Notes; +(ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Certificates, or the Notes or the +consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the +Trust Agreement, the Indenture; (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that +would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its +obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, the +Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the Certificates or the Notes; or (iv) relating +to the Seller and that would adversely affect the federal or any state income +tax attributes of the Issuer, the Certificates or the Notes. + +(g) Valid Assignment. The Receivables and the other Purchased Assets have been +validly assigned by NMAC to the Seller pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and +the Receivables and the other Transferred Assets have been validly assigned by +the Seller to the Issuer pursuant to this Agreement. + +(h) Accuracy of Information. The information set forth in the Schedule of +Receivables was true and correct in all material respects as of the opening of +business on the Cut-off Date. + +  + +   42    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(i) No Adverse Selection. No selection procedures believed to be adverse to the +Securityholders were used to select the Receivables and other Purchased Assets. + +(j) Good Title. Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment herein +contemplated, the Seller had good and marketable title to the Receivables and +other Transferred Assets free and clear of all Liens, and immediately upon the +transfer thereof, the Issuer, for the benefit of the Noteholders, the +Certificateholders, shall have good and marketable title to the Transferred +Assets, free and clear of all Liens and adverse interests of others. + +(k) No Liens. Other than the security interest granted to the Issuer pursuant to +this Agreement, the Seller has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security +interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables or other Transferred +Assets to any other Person. The Seller has not authorized the filing of and is +not aware of any financing statements against the Seller that include a +description of collateral covering the Receivables or other Transferred Assets +other than any financing statement relating to the security interest granted to +the Issuer hereunder or a financing statement as to which the security interest +covering the Receivables or other Transferred Assets has been released. The +Seller is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Seller. + +SECTION 6.02 Compliance with Organizational Documents. The Seller agrees with +the Certificateholders, the Note Owners and each Rating Agency that the Seller +shall at all times comply with its organizational documents. + +SECTION 6.03 Liability of Seller; Indemnities. The Seller shall be liable in +accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically +undertaken by the Seller under this Agreement. The Seller shall indemnify, +defend and hold harmless the Trust, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee +(in such role and as Successor Servicer) from and against any taxes that may at +any time be asserted against any such Person with respect to, as of the date +hereof, the sale of the Receivables to the Issuer or the issuance and original +sale of the Notes and the Certificates, including any sales, gross receipts, +general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege or license taxes and +any and all other taxes levied or assessed upon the Issuer or upon all or any +part of the Collateral (but, in the case of the Trust, not including any taxes +asserted with respect to ownership of the Receivables or federal or other income +taxes arising out of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the +Basic Documents) and costs and expenses in defending against the same. + +Indemnification under this Section 6.03 shall survive the termination of this +Agreement and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses +of litigation (including the costs of defending any claim or bringing any claim +to enforce the Seller’s indemnity obligations hereunder). If the Seller shall +have made any indemnity payment to any Person entitled thereto pursuant to this +Section 6.03 and such Person thereafter shall collect any of such amounts from +others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the Seller, without +interest (except to the extent the recipient collects interest from others). + +  + +   43    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Promptly after receipt by a party indemnified under this Section 6.03 (for +purposes of this paragraph, an “Indemnified Party”) of notice of the +commencement of any action, such Indemnified Party will, if a claim is to be +made in respect thereof against the Seller under this Section 6.03, notify the +Seller of the commencement thereof. If any such action is brought against any +Indemnified Party under this Section 6.03 and it notifies the Seller of the +commencement thereof, the Seller will assume the defense thereof, with counsel +reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party (who may, unless there is, as +evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to the Indemnified Party stating that there +is, a conflict of interest, be counsel to the Seller), and the Seller will not +be liable to such Indemnified Party under this Section 6.03 for any legal or +other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection +with the defense thereof, other than reasonable costs of investigation. The +obligations set forth in this Section 6.03 shall survive the termination of this +Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee or the Indenture +Trustee (in such role and as Successor Servicer) and shall include reasonable +fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If the Seller shall +have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 6.03 and the Person to +or on behalf of whom such payments are made thereafter collects any of such +amounts from others, such Person shall promptly repay such amounts to the +Seller, without interest (except to the extent received by such Person). + +The Seller’s obligations under this Section 6.03 are obligations solely of the +Seller and will not constitute a claim against the Seller to the extent that the +Seller does not have funds sufficient to make payment of such obligations. In +furtherance of and not in derogation of the foregoing, the Issuer, the Servicer, +the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee, by entering into or accepting this +Agreement, acknowledge and agree that they have no right, title or interest in +or to the Other Assets of the Seller. To the extent that, notwithstanding the +agreements and provisions contained in the preceding sentence, the Issuer, the +Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee either (i) asserts an +interest or claim to, or benefit from, Other Assets, or (ii) is deemed to have +any such interest, claim to, or benefit in or from Other Assets, whether by +operation of law, legal process, pursuant to applicable provisions of insolvency +laws or otherwise (including by virtue of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code +or any successor provision having similar effect under the Bankruptcy Code), +then the Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as +applicable, further acknowledges and agrees that any such interest, claim or +benefit in or from Other Assets is and will be expressly subordinated to the +indefeasible payment in full, which, under the terms of the relevant documents +relating to the securitization or conveyance of such Other Assets, are entitled +to be paid from, entitled to the benefits of, or otherwise secured by such Other +Assets (whether or not any such entitlement or security interest is legally +perfected or otherwise entitled to a priority of distributions or application +under applicable law, including insolvency laws, and whether or not asserted +against the Seller), including the payment of post-petition interest on such +other obligations and liabilities. This subordination agreement will be deemed a +subordination agreement within the meaning of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy +Code. The Issuer, the Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee each +further acknowledges and agrees that no adequate remedy at law exists for a +breach of this Section 6.03 and the terms of this Section 6.03 may be enforced +by an action for specific performance. The provisions of this Section 6.03 will +be for the third party benefit of those entitled to rely thereon and will +survive the termination of this Agreement. + +SECTION 6.04 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, +Seller. Subject to Section 6.02, any Person (i) into which the Seller may be +merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger, conversion or +consolidation to which the Seller shall be a party, + +  + +   44    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(iii) succeeding to the business of the Seller or (iv) that is a corporation +more than 50% of the voting stock of which is owned directly or indirectly by +Nissan, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of +assumption to perform every obligation of the Seller under this Agreement, will +be the successor to the Seller under this Agreement without the execution or +filing of any document or any further act on the part of any of the parties to +this Agreement; provided, however, that (x) immediately after giving effect to +such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 6.01 +shall have been breached, (y) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner +Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that such +consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement or assumption comply with +this Section 6.04 and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in +this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with and (z) the +Seller shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an +Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, +based on customary qualifications and assumptions, all financing statements and +continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that +are necessary to fully perfect the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture +Trustee, respectively, in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such +filings, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action +shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest. The Seller shall +provide notice of any merger, consolidation or succession pursuant to this +Section 6.04 to the Servicer and the Servicer shall provide notice thereof to +each Rating Agency. + +SECTION 6.05 Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others. + +(a) Neither the Seller nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents +of the Seller shall be under any liability to the Trust, the Certificateholders +or the Noteholders, except as provided under this Agreement, for any action +taken or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement +or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not +protect the Seller or any such person against any liability that would otherwise +be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the +performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and +duties under this Agreement. The Seller and any director, officer, employee or +agent of the Seller may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any +document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person +respecting any matters arising under this Agreement. + +(b) The Seller shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or +defend any legal action that shall not be incidental to its obligations under +this Agreement, and that in its opinion may cause it to incur any expense or +liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may undertake any reasonable +action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of this Agreement and +the rights and duties of the parties to this Agreement and the interests of the +Certificateholders and the Noteholders under this Agreement. In such event, the +legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom +shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Servicer, and the Servicer will +not be entitled to be reimbursed therefor. + +SECTION 6.06 Seller May Own Certificates or Notes. The Seller and any Affiliate +of the Seller may in its individual or any other capacity become the owner or +pledgee of Certificates or Notes with the same rights as it would have if it +were not the Seller or an Affiliate thereof, + +  + +   45    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +except as otherwise provided in the Basic Documents. Certificates or Notes so +owned by or pledged to the Seller or such controlling or commonly controlled +Person shall have an equal and proportionate benefit under the provisions of +this Agreement, without preference, priority or distinction as among all of the +Certificates or the Notes, as the case may be, except as otherwise expressly +provided in the Basic Documents. + +SECTION 6.07 Sarbanes-Oxley Act Requirements. To the extent any documents are +required to be filed or any certification is required to be made with respect to +the Issuer or the Notes pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Issuer hereby +authorizes the Servicer and the Seller, or either of them, to prepare, sign, +certify and file any such documents or certifications on behalf of the Issuer. + +ARTICLE VII. + +The Servicer + +SECTION 7.01 Representations of Servicer. The Servicer makes the following +representations, which speak as of the Closing Date and shall survive the sale +of the Receivables to the Issuer and the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee +pursuant to the Indenture. + +(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Servicer is duly organized, validly +existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its formation, with +power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such +properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted, and had +at all relevant times, and has, power, authority and legal right to acquire, +own, sell and service the Receivables and to hold the Receivable Files as +custodian on behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee. + +(b) Due Qualification. The Servicer is duly qualified to do business as a +foreign entity in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and +approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or +the conduct of its business relating to the servicing of the Receivables as +required by this Agreement shall require such qualifications and where the +failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the +Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement. + +(c) Power and Authority. The Servicer has the power and authority to execute and +deliver this Agreement and to carry out its terms; and the execution, delivery +and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Servicer by +all necessary action. + +(d) Binding Obligation. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding +obligation of the Servicer enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to +the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other +similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable +principles, regardless of whether such enforceability shall be considered in +equity or law. + +  + +   46    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(e) No Violation. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this +Agreement, and the fulfillment of the terms hereof, do not conflict with, result +in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute (with or +without notice or lapse of time) a default under, the articles of incorporation +or by-laws of the Servicer, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to +which the Servicer is a party or by which it shall be bound; nor result in the +creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the +terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than the Basic +Documents); nor violate any law or any order, rule or regulation applicable to +the Servicer of any court or of any federal or state regulatory body, +administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction +over the Servicer or its properties; which breach, default, conflict, Lien or +violation in any case would have a material adverse effect on the ability of the +Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement. + +(f) No Proceedings. There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or, to +the Servicer’s knowledge, threatened, before any court, regulatory body, +administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction +over the Servicer or its properties: (i) asserting the invalidity of this +Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the Purchase Agreement, the +Certificates or the Notes; (ii) seeking to prevent the issuance of the +Certificates or the Notes or the consummation of any of the transactions +contemplated by this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture or the +Purchase Agreement; (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that would +materially and adversely affect the performance by the Servicer of its +obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, the +Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the Purchase Agreement, the Certificates or the +Notes; or (iv) relating to the Servicer and that would adversely affect the +federal or any state income tax attributes of the Certificates or the Notes. + +SECTION 7.02 Indemnities of Servicer. The Servicer shall be liable in accordance +herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the +Servicer under this Agreement: + +(a) The Servicer shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Owner Trustee, +the Indenture Trustee, and the Trust from and against any and all costs +(including reasonable attorneys’ fees), expenses, losses, damages, claims and +liabilities, including any legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with +the enforcement by such Person of any indemnification or other obligation of the +Servicer (collectively, “Damages”) arising out of or resulting from the use, +ownership or operation by the Servicer or any of its Affiliates (other than the +Trust) of a Financed Vehicle. + +(b) The Servicer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Owner Trustee, +the Indenture Trustee, and the Issuer from and against any and all Damages to +the extent that such Damage arose out of, or was imposed upon, the Owner +Trustee, the Indenture Trustee, and the Trust, through the negligence, willful +misfeasance or bad faith of the Servicer in the performance of its duties under +this Agreement or by reason of reckless disregard of its obligations and duties +under this Agreement. + +Promptly after receipt by a party indemnified under this Section 7.02 (for +purposes of this paragraph, an “Indemnified Party”) of notice of the +commencement of any action, such Indemnified Party will, if a claim in respect +thereof is to be made against the Servicer under this + +  + +   47    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Section 7.02, notify the Servicer of the commencement thereof. If any such +action is brought against any Indemnified Party under this Section 7.02 and it +notifies the Servicer of the commencement thereof, the Servicer will assume the +defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party +(who may, unless there is, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to the +Indemnified Party stating that there is, a conflict of interest, be counsel to +the Servicer), and the Servicer will not be liable to such Indemnified Party +under this Section 7.02 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by +such Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof, other than +reasonable costs of investigation. The obligations set forth in this +Section 7.02 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation +or removal of the Servicer, the Owner Trustee or the Indenture Trustee and shall +include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses of litigation. If +the Servicer shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant to this +Section 7.02 and the Person to or on behalf of whom such payments are made +thereafter collects any of such amounts from others, such Person shall promptly +repay such amounts to the Servicer, without interest (except to the extent +received by such Person). + +Indemnification under this Section 7.02 by NMAC (or any successor thereto +pursuant to Section 7.03) as Servicer, with respect to the period such Person +was the Servicer, shall survive the termination of such Person as Servicer or a +resignation by such Person as Servicer as well as the termination of this +Agreement and shall include reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and expenses +of litigation. If the Servicer shall have made any indemnity payments pursuant +to this Section 7.02 and the recipient thereafter collects any of such amounts +from others, the recipient shall promptly repay such amounts to the Servicer, +without interest (except to the extent the recipient collects interest from +others). + +SECTION 7.03 Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, +Servicer. Any Person (i) into which the Servicer may be merged or consolidated, +(ii) resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the +Servicer shall be a party, (iii) succeeding to the business of the Servicer, or +(iv) so long as NMAC acts as Servicer, that is a corporation more than 50% of +the voting stock of which is owned directly or indirectly by Nissan, which +Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to +perform every obligation of the Servicer under this Agreement, will be the +successor to the Servicer under this Agreement without the execution or filing +of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this +Agreement; provided, however, that (x) the Servicer shall have delivered to the +Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that +such consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply +with this Section 7.03 and that all conditions precedent provided for in this +Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with and (y) the +Servicer shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an +Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, +based on customary qualifications and assumptions, all financing statements and +continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that +are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Issuer and the +Indenture Trustee in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings, +or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be +necessary to perfect such interest. The Servicer shall provide notice of any +merger, consolidation or succession pursuant to this Section 7.03 to each Rating +Agency. + +  + +   48    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SECTION 7.04 Limitation on Liability of Servicer and Others. + +(a) Neither the Servicer nor any of the directors, officers, employees or agents +of the Servicer shall be under any liability to the Trust, the +Certificateholders or the Noteholders, or any other Person, except as expressly +provided under this Agreement, for any action taken or for refraining from the +taking of any action pursuant to this Agreement or for errors in judgment; +provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Servicer or any +such person against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of +willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by +reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement. The +Servicer and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Servicer may rely +in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima +facie properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters +arising under this Agreement. + +(b) Except as provided in this Agreement, the Servicer shall not be under any +obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that shall not be +incidental to its duties to service the Receivables in accordance with this +Agreement, and that in its opinion may cause it to incur any expense or +liability; provided, however, that the Servicer may undertake any reasonable +action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect of the Basic Documents +and the rights and duties of the parties to the Basic Documents and the +interests of the Certificateholders under this Agreement and the Noteholders +under the Indenture. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action +and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities +of the Servicer, and the Servicer will not be entitled to be reimbursed +therefor. + +SECTION 7.05 NMAC Not To Resign as Servicer. Subject to the provisions of +Section 7.03, NMAC shall not resign from the obligations and duties hereby +imposed on it as Servicer under this Agreement except upon determination that +the performance of its duties under this Agreement shall no longer be +permissible under applicable law. Notice of any such determination permitting +the resignation of NMAC shall be communicated to the Owner Trustee and the +Indenture Trustee at the earliest practicable time (and, if such communication +is not in writing, shall be confirmed in writing at the earliest practicable +time), and any such determination shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to +such effect delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee +concurrently with or promptly after such notice. No such resignation shall +become effective until the Indenture Trustee or a Successor Servicer shall +(i) have taken the actions required by Section 8.01 of this Agreement to effect +the termination of the responsibilities and rights of the predecessor Servicer +under this Agreement, including the transfer to the Successor Servicer for +administration by it of all cash amounts that shall at the time be held by the +predecessor Servicer for deposit, or shall thereafter be received with respect +to a Receivable and the delivery of the Receivable Files, and the related +accounts and records maintained by the Servicer and (ii) have assumed the +responsibilities and obligations of NMAC as Servicer under this Agreement in +accordance with Section 8.02 of this Agreement. + +  + +   49    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +ARTICLE VIII. + +Default + +SECTION 8.01 Servicer Default. If any one of the following events (a “Servicer +Default”) shall occur and be continuing: + +(a) any failure by the Servicer to deliver or cause to be delivered to the +Relevant Trustee for deposit in any of the Accounts any required payment or to +direct the Relevant Trustee to make any required distributions therefrom, which +failure continues unremedied for a period of ten Business Days after (i) receipt +by the Servicer of written notice of such failure given by the Indenture Trustee +or Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding +Amount, acting together as a single class, or, if no Notes are Outstanding, +Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the Certificate +Balance or (ii) discovery of such failure by an Authorized Officer of the +Servicer; + +(b) any failure by the Servicer to duly observe or perform in any material +respect any other covenants or agreements of the Servicer set forth in this +Agreement (including its obligation to purchase Receivables pursuant to +Section 4.06), which failure shall materially and adversely affect the rights of +the Securityholders and shall continue unremedied for a period of 90 days after +receipt by the Servicer of written notice of such failure given by the Indenture +Trustee or Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the +Outstanding Amount, acting together as a single class, or, if no Notes are +Outstanding, Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than a majority of the +Certificate Balance; provided, however, that a failure under this clause +(b) that continues unremedied for a period of 150 days or less will not +constitute a Servicer Default if such failure was caused by force majeure or +other similar occurrence; or + +(c) the occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to the Servicer; + +then, and in each and every case, so long as the Servicer Default shall not have +been remedied, either the Indenture Trustee or the Holders of Notes evidencing a +majority of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, acting together as a single +Class or, if no Notes are Outstanding, Holders of Certificates evidencing not +less than a majority of the Certificate Balance, by notice then given in writing +to the Servicer (and to the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee if given by +the Noteholders) and the Administrator (and the Administrator will provide +notice thereof to each Rating Agency pursuant to Section 1(d) of the +Administration Agreement) may terminate all of the rights and obligations (other +than the obligations set forth in Section 7.02 hereof) of the Servicer under +this Agreement. On or after the receipt by the Servicer of such written notice, +all authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with +respect to the Notes, the Certificates or the Receivables or otherwise, shall, +without further action, pass to and be vested in the Indenture Trustee or such +Successor Servicer as may be appointed under Section 8.02; and, without +limitation, the Indenture Trustee and the Owner Trustee are hereby authorized +and empowered to execute and deliver, for the benefit of the predecessor +Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other +instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or +appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to + +  + +   50    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +complete the transfer and endorsement of the Receivables and related documents, +or otherwise. The predecessor Servicer shall cooperate with the Successor +Servicer and the Owner Trustee in effecting the termination of the +responsibilities and rights of the predecessor Servicer under this Agreement, +including, without limitation, the transfer to the Successor Servicer for +administration by it of all cash amounts that shall at the time be held by the +predecessor Servicer for deposit, or have been deposited by the predecessor +Servicer, in the Accounts or thereafter received with respect to the Receivables +that shall at that time be held by the predecessor Servicer and the delivery of +the Receivable Files and the related accounts and records maintained by the +predecessor Servicer. All reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ +fees) incurred in connection with transferring the Receivable Files to the +Successor Servicer and amending this Agreement to reflect such succession as +Servicer pursuant to this Section 8.01 shall be paid by the predecessor Servicer +upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses. +Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the predecessor Servicer is the +Indenture Trustee, the original Servicer hereunder shall reimburse the Indenture +Trustee for all reasonable costs and expenses as described in the immediately +preceding sentence. + +SECTION 8.02 Appointment of Successor. + +(a) Upon the Servicer’s receipt of notice of termination pursuant to +Section 8.01 or the Servicer’s resignation in accordance with the terms of this +Agreement, the predecessor Servicer shall continue to perform its functions as +Servicer under this Agreement, in the case of termination, only until the date +specified in such termination notice or, if no such date is specified in a +notice of termination, until receipt of such notice and, in the case of +resignation, until the earlier of (i) the date 45 days from the delivery to the +Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of written notice of such resignation +(or written confirmation of such notice) in accordance with the terms of this +Agreement and (ii) the date upon which the predecessor Servicer shall become +unable to act as Servicer, as specified in the notice of resignation and +accompanying Opinion of Counsel. In the event of the Servicer’s resignation or +termination hereunder, the Indenture Trustee (or, if no Notes are Outstanding, +the Issuer acting upon the direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not +less than a majority of the Certificate Balance) shall appoint a Successor +Servicer, and the Successor Servicer shall accept its appointment (including its +appointment as Administrator under the Administration Agreement as set forth in +Section 8.02(b)) by a written assumption in form acceptable to the Owner Trustee +and the Indenture Trustee and shall provide in writing the information +reasonably required by the Seller to comply with its reporting obligations under +the Exchange Act with respect to a replacement servicer. If a Successor Servicer +has not been appointed at the time when the predecessor Servicer has ceased to +act as Servicer in accordance with this Section 8.02, the Indenture Trustee +without further action shall automatically be appointed the Successor Servicer +and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to the Base Servicing Fee. +Notwithstanding the above, the Indenture Trustee (or, if no Notes are +Outstanding, the Issuer acting upon the direction of Holders of Certificates +evidencing not less than a majority of the Certificate Balance) shall, if it is +unwilling or legally unable so to act, appoint or petition a court of competent +jurisdiction to appoint, and the predecessor Servicer, if no successor Servicer +has been appointed at the time the predecessor Servicer has ceased to act, may +petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint any established +institution having a net worth of not less than $100,000,000 and whose regular +business shall include the servicing of automobile and/or light-duty truck +receivables, as the successor to the Servicer under this Agreement. + +  + +   51    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b) Upon appointment, the Successor Servicer (including the Indenture Trustee +acting as Successor Servicer) shall (i) be the successor in all respects to the +predecessor Servicer and shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties +and liabilities arising thereafter relating thereto placed on the predecessor +Servicer and shall be entitled, subject to the arrangements referred to in +paragraph (c) below, to the servicing fee and all the rights granted to the +predecessor Servicer by the terms and provisions of this Agreement and +(ii) become the Administrator under the Administration Agreement in accordance +with Section 8 of such Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary +contained herein or in the Basic Documents, if the Indenture Trustee shall act +as Successor Servicer, it shall not, in any event, have obligations (i) to pay +any fees, expenses and other amounts owing to the Administrator, (ii) to pay any +indemnities owed pursuant to Section 3.05 or Section 7.02, or (iii) to +repurchase Receivables pursuant to Section 4.06 if such repurchase obligations +are due to the actions or omissions of the predecessor Servicer. + +(c) In connection with such appointment, the Issuer may make such arrangements +for the compensation of such Successor Servicer out of payments on Receivables +as it and such Successor Servicer shall agree; provided, however, that no such +compensation shall be in excess of that permitted the predecessor Servicer under +this Agreement. The Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and such Successor Servicer +shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to +effectuate any such succession. + +SECTION 8.03 Notification . Upon any termination of, or appointment of a +successor to, the Servicer pursuant to this Article VIII, the Owner Trustee +shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Certificateholders and the +Indenture Trustee shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Noteholders +and the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Administrator (and the +Administrator will provide notice thereof to each Rating Agency pursuant to +Section 1(d) of the Administration Agreement). + +SECTION 8.04 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of Notes evidencing a majority +of the Outstanding Amount of the Notes, or, in the case of any Servicer Default +which does not adversely affect the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders, the +Holders of Certificates evidencing a majority of the Certificate Balance, may, +on behalf of all the Noteholders and the Certificateholders, waive in writing +any default by the Servicer in the performance of its obligations hereunder and +its consequences, except a default in making any required deposits to or +payments from the Collection Account in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any +such waiver of a past default, such default shall cease to exist, and any +Servicer Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for +every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent +or other default or impair any right consequent thereto. + +  + +   52    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +ARTICLE IX. + +Termination; Release of Receivables + +SECTION 9.01 Optional Purchase of All Receivables. + +(a) On each Distribution Date following the last day of a Collection Period as +of which the Pool Balance shall be less than or equal to the Optional Purchase +Percentage multiplied by the Original Pool Balance, NMAC, as Servicer, shall +have the option to purchase, or cause to be purchased (the “Optional Purchase”), +the Collateral (other than the Reserve Account) for an amount equal to the +Optional Purchase Price. To exercise such option, NMAC, as Servicer, shall +notify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee of its intention to do so in +writing, no later than the first Business Day of the month in which such +purchase is to be effected and shall, no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City +time, on the Business Day prior to the Distribution Date on which such purchase +is to occur (such Distribution Date, the “Redemption Date”), deposit pursuant to +Section 5.05 in the Collection Account an amount equal to the Optional Purchase +Price (subject to Section 5.05), and shall succeed to all interests in and to +the Collateral (other than the Reserve Account). Amounts so deposited will be +paid and distributed as set forth in Section 5.06 of this Agreement. + +(b) Notice of any such purchase of the Owner Trust Estate shall be given by the +Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee to each Securityholder as soon as +practicable after their receipt of notice thereof from the Servicer. The +Servicer shall also deliver a copy of such notice to each Rating Agency. + +(c) Following the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture and the payment in +full of the principal of and interest on the Notes, the Certificateholders will +succeed to the rights of the Noteholders hereunder other than under Section 5.06 +and the Owner Trustee will succeed to the rights of the Indenture Trustee +provided for in this Agreement. + +SECTION 9.02 Release of Receivables. + +(a) Upon repurchase of any Receivable by the Seller pursuant to Section 3.02 or +by the Servicer pursuant to Section 4.06 or Section 9.01, the Issuer and the +Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, shall, without further action, +be deemed to transfer, assign, set-over and otherwise convey to the Seller or +the Servicer, as the case may be, all right, title and interest of the Issuer +in, to and under such repurchased Receivable, all monies due or to become due +with respect thereto and all proceeds thereof and the other property conveyed to +the Issuer hereunder pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to such Receivable, +and all security and any records relating thereto, such assignment being an +assignment outright and not for security; and the Seller or the Servicer, as +applicable, shall thereupon own each such Receivable, and all such related +security and records, free of any further obligation to the Issuer, the Owner +Trustee, the Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders with +respect thereto. + +  + +   53    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b) The Issuer and Indenture Trustee shall execute such documents and +instruments of transfer and assignment and take such other actions as shall be +reasonably requested by the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, to +effect the conveyance of such Receivable pursuant to Sections 3.02, 4.06 and +9.02. + +SECTION 9.03 Termination. + +(a) The respective obligations of the Seller, the Servicer, NMAC (so long as +NMAC has rights or obligations hereunder), the Owner Trustee, and the Indenture +Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate upon the +earliest of (i) the maturity or other liquidation of the last Receivable and the +final disposition of all amounts received upon liquidation of any remaining +Receivables, or (ii) the election by the Servicer to purchase the Owner Trust +Estate as described in Section 9.01 and the payment or distribution to +Securityholders of all amounts required to be paid to them under the Indenture +or the Trust Agreement, as the case may be. + +(b) Notice of any such termination under this Section 9.03 shall be given by the +Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee to each Securityholder of record as +specified in the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as appropriate. + +SECTION 9.04 Rights of the Certificateholders. Notwithstanding anything +contained herein or in any Basic Document to the contrary, after the Notes are +no longer Outstanding following payment in full of the principal and interest on +the Notes and the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, (i) the +Certificateholders will succeed to the rights of the Noteholders under this +Agreement and (ii) the Owner Trustee will succeed to the rights of, but not, +without its express consent, the obligations of the Indenture Trustee pursuant +to this Agreement; provided, however, the Certificateholders shall not be +entitled to any payments pursuant to Section 5.06 other than pursuant to +Section 5.06(a)(viii) of this Agreement and 5.04(b)(6) of the Indenture. + +ARTICLE X. + +Miscellaneous + +SECTION 10.01 Amendment. + +(a) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be amended by the Seller and the +Servicer, without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder, the +Issuer, the Owner Trustee or any other Person subject to the satisfaction of one +of the following conditions: + +(i) the Seller or the Servicer delivers an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of +Counsel to the Indenture Trustee to the effect that such amendment will not +materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders; or + +(ii) the Rating Agency Condition is satisfied with respect to such amendment; + +  + +   54    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +provided, that no amendment pursuant to this Section 10 shall be effective which +affects the rights, protections or duties of the Indenture Trustee, the Owner +Trustee or the Asset Representations Reviewer without the prior written consent +of such Person, (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); +provided, further, that in the event that any Certificates are held by anyone +other than the Administrator or any of its Affiliates, this Agreement may only +be amended by the Seller and the Servicer if, in addition, (i) the Holders of +the Certificates evidencing a majority of the Certificate Balance of the +Certificates consent to such amendment or (ii) such amendment shall not, as +evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of the Administrator or an Opinion of +Counsel delivered to the Owner Trustee, materially and adversely affect the +interests of the Certificateholders. + +(b) This Agreement may also be amended by the Seller and the Servicer for the +purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any +of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of +the Noteholders or the Certificateholders with the consent of: + +(i) the Holders of Notes evidencing not less than a majority of the Outstanding +Amount of the Notes; and + +(ii) the Holders of the Certificates evidencing a majority of the Certificate +Balance. + +It will not be necessary for the consent of Noteholders or Certificateholders to +approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it will be +sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. + +(c) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Servicer +shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or consent +to each Rating Agency. + +(d) Prior to its execution of any amendment to this Agreement, each of the Owner +Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon an +Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or +permitted by this Agreement. The Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee may, +but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which adversely +affects the Owner Trustee’s or the Indenture Trustee’s, as applicable, own +rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement. + +SECTION 10.02 Protection of Title to Trust. + +(a) The Seller shall authorize and file such financing statements and cause to +be executed and filed such continuation statements, all in such manner and in +such places as may be required by law fully to preserve, maintain and protect +the interest of the Issuer and of the Indenture Trustee in the Receivables and +in the proceeds thereof. The Seller shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to +the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing +receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available +following such filing. + +  + +   55    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b) The Seller and the Servicer shall notify the Owner Trustee and the Indenture +Trustee within 30 days after any change of its name, identity or corporate +structure in any manner that would, could or might make any financing statement +or continuation statement filed in accordance with paragraph (a) above seriously +misleading within the meaning of Section 9-507(c) of the UCC, and shall promptly +file appropriate amendments to all previously filed financing statements or +continuation statements. + +(c) The Servicer shall maintain accounts and records as to each Receivable +accurately and in sufficient detail to permit (i) the reader thereof to know at +any time the status of such Receivable, including payments and recoveries made +and payments owing (and the nature of each), and (ii) reconciliation between +payments or recoveries on (or with respect to) each Receivable and the amounts +from time to time deposited in the Collection Account in respect of such +Receivable. + +(d) The Servicer shall maintain its computer systems so that, from and after the +time of sale under this Agreement of the Receivables to the Trust, the +Servicer’s master computer records that refer to any Receivable shall indicate +clearly the interest of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in such Receivable +and that such Receivable is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the +Indenture Trustee. The Servicer shall at all times maintain control of the +Receivables constituting electronic chattel paper. Indication of these +respective interests in a Receivable shall be deleted from or modified on the +Servicer’s computer systems when, and only when, the related Receivable shall +have become a Liquidated Receivable or been purchased by the Seller or NMAC. + +(e) If at any time the Seller or the Servicer shall propose to sell, grant a +security interest in, or otherwise transfer any interest in automotive +receivables to, any prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee, the +Servicer shall give to such prospective purchaser, lender or other transferee +computer tapes, records or printouts that, if they shall refer in any manner +whatsoever to any Receivable, shall indicate clearly that such Receivable has +been sold and is owned by the Issuer and has been pledged to the Indenture +Trustee. + +SECTION 10.03 Notices. All demands, notices, communications and instructions +upon or to the Seller, the Servicer, the Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or +the Rating Agencies under this Agreement shall be in writing, personally +delivered, mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, or delivered by +telecopier or electronically by email (if an email address is provided), and +shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt (a) in the case of the +Seller, to Nissan Auto Receivables Corporation II, One Nissan Way, Franklin, +Tennessee, 37067 (telecopier no. (615) 725-8530) (email: +doug.gwin@nissan-usa.com), Attention: Treasurer, (b) in the case of the +Servicer, to Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, One Nissan Way, Franklin, +Tennessee, 37067 (telecopier no. (615) 725-8530) (email: +doug.gwin@nissan-usa.com), Attention: Treasurer, (c) in the case of the Issuer +or the Owner Trustee, to Nissan Auto Receivables 2020-A Owner Trust, c/o +Wilmington Trust, National Association, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market +Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890 (telecopier no. (302) 636-4140) (email: +DCostello@wilmingtontrust.com), Attention: Nissan Auto Receivables 2020-A Owner +Trust, (d) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, to U.S. Bank National +Association, 190 South LaSalle Street, 7th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603 (telecopier +no. (312) 332-7493) (email: + +  + +   56    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +brian.kozack@usbank.com), Attention: NAROT 2020-A, (e) in the case of Moody’s, +to Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., ABS Monitoring Department, 7 World Trade +Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10007 (telecopier no. (212) +553-7820) (email: ServicerReports@Moodys.com), (f) in the case of S&P, to S&P +Global Ratings, 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041 (email: +servicer_reports@spglobal.com); or, as to each of the foregoing, at such other +address as shall be designated by written notice to the other parties. + +All notices, requests, reports, consents or other communications required to be +delivered to the Rating Agencies by the Servicer hereunder shall be delivered by +the Servicer to each Rating Agency then rating the Notes; provided, however, +that all notices, requests, reports, consents or other communications required +to be delivered to the Rating Agencies hereunder or under any other Basic +Document shall be deemed to be delivered if a copy of such notice, request, +report, consent or other communication has been posted on any website maintained +by or on behalf of NMAC pursuant to a commitment to any Rating Agency relating +to the Notes in accordance with 17 C.F.R. 240 17g-5(a)(3). + +SECTION 10.04 Limitations on Rights of Others. The provisions of this Agreement +are solely for the benefit of the Seller, the Servicer, the Issuer, the Owner +Trustee, the Certificateholders, the Indenture Trustee, and the Noteholders and +nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to +give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the +Owner Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, +conditions or provisions contained herein. + +SECTION 10.05 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited +or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be +ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without +invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or +unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render +unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. + +SECTION 10.06 Separate Counterparts and Electronic Signature. This Agreement may +be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when +so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall +together constitute but one and the same instrument. Each party agrees that this +Agreement and any other documents to be delivered in connection herewith may be +digitally or electronically signed, and that any digital or electronic +signatures (including pdf, facsimile or electronically imaged signatures +provided by a digital signature provider as specified in writing to the +Indenture Trustee) appearing on this Agreement or such other documents shall +have the same effect as manual signatures for the purpose of validity, +enforceability and admissibility. Other than with respect to instances in which +manual signatures are expressly required by this paragraph, each party hereto +shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, and shall have no liability with +respect to, any digital or electronic signature appearing on this Agreement or +any other documents to be delivered in connection herewith and shall have no +duty to investigate, confirm or otherwise verify the validity or authenticity +thereof. + +SECTION 10.07 Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein +are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the +terms or provisions hereof. + +SECTION 10.08 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE +WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW +PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE +STATE OF NEW YORK), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES +HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS. + +  + +   57    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SECTION 10.09 Assignment by Issuer. The Seller hereby acknowledges and consents +to any mortgage, pledge, assignment and grant of a security interest by the +Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the +Noteholders of all right, title and interest of the Issuer in, to and under the +Receivables and the related property acquired hereunder and/or the assignment of +any or all of the Issuer’s rights and obligations hereunder to the Indenture +Trustee. + +SECTION 10.10 Nonpetition Covenant. Each party hereto agrees that, prior to the +date which is one year and one day after payment in full of all obligations of +each Bankruptcy Remote Party in respect of all securities issued by any +Bankruptcy Remote Party (i) such party shall not authorize any Bankruptcy Remote +Party to commence a voluntary winding-up or other voluntary case or other +Proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to +such Bankruptcy Remote Party or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or +other similar law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction or seeking the +appointment of an administrator, a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or +other similar official with respect to such Bankruptcy Remote Party or any +substantial part of its property or to consent to any such relief or to the +appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case +or other Proceeding commenced against such Bankruptcy Remote Party, or to make a +general assignment for the benefit of, its creditors generally, any party hereto +or any other creditor of such Bankruptcy Remote Party, and (ii) such party shall +not commence, join with any other Person in commencing or institute with any +other Person, any Proceeding against such Bankruptcy Remote Party under any +bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or insolvency law or statute now or +hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction. This Section shall survive the +termination of this Agreement. + +SECTION 10.11 Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee and Indenture Trustee. +Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement has +been executed by Wilmington Trust, National Association, not in its individual +capacity, but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Issuer, and by U.S. +Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely in its +capacity as Indenture Trustee under the Indenture. In no event shall Wilmington +Trust, National Association or U.S. Bank National Association, have any +liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other +obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or +agreements delivered by the Seller or the Servicer, or prepared by the Seller or +the Servicer for delivery by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Issuer, pursuant +hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the +Issuer. For all purposes of this Agreement, in the performance of its duties or +obligations hereunder or in the performance of any duties or obligations of the +Issuer hereunder, the Owner Trustee shall be subject to, and entitled to the +benefits of, the terms and provisions of Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Trust +Agreement. + +SECTION 10.12 Waivers. No failure or delay on the part of the Issuer in +exercising any power, right or remedy under this Agreement or the Assignment +shall operate as a waiver hereof or thereof, nor shall any single or partial +exercise of any such power, right or remedy preclude any other or further +exercise hereof or thereof or the exercise of any such power, right or remedy +preclude any other or further exercise hereof or thereof or the exercise of any +other power, right or remedy. + +  + +   58    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SECTION 10.13 Dispute Resolution. + +(a) If the Seller, Issuer, an Investor, the Owner Trustee (acting at the +direction of a Certificateholder) or the Indenture Trustee (acting at the +direction of an Investor pursuant to Section 7.07 of the Indenture) (the +“Requesting Party”) requests that NMAC or the Seller repurchase any Receivable +pursuant to Section 4.3 of the Purchase Agreement or Section 3.02 hereof, +respectively, (the party or parties requested to repurchase a receivable, the +“Requested Party” or “Requested Parties”) and the repurchase request has not +been fulfilled or otherwise resolved to the reasonable satisfaction of the +Requesting Party within 180 days of the receipt of notice of the request by NMAC +or the Seller, as applicable, the Requesting Party will have the right to refer +the matter, at its discretion, to either mediation or arbitration pursuant to +this Section 10.13. If the Requesting Party is the Indenture Trustee or the +Owner Trustee, the Indenture Trustee or the Owner Trustee, as applicable, will +follow the direction of the related Investor or Certificateholder, as +applicable, during the mediation or arbitration. If both the Owner Trustee (on +behalf of one or more Certificateholders) and the Indenture Trustee (on behalf +of one or more Investors) are Requesting Parties, then the Indenture Trustee as +Requesting Party (at the direction of the Investor that directed the Indenture +Trustee to make the repurchase request) shall have the right to make the +selection of mediation or arbitration. + +(b) The Requesting Party will provide notice in accordance with the provisions +of Section 10.03 of its intention to refer the matter to mediation or +arbitration, as applicable, to the Requested Parties, with a copy to the Issuer, +the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee. Each of NMAC and the Seller agree +that such Person will participate in the resolution method selected by the +Requesting Party to the extent such Person is a Requested Party. The Requested +Party shall provide notice to the Seller, Issuer, the Owner Trustee, and the +Indenture Trustee that the Requested Party has received a request to mediate or +arbitrate a repurchase request. Upon receipt of such notice, the Depositor, the +Issuer, the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee shall advise the Requesting +Party and Requested Party of an intent to join in the mediation or arbitration, +which shall result in their being joined as a Requesting Party in the +proceeding. A Requesting Party may not initiate a mediation or arbitration +pursuant to this Section 10.13 with respect to a Receivable that is, or has +been, the subject of an ongoing or previous mediation or arbitration (whether by +that Requesting Party or another Requesting Party) but will have the right to +join an existing mediation or arbitration with respect to that Receivable if the +mediation or arbitration has not yet concluded, subject to a determination by +the parties to the existing mediation or arbitration that such joinder would not +prejudice the rights of the participants to such existing mediation or +arbitration or unduly delay such proceeding. + +(c) If the Requesting Party selects mediation as the resolution method, the +following provisions will apply: + +(i) The mediation will be administered by a nationally recognized arbitration +and mediation association selected by the Requesting Party and conducted +pursuant to such association’s mediation procedures in effect at such time. + +  + +   59    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(ii) The fees and expenses of the mediation will be allocated as mutually agreed +by the parties as part of the mediation. + +(iii) The mediator is required to be impartial, knowledgeable about and +experienced with the laws of the State of New York that are relevant to the +repurchase dispute and will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by +the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”). + +(d) If the Requesting Party selects arbitration as the resolution method, the +following provisions will apply: + +(i) The arbitration will be administered by a nationally recognized arbitration +and mediation association jointly selected by the parties, and if the parties +are unable to agree on an association, by the AAA, and conducted pursuant to +such association’s arbitration procedures in effect at such time. + +(ii) The arbitrator is required to be impartial, knowledgeable about and +experienced with the laws of the State of New York that are relevant to the +repurchase dispute and will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by +AAA. + +(iii) The arbitrator will make its final determination no later than 90 days +after appointment or as soon as practicable thereafter. The arbitrator will +resolve the dispute in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and may not +modify or change this Agreement in any way. The arbitrator will not have the +power to award punitive damages or consequential damages in any arbitration +conducted by it, and the Requested Party shall not be required to pay more than +the applicable Repurchase Amount with respect to any receivable which such +Requested Party is required to repurchase under the terms of the Purchase +Agreement or this Agreement, as applicable. In its final determination, the +arbitrator will determine and award the costs of the arbitration (including the +fees of the arbitrator, cost of any record or transcript of the arbitration, and +administrative fees) and reasonable attorneys’ fees to the parties as determined +by the arbitrator in its reasonable discretion. If an Asset Review was conducted +in connection with the Receivables that are the subject of the arbitration, then +the arbitrator will determine the party or parties required to pay the related +Asset Reviewer Fee. The determination of the arbitrator will be in writing and +counterpart copies will be promptly delivered to the parties. The determination +will be final and non-appealable absent manifest error and may be enforced in +any court of competent jurisdiction. + +(iv) By selecting arbitration, the Requesting Party is waiving the right to sue +in court, including the right to a trial by jury. + +(v) No person may bring a putative or certified class action to arbitration. + +  + +   60    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(e) For the avoidance of doubt, neither the Owner Trustee nor the Indenture +Trustee shall be responsible to evaluate the qualifications of any mediator or +arbitrator, or for paying the costs, expenses and fees of any mediation or +arbitration initiated by a Requesting Party in accordance with this +Section 10.13. + +(f) The following provisions will apply to both mediations and arbitrations: + +(i) Any mediation or arbitration will be held in New York, New York or such +other location mutually agreed to by the Requesting Party and the Requested +Parties; + +(ii) Notwithstanding this dispute resolution provision, the parties will have +the right to seek provisional relief from a competent court of law, including a +temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction or attachment order, +provided such relief would otherwise be available by law; + +(iii) The details and/or existence of any unfulfilled repurchase request, any +meetings or discussions regarding any unfulfilled repurchase request, mediations +or arbitration proceedings conducted under this Section 10.13, including all +offers, promises, conduct and statements, whether oral or written, made in the +course of the parties’ attempt to resolve an unfulfilled repurchase request, any +information exchanged in connection with any mediation, and any discovery taken +in connection with any arbitration (collectively, “Confidential Information”), +shall be and remain confidential and inadmissible (except disclosures required +by Applicable Law) for any purpose, including impeachment, in any mediation, +arbitration or litigation, or other proceeding (including any proceeding under +this Section 10.13) other than as required to be disclosed in accordance with +applicable law, regulatory requirements, or court order or to the extent that +the Requested Party, in its sole discretion, elects to disclose such +information. Such information will be kept strictly confidential and will not be +disclosed or discussed with any third party, except that a party may disclose +such information to its own attorneys, experts, accountants and other agents and +representatives (collectively “Representatives”), as reasonably required in +connection with any resolution procedure under this Section 10.13, and the Asset +Representations Reviewer, if an Asset Review has been conducted, if the +disclosing Party (a) directs such Representatives to keep the information +confidential, (b) is responsible for any disclosure by its Representatives of +such information and (c) takes at its sole expense all reasonable measures to +restrain such Representatives from disclosing such information. If any party +receives a subpoena or other request for information from a third party (other +than a governmental regulatory body) for Confidential Information, the recipient +will promptly notify the other party and will provide the other party with the +opportunity to object to the production of its Confidential Information or seek +other appropriate protective remedies, consistent with the applicable +requirements of law and regulation. If, in the absence of a protective order, +such party or any of its representatives are compelled as a matter of law, +regulation, legal process or by regulatory authority to disclose any portion of +the Confidential Information, such party may disclose to the party compelling +disclosure only the part of such Confidential Information that is required to be +disclosed. + +  + +   61    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +SECTION 10.14 Cooperation with Voting. Each of NMAC, the Seller and the Issuer +hereby acknowledges and agrees that it shall reasonably cooperate with the +Indenture Trustee to facilitate any vote by the Instituting Noteholders pursuant +to terms of Section 7.08 of the Indenture. + +[Signature Page Follows] + +  + +   62    (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly +executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above +written. + +  + +NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES 2020-A + +OWNER TRUST + +By:   WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,   not in its individual capacity +but solely as   Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust By:   + +/s/ Dorri Costello + +  Name: Dorri Costello   Title: Vice President NISSAN AUTO RECEIVABLES +CORPORATION II, as Seller By:   + +/s/ Victor Pausin + +  Name: Victor Pausin   Title: Treasurer NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, +individually and as Servicer By:   + +/s/ Kevin J. Cullum + +  Name: Kevin J. Cullum   Title: President + +U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in + +its individual capacity but + +solely as Indenture Trustee + +By:   + +/s/ Brian Kozack + +  Name: Brian Kozack   Title: Vice President + +  + +      (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Schedule I + +REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE RECEIVABLES + +  + +  (a) + +Characteristics of Receivables. Such Receivable + +  + +  a. + +has been originated in the United States of America by a Dealer for the retail +sale of a Financed Vehicle, has been fully and properly executed or +authenticated by the parties thereto, and has been validly assigned by such +Dealer to NMAC, + +  + +  b. + +created a valid and enforceable security interest in favor of NMAC in such +Financed Vehicle, + +  + +  c. + +contains provisions that entitle the holder thereof to realize on the collateral +as security, + +  + +  d. + +provides for level monthly payments that fully amortize the Amount Financed over +an original term of no greater than 75 payments, except that (i) the payment +amount in the first or last month in the life of the Receivable may be minimally +different from the level payment amount and (ii) the initial payment on such +Receivable may have been deferred for up to 92 days, and + +  + +  e. + +provides for interest at the related APR. + +  + +  (b) + +Compliance with Law. Such Receivable complied at the time it was originated or +made with all requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws, and +regulations thereunder. + +  + +  (c) + +Binding Obligation. Such Receivable represents the legal, valid and binding +payment obligation in writing of the related Obligor, enforceable by the holder +thereof in accordance with its terms subject to (i) the effect of bankruptcy, +insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting +creditors’ rights generally, (ii) the effect of general equitable principles and +(iii) the potential unenforceability of waivers of jury trial provisions in +certain states. + +  + +  (d) + +Security Interest in Financed Vehicle. Immediately prior to the sale, assignment +and transfer thereof to the Issuer, such Receivable was secured by a validly +perfected first priority security interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of +NMAC as secured party or all necessary and appropriate actions shall have been +commenced that would result in the valid perfection of a first priority security +interest in the Financed Vehicle in favor of NMAC as secured party. + +  + +  (e) + +Repossession. As of the Cut-off Date, according to the records of NMAC, the +Financed Vehicle related to such Receivable has not been repossessed and the +possession thereof not reinstated. + +  + +      (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  (f) + +Receivables in Force. The records of the Servicer do not reflect that such +Receivable has been satisfied, subordinated or rescinded, nor that any Financed +Vehicle has been released from the lien granted by the related Receivable in +whole or in part. + +  + +  (g) + +No Waiver. No provision of the Receivable has been waived in a manner that is +prohibited by the provisions of Section 4.01. + +  + +  (h) + +No Defenses. The records of the Servicer do not reflect that such Receivable is +subject to any asserted or threatened right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim +or defense. + +  + +  (i) + +No Default. The records of the Servicer reflect that, except for payment +defaults continuing for a period of not more than 29 days as of the Cut-off +Date, no default, breach, violation or event permitting acceleration under the +terms of such Receivable has occurred. + +  + +  (j) + +Insurance. The Obligor is required under the terms of the related Receivable to +maintain physical damage insurance covering the Financed Vehicle. + +  + +  (k) + +Certificate of Title. The Receivable File related to such Receivable contains +the original Certificate of Title (or a photocopy or image thereof) or evidence +that an application for a Certificate of Title has been filed. + +  + +  (l) + +Lawful Assignment. Such Receivable has not been originated in, or shall be +subject to the laws of, any jurisdiction under which the sale, transfer and +assignment of such Receivable under this Agreement are unlawful, void or +voidable. + +  + +  (m) + +Chattel Paper. Such Receivable constitutes either “tangible chattel paper” or +“electronic chattel paper” as such terms are defined in the UCC. + +  + +  (n) + +Simple Interest Receivables. Such Receivable is a Simple Interest Receivable. + +  + +  (o) + +APR. The Annual Percentage Rate of such Receivable ranges from 0.00% to 11.83%. + +  + +  (p) + +Maturity. As of the Cut-off Date, such Receivable had a remaining term to +maturity of not less than 3 payments and not greater than 73 payments. + +  + +  (q) + +First Payment. As of the Cut-off Date, the related Obligor has made the initial +payment on such Receivable. + +  + +  (r) + +Balance. Such Receivable had an original Principal Balance of not more than +$84,932.38 and, as of the Cut-off Date, had a Principal Balance of not less than +$1,999.58 and not more than $81,510.89. + +  + +  (s) + +Delinquency. Such Receivable was not more than 29 days past due as of the +Cut-off Date, and such Receivable has not been extended by more than two months. + +  + +  (t) + +Bankruptcy. The records of the Servicer do not reflect that the related Obligor +was the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding as of the Cut-off Date. + +  + +      (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) + + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  (u) + +Origination. Such Receivable has an origination date on or after March 12, 2014. + +  + +  (v) + +Receivable Files. There is only one original executed copy of each “tangible +record” constituting or forming a part of such Receivable that is tangible +chattel paper and a single “authoritative copy” (as such term is used in +Section 9-105 of the UCC) of each electronic record constituting or forming a +part of such Receivable that is electronic chattel paper. The Receivable Files +that constitute or evidence such Receivable do not have any marks or notations +indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed by the +Seller to any Person other than the Issuer. + +  + +  (w) + +Forced-Placed Insurance Premiums. No contract relating to such Receivable has +had forced-placed insurance premiums added to the amount financed. + +  + +  (x) + +No Government Obligors. Such receivable shall not be due from the United States +or any state, or from any agency, department subdivision or instrumentality +thereof. + +  + +      (NAROT 2020-A Sale and Servicing Agreement) +Certain information has been excluded from this agreement (indicated by “[***]”) +because such information (i) is not material and (ii) would be competitively +harmful if publicly disclosed. + +  + +EXHIBIT 10.2 + +MEZZANINE +LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT + +THIS MEZZANINE LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of March +10, 2020 (the “Effective Date”) among (a) SILICON VALLEY BANK, a California +corporation (“SVB”), in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral +agent (“Agent”), (b) SILICON VALLEY BANK, a California corporation (“SVB”), as a +lender, (c) WESTRIVER INNOVATION LENDING FUND VIII, L.P., a Delaware limited +partnership (“WestRiver”), as a lender (SVB and WestRiver and each of the other +“Lenders” from time to time a party hereto are referred to herein collectively +as the “Lenders” and each individually as a “Lender”), and (d) VERRICA +PHARMACEUTICALS INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), provides the terms on +which Agent and the Lenders shall lend to Borrower and Borrower shall repay +Agent and the Lenders.  The parties agree as follows: + +1ACCOUNTING AND OTHER TERMS + +Accounting terms not defined in this Agreement shall be construed following +GAAP. Calculations and determinations must be made following GAAP; provided that +if at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial +ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either Borrower or +Agent shall so request, Borrower and Agent shall negotiate in good faith to +amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light +of such change in GAAP; provided further, that until so amended, (a) such ratio +or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to +such change therein and (b) Borrower shall provide Agent with 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. +In addition, no effect shall be given to Accounting Standards Codification 842, +Leases (or any other Accounting Standards Codification having similar result or +effect) (and related interpretations) to the extent any lease (or similar +arrangement) would be required to be treated as a capital lease thereunder where +such lease (or arrangement) would have been treated as an operating lease under +GAAP as in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of such Accounting +Standards Codification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all financial covenant +and other financial calculations shall be computed with respect to Borrower +only, and not on a consolidated basis.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined +in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in Section 14 of this +Agreement. All other terms contained in this Agreement, unless otherwise +indicated, shall have the meaning provided by the Code to the extent such terms +are defined therein. + +2LOAN AND TERMS OF PAYMENT + +2.1Promise to Pay.  Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to Agent, +for the ratable benefit of each Lender, the outstanding principal amount of all +Credit Extensions advanced to Borrower by such Lender and accrued and unpaid +interest thereon, together with any fees as and when due in accordance with this +Agreement. + +2.1.1Term Loan Advances + +(a)Availability.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, upon +Borrower’s request, the Lenders, severally and not jointly, shall make one (1) +term loan advance to Borrower on or about the Effective Date in an original +principal amount of Thirty-Five Million Dollars ($35,000,000.00) according to +each Lender’s Term Loan Commitment as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto (the “Term +A Loan Advance”).  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, upon +Borrower’s request, during the Draw Period, the Lenders, severally and not +jointly, shall make one (1) term loan advance available to Borrower in an +original principal amount of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00) according +to each Lender’s Term Loan Commitment as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto (the +“Term B Loan Advance”). The Term A Loan Advance and the Term B Loan Advance are +hereinafter referred to singly as a “Term Loan Advance” and collectively as the +“Term Loan Advances”. After repayment, no Term Loan Advance (or any portion +thereof) may be reborrowed. + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b)Interest Period.  Commencing on the first (1st) Payment Date of the month +following the month in which the Funding Date of the applicable Term Loan +Advance occurs, and continuing on the Payment Date of each month thereafter, +Borrower shall make monthly payments of interest to Agent, for the account of +the Lenders, in arrears, on the principal amount of each Term Loan Advance, at +the rate set forth in Section 2.2 (a). + +(c)Repayment.  Commencing on the Term Loan Amortization Date and continuing on +each Payment Date thereafter, Borrower shall repay the aggregate outstanding +Term Loan Advances to Agent, for the account of the Lenders, in (i) consecutive +equal monthly installments of principal based on the applicable Repayment +Schedule, plus (ii) monthly payments of accrued interest at the rate set forth +in Section 2.2(a). All outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest +with respect to the Term Loan Advances, and all other outstanding Obligations +under the Term Loan Advances, are due and payable in full on the Term Loan +Maturity Date. + +(d)Permitted Prepayment.  Borrower shall have the option to prepay all or a +portion of the Term Loan Advances advanced by the Lenders under this Agreement, +provided that such partial prepayments shall be in increments of at least One +Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00), and provided further that Borrower (i) delivers +written notice to Agent of its election to prepay all or such portion of the +Term Loan Advances at least five (5) Business Days prior to such prepayment, and +(ii) pays to Agent, for the account of the Lenders in accordance with its +respective Pro Rata Share, on the date of such prepayment (A) the outstanding +principal plus accrued and unpaid interest with respect to the Term Loan +Advances, (B) the Final Payment, (C) the Prepayment Premium with respect to the +amount of such prepaid portion of the Term Loan Advances, and (D) all other +sums, if any, that shall have become due and payable with respect to the Term +Loan Advances, including Lenders’ Expenses and interest at the Default Rate with +respect to any past due amounts. Any of payments of principal with respect to +the Term Loan Advances made under this Section 2.1.1(d) will be applied to the +principal balance of the Term Loan Advances in the inverse order of maturity. + +(e)Mandatory Prepayment Upon an Acceleration.  If the Term Loan Advances are +accelerated by Agent, following the occurrence of an Event of Default, Borrower +shall immediately pay to Agent, for the account of the Lenders in accordance +with its respective Pro Rata Share, an amount equal to the sum of (i) all +outstanding principal plus accrued and unpaid interest with respect to the Term +Loan Advances, (ii) the Final Payment, (iii) the Prepayment Premium, and (iv) +all other sums, if any, that shall have become due and payable with respect to +the Term Loan Advances, including Lenders’ Expenses and interest at the Default +Rate with respect to any past due amounts. + +2.2Payment of Interest on the Credit Extensions. + +(a)Interest Rate.  Subject to Section 2.2(b), the principal amount outstanding +under each Term Loan Advance shall accrue interest at a floating per annum rate +equal to the greater of (i) seven and one-quarter of one percent (7.25%) and +(ii) two and one-half of one percent (2.50%) above the Prime Rate, which +interest, in each case, shall be payable monthly in accordance with Section +2.2(d) below. + +(b)Default Rate.  Immediately upon the occurrence and during the continuance of +an Event of Default, Obligations shall bear interest at a rate per annum which +is four percent (4.0%) above the rate that is otherwise applicable thereto (the +“Default Rate”).  Fees and expenses which are required to be paid by Borrower +pursuant to the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, Lenders’ +Expenses) but are not paid when due shall bear interest until paid at a rate +equal to the highest rate applicable to the Obligations.  Payment or acceptance +of the increased interest rate provided in this Section 2.2(b) is not a +permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any +Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of Agent +or any Lender. + +(c)Adjustment to Interest Rate.  Changes to the interest rate of any Credit +Extension based on changes to the Prime Rate shall be effective on the effective +date of any change to the Prime Rate and to the extent of any such change. + +(d)Payment; Interest Computation.  Interest is payable monthly on the Payment +Date of each month and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the +actual number of days elapsed.  In computing interest, (i) all payments received +after 12:00 p.m. Eastern time on any day shall be deemed received at the opening +of business on the next Business Day, and (ii) the date of the making of any +Credit Extension shall be included and the date of payment shall be excluded; +provided, however, that if any Credit Extension is repaid on the same day on +which it is made, such day shall be included in computing interest on such +Credit Extension. + +-2- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +2.3Fees.  Borrower shall pay to Agent:   + +(a)Commitment Fee.  A fully earned, non-refundable commitment fee of Five +Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00), payable on the Effective Date, to be +shared between the Lenders pursuant to their respective Term Loan Commitment +Percentages; + +(b)Final Payment.  The Final Payment, when due hereunder, to be shared between +the Lenders pursuant to their respective Term Loan Commitment Percentages; + +(c)Prepayment Premium.  The Prepayment Premium, when due hereunder, to be shared +between the Lenders pursuant to their respective Term Loan Commitment +Percentages; and + +(d)Lenders’ Expenses.  All Lenders’ Expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ +fees and expenses for documentation and negotiation of this Agreement) incurred +through and after the Effective Date, when due (or, if no stated due date, upon +demand by Agent). + +Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement or in a separate writing by Agent, +Borrower shall not be entitled to any credit, rebate, or repayment of any fees +earned by Agent or any Lender pursuant to this Agreement notwithstanding any +termination of this Agreement or the suspension or termination of any Lender’s +obligation to make loans and advances hereunder.  Agent may deduct amounts owing +by Borrower under the clauses of this Section 2.3 pursuant to the terms of +Section 2.4(e).  Agent shall provide Borrower written notice of deductions made +from the Designated Deposit Account pursuant to the terms of the clauses of this +Section 2.3. + +2.4Payments; Pro Rata Treatment; Application of Payments; Debit of Accounts.   + +(a)All payments (including prepayments) to be made by Borrower under any Loan +Document shall be made to Agent for the account of Lenders, in immediately +available funds in Dollars, without setoff or counterclaim, before 12:00 p.m. +Eastern time on the date when due.   Agent shall distribute such payments to +Lenders in like funds as set forth in Section 2.5.  Payments of principal and/or +interest received after 12:00 p.m. Eastern time are considered received at the +opening of business on the next Business Day. When a payment is due on a day +that is not a Business Day, the payment shall be due the next Business Day, and +additional fees or interest, as applicable, shall continue to accrue until paid. + +(b)Each borrowing by Borrower from Lenders hereunder shall be made according to +the respective Term Loan Commitment Percentages of the relevant Lenders. + +(c)Except as otherwise provided herein, each payment (including each prepayment) +by Borrower on account of principal or interest on the Term Loan Advances shall +be applied according to each Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding +principal amount of the Term Loan Advances.  The amount of each principal +prepayment of the Term Loan Advances shall be applied to reduce the then +remaining installments of the Term Loan Advances based upon each Pro Rata Share +of Term Loan Advances. + +(d)Agent has the exclusive right to determine the order and manner in which all +payments with respect to the Obligations may be applied.  Borrower shall have no +right to specify the order or the accounts to which Agent shall allocate or +apply any payments required to be made by Borrower to Agent or otherwise +received by Agent or any Lender under this Agreement when any such allocation or +application is not specified elsewhere in this Agreement. + +(e)Agent may debit any of Borrower’s deposit accounts, including the Designated +Deposit Account, for principal and interest payments or any other amounts +Borrower owes Agent or any Lender when due. These debits shall not constitute a +set-off. + +(f)Unless Agent shall have been notified in writing by Borrower prior to the +date of any payment due to be made by Borrower hereunder that Borrower will not +make such payment to Agent, Agent may assume that Borrower is making such +payment, and Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance upon such + +-3- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +assumption, make available to Lenders their respective Pro Rata Share of a +corresponding payment amount.  If such payment is not made to Agent by Borrower +within three (3) Business Days after such due date, Agent shall be entitled to +recover, on demand, from each Lender to which any amount which was made +available pursuant to the preceding sentence, such amount with interest thereon +at the rate per annum equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective +Rate.  Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of Agent or any Lender +against Borrower. + +2.5Settlement Procedures.  If Agent receives any payment for the account of +Lenders on or prior to 12:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on any Business Day, Agent +shall pay to each applicable Lender such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such payment +on such Business Day. If Agent receives any payment for the account of Lenders +after 12:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on any Business Day, Agent shall pay to each +applicable Lender such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such payment on the next +Business Day.   + +2.6Withholding by Borrower.  Payments received by Agent from Borrower under this +Agreement will be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all +present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, +assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority +(including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable +thereto).  Specifically, however, if at any time any Governmental Authority, +applicable law, regulation or international agreement requires Borrower to make +any withholding or deduction from any such payment or other sum payable +hereunder to Agent, Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that the amount due +from Borrower with respect to such payment or other sum payable hereunder will +be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of such +required withholding or deduction, Agent receives a net sum equal to the sum +which it would have received had no withholding or deduction been required, and +Borrower shall pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant +Governmental Authority.  Borrower will, upon request, furnish Agent with proof +reasonably satisfactory to Agent indicating that Borrower has made such +withholding payment; provided, however, that Borrower need not make any +withholding payment if the amount or validity of such withholding payment is +contested in good faith by appropriate and timely proceedings and as to which +payment in full is bonded or reserved against by Borrower.  The agreements and +obligations of Borrower contained in this Section 2.6 shall survive the +termination of this Agreement. + +  + +3CONDITIONS OF LOANS + +3.1Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extension.  Each Lender’s obligation +to make the initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to the condition +precedent that Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to +Agent and the Lenders, such documents, and completion of such other matters, as +Agent may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate, including, without +limitation: + +(a)duly executed Senior Loan Documents and satisfaction of all conditions +precedent therein; + +(b)duly executed signatures to the Loan Documents; + +(c)the Operating Documents and a long-form good standing certificate of Borrower +certified by the Secretary of State of Delaware and each other state in which +Borrower is qualified to conduct business, each as of a date no earlier than +thirty (30) days prior to the Effective Date; + +(d)duly executed signatures to the secretary’s corporate borrowing certificate +of Borrower with respect to such Borrower’s Operating Documents, incumbency, +specimen signatures and resolutions authorizing the execution and delivery of +this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party; + +(e)duly executed signatures to the completed Borrowing Resolutions for Borrower; + +(f)certified copies, dated as of a recent date, of financing statement searches, +as Agent may request, accompanied by written evidence (including any UCC +termination statements) that the Liens indicated in any such financing +statements either constitute Permitted Liens or have been or, in connection with +the initial Credit Extension, will be terminated or released; + +-4- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(g)the Perfection Certificate of Borrower, together with the duly executed +signatures thereto; and + +(h)payment of the fees and Lenders’ Expenses then due as specified in Section +2.3 hereof. + +3.2Conditions Precedent to all Credit Extensions.  Each Lender’s obligation to +make each Credit Extension, including the initial Credit Extension, is subject +to the following conditions precedent: + +(a)timely receipt by the Lenders of (i) an executed Disbursement Letter and (ii) +an executed Payment/Advance Form and any materials and documents required by +Section 3.4;   + +(b)the representations and warranties in this Agreement shall be true, accurate, +and complete in all material respects on the date of the Disbursement Letter +(and the Payment/Advance Form) and on the Funding Date of each Credit Extension; +provided, however, that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to +any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by +materiality in the text thereof; and provided, further that those +representations and warranties expressly referring to a specific date shall be +true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of such date, and no +Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or result from the Credit +Extension.  Each Credit Extension is Borrower’s representation and warranty on +that date that the representations and warranties in this Agreement remain true, +accurate, and complete in all material respects; provided, however, that such +materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and +warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text +thereof; and provided, further that those representations and warranties +expressly referring to a specific date shall be true, accurate and complete in +all material respects as of such date; and + +(c)Agent and each Lender determine to its reasonable satisfaction that there has +not been any material impairment in the general affairs, management, results of +operation, financial condition or the prospect of repayment of the Obligations, +nor any material adverse deviation by Borrower from the most recent business +plan of Borrower presented to and accepted by Agent and the Lenders. + +3.3Covenant to Deliver. Borrower agrees to deliver to Agent and each Lender each +item required to be delivered to Agent and each Lender under this Agreement as a +condition precedent to any Credit Extension.  Borrower expressly agrees that a +Credit Extension made prior to the receipt by Agent and each Lender of any such +item shall not constitute a waiver by Agent or Lenders of Borrower’s obligation +to deliver such item, and the making of any Credit Extension in the absence of a +required item shall be in each Lender’s sole discretion. + +3.4Procedures for Borrowing.   + +(a)Term Loan Advances.  Subject to the prior satisfaction of all other +applicable conditions to the making of a Credit Extension set forth in this +Agreement, to obtain a Credit Extension, Borrower shall notify Agent (which +notice shall be irrevocable) by electronic mail, facsimile, or telephone by +12:00 p.m. Eastern time at least five (5) Business Days before the proposed +Funding Date of such Credit Extension.  Together with any such electronic or +facsimile notification, Borrower shall deliver to Agent by electronic mail or +facsimile a completed Disbursement Letter (and Payment/Advance Form) executed by +an Authorized Signer.  Agent may rely on any telephone notice given by a person +whom Agent believes is an Authorized Signer.  On the Funding Date, Agent shall +credit the Credit Extensions to the Designated Deposit Account.  Agent may make +Credit Extensions under this Agreement based on instructions from an Authorized +Signer or without instructions if the Credit Extensions are necessary to meet +Obligations which have become due. + +(b)Funding.  In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the +making of a Credit Extension that, by its terms, must be fulfilled to the +satisfaction of a Lender, Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory +to such Lender unless Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such +Lender prior to the making of such Credit Extension.  Unless Agent shall have +been notified in writing by any Lender prior to the date of any Credit +Extension, that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its +share of such borrowing available to Agent, Agent may assume that such Lender is +making such amount available to Agent, and Agent may, in reliance upon such +assumption, make available to Borrower a corresponding amount.  If such amount + +-5- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +is not made available to Agent by the required time on the Funding Date +therefor, such Lender shall pay to Agent, on demand, such amount with interest +thereon, at a rate equal to the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate +or (ii) a rate determined by Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on +interbank compensation, for the period until such Lender makes such amount +immediately available to Agent.  If such Lender’s share of such Credit Extension +is not made available to Agent by such Lender within three (3) Business Days +after such Funding Date, Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount +with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to the Term Loan +Advances, on demand, from Borrower. + +4CREATION OF SECURITY INTEREST + +4.1Grant of Security Interest.  Borrower hereby grants Agent, for the ratable +benefit of the Lenders, to secure the payment and performance in full of all of +the Obligations, a continuing security interest in, and pledges to Agent, for +the ratable benefit of the Lenders, the Collateral, wherever located, whether +now owned or hereafter acquired or arising, and all proceeds and products +thereof.  For clarity, any reference to “Agent’s Lien” or any granting of +collateral to Agent in this Agreement or any Loan Document means the Lien +granted to Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders. + +  + +If this Agreement is terminated, Agent’s Lien in the Collateral shall continue +until the Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) are repaid in +full in cash.  Upon payment in full in cash of the Obligations (other than +inchoate indemnity obligations) and at such time as the Lenders’ obligation to +make Credit Extensions has terminated, Agent shall, at the sole cost and expense +of Borrower, release its Liens in the Collateral and all rights therein shall +revert to Borrower. Agent’s Lien in the assets of Borrower securing the +Obligations of Borrower to Lenders under this Agreement shall be junior and +subordinated to SVB’s security interest in the assets of Borrower securing the +Obligations of Borrower to SVB under the Senior Loan Agreement. + +4.2Priority of Security Interest.  Borrower represents, warrants, and covenants +that the security interests granted herein are and shall at all times continue +to be a first priority perfected security interests in the Collateral (subject +only to Permitted Liens that are permitted pursuant to the terms of this +Agreement to have superior priority to Agent’s Lien under this Agreement).  If +Borrower shall acquire a commercial tort claim, Borrower shall promptly notify +Agent in a writing signed by Borrower of the general details thereof and grant +to Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, in such writing a security +interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this +Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory +to Agent. + +4.3Authorization to File Financing Statements.  Borrower hereby authorizes +Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, to file financing statements, without notice to +Borrower, with all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect or protect Agent’s and +Lenders’ interest or rights hereunder, including a notice that any disposition +of the Collateral, by Borrower or any other Person, shall be deemed to violate +the rights of Agent under the Code.  Such financing statements may indicate the +Collateral as “all assets of the Debtor” or words of similar effect, or as being +of an equal or lesser scope, or with greater detail, all in Agent’s discretion. + +5REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES + +Borrower represents and warrants as follows: + +5.1Due Organization, Authorization; Power and Authority.  Borrower is duly +existing and in good standing as a Registered Organization in its jurisdiction +of formation and is qualified and licensed to do business and is in good +standing in any jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its +ownership of property requires that it be qualified except where the failure to +do so could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on +Borrower’s business. In connection with this Agreement, Borrower has delivered +to Agent and each Lender a completed certificate signed by Borrower, entitled +“Perfection Certificate” (the “Perfection Certificate”).  Borrower represents +and warrants to Agent and each Lender that: (a) Borrower’s exact legal name is +that indicated on the Perfection Certificate and on the signature page hereof; +(b) Borrower is an organization of the type and is organized in the jurisdiction +set forth in the Perfection Certificate; (c) the Perfection Certificate +accurately sets forth Borrower’s organizational identification number or +accurately states that Borrower has none; (d) the Perfection Certificate +accurately sets forth Borrower’s place of business, or, if more than one, its +chief executive office as well as Borrower’s mailing address (if different than +its chief executive office); (e) Borrower (and each of its predecessors) has +not, in the + +-6- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +past five (5) years, changed its jurisdiction of formation, organizational +structure or type, or any organizational number assigned by its jurisdiction; +and (f) all other information set forth on the Perfection Certificate pertaining +to Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is accurate and complete in all +material respects (it being understood and agreed that Borrower may from time to +time update certain information in the Perfection Certificate after the +Effective Date to the extent permitted by one or more specific provisions in +this Agreement).  If Borrower is not now a Registered Organization but later +becomes one, Borrower shall promptly notify Agent of such occurrence and provide +Agent with Borrower’s organizational identification number. + +The execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of the Loan Documents to +which it is a party have been duly authorized, and do not (i) conflict with any +of Borrower’s organizational documents, (ii) contravene, conflict with, +constitute a default under or violate any material Requirement of Law, (iii) +contravene, conflict or violate any applicable order, writ, judgment, +injunction, decree, determination or award of any Governmental Authority by +which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their property or assets may +be bound or affected, (iv) require any action by, filing, registration, or +qualification with, or Governmental Approval from, any Governmental Authority +(except (i) such Governmental Approvals which have already been obtained and are +in full force and effect or are being obtained pursuant to Section 6.1(b), and +(ii) any filings required by the Code in connection with perfecting the security +interest granted herein), or (v) conflict with, contravene, constitute a default +or breach under, or result in or permit the termination or acceleration of, any +material agreement by which Borrower is bound.  Borrower is not in default under +any agreement to which it is a party or by which it is bound in which the +default could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on +Borrower’s business.   + +5.2Collateral.  Borrower has good title to, rights in, and the power to transfer +each item of the Collateral upon which it purports to grant a Lien hereunder, +free and clear of any and all Liens except Permitted Liens.  Borrower has no +Collateral Accounts at or with any bank or financial institution other than SVB +or SVB’s Affiliates except for the Collateral Accounts described in the +Perfection Certificate delivered to Agent and each Lender in connection herewith +or established in accordance with Section 6.6(b) and which Borrower has given +Agent notice and taken such actions as are necessary to give Agent, for the +ratable benefit of the Lenders, a perfected security interest therein, pursuant +to the terms of Section 6.6(b).  The Accounts are bona fide, existing +obligations of the Account Debtors.   + +The Collateral is not in the possession of any third party bailee (such as a +warehouse) except as otherwise provided in the Perfection Certificate or as +permitted pursuant to Section 7.2. None of the components of the Collateral +shall be maintained at locations other than as provided in the Perfection +Certificate or as permitted pursuant to Section 7.2. + +All Inventory is in all material respects of good and marketable quality, free +from material defects. + +Borrower is the sole owner of the Intellectual Property which it owns or +purports to own except for (a) licenses permitted hereunder, (b) +over-the-counter software that is commercially available to the public, and (c) +material Intellectual Property licensed to Borrower and noted on the Perfection +Certificate or as otherwise disclosed to Agent in writing. To Borrower’s +knowledge, each Patent which it owns or purports to own and which is material to +Borrower’s business is valid and enforceable, and no part of the Intellectual +Property which Borrower owns or purports to own and which is material to +Borrower’s business has been judged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in +part.  To the best of Borrower’s knowledge, no claim has been made that any part +of the Intellectual Property violates the rights of any third party except to +the extent such claim would not reasonably be expected to have a material +adverse effect on Borrower’s business. + +Except as noted on the Perfection Certificate or as otherwise disclosed to Agent +in writing pursuant to Section 6.8(b), Borrower is not a party to, nor is it +bound by, any Restricted License. + +5.3Litigation.  There are no actions or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge +of any Responsible Officer, threatened in writing by or against Borrower or any +of its Subsidiaries involving more than, individually or in the aggregate, Five +Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00). + +5.4Financial Statements; Financial Condition.  All consolidated financial +statements for Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries delivered to Agent and the +Lenders fairly present in all material respects Borrower’s consolidated +financial condition and Borrower’s consolidated results of operations as of the +date or for the period + +-7- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +covered by such financial statements (except with respect to unaudited financial +statements, subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of +footnotes). There has not been any material deterioration in Borrower’s +consolidated financial condition since the date of the most recent financial +statements submitted to Agent and the Lenders. + +5.5Solvency.  The fair salable value of Borrower’s consolidated assets +(including goodwill minus disposition costs) exceeds the fair value of +Borrower’s liabilities; Borrower is not left with unreasonably small capital +after the transactions in this Agreement; and Borrower is able to pay its debts +(including trade debts) as they mature. + +5.6Regulatory Compliance.  Borrower is not an “investment company” or a company +“controlled” by an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of +1940, as amended.  Borrower is not engaged as one of its important activities in +extending credit for margin stock (under Regulations X, T and U of the Federal +Reserve Board of Governors).  Borrower (a) has complied in all material respects +with all applicable Requirements of Law except where Borrower’s failure to do so +could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Borrower’s +business, and (b) has not violated any Requirements of Law the violation of +which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on its +business.  None of Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ properties or assets +has been used by Borrower or any Subsidiary or, to the best of Borrower’s +knowledge, by previous Persons, in disposing, producing, storing, treating, or +transporting any hazardous substance other than legally.  Borrower and each of +its Subsidiaries have obtained all consents, approvals and authorizations of, +made all declarations or filings with, and given all notices to, all +Governmental Authorities that are necessary to continue their respective +businesses as currently conducted except where Borrower’s failure to do so could +not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Borrower’s +business. + +5.7Subsidiaries; Investments.  Borrower does not own any stock, partnership, or +other ownership interest or other equity securities except for Permitted +Investments.   + +5.8Tax Returns and Payments; Pension Contributions.  Borrower has timely filed +all required tax returns and reports, or duly filed valid extensions thereof, +and Borrower has timely paid when due and payable all foreign, federal, state +and local taxes, assessments, deposits and contributions owed by Borrower except +(a) to the extent such taxes are being contested in good faith by appropriate +proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted, so long as such +reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in +conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor, or (b) if such taxes, +assessments, deposits and contributions do not, individually or in the +aggregate, exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).   + +To the extent Borrower defers payment of any contested taxes, Borrower shall (i) +notify Agent in writing of the commencement of, and any material development in, +the proceedings and (ii) post bonds or take any other steps required to prevent +the Governmental Authority levying such contested taxes from obtaining a Lien +upon any of the Collateral that is other than a “Permitted Lien.”  Borrower is +unaware of any claims or adjustments proposed for any of Borrower’s prior tax +years which could result in additional taxes becoming due and payable by +Borrower in excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).  Borrower has paid +all amounts necessary to fund all present pension, profit sharing and deferred +compensation plans in accordance with their terms, and Borrower has not +withdrawn from participation in, and has not permitted partial or complete +termination of, or permitted the occurrence of any other event with respect to, +any such plan which could reasonably be expected to result in any liability of +Borrower, including any liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or +its successors or any other governmental agency. + +5.9Use of Proceeds.  Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions as +working capital and to fund its general business requirements and not for +personal, family, household or agricultural purposes. + +5.10Full Disclosure.  No written representation, warranty or other statement of +Borrower in any certificate or written statement given to Agent or any Lender, +as of the date such representation, warranty, or other statement was made, taken +together with all such written certificates and written statements given to +Agent or any Lender, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits +to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained in the +certificates or statements not misleading (it being recognized by Agent and each +Lender that the projections and forecasts provided by Borrower in good faith and +based upon reasonable assumptions are not + +-8- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by +such projections and forecasts may differ from the projected or forecasted +results). + +5.11Definition of “Knowledge.”  For purposes of the Loan Documents, whenever a +representation or warranty is made to Borrower’s knowledge or awareness, to the +“best of” Borrower’s knowledge, or with a similar qualification, knowledge or +awareness means the actual knowledge, after reasonable investigation, of any +Responsible Officer. + +6AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS + +Borrower shall do all of the following: + +6.1Government Compliance.   + +(a)Except as permitted under Section 7.3, maintain its and all its Subsidiaries’ +legal existence and good standing in their respective jurisdictions of formation +and maintain qualification in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so +qualify would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on +Borrower’s business or operations; provided, that nothing in this Section 6.1 +shall prohibit or prevent Borrower from discontinuing the legal existence and +qualification of any Immaterial Subsidiary in any jurisdiction other than its +jurisdiction of formation, with prior written notice to Agent, if in the +reasonable good faith judgment of Borrower such discontinuance or qualification +is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business or such Subsidiary is no +longer useful to the business of Borrower or such Subsidiary.  Borrower shall +comply, and have each Subsidiary comply, in all material respects, with all +laws, ordinances and regulations to which it is subject, the failure to comply +with which would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect +on Borrower’s business or operations. + +(b)Obtain all of the Governmental Approvals necessary for the performance by +Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party and +the grant of a security interest to Agent, for the ratable benefit of the +Lenders, in all of its property.  Borrower shall promptly provide copies of any +such obtained Governmental Approvals to Agent. + +6.2Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates.  Provide Agent and each Lender +with the following: + +(a)Monthly Compliance Certificate.  Within thirty (30) days after the last day +of each month and together with Borrower’s monthly revenue, net profit and cash +balance statements, a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a +Responsible Officer, certifying that as of the end of such month, Borrower was +in full compliance with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and +setting forth calculations showing compliance with the financial covenants set +forth in this Agreement (if any) and such other information as Agent or the +Lenders may reasonably request; + +(b)Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available, but no later than +forty-five (45) days after the end of each calendar quarter (ninety (90) days +for the calendar quarter ending December 31 of each fiscal year), a company +prepared consolidated balance sheet and income statement covering Borrower’s and +each of its Subsidiary’s operations for such calendar quarter certified by a +Responsible Officer and in a form acceptable to Agent (the “Quarterly Financial +Statements”); + +(c)Quarterly Compliance Certificate. Within forty-five (45) days after the end +of each calendar quarter (ninety (90) days for the calendar quarter ending +December 31 of each fiscal year) and together with the Quarterly Financial +Statements, a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible +Officer, certifying that as of the end of such calendar quarter, Borrower was in +full compliance with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and +setting forth calculations showing compliance with the financial covenants set +forth in this Agreement and such other information as Agent or the Lenders may +reasonably request, including, without limitation, a statement that at the end +of such month there were no held checks; + +(d)Board Projections.  Within thirty (30) days after the last day of each fiscal +year of Borrower, and contemporaneously with any updates or amendments thereto, +(A) annual operating budgets (including income + +-9- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements, by month), and (B) annual +financial projections (on a quarterly basis), in each case as approved by the +Board, together with any related business forecasts used in the preparation of +such annual financial projections; + +(e)Annual Audited Financial Statements.  As soon as available, and in any event +within one hundred eighty (180) days following the end of Borrower’s fiscal +year, (A) audited consolidated financial statements prepared under GAAP, +consistently applied, together with an unqualified opinion on the financial +statements from an independent certified public accounting firm reasonably +acceptable to Agent and (B) a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a +Responsible Officer, certifying that as of the end of such calendar year, +Borrower was in full compliance with all of the terms and conditions of this +Agreement, and setting forth calculations showing compliance with the financial +covenants set forth in this Agreement and such other information as Agent or the +Lenders may reasonably request, including, without limitation, a statement that +at the end of such month there were no held checks; + +(f)10-Q Reports. Within forty-five (45) days after the last day of each fiscal +quarter (ninety (90) days for the calendar quarter ending December 31 of each +fiscal year), Borrower’s 10-Q report; + +(g)SEC Filings.  Within five (5) days of filing, copies of all periodic and +other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by Borrower with the +SEC, any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of the +SEC or with any national securities exchange, or distributed to its +shareholders, as the case may be.  Documents required to be delivered pursuant +to the terms hereof (to the extent any such documents are included in materials +otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so +delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which Borrower +posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, on Borrower’s website on the +internet at Borrower’s website address; + +(h)Other Statements.  Within five (5) days of delivery, copies of all +statements, reports and notices made available to Borrower’s security holders or +to any holders of Subordinated Debt; + +(i)Beneficial Ownership Information. Prompt written notice of any changes to the +beneficial ownership information set out in Section 14 of the Perfection +Certificate.  Borrower understands and acknowledges that each Lender relies on +such true, accurate and up-to-date beneficial ownership information to meet such +Lender’s regulatory obligations to obtain, verify and record information about +the beneficial owners of its legal entity customers; + +(j)Legal Action Notice.  A prompt report of any legal actions pending or +threatened in writing against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that could +result in damages or costs to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of, +individually or in the aggregate, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) or +more; and + +(k)Other Financial Information.  Other financial information reasonably +requested by Agent or any Lender. + +Notwithstanding the foregoing, documents required to be delivered pursuant to +the terms hereof (to the extent any such documents are included in materials +otherwise filed with the SEC), including without limitation any documents +required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 6.2(c), 6.2(f), 6.2(g), 6.2(j) and +6.2(k), may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to +have been delivered on the date on which Borrower posts such documents, or +provides a link thereto, on Borrower’s website on the internet at Borrower’s +website address. + +6.3Taxes; Pensions. Timely file, and require each of its Subsidiaries to timely +file, all required tax returns and reports and timely pay, and require each of +its Subsidiaries to timely pay, all foreign, federal, state and local taxes, +assessments, deposits and contributions owed by Borrower and each of its +Subsidiaries, except for deferred payment of any taxes contested pursuant to the +terms of Section 5.8 hereof, and shall deliver to Agent, on demand, appropriate +certificates attesting to such payments, and pay all amounts necessary to fund +all present pension, profit sharing and deferred compensation plans in +accordance with their terms. + +6.4Inventory; Returns.  Keep all Inventory in good and marketable condition, +free from material defects.  Returns and allowances between Borrower and its +Account Debtors shall follow Borrower’s customary + +-10- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +practices as they exist at the Effective Date.  Borrower must promptly notify +Agent and the Lenders of all returns, recoveries, disputes and claims that +involve more than Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00). + +6.5Insurance.   + +(a)Keep its business and the Collateral insured for risks and in amounts +customary for companies in Borrower’s industry and location and as Agent may +reasonably request.  Insurance policies shall be in a form, with financially +sound and reputable insurance companies that are not Affiliates of Borrower, and +in amounts that are reasonably satisfactory to Agent. All property policies +shall have a lender’s loss payable endorsement showing Agent as the sole lender +loss payee.  All liability policies shall show, or have endorsements showing, +Agent as an additional insured.  Agent shall be named as lender loss payee +and/or additional insured with respect to any such insurance providing coverage +in respect of any Collateral. + +(b)Ensure that proceeds payable under any property policy are, at Agent’s +option, payable to Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders on account of +the Obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) so long as no Event of +Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower shall have the option of +applying the proceeds of any casualty policy toward the replacement or repair of +destroyed or damaged property; provided that any such replaced or repaired +property (i) shall be of equal or like value as the replaced or repaired +Collateral and (ii) shall be deemed Collateral in which Agent has been granted a +first priority security interest, and (b) after the occurrence and during the +continuance of an Event of Default, all proceeds payable under such casualty +policy shall, at the option of Agent, be payable to Agent on account of the +Obligations. + +(c)At Agent’s request, Borrower shall deliver certified copies of insurance +policies and evidence of all premium payments.  Each provider of any such +insurance required under this Section 6.5 shall agree, by endorsement upon the +policy or policies issued by it or by independent instruments furnished to +Agent, that it will give Agent thirty (30) days (ten (10) days for nonpayment of +premium) prior written notice before any such policy or policies shall be +canceled.  If Borrower fails to obtain insurance as required under this Section +6.5 or to pay any amount or furnish any required proof of payment to third +persons and Agent, Agent may make all or part of such payment or obtain such +insurance policies required in this Section 6.5, and take any action under the +policies Agent deems prudent. + +6.6Operating Accounts. + +(a)Maintain all of its and all of its Subsidiaries’ operating accounts and +excess cash with SVB and SVB’s Affiliates. In addition, Borrower shall conduct +all other primary banking with SVB for services such as letters of credit and +business credit cards. Any Guarantor shall maintain all operating accounts and +excess cash with SVB and SVB’s Affiliates + +(b)Provide Agent five (5) days prior written notice before establishing any +Collateral Account at or with any bank or financial institution other than SVB +or SVB’s Affiliates. In addition, for each account that the Lenders in their +sole discretion permit Borrower at any time to open or maintain (other than +accounts at SVB), Borrower shall cause the applicable bank or financial +institution (other than SVB) at or with which any such Collateral Account is +opened or maintained to execute and deliver a Control Agreement or other +appropriate instrument with respect to such Collateral Account to perfect +Agent’s Lien in such Collateral Account in accordance with the terms hereunder, +which Control Agreement may not be terminated without the prior written consent +of the Lenders.  The provisions of the previous sentence shall not apply to +deposit accounts exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee +wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of Borrower’s employees and +identified to Agent and the Lenders by Borrower as such. + +6.7Financial Covenant – Trailing Six (6) Month Net Revenue.  During a Testing +Period, Borrower shall achieve (calculated with respect to Borrower only and not +on a consolidated basis) for the most recent calendar quarter then-ended and +each calendar quarter thereafter if such Testing Period is still in effect, +minimum net revenue, generated from the sale of Borrower’s products (excluding +revenue generated with respect to licensing arrangements), determined in +accordance with GAAP, measured on a trailing six (6) month basis, of at least: + +Trailing Six (6) Month Period Ending + +Minimum Revenue + +  + +-11- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +September 30, 2020 + +[***] + +December 31, 2020 + +[***] + +March 31, 2021 + +[***] + +June 30, 2021 + +  + +September 30, 2021 + +  + +December 31, 2021 + +[***] + +  + +[***] + +  + +[***] + +  + +With respect to the period ending March 31, 2022 and each calendar quarter +thereafter, the levels of minimum revenue shall be mutually agreed upon between +Borrower, Agent and Lenders, based upon, among other factors, Borrower’s +Board-approved operating plan and financial projections and Lenders’ then +current credit underwriting. With respect thereto, Borrower’s failure to agree +in writing (which agreement shall be set forth in a written amendment to this +Agreement) on or before March 15, 2022, to any net revenue covenant levels +proposed by Agent and Lenders with respect to any period from March 31, 2022 +through and including December 31, 2023, shall result in an immediate Event of +Default for which there shall be no grace or cure period. + +6.8Protection of Intellectual Property Rights. + +(a)(i) Use commercially reasonable efforts to protect, defend and maintain the +validity and enforceability of its Intellectual Property material to Borrower’s +business; (ii) promptly advise Agent in writing of material infringements or any +other event that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect +the value of its Intellectual Property material to Borrower’s business; and +(iii) not allow any Intellectual Property material to Borrower’s business to be +abandoned, forfeited or dedicated to the public without Agent’s written +consent.   + +(b)Provide written notice to Agent within ten (10) days of entering or becoming +bound by any Restricted License (other than over-the-counter software that is +commercially available to the public).  Borrower shall take such commercially +reasonable steps as Agent reasonably requests to obtain the consent of, or +waiver by, any person whose consent or waiver is necessary for (i) any +Restricted License to be deemed “Collateral” and for Agent to have a security +interest in it that might otherwise be restricted or prohibited by law or by the +terms of any such Restricted License, whether now existing or entered into in +the future, and (ii) Agent to have the ability in the event of a liquidation of +any Collateral to dispose of such Collateral in accordance with Agent’s and the +Lenders’ rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. + +6.9Litigation Cooperation.  From the date hereof and continuing through the +termination of this Agreement, make available to Agent, without expense to Agent +or any Lender, Borrower and its officers, employees and agents and Borrower’s +books and records, to the extent that Agent and/or the Lenders may deem them +reasonably necessary to prosecute or defend any third-party suit or proceeding +instituted by or against Agent and/or any Lender with respect to any Collateral +or relating to Borrower. + +6.10Access to Collateral; Books and Records.  Allow Agent or its agents, at +reasonable times, on one (1) Business Day’s notice (provided no notice is +required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to inspect the +Collateral and audit and copy Borrower’s Books. The foregoing inspections and +audits shall be conducted no more often than twice every twelve (12) months +unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing in which case such +inspections and audits shall occur as often as Agent shall determine is +necessary. The foregoing inspections and audits shall be conducted at Borrower’s +expense and the charge therefor shall be One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per +person per day (or such higher amount as shall represent Agent’s then-current +standard charge for the same), plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. In the +event Borrower and Agent schedule an audit more than eight (8) days in advance, +and Borrower cancels or reschedules the audit with less than eight (8) days +written notice to Agent, then (without limiting any of Agent’s or any Lender’s +rights or remedies) Borrower shall pay Agent a fee of Two Thousand Dollars +($2,000.00) plus any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Agent to compensate +Agent for the anticipated costs and expenses of the cancellation or +rescheduling. + +-12- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +6.11Further Assurances.  Execute any further instruments and take further action +as Agent and the Lenders reasonably request to perfect or continue Agent’s Lien +in the Collateral or to effect the purposes of this Agreement.  Deliver to Agent +and the Lenders, within five (5) days after the same are sent or received, +copies of all material correspondence, reports, documents and other material +filings with any Governmental Authority regarding compliance with or maintenance +of Governmental Approvals or Requirements of Law or that could reasonably be +expected to have a material effect on any of the Governmental Approvals or +otherwise on the operations of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. + +6.12Formation or Acquisition of Subsidiaries.  Notwithstanding and without +limiting the negative covenants contained in Sections 7.3 and 7.7 hereof, at the +time that Borrower or any Guarantor forms any direct or indirect Subsidiary or +acquires any direct or indirect Subsidiary after the Effective Date (including, +without limitation, pursuant to a Division), Borrower and such Guarantor shall +(a) cause such new Subsidiary to provide to Agent and Lenders a joinder to this +Agreement to become a co-borrower hereunder, together with such appropriate +financing statements and/or Control Agreements, all in form and substance +satisfactory to Agent (including being sufficient to grant Agent a first +priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) in and to the assets of such newly +formed or acquired Subsidiary), (b) provide to Agent appropriate certificates +and powers and financing statements, pledging all of the direct or beneficial +ownership interest in such new Subsidiary, in form and substance satisfactory to +Agent; and (c) provide to Agent all other documentation in form and substance +satisfactory to Agent, including one or more opinions of counsel satisfactory to +Agent, which in its opinion is appropriate with respect to the execution and +delivery of the applicable documentation referred to above. Any document, +agreement, or instrument executed or issued pursuant to this Section 6.12 shall +be a Loan Document. + +6.13Post-Closing Deliverables.  Deliver to Bank (i) within sixty (60) days after +the Effective Date, (A) a bailee’s waiver in favor of Bank for each of the +following locations where Borrower maintains property with a third party: (1) +Pharma Packaging Solutions - 341 JD Yarnell Industrial Parkway, Clinton, TN +37716, (2) Sterling Pharmaceutical Services LLC - 102 Coulter Road, East +Carondelet, IL 62240, and (3) Albany Molecular Research, Inc. - 33 Riverside +Avenue, Rensselaer, NY 12144, by the respective third party thereof, together +with the duly executed original signatures thereto, and (B) evidence +satisfactory to Bank that the insurance policies and endorsements required by +Section 6.7 hereof are in full force and effect, together with appropriate +evidence showing lender loss payable and/or additional insured clauses or +endorsements in favor of Bank, and (ii) within forty-five (45) days after the +Effective Date, (A) a completed Marketing Consent Form, together with the duly +executed signature thereto and (B) duly executed signatures to the Control +Agreement with U.S. Bank and SVB Asset Management. + +6.14NEGATIVE COVENANTS + +Borrower shall not do any of the following without the prior written consent of +the Lenders: + +6.15Dispositions.  Convey, sell, lease, transfer, assign, or otherwise dispose +of (including, without limitation, pursuant to a Division) (collectively, +“Transfer”), or permit any of its Subsidiaries to Transfer, all or any part of +its business or property, except for Transfers (a) of Inventory in the ordinary +course of business; (b) of worn-out, surplus or obsolete Equipment that is, in +the reasonable judgment of Borrower, no longer economically practicable to +maintain or useful in the ordinary course of business of Borrower; (c) +consisting of Permitted Liens and Permitted Investments; (d) consisting of the +sale or issuance of any stock of Borrower permitted under Section 7.2 of this +Agreement; (e) consisting of Borrower’s use or transfer of money or Cash +Equivalents in a manner that is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or +the other Loan Documents; (f) of non-exclusive licenses for the use of the +property of Borrower or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and +licenses that could not result in a legal transfer of title of the licensed +property but that may be exclusive in respects other than territory and that may +be exclusive as to territory only as to discrete geographical areas outside of +the United States; (g) subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.7(b) +with respect to the remittance of proceeds, Transfers of any property subject to +a casualty event; (h) consisting of the abandonment, cancellation, non-renewal +or discontinuance of use or maintenance of any Intellectual Property (or rights +relating thereto) that Borrower determined in its good faith business judgment +is no longer material to Borrower’s business and not materially disadvantageous +to the interests of Agent and Lenders; and (i) not otherwise permitted by this +Section 7.1, in an aggregate amount not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand +Dollars ($250,000.00) in any twelve (12) month period. + +-13- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +6.16Changes in Business, Management, Control, or Business Locations.  (a) Engage +in or permit any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any business other than the +businesses currently engaged in by Borrower and such Subsidiary, as applicable, +or reasonably related thereto; (b) liquidate or dissolve; (c) fail to provide +notice to Agent and Lenders of any Key Person departing from or ceasing to be +employed by Borrower within five (5) days after such Key Person’s departure from +Borrower; or (d) permit or suffer any Change in Control.   + +Borrower shall not, without at least ten (10) days prior written notice to +Agent: (1) add any new offices or business locations, including warehouses +(unless such new offices or business locations contain less than Two Hundred +Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) in Borrower’s assets or property) or +deliver any portion of the Collateral valued, individually or in the aggregate, +in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) to a bailee at a +location other than to a bailee and at a location already disclosed in the +Perfection Certificate, excluding contract manufacturers or clinical sites, (2) +change its jurisdiction of organization, (3) change its organizational structure +or type, (4) change its legal name, or (5) change any organizational number (if +any) assigned by its jurisdiction of organization.  If Borrower intends to add +any new offices or business locations, including warehouses, containing in +excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) of Borrower's assets +or property, then Borrower will cause such landlord of any such new offices or +business locations, including warehouses, to execute and deliver a landlord +consent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent. If Borrower +intends to deliver any portion of the Collateral valued, individually or in the +aggregate, in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) to a +bailee, and Agent and such bailee are not already parties to a bailee agreement +governing both the Collateral and the location to which Borrower intends to +deliver the Collateral, then Borrower will cause such bailee to execute and +deliver a bailee agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to +Agent, excluding contract manufacturers or clinical sites. + +6.17Mergers or Acquisitions.  Merge or consolidate, or permit any of its +Subsidiaries to merge or consolidate, with any other Person, or acquire, or +permit any of its Subsidiaries to acquire, all or substantially all of the +capital stock or property of another Person (including, without limitation, by +the formation of any Subsidiary or pursuant to a Division) other than Permitted +Acquisitions.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Subsidiary may merge or +consolidate into another Subsidiary or into Borrower. + +6.18Indebtedness.  Create, incur, assume, or be liable for any Indebtedness, or +permit any Subsidiary to do so, other than Permitted Indebtedness. + +6.19Encumbrance.  Create, incur, allow, or suffer any Lien on any of its +property, or assign or convey any right to receive income, including the sale of +any Accounts, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do so, except for Permitted +Liens and Transfers permitted by Section 7.1, permit any Collateral not to be +subject to the first priority security interest granted herein (subject only to +Permitted Liens that are permitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement to +have superiority to Agent’s Lien under this Agreement), or enter into any +agreement, document, instrument or other arrangement (except with or in favor of +Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders or pursuant to the Senior Loan +Documents) with any Person which directly or indirectly prohibits or has the +effect of prohibiting Borrower or any Subsidiary from assigning, mortgaging, +pledging, granting a security interest in or upon, or encumbering any of +Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s Intellectual Property, except (a) as is otherwise +permitted in Section 7.1 hereof and the definition of Permitted Liens herein, +(b) customary restrictions on assignment, transfer and encumbrances in license +agreements under which Borrower or a Subsidiary is the licensee, and (c) +covenants with such restrictions in contracts of sale or merger or acquisition +agreements, provided that in the case of this clause (c), (i) such covenants do +not prohibit or restrict Borrower from granting a security interest in +Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s Intellectual Property in favor of Agent, for the +ratable benefit of the Lenders, and (ii) the counter-parties to such covenants +are not permitted to receive or obtain a security interest in Borrower’s +Intellectual Property or any Collateral. + +6.20Maintenance of Collateral Accounts.  Maintain any Collateral Account except +pursuant to the terms of Section 6.6(b) hereof. + +6.21Distributions; Investments.  (a) Pay any dividends or make any distribution +or payment or redeem, retire or purchase any capital stock provided that +Borrower may (i) convert any of its convertible securities into other securities +pursuant to the terms of such convertible securities, (ii) pay dividends solely +in common stock, (iii) make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares of +capital stock arising out of stock dividends, splits or combinations or + +-14- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Permitted Acquisitions in an aggregate amount not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand +Dollars ($25,000.00) in any twelve (12) month period, (iv) repurchase the stock +of former employees, directors or consultants pursuant to stock repurchase +agreements so long as an Event of Default does not exist at the time of any such +repurchase and would not exist after giving effect to any such repurchase, +provided that the aggregate amount of all such repurchases does not exceed One +Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) per fiscal year, and (v) purchase +capital stock in connection with the exercise of stock options, warrants or +other equity awards by way of cashless exercise or in connection with the +satisfaction of withholding tax obligations; or (b) directly or indirectly make +any Investment (including, without limitation, by the formation of any +Subsidiary) other than Permitted Investments, or permit any of its Subsidiaries +to do so. + +6.22Transactions with Affiliates.  Directly or indirectly enter into or permit +to exist any material transaction with any Affiliate of Borrower, except for (i) +transactions that are in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business, upon fair +and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to Borrower than would be +obtained in an arm’s length transaction with a non-affiliated Person, (ii) +reasonable and customary fees paid to members of the Board of Borrower and its +Subsidiaries, (iii) compensation arrangements and benefit plans for officers and +other employees of Borrower and its Subsidiaries entered into or maintained in +the ordinary course of business, (iv) bridge financings and equity financings +with Borrower’s investors that are otherwise permitted by Section 7.2 and +constitutes Subordinated Debt, (v) transactions of the type described in and +permitted by Section 7.7, and (vi) transactions of the type described in and +permitted by subsection (f) of Permitted Investments and subsection (h) of +Permitted Indebtedness. + +6.23Subordinated Debt.  (a) Make or permit any payment on any Subordinated Debt, +except under the terms of the subordination, intercreditor, or other similar +agreement to which such Subordinated Debt is subject, or (b) amend any provision +in any document relating to the Subordinated Debt which would increase the +amount thereof, provide for earlier or greater principal, interest, or other +payments thereon, or adversely affect the subordination thereof to Obligations +owed to Agent and the Lenders. + +6.24Compliance.  Become an “investment company” or a company controlled by an +“investment company”, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or +undertake as one of its important activities extending credit to purchase or +carry margin stock (as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the +Federal Reserve System), or use the proceeds of any Credit Extension for that +purpose; fail to meet the minimum funding requirements of ERISA, permit a +Reportable Event or Prohibited Transaction, as defined in ERISA, to occur; fail +to comply with the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act or violate any other law or +regulation, if the violation could reasonably be expected to have a material +adverse effect on Borrower’s business, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do +so; withdraw or permit any Subsidiary to withdraw from participation in, permit +partial or complete termination of, or permit the occurrence of any other event +with respect to, any present pension, profit sharing and deferred compensation +plan which could reasonably be expected to result in any liability of Borrower, +including any liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or its +successors or any other governmental agency. + +7EVENTS OF DEFAULT + +Any one of the following shall constitute an event of default (an “Event of +Default”) under this Agreement: + +7.1Payment Default.�� Borrower fails to (a) make any payment of principal or +interest on any Credit Extension when due, or (b) pay any other Obligations +within three (3) Business Days after such Obligations are due and payable (which +three (3) Business Day cure period shall not apply to payments due on the Term +Loan Maturity Date).  During the cure period, the failure to make or pay any +payment specified under clause (b) hereunder is not an Event of Default (but no +Credit Extension will be made during the cure period); + +7.2Covenant Default.   + +(a) Borrower fails or neglects to perform any obligation in Sections 6.2, 6.3, +6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8(b) or 6.13, or violates any covenant in Section 7; or + +(b) Borrower fails or neglects to perform, keep, or observe any other term, +provision, condition, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or any +Loan Documents, and as to any default (other than those specified in + +-15- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +this Section 8) under such other term, provision, condition, covenant or +agreement that can be cured, has failed to cure the default within ten (10) days +after the occurrence thereof; provided, however, that if the default cannot by +its nature be cured within the ten (10) day period or cannot after diligent +attempts by Borrower be cured within such ten (10) day period, and such default +is likely to be cured within a reasonable time, then Borrower shall have an +additional period (which shall not in any case exceed thirty (30) days) to +attempt to cure such default, and within such reasonable time period the failure +to cure the default shall not be deemed an Event of Default (but no Credit +Extensions shall be made during such cure period).  Cure periods provided under +this section shall not apply, among other things, to financial covenants or any +other covenants set forth in clause (a) above; + +7.3Material Adverse Change.  A Material Adverse Change occurs; + +7.4Attachment; Levy; Restraint on Business.   + +(a)(i) The service of process seeking to attach, by trustee or similar process, +any funds of Borrower or of any entity under the control of Borrower (including +a Subsidiary), or (ii) a notice of lien or levy is filed against any of +Borrower’s assets by any Governmental Authority, and the same under subclauses +(i) and (ii) hereof are not, within ten (10) days after the occurrence thereof, +discharged or stayed (whether through the posting of a bond or otherwise); +provided, however, no Credit Extensions shall be made during any ten (10) day +cure period; or + +(b) (i) any material portion of Borrower’s assets is attached, seized, levied +on, or comes into possession of a trustee or receiver, or (ii) any court order +enjoins, restrains, or prevents Borrower from conducting all or any material +part of its business; + +7.5Insolvency.  (a) Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is unable to pay its +debts (including trade debts) as they become due or otherwise becomes insolvent; +(b) Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries begins an Insolvency Proceeding; or +(c) an Insolvency Proceeding is begun against Borrower or any of its +Subsidiaries and is not dismissed or stayed within forty-five (45) days (but no +Credit Extensions shall be made while any of the conditions described in clause +(a) exist and/or until any Insolvency Proceeding is dismissed); + +7.6Other Agreements.  There is, under any agreement to which Borrower or any +Guarantor is a party with a third party or parties, (a) any default resulting in +a right by such third party or parties, whether or not exercised, to accelerate +the maturity of any Indebtedness in an amount individually or in the aggregate +in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00); or (b) any breach or +default by Borrower or Guarantor, the result of which could have a material +adverse effect on Borrower’s or any Guarantor’s business; provided, however, +that the Event of Default under this Section 8.6 caused by the occurrence of a +breach or default under such other agreement shall be cured or waived for +purposes of this Agreement upon Agent receiving written notice from the party +asserting such breach or default of such cure or waiver of the breach or default +under such other agreement, if at the time of such cure or waiver under such +other agreement (x) Agent has not declared an Event of Default under this +Agreement and/or exercised any rights with respect thereto; (y) any such cure or +waiver does not result in an Event of Default under any other provision of this +Agreement or any Loan Document; and (z) in connection with any such cure or +waiver under such other agreement, the terms of any agreement with such third +party are not modified or amended in any manner which could in the good faith +business judgment of Agent be materially less advantageous to Borrower or any +Guarantor; + +7.7Judgments; Penalties.  One or more fines, penalties, or final judgments, +orders or decrees for the payment of money in an amount, individually or in the +aggregate, of at least Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) (not covered +by independent third-party insurance as to which liability has been accepted by +such insurance carrier) shall be rendered against Borrower by any Governmental +Authority, and the same are not, within ten (10) days after the entry, +assessment or issuance thereof, discharged, satisfied, or paid, or after +execution thereof, stayed or bonded pending appeal, or such judgments are not +discharged prior to the expiration of any such stay (provided that no Credit +Extensions will be made prior to the satisfaction, payment, discharge, stay, or +bonding of such fine, penalty, judgment, order or decree); + +7.8Misrepresentations.  Borrower or any Person acting for Borrower makes any +representation, warranty, or other statement now or later in this Agreement, any +Loan Document or in any writing delivered to Agent or any Lender or to induce +Agent or any Lender to enter this Agreement or any Loan Document, and such +representation, warranty, or other statement is incorrect in any material +respect when made (it being recognized by + +-16- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Agent that the projections and forecasts provided by Borrower in good faith and +based upon reasonable assumptions are not viewed as facts and that actual +results during the period or periods covered by such projections and forecasts +may differ from the projected or forecasted results); + +7.9Subordinated Debt.  Any document, instrument, or agreement evidencing any +Subordinated Debt shall for any reason be revoked or invalidated or otherwise +cease to be in full force and effect (provided that any revocation, +cancellation, invalidation, or termination of any such document, instrument or +agreement that (i) is consented to in writing by Agent in its sole and absolute +discretion or (ii) results from Borrower’s payment in full of the Subordinated +Debt if permitted under any subordination agreement, shall not constitute an +Event of Default under this Section 8.9), any Person shall be in breach thereof +or contest in any manner the validity or enforceability thereof or deny that it +has any further liability or obligation thereunder, or the Obligations shall for +any reason be subordinated or shall not have the priority contemplated by this +Agreement or any applicable subordination or intercreditor agreement; or + +7.10Governmental Approvals.  Any Governmental Approval shall have been +(a) revoked, rescinded, suspended, modified in an adverse manner or not renewed +in the ordinary course for a full term or (b) subject to any decision by a +Governmental Authority that designates a hearing with respect to any +applications for renewal of any of such Governmental Approval or that could +result in the Governmental Authority taking any of the actions described in +clause (a) above, and such decision or such revocation, rescission, suspension, +modification or non-renewal (i) cause, or could reasonably be expected to cause, +a Material Adverse Change, or (ii)  materially adversely affects the legal +qualifications of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to hold such Governmental +Approval in any applicable jurisdiction and such revocation, rescission, +suspension, modification or non-renewal could reasonably be expected to +materially adversely affect the status of or legal qualifications of Borrower or +any of its Subsidiaries to hold any Governmental Approval in any other +jurisdiction. + +7.11Senior Loan Agreement. The occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in +the Senior Loan Agreement) under the Senior Loan Agreement. + +8RIGHTS AND REMEDIES + +8.1Rights and Remedies.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an +Event of Default, Agent, in accordance with the Lender Intercreditor Agreement +or, if such rights and remedies are not addressed in the Lender Intercreditor +Agreement, as directed by Lenders having a majority of the Obligations, may, +without notice or demand, do any or all of the following: + +(a)declare all Obligations immediately due and payable (but if an Event of +Default described in Section 8.5 occurs all Obligations are immediately due and +payable without any action by Agent or any Lender); + +(b)stop advancing money or extending credit for Borrower’s benefit under this +Agreement or under any other agreement among Borrower, Agent and/or any Lenders; + +(c)demand that Borrower (i) deposit cash with SVB in an amount equal to at least +(x) one hundred five percent (105.0%) of the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate +face amount of all Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars remaining undrawn, +and (y) one hundred ten percent (110.0%) of the Dollar Equivalent of the +aggregate face amount of all Letters of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency +remaining undrawn (plus, in each case, all interest, fees, and costs due or to +become due in connection therewith (as estimated by SVB in its good faith +business judgment)), to secure all of the Obligations relating to such Letters +of Credit, as collateral security for the repayment of any future drawings under +such Letters of Credit, and Borrower shall forthwith deposit and pay such +amounts, and (ii) pay in advance all letter of credit fees scheduled to be paid +or payable over the remaining term of any Letters of Credit; + +(d)terminate any FX Contracts; + +(e)verify the amount of, demand payment of and performance under, and collect +any Accounts and General Intangibles, settle or adjust disputes and claims +directly with Account Debtors for amounts on terms and + +-17- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +in any order that Agent and/or the Lenders consider advisable, and notify any +Person owing Borrower money of Agent’s security interest in such funds;   + +(f)make any payments and do any acts Agent or any Lender considers necessary or +reasonable to protect the Collateral and/or its security interest in the +Collateral.  Borrower shall assemble the Collateral if Agent requests and make +it available as Agent designates.  Agent may enter premises where the Collateral +is located, take and maintain possession of any part of the Collateral, and pay, +purchase, contest, or compromise any Lien which appears to be prior or superior +to its security interest or charges and pay all expenses incurred. Borrower +grants Agent a license to enter and occupy any of its premises, without charge, +to exercise any of Agent’s rights or remedies; + +(g)apply to the Obligations (i) any balances and deposits of Borrower it holds, +or (ii) any amount held by Agent owing to or for the credit or the account of +Borrower; + +(h)ship, reclaim, recover, store, finish, maintain, repair, prepare for sale, +advertise for sale, and sell the Collateral.  Agent, for the benefit of the +Lenders, is hereby granted a non-exclusive, royalty-free license or other right +to use, without charge, Borrower’s labels, Patents, Copyrights, mask works, +rights of use of any name, trade secrets, trade names, Trademarks, and +advertising matter, or any similar property as it pertains to the Collateral, in +completing production of, advertising for sale, and selling any Collateral and, +in connection with Agent’s exercise of its rights under this Section, Borrower’s +rights under all licenses and all franchise agreements inure to Agent, for the +ratable benefit of the Lenders; + +(i)place a “hold” on any account maintained with Agent or Lenders and/or deliver +a notice of exclusive control, any entitlement order, or other directions or +instructions pursuant to any Control Agreement or similar agreements providing +control of any Collateral; + +(j)demand and receive possession of Borrower’s Books; and + +(k)exercise all rights and remedies available to Agent and the Lenders under the +Loan Documents or at law or equity, including all remedies provided under the +Code (including disposal of the Collateral pursuant to the terms thereof). + +8.2Power of Attorney.  Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints Agent, for the +benefit of the Lenders, as its lawful attorney-in-fact, exercisable upon the +occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to: (a) endorse +Borrower’s name on any checks or other forms of payment or security; (b) sign +Borrower’s name on any invoice or bill of lading for any Account or drafts +against Account Debtors; (c) settle and adjust disputes and claims about the +Accounts directly with Account Debtors, for amounts and on terms Agent +determines reasonable; (d) make, settle, and adjust all claims under Borrower’s +insurance policies; (e) pay, contest or settle any Lien, charge, encumbrance, +security interest, and adverse claim in or to the Collateral, or any judgment +based thereon, or otherwise take any action to terminate or discharge the same; +and (f) transfer the Collateral into the name of Agent or a third party as the +Code permits. Borrower hereby appoints Agent as its lawful attorney-in-fact to +sign Borrower’s name on any documents necessary to perfect or continue the +perfection of Agent’s security interest in the Collateral regardless of whether +an Event of Default has occurred until all Obligations (other than inchoate +indemnity obligations or other obligations which, by their terms, survive the +termination of this Agreement) have been satisfied in full and Lenders are under +no further obligation to make Credit Extensions hereunder. Agent’s foregoing +appointment as Borrower’s attorney in fact, and all of Agent’s rights and +powers, coupled with an interest, are irrevocable until all Obligations have +been fully repaid and performed and each Lender’s obligation to provide Credit +Extensions terminates. + +8.3Protective Payments.  If Borrower fails to obtain the insurance called for by +Section 6.5 or fails to pay any premium thereon or fails to pay any other amount +which Borrower is obligated to pay under this Agreement or any other Loan +Document or which may be required to preserve the Collateral, Agent may obtain +such insurance or make such payment, and all amounts so paid by Agent are +Lenders’ Expenses and immediately due and payable, bearing interest at the then +highest rate applicable to the Obligations, and secured by the Collateral. Agent +will make reasonable efforts to provide Borrower with notice of Agent obtaining +such insurance at the time it is obtained or within a reasonable time +thereafter. No payments by Agent are deemed an agreement to make similar +payments in the future or Agent’s or and Lenders’ waiver of any Event of +Default. + +-18- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +8.4Application of Payments and Proceeds Upon Default.  If an Event of Default +has occurred and is continuing, Agent shall have the right to apply in any order +any funds in its possession, whether from Borrower account balances, payments, +proceeds realized as the result of any collection of Accounts or other +disposition of the Collateral, or otherwise, to the Obligations. Agent shall pay +any surplus to Borrower by credit to the Designated Deposit Account or to other +Persons legally entitled thereto; Borrower shall remain liable to Agent and the +Lenders for any deficiency. If Agent, directly or indirectly, enters into a +deferred payment or other credit transaction with any purchaser at any sale of +Collateral, Agent shall have the option, exercisable at any time, of either +reducing the Obligations by the principal amount of the purchase price or +deferring the reduction of the Obligations until the actual receipt by Agent of +cash therefor. + +8.5Liability for Collateral.  So long as Agent and Lenders comply with +reasonable banking practices regarding the safekeeping of the Collateral in +their possession or under the control of Agent and/or Lenders, Agent and Lenders +shall not be liable or responsible for: (a) the safekeeping of the Collateral; +(b) any loss or damage to the Collateral; (c) any diminution in the value of the +Collateral; or (d) any act or default of any carrier, warehouseman, bailee, or +other Person. Borrower bears all risk of loss, damage or destruction of the +Collateral, except to the extent caused by the gross negligence or willful +misconduct of Agent or Lenders. + +8.6No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative.  Agent’s and any Lender’s failure, at any +time or times, to require strict performance by Borrower of any provision of +this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall not waive, affect, or diminish +any right of Agent or any Lender thereafter to demand strict performance and +compliance herewith or therewith. No waiver hereunder shall be effective unless +signed by the party granting the waiver and then is only effective for the +specific instance and purpose for which it is given. Agent’s and each Lender’s +rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are +cumulative. Agent and each Lender have all rights and remedies provided under +the Code, by law, or in equity. Agent’s or any Lender’s exercise of one right or +remedy is not an election and shall not preclude Agent or any Lender from +exercising any other remedy under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or +other remedy available at law or in equity, and Agent’s or any Lender’s waiver +of any Event of Default is not a continuing waiver. Agent’s or any Lender’s +delay in exercising any remedy is not a waiver, election, or acquiescence.   + +8.7Demand Waiver.  To the extent permitted by law, Borrower waives demand, +notice of default or dishonor, notice of payment and nonpayment, notice of any +default, nonpayment at maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension, or +renewal of accounts, documents, instruments, chattel paper, and guarantees held +by Agent on which Borrower is liable. + +9Agent + +9.1Appointment and Authority. + +(a)Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints SVB to act on its behalf as Agent +hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes Agent to take such +actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to Agent by +the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are +reasonably incidental thereto. + +(b)The provisions of this Section 10 are solely for the benefit of Agent and +Lenders, and Borrower shall not have rights as a third party beneficiary of any +of such provisions.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in +this Agreement, Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities to any +Lender or any other Person, except those expressly set forth herein, or any +fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, +responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this +Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against Agent. + +9.2Delegation of Duties.  Agent may perform any and all of its duties and +exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or +through any one or more sub-agents appointed by Agent.  Agent and any such +sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and +powers by or through their respective Indemnified Persons.  The exculpatory +provisions of this Section 10.2 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the +Indemnified Persons of Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their +respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit +facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. + +-19- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +9.3  Exculpatory Provisions.  Agent shall have no duties or obligations except +those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents.  Without +limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent shall not: + +(a)be subject to any fiduciary, trust, agency or other similar duties, +regardless of whether any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; + +(b)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 Agent is required to exercise as directed in +writing by the Lenders, as applicable; provided that Agent shall not be required +to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may +expose Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable +law; and + +(c)except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have +any duty to disclose, and Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, +any information relating to Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is +communicated to or obtained by any Person serving as Agent or any of its +Affiliates in any capacity. + +Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the +consent or at the request of the Lenders (or as Agent shall believe in good +faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 13.7) +or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. + +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 Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, +effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any +other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition +set forth in Section 3 or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of +items expressly required to be delivered to Agent. + +  + +9.4 Reliance by Agent.  Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not +incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, +statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic +message, internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by +it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the +proper Person.  Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by +telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall +not incur any liability for relying thereon.  Agent may consult with legal +counsel (who may be counsel for Borrower), independent accountants and other +experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not +taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or +experts.  In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making +of a Credit Extension that, by its terms, must be fulfilled to the satisfaction +of a Lender, Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such +Lender unless Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender +prior to the making of such Credit Extension.  Agent shall in all cases be fully +protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the +other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Lenders, and such +request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding +upon Lenders and all future holders of the Credit Extensions. + +9.5 Notice of Default.  Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of +the occurrence of any Event of Default (except with respect to defaults in the +payment of principal, interest or fees required to be paid to Agent for the +account of Lenders), unless Agent has received notice from a Lender or Borrower +referring to this Agreement, describing such Event of Default and stating that +such notice is a “notice of default”.  In the event that Agent receives such a +notice, Agent shall give notice thereof to Lenders.  Agent shall take such +action with respect to such Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by +the Lenders. + +9.6 Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders.  Each Lender expressly acknowledges +that neither Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, +attorneys in fact or affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it +and that no act by Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of +a Group Member or any Affiliate of a Group Member, shall be deemed to constitute +any representation or warranty by Agent to any Lender.  Each Lender represents +to Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon Agent or any other +Lender, and + +-20- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its +own appraisal of, and investigation into, the business, operations, property, +financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Group Members and +their Affiliates and made its own decision to make its Credit Extensions +hereunder and enter into this Agreement.  Each Lender also represents that it +will, independently and without reliance upon Agent or any other Lender, and +based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the +time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in +taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, +and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the +business, operations, property, financial and other condition and +creditworthiness of the Group Members and their Affiliates.  Except for notices, +reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to Lenders by +Agent hereunder, Agent shall have no duty or responsibility to provide any +Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, +property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of +any Group Member or any Affiliate of a Group Member that may come into the +possession of Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, +attorneys in fact or Affiliates. + +9.7Indemnification.  Each Lender agrees to indemnify Agent in its capacity as +such (to the extent not reimbursed by Borrower and without limiting the +obligation of Borrower to do so in accordance with the terms hereof), according +to its Term Loan Commitment Percentage in effect on the date on which +indemnification is sought under this Section 10.7 (or, if indemnification is +sought after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the +Obligations shall have been paid in full, in accordance with its Term Loan +Commitment Percentage immediately prior to such date), from and against any and +all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, +suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any +time (whether before or after the payment of the Credit Extensions) be imposed +on, incurred by or asserted against Agent in any way relating to or arising out +of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any +documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions +contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by Agent under or +in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable +for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, +damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements +that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent +jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from Agent’s gross negligence or willful +misconduct.  The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the +Credit Extensions and all other amounts payable hereunder. + +9.8Agent in Its Individual Capacity.  The Person serving as Agent hereunder +shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other +Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not Agent and the term +“Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the +context otherwise requires, include each such Person serving as Agent hereunder +in its individual capacity.  Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits +from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory +capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with Borrower, any +Guarantor or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were +not Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to Lenders. + +9.9  Successor Agent.  Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to +Lenders and Borrower, which resignation shall not be effective until the time at +which the majority of the Lenders have delivered to Agent their written consent +to such resignation.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the +Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with Borrower, to appoint a +successor, which shall be a financial institution with an office in the State of +California, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the State of +California.  If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Lenders +and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the +retiring Agent has received the written consent of the majority of the Lenders +to such resignation, then the retiring Agent may on behalf of Lenders, appoint a +successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that in no +event shall any such successor Agent be a Defaulting Lender and provided further +that if the retiring Agent shall notify Borrower and Lenders that no qualifying +Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless +become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring 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 Agent on +behalf of the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Agent shall +continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Agent +is appointed and such collateral security is assigned to such successor Agent) +and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, +to or through Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until +such time as the Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this +Section 10.9.  Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Agent +hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the +rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring + +-21- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(or retired) Agent, and the retiring 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 10.9).  The fees +payable by Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to +its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between Borrower and such +successor.  After the retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other +Loan Documents, the provisions of this Section 10 shall continue in effect for +the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective +Indemnified Persons in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by +any of them while the retiring Agent was acting as Agent. + +9.10Defaulting Lender.   + +(a)Defaulting Lender Adjustments.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary +contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, +until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent +permitted by applicable law: + +(i)Waivers and Amendments.  Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or +disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall +be restricted as long as said Lender is a Defaulting Lender. + +(ii)Defaulting Lender Waterfall.  Any payment of principal, interest, fees or +other amounts received by the Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender +(whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 8 or +otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Agent by such +Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 13.10), shall be applied at such time or +times as may be determined by the Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any +amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Agent hereunder; second, as +Borrower may request (so long as no Event of Default exists), to the funding of +any Term Loan Advance in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to +fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the +Agent; third, if so determined by the Agent and Borrower, to be held in a +Deposit Account and released pro rata to satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s +potential future funding obligations with respect to Term Loan Advances under +this Agreement; fourth, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is +continuing, to the payment of any amounts owing to Borrower as a result of any +judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by Borrower against such +Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its +obligations under this Agreement; and fifth, to such Defaulting Lender or as +otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if +(A) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Term Loan Advances +in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate +share and (B) such Term Loan Advances were made at a time when the conditions +set forth in Section 3.1 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied +solely to pay the Term Loan Advance of all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata +basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Term Loan Advances of such +Defaulting Lender until such time as all Term Loan Advances are held by the +Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Term Loan Commitments under this +Agreement.  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 pursuant to this Section 10.10(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and +redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents +hereto. + +(iii)Certain Fees.  No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any fee +pursuant to Section 2.3(b) or Section 2.3(c) for any period during which such +Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and Borrower shall not be required to pay any +such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to such +Defaulting Lender).   + +(b)Defaulting Lender Cure.  If Borrower and Agent agree in writing that a Lender +is no longer a Defaulting Lender, 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, such Lender will, to the extent applicable, +purchase at par that portion of outstanding Term Loan Advances of the other +Lenders or take such other actions as Agent may determine to be necessary to +cause the Term Loan Advances to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in +accordance with their respective Term Loan Commitment Percentages, whereupon +such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; + +-22- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees +accrued or payments made by or on behalf of Borrower while such 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 such Lender having been a Defaulting Lender. + +(c)Termination of Defaulting Lender.  Borrower may terminate the unused amount +of the Term Loan Commitment of any Lender that is a Defaulting Lender upon not +less than ten (10) Business Days’ prior notice to Agent (which shall promptly +notify the Lenders thereof), and in such event the provisions of Section +10.10(a)(ii) will apply to all amounts thereafter paid by Borrower for the +account of such Defaulting Lender under this Agreement (whether on account of +principal, interest, fees, indemnity or other amounts); provided that (i) no +Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (ii) such +termination shall not be deemed to be a waiver or release of any claim Borrower, +Agent or any Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender. + +(d)If the Person serving as Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) +of the definition thereof, the non-Defaulting Lenders may, to the extent +permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to Borrower and such Person, +remove such Person as Agent and, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a +successor.  If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the +non-Defaulting Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty +(30) days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the non-Defaulting Lenders) +(the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall nonetheless become +effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date. + +10NOTICES + +All notices, consents, requests, approvals, demands, or other communication by +any party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document must be in writing and +shall be deemed to have been validly served, given, or delivered: (a) upon the +earlier of actual receipt and three (3) Business Days after deposit in the U.S. +mail, first class, registered or certified mail return receipt requested, with +proper postage prepaid; (b) upon transmission, when sent by electronic mail or +facsimile transmission; (c) one (1) Business Day after deposit with a reputable +overnight courier with all charges prepaid; or (d) when delivered, if +hand-delivered by messenger, all of which shall be addressed to the party to be +notified and sent to the address, facsimile number, or email address indicated +below. Agent or Borrower may change its mailing or electronic mail address or +facsimile number by giving the other party written notice thereof in accordance +with the terms of this Section 11. + +If to Borrower:Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. + +10 North High Street, Suite 200 + +West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380 +Attn: Brian Davis + +Email: Bdavis@verrica.com + +  + +with a copy to: + +  + +  + +Cooley LLP + +101 California Street, 5th Floor + +San Francisco, California 94111-5800 + +Attention: Maricel Mojares-Moore + +Fax: (415) 693-2222 + +Email: mmoore@cooley.com + +  + +If to Agent or SVB:Silicon Valley Bank +275 Grove Street, Suite 2-200 +Newton, Massachusetts 02466 +Attn:Michael McMahon +Email:  Mmcmahon@svb.com + +-23- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +with a copy to:Morrison & Foerster LLP +200 Clarendon Street, 20th Floor +Attn: David A. Ephraim, Esquire + +Email: Dephraim@mofo.com + +If to WestRiver:WestRiver Innovation Lending Fund VIII, L.P. + +c/o WestRiver Management, LLC + +920 5th Avenue, Suite 3450 +Seattle, WA 98104 + +Attn: Harper Ellison + +Email: Harper@wrg.VC + +  + +11Choice of Law, Venue AND Jury Trial Waiver + +Except as otherwise expressly provided in any of the Loan Documents, California +law governs the Loan Documents without regard to principles of conflicts of +law.  Except to the extent otherwise set forth in the Loan Documents, Borrower, +Agent and Lenders each submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State and +Federal courts in Santa Clara County, California; provided, however, that +nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to operate to preclude Agent or +Lenders from bringing suit or taking other legal action in any other +jurisdiction to realize on the Collateral or any other security for the +Obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court order in favor of Agent or +any Lender.  Borrower expressly submits and consents in advance to such +jurisdiction in any action or suit commenced in any such court, and Borrower +hereby waives any objection that it may have based upon lack of personal +jurisdiction, improper venue, or forum non conveniens and hereby consents to the +granting of such legal or equitable relief as is deemed appropriate by such +court.  Borrower hereby waives personal service of the summons, complaints, and +other process issued in such action or suit and agrees that service of such +summons, complaints, and other process may be made by registered or certified +mail addressed to Borrower at the address set forth in, or subsequently provided +by Borrower in accordance with, Section 11 of this Agreement and that service so +made shall be deemed completed upon the earlier to occur of Borrower’s actual +receipt thereof or three (3) days after deposit in the U.S. mails, proper +postage prepaid. + +TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, BORROWER, AGENT AND EACH +LENDER EACH WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION +ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT, THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY +CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF DUTY AND ALL OTHER +CLAIMS. THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR ALL PARTIES TO ENTER INTO THIS +AGREEMENT.  EACH PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS COUNSEL. + +This Section 12 shall survive the termination of this Agreement. + +12GENERAL PROVISIONS + +12.1Termination Prior to Term Loan Maturity Date; Survival.  All covenants, +representations and warranties made in this Agreement continue in full force +until this Agreement has terminated pursuant to its terms and all Obligations +(other than inchoate indemnity obligations, any other obligations which, by +their terms, are to survive the termination of this Agreement) have been +satisfied.  So long as Borrower has satisfied the Obligations (other than +inchoate indemnity obligations, any other obligations which, by their terms, are +to survive the termination of this Agreement), this Agreement may be terminated +prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date by Borrower, effective three (3) Business +Days after written notice of termination is given to Agent.  Those obligations +that are expressly specified in this Agreement as surviving this Agreement’s +termination shall continue to survive notwithstanding this Agreement’s +termination.  No termination of this Agreement shall in any way affect or impair +any right or remedy of Agent or any Lender, nor shall any such termination +relieve Borrower of any Obligation to any Lender, until all of the Obligations +have been paid and performed in full. Those Obligations that are expressly +specified in this Agreement as + +-24- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +surviving this Agreement’s termination shall continue to survive notwithstanding +this Agreement’s termination and payment in full of the Obligations then +outstanding. + +12.2Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement binds and is for the benefit of the +successors and permitted assigns of each party. Borrower may not assign this +Agreement or any rights or obligations under it without Agent and Lenders’ prior +written consent (which may be granted or withheld in Agent’s and Lenders’ sole +discretion). Agent and each Lender has the right, without the consent of or +notice to Borrower, to sell, transfer, assign, negotiate, or grant participation +in all or any part of, or any interest in, such Lender’s obligations, rights, +and benefits under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding +the foregoing, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, Lenders shall not +assign any interest in the Loan Documents to any person who is a direct +competitor of Borrower. + +12.3Indemnification.  Borrower agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Agent, each +Lender and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, +or any other Person affiliated with or representing Agent or any Lender (each, +an “Indemnified Person”) harmless against: (i) all obligations, demands, claims, +and liabilities (collectively, “Claims”) claimed or asserted by any other party +in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents; and (ii) +all losses or expenses (including Lenders’ Expenses) in any way suffered, +incurred, or paid by such Indemnified Person as a result of, following from, +consequential to, or arising from transactions between Agent, Lenders and +Borrower (including  reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses),  except for +Claims and/or losses directly caused by such Indemnified Person’s gross +negligence or willful misconduct.  This Section 13.3 shall survive until all +statutes of limitation with respect to the Claims, losses, and expenses for +which indemnity is given shall have run. + +12.4Time of Essence.  Time is of the essence for the performance of all +Obligations in this Agreement. + +12.5Severability of Provisions.  Each provision of this Agreement is severable +from every other provision in determining the enforceability of any provision. + +12.6Correction of Loan Documents.  Agent may correct patent errors and fill in +any blanks in the Loan Documents consistent with the agreement of the parties. + +12.7Amendments in Writing; Waiver; Integration.  No purported amendment or +modification of any Loan Document, or waiver, discharge or termination of any +obligation under any Loan Document, or release, or subordinate Lenders’ security +interest in, or consent to the transfer of, any Collateral shall be enforceable +or admissible unless, and only to the extent, expressly set forth in a writing +signed by Agent, with the consent of the Lenders in accordance with the Lender +Intercreditor Agreement or, if such item is not addressed in the Lender +Intercreditor Agreement, as consented to by a majority of the Lenders, and +Borrower.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no oral promise or +statement, nor any action, inaction, delay, failure to require performance or +course of conduct shall operate as, or evidence, an amendment, supplement or +waiver or have any other effect on any Loan Document.  Any waiver granted shall +be limited to the specific circumstance expressly described in it, and shall not +apply to any subsequent or other circumstance, whether similar or dissimilar, or +give rise to, or evidence, any obligation or commitment to grant any further +waiver.  The Loan Documents represent the entire agreement about this subject +matter and supersede prior negotiations or agreements.  All prior agreements, +understandings, representations, warranties, and negotiations between the +parties about the subject matter of the Loan Documents merge into the Loan +Documents.  In the event any provision of any other Loan Document is +inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this +Agreement shall exclusively control. + +12.8Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts +and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed +and delivered, is an original, and all taken together, constitute one Agreement. + +12.9Confidentiality. Agent and each Lender agrees to maintain the +confidentiality of Information (as defined below), except that Information may +be disclosed (a) to Agent and/or any Lender’s subsidiaries or Affiliates, and +their respective employees, directors, investors, potential investors, agents, +attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors (collectively, +“Representatives” and, together with Agent and the Lenders, collectively, +“Lender Entities”) provided that such Representatives shall agree to be bound by +the confidentiality provisions or + +-25- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +agreements substantially the same as those set forth in this Section 13.9; (b) +to prospective transferees, assignees, credit providers or purchasers of any of +Agent’s or Lenders’ interests under or in connection with this Agreement and +their Representatives (provided, however, Agent and the Lenders shall use their +best efforts to obtain any such prospective transferee’s, assignee’s, credit +provider’s, or purchaser’s or their Representatives’ agreement to the terms of +this provision); (c) as required by law, regulation, subpoena, or other order; +(d) to Agent’s or any Lender’s regulators or as otherwise required in connection +with Agent’s or any Lender’s examination or audit; (e) as Agent or any Lender +considers appropriate in exercising remedies under the Loan Documents; and (f) +to third-party service providers of Agent and/or any Lender so long as such +service providers have executed a confidentiality agreement with Agent or the +Lenders, as applicable, with terms no less restrictive than those contained +herein. The term “Information” means all information received from Borrower +regarding Borrower or its business, in each case other than information that is +either: (i) in the public domain or in Agent’s or any Lender’s possession when +disclosed to Agent or such Lender, or becomes part of the public domain (other +than as a result of its disclosure by Agent or a Lender in violation of this +Agreement) after disclosure to Agent and/or the Lenders; or (ii) disclosed to +Agent and/or a Lender by a third party, if Agent or such Lender, as applicable, +does not know that the third party is prohibited from disclosing the +information. + +Lender Entities may use anonymous forms of confidential information for +aggregate datasets, for analyses or reporting, and for any other uses not +expressly prohibited in writing by Borrower. The provisions of the immediately +preceding sentence shall survive the termination of this Agreement. + +12.10Right of Setoff.   Borrower hereby grants to Agent, for the ratable benefit +of the Lenders, a Lien, security interest, and a right of setoff as security for +all Obligations to Agent and the Lenders, whether now existing or hereafter +arising upon and against all deposits, credits, collateral and property, now or +hereafter in the possession, custody, safekeeping or control of Agent or any +entity under the control of Agent (including a subsidiary of Agent) or in +transit to any of them.  At any time after the occurrence and during the +continuance of an Event of Default, without demand or notice, Agent or any +Lender may setoff the same or any part thereof and apply the same to any +liability or obligation of Borrower even though unmatured and regardless of the +adequacy of any other collateral securing the Obligations.  ANY AND ALL RIGHTS +TO REQUIRE AGENT OR ANY LENDER TO EXERCISE ITS RIGHTS OR REMEDIES WITH RESPECT +TO ANY OTHER COLLATERAL WHICH SECURES THE OBLIGATIONS, PRIOR TO EXERCISING ITS +RIGHT OF SETOFF WITH RESPECT TO SUCH DEPOSITS, CREDITS OR OTHER PROPERTY OF +BORROWER, ARE HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVED. + +12.11Electronic Execution of Documents.  The words “execution,” “signed,” +“signature” and words of like import in any Loan Document shall be deemed to +include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each +of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a +manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping systems, +as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, +including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic +Transactions Act. + +12.12Captions.  The headings used in this Agreement are for convenience only and +shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement. + +12.13Construction of Agreement.  The parties mutually acknowledge that they and +their attorneys have participated in the preparation and negotiation of this +Agreement.  In cases of uncertainty this Agreement shall be construed without +regard to which of the parties caused the uncertainty to exist. + +12.14Relationship.  The relationship of the parties to this Agreement is +determined solely by the provisions of this Agreement.  The parties do not +intend to create any agency, partnership, joint venture, trust, fiduciary or +other relationship with duties or incidents different from those of parties to +an arm’s-length contract. + +12.15Third Parties.  Nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, is +intended to: (a) confer any benefits, rights or remedies under or by reason of +this Agreement on any persons other than the express parties to it and their +respective permitted successors and assigns; (b) relieve or discharge the +obligation or liability of any person not an express party to this Agreement; or +(c) give any person not an express party to this Agreement any right of +subrogation or action against any party to this Agreement. + +-26- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +12.16Patriot Act.  Each Lender hereby notifies Borrower that pursuant to the +requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record +information that identifies Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries, which +information includes the names and addresses of Borrower and each of its +Subsidiaries and other information that will allow Lender, as applicable, to +identify Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries in accordance with the USA +PATRIOT Act. + +13DEFINITIONS + +13.1Definitions.  As used in the Loan Documents, the word “shall” is mandatory, +the word “may” is permissive, the word “or” is not exclusive, the words +“includes” and “including” are not limiting, the singular includes the plural, +and numbers denoting amounts that are set off in brackets are negative.  As used +in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms have the following meanings: + +“Account” is, as to any Person, any “account” of such Person as “account” is +defined in the Code with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made, +and includes, without limitation, all accounts receivable and other sums owing +to such Person. + +“Account Debtor” is any “account debtor” as defined in the Code with such +additions to such term as may hereafter be made. + +“Acquisition” is (a) the purchase or other acquisition by Borrower or any of its +Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person, or +(b) the purchase or other acquisition (whether by means of merger, +consolidation, or otherwise) by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of all or +substantially all of the stock or other equity interest of any other Person. + +“Affiliate” is, with respect to any Person, each other Person that owns or +controls directly or indirectly the Person, any Person that controls or is +controlled by or is under common control with the Person, and each of that +Person’s senior executive officers, directors, partners and, for any Person that +is a limited liability company, that Person’s managers and members. + +“Agent” is defined in the preamble hereof. + +“Agreement” is defined in the preamble hereof. + +“Authorized Signer” is any individual listed in Borrower’s Borrowing Resolution +who is authorized to execute the Loan Documents, including any Credit Extension +request, on behalf of Borrower. + +“Board” is Borrower’s board of directors. + +“Borrower” is defined in the preamble hereof. + +“Borrower’s Books” are all Borrower’s books and records including ledgers, +federal and state tax returns, records regarding Borrower’s assets or +liabilities, the Collateral, business operations or financial condition, and all +computer programs or storage or any equipment containing such information. + +“Borrowing Resolutions” are, with respect to any Person, those resolutions +adopted by such Person’s board of directors (and, if required under the terms of +such Person’s Operating Documents, stockholders) and delivered by such Person to +Agent approving the Loan Documents to which such Person is a party and the +transactions contemplated thereby, together with a certificate executed by its +secretary on behalf of such Person certifying (a) such Person has the authority +to execute, deliver, and perform its obligations under each of the Loan +Documents to which it is a party, (b) that set forth as a part of or attached as +an exhibit to such certificate is a true, correct, and complete copy of the +resolutions then in full force and effect authorizing and ratifying the +execution, delivery, and performance by such Person of the Loan Documents to +which it is a party, (c) the name(s) of the Person(s) authorized to execute the +Loan Documents, including any Credit Extension request, on behalf of such +Person, together with a sample of the true signature(s) of such Person(s), and +(d) that Agent and Lenders may conclusively rely on such certificate unless + +-27- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +and until such Person shall have delivered to Agent and Lenders a further +certificate canceling or amending such prior certificate. + +“Business Day” is any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which Agent +is closed. + +“Cash Equivalents” means (a) marketable direct obligations issued or +unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any agency or any State +thereof having maturities of not more than one (1) year from the date of +acquisition; (b) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year after its +creation and having the highest rating from either Standard & Poor’s Ratings +Group or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.; (c) SVB’s certificates of deposit +issued maturing no more than one (1) year after issue; and (d) money market +funds at least ninety-five percent (95.0%) of the assets of which constitute +Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (a) through (c) of this +definition. + +“Change in Control” means (a) at any time, any “person” or “group” (as such +terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), shall become, +or obtain rights (whether by means of warrants, options or otherwise) to become, +the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)‑5 under the +Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of forty-nine percent (49.0%) or more of +the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of Borrower (determined +on a fully diluted basis) other than by the sale of Borrower’s equity securities +in a public offering or to venture capital or private equity investors so long +as Borrower identifies to the Agent and the Lenders the venture capital or +private equity investors at least seven (7) Business Days prior to the closing +of the transaction and provides to Agent and the Lenders a description of the +material terms of the transaction; (b) during any period of twelve (12) +consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other +equivalent governing body of Borrower cease to be composed of individuals +(i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day +of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent +governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above +constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of +that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to +that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals +referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such +election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing +body; or (c) at any time, Borrower shall cease to own and control, of record and +beneficially, directly or indirectly, one hundred percent (100.0%) of each class +of outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary of Borrower free and clear of +all Liens (except Liens created by this Agreement). + +“Claims” is defined in Section 13.3. + +“Code” is the Uniform Commercial Code, as the same may, from time to time, be +enacted and in effect in the State of California; provided, that, to the extent +that the Code is used to define any term herein or in any Loan Document and such +term is defined differently in different Articles or Divisions of the Code, the +definition of such term contained in Article or Division 9 shall govern; +provided further, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of +law, any or all of the attachment, perfection, or priority of, or remedies with +respect to, Agent’s Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial +Code in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of California, the term +“Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such +other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to +such attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies and for purposes of +definitions relating to such provisions. + +“Collateral” is any and all properties, rights and assets of Borrower described +on Exhibit A. + +“Collateral Account” is any Deposit Account, Securities Account, or Commodity +Account. + +“Commitment” and “Commitments” means the Term Loan Commitment(s). + +“Commodity Account” is any “commodity account” as defined in the Code with such +additions to such term as may hereafter be made. + +“Compliance Certificate” is that certain certificate in the form attached hereto +as Exhibit B. + +-28- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Contingent Obligation” is, for any Person, any direct or indirect liability, +contingent or not, of that Person for (a) any indebtedness, lease, dividend, +letter of credit or other obligation of another such as an obligation, in each +case, directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co‑made, discounted or sold +with recourse by that Person, or for which that Person is directly or indirectly +liable; (b) any obligations for undrawn letters of credit for the account of +that Person; and (c) all obligations from any interest rate, currency or +commodity swap agreement, interest rate cap or collar agreement, or other +agreement or arrangement designated to protect a Person against fluctuation in +interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices; but “Contingent +Obligation” does not include endorsements in the ordinary course of +business.  The amount of a Contingent Obligation is the stated or determined +amount of the primary obligation for which the Contingent Obligation is made or, +if not determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability for it +determined by the Person in good faith; but the amount may not exceed the +maximum of the obligations under any guarantee or other support arrangement. + +“Control Agreement” is any control agreement entered into among the depository +institution at which Borrower maintains a Deposit Account or the securities +intermediary or commodity intermediary at which Borrower maintains a Securities +Account or a Commodity Account, Borrower, and Agent pursuant to which Agent +obtains control (within the meaning of the Code) for the benefit of the Lenders +over such Deposit Account, Securities Account, or Commodity Account. + +“Copyrights” are any and all copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright +registrations and like protections in each work of authorship and derivative +work thereof, whether published or unpublished and whether or not the same also +constitutes a trade secret. + +“Credit Extension” is any Term Loan Advance or any other extension of credit by +any Lender for Borrower’s benefit. + +“Default Rate” is defined in Section 2.2(b). + +“Defaulting Lender” is, subject to Section 10.10(b), any Lender that (a) has +failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Term Loan Advances within two (2) +Business Days of the date such Term Loan Advances were required to be funded +hereunder unless such Lender notifies Agent and Borrower in writing that such +failure is the result of such Lender’s reasonable determination that one or more +conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together +with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) +has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to Agent or any other Lender any other +amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two (2) Business Days of the +date when due, (b) has notified Borrower or Agent in writing that it does not +intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public +statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to +such Lender’s obligation to fund a Term Loan Advance hereunder and states that +such position is based on such Lender’s reasonable determination that a +condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any +applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public +statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days +after written request by Agent or Borrower, to confirm in writing to Agent and +Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder +(provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to +this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by Agent and +Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) +become the subject of an Insolvency Proceeding, or (ii) had appointed for it a +receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the +benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or +liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance +Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a +capacity; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by +virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or +any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so +long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with +immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the +enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such +Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or +disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.  Any determination +by Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses +(a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and +such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section +10.10(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to Borrower and +each Lender. + +-29- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Deposit Account” is any “deposit account” as defined in the Code with such +additions to such term as may hereafter be made. + +“Designated Deposit Account” is the account number ending 564 (last three +digits), maintained by Borrower with SVB (provided, however, if no such account +number is included, then the Designated Deposit Account shall be any deposit +account of Borrower maintained with SVB as chosen by the Lenders). + +“Disbursement Letter” is that certain form attached hereto as Exhibit D. + +“Division” means, in reference to any Person which is an entity, the division of +such Person into two (2) or more separate Persons, with the dividing Person +either continuing or terminating its existence as part of such division, +including, without limitation, as contemplated under Section 18 217 of the +Delaware Limited Liability Company Act for limited liability companies formed +under Delaware law, or any analogous action taken pursuant to any other +applicable law with respect to any corporation, limited liability company, +partnership or other entity. + +“Dollars,” “dollars” or use of the sign “$” means only lawful money of the +United States and not any other currency, regardless of whether that currency +uses the “$” sign to denote its currency or may be readily converted into lawful +money of the United States. + +“Dollar Equivalent” is, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated +in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in a +Foreign Currency, the equivalent amount therefor in Dollars as determined by +Agent at such time on the basis of the then-prevailing rate of exchange in San +Francisco, California, for sales of the Foreign Currency for transfer to the +country issuing such Foreign Currency. + +“Draw Period” is the period of time commencing upon the occurrence of the +Milestone Event and continuing through the earlier to occur of (a) December 31, +2021 or (b) an Event of Default. + +“Effective Date” is defined in the preamble hereof. + +“Equipment” is all “equipment” as defined in the Code with such additions to +such term as may hereafter be made, and includes without limitation all +machinery, fixtures, goods, vehicles (including motor vehicles and trailers), +and any interest in any of the foregoing. + +“Equity Event” means Borrower has received, after the Effective Date, but on or +prior to December 31, 2021, unrestricted and unencumbered gross cash proceeds in +an amount of at least Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) from the issuance +and sale by Borrower of its equity securities to investors reasonably acceptable +to Agent and the Lenders (other than Liens in favor of Agent for the ratable +benefit of the Lenders under this Agreement). + +“ERISA” is the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and its +regulations. + +“Event of Default” is defined in Section 8. + +“Exchange Act” is the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. + +“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average of the +rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal +Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next +succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such +rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the +quotations for the day of such transactions received by SVB from three federal +funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it. + +“Final Payment” is a payment (in addition to and not in substitution for the +regular monthly payments of principal plus accrued interest) equal to the +original principal amount of each Term Loan Advance extended by Lenders to +Borrower hereunder multiplied by seven and one-half of one percent (7.50%), due +on the earliest to occur of (a) the Term Loan Maturity Date, (b) the payment in +full of such Term Loan Advance, (c) as required by Section 2.1.1(d) or 2.1.1(e) +or (d) the termination of this Agreement. + +-30- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Foreign Currency” means lawful money of a country other than the United States. + +“Funding Date” is any date on which a Credit Extension is made to or for the +account of Borrower which shall be a Business Day. + +“FX Contract” is any foreign exchange contract by and between Borrower and SVB +under which Borrower commits to purchase from or sell to SVB a specific amount +of Foreign Currency on a specified date. + +“GAAP” is generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and +pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of +Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial +Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other Person as +may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are +applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination. + +“General Intangibles” is all “general intangibles” as defined in the Code in +effect on the date hereof with such additions to such term as may hereafter be +made, and includes without limitation, all Intellectual Property, claims, income +and other tax refunds, security and other deposits, payment intangibles, +contract rights, options to purchase or sell real or personal property, rights +in all litigation presently or hereafter pending (whether in contract, tort or +otherwise), insurance policies (including without limitation key man, property +damage, and business interruption insurance), payments of insurance and rights +to payment of any kind. + +“Governmental Approval” is any consent, authorization, approval, order, license, +franchise, permit, certificate, accreditation, registration, filing or notice, +of, issued by, from or to, or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental +Authority. + +“Governmental Authority” is any nation or government, any state or other +political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, +regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, +legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or +pertaining to government, any securities exchange and any self-regulatory +organization. + +“Group Member” means Borrower and its Subsidiaries. + +“Guarantor” is any Person providing a Guaranty in favor of Lenders. + +“Guaranty” is any guarantee of all or any part of the Obligations, as the same +may from time to time be amended, restated, modified or otherwise supplemented. + +“Immaterial Subsidiary” is any Subsidiary of Borrower which is not a Material +Subsidiary. + +“Indebtedness” is (a) indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred price of +property or services, such as reimbursement and other obligations for surety +bonds and letters of credit, (b) obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, +debentures or similar instruments, (c) capital lease obligations, and (d) +Contingent Obligations. + +“Indemnified Person” is defined in Section 13.3. + +“Information” is defined in Section 13.9. + +“Insolvency Proceeding” is any proceeding by or against any Person under the +United States Bankruptcy Code, or any other bankruptcy or insolvency law, +including assignments for the benefit of creditors, compositions, extensions +generally with its creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, +arrangement, or other relief. + +“Intellectual Property” means, with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s +right, title, and interest in and to the following: + +(a)its Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents; + +-31- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(b)any and all trade secrets and trade secret rights, including, without +limitation, any rights to unpatented inventions, know-how and operating manuals; + +(c)any and all source code; + +(d)any and all design rights which may be available to such Person; + +(e)any and all claims for damages by way of past, present and future +infringement of any of the foregoing, with the right, but not the obligation, to +sue for and collect such damages for said use or infringement of the +Intellectual Property rights identified above; and + +(f)all amendments, renewals and extensions of any of the Copyrights, Trademarks +or Patents. + +“Inventory” is all “inventory” as defined in the Code in effect on the date +hereof with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made, and includes +without limitation all merchandise, raw materials, parts, supplies, packing and +shipping materials, work in process and finished products, including without +limitation such inventory as is temporarily out of Borrower’s custody or +possession or in transit and including any returned goods and any documents of +title representing any of the above. + +“Investment” is any beneficial ownership interest in any Person (including +stock, partnership interest or other securities), and any loan, advance or +capital contribution to any Person. + +“Key Person” is each of Borrower’s (a) Chief Executive Officer, who is Ted White +as of the Effective Date, and (b) Chief Financial Officer, who is Brian Davis as +of the Effective Date.   + +“Lender” and “Lenders” is defined in the preamble. + +“Lender Entities” is defined in Section 13.9. + +“Lender Intercreditor Agreement” is, collectively, any and all intercreditor +agreement, master arrangement agreement or similar agreement by and between +WestRiver and SVB, as each may be amended from time to time in accordance with +the provisions thereof. + +“Lenders’ Expenses” are all of Agent’s and the Lenders’ audit fees and expenses, +costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) for +preparing, amending, negotiating, administering, defending and enforcing the +Loan Documents (including, without limitation, those incurred in connection with +appeals or Insolvency Proceedings) or otherwise incurred with respect to +Borrower. + +“Letter of Credit” is a standby or commercial letter of credit issued by SVB +upon request of Borrower based upon an application, guarantee, indemnity, or +similar agreement. + +“Lien” is a claim, mortgage, deed of trust, levy, charge, pledge, security +interest or other encumbrance of any kind, whether voluntarily incurred or +arising by operation of law or otherwise against any property. + +“Loan Documents” are, collectively, this Agreement and any schedules, exhibits, +certificates, notices, and any other documents related to this Agreement, the +Subordination Agreement, the Senior Loan Agreement, the Perfection Certificate, +each Disbursement Letter, the Lender Intercreditor Agreement, any Control +Agreement, any subordination agreement, any note, or notes or guaranties +executed by Borrower or any Guarantor, and any other present or future agreement +by Borrower and/or any Guarantor with or for the benefit of Agent and the +Lenders in connection with this Agreement, all as amended, restated, or +otherwise modified. + +“Material Adverse Change” is: (a) a material impairment in the perfection or +priority of Agent’s, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, Lien in the +Collateral or in the value of such Collateral; (b) a material adverse change in +the business, operations, or financial condition of Borrower; or (c) a material +impairment of the prospect of repayment of any portion of the Obligations. + +-32- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Material Subsidiary” is any Subsidiary of Borrower that has assets or revenue +or material Intellectual Property valued in excess of Five Hundred Thousand +Dollars ($500,000.00) or is a Borrower or Guarantor hereunder. + +“Milestone Event” means Borrower has provided Agent and the Lenders, on or prior +to December 31, 2021, with evidence satisfactory to Agent and each Lender, in +Agent’s and each Lender’s sole and absolute discretion, that each of the +following have occurred on or prior to December 31, 2021: (i) the Equity Event +and (ii) the Revenue Event. + +“Obligations” are Borrower’s obligations to pay when due any debts, principal, +interest, fees, Lenders’ Expenses, the Final Payment, the Prepayment Premium, +and other amounts Borrower owes Agent or any Lender now or later, whether under +this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, or otherwise, including, without +limitation, any interest accruing after Insolvency Proceedings begin and debts, +liabilities, or obligations of Borrower assigned to Agent and/or the Lenders, +and to perform Borrower’s duties under the Loan Documents. + +“Operating Documents” are, for any Person, such Person’s formation documents, as +certified by the Secretary of State (or equivalent agency) of such Person’s +jurisdiction of organization on a date that is no earlier than thirty (30) days +prior to the Effective Date, and, (a) if such Person is a corporation, its +bylaws in current form, (b) if such Person is a limited liability company, its +limited liability company agreement (or similar agreement), and (c) if such +Person is a partnership, its partnership agreement (or similar agreement), each +of the foregoing with all current amendments or modifications thereto. + +“Patents” means all patents, patent applications and like protections including +without limitation improvements, divisions, continuations, renewals, reissues, +extensions and continuations-in-part of the same. + +“Payment/Advance Form” is that certain form attached hereto as Exhibit C. + +“Payment Date” is the first (1st) calendar day of each month. + +“Perfection Certificate” is defined in Section 5.1. + +“Permitted Acquisition” or “Permitted Acquisitions” is any Acquisition by the +Borrower, disclosed to Agent, provided that each of the following shall be +applicable to any such Acquisition: + +(a)no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result +from the consummation of the proposed Acquisition; + +(b)the entity or assets acquired in such Acquisition are in the same or similar +line of business as Borrower is in as of the date hereof or reasonably related +thereto; + +(c)such transaction shall only involve an entity formed, and assets located, in +the United States; + +(d)the Acquisition is approved by the Board (or equivalent control group) of all +parties to the transaction; + +(e)if the Acquisition includes a merger of Borrower, Borrower shall remain a +surviving entity after giving effect to such Acquisition; if, as a result of +such Acquisition, a new Subsidiary of Borrower is formed or acquired, Borrower +shall cause such Subsidiary to comply with Section 6.12, as required by Agent; + +(f)Borrower shall provide Agent with written notice of the proposed Acquisition +at least thirty (30) Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of the +proposed Acquisition; and not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the +anticipated closing date of the proposed Acquisition, copies of the acquisition +agreement and all other material documents relative to the proposed Acquisition +(or if such acquisition agreement and other material documents are not in final +form, drafts of such acquisition agreement and other material documents; +provided that Borrower shall deliver final forms of such acquisition agreement +and other material documents promptly upon completion); + +-33- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(g)the total cash consideration, (excluding equity) for all such Acquisitions +does not exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) in the aggregate for all +such Acquisitions; + +(h)the resulting transaction is accretive to Borrower’s business on a +prospective pro forma financial basis as of twelve (12) months after giving +effect to such Acquisition; + +(i)no Indebtedness will be incurred, assumed, or would exist with respect to +Borrower or its Subsidiaries as a result of the contemplated transaction, other +than Permitted Indebtedness; + +(j)the Acquisition shall not constitute an Unfriendly Acquisition;  and + +(k)the entity or assets acquired in such Acquisition shall not be subject to any +Lien other than (x) the first-priority Liens granted in favor of Agent, if +applicable and (y) Permitted Liens. + +“Permitted Indebtedness” is: + +(a) + +Borrower’s Indebtedness to Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement and the +other Loan Documents; + +(b) + +Indebtedness existing on the Effective Date which is shown on the Perfection +Certificate; + +(c) + +Subordinated Debt; + +(d) + +unsecured Indebtedness to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of +business; + +(e) + +Indebtedness incurred as a result of endorsing negotiable instruments received +in the ordinary course of business; + +(f) + +Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted under clauses (a) and (c) of the +definition of “Permitted Liens” hereunder; + +(g) + +Indebtedness in connection with the Senior Loan Agreement; + +(h)to the extent constituting Indebtedness, Investments permitted pursuant to +subsection (f) of the definition of Permitted Investments; + +(i)Indebtedness consisting of the financing of insurance premiums; + +(j) + +other unsecured Indebtedness not otherwise permitted by Section 7.4 in an +aggregate principal amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars +($500,000.00) outstanding at any time; + +(k) + +unsecured Indebtedness in respect of guarantees, bank guarantees, surety or +performance bonds and similar instruments issued for (i) Borrower’s account in +the ordinary course of Borrower’s business or (ii) the account of any Subsidiary +of Borrower in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business in a maximum aggregate +amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) in order to +provide security for: (A) workers’ compensation claims, unemployment insurance +and other types of social security and employee health and disability benefits, +or casualty-liability insurance, payment obligations in connection with +self-insurance or similar requirements; and (B) tenders, completion guarantees, +statutory obligations, surety, environmental or appeal bonds, bids, leases, +government contracts, contracts (other than for borrowed money), performance +bonds or other obligations of a like nature; and + +(l) + +extensions, refinancings, modifications, amendments and restatements of any +items of Permitted Indebtedness (a) through (k) above; provided that the +principal amount thereof is not increased or the terms thereof are not modified +to impose more burdensome terms upon Borrower or its Subsidiary, as the case may +be. + +“Permitted Investments” are: + +-34- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(a) + +Investments (including, without limitation, Subsidiaries) existing on the +Effective Date which are shown on the Perfection Certificate; + +(b) + +(i) Investments consisting of Cash Equivalents, and (ii) any Investments +permitted by Borrower’s investment policy, as amended from time to time, +provided that such investment policy (and any such amendment thereto) has been +approved in writing by Agent; + +(c) + +Investments consisting of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit +or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of Borrower; + +(d) + +Investments consisting of deposit accounts (but only to the extent that Borrower +is permitted to maintain such accounts pursuant to Section 6.6 of this +Agreement) in which Agent has a first priority perfected security interest; + +(e) + +Investments accepted in connection with Transfers permitted by Section 7.1; + +(f) + +Investments by Borrower or any Subsidiary in (i) any Subsidiary that is a +Borrower or a secured Guarantor or (ii) in any Borrower; + +(g) + +Investments consisting of the creation of a Subsidiary for the purpose of +consummating a merger transaction permitted by Section 7.3 of this Agreement, +which is otherwise a Permitted Investment; + +(h) + +Investments consisting of (i) travel advances and employee relocation loans and +other employee loans and advances in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) +loans to employees, officers or directors relating to the purchase of equity +securities of Borrower or its Subsidiaries pursuant to employee stock purchase +plans or agreements approved by the Board; + +(i) + +Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the +bankruptcy or reorganization of customers or suppliers and in settlement of +delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers or suppliers +arising in the ordinary course of business; + +(j) + +Investments consisting of notes receivable of, or prepaid royalties and other +credit extensions, to customers and suppliers who are not Affiliates, in the +ordinary course of business; provided that this paragraph (j) shall not apply to +Investments of Borrower in any Subsidiary; + +(k) + +joint ventures or strategic alliances in the ordinary course of Borrower’s +business, provided that any cash investments by Borrower do not exceed Five +Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) in the aggregate in any fiscal year; + +(l) + +deposits made to secure the performance of leases in the ordinary course of +business; + +(m) + +Permitted Acquisitions; and + +(n) + +other Investments not otherwise permitted by Section 7, not exceeding Five +Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) in the aggregate outstanding at any time. + +“Permitted Liens” are: + +(a) + +Liens existing on the Effective Date which are shown on the Perfection +Certificate or arising under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; + +(b) + +Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other government charges or levies, either +(i) not due and payable or (ii) being contested in good faith and for which +Borrower maintains adequate reserves on Borrower’s Books, provided that no +notice of any such Lien has been filed or recorded under the Internal Revenue +Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations adopted thereunder; + +-35- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(c) + +purchase money Liens or capital leases (i) on Equipment acquired or held by +Borrower incurred for financing the acquisition of the Equipment securing no +more than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) in the aggregate amount +outstanding, or (ii) existing on Equipment when acquired, if the Lien is +confined to the property and improvements and the proceeds of the Equipment; + +(d) + +Liens of carriers, warehousemen, suppliers, or other Persons that are possessory +in nature arising in the ordinary course of business so long as such Liens +attach only to Inventory and which are not delinquent or remain payable without +penalty or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate +proceedings which proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or +sale of the property subject thereto; + +(e) + +Liens in connection with the Senior Loan Agreement; + +(f) + +leases or subleases of real property granted in the ordinary course of +Borrower’s business (or, if referring to another Person, in the ordinary course +of such Person’s business), and leases, subleases, non-exclusive licenses or +sublicenses of personal property (other than Intellectual Property) granted in +the ordinary course of Borrower’s business (or, if referring to another Person, +in the ordinary course of such Person’s business), if the leases, subleases, +licenses and sublicenses do not prohibit granting Agent a security interest +therein; + +(g) + +non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property granted to third parties in the +ordinary course of business, and licenses of Intellectual Property that could +not result in a legal transfer of title of the licensed property that may be +exclusive in respects other than territory and that may be exclusive as to +territory only as to discreet geographical areas outside of the United States; + +(h) + +Liens arising from attachments or judgments, orders, or decrees in circumstances +not constituting an Event of Default under Sections 8.4 and 8.7; + +(i) + +Liens in favor of other financial institutions arising in connection with +Borrower’s deposit and/or securities accounts held at such institutions, +provided that (i) Agent has a first priority perfected security interest in the +amounts held in such deposit and/or securities accounts (ii) such accounts are +permitted to be maintained pursuant to Section 6.6 of this Agreement; + +(j) + +Liens on insurance proceeds in favor of insurance companies granted solely as a +security for financed premiums; + +(k) + +pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with +workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or +regulations (including pledges of deposits securing liability for reimbursement +or indemnity arrangements and letters of credit with respect thereto); + +(l) + +Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for +borrowed money), contracts for the purchase of property permitted hereunder, +leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and +other obligations of a like nature, in each case, incurred in the ordinary +course of business, not representing an obligation for borrowed money; + +(m) + +Liens arising from precautionary filings under the Code; + +(n) + +easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances incurred +in the ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate, are not substantial +in an amount and that do not in any case materially detract from the value of +the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct +of the business of Borrower or any Subsidiary; + +(o) + +Liens on assets of Borrower or its Subsidiaries so long as (i) such Liens do not +cover any property not subject to Bank’s Liens and (ii) the aggregate +outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby does not exceed +One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) at any time; and + +-36- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +(p) + +Liens incurred in the extension, renewal or refinancing of the indebtedness +secured by Liens described in (a) through (o), but any extension, renewal or +replacement Lien must be limited to the property encumbered by the existing Lien +and the principal amount of the indebtedness may not increase. + +“Person” is any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability +company, joint venture, company, trust, unincorporated organization, +association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, firm, joint +stock company, estate, entity or government agency. + +“Prepayment Premium” shall be an additional fee, payable to Agent, for the +ratable benefit of the Lenders based on their Pro Rata Share, with respect to +the Term Loan Advances, in an amount equal to: + +(a)for a prepayment of the Term Loan Advances made on or prior to the first +(1st) anniversary of the Effective Date, three percent (3.0%) of the then +outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan Advances immediately prior to the +date of such prepayment; + +(b)for a prepayment of the Term Loan Advances made after the first (1st) +anniversary of the Effective Date, but on or prior to the second (2nd) +anniversary of the Effective Date, two percent (2.0%) of the then outstanding +principal amount of the Term Loan Advances immediately prior to the date of such +prepayment; + +(c)for a prepayment of the Term Loan Advances made after the second (2nd) +anniversary of the Effective Date, but on or prior to the third (3rd) +anniversary of the Effective Date, one percent (1.0%) of the then outstanding +principal amount of the Term Loan Advances immediately prior to the date of such +prepayment; and + +(d)for a prepayment of the Term Loan Advances made after the third (3rd) +anniversary of the Effective Date, zero percent (0.0%) of the then outstanding +principal amount of the Term Loan Advances immediately prior to the date of such +prepayment. + +“Prime Rate” is the rate of interest per annum from time to time published in +the money rates section of The Wall Street Journal or any successor publication +thereto as the “prime rate” then in effect; provided that, in the event such +rate of interest is less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for +purposes of this Agreement; and provided further that if such rate of interest, +as set forth from time to time in the money rates section of The Wall Street +Journal, becomes unavailable for any reason as determined by Agent, the “Prime +Rate” shall mean the rate of interest per annum announced by SVB as its prime +rate in effect at its principal office in the State of California (such SVB +announced Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest +charged by SVB in connection with extensions of credit to debtors); provided +that, in the event such rate of interest is less than zero, such rate shall be +deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement. + +“Pro Rata Share” is, as of any date of determination, with respect to each +Lender, a percentage (expressed as a decimal, rounded to the ninth decimal +place) determined by dividing the outstanding principal amount of Term Loan +Advances held by such Lender by the aggregate outstanding principal amount of +all Term Loan Advances. + +“Quarterly Financial Statements” is defined in Section 6.2(c). + +“Registered Organization” is any “registered organization” as defined in the +Code with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made. + +“Removal Effective Date” is defined in Section 10.10(d). + +“Repayment Schedule” means the period of time equal to twenty-four (24) +consecutive months, which shall be reduced to eighteen (18) consecutive months, +once the Term B Loan Advance is made. + +“Representatives” is defined in Section 13.9. + +“Requirement of Law” is as to any Person, the organizational or governing +documents of such Person, and any law (statutory or common), treaty, rule or +regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental +Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its +property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject. + +-37- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Responsible Officer” is any of the Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief +Financial Officer, and Controller of Borrower.   + +“Restricted License” is any material license or other agreement with respect to +which Borrower is the licensee (a) that prohibits Borrower from granting a +security interest in, Borrower’s interest in such license or agreement or any +other property, or (b) for which a default under or termination of would +interfere with the Agent’s right to sell any Collateral. + +“Revenue Event” means Borrower has achieved (calculated with respect to Borrower +only and not on a consolidated basis), net revenue generated from the sale of +Borrower’s products (excluding revenue generated with respect to licensing +arrangements), determined in accordance with GAAP, of at least [***] Dollars +($[***]) for any trailing six (6) month period ending no later than December 31, +2021 (which six (6) month period shall end no earlier than the last day of the +first (1st) calendar month ending after the Effective Date). + +“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto, +and any analogous Governmental Authority. + +“Securities Account” is any “securities account” as defined in the Code with +such additions to such term as may hereafter be made. + +“Senior Loan Agreement” means that certain Loan and Security Agreement by and +between Borrower and SVB dated as of March 10, 2020, (as the same has been and +may from time to time be further amended, modified, supplemented and/or +restated). + +“Senior Loan Documents” are, collectively, the Senior Loan Agreement and the +Loan Documents as defined therein, all as amended, extended or restated form +time to time. + +“Subordinated Debt” is indebtedness incurred by Borrower subordinated to all of +Borrower’s now or hereafter indebtedness to Agent and the Lenders (pursuant to a +subordination, intercreditor, or other similar agreement in form and substance +satisfactory to Agent and the Lenders, entered into between Agent, the Lenders +and the other creditor), on terms acceptable to Agent and the Lenders. + +“Subordination Agreement” is that certain Subordination Agreement by and among +SVB and Bank (as such term is defined in the Senior Loan Agreement), and the +Lenders dated as of March 10, 2020 (as the same may from time to time be +amended, modified, supplemented and/or restated). + +“Subsidiary” is, as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability +company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests +having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests +having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a +majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, +partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is +otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, +or both, by such Person.  Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference +to a Subsidiary herein shall be a reference to a Subsidiary of Borrower. + +“SVB” is defined in the preamble hereof. + +“Term A Loan Advance” is defined in Section 2.1.1(a). + +“Term B Loan Advance” is defined in Section 2.1.1(a). + +“Term Loan Advance” and “Term Loan Advances” are each defined in Section +2.1.1(a). + +“Term Loan Amortization Date” means April 1, 2022, which shall be extended until +October 1, 2022, once the Term B Loan Advance is made. + +-38- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +“Term Loan Commitment” means, for any Lender, the obligation of such Lender to +make a Term Loan Advance as and when available, up to the principal amount shown +on Schedule 1.  “Term Loan Commitments” means the aggregate amount of such +commitments of all Lenders. + +“Term Loan Commitment Percentage” means, as to any Lender at any time, the +percentage (carried out to the fourth decimal place) of the Term Loan +Commitments represented by such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment at such time.  The +initial Term Loan Commitment Percentage of each Lender is set forth opposite the +name of such Lender on Schedule 1. + +“Term Loan Maturity Date” is March 1, 2024. + +“Testing Period” is, at all times, commencing as of September 30, 2020, when +unrestricted and unencumbered cash (other than Liens in favor of Agent for the +ratable benefit of the Lenders under this Agreement) held in accounts in the +name of Borrower maintained with SVB is less than two times (2x) the aggregate +outstanding Obligations of Borrower to Lenders. + +“Trademarks” means any trademark and servicemark rights, whether registered or +not, applications to register and registrations of the same and like +protections, and the entire goodwill of the business of Borrower connected with +and symbolized by such trademarks. + +“Transfer” is defined in Section 7.1. + +“WestRiver” is defined in the preamble hereof. + +[Signature page follows.] + +  + +-39- + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Certain information has been excluded from this agreement (indicated by “[***]”) +because such information (i) is not material and (ii) would be competitively +harmful if publicly disclosed. + +  + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed +as of the Effective Date. + +BORROWER: + +VERRICA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. + +By: /s/ A. Brian Davis +Name: A. Brian Davis +Title: Chief Financial Officer + +AGENT: + +SILICON VALLEY BANK, as Agent + +By: /s/ Michael McMahon +Name: Michael McMahon +Title: Director + +LENDERS: + +SILICON VALLEY BANK, as Lender + +By: /s/ Michael McMahon +Name: Michael McMahon +Title: Director + + +WESTRIVER INNOVATION LENDING FUND VIII, L.P., as Lender + +By: /s/ Trent Dawson +Name:  Trent Dawson +Title:  Chief Financial Officer + +[Signature Page to Mezzanine Loan and Security Agreement] + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Schedule 1 + +LENDERS AND COMMITMENTS + +  + +TERM LOAN COMMITMENTS + +  + +Term A Loan Advance + +Lender + +Term A Loan Advance Commitment + +Term A Loan Advance Commitment Percentage + +Silicon Valley Bank + +  + +$17,500,000.00 + +  + +50.0% + +WestRiver Innovation Lending Fund VIII, L.P. + +  + +$17,500,000.00 + +  + +50.0% + +TOTAL + +$35,000,000.00 + +100.0000% + +  + +Term B Loan Advance + +Lender + +Term B Loan Advance Commitment + +Term B Loan Advance Commitment Percentage + +Silicon Valley Bank + +  + +$7,500,000.00 + +  + +50.0% + +WestRiver Innovation Lending Fund VIII, L.P. + +  + +$7,500,000.00 + +  + +50.0% + +TOTAL + +$15,000,000.00 + +100.0000% + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +EXHIBIT A – COLLATERAL DESCRIPTION + +  + +The Collateral consists of all of Borrower’s right, title and interest in and to +the following personal property: + +All goods, Accounts (including health-care receivables), Equipment, Inventory, +contract rights or rights to payment of money, leases, license agreements, +franchise agreements, General Intangibles (except as provided below), commercial +tort claims, documents, instruments (including any promissory notes), chattel +paper (whether tangible or electronic), cash, deposit accounts, certificates of +deposit, fixtures, letters of credit rights (whether or not the letter of credit +is evidenced by a writing), securities, and all other investment property, +supporting obligations, and financial assets, whether now owned or hereafter +acquired, wherever located; and + +all Borrower’s Books relating to the foregoing, and any and all claims, rights +and interests in any of the above and all substitutions for, additions, +attachments, accessories, accessions and improvements to and replacements, +products, proceeds and insurance proceeds of any or all of the foregoing. + +Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral does not include (a) any property +to the extent that such grant of security interest is prohibited by any +Requirement of Law of a Governmental Authority or constitutes a breach or +default under or results in the termination of or requires any consent not +obtained under, any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document +evidencing or giving rise to such property, except to the extent that such +Requirement of Law or the term in such contract, license, agreement, instrument +or other document providing for such prohibition, breach, default or termination +or requiring such consent is ineffective under Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or +9-409 of the Code (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant +jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or +principles of equity; provided, however, that such security interest shall +attach immediately at such time as such Requirement of Law is not effective or +applicable, or such prohibition, breach, default or termination is no longer +applicable or is waived, and to the extent severable, shall attach immediately +to any portion of the Collateral that does not result in such consequences; (b) +Equipment that is subject to a Lien that is otherwise permitted pursuant to +subsection (c) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” if the holder of such Lien +has expressly prohibited Borrower in writing from granting Liens on such +property in favor of third parties; provided that immediately upon the +ineffectiveness, lapse, or termination of any such provision, the term +“Collateral” shall include, and Borrower shall be deemed to have granted a +security interest in, all of its rights, title and interests in and to such +property as if such provision had never been in effect; or (c) Intellectual +Property; provided, however, the Collateral shall include all Accounts and all +proceeds of Intellectual Property. If a judicial authority (including a U.S. +Bankruptcy Court) would hold that a security interest in the underlying +Intellectual Property is necessary to have a security interest in such Accounts +and such property that are proceeds of Intellectual Property, then the +Collateral shall automatically, and effective as of the Effective Date, include +the Intellectual Property to the extent necessary to permit perfection of +Agent’s, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, security interest in such +Accounts and such other property of Borrower that are proceeds of the +Intellectual Property. + +Pursuant to the terms of a certain negative pledge arrangement with Agent and +the Lenders, Borrower has agreed not to encumber any of its Intellectual +Property without Agent and the Lenders’ prior written consent.   + +  + +  + +  + +  + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +EXHIBIT B + +COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE + +Date:   + +  + +TO:SILICON VALLEY BANK, as Agent, SVB, and WESTRIVER INNOVATION LENDING FUND +VIII, L.P., as Lender + +FROM:  VERRICA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. + +The undersigned authorized officer of VERRICA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. (“Borrower”) +certifies that under the terms and conditions of the Loan and Security Agreement +among Borrower, SVB, and WestRiver (the “Loan Agreement”), (1) Borrower is in +complete compliance for the period ending _______________ with all required +covenants except as noted below, (2) there are no Events of Default, (3) all +representations and warranties in the Agreement are true and correct in all +material respects on this date except as noted below; provided, however, that +such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and +warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text +thereof; and provided, further that those representations and warranties +expressly referring to a specific date shall be true, accurate and complete in +all material respects as of such date, (4) Borrower, and each of its +Subsidiaries, has timely filed all required tax returns and reports, and +Borrower has timely paid all foreign, federal, state and local taxes, +assessments, deposits and contributions owed by Borrower except as otherwise +permitted pursuant to the terms of Section 5.8 of the Agreement, and (5) no +Liens have been levied or claims made against Borrower or any of its +Subsidiaries relating to unpaid employee payroll or benefits of which Borrower +has not previously provided written notification to Agent.  Attached are the +required documents supporting the certification.  The undersigned certifies that +these are prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied from one period +to the next except as explained in an accompanying letter or footnotes.  The +undersigned acknowledges that no borrowings may be requested at any time or date +of determination that Borrower is not in compliance with any of the terms of the +Agreement, and that compliance is determined not just at the date this +certificate is delivered.  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined +herein shall have the meanings given them in the Agreement. + +Please indicate compliance status by circling Yes/No under “Complies” column. + +  + +Reporting Covenants + +Required + +Complies + +  + +  + +  + +Monthly revenue, net profit and cash balance + +statements with Compliance Certificate + +Monthly within 30 days + +Yes   No + +Quarterly financial statements with +Compliance Certificate + +Within 45 days of quarter end (within 90 days of quarter end for Q4)   + +  + +Yes   No + +Annual financial statement with Compliance Certificate (CPA Audited) + +FYE within 180 days + +  + +Yes   No + +10-Q Report + +Within 45 days of quarter end for 10-Q (within 90 days of quarter end for Q4) + +Yes   No + +Filed 10‑Q, 10‑K and 8-K + +Within 5 days after filing with SEC + +  + +Yes   No + +Board approved projections + +30 days of FYE and as amended/updated + +Yes   No + +  + +Financial Covenants + +Required + +Actual + +Complies + +  + +  + +  + +  + +Minimum Revenue* + +$                * + +$ + +Yes   No + +* as set forth in Section 6.7 + +As of the date of this Certificate, the following financial covenant analysis +and information set forth in Schedule 1 attached hereto are true and accurate +for the period indicated. + +Other Matters + +  + + + +1 + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Have there been any amendments of or other changes to the capitalization table +of Borrower and to the Operating Documents of Borrower or any of its +Subsidiaries?  If yes, provide copies of any such amendments or changes with +this Compliance Certificate. + +Yes + +No + +  + +The following are the exceptions with respect to the certification above: (If no +exceptions exist, state “No exceptions to note.”) + +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +  + +  + +VERRICA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. + +  + +By: + +Name: + +Title: + +  + +  + +AGENT USE ONLY + +  + +Received by: _____________________ + +authorized signer + +Date: _________________________ + +  + +Verified: ________________________ + +authorized signer + +Date: _________________________ + +  + +Compliance Status:Yes     No + +  + +  + + + + +2 + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Schedule 1 to Compliance Certificate + +Financial Covenants of Borrower + +In the event of a conflict between this Schedule and the Loan Agreement, the +terms of the Loan Agreement shall govern. + +Dated:____________________ + +I.Minimum Revenue (Section 6.7) + +Required: During a Testing Period, Borrower shall achieve (calculated with +respect to Borrower only and not on a consolidated basis) for the most recent +calendar quarter then-ended and each calendar quarter thereafter if such Testing +Period is still in effect, minimum net revenue, generated from the sale of +Borrower’s products (excluding revenue generated with respect to licensing +arrangements), determined in accordance with GAAP, measured on a trailing six +(6) month basis, of at least:   + +Trailing Six (6) Month Period Ending + +Minimum Revenue + +  + +September 30, 2020 + +[***] + +December 31, 2020 + +[***] + +March 31, 2021 + +[***] + +June 30, 2021 + +  + +September 30, 2021 + +  + +December 31, 2021 + +[***] + +  + +[***] + +  + +[***] + +. + +Actual: + +A. + +Minimum Revenue + +  + +$ + +  + +Is line A equal to or greater than ________*? + +* As set forth above. + +  No, not in compliance  Yes, in compliance + +  + +3 + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +EXHIBIT C + +LOAN PAYMENT/ADVANCE REQUEST FORM + +Deadline for same day processing is Noon eastern Time + +  + +Fax To:  Date: _____________________ + +  + +Loan Payment:   VERRICA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. + +  + +From Account #________________________________To Account +#__________________________________________ + +(Deposit Account #)(Loan Account #) + +Principal $____________________________________and/or Interest +$________________________________________ + +  + +Authorized Signature:Phone Number: + +Print Name/Title: + +  + +Loan Advance: + +  + +Complete Outgoing Wire Request section below if all or a portion of the funds +from this loan advance are for an outgoing wire. + +  + +From Account #________________________________To Account +#__________________________________________ + +(Loan Account #)(Deposit Account #) + +  + +Amount of Term Loan Advance $___________________________ + +  + +All Borrower’s representations and warranties in the Mezzanine Loan and Security +Agreement are true, correct and complete in all material respects on the date of +the request for an advance; provided, however, that such materiality qualifier +shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are +qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof; and provided, further +that those representations and warranties expressly referring to a specific date +shall be true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of such date: + +  + +Authorized Signature:Phone Number: + +Print Name/Title: + +  + +  + +Outgoing Wire Request: + +Complete only if all or a portion of funds from the loan advance above is to be +wired. + +Deadline for same day processing is noon, Eastern Time + +  + +Beneficiary Name: _____________________________Amount of Wire: $ + +Beneficiary Bank: ______________________________Account Number: + +City and State: + +  + +Beneficiary Bank Transit (ABA) #: Beneficiary Bank Code (Swift, Sort, Chip, +etc.): + +(For International Wire Only) + +Intermediary Bank: Transit (ABA) #: + +For Further Credit to: + +  + +Special Instruction: + +  + +By signing below, I (we) acknowledge and agree that my (our) funds transfer +request shall be processed in accordance with and subject to the terms and +conditions set forth in the agreements(s) covering funds transfer service(s), +which agreements(s) were previously received and executed by me (us). + +  + +Authorized Signature: ___________________________2nd Signature (if required): +_______________________________________ + +Print Name/Title: ______________________________Print Name/Title: +______________________________________________ + +Telephone #: Telephone #: + +  + +  + +  + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Exhibit D + +  + +Form of Disbursement Letter + +[see attached] + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +DISBURSEMENT LETTER + +[DATE] + +The undersigned, being the duly elected and acting + +of VERRICA PHARMACEUTICALS INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), does +hereby certify to (a) SILICON VALLEY BANK, a California corporation (“SVB”), in +its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent (“Agent”), (b) SILICON +VALLEY BANK, a California corporation, as a lender, (c) WESTRIVER INNOVATION +LENDING FUND VIII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“WestRiver”), as a +lender (SVB and WestRiver and each of the other “Lenders” from time to time a +party hereto are referred to herein collectively as the “Lenders” and each +individually as a “Lender”) in connection with that certain Mezzanine Loan and +Security Agreement dated as of March 10, 2020 by and among Borrower, Agent and +the Lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Loan Agreement”; with other +capitalized terms used below having the meanings ascribed thereto in the Loan +Agreement) that: + +1. + +The representations and warranties made by Borrower in Section 5 of the Loan +Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material +respects as of the date hereof. + +  + +2. + +No event or condition has occurred that would constitute an Event of Default +under the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document. + +  + +3. + +Borrower is in compliance with the covenants and requirements contained in +Sections 4, 6 and 7 of the Loan Agreement. + +  + +4. + +All conditions referred to in Section 3 of the Loan Agreement to the making of a +Credit Extension to be made on or about the date hereof have been satisfied or +waived by Agent. + +  + +5. + +No Material Adverse Change has occurred. + +  + +6. + +The undersigned is an Authorized Signer. + +  + +  + +[Balance of Page Intentionally Left Blank] + +  + +1 + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +7A. + +The proceeds of the [Term Loan Advance] shall be disbursed as follows: + +  + +Disbursement from SVB: + +  + +Loan Amount + +$_______________ + +Plus: + +  + +‑‑Deposit Received + +$__________ + +  + +  + +Less: + +  + +‑‑Commitment Fee + +($__________) + +--Lender’s Legal Fees + +($_________)* + +  + +  + +Net Proceeds due from SVB: + +$_______________ + +  + +  + +Disbursement from WestRiver: + +  + +Loan Amount + +$_______________ + +Plus: + +  + +‑‑Deposit Received + +$__________ + +  + +  + +Less: + +  + +‑‑Commitment Fee + +($_________) + +  + +  + +Net Proceeds due from WestRiver: + +$_______________ + +  + +  + +  + +  + +Loan Amount + +$_______________ + +Plus: + +  + +--Deposit Received + +$__________ + +  + +  + +Less: + +  + +--Commitment Fee + +($_________) + +  + +  + +Net Proceeds due from Agent + +$_____________ + +  + +  + +TOTAL [TERM LOAN ADVANCE] NET PROCEEDS FROM LENDERS + +$_______________ + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +7B. + +Funds from VERRICA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. (“Borrower”) Designated Deposit Account +shall be disbursed as follows: + +  + +SVB: + +  + +  + +Term Loan Fees + +$_______________ + +Revolver Loan Fees + +$_______________ + +Lender’s Legal Fees + +$_______________ + +  + +  + +WestRiver: Designated Deposit Account:_____________________ + +  + +  + +  + +* Legal fees and costs are through the Effective Date.  Postclosing legal fees +and costs, payable after the Effective Date, to be invoiced and paid +postclosing. + + + +  + +2 + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Term Loan Fees + +$_______________ + +Revolver Loan Fees + +$_______________ + +Funds due from Borrower (“Total Funds”) + +$_______________ + +  + +8A. + +The aggregate net proceeds of the [Term Loan Advance] shall be transferred to +the Designated Deposit Account as follows: + +  + +  + +Account Name: + +____________________________________ + +Bank Name: + +Silicon Valley Bank + +Bank Address: + +3003 Tasman Drive +Santa Clara, California 95054 + +Account Number: + +____________________________________ + +ABA Number: + +____________________________________ + +  + +  + +8B. + +Borrower authorized SVB to debit the Total Funds from the Designated Deposit +Account set forth below: + +  + +  + +Account Name: + +____________________________________ + +Bank Name: + +Silicon Valley Bank + +Bank Address: + +3003 Tasman Drive +Santa Clara, California 95054 + +Account Number: + +____________________________________ + +ABA Number: + +____________________________________ + +  + +  + +  + +  + +3 + +224419752 v2 + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +  + +Dated as of the date first set forth above. + +BORROWER: + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +VERRICA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By + +  + +  + +Name: + +  + +  + +Title: + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +AGENT AND LENDER: + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +SILICON VALLEY BANK + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By + +  + +  + +Name: + +  + +  + +Title: + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +LENDER: + +  + +  + +SILICON VALLEY BANK + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By + +  + +  + +Name: + +  + +  + +Title: + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +LENDER: + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +WESTRIVER INNOVATION LENDING FUND VIII, L.P. + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By + +  + +  + +Name: + +  + +  + +Title: + +  + +  + +  + +  + +224419752 v2 +  + +Exhibit 10.1 + +  + + + +INVESTMENT AGREEMENT + +  + +dated as of March 29, 2020 + +  + +by and among + +  + +EVO Payments, Inc., + +  + +Madison Dearborn Capital Partners VI-A, L.P., + +  + +Madison Dearborn Capital Partners VI Executive-A, L.P. + +  + +and + +  + +Madison Dearborn Capital Partners VI-C, L.P. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +TABLE OF CONTENTS + +  + +    Page Article I PURCHASE; CLOSING 1       1.1 Purchase; Use of Proceeds 1   +1.2 Closing 1   1.3 Closing Conditions 2         Article II REPRESENTATIONS AND +WARRANTIES 4       2.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company 4   2.2 +Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers 10         Article III +COVENANTS 13       3.1 Filings; Other Actions 13   3.2 Reasonable Best Efforts +to Close 14   3.3 Authorized Class A Common Stock 14   3.4 Certain Adjustments +14   3.5 Nasdaq Listing of Shares 14   3.6 State Securities Laws 14   3.7 +Negative Covenants 14   3.8 Information Rights 15         Article IV ADDITIONAL +AGREEMENTS 16       4.1 Transfer Restrictions 16   4.2 Legend 17   4.3 Tax +Matters 17   4.4 Survival 18         Article V MISCELLANEOUS 18       5.1 +Expenses 18   5.2 Amendment; Waiver 18   5.3 Counterparts; Electronic +Transmission 18   5.4 Governing Law 19   5.5 Notices 19   5.6 Entire Agreement +20   5.7 Assignment 21   5.8 Interpretation 21   5.9 Captions 21   5.10 +Severability 21   5.11 No Third Party Beneficiaries 21   5.12 Public +Announcements 22   5.13 Specific Performance 22   5.14 Termination 22   5.15 +Effects of Termination 23   5.16 Non-Recourse 23   5.17 Definitions 23 + +  + + + +i + +  + +  + +LIST OF EXHIBITS + +  + +Exhibit A: Form of Certificate of Designations Exhibit B: Form of Support +Agreement Exhibit C: Form of Amended and Restated Director Nomination Agreement + +  + + + +ii + +  + +  + +  + +This INVESTMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of March 29, 2020 (this “Agreement”), by and +among EVO Payments, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Madison +Dearborn Capital Partners VI-A, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Madison +Dearborn Capital Partners VI Executive-A, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, +and Madison Dearborn Capital Partners VI-C, L.P. (each, a “Purchaser” and +collectively, the “Purchasers”). Capitalized terms used herein are defined in +Section 5.17 or as otherwise defined elsewhere in this Agreement, unless the +context clearly indicates otherwise. + +  + +RECITALS: + +  + +WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Purchasers, and the +Purchasers desire to purchase from the Company, an aggregate of 152,250 shares +of the Company’s convertible preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, +designated as “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock” (the “Preferred Stock”), +having the terms set forth in the Certificate of Designations in substantially +the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Certificate of Designations”), +subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. + +  + +NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, representations, +warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, and other good and +valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby +acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as +follows: + +  + +Article I + +PURCHASE; CLOSING + +  + +1.1              Purchase; Use of Proceeds. On the terms and subject to the +conditions herein, on the Closing Date, the Company agrees to sell and issue to +each Purchaser, and each Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Company that +number of shares of Preferred Stock (the “Shares”) set forth opposite such +Purchaser’s name on Schedule I hereto, free and clear of any Liens (other than +Liens incurred by such Purchaser or restrictions arising under applicable +securities Laws), at a purchase price of $985.221685 per Share (the “Per Share +Price”). The aggregate purchase price for the Shares shall be equal to +$150,000,000.04 (the number of Shares multiplied by the Per Share Price) (the +“Purchase Price”) and the Shares shall have an aggregate Liquidation Preference +(as defined in the Certificate of Designations) of $152,250,000.00. The Company +will use the proceeds for (a) the repayment of a portion of the revolving credit +facility or term loan outstanding as of the Closing under the Credit Agreement, +(b) payment of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions +contemplated by this Agreement and (c) other general corporate purposes. + +  + +1.2              Closing. + +  + +(a)               The closing of the purchase by the Purchasers of the Shares +pursuant to this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall be held at the offices of +Latham & Watkins LLP, 330 N. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60611 at 10:00 +a.m. Chicago, Illinois time, on the first business day following the +satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 1.3 (other than +those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but +subject to their satisfaction); provided, that unless agreed to in writing by +the Purchasers and the Company, in no event shall the Closing occur on or prior +to April 20, 2020 (the date on which the Closing actually occurs, the “Closing +Date”). + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +(b)               Subject to the satisfaction or waiver on or prior to the +Closing Date of the applicable conditions to the Closing in Section 1.3, at the +Closing: + +  + +(1)               the Company will deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each +Purchaser (i) evidence reasonably satisfactory to such Purchaser of the issuance +of the Shares in the name of such Purchaser by book entry on the stock ledger of +the Company (or, if Shares are to be represented in certificated form, a +certificate representing the Shares), (ii) the executed Amended and Restated +Director Nomination Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the +“A&R Nomination Agreement”) and (iii) all other documents, instruments and +writings required to be delivered by the Company to such Purchaser pursuant to +this Agreement; and + +  + +(2)               each Purchaser (severally and not jointly) will deliver or +cause to be delivered (i) to a bank account designated by the Company in writing +at least two (2) business days prior to the Closing Date, the portion of the +Purchase Price set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule I hereto by +wire transfer of immediately available funds, (ii) the executed A&R Nomination +Agreement and (iii) all other documents, instruments and writings required to be +delivered by such Purchaser to the Company pursuant to this Agreement. + +  + +(c)               All deliveries at the Closing will be deemed to occur +simultaneously. + +  + +1.3              Closing Conditions. + +  + +(a)               The obligation of each Purchaser, on the one hand, and the +Company, on the other hand, to effect the Closing is subject to the satisfaction +or written waiver by such Purchaser and the Company as of the Closing of the +following condition: no temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent +injunction or other judgment or order shall have been issued by any Governmental +Entity, and no Law shall be in effect restraining, enjoining, making illegal or +otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this +Agreement; provided, however, that the party claiming such failure of condition +shall have used its reasonable best efforts to prevent the entry of any such +injunction or order and to appeal as promptly as possible any injunction or +other order that may be entered. + +  + +(b)               The obligation of each Purchaser to effect the Closing is also +subject to the satisfaction or written waiver by such Purchaser as of the +Closing of the following conditions: + +  + +(1)               (i) the representations and warranties of the Company set +forth in Section 2.1 hereof (other than Sections 2.1(a)(1), 2.1(b), 2.1(c)(1), +2.1(d), 2.1(e), 2.1(g)) shall be true and correct (disregarding all +qualifications or limitations as to materiality or Company Material Adverse +Effect) as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though +made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such representation or +warranty speaks to an earlier date, in which case such representation or +warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date), except where the +failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct, +individually or in the aggregate, has not and would not be reasonably expected +to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and (ii) the representations and +warranties of the Company set forth in Sections 2.1(a)(1), 2.1(b), 2.1(c)(1), +2.1(d), 2.1(e) and 2.1(g) shall be true and correct in all material respects as +of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and +as of such date; + +  + + + +2 + +  + +  + +(2)               the Company shall have performed and complied with in all +material respects all obligations required to be performed and complied with by +it pursuant to this Agreement at or prior to the Closing; + +  + +(3)               such Purchaser shall have received a certificate signed on +behalf of the Company by a duly authorized Person certifying to the effect that +the conditions set forth in Sections 1.3(b)(1) and (2) have been satisfied; + +  + +(4)               the Company shall have delivered executed support agreements +substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Support +Agreements”) with respect to at least 22% of the voting power of the Company’s +outstanding capital stock; + +  + +(5)               the Company shall have taken all actions pursuant to that +certain Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of EVO +InvestCo, LLC, dated as of May 22, 2018 (as amended from time to time, the +“InvestCo LLC Agreement”) and received all consents and documentation (including +any amendment to the InvestCo LLC Agreement) as required to comply with Sections +3.02 and 3.04 of the InvestCo LLC Agreement in a manner reasonably satisfactory +to such Purchaser; + +  + +(6)               the Company shall have filed the Certificate of Designations +with the Secretary of State of the state of Delaware on or prior to the Closing, +which shall continue to be in full force and effect as of the Closing; + +  + +(7)               the Company and the requisite stockholders of the Company +party to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 22, 2018 +(as amended from time to time, the “Registration Rights Agreement”) shall have +executed and delivered an amendment to the Registration Rights Agreement in a +form reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers to permit each Purchaser to join +the Registration Rights Agreement as a “Stockholder” and as “MDP” thereunder; +and + +  + +(8)            ��  the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of +the Shares shall have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Global Market +(“Nasdaq”), subject to official notice of issuance. + +  + +(c)               The obligation of the Company to effect the Closing is also +subject to the satisfaction or written waiver by the Company as of the Closing +of the following conditions: + +  + +(1)               (i) the representations and warranties of each Purchaser set +forth in Section 2.2 hereof (other than Sections 2.2(a), 2.2(b)(1) and 2.2(c)) +shall be true and correct (disregarding all qualifications or limitations as to +materiality) as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as +though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such +representation or warranty speaks of an earlier date, in which case such +representation or warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date), +except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true +and correct, individually or in the aggregate, have not prevented or materially +delayed or would not reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay the +consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) the +representations and warranties of each Purchaser set forth in Sections 2.2(a), +2.2(b)(1) and 2.2(c) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of +the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as +of such date; + +  + + + +3 + +  + +  + +(2)               each Purchaser shall have performed and complied with in all +material respects all obligations required to be performed and complied with by +it pursuant to this Agreement at or prior to the Closing; + +  + +(3)               the Company shall have received a certificate signed on behalf +of each Purchaser by a duly authorized Person certifying to the effect that the +conditions set forth in Sections 1.3(c)(1) and (2) have been satisfied; and + +  + +(4)               Each Purchaser shall have delivered to the Company a duly +executed, valid, accurate and properly completed Internal Revenue Service Form +W-9 certifying that the Purchaser is a U.S. person and that such Purchaser is +not subject to backup withholding. + +  + +Article II + +REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES + +  + +2.1              Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set +forth (x) in SEC Documents filed or furnished prior to the date of this +Agreement (including any exhibits thereto and excluding any disclosures set +forth in any risk factor section or any “forward looking statements” within the +meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or the +Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) or (y) in a +correspondingly identified schedule attached hereto (provided that any such +disclosure shall be deemed to be disclosed with respect to each other +representation and warranty to which the relevance of such exception is +reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosure), the Company represents and +warrants to each Purchaser, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date +(except to the extent made only as of a specified date in which case as of such +date), that: + +  + +(a)               Organization and Authority. + +  + +(1)               The Company (i) is a corporation duly organized and validly +existing under the laws of the state of Delaware, (ii) has all requisite +corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as +presently conducted and (iii) is duly qualified to do business and is in good +standing in all jurisdictions where its ownership or leasing of property or the +conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified, except, in the case of +this clause (iii), where failure to be so qualified or in good standing, +individually or in the aggregate, has not and would not reasonably be expected +to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. True and accurate copies of the +Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated +Bylaws of the Company (as amended or modified from time to time prior to the +date hereof, the “Certificate of Incorporation”) or amended and restated bylaws +of the Company (as amended or modified from time to time prior to the date +hereof, the “Bylaws”), each as in effect, have been made available to the +Purchasers prior to the date hereof. + +  + + + +4 + +  + +  + +(2)               Each of the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries (as defined in +Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the +“SEC”)) (i) is duly organized and validly existing under the Laws of its +jurisdiction of organization, (ii) has all requisite corporate or other +applicable entity power and authority to own its properties and conduct its +business as presently conducted and (iii) is duly qualified to do business and +is in good standing in all jurisdictions where its ownership or leasing of +property or the conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified, except, +in the case of this clause (iii), where failure to be so qualified or in good +standing, individually or in the aggregate, has not and would not reasonably be +expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. + +  + +(b)               Capitalization. + +  + +(1)               The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of +200,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the +“Class A Common Stock”), 40,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value +$0.0001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”), 4,000,000 shares of Class C +Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class C Common Stock”), +32,000,000 shares of Class D Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the +“Class D Common Stock” and, together with the Class A Common Stock, Class B +Common Stock and Class C Common Stock, the “Common Stock”) and 10,000,000 shares +of Preferred Stock. As of the close of business on March 27, 2020, (i) +41,356,067 shares of Class A Common Stock were issued and outstanding, of which +4,791 were restricted stock awards subject to forfeiture restrictions, (ii) +34,163,538 shares of Class B Common Stock were issued and outstanding, (iii) +2,317,955 shares of Class C Common Stock were issued and outstanding, (iv) +4,339,978 shares of Class D Common Stock were issued and outstanding, (v) no +shares of Common Stock were held in the treasury of the Company or by a Company +Subsidiary, (vi) 1,426,318 shares of Class A Common Stock were reserved for +issuance under a Plan, (vii) 4,801,595 shares of Class A Common Stock were +subject to outstanding options to purchase Common Stock (the “Company Options”), +(viii) 1,237,486 shares of Class A Common Stock were available for issuance upon +the vesting of the Company’s outstanding restricted stock unit awards (the +“Company RSUs”), and (ix) and none of the shares of Preferred Stock were issued +and outstanding. Since March 27, 2020, no other shares of Common Stock or +Preferred Stock have been issued other than shares of Class A Common Stock +issued in respect of the exercise of Company Options or settlement of Company +RSUs in the ordinary course of business. + +  + +(2)               All outstanding shares of Common Stock are duly authorized, +validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and are not subject to and were +not issued in violation of any preemptive or similar right, purchase option, +call or right of first refusal or similar right. Except as set forth in Section +2.1(b)(1), the Company has not issued any securities or right to purchase +securities of the Company (including any options, warrants or other rights, +agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character or any securities +convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other Equity Interests +of the Company). Except as provided in the Transaction Documents, there are no +outstanding contractual obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries +(i) restricting the transfer of, (ii) affecting the voting rights of, (iii) +requiring the sale, issuance, repurchase, redemption or disposition of, or +containing any right of first refusal with respect to, (iv) requiring the +registration for sale of, or (v) granting any preemptive or antidilutive right, +with respect to any shares of capital stock of, or other Equity Interests in, +the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries. The Company does not have +outstanding shareholder purchase rights or “poison pill” or any similar +arrangement in effect. + +  + + + +5 + +  + +  + +(3)               Each outstanding share of capital stock of or other Equity +Interest in each Company Subsidiary is duly authorized, validly issued, fully +paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights and is owned, beneficially and +of record, by the Company or one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries free +and clear of all Liens, except, in each case, where such failure, individually +or in the aggregate, has not and would not reasonably be expected to have a +Company Material Adverse Effect. No bonds, debentures, notes or other +indebtedness having the right to vote (or convertible into or exchangeable for, +securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which the shareholders of +the Company may vote are issued. + +  + +(c)               Authorization. + +  + +(1)               The Company has the corporate power and authority to enter +into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to carry out its +obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of +this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the +consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly +authorized by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”), +including by unanimous approval of an independent special committee of the Board +of Directors established in connection with the transactions contemplated by +this Agreement. This Agreement has been, and (as of the Closing) the other +Transaction Documents will be, duly and validly executed and delivered by the +Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each +Purchaser, this Agreement is, and (as of the Closing) each of the other +Transaction Documents will be, a valid and binding obligation of the Company +enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms (except as +enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, +moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar Laws of general applicability +relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or by general equity principles). No +other corporate proceedings are necessary for the execution and delivery by the +Company of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, the performance by +it of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation by it of the +transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. + +  + +(2)               Neither the execution and delivery by the Company of this +Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, nor the consummation of the +transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, nor compliance by the Company with +any of the provisions hereof or thereof (including the rights of the Shares to +convert into shares of Class A Common Stock), will (i) require notice, consent +or approval pursuant to, violate, conflict with, or result in a breach of any +provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse +of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the termination +of, or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of +termination or acceleration of, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any +of the properties or assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary under any +of the terms, conditions or provisions of (A) the Certificate of Incorporation +or the Bylaws or the certificate of incorporation, charter, bylaws or other +governing instrument of any Company Subsidiary or (B) any note, bond, mortgage, +indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other instrument or +obligation to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which +it may be bound, or to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of the +properties or assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary may be subject, or +(ii) violate any law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, permit, franchise or +any judgment, ruling, order, writ, injunction or decree applicable to the +Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or +assets, except in the case of clauses (i)(B) and (ii) for such violations, +conflicts and breaches as would not, individually or in the aggregate, +reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. + +  + + + +6 + +  + +  + +(3)               Other than (i) the securities or blue sky laws of the various +states of the United States, (ii) the filing of one or more Forms 8-K and (iii) +the listing on the Nasdaq of the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon +the conversion of the Shares, no notice to, registration, declaration or filing +with, exemption or review by, or authorization, order, consent or approval of +any Governmental Entity or stock exchange, nor expiration or termination of any +statutory waiting period, is necessary for the execution or delivery by the +Company of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or the consummation +by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other +Transaction Documents, except, in the case of any such matters arising in +respect of a non-United States Governmental Entity or Law, as would not, +individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company +Material Adverse Effect. + +  + +(d)               Sale of Securities. Assuming the accuracy of the Purchasers’ +representations in Section 2.2, the offer and sale of the Shares is exempt from +the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and +the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. + +  + +(e)               Status of Securities. The Shares to be issued pursuant to this +Agreement and the shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of +the Shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the +Company. When issued and sold against receipt of the consideration therefor as +provided in this Agreement or the Certificate of Designations, the Shares will +be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, will not be subject to +preemptive rights of any other shareholder of the Company, and will effectively +vest in the Purchasers good title to all such securities, free and clear of all +Liens, except restrictions imposed by the Securities Act and any applicable +state, foreign or other securities Laws. Upon any conversion of any Shares into +shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of +Designations, such shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon such conversion +will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and will not be subject to +preemptive rights of any other shareholder of the Company, and will effectively +vest in the Purchasers good title to all such securities, free and clear of all +Liens, except restrictions imposed by the Securities Act and any applicable +state, foreign or other securities Laws. The shares of Class A Common Stock to +be issued upon any conversion of the Shares have been duly reserved for such +issuance. + +  + + + +7 + +  + +  + +(f)                SEC Documents; Financial Statements. + +  + +(1)               The Company has filed, on a timely basis, all required +reports, proxy statements, forms, and other documents with the SEC since April +1, 2018 (collectively, the “SEC Documents”). Each of the SEC Documents, as of +its respective filing date complied in all material respects with the +requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and +the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to such +SEC Documents, and, except to the extent that information contained in any SEC +Document has been revised or superseded by a later filed SEC Document filed and +publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement, none of the SEC +Documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state +a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the +statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, +not misleading. + +  + +(2)               The Company (i) has implemented and maintains disclosure +controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) +that are reasonably designed to ensure that material information (both financial +and non-financial) relating to the Company, including its consolidated +Subsidiaries, is made known to the individuals responsible for the preparation +of the Company’s filings with the SEC and (ii) has disclosed, based on its most +recent evaluation prior to the date of this Agreement, to the Company’s outside +auditors and the Board of Director’s audit committee (A) any significant +deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal +controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the +Exchange Act) that are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s +ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (B) +any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees +who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial +reporting. As of the date of this Agreement, to the Knowledge of the Company, +there is no reason that its outside auditors and its chief executive officer and +chief financial officer will not be able to give the certifications and +attestations required pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to +Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, without qualification, when next +due. + +  + +(3)               There is no transaction, arrangement or other relationship +between the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries and an unconsolidated or +other off-balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company +in its SEC Documents and is not so disclosed. + +  + +(4)               The financial statements of the Company and its consolidated +Subsidiaries included in the SEC Documents (i) complied as to form in all +material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published +rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, in each case as of the +date such SEC Document was filed, and (ii) have been prepared in accordance with +generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied +on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in +such financial statements or the notes thereto) and fairly present in all +material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its +consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results +of their operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated +Subsidiaries for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited +quarterly statements, to the absence of footnote disclosures and normal year-end +audit adjustments). + +  + + + +8 + +  + +  + +(g)               Brokers and Finders. Except for J.P. Morgan Securities LLC +pursuant to that certain engagement letter dated March 29, 2020, the fees and +expenses of which will be paid by the Company on behalf of the independent +special committee of the Board of Directors, neither the Company nor its +Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents +has employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any financial +advisory fees, brokerage fees, commissions or finder’s fees, and no broker or +finder has acted directly or indirectly for the Company in connection with this +Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. + +  + +(h)               Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding or +investigation pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened (including +“cease and desist” letters or invitations to take patent license) against, nor +any outstanding judgment, order, writ or decree against, the Company or any of +its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets before or by any Governmental +Entity, which individually or in the aggregate has had, or, would reasonably be +expected to have (including for this purpose, assuming an adverse determination +of any such matter), a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as has not had +and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, +a Company Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its +Subsidiaries is subject to any judgment, order or decree of any Governmental +Entity. + +  + +(i)                 Indebtedness. Neither the Company nor any of its +Subsidiaries is, immediately prior to the execution and delivery of this +Agreement, in default in the payment of any material indebtedness or in default +under any agreement relating to its material indebtedness. + +  + +(j)                 Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Class A Common +Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and the +Company has taken no action designed to, or which to the Knowledge of the +Company is reasonably likely to, have the effect of, terminating the +registration of the Class A Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the +Company received as of the date of this Agreement any notification that the SEC +is contemplating terminating such registration. + +  + +(k)               No Additional Representations. Except for the representations +and warranties made by the Company in this Section 2.1, neither the Company nor +any other Person makes any express or implied representation or warranty with +respect to the Company or any Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, +operations, assets, liabilities, employees, employee benefit plans, conditions +or prospects, and the Company hereby disclaims any such other representations or +warranties. In particular, without limiting the foregoing disclaimer, neither +the Company nor any other Person makes or has made any representation or +warranty to the Purchasers, or any of their respective Affiliates or +representatives, with respect to (i) any financial projection, forecast, +estimate, budget or prospect information relating to the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries or their respective business, or (ii) any oral or written +information presented to the Purchasers or any of their respective Affiliates or +representatives in the course of their due diligence investigation of the +Company, the negotiation of this Agreement or in the course of the transactions +contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, nothing in +this Agreement shall limit the right of the Purchasers and their respective +Affiliates to rely on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements +expressly set forth in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered pursuant +hereto, nor will anything in this Agreement operate to limit any claim by any +Purchaser or any of its respective Affiliates for actual and intentional fraud. + +  + + + +9 + +  + +  + +2.2              Representations and Warranties of the Purchasers. Each +Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company, as of the date hereof +and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent made only as of a specified +date in which case as of such date), severally and not jointly, that: + +  + +(a)               Organization and Authority. The Purchaser (i) is duly +organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of +Delaware, (ii) has all requisite limited partnership power and authority to own +its properties and assets and conduct its business as presently conducted and +(iii) is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in all +jurisdictions where its ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of its +business requires it to be so qualified, except, in the case of this clause +(iii), where failure to be so qualified has not and would not reasonably be +expected to materially and adversely affect the Purchaser’s ability to perform +its obligations under this Agreement or consummate the transactions contemplated +hereby on a timely basis. + +  + +(b)               Authorization. + +  + +(1)               The Purchaser has the limited partnership power and authority +to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to carry +out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and +performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the +Purchaser and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and +thereby have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of the +Purchaser, and no further approval or authorization by any of its stockholders, +partners, members or other equity owners, as the case may be, is required. This +Agreement has been, and (as of the Closing) the other Transaction Documents will +be, duly and validly executed and delivered by the Purchaser and assuming due +authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, this Agreement is, and (as +of the Closing) each of the other Transaction Documents will be, a valid and +binding obligation of the Purchaser enforceable against the Purchaser in +accordance with its terms (except as enforcement may be limited by applicable +bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and +similar Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights +or by general equity principles). No other organizational proceedings are +necessary for the execution and delivery by the Purchaser of this Agreement or +the other Transaction Documents, the performance by it of its obligations +hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated +hereby or thereby. + +  + +(2)               Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the +Purchaser of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, nor the +consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, nor compliance +by the Purchaser with any of the provisions hereof or thereof, will (i) require +notice, consent or approval pursuant to, violate, conflict with, or result in a +breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with +notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in +the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a +right of termination or acceleration of, or result in the creation of any Lien +upon any of the properties or assets of the Purchaser under any of the terms, +conditions or provisions of (A) its organizational documents or (B) any note, +bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other +instrument or obligation to which the Purchaser is a party or by which it may be +bound, or to which the Purchaser or any of the properties or assets of the +Purchaser may be subject, or (ii) subject to compliance with the statutes and +regulations referred to in the next paragraph, violate any law, statute, +ordinance, rule or regulation, permit, concession, grant, franchise or any +judgment, ruling, order, writ, injunction or decree applicable to the Purchaser +or any of their respective properties or assets except in the case of clauses +(i)(B) and (ii) for such violations, conflicts and breaches as would not +reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay the consummation of the +transactions contemplated by this Agreement or have a material adverse effect on +the Purchaser’s ability to fully perform its respective covenants and +obligations under this Agreement. + +  + + + +10 + +  + +  + +(3)               Other than (i) the securities or blue sky Laws of the various +states and (ii) filings pursuant to Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange +Act, no notice to, registration, declaration or filing with, exemption or review +by, or authorization, order, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity, +nor expiration or termination of any statutory waiting period, is necessary for +the execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement or +the other Transaction Documents or the consummation by the Purchaser of the +transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents. + +  + +(c)               Financial Capability. At the Closing, the Purchaser will have +access to available funds necessary to consummate the Closing on the terms and +conditions contemplated by this Agreement. The Purchaser is not aware of any +reason why the funds sufficient to fulfill its obligations under Article I +(including paying the Purchase Price) will not be available on the Closing Date. + +  + +(d)               Brokers and Finders. Neither the Purchaser nor its Affiliates +or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents has employed +any broker or finder for which the Company will incur any liability for any +financial advisory fees, brokerage fees, commissions or finder’s fees in +connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. + +  + + + +11 + +  + +  + +(e)               Purchase for Investment. The Purchaser is an accredited +investor (as defined in Rule 501 of the Securities Act) and acknowledges that +the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or under any state +securities Laws. The Purchaser (i) acknowledges that it is acquiring the Shares +and the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the +Shares pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act +solely for investment with no present intention to distribute any of the Shares +or the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Shares +to any person in violation of applicable securities Laws, (ii) will not sell, +transfer, or otherwise dispose of any of the Shares or shares of Class A Common +Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Shares, except in compliance with this +Agreement, the Certificate of Incorporation, the registration requirements or +exemption provisions of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities +Laws, (iii) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters +and in investments of this type that it is capable of evaluating the merits and +risks of its investment in the Shares and the shares of Class A Common Stock +issuable upon the conversion of the Shares and of making an informed investment +decision, and (iv) without prejudice to any claim of Purchaser hereunder for +breach of the Company’s representations and warranties or for actual and +intentional fraud, (A) has been furnished with or has had full access to all the +information that it considers necessary or appropriate to make an informed +investment decision with respect to the Shares and the shares of Class A Common +Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Shares, (B) has had an opportunity to +discuss with management of the Company the intended business and financial +affairs of the Company and to obtain information (to the extent the Company +possessed such information or could acquire it without unreasonable effort or +expense) necessary to verify any information furnished to it or to which it had +access and (C) can bear the economic risk of (1) an investment in the Shares and +the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Shares +indefinitely and (2) a total loss in respect of such investment. The Purchaser +has such knowledge and experience in business and financial matters so as to +enable it to understand and evaluate the risks of and form an investment +decision with respect to, its investment in the Shares and the shares of Class A +Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Shares and to protect its own +interest in connection with such investment. + +  + + + +(f)                No Additional Representations. Each of Purchaser and its +Affiliates acknowledges and agrees that, except for the representations and +warranties contained in Section 2.1, neither the Company nor any other Person, +makes any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to the +Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, operations, assets, +liabilities, employees, employee benefit plans, conditions or prospects, and the +Company hereby disclaims any such other representations or warranties. In +particular, without limiting the foregoing disclaimer, neither the Company nor +any other Person, makes or has made any representation or warranty to the +Purchaser, or any of its Affiliates or representatives, with respect to (i) any +financial projection, forecast, estimate, budget or prospect information +relating to the Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective business, or (ii) +except for the representations and warranties made by the Company in Section +2.1, any information presented to the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates or +representatives in the course of their due diligence investigation of the +Company, the negotiation of this Agreement or in the course of the transactions +contemplated hereby. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, except +with respect to the representations and warranties contained in Section 2.1, +neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have any liability to +Purchaser or its Affiliates or representatives on any basis (including in +contract or tort, under federal or state securities Laws or otherwise) based +upon any other representation or warranty, either express or implied, included +in any information or statements (or any omissions therefrom) provided or made +available by the Company or its Subsidiaries to Purchaser or its Affiliates or +representatives in the course of their due diligence investigation of the +Company, the negotiation of this Agreement or in the course of the transactions +contemplated by this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this +Section 2.2(f) shall limit, preclude or prohibit any claim of actual and +intentional fraud. + +  + + + +12 + +  + +  + +Article III + +COVENANTS + +  + +3.1              Filings; Other Actions. + +  + +(a)               As set forth in the Certificate of Designations, the Shares +shall be initially issued to the Purchasers without voting rights in the +election of directors of the Company. After issuance and following the +expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino +Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), the Shares shall +gain the right to vote as Class A Common Stock of the Company, pursuant to, and +in accordance with, the terms of the Certificate of Designations (the “Purchaser +Election”). The Purchasers and the Company shall use all reasonable best efforts +to obtain or submit, as the case may be, as promptly as practicable following +the date hereof, the approvals and authorizations of, filings and registrations +with, and notifications to, or expiration or termination of any applicable +waiting period, under the HSR Act and other applicable antitrust Laws in +connection with the Purchaser Election (the “Anti-Trust Approval”). Without +limiting the foregoing, the Purchasers and the Company shall each prepare and +file within five (5) business days after the date hereof a Notification and +Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act in connection with the transactions +contemplated by this Agreement. In connection with such undertakings, each of +the Purchasers, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, will +cooperate and consult with the other and use reasonable best efforts to prepare +and file all necessary documentation, to effect all necessary applications, +notices, petitions, filings and other documents, and to obtain all necessary +permits, consents, orders, approvals and authorizations of, or any exemption by, +all third parties and Governmental Entities, necessary or advisable to +consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including obtaining +the Anti-Trust Approval. Each of the Purchasers and the Company shall execute +and deliver both before and after the Closing such further certificates, +agreements and other documents and take such other actions as the other party +may reasonably request to consummate or implement such transactions or to +evidence such events or matters. + +  + +(b)               The Purchasers and the Company will have the right to review +in advance, and to the extent practicable, each will consult with the other, in +each case, subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information, +all the information relating to such other party, and any of their respective +Affiliates, which appears in any filing made with, or written materials +submitted to, any third party or any Governmental Entity in connection with the +transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including obtaining the Anti-Trust +Approval. In exercising the foregoing right, each of the parties hereto agrees +to act reasonably and as promptly as practicable. Each party hereto agrees to +keep the other party apprised of the status of matters referred to in this +Section 3.1. Each Purchaser shall promptly furnish the Company, and the Company +shall promptly furnish each Purchaser, to the extent permitted by Law, with +copies of written communications received by it or its Subsidiaries from any +Governmental Entity in respect of the transactions contemplated by this +Agreement, including obtaining the Anti-Trust Approval. Neither the Purchasers +nor the Company shall participate in any substantive meeting with any +Governmental Entity in respect of the transactions contemplated by this +Agreement, including obtaining the Anti-Trust Approval unless it consults with +the other party in advance and, to the extent not prohibited by such +Governmental Entity, gives the other party the opportunity to attend and +participate therein or thereat. + +  + + + +13 + +  + +  + +3.2              Reasonable Best Efforts to Close. During the Pre-Closing +Period, each of the Company and each Purchaser will use reasonable best efforts +in good faith to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to +be done, all things necessary under applicable Laws so as to permit consummation +of the transactions contemplated hereby as promptly as practicable and otherwise +to enable consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and shall +cooperate reasonably with the other party hereto to that end. + +  + +3.3              Authorized Class A Common Stock. At any time that any Shares +are outstanding, the Company shall from time to time take all lawful action +within its control to cause the authorized share capital of the Company to +include a number of authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock equal +to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of +all Shares then issued and outstanding. All shares of Class A Common Stock +delivered upon conversion of the Shares shall be newly issued shares or shares +held in treasury by the Company, shall have been duly authorized and validly +issued and shall be fully paid and nonassessable, and free and clear of any +Liens (other than Liens created by a Purchaser or restrictions on Transfer +arising under applicable securities Laws ). + +  + +3.4              Certain Adjustments. During the Pre-Closing Period, the Company +shall not affect any transaction that would have resulted in an adjustment to +the Conversion Rate (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) pursuant to +Section 10 of the Certificate of Designations if the Shares had been issued +since the date hereof. + +  + +3.5              Nasdaq Listing of Shares. To the extent it has not already done +so, the Company shall promptly apply to cause the shares of Class A Common Stock +issuable upon the conversion of the Shares to be approved for listing on the +Nasdaq, subject to official notice of issuance. + +  + +3.6              State Securities Laws. During the Pre-Closing Period, the +Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (a) obtain all necessary +permits and qualifications, if any, or secure an exemption therefrom, required +by any state or country prior to the offer and sale of Shares and the shares of +Class A Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Shares and (b) cause +such authorization, approval, permit or qualification to be effective as of the +Closing and, as to the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion +of the Shares, as of any such conversion. + +  + +3.7              Negative Covenants. During the Pre-Closing Period, the Company +and its Subsidiaries shall operate their businesses in the ordinary course +consistent with past practice, and, without the prior written consent of each +Purchaser, shall not: + +  + +(a)               declare, or make payment in respect of, any dividend or other +distribution upon any shares of the Company; + +  + +(b)               redeem, repurchase or acquire any shares of the Company or any +of its Subsidiaries, other than repurchases of shares (i) approved by the Board +of Directors and publicly announced prior to the date hereof, (ii) made in an +“open market” transaction at the then-prevailing price or through an +“accelerated share repurchase” on customary terms or (iii) from employees, +officers or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary +course of business consistent with past practice pursuant to any of the +Company’s agreements or plans in effect as of the date hereof; + +  + + + +14 + +  + +  + +(c)               authorize, issue or reclassify any capital stock, or +securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into shares, of the +Company or any Company Subsidiary other than (i) the authorization and issuance +of the Shares and (ii) issuances pursuant to any of the Company’s agreements or +plans in effect as of the date hereof of shares, or securities exercisable for, +exchangeable for or convertible into shares, of the Company to (A) officers or +directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of +business consistent with past practice or (B) non-officer employees of the +Company or any of its Subsidiaries; + +  + +(d)               amend or otherwise change, or waive any provision of, the +Certificate of Incorporation (as modified by the Certificate of Designations) or +the Bylaws or any organizational document of any Company Subsidiary, including +as a result of a merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other similar or +extraordinary transaction; + +  + +(e)               sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of +any material assets or properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, +except pursuant to existing agreements or for sales of products in the ordinary +course of business consistent with past practice; + +  + +(f)                make any material loans or material advances of money to any +Person (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries), except for (i) loans made +pursuant to any Plan, (ii) advances to employees or officers of the Company or +any of its Subsidiaries for expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business +consistent with past practice or (iii) trade credit extended to customers, +franchisees and other business counterparties in the ordinary course of business +consistent with past practice; or + +  + +(g)               authorize or enter into a contract or otherwise make any +commitment to do any of the foregoing. + +  + +3.8              Information Rights. For so long as a Purchaser or its +Affiliates hold any Shares, the Company shall provide such Purchaser with: + +  + +(a)               quarterly financial statements as soon as reasonably +practicable after they become available but no later than the later of (i) +forty-five days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal +year of the Company and (ii) the applicable filing deadlines under SEC rules; +provided that this requirement shall be deemed to have been satisfied if, on or +prior to such date, the Company files its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the +applicable fiscal quarter with the SEC; and + +  + +(b)               audited (by a nationally recognized accounting firm) annual +financial statements as soon as reasonably practicable after they become +available but no later than the later of (i) ninety (90) days after the end of +each fiscal year of the Company and (ii) the applicable filing deadline under +SEC rules; provided that this requirement shall be deemed to have been satisfied +if, on or prior to such date, the Company files its annual report on Form 10-K +for the applicable fiscal year with the SEC, in each case, prepared in +accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time, which such financial +statements shall include the consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its +Subsidiaries and the related consolidated statements of operations, income, +changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows. + +  + + + +15 + +  + +  + +Article IV + +ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS + +  + +4.1              Transfer Restrictions. + +  + +(a)               Until the earlier of (x) thirty-six (36) months following the +Closing, and (y) the occurrence of a transaction resulting in a Change of +Control (as defined in the Certificate of Designations), the Purchasers shall +not Transfer any Share or any share of Class A Common Stock issued upon +conversion of any Share except as otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms and +conditions of this Agreement, including Section 4.1(b). + +  + +(b)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 4.1(a), +the Purchasers shall be permitted to Transfer all or any portion of its Shares, +or shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon conversion of any Shares at any +time under the following circumstances: + +  + +(1)               Transfers to any Permitted Transferee, but only if such +Permitted Transferee agrees in writing for the benefit of the Company (in form +and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and with a copy thereof to +be furnished to the Company) to be bound by the terms of this Section 4.1 with +respect to the Shares of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion +thereof; + +  + +(2)               Transfers pursuant to an amalgamation, merger, tender offer or +exchange offer or other business combination, acquisition of assets or similar +transaction entered into by the Company or any transaction resulting in a Change +of Control; or + +  + +(3)               Transfers that have been approved in writing by the Board of +Directors prior to such Transfer. + +  + +(c)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or +otherwise, “Transfer” shall not include, and this Section 4.1 shall not +prohibit, any Lien on any Share or of any share of Class A Common Stock issued +upon conversion thereof, or any exercise of remedies with respect to any of the +foregoing, pursuant to (i) one or more credit facilities of a Purchaser or any +of its Affiliates, so long as (A) such Purchaser shall provide prompt written +notice to the Company if any event of default pursuant to any such credit +facility occurs which results in any lender thereunder becoming entitled (with +the provision of notice, lapse of time, or both) to foreclose on such +collateral, (B) any such credit facility provides that the Company will be +entitled to redeem any Share or share of Class A Common Stock issued upon +conversion thereof, within twenty (20) business days following notice to the +Company of such foreclosure, for the redemption price set forth in the +Certificate of Designations, and (C) any such credit facility provides that any +lender thereunder will not be entitled to exercise any right pursuant to this +Section 4.1, including in the event of any such foreclosure or (ii) any back +leverage financing, so long as any such financing provides that any lender +thereunder will not be entitled to exercise any right pursuant to Section 4.1, +including in the event of any foreclosure. + +  + + + +16 + +  + +  + +(d)               Any attempted Transfer in violation of this Section 4.1 shall +be null and void ab initio and the Company shall not be required to give any +effect thereto. + +  + +(e)               Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the +provisions of this Section 4.1, and any Transfer restrictions on any Shares or +shares of Class A Common Stock then-existing as a result of this Section 4.1, +shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the +conversion of any Shares into shares Class A Common Stock by the Company +pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designations. + +  + +4.2              Legend. + +  + +(a)               Each Purchaser agrees that all certificates or other +instruments representing the Shares subject to this Agreement (or the shares of +Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof) will bear a legend +substantially to the following effect: + +  + +THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE +SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY +NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION +STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE +SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR +SUCH LAWS. + +  + +THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO TRANSFER AND OTHER +RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN AN INVESTMENT AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF MARCH 29, 2020, A +COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE ISSUER. + +  + +(b)               Upon request of a Purchaser (or any Permitted Transferee), +upon (i) termination of the provisions of Section 4.1 pursuant to the terms of +Section 4.1(e) or (ii) receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel +reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such legend is no +longer required under the Securities Act and applicable state Laws, the Company +shall promptly cause the first paragraph of the legend to be removed from any +certificate for any Shares to be transferred in accordance with the terms +hereof. Each Purchaser acknowledges that the Shares have not been registered +under the Securities Act or under any state securities Laws and agrees that it +will not sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Shares, except in compliance +with the registration requirements or exemption provisions of the Securities +Act, any other applicable securities Laws. + +  + +4.3              Tax Matters. The Company shall pay any and all documentary, +stamp and similar issue or transfer tax due on (a) the issuance of the Shares or +(b) the issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock upon conversion of the +Shares. However, in the case of conversion of Shares, the Company shall not be +required to pay any tax or duty that may be payable in respect of any transfer +involved in the issuance and delivery of shares of Class A Common Stock or +Preferred Stock in a name other than that of the holder of the shares to be +converted, and no such issuance or delivery shall be made unless and until the +Person requesting such issuance has paid to the Company the amount of any such +tax or duty, or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax +or duty has been paid. + +  + + + +17 + +  + +  + +4.4              Survival. Except in the case of intentional and actual fraud, +the representations and warranties of the parties contained in Article II hereof +shall not survive, and shall terminate automatically as of, the Closing, and +there shall be no liability in respect thereof, whether such liability has +accrued prior to or after the Closing, on the party of any party, its Affiliates +or any of their respective representatives. All other covenants and agreements +of the parties contained herein shall survive the Closing in accordance with +their terms. + +  + +Article V + +MISCELLANEOUS + +  + +5.1              Expenses. At the Closing, the Company shall pay the reasonable +and documented fees and expenses of the Purchasers incurred in connection with +the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, in an aggregate amount +not to exceed $750,000. + +  + +5.2              Amendment; Waiver. No amendment or waiver of any provision of +this Agreement will be effective with respect to any party unless made in +writing and signed by an officer of a duly authorized representative of such +party. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or +privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or +partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the +exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The conditions to each party’s +obligation to consummate the Closing are for the sole benefit of such party and +may be waived by such party in whole or in part to the extent permitted by +applicable Law. No waiver of any party to this Agreement will be effective +unless it is in a writing signed by a duly authorized officer of the waiving +party that makes express reference to the provision or provisions subject to +such waiver. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not +exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. + +  + +5.3              Counterparts; Electronic Transmission. This Agreement, and any +amendments hereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of an electronic +transmission, including by a facsimile machine or via email, shall be treated in +all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be +considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original +signed version thereof delivered in person. The words “execution,” “execute”, +“signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to +be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated +hereby (including without limitation waivers and consents) shall be deemed to +include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and +contract formations on electronic platforms, or the keeping of records in +electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or +enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based +recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in +any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and +National Commerce Act or any state Laws based on the Uniform Electronic +Transactions Act. Neither party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument +shall raise the use of electronic transmission by a facsimile machine or via +email to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or +instrument was transmitted or communicated through such electronic transmission +as a defense to the formation of a contract and each such party forever waives +any such defense. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each +of which will be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and +the same agreement binding on each party hereto. + +  + + + +18 + +  + +  + +5.4              Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and +construed in accordance with, the Laws of the state of Delaware, without giving +effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of +the state of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the +application of the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the state of Delaware. +Any dispute relating hereto shall be heard first in the Delaware Court of +Chancery, and, if applicable, in any state or federal court located in of +Delaware in which appeal from the Court of Chancery may validly be taken under +the laws of the State of Delaware (each a “Chosen Court” and collectively, the +“Chosen Courts”), and the parties agree to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue +of the Chosen Courts. Such Persons further agree that any proceeding seeking to +enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection +with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or by any matters +related to the foregoing (the “Applicable Matters”) shall be brought exclusively +in a Chosen Court, and that any proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any +other Applicable Matter shall be deemed to have arisen from a transaction of +business in the state of Delaware, and each of the foregoing Persons hereby +irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of such Chosen Courts in any such +proceeding and irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent +permitted by law, any objection that such Person may now or hereafter have to +the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such +Chosen Court or that any such proceeding brought in any such Chosen Court has +been brought in an inconvenient forum. Such Persons further covenant not to +bring a proceeding with respect to the Applicable Matters (or that could affect +any Applicable Matter) other than in such Chosen Court and not to challenge or +enforce in another jurisdiction a judgment of such Chosen Court. Process in any +such proceeding may be served on any Person with respect to such Applicable +Matters anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any +such Chosen Court. Without limiting the foregoing, each such Person agrees that +service of process on such party as provided in Section 5.5 shall be deemed +effective service of process on such Person. AS SPECIFICALLY BARGAINED FOR +INDUCEMENT FOR EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT (AFTER +HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL), EACH PARTY HERETO EXPRESSLY +WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LAWSUIT OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO OR +ARISING IN ANY WAY FROM THIS AGREEMENT OR THE MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. + +  + +5.5              Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to +be given hereunder by any party to the other will be either personally +delivered, or sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, or sent by +reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) to the parties at the +applicable address set forth below, or at such address or to the attention of +such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice +to the sending party. Notices will be deemed to have been given hereunder when +delivered personally or sent by telecopier or electronic mail (provided +confirmation of transmission is received), three (3) days after deposit in the +U.S. mail and one (1) day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier +service. + +  + + + +19 + +  + +  + +(a)            If to Purchasers: + +  + +c/o Madison Dearborn Partners 70 W. Madison St. #4600 Chicago, IL 60602 Attn: +Vahe A. Dombalagian E-mail: vdombalagian@mdcp.com     with a copy to (which copy +alone shall not constitute notice):   Latham & Watkins LLP 330 N. Wabash Avenue, +Suite 2800 Chicago, IL 60611 Attn: Greg Rodgers   Neal J. Reenan   Jonathan P. +Solomon E-mail: greg.rodgers@lw.com   neal.reenan@lw.com   +jonathan.solomon@lw.com + +  + +(b)           If to the Company: + +   + +EVO Payments, Inc. Ten Glenlake Parkway, South Tower, Suite 950 Atlanta, GA +30328 Attn: Chief Financial Officer E-mail: Tom.Panther@evopayments.com   with a +copy to (which copy alone shall not constitute notice):   King & Spalding LLP +1180 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30309 Attn: Keith M. Townsend   Zachary +L. Cochran   Robert Leclerc E-mail: ktownsend@kslaw.com   zcochran@kslaw.com   +rleclerc@kslaw.com + + + +  + +5.6              Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Exhibits hereto +and the documents and instruments referred to in this Agreement), constitutes +the entire agreement among the parties and supersedes all other prior agreements +and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to +the subject matter hereof and transactions contemplated hereby. + +  + + + +20 + +  + + + +  + +  + +5.7              Assignment. Neither this Agreement, nor any of the rights, +interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any of the parties +hereto (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without the prior written +consent of the other party, provided, however, that (a) a Purchaser may assign +its rights, interests and obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, +to one or more Permitted Transferees, and (b) in the event of such assignment, +the assignee shall agree in writing to be bound by the provisions of this +Agreement, including the rights, interests and obligations so assigned; provided +that no such assignment will relieve such Purchaser of its obligations hereunder +prior to the Closing. + +  + +5.8              Interpretation. Wherever required by the context of this +Agreement, the singular shall include the plural and vice versa, and the +masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa, +and references to any agreement, document or instrument shall be deemed to refer +to such agreement, document or instrument as amended, supplemented or modified +from time to time. All article, section, paragraph or clause references not +attributed to a particular document shall be references to such parts of this +Agreement, and all exhibit, annex, letter and schedule references not attributed +to a particular document shall be references to such exhibits, annexes, letters +and schedules to this Agreement. In addition, the following terms are ascribed +the following meanings: + +  + +(a)               the word “or” is not exclusive; + +  + +(b)               the words “including,” “includes,” “included” and “include” +are deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; + +  + +(c)               the terms “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words +of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular +section, paragraph or subdivision; and + +  + +(d)               the term “business day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday +and any day which shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking +institutions in Chicago, Illinois generally are authorized or required by law or +other governmental action to close. + +  + +5.9              Captions. The article, section, paragraph and clause captions +herein are for convenience of reference only, do not constitute part of this +Agreement and will not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any of the +provisions hereof. + +  + +5.10          Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the +application thereof to any Person (including the officers and directors of the +parties hereto) or circumstance is determined by a court of competent +jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions +hereof, or the application of such provision to Persons or circumstances other +than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, will remain in +full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated +thereby, so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions +contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any +party. Upon such determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith in an +effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to effect the +original intent of the parties. + +  + +5.11          No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing contained in this Agreement, +expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any Person other than the +parties hereto (and their permitted assigns), any benefit, right or remedies. + +  + + + +21 + +  + +  + +5.12          Public Announcements. Subject to each party’s disclosure +obligations imposed by law or regulation or the rules of any stock exchange upon +which its securities are listed, each of the parties hereto will cooperate with +each other in the development and distribution of all news releases and other +public information disclosures with respect to this Agreement and any of the +transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and neither the Company nor any +Purchaser will make any such news release or public disclosure without first +consulting with the other, and, in each case, also receiving the other’s consent +(which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and each party shall +coordinate with the party whose consent is required with respect to any such +news release or public disclosure. Notwithstanding the forgoing, this Section +5.12 shall not apply to any press release or other public statement made by the +Company or a Purchaser (a) which is consistent with prior disclosure and does +not contain any information relating to the transactions that has not been +previously announced or made public in accordance with the terms of this +Agreement or (b) is made to its auditors, attorneys, accountants, financial +advisors, limited partners or other Permitted Transferees. + +  + +5.13          Specific Performance. The parties agree that irreparable damage +would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not +performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It +is accordingly agreed that, without the necessity of posting bond or other +undertaking, the parties shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms +hereof, this being in addition to any other remedies to which they are entitled +at law or equity, and in the event that any action or suit is brought in equity +to enforce the provisions of this Agreement, and no party will allege, and each +party hereby waives, the defense or counterclaim that there is an adequate +remedy at law. + +  + +5.14          Termination. Prior to the Closing, this Agreement may only be +terminated: + +  + +(a)               by mutual written agreement of the Company and each Purchaser; + +  + +(b)               by the Company or a Purchaser, upon written notice to the +other parties if the Closing has not occurred by May 29, 2020; provided, however +that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 5.14(b) +shall not be available to any party whose failure to fulfill any obligations +under this Agreement shall have been the principal cause of, or shall have +primarily resulted in, the failure of the Closing to occur on or prior to such +date; + +  + +(c)               by notice given by the Company to the Purchasers, if there +have been one or more inaccuracies in or breaches of one or more +representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by a Purchaser in this +Agreement such that the conditions in Section 1.3(c)(1) or (2) would not be +satisfied and which have not been cured by such Purchaser thirty (30) days after +receipt by such Purchaser of written notice from the Company requesting such +inaccuracies or breaches to be cured; or + +  + +(d)               by notice given by a Purchaser to the Company, if there have +been one or more inaccuracies in or breaches of one or more representations, +warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement such +that the conditions in Section 1.3(b)(1) or (2) would not be satisfied and which +have not been cured by the Company within thirty (30) days after receipt by the +Company of written notice from such Purchaser requesting such inaccuracies or +breaches to be cured. + +  + + + +22 + +  + +  + +5.15          Effects of Termination. In the event of any termination of this +Agreement in accordance with Section 5.14, neither party (or any of its +Affiliates) shall have any liability or obligation to the other (or any of its +Affiliates) under or in respect of this Agreement, except to the extent of any +actual and intentional fraud or intentional or willful breach of this Agreement. +In the event of any such termination, this Agreement shall become void and have +no effect, and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be abandoned without +further action by the parties hereto, in each case, except (x) as set forth in +the preceding sentence and (y) that the provisions of Sections 5.2 to 5.13 +(Amendment, Waiver; Counterparts, Electronic Transmission; Governing Law; Waiver +of Jury Trial; Notices; Entire Agreement, Assignment; Interpretation; Captions; +Severability; No Third Party Beneficiaries; Public Announcements; and Specific +Performance), Section 5.16 (Non-Recourse) and Section 5.17 (Definitions) shall +survive the termination of this Agreement. + +  + +5.16          Non-Recourse. This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any +claims or causes of action that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to +this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement +may only be made against the entities that are expressly identified as parties +hereto, including entities that become parties hereto after the date hereof, +including permitted assignees and successors, or that agree in writing for the +benefit of the Company to be bound by the terms of this Agreement applicable to +the Purchasers, and no former, current or future equityholders, controlling +Persons, directors, officers, employees, agents or Affiliates of any party +hereto or any former, current or future equityholder, controlling Person, +director, officer, employee, general or limited partner, member, manager, +advisor, agent or Affiliate of any of the foregoing (each, a “Non-Recourse +Party”) shall have any liability for any obligations or liabilities of the +parties to this Agreement or for any claim (whether in tort, contract or +otherwise) based on, in respect of, or by reason of, the transactions +contemplated hereby or in respect of any representations made or alleged to be +made in connection herewith. Without limiting the rights of any party against +the other parties hereto, in no event shall any party or any of its Affiliates +seek to enforce this Agreement against, make any claims for breach of this +Agreement against, or seek to recover monetary damages from, any Non-Recourse +Party. + +  + +5.17          Definitions. + +  + +(a)               As used herein, the following terms have the meanings ascribed +thereto below: + +  + +“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly +controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such other Person; +provided, however, that (i) portfolio companies in which any Person or any of +its Affiliates has an investment shall not be deemed an Affiliate of such Person +(except for the purposes of Sections 5.1, 5.15 and 5.16, such portfolio +companies shall be deemed Affiliates), or (ii) the Company, any of its +Subsidiaries, or any of the Company’s other controlled Affiliates, in each case, +will not be deemed to be Affiliates of any Purchaser for purposes of this +Agreement. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with +correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) +when used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or +indirectly, of the power to cause the direction of management or policies of +such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or +otherwise. + +  + +“Code” means the United Stated Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. + +  + + + +23 + +  + +  + +“Company Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to the Company, any Effect +that, individually or taken together with all other Effects that have occurred +prior to the date of determination of the occurrence of the Company Material +Adverse Effect, is or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the +business, results of operations or financial condition of the Company and its +Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that in no event shall any of +the following individually or taken together, be deemed to constitute, or be +taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has +occurred or is expected to occur: (i) any change in the Company’s stock price or +trading volume on the Nasdaq, (ii) any failure by the Company to meet internal +or analyst revenue, earnings or other financial projections or expectations for +any period, (iii) any Effect that results from changes affecting the industry in +which the Company operates, or the United States economy generally, or any +Effect that results from changes affecting general worldwide economic or United +States or global capital market conditions, (iv) any Effect caused by the +announcement of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other +Transaction Documents, or the identity of the Purchasers or any of their +respective Affiliates as the Purchasers in connection with the transactions +contemplated by this Agreement, (v) political conditions, including acts of war +or terrorism or natural disasters or any pandemic or epidemic, including +COVID-19, (vi) any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Company at the +written request or with the prior written consent of the Purchasers, (vii) +changes in GAAP or other accounting standards (or any interpretation thereof) or +(viii) changes in any Laws or other binding directives issued by any +Governmental Entity or interpretations or enforcement thereof; provided, +however, that (A) the exceptions in clause (i) and (ii) shall not prevent or +otherwise affect a determination that any Effect underlying such change or +failure has resulted in, or contributed to, a Company Material Adverse Effect or +that the underlying cause of such failure (unless such underlying cause would +otherwise be excluded from this definition) has resulted in, or contributed to, +a Company Material Adverse Effect and (B) with respect to clauses (iii), (vii) +and (viii), such Effects, alone or in combination, may be deemed to constitute, +or be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse +Effect has occurred, but only to the extent such Effects disproportionately +affect the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other +companies operating in the same industry as the Company and its Subsidiaries. + +  + +“Company Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company. + +  + +“Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 30, +2012, among, EVO Payments International, LLC, a Delaware limited liability +company and Company Subsidiary, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party +thereto and SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent for the lenders. + +  + +“Director Nomination Agreement” means that certain Director Nomination +Agreement, effective as of May 25, 2018, by and among the Company, certain of +the Purchasers, and certain of the Purchasers’ Affiliates party thereto. + +  + +“Effect” means any change, event, effect, development or circumstance. + +  + +“Equity Interest” means any share, capital stock, partnership, limited liability +company, member or similar equity interest in any Person, and any option, +warrant, right or security (including debt securities) convertible, exchangeable +or exercisable into or for any such share, capital stock, partnership, limited +liability company, member or similar equity interest. + +  + + + +24 + +  + +  + +“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended +from time to time, and all rules, regulations, rulings and interpretations +adopted by the Internal Revenue Service or the Department of Labor thereunder. + +  + +“Governmental Entity” means any court, administrative or regulatory agency or +commission or other governmental or arbitral body or authority or +instrumentality, including any state-controlled or owned corporation or +enterprise, in each case whether federal, state, local or foreign, and any +applicable industry self-regulatory organization. + +  + +“Knowledge of the Company” means the actual knowledge after reasonable inquiry +of one or more of the Company’s chief executive officer, chief financial +officer, and general counsel. + +  + +“Law” means any applicable federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other +law, statute, constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, +code, order, edict, decree, rule, regulation, ruling or other legally binding +requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put +into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Entity. + +  + +“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien, charge +or other restriction of any kind, whether based on common law, statute or +contract. + +  + +“Permitted Transferee” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any Affiliate of +such Person, (ii) any successor entity of such Person or (iii) any investment +fund, vehicle or similar entity of which the first specified Person, or any +Affiliate, advisor or manager of the first specified Person serves as a general +partner, manager or advisor, or any successor entity of the Persons described in +this clause (iii). + +  + +“Person” has the meaning given to it in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and +as used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act. + +  + +“Plan” means (i) any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section +3(2)(A) of ERISA) maintained for employees of the Company or of any member of a +“controlled group,” as such term is defined in Section 414 of the Code, of which +the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a part, or any such employee pension +benefit plan to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is required to +contribute on behalf of its employees, and any other employee benefit plan (as +defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), whether or not subject to ERISA; or (ii) any +compensation or other benefit plan, policy, program, agreement or arrangement, +including any employment, change in control, bonus, equity-based compensation, +retention or other similar agreement, that the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries, maintains, sponsors, is a party to, or as to which the Company or +any of its Subsidiaries otherwise has any material obligation or material +liability in respect of its employees; in each case, excluding any compensation +or benefit arrangement maintained by a Governmental Entity. + +  + +“Pre-Closing Period” means the period commencing on the date hereof and +terminating on the earlier to occur of (a) the Closing and (b) the termination +of this Agreement in accordance with the provisions hereof. + +  + + + +25 + +  + +  + +“Stockholder” means a holder of Common Stock or Preferred Stock. + +  + +“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, +joint venture, limited liability company or other entity (i) of which such +Person or a Subsidiary of such Person is a general partner or (ii) of which a +majority of the voting securities or other voting interests, or a majority of +the securities or other interests of which having by their terms ordinary voting +power to elect a majority of the board of directors or Persons performing +similar functions with respect to such Person, is directly or indirectly owned +by such Person and/or one or more subsidiaries thereof. + +  + +“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Certificate of Designations, +the A&R Nomination Agreement and the Support Agreements. + +  + +“Transfer” by any Person means, directly or indirectly, to (i) sell, transfer, +assign, pledge, encumber, hypothecate, establish or increase a put equivalent +position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning +of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or similarly dispose of, either voluntarily or +involuntarily, any securities owned by such Person or of any interest (including +any voting interest) in any securities owned by such Person, or (ii) enter into +any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, +any of the economic consequences of ownership of any subject securities, for +cash or otherwise. + +  + +(b)               As used herein, the following terms are defined in the Section +of this Agreement set forth after such term below: + +  + +Term  Location of +Definition A&R Nomination Agreement   1.2(b)(1) Agreement   Preamble  Anti-Trust +Approval   3.1(a) Applicable Matters   5.4  Board of Directors   2.1(c)(1) +Bylaws   2.1(a)(1) Certificate of Designations   Recitals  Certificate of +Incorporation   2.1(a)(1) Chosen Court   5.4  Class A Common Stock   2.1(b)(1) +Class B Common Stock   2.1(b)(1) Class C Common Stock   2.1(b)(1) Class D Common +Stock   2.1(b)(1) Closing   1.2(a) Closing Date   1.2(a) Common Stock  + 2.1(b)(1) Company   Preamble  Company Options   2.1(b)(1) Company RSUs  + 2.1(b)(1) Exchange Act   2.1  GAAP   2.1(f)(4) HSR Act   3.1(a) + +  + + + +26 + +  + +  + +Term   Location of +Definition InvestCo LLC Agreement   1.3(b)(5) Non-Recourse Party   5.16  Nasdaq  + 1.3(b)(8) Per Share Price   1.1  Preferred Stock   Recitals  Purchase Price  + 1.1  Purchaser   Preamble  Purchaser Election   3.1(a) Registration Rights +Agreement   1.3(b)(7) SEC   2.1(a)(2) SEC Documents   2.1(f)(1) Securities Act  + 2.1  Shares   1.1  Support Agreement   Recitals  Supporting Stockholders  + Recitals  + +  + +***** + +  + +[Signature Page Follows] + +  + + + +27 + +  + +  + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the +duly authorized officers of the parties hereto as of the date first herein above +written. + +  + +  EVO PAYMENTS, INC.       By: /s/ James G. Kelly     Name: James G. Kelly     +Title: Chief Executive Officer + +  + +[Signature Page to Investment Agreement] + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +  MADISON DEARBORN CAPITAL PARTNERS VI-A, L.P.       By: Madison Dearborn +Partners VI-A&C, L.P.   Its: General Partner       By: Madison Dearborn +Partners, LLC   Its: General Partner       By: /s/ Vahe A. Dombalagian   Name: +Vahe A. Dombalagian   Title: Managing Director       MADISON DEARBORN CAPITAL +PARTNERS VI EXECUTIVE-A, L.P.       By: Madison Dearborn Partners VI-A&C, L.P.   +Its: General Partner       By: Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC   Its: General +Partner       By: /s/ Vahe A. Dombalagian   Name: Vahe A. Dombalagian   Title: +Managing Director       MADISON DEARBORN CAPITAL PARTNERS VI-C, L.P.       By: +Madison Dearborn Partners VI-A&C, L.P.   Its: General Partner       By: Madison +Dearborn Partners, LLC   Its: General Partner       By: /s/ Vahe A. Dombalagian +  Name: Vahe A. Dombalagian   Title: Managing Director + +  + +[Signature Page to Investment Agreement] + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +Schedule I + +  + +Purchaser Number of Shares Purchase Price Madison Dearborn Capital Partners +VI-A, L.P 126,108 $124,244,335.00 Madison Dearborn Capital Partners VI +Executive-A, L.P. 1,300 $1,280,788.18 Madison Dearborn Capital Partners VI-C, +L.P. 24,842 $24,474,876.86 TOTAL 152,250 $150,000,000.04 + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +EXHIBIT A + +  + +Form of Certificate of Designations + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +EVO Payments, Inc. + +  + +Certificate of Designations + +  + +Series A Convertible Preferred Stock + +  + +[date] + +  + +  + +  + +  + + + +Table of Contents + +  + +Page + +Section 1. Definitions 1 Section 2. Rules of Construction 13 Section 3. The +Convertible Preferred Stock 14 (a) Designation; Par Value 14 (b) Number of +Authorized Shares 14 (c) Form, Dating and Denominations 14 (d) Method of +Payment; Delay When Payment Date is Not a Business Day 15 (e) Register 15 (f) +Legends 16 (g) Transfers and Exchanges; Transfer Taxes; Certain Transfer +Restrictions 16 (h) + +Exchange and Cancellation of Convertible Preferred Stock to Be Converted or to +Be Repurchased Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon + +Change of Control or a Redemption + +18 (i) Status of Retired Shares 18 (j) Replacement Certificates 19 (k) +Registered Holders 19 (l) Cancellation 19 (m) Shares Held by the Company or its +Affiliates 19 (n) Outstanding Shares 19 (o) Notations and Exchanges 20 Section +4. Ranking 21 Section 5. Dividends 21 (a) Generally 21 (b) Participating +Dividends 22 Section 6. Rights Upon Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up 23 +(a) Generally 23 (b) Certain Business Combination Transactions Deemed Not to Be +a Liquidation 23 Section 7. Right of the Company to Redeem the Convertible +Preferred Stock 24 (a) No Right to Redeem Before the Redemption Trigger Date 24 +(b) Right to Redeem the Convertible Preferred Stock on or After Redemption +Trigger Date 24 (c) Redemption Prohibited in Certain Circumstances 24 (d) +Redemption Date 24 (e) Redemption Price 24 (f) Redemption Notice 24 (g) Payment +of the Redemption Price 25 Section 8. Right of Holders to Require the Company to +Repurchase Convertible Preferred Stock upon a Change of Control 25 (a) Right of +Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Convertible Preferred Stock upon a +Change of Control 25 (b) Funds Legally Available for Payment of Change of +Control Repurchase Price; Covenant Not to Take Certain Actions 25 + +  + + + +- i -  + +  + +  + +(c) Change of Control Repurchase Date 25 (d) Change of Control Repurchase Price +26 (e) Change of Control Notice 26 (f) Procedures to Exercise the Change of +Control Repurchase Right 27 (g) Payment of the Change of Control Repurchase +Price 27 (h) Compliance with Securities Laws 28 Section 9. Voting Rights 28 (a) +Voting and Consent Rights with Respect to Specified Matters 28 (b) Right to Vote +with Holders of Common Stock on an As-Converted Basis 30 (c) Procedures for +Voting and Consents 31 Section 10. Conversion 31 (a) Generally 31 (b) Conversion +at the Option of the Holders 31 (c) Mandatory Conversion at the Company’s +Election. 32 (d) Conversion Procedures 33 (e) Settlement upon Conversion 34 (f) +Conversion Rate Adjustments 35 (g) Voluntary Conversion Rate Increases 37 (h) +Restriction on Conversions and Certain Degressive Issuances 37 (i) Effect of +Common Stock Change Event 39 Section 11. Certain Provisions Relating to the +Issuance of Common Stock 40 (a) Equitable Adjustments to Prices 40 (b) +Reservation of Shares of Common Stock 40 (c) Status of Shares of Common Stock 41 +(d) Taxes Upon Issuance of Common Stock 41 Section 12. No Preemptive Rights 41 +Section 13. Tax Treatment 41 Section 14. Calculations 42 (a) Responsibility; +Schedule of Calculations 42 (b) Calculations Aggregated for Each Holder 42 +Section 15. Notices 42 Section 16. Legally Available Funds 42 Section 17. No +Other Rights 42       Exhibits           Exhibit A: Form of Preferred Stock +Certificate A-1       Exhibit B: Form of Restricted Stock Legend B-1 + +  + + + +- ii -  + +  + +  + +Certificate of Designations + +  + +Series A Convertible Preferred Stock + +  + +On March 29, 2020, the Board of Directors of EVO Payments, Inc., a Delaware +corporation (the “Company”), adopted the following resolution designating and +creating, out of the authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of the +Company, 152,250 authorized shares of a series of preferred stock of the Company +titled the “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock”: + +  + +RESOLVED that, pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and +applicable law, a series of preferred stock of the Company titled the “Series A +Convertible Preferred Stock,” and having a par value of $0.0001 per share and an +initial number of authorized shares equal to 152,250, is hereby designated and +created out of the authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of the +Company, which series has the rights, designations, preferences, voting powers +and other provisions set forth below: + +  + +Section 1.                Definitions. + +  + +  + +“Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 144. + +  + +“Antitrust Clearance Date” means the date on which the waiting period under the +Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, has expired or +been terminated, and any other required clearances, approvals or authorizations +of filings and registrations with, and notifications to government authorities +under other applicable antitrust and competition laws have been received, in +each case, with respect to the ownership by the Holders of voting securities in +the Company. + +  + +“Board of Directors” means the Company’s board of directors or a committee of +such board duly authorized to act on behalf of such board. + +  + +“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any day on which +the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or +executive order to close or be closed. + +  + +“Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares of, interests in, rights +to purchase, warrants or options for, participations in, or other equivalents +of, in each case however designated, the equity of such Person, but excluding +any debt securities convertible into such equity. + +  + +“Certificate” means any Physical Certificate or Electronic Certificate. + +  + +“Certificate of Designations” means this Certificate of Designations, as amended +or supplemented from time to time. + +  + +“Certificate of Incorporation” means the Company’s Amended and Restated +Certificate of Incorporation, as the same may be further amended, supplemented +or restated. + +  + + + + - 1 - + +  + +  + +“Change of Control” means any of the following events: + +  + +(a)       a “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the +Exchange Act), other than the Company, its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries or a Holder +(together with its Affiliates), has become the direct or indirect “beneficial +owner” (as defined below) of shares of the Company’s common equity representing +more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of all of the Company’s +then-outstanding common equity; or + +  + +(b)       the consummation of (i) any sale, lease or other transfer, in one +transaction or a series of transactions, of all or substantially all of the +assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person; or +(ii) any transaction or series of related transactions in connection with which +(whether by means of merger, consolidation, share exchange, combination, +reclassification, recapitalization, acquisition, liquidation or otherwise) all +of the Common Stock is exchanged for, converted into, acquired for, or +constitutes solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other +property; provided, however, that any merger, consolidation, share exchange or +combination of the Company pursuant to which the Persons that directly or +indirectly “beneficially owned” (as defined below) all classes of the Company’s +common equity immediately before such transaction directly or indirectly +“beneficially own,” immediately after such transaction, more than fifty percent +(50%) of all classes of common equity of the surviving, continuing or acquiring +company or other transferee, as applicable, or the parent thereof, in +substantially the same proportions vis-à-vis each other as immediately before +such transaction will be deemed not to be a Change of Control pursuant to this +clause (b). + +  + +For the purposes of this definition, (x) any transaction or event described in +both clause (a) and in clause (b)(i) or (ii) above (without regard to the +proviso in clause (b)) will be deemed to occur solely pursuant to clause (b) +above (subject to such proviso); and (y) whether a Person is a “beneficial +owner” and whether shares are “beneficially owned” will be determined in +accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act. + +  + +“Change of Control Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(e). + +  + +“Change of Control Repurchase Date” means the date fixed, pursuant to Section +8(c), for the repurchase of any Convertible Preferred Stock by the Company +pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Change of Control. + +  + +“Change of Control Repurchase Notice” means a notice (including a notice +substantially in the form of the “Change of Control Repurchase Notice” set forth +in Exhibit A) containing the information, or otherwise complying with the +requirements, set forth in Section 8(f)(i) and Section 8(f)(i)(2). + +  + +“Change of Control Repurchase Price” means the cash price payable by the Company +to repurchase any share of Convertible Preferred Stock upon its Repurchase Upon +Change of Control, calculated pursuant to Section 8(d). + +  + + + + - 2 - + +  + +  + +A “Change of Control Repurchase Price Default” will be deemed to occur upon any +failure to pay the Change of Control Repurchase Price for a Change of Control in +full when due as provided in this Certificate of Designations. A Change of +Control Repurchase Price Default that has occurred will be deemed to continue +until such time when the Change of Control Repurchase Price is paid in full, at +which time such Change of Control Repurchase Price Default will be deemed to be +cured and cease to be continuing. + +  + +“Change of Control Repurchase Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a). + +  + +“Close of Business” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time. + +  + +“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. + +  + +“Common Stock” means the Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of +the Company, subject to Section 10(i). + +  + +“Common Stock Change Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(i)(i). + +  + +“Common Stock Liquidity Conditions” will be satisfied with respect to a +Mandatory Conversion or Redemption if: + +  + +(a)       either (i) each share of Common Stock to be issued upon such Mandatory +Conversion of any share of Convertible Preferred Stock or that may be issued +upon conversion of any share of Convertible Preferred Stock that is subject to +such Redemption would be eligible to be offered, sold or otherwise transferred +by the Holder of such share of Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to Rule 144 +under the Securities Act (or any successor rule thereto), without any +requirements as to volume, manner of sale, availability of current public +information (whether or not then satisfied) or notice; or (ii) the offer and +sale of such share of Common Stock by such Holder are registered pursuant to an +effective registration statement under the Securities Act and such registration +statement is reasonably expected by the Company to remain effective and usable, +by the Holder to sell such share of Common Stock, continuously during the period +from, and including, the date the related Mandatory Conversion Notice or +Redemption Notice Date, as applicable, is sent to, and including, the thirtieth +(30th) calendar day after the date such share of Common Stock is issued; +provided, however, that each Holder will supply all information reasonably +requested by the Company for inclusion, and required to be included, in any +registration statement or prospectus supplement related to the resale of the +Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock; +provided, further, that if a Holder fails to provide such information to the +Company within fifteen (15) calendar days following any such request, then this +clause (a)(ii) will automatically be deemed to be satisfied with respect to such +Holder; + +  + +(b)       each share of Common Stock referred to in clause (a) above (i) will, +when issued (or, in the case of clause (a)(ii), when sold or otherwise +transferred pursuant to the registration statement referred to in such clause) +(1) be admitted for book-entry settlement through the Depositary with an +“unrestricted” CUSIP number; and (2) not be represented by any certificate that +bears a legend referring to transfer restrictions under the Securities Act or +other securities laws; and (ii) will, when issued, be listed and admitted for +trading, without suspension or material limitation on trading, on any of The New +York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Market or The NASDAQ Global Select Market +(or any of their respective successors); and + +  + + + + - 3 - + +  + +  + +(c)       (i) the Company has not received any written threat or notice of +delisting or suspension by the applicable exchange referred to in clause (b)(ii) +above with a reasonable prospect of delisting, after giving effect to all +applicable notice and appeal periods; and (ii) no such delisting or suspension +is reasonably likely to occur or is pending based on the Company falling below +the minimum listing maintenance requirements of such exchange. + +  + +“Common Stock Participating Dividend” has the meaning set forth in Section +5(b)(i). + +  + +“Company” means EVO Payments, Inc., a Delaware corporation. + +  + +“Conversion Share” means any share of Common Stock issued or issuable upon +conversion of any Convertible Preferred Stock. + +  + +“Conversion Consideration” means, with respect to the conversion of any +Convertible Preferred Stock, the type and amount of consideration payable to +settle such conversion, determined in accordance with Section 10. + +  + +“Conversion Date” means an Optional Conversion Date or a Mandatory Conversion +Date. + +  + +“Conversion Notice” means a notice substantially in the form of the “Conversion +Notice” set forth in Exhibit A. + +  + +“Conversion Price” means, as of any time, an amount equal to (a) the Initial +Liquidation Preference per share of Convertible Preferred Stock divided by (b) +the Conversion Rate in effect at such time. + +  + +“Conversion Rate” initially means 63.2911 shares of Common Stock per one +thousand dollars ($1,000.00) of Liquidation Preference of the Convertible +Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Conversion Rate is subject to +adjustment pursuant to Sections 10(f) and 10(g). Each reference in this +Certificate of Designations or the Convertible Preferred Stock to the Conversion +Rate as of a particular date without setting forth a particular time on such +date will be deemed to be a reference to the Conversion Rate immediately before +the Close of Business on such date. + +  + +“Convertible Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a). + +  + +“Degressive Issuance” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(f)(i)(2). + +  + +“Degressive Issuance Sunset Date” means the date that is nine (9) calendar +months after the Initial Issue Date. + +  + +“Depositary” means The Depository Trust Company or its successor. + +  + + + + - 4 - + +  + +  + +“Depositary Participant” means any member of, or participant in, the Depositary. + +  + +“Dividend” means any Regular Dividend or Participating Dividend. + +  + +“Dividend Junior Stock” means any class or series of the Company’s stock whose +terms do not expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior to, or +equally with, the Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of +dividends (without regard to whether or not dividends accumulate cumulatively). +Dividend Junior Stock includes the Common Stock. + +  + +“Dividend Make-Whole Amount” has the following meaning with respect to any share +of Convertible Preferred Stock that is subject to conversion: + +  + +(a)       if such conversion is an Optional Conversion, zero; and + +  + +(b)       if such conversion is a Mandatory Conversion, the excess, if any, of +(i) the Liquidation Preference of such share that would be in effect immediately +before the Close of Business on the sixth (6th) Regular Dividend Payment Date +(after giving effect, for the avoidance of doubt, to the accumulation of, and +addition to the Liquidation Preference pursuant to Section 5(a)(ii)(1) in +respect of, Regular Dividends through, and including, the sixth (6th) Regular +Dividend Payment Date), over (ii) the sum of (x) the actual Liquidation +Preference of such share immediately before the Close of Business on the +Conversion Date for such conversion; and (y) an amount equal to accumulated and +unpaid Regular Dividends on such share of Convertible Preferred Stock to, but +excluding, such Conversion Date (but only to the extent such accumulated and +unpaid Regular Dividends are not included in the Liquidation Preference referred +to in the preceding clause (x)); provided, however, that if such Conversion Date +is on or after the sixth (6th) Regular Dividend Payment Date, then the Dividend +Make-Whole Amount will be zero. + +  + +“Dividend Payment Date” means each Regular Dividend Payment Date with respect to +a Regular Dividend and each date on which any declared Participating Dividend is +scheduled to be paid on the Convertible Preferred Stock. + +  + +“Dividend Senior Stock” means any class or series of the Company’s stock whose +terms expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior to the +Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (without +regard to whether or not dividends accumulate cumulatively). + +  + +“Effective Price” has the following meaning with respect to the issuance or sale +of any shares of Common Stock or any Equity-Linked Securities: + +  + +(a)       in the case of the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock, the +value of the consideration received by the Company for such shares, expressed as +an amount per share of Common Stock; and + +  + + + + - 5 - + +  + +  + +(b)       in the case of the issuance or sale of any Equity-Linked Securities, +an amount equal to a fraction whose: + +  + +(i)       numerator is equal to sum, without duplication, of (x) the value of +the aggregate consideration received by the Company for the issuance or sale of +such Equity-Linked Securities; and (y) the value of the minimum aggregate +additional consideration, if any, payable to purchase or otherwise acquire +shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Equity-Linked Securities; and + +  + +(ii)     denominator is equal to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock +underlying such Equity-Linked Securities; + +  + +provided, however, that: + +  + +(w)    for purposes of clauses (a) and (b)(i) above, all underwriting +commissions, placement agency commissions or similar commissions paid to any +broker-dealer by the Company or any of its Affiliates in connection with such +issuance or sale (excluding any other fees or expenses incurred by the Company +or any of its Affiliates) will be added to the aggregate consideration referred +to in such clause; + +  + +(x)      for purposes of clause (b) above, if such minimum aggregate +consideration, or such maximum number of shares of Common Stock, is not +determinable at the time such Equity-Linked Securities are issued or sold, then +(1) the initial consideration payable under such Equity-Linked Securities, or +the initial number of shares of Common Stock underlying such Equity-Linked +Securities, as applicable, will be used; and (2) at each time thereafter when +such amount of consideration or number of shares becomes determinable or is +otherwise adjusted (including pursuant to “anti-dilution” or similar +provisions), there will be deemed to occur, for purposes of Section 10(f)(i)(2) +and without affecting any prior adjustments theretofore made to the Conversion +Rate, an issuance of additional Equity-Linked Securities; + +  + +(y)     for purposes of clause (b) above, the surrender, extinguishment, +maturity or other expiration of any such Equity-Linked Securities will be deemed +not to constitute consideration payable to purchase or otherwise acquire shares +of Common Stock pursuant to such Equity-Linked Securities; and + +  + +(z)      the “value” of any such consideration will be the fair value thereof, +as of the date such shares or Equity-Linked Securities, as applicable, are +issued or sold, determined in good faith by the Board of Directors (or, in the +case of cash denominated in U.S. dollars, the face amount thereof). + +  + +“Electronic Certificate” means any electronic book-entry maintained by the +Transfer Agent that represents any share (s) of Convertible Preferred Stock. + +  + +“Equity-Linked Securities” means any rights, options or warrants to purchase or +otherwise acquire (whether immediately, during specified times, upon the +satisfaction of any conditions or otherwise) any shares of Common Stock. + +  + + + + - 6 - + +  + +  + +“Ex-Dividend Date” means, with respect to an issuance, dividend or distribution +on the Common Stock, the first date on which shares of Common Stock trade on the +applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right +to receive such issuance, dividend or distribution (including pursuant to due +bills or similar arrangements required by the relevant stock exchange). For the +avoidance of doubt, any alternative trading convention on the applicable +exchange or market in respect of the Common Stock under a separate ticker symbol +or CUSIP number will not be considered “regular way” for this purpose. + +  + +“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. + +  + +“Exempt Issuance” means (a) the Company’s issuance of any securities as full or +partial consideration in connection with a merger, acquisition, consolidation or +purchase of all or substantially all of the securities or assets of a +corporation or other entity; (b) the Company’s issuance or grant of shares of +Common Stock, options to purchase shares Common Stock, or any other form of +equity-based or equity-related awards (including restricted stock units), to +employees, prospective employees who have accepted an offer of employment, +directors or consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to +plans that have been approved by a majority of the independent members of the +Board of Directors or that exist as of the Initial Issue Date; (c) the Company’s +issuance of securities upon the exercise, exchange or conversion of any +securities that are exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, shares +of Common Stock and are outstanding as of the Initial Issue Date, provided that +such exercise, exchange or conversion is effected pursuant to the terms of such +securities as in effect on the Initial Issue Date; (d) the issuance of Common +Stock by the Company in a registered public offering the proceeds of which are +used to purchase units in EVO Investco, LLC outstanding as of the Initial Issue +Date pursuant to registration rights or similar rights that exist as of the +Initial Issue Date pursuant to (i) that certain Second Amended and Restated LLC +Agreement of EVO Investco, LLC, dated as of May 22, 2018, by and among EVO +Investco, LLC and its member, as amended on April [__], 2020, (ii) that certain +Exchange Agreement, dated as of May 22, 2018, as amended, by and among EVO +Investco, LLC, EVO Payments, Inc, the holders of common units in EVO Investco, +LLC and shares of Class C common stock or Class D common stock of EVO Payments, +Inc. and the Call Option Holder, as defined therein, from time to time party +thereto; and (iii) and that certain Amended and Restated Registration Rights +Agreement, dated as of May 22, 2018, by and among EVO Payments, Inc., each of +the persons listed on Schedules I and II thereto, such other persons that from +time to time become parties thereto and Blueapple, Inc., as amended on April +[__], 2020; (e) the Company’s issuance of securities pursuant to any equipment +loan or leasing arrangement, real property leasing arrangement or debt financing +from a bank or similar financial institution approved by a majority of the +disinterested members of the Board of Directors; and (f) the Company’s issuance +of the Convertible Preferred Stock and any shares of Common Stock upon +conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock. For purposes of this definition, +“consultant” means a consultant that may participate in an “employee benefit +plan” in accordance with the definition of such term in Rule 405 under the +Securities Act. + +  + +“First Lien Credit Agreement” means that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, +dated as of December 22, 2016, among EVO Payments International, LLC, as +borrower, the subsidiaries of the borrower identified therein, as guarantors, +SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank, the +lenders from time to time party thereto and Citibank, N.A. and Regions Bank, as +Co-Syndication Agents, as in effect on March 29, 2020. + +  + + + + - 7 - + +  + +  + +“Holder” means a person in whose name any Convertible Preferred Stock is +registered in the Register. + +  + +“Initial Issue Date” means [closing date]. + +  + +“Initial Liquidation Preference” means one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per +share of Convertible Preferred Stock. + +  + +“Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock for any Trading Day means the +closing sale price per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the +average of the last bid price and the last ask price per share or, if more than +one in either case, the average of the average last bid prices and the average +last ask prices per share) of the Common Stock on such Trading Day as reported +in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities +exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed. If the Common Stock is not +listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on such Trading Day, +then the Last Reported Sale Price will be the last quoted bid price per share of +Common Stock on such Trading Day in the over-the-counter market as reported by +OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so +quoted on such Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale Price will be the +average of the mid-point of the last bid price and the last ask price per share +of Common Stock on such Trading Day from each of at least three nationally +recognized independent investment banking firms the Company selects. + +  + +“Liquidation Junior Stock” means any class or series of the Company’s stock +whose terms do not expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior +to, or equally with, the Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to the +distribution of assets upon the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding +up. Liquidation Junior Stock includes the Common Stock. + +  + +“Liquidation Parity Stock” means any class or series of the Company’s stock +(other than the Convertible Preferred Stock) whose terms expressly provide that +such class or series will rank equally with the Convertible Preferred Stock with +respect to the distribution of assets upon the Company’s liquidation, +dissolution or winding up. + +  + +“Liquidation Preference” means, with respect to the Convertible Preferred Stock, +an amount initially equal to the Initial Liquidation Preference per share of +Convertible Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Liquidation Preference +is subject to adjustment pursuant to Sections 5(a)(ii)(1). + +  + +“Liquidation Senior Stock” means any class or series of the Company’s stock +whose terms expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior to the +Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon the +Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up. + +  + +“Mandatory Conversion” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(c)(i). + +  + + + + - 8 - + +  + +  + +“Mandatory Conversion Date” means a Conversion Date designated with respect to +any Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 10(c)(i) and 10(c)(iii). + +  + +“Mandatory Conversion Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(c)(iv). + +  + +“Mandatory Conversion Notice Date” means, with respect to a Mandatory +Conversion, the date on which the Company sends the Mandatory Conversion Notice +for such Mandatory Conversion pursuant to Section 10(c)(iv). + +  + +“Mandatory Conversion Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(c)(i). + +  + +“Mandatory Conversion Threshold Price Percentage” has the following meaning with +respect to any Mandatory Conversion: (a) if the Mandatory Conversion Date for +such Mandatory Conversion is before the fourth (4th) Regular Dividend Payment +Date, one hundred and eighty percent (180%); (b) if such Mandatory Conversion +Date is on or after the fourth (4th) Regular Dividend Payment Date and before +the sixth (6th) Regular Dividend Payment Date, one hundred and seventy percent +(170%); (c) if such Mandatory Conversion Date is on or after the sixth (6th) +Regular Dividend Payment Date and before the eight (8th) Regular Dividend +Payment Date, one hundred and sixty percent (160%); and (d) if such Mandatory +Conversion Date is on or after the eighth (8th) Regular Dividend Payment Date, +one hundred and fifty percent (150%). + +  + +“Market Disruption Event” means, with respect to any date, the occurrence or +existence, during the one-half hour period ending at the scheduled close of +trading on such date on the principal U.S. national or regional securities +exchange or other market on which the Common Stock is listed for trading or +trades, of any material suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason +of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or +otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts +relating to the Common Stock. + +  + +“Officer” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive +Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial +Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary, +any Assistant Secretary or any Vice-President of the Company. + +  + +“Open of Business” means 9:00 a.m., New York City time. + +  + +“Optional Conversion” means the conversion of any Convertible Preferred Stock +other than a Mandatory Conversion. + +  + +“Optional Conversion Date” means, with respect to the Optional Conversion of any +Convertible Preferred Stock, the first Business Day on which the requirements +set forth in Section 10(d)(ii) for such conversion are satisfied. + +  + +“Ownership Limitation” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(h)(i). + +  + + + + - 9 - + +  + +  + +“Participating Dividend” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b)(i). + +  + +“Person” or “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited +liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, +unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political +subdivision thereof. Any division or series of a limited liability company, +limited partnership or trust will constitute a separate “person” under this +Certificate of Designations. + +  + +“Physical Certificate” means any certificate (other than an Electronic +Certificate) representing any share(s) of Convertible Preferred Stock, which +certificate is substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, registered in +the name of the Holder of such share(s) and duly executed by the Company and +countersigned by the Transfer Agent. + +  + +“Record Date” means, with respect to any dividend or distribution on, or +issuance to holders of, Convertible Preferred Stock or Common Stock, the date +fixed (whether by law, contract or the Board of Directors or otherwise) to +determine the Holders or the holders of Common Stock, as applicable, that are +entitled to such dividend, distribution or issuance. + +  + +“Redemption” means the repurchase of any Convertible Preferred Stock by the +Company pursuant to Section 7. + +  + +“Redemption Date” means the date fixed, pursuant to Section 7(d), for the +settlement of the repurchase of the Convertible Preferred Stock by the Company +pursuant to a Redemption. + +  + +“Redemption Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(f). + +  + +“Redemption Notice Date” means, with respect to a Redemption of the Convertible +Preferred Stock, the date on which the Company sends the related Redemption +Notice pursuant to Section 7(f). + +  + +“Redemption Price” means the consideration payable by the Company to repurchase +any Convertible Preferred Stock upon its Redemption, calculated pursuant to +Section 7(e). + +  + +“Redemption Trigger Date” means the twentieth (20th) Regular Dividend Payment +Date (or, if such date is not a Business Day, the next Business Day). + +  + +“Reference Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(i)(i). + +  + +“Reference Property Unit” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(i)(i). + +  + +“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(e). + +  + + + + - 10 - + +  + +  + +“Regular Dividend Payment Date” means, with respect to any share of Convertible +Preferred Stock, each [Regular Dividend Payment Date #1] and [Regular Dividend +Payment Date #2] of each year, beginning on [first Regular Dividend Payment +Date] (or beginning on such other date specified in the Certificate representing +such share).1 + +  + +“Regular Dividend Rate” has the following meaning (a) six percent (6%) per annum +for the period from, and including, the Initial Issue Date to, but excluding, +the twentieth (20th) Regular Dividend Payment Date; and (b) eight percent (8%) +per annum from and after the twentieth (20th) Regular Dividend Payment Date; +provided, however, that the Regular Dividend Rate is subject to adjustment +pursuant to Section 10(h)(iii). + +  + +“Regular Dividends” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a)(i)(1). + +  + +“Repurchase Upon Change of Control” means the repurchase of any Convertible +Preferred Stock by the Company pursuant to Section 8. + +  + +“Requisite Stockholder Approval” means the stockholder approval contemplated by +the Nasdaq listing rules with respect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock +upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock in excess of the limitations +imposed by such rule; provided, however, that the Requisite Stockholder Approval +will be deemed to be obtained if, due to any amendment or binding change in the +interpretation of the applicable listing standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market, +such stockholder approval is no longer required for the Company to settle all +conversions of the Convertible Preferred Stock in shares of Common Stock without +regard to Section 10(h). + +  + +“Requisite Stockholder Approval Deadline Date” means the earlier of (a) the date +of the Company’s 2021 annual meeting of stockholders; and (b) August 1, 2021. + +  + +“Restricted Stock Legend” means a legend substantially in the form set forth in +Exhibit B. + +  + +“Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule +thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time. + +  + +“Scheduled Trading Day” means any day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on +the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common +Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. +national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which +the Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, +then “Scheduled Trading Day” means a Business Day. + +  + +“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. + +  + +“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. + +  + +“Security” means any Convertible Preferred Stock or Conversion Share. + +  + +  + + + + + +1Regular Dividend Payment Dates to be the Initial Closing Date and the date six +months from the Initial Issue Date, with the first Regular Dividend Payment Date +occurring on the date that is six months following the Initial Issue Date. + +  + +  + + + + - 11 - + +  + +  + +“Stockholder Voting Power” means the aggregate number of votes entitled to be +cast generally at a meeting of the Company’s stockholders held for the election +of directors by all outstanding shares of Common Stock and all outstanding +shares of Class B common stock, Class C common stock and Class D common stock of +the Company, each with $0.0001 par value per share, with the calculation of such +aggregate number of votes being conclusively made for all purposes under this +Certificate of Designations and the Certificate of Incorporation, absent +manifest error, by the Company based on the Company’s review of the Register, +the Company’s other books and records, each Holder’s public filings pursuant to +Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and any other written evidence +satisfactory to the Company regarding any Holder’s beneficial ownership of any +securities of the Company. + +  + +“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any corporation, association +or other business entity (other than a partnership or limited liability company) +of which more than 50% of the total voting power of the Capital Stock entitled +(without regard to the occurrence of any contingency, but after giving effect to +any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers +voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees, as +applicable, of such corporation, association or other business entity is owned +or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the +other Subsidiaries of such Person; and (b) any partnership or limited liability +company where (x) more than fifty percent (50%) of the capital accounts, +distribution rights, equity and voting interests, or of the general and limited +partnership interests, as applicable, of such partnership or limited liability +company are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one +or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person, whether in the form of +membership, general, special or limited partnership or limited liability company +interests or otherwise; and (y) such Person or any one or more of the other +Subsidiaries of such Person is a controlling general partner of, or otherwise +controls, such partnership or limited liability company. + +  + +“Successor Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(i)(iii). + +  + +“Trading Day” means any day on which (a) trading in the Common Stock generally +occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which +the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a +U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on +which the Common Stock is then traded; and (b) there is no Market Disruption +Event. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, then “Trading Day” means +a Business Day. + +  + +“Transfer Agent” means Computershare Trust Company N.A. or its successor. + +  + +“Transfer-Restricted Security” means any Security that constitutes a “restricted +security” (as defined in Rule 144); provided, however, that such Security will +cease to be a Transfer-Restricted Security upon the earliest to occur of the +following events: + +  + +(a)            such Security is sold or otherwise transferred to a Person (other +than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) pursuant to a registration +statement that was effective under the Securities Act at the time of such sale +or transfer; + +  + + + + - 12 - + +  + +  + +(b)           such Security is sold or otherwise transferred to a Person (other +than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) pursuant to an available +exemption (including Rule 144) from the registration and prospectus-delivery +requirements of, or in a transaction not subject to, the Securities Act and, +immediately after such sale or transfer, such Security ceases to constitute a +“restricted security” (as defined in Rule 144); and + +  + +(c)           (i) such Security is eligible for resale, by a Person that is not +an Affiliate of the Company and that has not been an Affiliate of the Company +during the immediately preceding three (3) months, pursuant to Rule 144 without +any limitations thereunder as to volume, manner of sale, availability of current +public information or notice; and (ii) the Company has received such +certificates or other documentation or evidence as the Company may reasonably +require to determine that the security is eligible for resale pursuant to clause +(i) and the Holder, holder or beneficial owner of such Security is not, and that +has not been during the immediately preceding three (3) months, an Affiliate of +the Company. + +  + +“Voting Parity Stock” means, with respect to any matter as to which Holders are +entitled to vote pursuant to Section 9(a), each class or series of outstanding +stock of the Company that constitutes both Dividend Parity Stock and Liquidation +Parity Stock, if any, upon which similar voting rights are conferred and are +exercisable with respect to such matter. + +  + +“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of such Person all of +the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than +directors’ qualifying shares) are owned by such Person or one or more Wholly +Owned Subsidiaries of such Person. + +  + +Section 2.                Rules of Construction. For purposes of this +Certificate of Designations: + +  + +(a)           “or” is not exclusive; + +  + +(b)           “including” means “including without limitation”; + +  + +(c)           “will” expresses a command; + +  + +(d)           the “average” of a set of numerical values refers to the +arithmetic average of such numerical values; + +  + +(e)            a merger involving, or a transfer of assets by, a limited +liability company, limited partnership or trust will be deemed to include any +division of or by, or an allocation of assets to a series of, such limited +liability company, limited partnership or trust, or any unwinding of any such +division or allocation; + +  + +(f)            words in the singular include the plural and in the plural +include the singular, unless the context requires otherwise; + +  + +(g)           “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this +Certificate of Designations as a whole and not to any particular Section or +other subdivision of this Certificate of Designations, unless the context +requires otherwise; + +  + + + + - 13 - + +  + +  + +(h)           references to currency mean the lawful currency of the United +States of America, unless the context requires otherwise; and + +  + +(i)            the exhibits, schedules and other attachments to this Certificate +of Designations are deemed to form part of this Certificate of Designations. + +  + +Section 3.                The Convertible Preferred Stock. + +  + +(a)          Designation; Par Value. A series of stock of the Company titled the +“Series A Convertible Preferred Stock” (the “Convertible Preferred Stock”) is +hereby designated and created out of the authorized and unissued shares of +preferred stock of the Company. The par value of the Convertible Preferred Stock +is $0.0001 per share. + +  + +(b)          Number of Authorized Shares. The total authorized number of shares +of Convertible Preferred Stock is one hundred and fifty two thousand two hundred +and fifty (152,250); provided, however that, by resolution of the Board of +Directors, the total number of authorized shares of Convertible Preferred Stock +may hereafter be reduced to a number that is not less than the number of shares +of Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding. + +  + +(c)           Form, Dating and Denominations. + +  + +(i)            Form and Date of Certificates Representing Convertible Preferred +Stock. Each Certificate representing any Convertible Preferred Stock will bear +the legends required by Section 3(f) and may bear notations, legends or +endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage or the Depositary. + +  + +(ii)           Certificates. + +  + +(1)               Generally. The Convertible Preferred Stock will be originally +issued initially in the form of one or more Electronic Certificates. Electronic +Certificates may be exchanged for Physical Certificates, and Physical +Certificates may be exchanged for Electronic Certificates, upon request by the +Holder thereof pursuant to customary procedures. + +  + +(2)               Electronic Certificates; Interpretation. For purposes of this +Certificate of Designations, (A) each Electronic Certificate will be deemed to +include the text of the stock certificate set forth in Exhibit A; (B) any legend +or other notation that is required to be included on a Certificate will be +deemed to be included in any Electronic Certificate notwithstanding that such +Electronic Certificate may be in a form that does not permit affixing legends +thereto; (C) any reference in this Certificate of Designations to the “delivery” +of any Electronic Certificate will be deemed to be satisfied upon the +registration of the electronic book-entry representing such Electronic +Certificate in the name of the applicable Holder; (D) upon satisfaction of any +applicable requirements of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Certificate +of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Company, and any related requirements of +the Transfer Agent, in each case for the issuance of Convertible Preferred Stock +in the form of one or more Electronic Certificates, such Electronic Certificates +will be deemed to be executed by the Company and countersigned by the Transfer +Agent. + +  + + + + - 14 - + +  + +  + +(iii)          No Bearer Certificates; Denominations. The Convertible Preferred +Stock will be issued only in registered form and only in whole numbers of +shares. + +  + +(iv)          Registration Numbers. Each Certificate representing any +Convertible Preferred Stock will bear a unique registration number that is not +affixed to any other Certificate representing any other outstanding share of +Convertible Preferred Stock. + +  + +(d)           Method of Payment; Delay When Payment Date is Not a Business Day. + +  + +(i)             Method of Payment. The Company will pay all cash amounts due on +any Convertible Preferred Stock by check issued in the name of the Holder +thereof; provided, however, that if such Holder has delivered to the Company, no +later than the time set forth in the next sentence, a written request to receive +payment by wire transfer to an account of such Holder within the United States, +then the Company will pay all such cash amounts by wire transfer of immediately +available funds to such account. To be timely, such written request must be +delivered no later than the Close of Business on the following date: (x) with +respect to the payment of any declared cash Participating Dividend due on a +Dividend Payment Date for the Convertible Preferred Stock, the related Record +Date; and (y) with respect to any other payment, the date that is fifteen (15) +calendar days immediately before the date such payment is due. + +  + +(ii)            Delay of Payment when Payment Date is Not a Business Day. If the +due date for a payment on any Convertible Preferred Stock as provided in this +Certificate of Designations is not a Business Day, then, notwithstanding +anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designations, such payment may +be made on the immediately following Business Day and no interest, dividend or +other amount will accrue or accumulate on such payment as a result of the +related delay. Solely for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, a day +on which the applicable place of payment is authorized or required by law or +executive order to close or be closed will be deemed not to be a “Business Day.” + +  + +(e)           Register. The Company will, or will retain another Person (who may +be to the Transfer Agent) to act as registrar who will, keep a record (the +“Register”) of the names and addresses of the Holders, the number of shares of +Convertible Preferred Stock held by each Holder and the transfer, exchange, +repurchase, Redemption and conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock. Absent +manifest error, the entries in the Register will be conclusive, and the Company +and the Transfer Agent may treat each Person whose name is recorded as a Holder +in the Register as a Holder for all purposes. The Register will be in written +form or in any form capable of being converted into written form reasonably +promptly. The Company will promptly provide a copy of the Register to any Holder +upon its request. + +  + + + + - 15 - + +  + +  + +(f)            Legends. + +  + +(i)            Restricted Stock Legend. + +  + +(1)               Each Certificate representing any share of Convertible +Preferred Stock that is a Transfer-Restricted Security will bear the Restricted +Stock Legend. + +  + +(2)               If any share of Convertible Preferred Stock is issued in +exchange for, in substitution of, or to effect a partial conversion of, any +other share(s) of Convertible Preferred Stock (such other share(s) being +referred to as the “old share(s)” for purposes of this Section 3(f)(i)(2)), +including pursuant to Section 3(h) or 3(j), then the Certificate representing +such share will bear the Restricted Stock Legend if the certificate representing +such old share(s) bore the Restricted Stock Legend at the time of such exchange +or substitution, or on the related Conversion Date with respect to such +conversion, as applicable; provided, however, that the Certificate representing +such share need not bear the Restricted Stock Legend if such share does not +constitute a Transfer-Restricted Security immediately after such exchange or +substitution, or as of such Conversion Date, as applicable. + +  + +(ii)           Other Legends. The Certificate representing any Convertible +Preferred Stock may bear any other legend or text, not inconsistent with this +Certificate of Designations, as may be required by applicable law or by any +securities exchange or automated quotation system on which such Convertible +Preferred Stock is traded or quoted or as may be otherwise reasonably determined +by the Company to be appropriate. + +  + +(iii)          Legends on Conversion Shares. + +  + +(1)               Each Conversion Share will bear a legend substantially to the +same effect as the Restricted Stock Legend if the Convertible Preferred Stock +upon the conversion of which such Conversion Share was issued was (or would have +been had it not been converted) a Transfer-Restricted Security at the time such +Conversion Share was issued; provided, however, that such Conversion Share need +not bear such a legend if the Company determines, in its reasonable discretion, +that such Conversion Share need not bear such a legend. + +  + +(2)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section +3(f)(iii)(1), a Conversion Share need not bear a legend pursuant to Section +3(f)(iii)(1) if such Conversion Share is issued in an uncertificated form that +does not permit affixing legends thereto, provided the Company takes measures +(including the assignment thereto of a “restricted” CUSIP number) that it +reasonably deems appropriate to enforce the transfer restrictions referred to in +such legend. + +  + +(g)          Transfers and Exchanges; Transfer Taxes; Certain Transfer +Restrictions. + +  + +(i)            Provisions Applicable to All Transfers and Exchanges. + +  + +(1)               Generally. Subject to this Section 3(g), Convertible Preferred +Stock represented by any Certificate may be transferred or exchanged from time +to time, and the Company will cause each such transfer or exchange to be +recorded in the Register. + +  + + + + - 16 - + +  + +  + +(2)               No Services Charge; Transfer Taxes. The Company will not +impose any service charge on any Holder for any transfer, exchange or conversion +of any Convertible Preferred Stock, but the Company may require payment of a sum +sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge that may be +imposed in connection with any transfer, exchange or conversion of Convertible +Preferred Stock, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3(h) or Section 3(o) +not involving any transfer. + +  + +(3)               No Transfers or Exchanges of Fractional Shares. +Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designations, +all transfers or exchanges of Convertible Preferred Stock must be in an amount +representing a whole number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, and no +fractional share of Convertible Preferred Stock may be transferred or exchanged. + +  + +(4)               Legends. Each Certificate representing any share of +Convertible Preferred Stock that is issued upon transfer of, or in exchange for, +another share of Convertible Preferred Stock will bear each legend, if any, +required by Section 3(f). + +  + +(5)               Settlement of Transfers and Exchanges. Upon satisfaction of +the requirements of this Certificate of Designations to effect a transfer or +exchange of any Convertible Preferred Stock as well as the delivery of all +documentation reasonably required by the Transfer Agent or the Company in order +to effect any transfer or exchange, the Company will cause such transfer or +exchange to be effected as soon as reasonably practicable but in no event later +than the second (2nd) Business Day after the date of such satisfaction. + +  + +(ii)           Transfers of Shares Subject to Redemption, Repurchase or +Conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of +Designations, the Company will not be required to register the transfer of or +exchange any share of Convertible Preferred Stock: + +  + +(1)               that has been surrendered for conversion; + +  + +(2)               that has been called for Redemption pursuant to a Redemption +Notice, except to the extent that the Company fails to pay the related +Redemption Price when due; or + +  + +(3)               as to which a Change of Control Repurchase Notice has been +duly delivered, and not withdrawn, pursuant to Section 8(f), except to the +extent that the Company fails to pay the related Change of Control Repurchase +Price when due. + +  + + + + - 17 - + +  + +  + +(h)          Exchange and Cancellation of Convertible Preferred Stock to Be +Converted or to Be Repurchased Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Change of Control +or a Redemption. + +  + +(i)            Partial Conversions of Certificates and Partial Repurchases of +Certificates Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Change of Control. If only a portion +of a Holder’s Convertible Preferred Stock represented by a Certificate (such +Certificate being referred to as the “old Certificate” for purposes of this +Section 3(h)(i)) is to be converted pursuant to Section 10 or repurchased +pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Change of Control, then, as soon as reasonably +practicable after such Certificate is surrendered for such conversion or +repurchase, as applicable, the Company will cause such Certificate to be +exchanged for (1) one or more Certificates that each represent a whole number of +shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and, in the aggregate, represent a total +number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of +Convertible Preferred Stock represented by such old Certificate that are not to +be so converted or repurchased, as applicable, and deliver such Certificate(s) +to such Holder; and (2) a Certificate representing a whole number of shares of +Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Convertible +Preferred Stock represented by such old Certificate that are to be so converted +or repurchased, as applicable, which Certificate will be converted or +repurchased, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of this Certificate of +Designations; provided, however, that the Certificate referred to in this clause +(2) need not be issued at any time after which such shares subject to such +conversion or repurchase, as applicable, are deemed to cease to be outstanding +pursuant to Section 3(n). + +  + +(ii)           Cancellation of Convertible Preferred Stock that Is Converted and +Convertible Preferred Stock that Is Repurchased Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon +Change of Control or a Redemption. If a Holder’s Convertible Preferred Stock +represented by a Certificate (or any portion thereof that has not theretofore +been exchanged pursuant to Section 3(h)(i)) (such Certificate being referred to +as the “old Certificate” for purposes of this Section 3(h)(ii)) is to be +converted pursuant to Section 10 or repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon +Change of Control or a Redemption, then, promptly after the later of the time +such Convertible Preferred Stock is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant +to Section 3(n) and the time such Certificate is surrendered for such conversion +or repurchase, as applicable, (A) such Certificate will be cancelled pursuant to +Section 3(l); and (B) in the case of a partial conversion or repurchase, the +Company will issue, execute and deliver to such Holder, and cause the Transfer +Agent to countersign, one or more Certificates that (x) each represent a whole +number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and, in the aggregate, represent +a total number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the number of +shares of Convertible Preferred Stock represented by such old Certificate that +are not to be so converted or repurchased, as applicable; (y) are registered in +the name of such Holder; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section +3(f). + +  + +(i)           Status of Retired Shares. Upon any share of Convertible Preferred +Stock ceasing to be outstanding, such share will be deemed to be retired and to +resume the status of an authorized and unissued share of preferred stock of the +Company, and such share cannot thereafter be reissued as Convertible Preferred +Stock. + +  + + + + - 18 - + +  + +  + +(j)            Replacement Certificates. If a Holder of any Convertible +Preferred Stock claims that the Certificate(s) representing such Convertible +Preferred Stock have been mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, then +the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and cause the Transfer Agent to +countersign, in each case in accordance with Section 3(c), a replacement +Certificate representing such Convertible Preferred Stock upon surrender to the +Company or the Transfer Agent of such mutilated Certificate, or upon delivery to +the Company or the Transfer Agent of evidence of such loss, destruction or +wrongful taking reasonably satisfactory to the Transfer Agent and the Company. +In the case of a lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Certificate representing +any Convertible Preferred Stock, the Company and the Transfer Agent may require +the Holder thereof to provide such security or indemnity that is reasonably +satisfactory to the Company and the Transfer Agent to protect the Company and +the Transfer Agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if such Certificate +is replaced. + +  + +Every replacement Convertible Preferred Stock issued pursuant to this Section +3(j) will, upon such replacement, be deemed to be outstanding Convertible +Preferred Stock, entitled to all of the benefits of this Certificate of +Designations equally and ratably with all other Convertible Preferred Stock then +outstanding. + +  + +(k)          Registered Holders. Only the Holder of any Convertible Preferred +Stock will have rights under this Certificate of Designations as the owner of +such Convertible Preferred Stock. + +  + +(l)           Cancellation. The Company may at any time deliver Convertible +Preferred Stock to the Transfer Agent for cancellation. The Company will cause +the Transfer Agent to promptly cancel all shares of Convertible Preferred Stock +so surrendered to it in accordance with its customary procedures. + +  + +(m)          Shares Held by the Company or its Affiliates. Without limiting the +generality of Section 3(n), in determining whether the Holders of the required +number of outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock (and, if applicable, +Voting Parity Stock) have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, shares +of Convertible Preferred Stock owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries +will be deemed not to be outstanding. + +  + +(n)          Outstanding Shares. + +  + +(i)            Generally. The shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that are +outstanding at any time will be deemed to be those shares of Convertible +Preferred Stock that, at such time, have been duly executed by the Company and +countersigned by the Transfer Agent, excluding those shares of Convertible +Preferred Stock that have theretofore been (1) cancelled by the Transfer Agent +or delivered to the Transfer Agent for cancellation in accordance with Section +3(l); (2) paid in full upon their conversion or upon their repurchase pursuant +to a Repurchase Upon Change of Control or a Redemption in accordance with this +Certificate of Designations; or (3) deemed to cease to be outstanding to the +extent provided in, and subject to, clause (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of this +Section 3(n). + +  + +(ii)           Replaced Shares. If any Certificate representing any share of +Convertible Preferred Stock is replaced pursuant to Section 3(j), then such +share will cease to be outstanding at the time of such replacement, unless the +Transfer Agent and the Company receive proof reasonably satisfactory to them +that such share is held by a “bona fide purchaser” under applicable law. + +  + + + + - 19 - + +  + +  + +(iii)          Shares to Be Repurchased Pursuant to a Redemption. If, on a +Redemption Date, the Company has segregated, solely for the benefit of the +applicable Holders, consideration in kind and amount that is sufficient to pay +the aggregate Redemption Price due on such date, then (unless there occurs a +default in the payment of the Redemption Price) (1) the Convertible Preferred +Stock to be redeemed on such date will be deemed, as of such date, to cease to +be outstanding; (2) Regular Dividends will cease to accumulate on such +Convertible Preferred Stock from and after such Redemption Date; and (3) the +rights of the Holders of such Convertible Preferred Stock, as such, will +terminate with respect to such Convertible Preferred Stock, other than the right +to receive the Redemption Price as provided in Section 7. + +  + +(iv)          Shares to Be Repurchased Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Change of +Control. If, on a Change of Control Repurchase Date, the Company has segregated, +solely for the benefit of the applicable Holders, consideration in kind and +amount that is sufficient to pay the aggregate Change of Control Repurchase +Price due on such date, then (unless there occurs a default in the payment of +the Change of Control Repurchase Price) (1) the Convertible Preferred Stock to +be repurchased on such date will be deemed, as of such date, to cease to be +outstanding; (2) Regular Dividends will cease to accumulate on such Convertible +Preferred Stock from and after such Change of Control Repurchase Date; and (3) +the rights of the Holders of such Convertible Preferred Stock, as such, will +terminate with respect to such Convertible Preferred Stock, other than the right +to receive the Change of Control Repurchase Price as provided in Section 8 and, +if applicable, Section 16. + +  + +(v)           Shares to Be Converted. If any Convertible Preferred Stock is to +be converted, then, at the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for such +conversion (unless there occurs a default in the delivery of the Conversion +Consideration due pursuant to Section 10 upon such conversion): (1) such +Convertible Preferred Stock will be deemed to cease to be outstanding; (2) +Regular Dividends will cease to accumulate on such Convertible Preferred Stock +from and after such Conversion Date; and (3) the rights of the Holders of such +Convertible Preferred Stock, as such, will terminate with respect to such +Convertible Preferred Stock, other than the right to receive such Conversion +Consideration as provided in Section 10 and, if applicable, Section 16. + +  + +(o)           Notations and Exchanges. Without limiting any rights of Holders +pursuant to Section 9, if any amendment, supplement or waiver to the Certificate +of Incorporation or this Certificate of Designations changes the terms of any +Convertible Preferred Stock, then the Company may, in its discretion, require +the Holder of the Certificate representing such Convertible Preferred Stock to +deliver such Certificate to the Transfer Agent so that the Transfer Agent may +place an appropriate notation prepared by the Company on such Certificate and +return such Certificate to such Holder. Alternatively, at its discretion, the +Company may, in exchange for such Convertible Preferred Stock, issue, execute +and deliver, and cause the Transfer Agent to countersign, in each case in +accordance with Section 3(c), a new Certificate representing such Convertible +Preferred Stock that reflects the changed terms. The failure to make any +appropriate notation or issue a new Certificate representing any Convertible +Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 3(o) will not impair or affect the +validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver. + +  + + - 20 - + +  + + + +  + +Section 4.                Ranking. The Convertible Preferred Stock will rank (a) +senior to (i) Dividend Junior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends; +and (ii) Liquidation Junior Stock with respect to the distribution of assets +upon the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up; (b) equally with (i) +Dividend Parity Stock with respect to the payment of dividends; and (ii) +Liquidation Parity Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon the +Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up; and (c) junior to (i) Dividend +Senior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends; and (ii) Liquidation +Senior Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon the Company’s +liquidation, dissolution or winding up. + +  + +Section 5.                Dividends. + +  + +(a)          Generally. + +  + +(i)            Regular Dividends. + +  + +(1)               Accumulation and Payment of Regular Dividends. The Convertible +Preferred Stock will accumulate cumulative dividends at a rate per annum equal +to the Regular Dividend Rate on the Liquidation Preference thereof (calculated +in accordance with Section 5(a)(i)(2)), regardless of whether or not declared or +funds are legally available for their payment (such dividends that accumulate on +the Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to this sentence, “Regular Dividends”). +Subject to the other provisions of this Section 5 (including, for the avoidance +of doubt, Section 5(a)(ii)(1)), such Regular Dividends will be payable +semi-annually in arrears on each Regular Dividend Payment Date. Regular +Dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock will accumulate from, and +including, the last date to which Regular Dividends have been paid (or, if no +Regular Dividends have been paid, from, and including, the Initial Issue Date) +to, but excluding, the next Regular Dividend Payment Date. + +  + +(2)               Computation of Accumulated Regular Dividends. Accumulated +Regular Dividends will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of +twelve 30-day months. Regular Dividends on each share of Convertible Preferred +Stock will accrue on the Liquidation Preference of such share as of immediately +before the Close of Business on the preceding Regular Dividend Payment Date (or, +if there is no preceding Regular Dividend Payment Date, on the Initial +Liquidation Preference of such share). + +  + + + + - 21 - + +  + +  + +(ii)           Method of Payment; Payments in Kind. + +  + +(1)               Generally. Regular Dividends will be paid on the Convertible +Preferred Stock on each Regular Dividend Payment Date by adding (without +duplication), effective immediately before the Close of Business on such Regular +Dividend Payment Date, to the Liquidation Preference of each share of +Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding as of such time, an amount equal to the +unpaid Regular Dividends that have accumulated on such share to, but excluding, +such Regular Dividend Payment Date. Such payment and addition will occur +automatically, without the need of any action on the part of the Company or any +other Person. + +  + +(2)               Construction. Any Regular Dividends the amount of which is +added to the Liquidation Preference thereof pursuant to Section 5(a)(ii)(1) will +be deemed to be “declared” and “paid” on the Convertible Preferred Stock for all +purposes of this Certificate of Designations. + +  + +(b)          Participating Dividends. + +  + +(i)            Generally. Subject to Section 5(b)(ii), no dividend or other +distribution on the Common Stock (whether in cash, securities or other property, +or any combination of the foregoing) will be declared or paid on the Common +Stock unless, at the time of such declaration and payment, an equivalent +dividend or distribution is declared and paid, respectively, on the Convertible +Preferred Stock (such a dividend or distribution on the Convertible Preferred +Stock, a “Participating Dividend,” and such corresponding dividend or +distribution on the Common Stock, the “Common Stock Participating Dividend”), +such that (1) the Record Date and the payment date for such Participating +Dividend occur on the same dates as the Record Date and payment date, +respectively, for such Common Stock Participating Dividend and (2) the kind and +amount of consideration payable per share of Convertible Preferred Stock in such +Participating Dividend is the same kind and amount of consideration that would +be payable in the Common Stock Participating Dividend in respect of a number of +shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Common Stock that would +be issuable (determined in accordance with Section 10 but without regard to +Section 10(e)(ii), Section 10(e)(iii) and Section 10(h)) in respect of one (1) +share of Convertible Preferred Stock that is converted pursuant to an Optional +Conversion with a Conversion Date occurring on such Record Date (subject to the +same arrangements, if any, in such Common Stock Participating Dividend not to +issue or deliver a fractional portion of any security or other property, but +with such arrangement applying separately to each Holder and computed based on +the total number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock held by such Holder on +such Record Date). + +  + +(ii)           Common Stock Change Events and Stock Splits, Dividends and +Combinations. Section 5(b)(i) will not apply to, and no Participating Dividend +will be required to be declared or paid in respect of, a Common Stock Change +Event, or an event for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required +pursuant to Section 10(f)(i)(1), as to which Section 10(i) or Section +10(f)(i)(1), respectively, will apply. + +  + +(iii)          Treatment of Participating Dividends Upon Redemption, Repurchase +Upon Change of Control or Conversion. If the Redemption Date, Change of Control +Repurchase Date or Conversion Date of any share of Convertible Preferred Stock +is after a Record Date for a declared Participating Dividend on the Convertible +Preferred Stock and on or before the next Dividend Payment Date, then the Holder +of such share at the Close of Business on such Record Date will be entitled, +notwithstanding the related Redemption, Repurchase Upon Change of Control or +conversion, as applicable, to receive, on or, at the Company’s election, before +such Dividend Payment Date, such declared Participating Dividend on such share. + +  + + + + - 22 - + +  + +  + +Section 6.                Rights Upon Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. + +  + +(a)          Generally. If the Company liquidates, dissolves or winds up, +whether voluntarily or involuntarily, then, subject to the rights of any of the +Company’s creditors or holders of any outstanding Liquidation Senior Stock, each +share of Convertible Preferred Stock will entitle the Holder thereof to receive +payment for the greater of the amounts set forth in clause (i) and (ii) below +out of the Company’s assets or funds legally available for distribution to the +Company’s stockholders, before any such assets or funds are distributed to, or +set aside for the benefit of, any Liquidation Junior Stock: + +  + +(i)            the sum of: + +  + +(1)               the Liquidation Preference per share of Convertible Preferred +Stock; and + +  + +(2)               all unpaid Regular Dividends that will have accumulated on +such share to, but excluding, the date of such payment; and + +  + +(ii)           the amount such Holder would have received in respect of the +number of shares of Common Stock that would be issuable upon conversion of such +share of Convertible Preferred Stock assuming the Conversion Date of such +conversion occurs on the date of such payment. + +  + +Upon payment of such amount in full on the outstanding Convertible Preferred +Stock, Holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock will have no rights to the +Company’s remaining assets or funds, if any. If such assets or funds are +insufficient to fully pay such amount on all outstanding shares of Convertible +Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable in respect of all +outstanding shares of Liquidation Parity Stock, if any, then, subject to the +rights of any of the Company’s creditors or holders of any outstanding +Liquidation Senior Stock, such assets or funds will be distributed ratably on +the outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and Liquidation Parity +Stock in proportion to the full respective distributions to which such shares +would otherwise be entitled. + +  + +(b)          Certain Business Combination Transactions Deemed Not to Be a +Liquidation. For purposes of Section 6(a), the Company’s consolidation or +combination with, or merger with or into, or the sale, lease or other transfer +of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (other than a sale, lease or +other transfer in connection with the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or +winding up) to, another Person will not, in itself, constitute the Company’s +liquidation, dissolution or winding up, even if, in connection therewith, the +Convertible Preferred Stock is converted into, or is exchanged for, or +represents solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other +property, or any combination of the foregoing. + +  + + + + - 23 - + +  + +  + +Section 7.                Right of the Company to Redeem the Convertible +Preferred Stock. + +  + +(a)           No Right to Redeem Before the Redemption Trigger Date. The Company +may not redeem the Convertible Preferred Stock at its option at any time before +Redemption Trigger Date. + +  + +(b)           Right to Redeem the Convertible Preferred Stock on or After +Redemption Trigger Date. Subject to the terms of this Section 7, the Company has +the right, at its election, to redeem all, but not less than all, of the +Convertible Preferred Stock, at any time, on a Redemption Date on or after +Redemption Trigger Date, for a cash purchase price equal to the Redemption +Price. + +  + +(c)           Redemption Prohibited in Certain Circumstances. The Company will +not call for Redemption, or otherwise send a Redemption Notice in respect of the +Redemption of, any Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 7 unless +(i) the Company has sufficient funds legally available, and is permitted under +the terms of its indebtedness for borrowed money, to fully pay the Redemption +Price in respect of all shares of Convertible Preferred Stock called for +Redemption; and (ii) the Common Stock Liquidity Conditions are satisfied with +respect to such Redemption. + +  + +(d)          Redemption Date. The Redemption Date for any Redemption will be a +Business Day of the Company’s choosing that is no more than sixty (60), nor less +than thirty (30), calendar days after the Redemption Notice Date for such +Redemption. + +  + +(e)           Redemption Price. The Redemption Price for any share of +Convertible Preferred Stock to be repurchased pursuant to a Redemption is an +amount in cash equal to the Liquidation Preference of such share at the Close of +Business on the Redemption Date for such Redemption plus accumulated and unpaid +Regular Dividends on such share to, but excluding, such Redemption Date (to the +extent such accumulated and unpaid Regular Dividends are not included in such +Liquidation Preference). + +  + +(f)            Redemption Notice. To call any share of Convertible Preferred +Stock for Redemption, the Company must send to the Holder of such share a notice +of such Redemption (a “Redemption Notice”). Such Redemption Notice must state: + +  + +(i)            that such share has been called for Redemption; + +  + +(ii)           the Redemption Date for such Redemption; + +  + +(iii)          the Redemption Price per share of Convertible Preferred Stock; + +  + +(iv)          that Convertible Preferred Stock called for Redemption may be +converted at any time before the Close of Business on the Business Day +immediately before the Redemption Date (or, if the Company fails to pay the +Redemption Price due on such Redemption Date in full, at any time until such +time as the Company pays such Redemption Price in full); and + +  + +(v)           the Conversion Rate in effect on the Redemption Notice Date for +such Redemption. + +  + + + + - 24 - + +  + +  + +(g)          Payment of the Redemption Price. The Company will cause the +Redemption Price for each share of Convertible Preferred Stock subject to +Redemption to be paid to the Holder thereof on or before the applicable +Redemption Date. + +  + +Section 8.                Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase +Convertible Preferred Stock upon a Change of Control. + +  + +(a)          Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Convertible +Preferred Stock upon a Change of Control. Subject to the other terms of this +Section 8, if a Change of Control occurs, then each Holder will have the right +(the “Change of Control Repurchase Right”) to require the Company to repurchase +all, or any whole number of shares that is less than all, of such Holder’s +Convertible Preferred Stock on the Change of Control Repurchase Date for such +Change of Control for a cash purchase price equal to the Change of Control +Repurchase Price. + +  + +(b)          Funds Legally Available for Payment of Change of Control Repurchase +Price; Covenant Not to Take Certain Actions. Notwithstanding anything to the +contrary in this Section 8, but subject to Section 16, (i) the rights of the +Holders to receive payment of the Change of Control Repurchase Price pursuant to +this Section 8 upon the occurrence of a Change of Control are subject to the +prior repayment in full of the loans and all other obligations that are accrued +and payable under the terms of the Company’s First Lien Credit Agreement and the +termination of the commitments and the termination of all outstanding letters of +credit to the extent required under such First Lien Credit Agreement; (ii) the +Company will not be obligated to pay the Change of Control Repurchase Price of +any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to the extent, and only to the extent, +the Company does not have sufficient funds legally available to pay the same; +and (iii) if the Company does not have sufficient funds legally available to pay +the Change of Control Repurchase Price of all shares of Convertible Preferred +Stock that are otherwise to be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Change +of Control, then (1) the Company will pay the maximum amount of such Change of +Control Repurchase Price that can be paid out of funds legally available for +payment, which payment will be made pro rata to each Holder based on the total +number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock of such Holder that were +otherwise to be repurchased pursuant to such Repurchase Upon Change of Control; +and (2) the Company will cause all such shares as to which the Change of Control +Repurchase Price was not paid to be returned to the Holder(s) thereof, and such +shares will be deemed to remain outstanding. The Company will not voluntarily +take any action, or voluntarily engage in any transaction, that would result in +a Change of Control unless the Company has (and will have through the date of +payment) sufficient funds legally available to fully pay the maximum aggregate +Change of Control Repurchase Price that would be payable in respect of such +Change of Control on all shares of Conversion Preferred Stock then outstanding. + +  + +(c)          Change of Control Repurchase Date. The Change of Control Repurchase +Date for any Change of Control will be a Business Day of the Company’s choosing +that is no more than thirty five (35), nor less than twenty (20), Business Days +after the date the Company sends the related Change of Control Notice pursuant +to Section 8(e). + +  + + + + - 25 - + +  + +  + +(d)          Change of Control Repurchase Price. The Change of Control +Repurchase Price for any share of Convertible Preferred Stock to be repurchased +upon a Repurchase Upon Change of Control following a Change of Control is an +amount in cash equal to one hundred and fifty percent (150%) (or, if the Change +of Control Repurchase Date for such Change of Control is on or after the sixth +(6th) Regular Dividend Payment Date, one hundred percent (100%)) of the sum of +(i) the Liquidation Preference of such share at the Close of Business on such +Change of Control Repurchase Date; and (ii) accumulated and unpaid Regular +Dividends on such share to, but excluding, such Change of Control Repurchase +Date (to the extent such accumulated and unpaid Regular Dividends are not +included in such Liquidation Preference). + +  + +(e)          Change of Control Notice. On or before the Business Day after the +effective date of a Change of Control, the Company will send to each Holder a +notice of such Change of Control (a “Change of Control Notice”). Such Change of +Control Notice must state: + +  + +(i)            briefly, the events causing such Change of Control; + +  + +(ii)           the expected effective date of such Change of Control; + +  + +(iii)          the procedures that a Holder must follow to require the Company +to repurchase its Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 8, +including the deadline for exercising the Change of Control Repurchase Right and +the procedures for submitting and withdrawing a Change of Control Repurchase +Notice; + +  + +(iv)          the Change of Control Repurchase Date for such Change of Control; + +  + +(v)           the Change of Control Repurchase Price per share of Convertible +Preferred Stock; + +  + +(vi)          the Conversion Rate in effect on the date of such Change of +Control Notice and a description and quantification of any adjustments to the +Conversion Rate that may result from such Change of Control; + +  + +(vii)         that shares of Convertible Preferred Stock for which a Change of +Control Repurchase Notice has been duly tendered and not duly withdrawn must be +delivered to the Company for the Holder thereof to be entitled to receive the +Change of Control Repurchase Price; and + +  + +(viii)        that shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that are subject to a +Change of Control Repurchase Notice that has been duly tendered may be converted +only if such Change of Control Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with +this Certificate of Designations. + +  + + - 26 - + +  + +  + +  + +(f)            Procedures to Exercise the Change of Control Repurchase Right. + +  + +(i)            Delivery of Change of Control Repurchase Notice and Shares of +Convertible Preferred Stock to Be Repurchased. To exercise its Change of Control +Repurchase Right for any share(s) of Convertible Preferred Stock following a +Change of Control, the Holder thereof must deliver to the Company: + +  + +(1)               before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately +before the related Change of Control Repurchase Date (or such later time as may +be required by law), a duly completed, written Change of Control Repurchase +Notice with respect to such share(s); and + +  + +(2)               such share(s), duly endorsed for transfer, to the extent such +share(s) are represented by one or more Physical Certificates. + +  + +(ii)           Contents of Change of Control Repurchase Notices. Each Change of +Control Repurchase Notice with respect to any share(s) of Convertible Preferred +Stock must state: + +  + +(1)               if such share(s) are represented by one or more Physical +Certificates, the certificate number(s) of such Physical Certificate(s); + +  + +(2)               the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be +repurchased, which must be a whole number; and + +  + +(3)               that such Holder is exercising its Change of Control +Repurchase Right with respect to such share(s). + +  + +(iii)          Withdrawal of Change of Control Repurchase Notice. A Holder that +has delivered a Change of Control Repurchase Notice with respect to any share(s) +of Convertible Preferred Stock may withdraw such Change of Control Repurchase +Notice by delivering a written notice of withdrawal to the Company at any time +before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related +Change of Control Repurchase Date. Such withdrawal notice must state: + +  + +(1)               if such share(s) are represented by one or more Physical +Certificates, the certificate number(s) of such Physical Certificate(s); + +  + +(2)               the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be +withdrawn, which must be a whole number; and + +  + +(3)               the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, if any, +that remain subject to such Change of Control Repurchase Notice, which must be a +whole number. + +  + +If any Holder delivers to the Company any such withdrawal notice withdrawing any +share(s) of Convertible Preferred Stock from any Change of Control Repurchase +Notice previously delivered to the Company, and such share(s) have been +surrendered to the Company, then such share(s) will be returned to the Holder +thereof. + +  + +(g)           Payment of the Change of Control Repurchase Price. Subject to +Section 8(b), the Company will cause the Change of Control Repurchase Price for +each share of Convertible Preferred Stock to be repurchased pursuant to a +Repurchase Upon Change of Control to be paid to the Holder thereof on or before +the later of (i) the applicable Change of Control Repurchase Date; and (ii) the +date such share is tendered to the Transfer Agent or the Company. + +  + + + + - 27 - + +  + +  + +(h)           Compliance with Securities Laws. Notwithstanding anything in this +Certificate of Designations to the contrary, in connection with any offer to +repurchase by the Company in connection with a Change of Control, the Company +will, if required, (i) comply with the provisions of Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-1 and +any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act; (ii) file a Schedule TO or +any other required filing under the Exchange Act; and (iii) otherwise comply +with all federal and state securities laws. + +  + +Section 9.               Voting Rights. The Convertible Preferred Stock will +have no voting rights except as set forth in this Section 9 or as provided in +the Certificate of Incorporation or required by the Delaware General Corporation +Law. + +  + +(a)          Voting and Consent Rights with Respect to Specified Matters. + +  + +(i)            Generally. Subject to the other provisions of this Section 9(a), +while any Convertible Preferred Stock is outstanding, each following event will +require, and cannot be effected without, the affirmative vote or consent of +Holders, and holders of each class or series of Voting Parity Stock, if any, +with similar voting or consent rights with respect to such event, representing +at least two thirds (2/3rds) of the combined outstanding voting power of the +Convertible Preferred Stock and such Voting Parity Stock, if any: + +  + +(1)               any amendment or modification of the Certificate of +Incorporation to authorize or create, or to increase the authorized number of +shares of, any class or series of Dividend Parity Stock, Liquidation Parity +Stock, Dividend Senior Stock or Liquidation Senior Stock; + +  + +(2)               any amendment, modification or repeal of any provision of the +Certificate of Incorporation or this Certificate of Designations that adversely +affects the rights, preferences or voting powers of the Convertible Preferred +Stock (other than an amendment, modification or repeal permitted by Section +9(a)(iii)); or + +  + +(3)               the Company’s consolidation or combination with, or merger +with or into, another Person, or any binding or statutory share exchange or +reclassification involving the Convertible Preferred Stock, in each case unless: + +  + +(A)             the Convertible Preferred Stock either (x) remains outstanding +after such consolidation, combination, merger, share exchange or +reclassification; or (y) is converted or reclassified into, or is exchanged for, +or represents solely the right to receive, preference securities of the +continuing, resulting or surviving Person of such consolidation, combination, +merger, share exchange or reclassification, or the parent thereof; + +  + + + + - 28 - + +  + +  + +(B)              the Convertible Preferred Stock that remains outstanding or +such preference securities, as applicable, have rights, preferences and voting +powers that, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Holders +or the holders thereof, as applicable, than the rights, preferences and voting +powers, taken as a whole, of the Convertible Preferred Stock immediately before +the consummation of such consolidation, combination, merger, share exchange or +reclassification; and + +  + +(C)              the issuer of the Convertible Preferred Stock that remains +outstanding or such preference securities, as applicable, is a corporation duly +organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State +thereof or the District of Columbia that, if not the Company, will succeed to +the Company under this Certificate of Designations and the Convertible Preferred +Stock; + +  + +provided, however, that (x) a consolidation, combination, merger, share exchange +or reclassification that satisfies the requirements of clauses (A), (B) and (C) +of Section 9(a)(i)(3) will not require any vote or consent pursuant to Section +9(a)(i)(1) or 9(a)(i)(2); and (y) each of the following will be deemed not to +adversely affect the rights, preferences or voting powers of the Convertible +Preferred Stock (or cause any of the rights, preferences or voting powers of any +such preference securities to be “materially less favorable” for purposes of +Section 9(a)(i)(3)(B)) and will not require any vote or consent pursuant to +Section 9(a)(i)(1), 9(a)(i)(2) or 9(a)(i)(3): + +  + +(I)            any increase in the number of the authorized but unissued shares +of the Company’s undesignated preferred stock; + +  + +(II)           the creation and issuance, in and of itself, or increase in the +authorized or issued number, of any class or series of stock that constitutes +both Dividend Junior Stock and Liquidation Junior Stock; and + +  + +(III)          the application of Section 10(i), including the execution and +delivery of any supplemental instruments pursuant to Section 10(i)(iii) solely +to give effect to such provision. + +  + +(ii)           Where Some But Not All Classes or Series of Stock Are Adversely +Affected. If any event set forth in Section 9(a)(i)(1), 9(a)(i)(2) or 9(a)(i)(3) +would require the approval of one or more, but not all, classes or series of +Voting Parity Stock (which term, solely for purposes of this sentence, includes +the Convertible Preferred Stock), then those classes or series whose approval is +not required pursuant to their terms will be deemed not to have voting or +consent rights with respect to such event. Furthermore, an amendment, +modification or repeal described in Section 9(a)(i)(2) above that adversely +affects the special rights, preferences or voting powers of the Convertible +Preferred Stock cannot be effected without the affirmative vote or consent of +Holders, voting separately as a class, of at least two thirds (2/3rds) of the +Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding. + +  + + + + - 29 - + +  + +  + +(iii)          Certain Amendments Permitted Without Consent. Notwithstanding +anything to the contrary in Section 9(a), the Company may amend, modify or +repeal any of the terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock without the vote or +consent of any Holder to: + +  + +(1)               cure any ambiguity or correct any omission, defect or +inconsistency in this Certificate of Designations or the Certificates +representing the Convertible Preferred Stock, including the filing of a +certificate of correction, or a corrected instrument, pursuant to Section 103(f) +of the Delaware General Corporation Law in connection therewith; or + +  + +(2)               make any other change to the Certificate of Incorporation, +this Certificate of Designations or the Certificates representing the +Convertible Preferred Stock that does not, individually or in the aggregate with +all other such changes, adversely affect the rights of any Holder (other than +any Holders that have consented to such change), as such, in any material +respect. + +  + +(b)          Right to Vote with Holders of Common Stock on an As-Converted +Basis. Subject to the other provisions of, and without limiting the other voting +rights provided in, this Section 9, and except as provided in the Certificate of +Incorporation or required by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Holders +will have the right, from and after the Antitrust Clearance Date, to vote +together as a single class with the holders of the Common Stock on each matter +submitted for a vote or consent by the holders of the Common Stock, and, solely +for these purposes, (i) the Convertible Preferred Stock of each Holder will +entitle such Holder to cast a number of votes on such matter equal to the number +of votes such Holder would have been entitled to cast if such Holder were the +holder of record, as of the record or other relevant date for such matter, of a +number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Common Stock +that would be issuable (determined in accordance with Section 10(e), including +Section 10(e)(ii), but without regard to Section 10(e)(iii)) upon conversion of +such Convertible Preferred Stock assuming such Convertible Preferred Stock were +converted pursuant to an Optional Conversion with a Conversion Date occurring on +such record or other relevant date; and (ii) the Holders will be entitled to +notice of all stockholder meetings or proposed actions by written consent in +accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws of the Company, and +the Delaware General Corporation Law as if the Holders were holders of Common +Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, the voting rights set forth in this Section +9(b) (i) will be limited or eliminated, as applicable, to the same extent to +which the right to convert the Convertible Preferred Stock is limited or +eliminated pursuant to Section 10(h); and (ii) will not apply at any time before +the Antitrust Clearance Date. For the avoidance of doubt, and without limiting +the voting rights set forth in this Section 9(b), no Holder of Convertible +Preferred Stock will be treated as the holder of the shares of Common Stock +issuable upon conversion of such Convertible Preferred Stock before the time set +forth in Section 10(d)(iv) in connection with the conversion of such Convertible +Preferred Stock. + +  + + + + - 30 - + +  + +  + +(c)           Procedures for Voting and Consents. + +  + +(i)            Voting Power of the Convertible Preferred Stock and Voting Parity +Stock. Each share of Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to one vote on +each matter on which the Holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled +to vote separately as a class and not together with the holders of any other +class or series of stock. The respective voting powers of the Convertible +Preferred Stock and all classes or series of Voting Parity Stock entitled to +vote on any matter together as a single class will be determined (including for +purposes of determining whether a plurality, majority or other applicable +portion of votes has been obtained) in proportion to their respective +liquidation amounts. Solely for purposes of the preceding sentence, the +liquidation amount of the Convertible Preferred Stock or any such class or +series of Voting Parity Stock will be the maximum amount payable in respect of +the Convertible Preferred Stock or such class or series, as applicable, assuming +the Company is liquidated pursuant to Section 6 on the record date for the +applicable vote or consent (or, if there is no record date, on the date of such +vote or consent). + +  + +(ii)           Written Consent in Lieu of Stockholder Meeting. A consent or +affirmative vote of the Holders pursuant to Section 9(a) may be given or +obtained either in writing without a meeting or in person or by proxy at a +regular annual meeting or a special meeting of stockholders. + +  + +Section 10.            Conversion. + +  + +(a)           Generally. Subject to the provisions of this Section 10, the +Convertible Preferred Stock may be converted only pursuant to a Mandatory +Conversion or an Optional Conversion. + +  + +(b)          Conversion at the Option of the Holders. + +  + +(i)            Conversion Right; When Shares May Be Submitted for Optional +Conversion. Subject to the provisions of this Section 10, Holders will have the +right to submit all, or any whole number of shares that is less than all, of +their shares of Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to an Optional Conversion +at any time after the date on which the Company has first held a meeting of its +stockholders for the purpose of obtaining the Requisite Stockholder Approval; +provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this +Certificate of Designations and in addition to any other requirements for +Optional Conversion of such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, + +  + +(1)               if a Change of Control Repurchase Notice is validly delivered +pursuant to Section 8(f)(i) with respect to any share of Convertible Preferred +Stock, then such share may not be submitted for Optional Conversion, except to +the extent (A) such share is not subject to such notice; (B) such notice is +withdrawn in accordance with Section 8(f)(iii); or (C) the Company fails to pay +the Change of Control Repurchase Price for such share in accordance with this +Certificate of Designations; + +  + +(2)               shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that are called for +Redemption may not be submitted for Optional Conversion after the Close of +Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Redemption Date (or, +if the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price due on such Redemption Date in +full, at any time until such time as the Company pays such Redemption Price in +full); and + +  + + + + - 31 - + +  + +  + +(3)               shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that are subject to +Mandatory Conversion may not be submitted for Optional Conversion after the +Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Mandatory +Conversion Date. + +  + +(ii)           Conversions of Fractional Shares Not Permitted. Notwithstanding +anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designations, in no event will +any Holder be entitled to convert a number of shares of Convertible Preferred +Stock that is not a whole number. + +  + +(c)           Mandatory Conversion at the Company’s Election. + +  + +(i)            Mandatory Conversion Right. Subject to the provisions of this +Section 10, the Company has the right (the “Mandatory Conversion Right”), +exercisable at its election, to designate any Business Day after the Initial +Issue Date as a Conversion Date for the conversion (such a conversion, a +“Mandatory Conversion”) of all, but not less than all, of the outstanding shares +of Convertible Preferred Stock, but only if the Last Reported Sale Price per +share of Common Stock exceeds the product of the Mandatory Conversion Threshold +Price Percentage and the Conversion Price on each of at least twenty (20) +Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during the thirty (30) consecutive +Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the +Mandatory Conversion Notice Date for such Mandatory Conversion. + +  + +(ii)           Mandatory Conversion Prohibited in Certain Circumstances. The +Company will not exercise its Mandatory Conversion Right, or otherwise send a +Mandatory Conversion Notice, with respect to any Convertible Preferred Stock +pursuant to this Section 10(c) unless (1) the Common Stock Liquidity Conditions +are satisfied with respect to the Mandatory Conversion; and (2) either (x) the +Requisite Stockholder Approval is obtained or (y) the Company has previously +held one or more meetings of stockholders for the purposes of obtaining the +Requisite Stockholder Approval and the Mandatory Conversion Date for such +Mandatory Conversion occurs after the sixth (6th) Regular Dividend Payment Date. +Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10(c), the Company’s +exercise of its Mandatory Conversion Right, and any related Mandatory Conversion +Notice, will not apply to any share of Convertible Preferred Stock as to which a +Change of Control Repurchase Notice has been duly delivered, and not withdrawn, +pursuant to Section 8(f). + +  + +(iii)          Mandatory Conversion Date. The Mandatory Conversion Date for any +Mandatory Conversion will be a Business Day of the Company’s choosing that is no +more than fifteen (15), nor less than ten (10), Business Days after the +Mandatory Conversion Notice Date for such Mandatory Conversion. + +  + + + + - 32 - + +  + +  + +(iv)          Mandatory Conversion Notice. To exercise its Mandatory Conversion +Right with respect to any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, the Company +must send to each Holder of such shares a written notice of such exercise (a +“Mandatory Conversion Notice”). Such Mandatory Conversion Notice must state: + +  + +(1)               that the Company has exercised its Mandatory Conversion Right +to cause the Mandatory Conversion of the shares; + +  + +(2)               the Mandatory Conversion Date for such Mandatory Conversion +and the date scheduled for the settlement of such Mandatory Conversion; + +  + +(3)               that shares of Convertible Preferred Stock subject to +Mandatory Conversion may be converted earlier at the option of the Holders +thereof pursuant to an Optional Conversion at any time before the Close of +Business on the Business Day immediately before the Mandatory Conversion Date; +and + +  + +(4)               the Conversion Price and the Conversion Rate in effect on the +Mandatory Conversion Notice Date for such Mandatory Conversion. + +  + +(d)           Conversion Procedures. + +  + +(i)            Mandatory Conversion. If the Company duly exercises, in +accordance with this Section 10(c), its Mandatory Conversion Right with respect +to any share of Convertible Preferred Stock, then (1) the Mandatory Conversion +of such share will occur automatically and without the need for any action on +the part of the Holder(s) thereof; and (2) the shares of Common Stock due upon +such Mandatory Conversion will be registered in the name of, and, if applicable, +the cash due upon such Mandatory Conversion will be delivered to, the Holder(s) +of such share of Convertible Preferred Stock as of the Close of Business on the +related Mandatory Conversion Date. + +  + +(ii)           Requirements for Holders to Exercise Optional Conversion Right. + +  + +(1)               Generally. To convert any share of Convertible Preferred Stock +pursuant to an Optional Conversion, the Holder of such share must (w) complete, +manually sign and deliver to the Company a Conversion Notice; (x) deliver any +Physical Certificate representing such Convertible Preferred Stock to the +Company (at which time such Optional Conversion will become irrevocable); (y) +furnish any endorsements and transfer documents that the Company may require; +and (z) if applicable, pay any documentary or other taxes as pursuant to Section +11(d). + +  + +(2)               Optional Conversion Permitted only During Business Hours. +Convertible Preferred Stock may be surrendered for Optional Conversion only +after the Open of Business and before the Close of Business on a day that is a +Business Day. + +  + +(iii)          No Adjustments for Accumulated Regular Dividends. Without +limiting any adjustments to the Liquidation Preference required by this +Certificate of Designations, the Conversion Rate will not be adjusted to account +for any accumulated and unpaid Regular Dividends on any Convertible Preferred +Stock being converted. + +  + + + + - 33 - + +  + +  + +(iv)          When Holders Become Stockholders of Record of the Shares of Common +Stock Issuable Upon Conversion. The Person in whose name any share of Common +Stock is issuable upon conversion of any Convertible Preferred Stock will be +deemed to become the holder of record of such share as of the Close of Business +on the Conversion Date for such conversion. + +  + +(e)           Settlement upon Conversion. + +  + +(i)            Generally. Subject to Section 10(e)(ii), Section 10(e)(iii), +Section 10(h) and Section 14(b), the consideration due upon settlement of the +conversion of each share of Convertible Preferred Stock will consist of a number +of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (A) the Conversion Rate in +effect immediately before the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for such +conversion; and (B) the quotient obtained by dividing (I) the sum of (x) the +Liquidation Preference of such share of Convertible Preferred Stock immediately +before the Close of Business on such Conversion Date; (y) an amount equal to +accumulated and unpaid Regular Dividends on such share of Convertible Preferred +Stock to, but excluding, such Conversion Date (but only to the extent such +accumulated and unpaid Regular Dividends are not included in the Liquidation +Preference referred to in the preceding clause (x)); and (z) the Dividend +Make-Whole Amount for such conversion, by (II) the Initial Liquidation +Preference per share of Convertible Preferred Stock. + +  + +(ii)           Payment of Cash in Lieu of any Fractional Share of Common Stock. +Subject to Section 14(b), in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common +Stock otherwise due upon conversion of any Convertible Preferred Stock, the +Company will, to the extent it is legally able to do so, pay cash based on the +Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on the Conversion Date for +such conversion (or, if such Conversion Date is not a Trading Day, the +immediately preceding Trading Day). + +  + +(iii)          Company’s Right to Settle Optional Conversions in Cash. If any +Convertible Preferred Stock is to be converted pursuant to an Optional +Conversion, then the Company will have the right to settle such Optional +Conversion of such Convertible Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof that +represents a whole number of shares) solely in cash in an amount equal to the +product of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock that would be issuable upon +such Optional Conversion of such Convertible Preferred Stock (or such portion +thereof), determined in accordance with this Section 10 but without regard to +Section 10(e)(ii) or this Section 10(e)(iii)); and (2) the Last Reported Sale +Price per share of Common Stock on the Conversion Date for such Optional +Conversion. Such right can be exercised by Company solely by providing written +notice to the Holder of such Convertible Preferred Stock no later than the +Business Day after such Conversion Date, which notice states (x) that the +Company has elected to cash settle such Optional Conversion; and (y) the number +of shares of such Convertible Preferred Stock as to which such election is made. +Once such written notice is so provided exercising such right, such exercise +will be irrevocable with respect to such Optional Conversion (without affecting +the Company’s right to exercise or not exercise such right with respect to any +other Optional Conversion). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this +Section 10(e)(iii), the Company will not be entitled to exercise its right to +settle any Optional Conversion of Convertible Preferred Stock in cash pursuant +to this Section 10(e)(iii) unless the Company has sufficient funds legally +available, and is permitted under the terms of its indebtedness for borrowed +money, to fully pay the cash amounts that would be payable in respect of such +election + +  + + + + - 34 - + +  + +  + +(iv)          Delivery of Conversion Consideration. The Company will pay or +deliver, as applicable, the Conversion Consideration due upon conversion of any +Convertible Preferred Stock on or before the second (2nd) Business Day +immediately after the Conversion Date for such conversion. + +  + +(f)            Conversion Rate Adjustments. + +  + +(i)            Events Requiring an Adjustment to the Conversion Rate. The +Conversion Rate will be adjusted from time to time as follows: + +  + +(1)               Stock Dividends, Splits and Combinations. If the Company +issues solely shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on all or +substantially all shares of the Common Stock, or if the Company effects a stock +split or a stock combination of the Common Stock (in each case excluding an +issuance solely pursuant to a Common Stock Change Event, as to which Section +10(i) will apply), then the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the +following formula: + +  + +[tm2014143d1_ex10-1img01.jpg] + +  + +where: + +  + +CR0= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Close of Business on +the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately before the +Close of Business on the effective date of such stock split or stock +combination, as applicable; + +  + +CR1= the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on +such Record Date or effective date, as applicable; + +  + +OS0= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the +Close of Business on such Record Date or effective date, as applicable, without +giving effect to such dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination; +and + +  + +OS1= the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving +effect to such dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination. + +  + + + + - 35 - + +  + +  + +If any dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination of the type +described in this Section 10(f)(i)(1) is declared or announced, but not so paid +or made, then the Conversion Rate will be readjusted, effective as of the date +the Board of Directors, or any Officer acting pursuant to authority conferred by +the Board of Directors, determines not to pay such dividend or distribution or +to effect such stock split or stock combination, to the Conversion Rate that +would then be in effect had such dividend, distribution, stock split or stock +combination not been declared or announced. + +  + +(2)               Degressive Issuances. Subject to Section 10(h), if, at any +time during the period from, and including, the Initial Issue Date to, and +including, the Degressive Issuance Sunset Date, the Company or any of its +Subsidiaries issues or otherwise sells any shares of Common Stock, or any +Equity-Linked Securities, in each case at an Effective Price per share of Common +Stock that is less than the Conversion Price in effect (before giving effect to +the adjustment required by this Section 10(f)(i)(2)) as of the date of the +issuance or sale of such shares or Equity-Linked Securities (such an issuance or +sale, a “Degressive Issuance”), then, effective as of the Close of Business on +such date, the Conversion Rate will be increased to an amount equal to (x) the +Initial Liquidation Preference per share of Convertible Preferred Stock, divided +by (y) such Effective Price per share of Common Stock; provided, however, that +(A) the Conversion Rate will not be adjusted pursuant to this Section +10(f)(i)(2) as a result of an Exempt Issuance; (B) the issuance of shares of +Common Stock pursuant to any such Equity-Linked Securities will not constitute +an additional issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock for purposes of this +Section 10(f)(i)(2) (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that the +issuance or sale of such Equity-Linked Securities, or any re-pricing or +amendment thereof, will be subject to this Section 10(f)(i)(2)); and (C) in no +event will the Conversion Rate be decreased pursuant to this Section +10(f)(i)(2). + +  + +For purposes of this Section 10(f)(i)(2), any re-pricing or amendment of any +Equity-Linked Securities (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any +Equity-Linked Securities existing as of the Initial Issue Date) will be deemed +to be the issuance of additional Equity-Linked Securities, without affecting any +prior adjustments theretofore made to the Conversion Rate. + +  + +(ii)           No Other Required Adjustments. Without limiting the operation of +Sections 5(a)(ii)(1) and 10(e)(i), the Company will not be required to adjust +the Conversion Rate except pursuant to Section 10(f)(i). + +  + +(iii)          Determination of the Number of Outstanding Shares of Common +Stock. For purposes of Section 10(f)(i), the number of shares of Common Stock +outstanding at any time will (1) include shares issuable in respect of scrip +certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock; and (2) +exclude shares of Common Stock held in the Company’s treasury (unless the +Company pays any dividend or makes any distribution on shares of Common Stock +held in its treasury). + +  + +(iv)          Calculations. All calculations with respect to the Conversion Rate +and adjustments thereto will be made to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share of +Common Stock (with 5/100,000ths rounded upward). + +  + +(v)           Notice of Conversion Rate Adjustments. Upon the effectiveness of +any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10(f)(i), the Company +will promptly send notice to the Holders containing (1) a brief description of +the transaction or other event on account of which such adjustment was made; (2) +the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after such adjustment; and (3) the +effective time of such adjustment. + +  + + + + - 36 - + +  + +  + +(g)          Voluntary Conversion Rate Increases. + +  + +(i)            Generally. To the extent permitted by law and applicable stock +exchange rules, the Company, from time to time, may (but is not required to) +increase the Conversion Rate by any amount if (1) the Board of Directors +determines that such increase is in the Company’s best interest or that such +increase is advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax imposed on holders of +Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock as a result of any dividend or +distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) of Common Stock or any +similar event; (2) such increase is in effect for a period of at least twenty +(20) Business Days; and (3) such increase is irrevocable during such period. + +  + +(ii)           Notice of Voluntary Increase. If the Board of Directors +determines to increase the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10(g)(i), then, +no later than the first Business Day of the related twenty (20) Business Day +period referred to in Section 10(g)(i), the Company will send notice to each +Holder of such increase to the Conversion Rate, the amount thereof and the +period during which such increase will be in effect. + +  + +(iii)          Limitation on Voluntary Conversion Rate Increases. +Notwithstanding anything in this Section 10(g) to the contrary, unless and until +the Requisite Stockholder Approval is obtained, the Company may not increase the +Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10(g)(i) to the extent such increase would +cause the Conversion Price to be less than $13.94 per share of Common Stock +(subject to proportionate adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits or stock +combinations with respect to the Common Stock). + +  + +(h)           Restriction on Conversions and Certain Degressive Issuances. + +  + +(i)            Limitation on Conversion Right. Notwithstanding anything to the +contrary in this Certificate of Designations, unless and until the Requisite +Stockholder Approval is obtained, no shares of Common Stock will be issued or +delivered upon conversion of any Convertible Preferred Stock of any Holder, and +no Convertible Preferred Stock of any Holder will be convertible, in each case +to the extent, and only to the extent, that such issuance, delivery, conversion +or convertibility would result in such Holder or a “person” or “group” (within +the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) beneficially owning in +excess of nineteen and ninety-nine-one-hundredths percent (19.99%) of the +then-outstanding Stockholder Voting Power (the restrictions set forth in this +sentence, the “Ownership Limitation”). For these purposes, beneficial ownership +and calculations of percentage ownership will be determined in accordance with +Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act. + +  + + + + - 37 - + +  + +  + +Any purported delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the +Convertible Preferred Stock will be void and have no effect to the extent, but +only to the extent, that such delivery would result in any Holder becoming the +beneficial owner of shares of Common Stock outstanding at such time in excess of +the Ownership Limitation. For the avoidance of doubt, a Holder may effect an +Optional Conversion, and the Company may, upon exercise of its Mandatory +Conversion Right, force conversion of, a portion of such Holder’s Convertible +Preferred Stock up to the Ownership Limitation, in each case subject to the +other requirements of this Certificate of Designations applicable to such +Optional Conversion or Mandatory Conversion, as applicable. + +  + +If any Conversion Consideration otherwise due upon the conversion of any +Convertible Preferred Stock is not delivered as a result of the Ownership +Limitation, then the Company’s obligation to deliver such Conversion +Consideration will not be extinguished, and the Company will deliver such +Conversion Consideration as soon as reasonably practicable after the Holder of +such Convertible Preferred Stock provides written evidence satisfactory to the +Company that such delivery will not contravene the Ownership Limitation. A +Holder will provide such evidence as soon as reasonably practicable after its +beneficial ownership is such that additional shares of Common Stock issuable +upon conversion of Convertible Preferred Stock may be delivered without +contravening the Ownership Limitation. + +  + +(ii)           Limitation of Adjustments for, and Prohibition of, Certain +Degressive Issuances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this +Certificate of Designations, unless and until the Requisite Stockholder Approval +is obtained, no adjustment will be made to the Conversion Rate pursuant to +Section 10(f)(i)(2) to the extent, but only to the extent, such adjustment would +cause the Conversion Price to be less than $13.94 per share of Common Stock +(subject to proportionate adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits or stock +combinations with respect to the Common Stock). Unless and until the Requisite +Stockholder Approval is obtained, the Company will not, without the prior +written consent of Holders of a majority of the Convertible Preferred Stock then +outstanding, effect any Degressive Issuance if the adjustment on account of such +Degressive Issuance pursuant to Section 10(f)(i)(2) would be limited by the +preceding sentence. If the Requisite Stockholder Approval is obtained at any +time after any adjustment to the Conversion Rate is limited pursuant to the +first sentence of this Section 10(h)(ii), then, effective as of the time such +Requisite Stockholder Approval is obtained, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted +to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect assuming that the first +sentence of this Section 10(h)(ii) had not applied to any prior adjustment to +the Conversion Rate. + +  + +(iii)          Covenant to Seek the Requisite Stockholder Approval; Adjustment +to Regular Dividend Rate. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to +obtain the Requisite Stockholder Approval, including by seeking such approval, +if not previously obtained, at each future regular annual meeting of its +stockholders and endorsing its approval in the related proxy materials. The +Company will promptly notify the Holders if the Requisite Stockholder Approval +is obtained. If the Requisite Stockholder Approval is not obtained on or before +the Requisite Stockholder Approval Deadline Date, then the Regular Dividend Rate +will be increased by one percent (1%), with such increase applying from, and +including, the Requisite Stockholder Approval Deadline Date and continuing to +apply to, but excluding, the date when the Requisite Stockholder Approval is +first obtained, if at all. + +  + + + + - 38 - + +  + +  + +(i)            Effect of Common Stock Change Event. + +  + +(i)            Generally. If there occurs any: + +  + +(1)               recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common +Stock, other than (x) changes solely resulting from a subdivision or combination +of the Common Stock, (y) a change only in par value or from par value to no par +value or no par value to par value or (z) stock splits and stock combinations +that do not involve the issuance of any other series or class of securities; + +  + +(2)               consolidation, merger, combination or binding or statutory +share exchange involving the Company; + +  + +(3)               sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of +the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person; +or + +  + +(4)               other similar event, + +  + +and, as a result of which, the Common Stock is converted into, or is exchanged +for, or represents solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other +property, or any combination of the foregoing (such an event, a “Common Stock +Change Event,” and such other securities, cash or property, the “Reference +Property,” and the amount and kind of Reference Property that a holder of one +(1) share of Common Stock would be entitled to receive on account of such Common +Stock Change Event (without giving effect to any arrangement not to issue or +deliver a fractional portion of any security or other property), a “Reference +Property Unit”), then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this +Certificate of Designations, + +  + +(A)       from and after the effective time of such Common Stock Change Event, +(I) the consideration due upon conversion of any Convertible Preferred Stock +will be determined in the same manner as if each reference to any number of +shares of Common Stock in this Section 10 or in Section 11, or in any related +definitions, were instead a reference to the same number of Reference Property +Units; (II) for purposes of Section 10(c), each reference to any number of +shares of Common Stock in such Section (or in any related definitions) will +instead be deemed to be a reference to the same number of Reference Property +Units; and (III) for purposes of the definition of “Change of Control,” the +terms “Common Stock” and “common equity” will be deemed to mean the common +equity (including depositary receipts representing common equity), if any, +forming part of such Reference Property; and + +  + + + + - 39 - + +  + +  + +(B)       for these purposes, the Last Reported Sale Price of any Reference +Property Unit or portion thereof that does not consist of a class of securities +will be the fair value of such Reference Property Unit or portion thereof, as +applicable, determined in good faith by the Company (or, in the case of cash +denominated in U.S. dollars, the face amount thereof). + +  + +If the Reference Property consists of more than a single type of consideration +to be determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election, then the +composition of the Reference Property Unit will be deemed to be the weighted +average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received, per share +of Common Stock, by the holders of Common Stock. The Company will notify the +Holders of such weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination +is made. + +  + +(ii)           Compliance Covenant. The Company will not become a party to any +Common Stock Change Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section +10(i). + +  + +(iii)          Execution of Supplemental Instruments. On or before the date the +Common Stock Change Event becomes effective, the Company and, if applicable, the +resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not the Company) of such Common +Stock Change Event (the “Successor Person”) will execute and deliver such +supplemental instruments, if any, as the Company reasonably determines are +necessary or desirable to (1) provide for subsequent adjustments to the +Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10(f)(i) in a manner consistent with this +Section 10(i); and (2) give effect to such other provisions, if any, as the +Company reasonably determines are appropriate to preserve the economic interests +of the Holders and to give effect to Section 10(i)(i). If the Reference Property +includes shares of stock or other securities or assets of a Person other than +the Successor Person, then such other Person will also execute such supplemental +instrument(s) and such supplemental instrument(s) will contain such additional +provisions, if any, that the Company reasonably determines are appropriate to +preserve the economic interests of Holders. + +  + +(iv)          Notice of Common Stock Change Event. The Company will provide +notice of each Common Stock Change Event to Holders no later than the effective +date of the Common Stock Change Event. + +  + +Section 11.            Certain Provisions Relating to the Issuance of Common +Stock. + +  + +(a)           Equitable Adjustments to Prices. Whenever this Certificate of +Designations requires the Company to calculate the average of the Last Reported +Sale Prices, or any function thereof, over a period of multiple days (including +to calculate an adjustment to the Conversion Rate), the Company will make +appropriate adjustments, if any, to those calculations to account for any +adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10(f)(i) that becomes +effective, or any event requiring such an adjustment to the Conversion Rate +where the Ex-Dividend Date, effective date or Expiration Date, as applicable, of +such event occurs, at any time during such period. + +  + +(b)           Reservation of Shares of Common Stock. The Company will reserve, +out of its authorized, unreserved and not outstanding shares of Common Stock, +for delivery upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock, a number of +shares of Common Stock that would be sufficient to settle the conversion of all +shares of Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding, if any. To the extent +the Company delivers shares of Common Stock held in the Company’s treasury in +settlement of any obligation under this Certificate of Designations to deliver +shares of Common Stock, each reference in this Certificate of Designations to +the issuance of shares of Common Stock in connection therewith will be deemed to +include such delivery. + +  + + - 40 - + +  + + + +  + +(c)           Status of Shares of Common Stock. Each share of Common Stock +delivered upon conversion of on the Convertible Preferred Stock of any Holder +will be a newly issued or treasury share and will be duly and validly issued, +fully paid, non-assessable, free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or +adverse claim (except to the extent of any lien or adverse claim created by the +action or inaction of such Holder or the Person to whom such share of Common +Stock will be delivered). If the Common Stock is then listed on any securities +exchange, or quoted on any inter-dealer quotation system, then the Company will +cause each such share of Common Stock, when so delivered, to be admitted for +listing on such exchange or quotation on such system. + +  + +(d)          Taxes Upon Issuance of Common Stock. The Company will pay any +documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax or duty due on the issue of +any shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock of +any Holder, except any tax or duty that is due because such Holder requests +those shares to be registered in a name other than such Holder’s name. + +  + +Section 12.            No Preemptive Rights. Without limiting the rights of any +Holder set forth in this Certificate of Designations (including in connection +with the issuance of Common Stock or Reference Property upon conversion of the +Convertible Preferred Stock), the Convertible Preferred Stock will not have any +preemptive rights to subscribe for or purchase any of the Company’s securities. + +  + +Section 13.           Tax Treatment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in +this Certificate of Designations, for U.S. federal and other applicable state +and local income tax purposes, it is intended that (a) the Convertible Preferred +Stock will not be treated as “preferred stock” within the meaning of Section +305(b)(4) of Code and Treasury Regulations Section 1.305-5(a); and (b) no Holder +will be required to include in income any amounts in respect of the Convertible +Preferred Stock by operation of Section 305(b) or (c) of the Code. The Company +will, and will cause its Subsidiaries and agents to, report consistently with, +and take no positions or actions inconsistent with, the foregoing treatment +(including by way of withholding) unless otherwise required by a determination +within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code. The Company will not, and +will not cause or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, issue any securities or +otherwise take any action that could reasonably be expected to affect the +treatment described in clause (b). + +  + + - 41 - + +  + +  + +  + +  + +Section 14.            Calculations. + +  + +(a)               Responsibility; Schedule of Calculations. Except as otherwise +provided in this Certificate of Designations, the Company will be responsible +for making all calculations called for under this Certificate of Designations or +the Convertible Preferred Stock, including determinations of the Conversion +Rate, the Last Reported Sale Prices and accumulated Regular Dividends on the +Convertible Preferred Stock. The Company will make all calculations in good +faith, and, absent manifest error, its calculations will be final and binding on +all Holders. The Company will provide a schedule of such calculations to any +Holder upon written request. + +  + +(b)               Calculations Aggregated for Each Holder. The composition of +the Conversion Consideration due upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred +Stock of any Holder will be computed based on the total number of shares of +Convertible Preferred Stock of such Holder being converted with the same +Conversion Date. For these purposes, any cash amounts due to such Holder in +respect thereof will be rounded to the nearest cent. + +  + +Section 15.            Notices. The Company will send all notices or +communications to Holders pursuant to this Certificate of Designations in +writing and delivered personally, by facsimile or e-mail (with confirmation of +receipt from the recipient, in the case of e-mail), or sent by a nationally +recognized overnight courier service to the Holders’ respective addresses shown +on the Register. Notwithstanding anything in the Certificate of Designations to +the contrary, any defect in the delivery of any such notice or communication +will not impair or affect the validity of such notice or communication and the +failure to give any such notice or communication to all the Holders will not +impair or affect the validity of such notice or communication to whom such +notice is sent. + +  + +Section 16.            Legally Available Funds. Without limiting the rights of +any Holder (including pursuant to Section 6), if the Company does not have +sufficient funds legally available to fully pay any cash amount otherwise due on +the Convertible Preferred Stock, then the Company will pay the deficiency +promptly after funds thereafter become legally available therefor. + +  + +Section 17.            No Other Rights. The Convertible Preferred Stock will +have no rights, preferences or voting powers except as provided in this +Certificate of Designations or the Certificate of Incorporation or as required +by applicable law. + +  + +[The Remainder of This Page Intentionally Left Blank; Signature Page Follows] + +  + + + + - 42 - + +  + +  + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Designations to +be duly executed as of the date first written above. + +  + + EVO Payments, Inc.        By:      Name:James G. Kelly   Title:Chief Executive +Officer + +  + +[Signature Page to Certificate of Designations] + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +EXHIBIT A + +  + +FORM OF CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK + +  + +[Insert Restricted Stock Legend, if applicable] + +  + +EVO Payments, Inc. + +  + +Series A Convertible Preferred Stock + +  + +Certificate No. [        ] + +  + +EVO Payments, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), certifies that [___] +is the registered owner of [___] shares of the Company’s Series A Convertible +Preferred Stock (the “Convertible Preferred Stock”) represented by this +certificate (this “Certificate”). The special rights, preferences and voting +powers of the Convertible Preferred Stock are set forth in the Certificate of +Designations of the Company establishing the Convertible Preferred Stock (the +“Certificate of Designations”). Capitalized terms used in this Certificate +without definition have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the +Certificate of Designations. + +  + +Additional terms of this Certificate are set forth on the other side of this +Certificate. + +  + +[The Remainder of This Page Intentionally Left Blank; Signature Page Follows] + +  + + + + A-1 + +  + +  + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, EVO Payments, Inc. has caused this instrument to be duly +executed as of the date set forth below. + +  + +      EVO Payments, Inc.         Date:     By:           Name: +                                             Title:   + +  + +Date:     By:           Name:                                              +Title:   + +  + + + + A-2 + +  + +  + +TRANSFER AGENT’S COUNTERSIGNATURE + +  + +[legal name of Transfer Agent], as Transfer Agent, certifies that this +Certificate represents shares of Convertible Preferred Stock referred to in the +within-mentioned Certificate of Designations. + +  + +Date:     By:           Authorized Signatory + + + +  + + + + A-3 + +  + +  + +EVO PAYMENTS, INC. + +  + +Series A Convertible Preferred Stock + +  + +This Certificate represents duly authorized, issued and outstanding shares of +Convertible Preferred Stock. Certain terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock +are summarized below. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this +Certificate, to the extent that any provision of this Certificate conflicts with +the provisions of the Certificate of Designations or the Certificate of +Incorporation, the provisions of the of the Certificate of Designations or the +Certificate of Incorporation, as applicable, will control. + +  + +1.                  Method of Payment. Cash amounts due on the Convertible +Preferred Stock represented by this Certificate will be paid in the manner set +forth in Section 3(d) of the Certificate of Designations. + +  + +2.                  Persons Deemed Owners. The Person in whose name this +Certificate is registered will be treated as the owner of the Convertible +Preferred Stock represented by this Certificate for all purposes, subject to +Section 3(k) of the Certificate of Designations. + +  + +3.                  Denominations; Transfers and Exchanges. All shares of +Convertible Preferred Stock will be in registered form an in denominations equal +to any whole number of shares. Subject to the terms of the Certificate of +Designations, the Holder of the Convertible Preferred Stock represented by this +Certificate may transfer or exchange this Convertible Preferred Stock by +presenting this Certificate to the Company and delivering any required +documentation or other materials. + +  + +4.                  Dividends. Dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock will +accumulate and will be paid in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth +in Section 5 of the Certificate of Designations. + +  + +5.                  Liquidation Preference. The Liquidation Preference per share +of Convertible Preferred Stock is initially equal to the Initial Liquidation +Preference per share of Convertible Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the +Liquidation Preference is subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 5(a)(ii)(1) +of the Certificate of Designations. The rights of Holders upon the Company’s +liquidation, dissolution or winding up are set forth in Section 6 of the +Certificate of Designations. + +  + +6.                  Right of the Company to Redeem the Convertible Preferred +Stock. The Company will have the right to redeem the Convertible Preferred Stock +in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section 7 of the +Certificate of Designations. + +  + +7.                  Voting Rights. Holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock +have the voting rights set forth in Section 9 of the Certificate of +Designations. + +  + +8.                  Conversion. The Convertible Preferred Stock will be +convertible into Conversion Consideration in the manner, and subject to the +terms, set forth in Section 10 of the Certificate of Designations. + +  + + + + A-4 + +  + +  + +9.                  Countersignature. The Convertible Preferred Stock +represented by this Certificate will not be valid until this Certificate is +countersigned by the Transfer Agent. + +  + +10.                Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the +name of a Holder or its assignee, such as TEN COM (tenants in common), TEN ENT +(tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship +and not as tenants in common), CUST (custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gift to +Minors Act). + +  + +* * * + +  + +To request a copy of the Certificate of Designations, which the Company will +provide to any Holder at no charge, please send a written request to the +following address: + +  + +EVO Payments, Inc. + +Ten Glenlake Parkway + +South Tower, Suite 950 + +Atlanta, Georgia 30328 + +Attention: Chief Financial Officer + +  + + + + A-5 + +  + +  + +CONVERSION NOTICE + +  + +EVO PAYMENTS, INC. + +  + +Series A Convertible Preferred Stock + +  + +Subject to the terms of the Certificate of Designations, by executing and +delivering this Conversion Notice, the undersigned Holder of the Convertible +Preferred Stock identified below directs the Company to convert (check one): + +  + +¨all of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock + +  + +¨                      * shares of Convertible Preferred Stock + +  + +identified by Certificate No.                      . + +  + +Date:             (Legal Name of Holder) + + + +  + +  By:       Name:       Title:   + +  + +  Signature Guaranteed:       Participant in a Recognized Signature   Guarantee +Medallion Program + +  + +  By:                                  Authorized Signatory + +  + +  + + + +* Must be a whole number. + +  + + + + + + + + A-6 + +  + +  + +CHANGE OF CONTROL REPURCHASE NOTICE + +  + +EVO PAYMENTS, INC. + +  + +Series A Convertible Preferred Stock + +  + +Subject to the terms of the Certificate of Designations, by executing and +delivering this Change of Control Repurchase Notice, the undersigned Holder of +the Convertible Preferred Stock identified below is exercising its Change of +Control Repurchase Right with respect to (check one): + +  + +¨all of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock + +  + +¨                       1 shares of Convertible Preferred Stock + +  + +identified by Certificate No.                      . + +  + +The undersigned acknowledges that Certificate identified above, duly endorsed +for transfer, must be delivered to the Company before the Change of Control +Repurchase Price will be paid. + +  + + + +Date:             (Legal Name of Holder) + + + +  + +  By:       Name:       Title:   + +  + +  Signature Guaranteed:       Participant in a Recognized Signature   Guarantee +Medallion Program + +  + +  By:                                  Authorized Signatory + +  + +  + + + +1 Must be a whole number. + +  + + A-7 + +  + + + +  + +EXHIBIT B + +  + +FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK LEGEND + +  + +THE OFFER AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON +CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF +1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS SECURITY AND SUCH SHARES MAY +NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) PURSUANT TO A +REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR (B) +PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE +REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. + +  + + + + B-1 + +  + +  + +  + +EXHIBIT B + +  + +Form of Support Agreement + + + +  + +acknowledgment and support agreement + +  + +[_______________], 2020 + +  + +Madison Dearborn Partners + +70 W. Madison St. #4600 + +Chicago, IL 60602 + +  + +Re:       Acknowledgment and Support Agreement + +  + +Reference is made to that certain Investment Agreement, dated as of March 29, +2020 (the “Investment Agreement”), by and among Madison Dearborn Capital +Partners VI-A, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Madison Dearborn Capital +Partners VI Executive-A, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and Madison +Dearborn Capital Partners VI-C, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (each, a +“Purchaser” and collectively, “Purchasers”), and EVO Payments, Inc., a Delaware +corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to which the Company will issue and sell, +and the Purchasers will purchase, 152,250 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s +Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share. Capitalized +terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings +ascribed to them in the Investment Agreement. + +  + +As of the date hereof, the undersigned (“Stockholder”) is the record or +beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange +Act of 1934, as amended, which meaning will apply for all purposes of this +Acknowledgment and Support Agreement (this “Support Agreement”) whenever the +term “beneficial owner” or “beneficially own” is used) of the number of shares +of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share of the Company (the “Company Common +Stock”), set forth below Stockholder’s name on the signature page hereto (all +shares of Company Common Stock for which Stockholder is or becomes the record or +beneficial owner prior to the termination of this Support Agreement being +referred to herein as the “Covered Shares” ). + +  + +Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that the execution of this Support Agreement +and its delivery to each Purchaser by Stockholder is a material inducement to +each Purchaser to enter into the Investment Agreement and purchase the Shares. +Stockholder hereby acknowledges and agrees to the following: + +  + +1.Stockholder Vote. + +  + +(a)At any meeting of the stockholders of the Company, however called, or at any +adjournment thereof, or in any other circumstance in which the vote, consent or +other approval of the stockholders of the Company is sought (including any +written consent of such stockholders) (each, a “Company Stockholders Meeting or +Consent”), Stockholder shall, and shall cause any other holder of record of the +Covered Shares to, (i) appear at each such meeting (if applicable) or otherwise +cause all Covered Shares to be counted as present thereat for purposes of +calculating a quorum and (ii) vote (or cause to be voted), or execute and +deliver a written consent (or cause a written consent to be executed and +delivered) covering, all Covered Shares: + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +(i)in favor of the removal of the Ownership Limitation (as such term is defined +in the Certificate of Designations) (the “Stockholder Approval”), + +  + +(ii)in favor of any other matter considered at any Company Stockholders Meeting +or Consent which the Board of Directors of the Company has determined is +necessary or appropriate in connection with the Stockholder Approval, + +  + +(iii)in favor of any adjournment or postponement recommended by the Company in +order to obtain the Stockholder Approval, and + +  + +(iv)against any shareholder proposal that does or would oppose, impede, +frustrate, prevent or nullify the Stockholder Approval, any provision of this +Support Agreement or any matter that is proposed in furtherance thereof. + +  + +2.Irrevocable Proxy. + +  + +(a)SOLELY IN THE EVENT OF A FAILURE BY STOCKHOLDER TO ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH +SUCH STOCKHOLDER’S OBLIGATIONS AS TO VOTING PURSUANT TO SECTION 1.1(A), UNTIL +SUCH TIME AS THE STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL HAS BEEN OBTAINED (THE “TERMINATION +TIME”), STOCKHOLDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY (UNTIL THE TERMINATION TIME) GRANTS TO +AND APPOINTS PURCHASERS SUCH STOCKHOLDER’S PROXY AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT (WITH FULL +POWER OF SUBSTITUTION), FOR AND IN THE NAME, PLACE AND STEAD OF STOCKHOLDER, TO +REPRESENT, VOTE AND OTHERWISE ACT (BY VOTING AT ANY MEETING OF COMPANY +STOCKHOLDERS, BY WRITTEN CONSENT IN LIEU THEREOF OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO +THE COVERED SHARES REGARDING THE MATTERS REFERRED TO IN SECTION 1.1(A) UNTIL THE +TERMINATION TIME, TO THE SAME EXTENT AND WITH THE SAME EFFECT AS STOCKHOLDER +MIGHT OR COULD DO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, RULES AND REGULATIONS; provided however, +that Stockholder’s grant of the proxy contemplated by Section 1.1(A) shall be +effective if, and only if, Stockholder has not delivered to PurchaserS at least +ten days prior to the meeting at which any of the matters described in Section +1.1(A) is to be considered a duly executed proxy card OR CONSENT previously +approved by PurchaserS directing that the Covered Shares of Stockholder be voted +in accordance with Section 1.1(A). THE PROXY GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION +2(A) IS COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST AND SHALL BE IRREVOCABLE UNTIL THE TERMINATION +TIME. UNTIL THE TERMINATION TIME, STOCKHOLDER WILL TAKE SUCH FURTHER ACTION AND +WILL EXECUTE SUCH OTHER INSTRUMENTS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE INTENT +OF THIS PROXY. STOCKHOLDER HEREBY REVOKES ANY AND ALL PREVIOUS PROXIES OR POWERS +OF ATTORNEY GRANTED WITH RESPECT TO ANY OF THE COVERED SHARES THAT MAY HAVE +HERETOFORE BEEN APPOINTED OR GRANTED WITH RESPECT TO THE MATTERS REFERRED TO IN +THIS SECTION 2(A), AND PRIOR TO THE TERMINATION TIME NO SUBSEQUENT PROXY +(WHETHER REVOCABLE OR IRREVOCABLE) OR POWER OF ATTORNEY SHALL BE GIVEN BY +STOCKHOLDER. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THIS PROXY SHALL TERMINATE UPON +TERMINATION OF THIS SUPPORT AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS TERMS. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +3.No Inconsistent Arrangements. Until the Termination Time, Stockholder shall +not, directly or indirectly, (a) transfer, sell, assign, gift, hedge, pledge, +tender or otherwise dispose of, create or permit to exist any Lien on, or grant +any proxy, power of attorney or other authorization in respect of (collectively, +“Transfer”), or enter into any contract or other arrangement with respect to any +Transfer of, the Covered Shares or any interest therein, (b) deposit or permit +the deposit of the Covered Shares into a voting trust or enter into a tender, +support, voting or similar agreement or arrangement with respect to the Covered +Shares or (c) otherwise take any action with respect to any of the Covered +Shares that would restrict, limit or interfere with the performance of any of +Stockholder’s obligations under this Support Agreement or otherwise make any +representation or warranty of Stockholder contained herein untrue or incorrect. +Notwithstanding the foregoing, Stockholder may make Transfers of Covered Shares +(A) by will or for other bona fide estate planning purposes, or (B) to any of +its Affiliates, in each case, only so long as the Covered Shares shall continue +to be bound by this Support Agreement and provided that each transferee thereof +agrees in a writing reasonably acceptable to each Purchaser to be bound by the +terms and conditions of this Support Agreement. + +  + +4.Representations and Warranties of Stockholder. + +  + +(a)Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to Purchasers as follows: + +  + +(i)If Stockholder is an entity or trust, such Stockholder is duly constituted, +validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of +formation, if applicable, with full power, capacity and authority to own the +Covered Shares. + +  + +(ii)Stockholder owns beneficially and of record the Covered Shares, free and +clear of all Liens or other restrictions on the right to vote the Covered +Shares, except as provided hereunder. + +  + +(iii)Stockholder has full voting power with respect to the Covered Shares, full +power to issue instructions with respect to the matters set forth herein and +full power to agree to all of the matters set forth in this Support Agreement, +in each case, with respect to all of the Covered Shares. None of the Covered +Shares are subject to any proxy, voting trust or other agreement or arrangement +with respect to the voting of the Covered Shares with respect to the matters +contemplated herein. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +(iv)The execution, delivery and performance by Stockholder of this Support +Agreement do not and will not (a) contravene, conflict with or result in any +violation or breach of any Organizational Document of Stockholder, if +applicable, (b) result in the creation of any Lien on the Covered Shares, or (c) +violate, conflict with, result in any material breach of, or constitute a +default (or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, +would become a default) under, or result in or give to others any material +rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in +the creation of any Lien on any of the Covered Shares pursuant to, any contract +to which Stockholder is a party or by which any of the Covered Shares is bound. + +  + +5.Miscellaneous. + +  + +(a)This Support Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance +with, the Laws of the state of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of +law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the state of Delaware or +any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any +jurisdiction other than the state of Delaware. Any dispute relating hereto shall +be heard first in the Delaware Court of Chancery, and, if applicable, in any +state or federal court located in of Delaware in which appeal from the Court of +Chancery may validly be taken under the laws of the State of Delaware (each a +“Chosen Court” and collectively, the “Chosen Courts”), and the parties agree to +the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Chosen Courts. Such Persons further +agree that any proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any +matter arising out of or in connection with, this Support Agreement or the +transactions contemplated hereby or by any matters related to the foregoing (the +“Applicable Matters”) shall be brought exclusively in a Chosen Court, and that +any proceeding arising out of this Support Agreement or any other Applicable +Matter shall be deemed to have arisen from a transaction of business in the +state of Delaware, and each of the foregoing Persons hereby irrevocably consents +to the jurisdiction of such Chosen Courts in any such proceeding and irrevocably +and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any +objection that such Person may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue +of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such Chosen Court or that any such +proceeding brought in any such Chosen Court has been brought in an inconvenient +forum. Such Persons further covenant not to bring a proceeding with respect to +the Applicable Matters (or that could affect any Applicable Matter) other than +in such Chosen Court and not to challenge or enforce in another jurisdiction a +judgment of such Chosen Court. Process in any such proceeding may be served on +any Person with respect to such Applicable Matters anywhere in the world, +whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such Chosen Court. AS A +SPECIFICALLY BARGAINED FOR INDUCEMENT FOR EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO ENTER +INTO THIS SUPPORT AGREEMENT (AFTER HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH +COUNSEL), EACH PARTY HERETO EXPRESSLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY +LAWSUIT OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO OR ARISING IN ANY WAY FROM THIS SUPPORT +AGREEMENT OR THE MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +(b)This Support Agreement may be amended only by an instrument in writing signed +by each Purchaser and Stockholder. + +  + +(c)Stockholder may not assign this Support Agreement by operation of law or +otherwise without the prior written consent of each Purchaser. Subject to the +foregoing, this Support Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, +and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and +permitted assigns. + +  + +(d)This Support Agreement, and any amendments hereto, to the extent signed and +delivered by means of an electronic transmission, including by a facsimile +machine or via email, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original +agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal +effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. +Neither party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use +of electronic transmission by a facsimile machine or via email to deliver a +signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was +transmitted or communicated through such electronic transmission as a defense to +the formation of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense. +This Support Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which +will be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same +agreement binding on each party hereto. + +  + +(e)Neither party hereto shall be deemed to have waived any claim arising out of +this Support Agreement, or any power, right, privilege or remedy under this +Support Agreement, unless the waiver of such claim, power, right, privilege or +remedy is expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed and +delivered on behalf of such party; and any such waiver shall not be applicable +or have any effect except in the specific instance in which it is given. No +failure on the part of either party to exercise any power, right, privilege or +remedy under this Support Agreement, and no delay on the part of either party in +exercising any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Support Agreement, +shall operate as a waiver of such power, right, privilege or remedy; and no +single or partial exercise of any such power, right, privilege or remedy shall +preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right, +privilege or remedy. + +  + +(f)Nothing in this Support Agreement, expressed or implied, shall amend, modify, +alter or change any of the terms of, or any of the parties’ rights or +obligations under, the Investment Agreement + +  + +* * * * * + + + +  + +  + +  + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Acknowledgement and Support +Agreement as of the date first written above. + +     + +  STOCKHOLDER:       By:                                                        +  Name:         Number of Shares of Company Common Stock Beneficially Owned: + +    + + + +      Class A:                                                       +                                                Class B:       Class C:     +Class D:    + +  + +Signature Page to Acknowledgment and Support Agreement  + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +Acknowledged and agreed, as of the date first written above, by:       MADISON +DEARBORN CAPITAL PARTNERS VI-A, L.P.       By: Madison Dearborn Partners VI-A&C, +L.P.   Its: General Partner       By: Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC   Its: +General Partner       By:       Name: Vahe A. Dombalagian     Its: Managing +Director           MADISON DEARBORN CAPITAL PARTNERS VI- C, L.P.       By: +Madison Dearborn Partners VI-A&C, L.P.   Its: General Partner       By: Madison +Dearborn Partners, LLC   Its: General Partner       By:       Name: Vahe A. +Dombalagian     Its: Managing Director           MADISON DEARBORN CAPITAL +PARTNERS VI EXECUTIVE-A, L.P.       By: Madison Dearborn Partners VI-A&C, L.P.   +Its: General Partner       By: Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC   Its: General +Partner       By:       Name: Vahe A. Dombalagian     Its: Managing Director   + +  + + + +Signature Page to Acknowledgment and Support Agreement + +  + + + +  + +  + + + +  + +EXHIBIT C + +  + +Form of Amended and Restated Director Nomination Agreement + +  + + + +  + +  + + + +  + +AMENDED & RESTATED DIRECTOR NOMINATION AGREEMENT + +  + +This Amended & Restated Director Nomination Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made +on [ • ], 2020 (the “Effective Date”), by and among EVO Payments, Inc., a +Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, Madison +Dearborn Partners VI-A&C, L.P., Madison Dearborn Capital Partners VI-C, L.P., +Madison Dearborn Partners VI-B, L.P., Madison Dearborn Capital Partners VI-B, +L.P., Madison Dearborn Capital Partners VI Executive-B, L.P., MDCP VI-C +Cardservices Splitter, L.P., MDCP Cardservices LLC MDCP VI-C Cardservices +Blocker Corp. (collectively, the “Existing MDP Parties”), Madison Dearborn +Capital Partners VI-A, L.P. and Madison Dearborn Capital Partners VI +Executive-A, L.P. (collectively, “New MDP Parties” and together with the +Existing MDP Parties, “MDP”). + +  + +RECITALS + +  + +WHEREAS, the Company and the Existing MDP Parties entered into that certain +Director Nomination Agreement, dated as of May 22, 2018 and effective as of May +25, 2018 (the “Prior Agreement”); + +  + +WHEREAS, the Company and the Existing MDP Parties desire to amend and restate +the Prior Agreement to, among other items, memorialize certain matters made in +connection with the purchase of shares of the Company’s Series A Convertible +Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, by the New MDP Parties and certain +of the Existing MDP Parties and to permit MDP to designate up to two persons for +nomination for election to the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”), +subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. + +  + +NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements +contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and +sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree to amend +and restate the Prior Agreement as follows: + +  + +Article I +DEFINITIONS + +  + +Section 1.01        Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms +shall have the following meanings: + +  + +“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, any other Person that +directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is +Controlled by, or is under common Control with, the specified Person; provided +that the Company and any Person Controlled by the Company shall not be +considered to be an Affiliate of MDP for any purpose under this Agreement. + +  + +“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble. + +  + +“Antitrust Clearance Date” has the meaning set forth in the Certificate of +Designations. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +“Beneficial Owner” means, with respect to a security, a Person who directly or +indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or +otherwise has or shares (a) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or +to direct the voting of, such security, or (b) investment power, which includes +the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, such security. The term +“Beneficially Own” shall have a correlative meaning. + +  + +“Board” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals. + +  + +“Bylaws” means the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended or +restated from time to time. + +  + +“Certificate of Incorporation” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of +Incorporation of the Company, as amended or restated from time to time. + +  + +“Certificate of Designations” means the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock +Certificate of Designations of the Company, as amended or restated from time to +time. + +  + +“Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble. + +  + +“Control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or +cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through +the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. The terms +“Controlled by” and “under common Control with” shall have correlative meanings. + +  + +“Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble. + +  + +“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. + +  + +“Existing MDP Parties” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble. + +  + +“MDP” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble. + +  + +“MDP Designated Directors” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a). + +  + +“New MDP Parties” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble. + +  + +“Ownership Limitation” has the meaning set forth in the Certificate of +Designations. + +  + +“Person” means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, +limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, +any court, administrative agency, regulatory body, commission or other +governmental authority, board, bureau or instrumentality, domestic or foreign +and any subdivision thereof or other entity, and also includes any managed +investment account. + +  + +“Proceeding” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +“Securities Exchange” means the national securities exchange on which the +Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, is then listed. + +  + +“Selected Courts” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07. + +  + +“Termination Date” means the date of the expiration of the then-current term of +the MDP Designated Director (or such person’s successor designee appointed under +Section 2.02(e)) with the longest term remaining that expires after the date +when the Voting Percentage of MDP and its Affiliates is less than 5% for the +first time following the Effective Date. + +  + +“Voting Percentage” means, with respect to any Person, the percentage voting +power in the general election of directors of the Company represented by all +shares of Voting Stock Beneficially Owned by such Person; provided, that at all +times and for all purposes hereof, the Voting Percentage of MDP and its +Affiliates shall be determined assuming that (a) the Antitrust Clearance Date +has occurred and (b) the Ownership Limitation has been removed, and therefore +(for purposes of this definition) MDP and such Affiliates shall be treated as +having the right to vote any shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock held +thereby. + +  + +“Voting Stock” means the Class A common stock, Class B common stock, Class C +common stock, Class D common stock and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, +each with par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company, as well as any other +class or series of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in +the election of directors to the Board. + +  + +Section 1.02        Other Definitional and Interpretive Provisions. The words +“hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this +Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular +provision of this Agreement. References in the singular or to “him,” “her,” +“it,” “itself” or other like references, and references in the plural or the +feminine or masculine reference, as the case may be, shall also, when the +context so requires, be deemed to include the plural or singular, or the +masculine or feminine reference, as the case may be. References to the Preamble, +Recitals, Articles and Sections shall refer to the Preamble, Recitals, Articles +and Sections of this Agreement, unless otherwise specified. The headings in this +Agreement are for convenience and identification only and are not intended to +describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of this +Agreement or any provision thereof. References to any statute shall be deemed to +refer to such statute as amended from time to time and to any rules or +regulations promulgated thereunder. References to any agreement or contract are +to that agreement or contract as amended, modified or supplemented from time to +time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. References to “include,” +“includes” and “including” in this Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by +the words “without limitation,” whether or not so specified. This Agreement +shall be construed without regard to any presumption or other rule requiring +construction against the party that drafted and caused this Agreement to be +drafted. + +  + +Article II +NOMINATION RIGHTS + +  + +Section 2.01        Number of Directors. Except as required by applicable law or +the listing standards of the Securities Exchange, from and after the Effective +Date until the Termination Date, the Company shall not, without the prior +written consent of MDP, take any action to (i) increase the number of directors +on the Board to more than nine directors, (ii) alter, remove or amend the +classification of the Board into three groups of directors with staggered +three-year terms or (iii) amend the Bylaws to provide for a voting standard in +the election of directors other than plurality voting. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +Section 2.02        Board Nominees. + +  + +(a)               Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, from +and after the Effective Date until the Termination Date, at every meeting of the +Board, or a committee thereof, at which directors of the Company are appointed +by the Board or are nominated to stand for election by stockholders of the +Company, MDP shall have the right to nominate for election to the Board (the +“MDP Designated Directors”): + +  + +(i)                 two nominees until the first time when the Voting Percentage +of MDP and its Affiliates is less than 15%, one of whom shall be a Group II +director and the other of whom shall be a Group III director under the +Certificate of Incorporation as designated by MDP; and + +  + +(ii)              one nominee until the first time when the Voting Percentage of +MDP and its Affiliates is less than 5%, who shall be either a Group II director +or a Group III director under the Certificate of Incorporation; + +  + +provided that no reduction in the Voting Percentage of MDP and its Affiliates +shall shorten the term of any director serving on the Board. The initial MDP +Designated Directors as of the Effective Date are Vahe A. Dombalagian (who has +been named as a Group III director) and Matthew W. Raino (who has been named as +a Group II director). + +  + +(b)               Subject to Section 2.02(c), the Company shall take all actions +(to the extent such actions are permitted by applicable law) to (i) include each +MDP Designated Director in the slate of director nominees for election by the +Company’s stockholders and (ii) include each MDP Designated Director in the +proxy statement prepared by the Company in connection with soliciting proxies +for every meeting of the stockholders of the Company called with respect to the +election of members of the Board, and at every adjournment or postponement +thereof, and on every action or approval by written consent of the Board with +respect to the election of members of the Board. + +  + +(c)               The Company’s obligations pursuant to Section 2.02(b) shall be +subject to each MDP Designated Director providing, fully and completely, (i) any +information that is required to be disclosed in any filing or report under the +listing standards of the Securities Exchange and applicable law, (ii) any +information that is required in connection with determining the independence +status of the MDP Designated Directors under the listing standards of the +Securities Exchange and applicable law, and (iii) if required by applicable law, +such individual’s written consent to being named in a proxy statement as a +nominee and to serving as director if elected. + +  + +(d)               If an MDP Designated Director is not appointed, nominated or +elected to the Board because of such person’s death, disability, +disqualification, withdrawal as a nominee or for other reason, (i) MDP shall be +entitled to designate another nominee and shall do so as promptly as practicable +following the failure of such MDP Designated Director to be appointed, nominated +or elected to the Board and (ii) the director position for which the original +MDP Designated Director was nominated shall not be filled pending such +designation. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +(e)               If a vacancy occurs because of the death, disability, +disqualification, resignation or removal of a MDP Designated Director or for any +other reason, MDP shall be entitled to designate such person’s successor +(regardless of the Voting Percentage held by MDP at the time of such replacement +designation), and the Board shall promptly fill the vacancy with such successor, +it being understood that any such successor designee shall serve the remainder +of the term of the MDP Designated Director whom such designee replaces. MDP +shall designate a successor pursuant to this Section 2.02(e) as promptly as +practicable following any such vacancy. + +  + +Section 2.03        Compensation; Reimbursement of Expenses. The Company shall +reimburse each MDP Designated Director for all reasonable and documented +out-of-pocket expenses properly incurred in connection with such MDP Designated +Director’s participation in the meetings of the Board or any committee of the +Board and all functions and duties as a member of the Board, including all +reasonable and documented travel, lodging and meal expenses, in each case to the +same extent as the Company reimburses the other non-executive members of the +Board for such expenses. + +  + +Section 2.04        Indemnification, Exculpation and Insurance. + +  + +(a)               The Company shall maintain in effect at all times directors’ +and officers’ indemnity insurance covering the MDP Designated Directors to the +same extent and on the same terms as any directors’ and officers’ indemnity +insurance maintained by the Company with respect to the other non-executive +members of the Board. Any directors’ and officers’ indemnity insurance shall be +secondary to any insurance coverage for any of the MDP Designated Directors +maintained by MDP. + +  + +(b)               The Company shall not amend or alter any right to +indemnification, exculpation or the advancement of expenses covering or +benefiting any MDP Designated Director contained in the Certificate of +Incorporation or Bylaws as in effect on the Effective Date without the prior +written consent of the MDP, except to the extent (i) required by applicable law +or the listing standards of the Securities Exchange (and in such cases, in +accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws) or (ii) such +amendment or alteration provides a broader right to indemnification, exculpation +or advancement of expenses than those previously contained in the Certificate of +Incorporation or Bylaws, as applicable. + +  + +Section 2.05        Corporate Policies. Except as otherwise provided in the +Certificate of Incorporation, MDP acknowledges that each MDP Designated Director +will be subject to all applicable corporate governance, conflict of interest, +confidentiality, stock ownership and insider trading policies and guidelines of +the Company, each as approved by the Board from time to time to the extent such +policies and guidelines are applicable to all non-executive directors. +Notwithstanding the foregoing, no confidentiality policy shall preclude any MDP +Designated Director that is an employee of MDP or its Affiliates from sharing +information with MDP (but not MDP’s portfolio companies); provided that MDP +maintains the confidentiality of such information. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +Article III +EFFECTIVENESS AND TERMINATION + +  + +Section 3.01        Termination. This Agreement and all rights and obligations +hereunder shall terminate upon the earlier to occur of (a) the Termination Date +and (b) the delivery of written notice to the Company by MDP terminating this +Agreement. + +  + +Article IV +MISCELLANEOUS + +  + +Section 4.01        Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other +communications hereunder to any party shall be in writing and shall be +personally delivered, sent by nationally recognized overnight courier or mailed +by registered or certified mail to such party at the address set forth below, or +sent by e-mail transmission (or such other address or contact information as +shall be specified by like notice): + +  + +(a)               if to the Company, to: + +  + +EVO Payments, Inc. + +Ten Glenlake Parkway + +South Tower, Suite 950 + +Atlanta, Georgia 30328 + +Attention: Steven J. de Groot + +Executive Vice President and General Counsel + +E-mail: Steve.deGroot@evopayments.com + +  + +with a copy which shall not constitute notice to: + +  + +King & Spalding LLP + +1180 Peachtree Street + +Atlanta, Georgia 30309 + +Attention: Keith M. Townsend, Zachary L. Cochran and Robert Leclerc + +Email: ktownsend@kslaw.com, zcochran@kslaw.com and rleclerc@kslaw.com + +  + +(b)               if to MDP or any MDP Designated Director, to: + +  + +c/o Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC + +70 W. Madison St. + +Suite 4600 + +Chicago, Illinois 60602 + +Attention: Vahe A. Dombalagian + +Email: vdombalagian@mdcp.com + +  + +with a copy which shall not constitute notice to: + +  + +Latham & Watkins LLP + +330 N. Wabash Avenue, Suite 2800 + +Chicago, Illinois 60611 + +Attention: Neal J. Reenan, Greg Rodgers and Jonathan P. Solomon + +Emails: neal.reenan@lw.com, greg.rodgers@lw.com and jonathan.solomon@lw.com + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +Notices will be deemed to have been given hereunder when personally delivered or +when receipt of e-mail has been acknowledged by non-automated response, one +calendar day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier and +five calendar days after deposit in U.S. mail. + +  + +Section 4.02        Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be +deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall +not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof. If any +provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any Person or any +circumstance, is found to be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, (a) a +suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry +out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such +invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and +the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be +affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or +unenforceability affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the +application thereof, in any other jurisdiction. + +  + +Section 4.03        Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number +of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, +taken together, shall be considered one and the same agreement. + +  + +Section 4.04        Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This +Agreement (a) constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all other prior +agreements, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject +matter hereof and (b) is not intended to confer upon any Person, other than the +parties hereto, any rights or remedies hereunder. + +  + +Section 4.05        Further Assurances.  Each party shall execute, deliver, +acknowledge and file such other documents and take such further actions as may +be reasonably requested from time to time by the other parties hereto to give +effect to and carry out the transactions contemplated herein. + +  + +Section 4.07        Governing Law; Equitable Remedies. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE +GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE +(WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF). The parties +hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the +provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with its specific +terms or was otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties +hereto shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions and other equitable +remedies to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the +terms and provisions hereof in any of the Selected Courts (as defined below), +this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or +in equity. Any requirements for the securing or posting of any bond with respect +to such remedy are hereby waived by each of the parties hereto. Each party +further agrees that, in the event of any action for an injunction or other +equitable remedy in respect of such breach or enforcement of specific +performance, it will not assert the defense that a remedy at law would be +adequate. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +Section 4.08        Consent To Jurisdiction. With respect to any suit, action or +proceeding (“Proceeding”) arising out of or relating to this Agreement, each of +the parties hereto hereby irrevocably (a) submits to the non-exclusive +jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and the United +States District Court for the District of Delaware and the appellate courts +therefrom (the “Selected Courts”) and waives any objection to venue being laid +in the Selected Courts whether based on the grounds of forum non conveniens or +otherwise and hereby agrees not to commence any such Proceeding other than +before one of the Selected Courts; provided, however, that a party may commence +any Proceeding in a court other than a Selected Court solely for the purpose of +enforcing an order or judgment issued by one of the Selected Courts; (b) +consents to service of process in any Proceeding by the mailing of copies +thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by recognized +international express carrier or delivery service, to the Company or MDP at +their respective addresses referred to in Section 4.01 hereof; provided, +however, that nothing herein shall affect the right of any party hereto to serve +process in any other manner permitted by law; and (c) TO THE EXTENT NOT +PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW THAT CANNOT BE WAIVED, WAIVES, AND COVENANTS THAT +IT WILL NOT ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE) ANY RIGHT TO +TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION ARISING IN WHOLE OR IN PART UNDER OR IN CONNECTION +WITH THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER +SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, AND AGREES THAT ANY OF THEM MAY FILE A +COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE KNOWING, +VOLUNTARY AND BARGAINED-FOR AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY TO WAIVE THE +RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY PROCEEDING WHATSOEVER BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO +THIS AGREEMENT AND TO HAVE ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT BE TRIED IN A +COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY. + +  + +Section 4.09        Amendments; Waivers. + +  + +(a)               No provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived unless +such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, +by the Company and MDP, or, in the case of a waiver, by each of the parties +against whom the waiver is to be effective. + +  + +(b)               No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, +power or privilege hereunder shall operate as waiver thereof nor shall any +single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise +thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and +remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or +remedies provided by law. + +  + +Section 4.10 Assignment + +  + +Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights or obligations hereunder shall be +assigned by any of the parties hereto without the prior written consent of the +other parties; provided that MDP may assign this Agreement to any of its +Affiliates without the Company’s prior written consent. + +  + +This Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable +by the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. + +  + +Section 4.11 Effect on Prior Agreement + +  + +Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and each of the +Existing MDP Parties, the Prior Agreement shall automatically terminate and be +of no further force and effect and shall be superseded in its entirety by this +Agreement. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed +and delivered, all as of the date first set forth above. + +  + +  EVO PAYMENTS, INC.       By:       Name: Steven J. de Groot     Title: +Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary + +  + +[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Director Nomination Agreement] + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +MADISON DEARBORN PARTNERS, LLC       By:       Name: Vahe A. Dombalagian     +Its: Managing Director           MADISON DEARBORN PARTNERS VI-A&C, L.P.       +By: Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC   Its: General Partner       By:       Name: +Vahe A. Dombalagian     Its: Managing Director           MADISON DEARBORN +CAPITAL PARTNERS VI- C, L.P.       By: Madison Dearborn Partners VI-A&C, L.P.   +Its: General Partner       By: Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC   Its: General +Partner       By:       Name: Vahe A. Dombalagian     Its: Managing Director     +      MADISON DEARBORN PARTNERS VI-B, L.P.       By: Madison Dearborn Partners, +LLC   Its: General Partner       By:       Name: Vahe A. Dombalagian     Its: +Managing Director   + +  + +[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Director Nomination Agreement] + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +MDCP VI-C CARDSERVICES BLOCKER CORP.       By:       Name: Vahe A. Dombalagian   +  Its: Managing Director       MADISON DEARBORN CAPITAL PARTNERS VI-B, L.P.     +  By: Madison Dearborn Partners VI-B, L.P.   Its: General Partner       By: +Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC   Its: General Partner       By:       Name: Vahe +A. Dombalagian     Its: Managing Director           MADISON DEARBORN CAPITAL +PARTNERS VI EXECUTIVE-B, L.P.       By: Madison Dearborn Partners VI-B, L.P.   +Its: General Partner       By: Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC   Its: General +Partner       By:       Name: Vahe A. Dombalagian     Its: Managing Director   + +  + +[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Director Nomination Agreement] + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +MDCP IV-C CARDSERVICES SPLITTER, L.P.       By: Madison Dearborn Partners VI-B, +L.P.   Its: General Partner       By: Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC   Its: +General Partner       By:       Name: Vahe A. Dombalagian     Its: Managing +Director           MDCP CARDSERVICES, LLC       By: Madison Dearborn Capital +Partners VI-B, L.P.   Its: Controlling Member       By: Madison Dearborn +Partners VI-B, L.P.   Its: General Partner       By: Madison Dearborn Partners, +LLC   Its: General Partner       By:       Name: Vahe A. Dombalagian     Its: +Managing Director   + +  + +[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Director Nomination Agreement] + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +MADISON DEARBORN CAPITAL PARTNERS VI-A, L.P.       By: Madison Dearborn Partners +VI-A&C, L.P.   Its: General Partner       By: Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC   +Its: General Partner       By:       Name: Vahe A. Dombalagian     Its: Managing +Director       MADISON DEARBORN CAPITAL PARTNERS VI EXECUTIVE-A, L.P.       By: +Madison Dearborn Partners VI-A&C, L.P.   Its: General Partner       By: Madison +Dearborn Partners, LLC   Its: General Partner       By:       Name: Vahe A. +Dombalagian     Its: Managing Director   + +  + +[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Director Nomination Agreement] + +  + + + +  + +  + + +  + +EXHIBIT 10.1 + +  + +  + +   + +TERM LOAN AGREEMENT + +  + +AMONG + +  + +ELYSIUM ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC, + +  + +as Holdings + +  + +ELYSIUM ENERGY, LLC, + +ELYSIUM ENERGY LA, LLC, + +ELYSIUM ENERGY TX, LLC, + +POINTE A LA HACHE, L.L.C., + +TURTLE BAYOU, L.L.C., + +POTASH, L.L.C., + +RAMOS FIELD, L.L.C + +AND +ALL SUBSIDIARIES, +as Borrowers + +  + +and + +  + +405 WOODBINE LLC, + +as Administrative Agent + +  + +and + +  + +THE LENDERS SIGNATORY HERETO, +as Lenders + +  + +February 3, 2020 + +  + +  + +  + + + + + +   + +   + +  + + + +TABLE OF CONTENTS + +  + +  + +  + +  + +Page + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION + +  + +1 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +1.1 + +Terms Defined Above + +  + +1 + +  + +  + +1.2 + +Additional Defined Terms + +  + +1 + +  + +  + +1.3 + +Undefined Financial Accounting Terms + +  + +23 + +  + +  + +1.4 + +References + +  + +23 + +  + +  + +1.5 + +Articles and Sections + +  + +24 + +  + +  + +1.6 + +Number and Gender + +  + +24 + +  + +  + +1.7 + +Incorporation of Schedules and Exhibits + +  + +24 + +  + +  + +1.8 + +Negotiated Transaction + +  + +24 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +ARTICLE II TERMS OF FACILITY + +  + +24 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +2.1 + +Term Loan + +  + +24 + +  + +  + +2.2 + +Use of Loan Proceeds + +  + +25 + +  + +  + +2.3 + +Repayment of Term Loan + +  + +25 + +  + +  + +2.4 + +[Reserved] + +  + +26 + +  + +  + +2.5 + +Outstanding Amounts + +  + +26 + +  + +  + +2.6 + +Taxes and Time, Place, and Method of Payments + +  + +26 + +  + +  + +2.7 + +Pro Rata Treatment; Adjustments + +  + +29 + +  + +  + +2.8 + +Voluntary Prepayments + +  + +30 + +  + +  + +2.9 + +Mandatory Prepayments + +  + +30 + +  + +  + +2.10 + +Loans to Satisfy Obligations of Borrowers + +  + +32 + +  + +  + +2.11 + +General Provisions Relating to Interest + +  + +32 + +  + +  + +2.12 + +Increased Costs, etc + +  + +33 + +  + +  + +2.13 + +Taxes; Withholding, etc + +  + +34 + +  + +  + +2.14 + +Replacement Lenders + +  + +37 + +  + +  + +2.15 + +Security Interest in Accounts; Right of Offset + +  + +38 + +  + +  + +2.16 + +Illegality + +  + +38 + +  + +  + +2.17 + +Power of Attorney + +  + +38 + +  + +  + +2.18 + +Keepwell + +  + +38 + +  + +  + +2.19 + +Joint and Several Liability + +  + +38 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +ARTICLE III CONDITIONS + +  + +39 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +3.1 + +Conditions of the Closing Date + +  + +39 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES + +  + +42 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +4.1 + +Due Authorization + +  + +42 + +  + +  + +4.2 + +Existence + +  + +43 + +  + +  + +4.3 + +Valid and Binding Obligations + +  + +43 + +  + +  + +4.4 + +Security Documents + +  + +43 + +  + +  + +4.5 + +Title to Property + +  + +43 + +  + +  + + + + - i - + +   + +   + +  + +4.6 + +Scope and Accuracy of Financial Statements + +  + +44 + +  + +  + +4.7 + +No Material Adverse Effect or Default + +  + +44 + +  + +  + +4.8 + +No Material Misstatements + +  + +44 + +  + +  + +4.9 + +Liabilities, Litigation and Restrictions + +  + +45 + +  + +  + +4.10 + +Authorizations; Consents + +  + +45 + +  + +  + +4.11 + +Compliance with Laws + +  + +45 + +  + +  + +4.12 + +ERISA + +  + +45 + +  + +  + +4.13 + +Environmental Laws + +  + +45 + +  + +  + +4.14 + +Compliance with Federal Reserve Regulations + +  + +46 + +  + +  + +4.15 + +Investment Company Act Compliance + +  + +46 + +  + +  + +4.16 + +Proper Filing of Tax Returns; Payment of Taxes Due + +  + +46 + +  + +  + +4.17 + +Refunds + +  + +46 + +  + +  + +4.18 + +Gas Contracts + +  + +47 + +  + +  + +4.19 + +Intellectual Property + +  + +47 + +  + +  + +4.20 + +Casualties or Taking of Property + +  + +47 + +  + +  + +4.21 + +Location of Borrowers + +  + +47 + +  + +  + + + +  + +4.22 + +Subsidiaries + +  + +47 + +  + +  + +4.23 + +Compliance with Anti-Terrorism Laws + +  + +47 + +  + +  + +4.24 + +Identification Numbers + +  + +48 + +  + +  + +4.25 + +Solvency + +  + +48 + +  + +  + +4.26 + +Related Party Transactions + +  + +48 + +  + +  + +4.27 + +Material Contracts + +  + +49 + +  + +  + +4.28 + +Employee Matters + +  + +49 + +  + +  + +4.29 + +Brokers + +  + +49 + +  + +  + +4.30 + +Separate Entity + +  + +49 + +  + +  + +4.31 + +Marketing of Production + +  + +50 + +  + +  + +4.32 + +Acquisition Agreement + +  + +50 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS + +  + +50 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +5.1 + +Maintenance and Access to Records + +  + +50 + +  + +  + +5.2 + +Monthly Unaudited Financial Statements and Compliance Certificates + +  + +50 + +  + +  + +5.3 + +Annual Audited Financial Statements and Compliance Certificate + +  + +51 + +  + +  + +5.4 + +Reserve Reports; LOE Reports; Production Reports; Payables Aging; Additional +Development Plans and Financial Projections + +  + +51 + +  + +  + +5.5 + +Title Opinions; Title Defects; Mortgaged Properties + +  + +52 + +  + +  + +5.6 + +Notices of Certain Events + +  + +52 + +  + +  + +5.7 + +Letters in Lieu of Transfer Orders or Division Orders + +  + +53 + +  + +  + +5.8 + +Commodity Hedging + +  + +53 + +  + +  + +5.9 + +Tax Returns + +  + +53 + +  + +  + +5.10 + +Additional Information + +  + +53 + +  + +  + +5.11 + +Compliance with Laws + +  + +54 + +  + +  + +5.12 + +Payment of Assessments and Charges + +  + +54 + +  + +  + +5.13 + +Maintenance of Existence or Qualification and Good Standing + +  + +54 + +  + +  + +5.14 + +Payment of Notes; Performance of Obligations + +  + +54 + +  + +  + + + + - ii - + +   + +  + + + +  + +5.15 + +Further Assurances + +  + +54 + +  + +  + +5.16 + +Initial Expenses of Agent + +  + +55 + +  + +  + +5.17 + +Subsequent Expenses of Agent and Lenders + +  + +55 + +  + +  + +5.18 + +Maintenance of Properties; Books and Records; Inspections + +  + +56 + +  + +  + +5.19 + +Maintenance of Insurance + +  + +56 + +  + +  + +5.20 + +Environmental Indemnification + +  + +57 + +  + +  + +5.21 + +General Indemnification + +  + +58 + +  + +  + +5.22 + +Evidence of Compliance with Anti-Terrorism Laws + +  + +58 + +  + +  + +5.23 + +Board and Management Meetings + +  + +58 + +  + +  + +5.24 + +Leases + +  + +58 + +  + +  + +5.25 + +Maximum Permitted Monthly General and Administrative Cost Allocation + +  + +59 + +  + +  + +5.26 + +Material Contracts + +  + +59 + +  + +  + +5.27 + +Information Regarding Collateral + +  + +59 + +  + +  + +5.28 + +Lockbox Account + +  + +59 + +  + +  + +5.29 + +Additional Properties; Other Collateral + +  + +59 + +  + +  + +5.30 + +Other Financial Reporting Obligations + +  + +60 + +  + +  + +5.31 + +Removal of Operator + +  + +60 + +  + +  + +5.32 + +Maintenance of Bonds, Guarantees + +  + +60 + +  + +  + +5.33 + +Post-Closing Obligation + +  + +60 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS + +  + +61 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +6.1 + +Indebtedness + +  + +61 + +  + +  + +6.2 + +Contingent Obligations + +  + +61 + +  + +  + +6.3 + +Liens + +  + +61 + +  + +  + +6.4 + +Sales of Assets + +  + +62 + +  + +  + +6.5 + +Leasebacks + +  + +62 + +  + +  + +6.6 + +Sale or Discount of Receivables + +  + +62 + +  + +  + +6.7 + +Loans or Advances + +  + +62 + +  + +  + +6.8 + +Investments + +  + +62 + +  + +  + +6.9 + +Dividends and Distributions + +  + +63 + +  + +  + +6.10 + +Issuance of Equity; Changes in Corporate Structure + +  + +63 + +  + +  + +6.11 + +Transactions with Affiliates and Certain Other Person + +  + +63 + +  + +  + +6.12 + +Lines of Business + +  + +63 + +  + +  + +6.13 + +Plan Obligation + +  + +63 + +  + +  + +6.14 + +Anti-Terrorism Laws + +  + +63 + +  + +  + +6.15 + +Amendment of Material Contracts + +  + +64 + +  + +  + +6.16 + +Provisions of Commodity Hedge Agreements + +  + +64 + +  + +  + +6.17 + +Maintenance of Commodity Hedge Agreements + +  + +64 + +  + +  + +6.18 + +Deposit Accounts + +  + +64 + +  + +  + +6.19 + +Development Plans + +  + +64 + +  + +  + +6.20 + +Subsidiaries + +  + +64 + +  + +  + +6.21 + +Current Ratio + +  + +64 + +  + +  + +6.22 + +PDP Collateral Coverage + +  + +64 + +  + + + +  + + + + - iii - + +   + +  + + + +  + +6.23 + +Maximum Leverage + +  + +65 + +  + +  + +6.24 + +Organizational Documents + +  + +65 + +  + +  + +6.25 + +Negative Pledge Agreements + +  + +65 + +  + +  + +6.26 + +Material Accounting Changes + +  + +65 + +  + +  + +6.27 + +Amended to Acquisition Documents + +  + +65 + +  + +  + +6.28 + +Passive Status of Holdings + +  + +66 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT + +  + +66 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +7.1 + +Enumeration of Events of Default + +  + +66 + +  + +  + +7.2 + +Remedies + +  + +69 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +ARTICLE VIII THE AGENT + +  + +70 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +8.1 + +Appointment + +  + +70 + +  + +  + +8.2 + +Delegation of Duties + +  + +70 + +  + +  + +8.3 + +Exculpatory Provisions + +  + +70 + +  + +  + +8.4 + +Reliance by Agent + +  + +71 + +  + +  + +8.5 + +Notice of Default + +  + +71 + +  + +  + +8.6 + +Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders + +  + +71 + +  + +  + +8.7 + +Indemnification + +  + +72 + +  + +  + +8.8 + +Restitution + +  + +72 + +  + +  + +8.9 + +Agent in Its Individual Capacity + +  + +73 + +  + +  + +8.10 + +Successor Agent + +  + +73 + +  + +  + +8.11 + +Applicable Parties + +  + +74 + +  + +  + +8.12 + +Releases + +  + +74 + +  + +  + +8.13 + +Credit Bidding + +  + +74 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS + +  + +75 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +9.1 + +Assignments; Participations + +  + +75 + +  + +  + +9.2 + +Survival of Representations, Warranties, and Covenants + +  + +76 + +  + +  + +9.3 + +Notices and Other Communications + +  + +76 + +  + +  + +9.4 + +Parties in Interest + +  + +77 + +  + +  + +9.5 + +Rights of Third Parties + +  + +77 + +  + +  + +9.6 + +Renewals; Extensions + +  + +78 + +  + +  + +9.7 + +No Waiver; Rights Cumulative + +  + +78 + +  + +  + +9.8 + +Survival Upon Unenforceability + +  + +78 + +  + +  + +9.9 + +Amendments; Waivers + +  + +78 + +  + +  + +9.10 + +Controlling Agreement + +  + +79 + +  + +  + +9.11 + +Disposition of Collateral + +  + +79 + +  + +  + +9.12 + +Governing Law + +  + +79 + +  + +  + +9.13 + +Dispute Resolution + +  + +79 + +  + +  + +9.14 + +Jurisdiction and Venue + +  + +81 + +  + +  + +9.15 + +Integration + +  + +82 + +  + +  + +9.16 + +Waiver of Punitive and Consequential Damages + +  + +82 + +  + +  + +9.17 + +Counterparts + +  + +82 + +  + +  + +9.18 + +USA Patriot Act Notice + +  + +82 + +  + +  + +9.19 + +Tax Shelter Regulations + +  + +82 + +  + +  + +9.20 + +Contribution and Indemnification + +  + +82 + +  + +  + +9.21 + +Inconsistencies with Other Documents + +  + +82 + +  + + + +  + + + + - iv - + +   + +  + +LIST OF SCHEDULES + +  + +Schedule 1.2B + +– + +Percentage Shares + +  + +S-1.2B-i + +  + +Schedule 2.2 + +– + +Use of Loan Proceeds + +  + +S-2.2-i + +  + +Schedule 3.1(h) + +– + +Certain Agreements + +  + +S-3.1(h)-i + +  + +Schedule 3.1(p) + +– + +Direction Letters + +  + +S-3.1(p)-i + +  + +Schedule 4.5A + +– + +Liens + +  + +S-4.5A-i + +  + +Schedule 4.5B + +– + +Real Property + +  + +S-4.B-i + +  + +Schedule 4.5C + +– + +Oil and Gas Properties + +  + +S4.5C-i + +  + +Schedule 4.6 + +– + +Accounts Payable + +  + +S-4.6-i + +  + +Schedule 4.9 + +– + +Liabilities and Litigation + +  + +S-4.9-i + +  + +Schedule 4.10 + +– + +Authorizations; Consents + +  + +S-4.10-i + +  + +Schedule 4.13 + +– + +Environmental Disclosures + +  + +S-4.13-i + +  + +Schedule 4.17 + +– + +Refunds + +  + +S-4.17-i + +  + +Schedule 4.18 + +– + +Gas Contracts + +  + +S-4.18-i + +  + +Schedule 4.22A + +– + +Subsidiaries + +  + +S-4.22A-i + +  + +Schedule 4.22B + +– + +Organizational Chart + +  + +S-4.22B-i + +  + +Schedule 4.24 + +– + +EIN, Jurisdiction of Formation and Location + +  + +S-4.24-i + +  + +Schedule 4.26 + +– + +Related Party Transfers + +  + +S-4.26-i + +  + +Schedule 4.27A + +– + +Material Contracts + +  + +S-4.27A-i + +  + +Schedule 4.28B + +– + +Material Contracts + +  + +S-4.27B-i + +  + +Schedule 4.29 + +– + +Brokers + +  + +S-4.29-i + +  + +Schedule 4.31 + +– + +Marketing of Production + +  + +S-4.31-i + +  + +Schedule 6.18 + +– + +Deposit Accounts + +  + +S-6.18-i + +  + +  + +  + +  + +LIST OF EXHIBITS + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +Exhibit A + +Form of Note + +  + +A-i + +  + +Exhibit B + +Form of Compliance Certificate + +  + +B-i + +  + +Exhibit C + +Form of Assignment Agreement + +  + +C-i + +  + +Exhibit D + +Form of Borrowing Request + +  + +D-i + +  + +Exhibit E + +  + +Form of Cash Flow Sweep Worksheet + +  + +E-I + +  + +  + + + + - v - + +   + +  + +  + + + +TERM LOAN AGREEMENT + +  + +This TERM LOAN AGREEMENT is made and entered into effective February 3, 2020, by +and among ELYSIUM ENERGY, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“Elysium”), +ELYSIUM ENERGY LA, LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company (“Elysium LA”), +ELYSIUM ENERGY TX, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“Elysium TX”), POINTE +A LA HACHE, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“Pointe”), TURTLE +BAYOU, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“Turtle”), POTASH, L.L.C., +a Delaware limited liability company (“Potash”), RAMOS FIELD, L.L.C., a Delaware +limited liability company (“Ramos”), and each direct and indirect Subsidiary of +the foregoing from time to time (each a “Borrower” and, collectively, the +“Borrowers”), ELYSIUM ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company +(“Holdings”), each lender that is a signatory hereto or becomes a party hereto +as provided in Section 9.1 (individually, together with its successors and +assigns, a “Lender” and, collectively, together with their respective successors +and assigns, the “Lenders”), and 405 WOODBINE LLC, a Delaware limited liability +company (“Woodbine”), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, +together with its successors in such capacity pursuant to the terms hereof, the +“Agent”). + +  + +W I T N E S S E T H: + +  + +The Borrowers have requested, and the Lenders are willing to make the Term +Loans, the proceeds of which will be used to: (a) fund the acquisition, pursuant +to the Acquisition Agreement of certain mineral assets described therein (the +“Acquisition”); and (b) to finance the acquisition contemplated under the +Acquisition Agreement. The Lenders have indicated their willingness to extend +credit upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and the +other Loan Documents. + +  + +In consideration for the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the +parties hereto, hereby agree as follows: + +  + +ARTICLE I +DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION + +  + +1.1 Terms Defined Above. As used in this Agreement, each of the terms “Agent,” +“Woodbine,” “Borrower,” “Borrowers,” “Holdings,” “Elysium,” “Elysium LA,” +“Elysium TX,” “Pointe,” “Turtle,” “Potash,” “Ramos” and “Lender,” “Lenders,” +shall have the meaning assigned to such term hereinabove. + +  + +1.2 Additional Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, each of the following +terms shall have the meaning assigned thereto in this Section 1.2 or in Sections +referred to in this Section 1.2, unless the context otherwise requires: + +  + +“AAA” shall mean the American Arbitration Association. + +  + +“Acquisition Agreement” refers collectively to that certain Purchase and Sale +Agreement dated October 10, 2019 by and among Elysium, as purchaser, and 5JAbor, +LLC, Bass Petroleum, L.L.C., Bodel Holdings, LLC, Delbo Holdings, L.L.C., James +III Investments, LLC, Jamsam Energy, L.L.C., Lake Boeuf Investments, LLC, Oakley +Holdings, L.L.C., Plaquemines Holdings, L.L.C., collectively as sellers, as +amended on or about December 23, 2019, and as it may be further amended, +supplemented or otherwise modified with the consent of the Agent. + +  + + + + - 1 - + +   + +    + +“Acquisition Documents” means the Acquisition Agreement, the Acquisition Escrow +Agreement and all other documented contemplated thereunder. + +  + +“Acquisition Escrow Agreement” means that certain Escrow Agreement, dated as of +October 10, 2019, by and among Elysium, as purchaser, and 5JAbor, LLC, Bass +Petroleum, L.L.C., Bodel Holdings, LLC, Delbo Holdings, L.L.C., James III +Investments, LLC, Jamsam Energy, L.L.C., Lake Boeuf Investments, LLC, Oakley +Holdings, L.L.C., Plaquemines Holdings, L.L.C., collectively as sellers. + +  + +“Acquisition Properties” shall mean the Oil and Gas Properties owned by one or +more of the Borrowers as of the Effective Date. + +  + +“Additional Amount” shall have the meaning set forth for such term in Section +2.6. + +  + +“Adjusted Strip Prices” shall mean the NYMEX average monthly settlement price +for crude oil and natural gas future contracts for the remaining calendar year +of the year of the report effective date and the subsequent yearly NYMEX average +monthly settlement price for each of the succeeding four calendar years. After +that time, the price will be held constant for the remaining life of the +properties at the last yearly price calculated above. This price will be reduced +by averaging over the preceding 12 months the monthly price difference between +the NYMEX average monthly price and the actual monthly sales price at the sales +delivery point. The price will be further reduced by any marketing expenses and +historical basis differentials not already reflected in the sales price. + +  + +“Administrator” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13. + +  + +“Affiliate” shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person directly or +indirectly, controlling, or under common control with, such Person and includes, +as to the Borrowers, any Subsidiary of the Borrowers and any “affiliate” of the +Borrowers within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 promulgated by the Securities and +Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, with +“control,” as used in this definition, meaning possession, directly or +indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management, +policies or action through ownership of voting securities, contract, voting +trust, or membership in management or in the group appointing or electing +management or otherwise through formal or informal arrangements or business +relationships. + +  + +“Agent Observer” shall mean any representative of the Agent designated by the +Agent from time to time by written notice to the Borrowers. + +      + + - 2 - + +   + +   + +“Agreement” shall mean this Term Loan Agreement, as it may be amended, +supplemented, restated, amended and restated, or otherwise modified from time to +time. + +  + +“Anti-Terrorism Laws” shall mean any laws relating to terrorism or money +laundering, including Executive Order No. 13224 and the USA Patriot Act. + +  + +“Applicable Lending Office” shall mean, for each Lender, the lending office of +such Lender (or an Affiliate of such Lender) designated on the signature pages +hereof or in an Assignment Agreement or such other office of such Lender (or an +Affiliate of such Lender) as such Lender may from time to time specify to the +Agent and the Borrowers as the office by which its Percentage Share of the Term +Loan is to be made and maintained. + +  + +“Applicable Tax Percentage” shall mean the highest effective marginal combined +rate of federal, state and local income taxes (taking into account the +deductibility of state and local taxes for federal income tax purposes) to which +any Person holding voting Equity Interests of any Borrowers would be subject in +the relevant year of determination, taking into account only such Person’s share +of income and deductions attributable to its equity ownership interest in such +Borrowers. + +  + +“Approved Hedge Counterparty” shall mean (a) Cargill, (b) BP or an Affiliate +thereof, (c) any Lender or (d) a counterparty to a Commodity Hedge Agreement +with the Borrowers approved by the Agent. + +  + +“Arbitration Order” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section +9.13. + +  + +“Assignment Agreement” shall mean an Assignment Agreement in substantially the +form of Exhibit C, with appropriate insertions or such other form as approved by +the Agent. + +  + +“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean the Federal Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 +U.S.C. § 101, et seq.). + +  + +“Benefited Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section +2.7(c). + +  + +“Blocked Person” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.23. + +  + +“Borrowing Request” shall mean a written borrowing request in the form of +Exhibit D, executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers. + +   + + + + - 3 - + +   + +   + +“BP” shall mean BP Energy Company, a Delaware corporation. + +  + +“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday +for commercial banks under the laws of the State of New York, or any other day +when banking is suspended in the State of New York. + +  + +“Business Entity” shall mean a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited +liability company, joint stock association, business trust, or other business +entity. + +  + +“Capital Expenditures” shall have the meaning assigned to such term by GAAP. + +  + +“Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of (or other +arrangement conveying the right to use) any property (whether real, personal or +mixed) by that Person as lessee (or the equivalent) that, in conformity with +GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of +that Person. + +  + +“Cargill” shall mean Cargill, Incorporated, a Delaware corporation. + +  + +“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any +of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation +or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the +administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any +Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, +guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any +Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the +contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and +all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection +therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by +the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking +Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or +foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in +each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, +adopted or issued. + +  + +“Change of Control” shall mean (a) a Transfer of direct or indirect Equity +Interests in Holdings, that when added to all prior Transfers, will result in a +Transfer of thirty percent (30%) or more of the beneficial ownership interest of +Holdings, or (b) Holdings shall fail to own one hundred percent (100%) of +Elysium. + +  + +“Citibank” shall mean Citibank, N.A. + +  + +“Closing Date” shall mean the Effective Date of this Agreement. + +  + +“Collateral” shall mean the Mortgaged Properties, all of the Equity Interests in +the Borrowers and any other Property of any Person now or at any time used or +intended as security for the payment or performance of all or any portion of the +Obligations, and expressly including “as extracted collateral” as defined in the +UCC or the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable state; provided that +in no event shall “Collateral” include any Excluded Assets; provided further +that proceeds of Excluded Assets (that do not otherwise constitute Excluded +Assets) shall be Collateral. + +   + + + + - 4 - + +   + +      + +“Commitment” shall mean, as to each Lender, its obligations to make its +Percentage Share of the Term Loan and maintain its Percentage Share of the Loan +Balance. + +  + +“Commodity Exchange Act” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et +seq.). + +  + +“Commodity Hedge Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in +Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act and, if not within the scope of +such definition, shall include any crude oil, natural gas or other hydrocarbon +floor, collar, cap, swap, price protection or hedge agreements, including any +schedules, annexes and supplements thereto and trade confirmations thereunder. + +  + +“Commonly Controlled Entity” shall mean any Person which is under common control +with the Borrowers within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA. + +  + +“Compliance Certificate” shall mean each certificate, substantially in the form +attached hereto as Exhibit B, executed by the Financial Officer of the Borrowers +and furnished to the Agent from time to time in accordance with the provisions +of Section 5.2 or Section 5.3, as the case may be. + +  + +“Connection Income Taxes” shall mean any net income or franchise Tax imposed in +lieu of a net income Tax on a Person by a jurisdiction with which such Person +has a present or former connection (other than a connection arising from such +Person having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations +under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, +engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or +sold or assigned an interest in any Term Loan or Loan Document). + +  + +“Contingent Obligation” shall mean, as to any Person, any obligation of such +Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness, leases, +dividends, or other obligations of any other Person (for purposes of this +definition, a “primary obligation”) in any manner, whether directly or +indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, regardless of whether such +obligation is contingent, (a) to purchase any primary obligation or any Property +constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (b) to advance or supply +funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any primary obligation, or (ii) to +maintain working or equity capital of any other Person in respect of any primary +obligation, or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of any other +Person, (c) to purchase Property, securities or services primarily for the +purpose of assuring the owner of any primary obligation of the ability of the +Person primarily liable for such primary obligation to make payment thereof, or +(d) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary +obligation against loss in respect thereof, with the amount of any Contingent +Obligation being deemed to be equal to the stated or determinable amount of the +primary obligation in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made or, if +not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in +respect thereof as determined by such Person in good faith. + +     + + + + - 5 - + +   + +       + +“Contract Operating Agreement” means that certain Contract Operating Agreement +dated as of the date hereof, executed by Elysium, and Petrodome Operating +Company, LLC, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent in its sole +discretion. + +  + +“Contract Rate” shall mean a daily interest rate equal to the per annum interest +rate equal to the Prime Rate for each relevant day plus seven and three-quarters +percent (7.75%) converted to a daily rate on the basis of a year of 360 days and +the rate so determined for each relevant day being applied on the basis of +actual days elapsed (including the first day, but excluding the last day) during +the period for which interest is payable at such rate, but in no event shall any +such rate exceed, as to any Lender, the Highest Lawful Rate. + +  + +“Contribution Percentage” shall mean, for each party obligated to make a payment +due pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.20, the percentage obtained by +dividing such party’s Obtained Benefit by the aggregate Obtained Benefits of the +Borrowers. + +  + +“Control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to +direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether +through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise (provided +that individual natural persons who are members of a board of managers or board +of directors of a Person shall not be deemed to Control such Person solely +because of such membership). “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings +correlative thereto. + +  + +“Current Assets” shall mean all assets which would, in accordance with GAAP, be +included as current assets on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrowers as +of the date of calculation, after deducting adequate reserves in each case in +which a reserve is proper in accordance with GAAP, but excluding deferred tax +assets, if any, and non-cash derivative current assets to the extent such +positions have not been closed arising from Commodity Hedge Agreements, if any, +otherwise included as an asset in preparing such a balance sheet. + +  + +“Current Liabilities” shall mean the sum of (a) all liabilities which would, in +accordance with GAAP, be included as current liabilities on a consolidated +balance sheet of the Borrowers as of the date of calculation, (b) payments on +other Liabilities pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.3(a) or Section 2.10, +other than the payment of principal due on the Maturity Date and (c) payments on +other Liabilities not prohibited by applicable provisions of this Agreement, if +any, but excluding from the resulting amount (x) deferred tax obligations, if +any, due within one year after the date of determination of such sum, (y) +required principal payments in reduction of the Loan Balance and (z) non-cash +derivative current liabilities arising from Commodity Hedge Agreements, +including those arising from the application of ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and +Hedging or ASC Topic 410, Asset Retirement and Environmental Obligations, to +extent any of such items (x), (y) or (z) would otherwise be included as a +liability in determining such sum. + +     + + - 6 - + +   + +  + +“Default” shall mean any event or occurrence, which with the lapse of time or +the giving of notice or both would become an Event of Default. + +  + +“Default Rate” shall mean an interest rate equal to the Contract Rate plus two +percent (2%) per annum, but in no event shall such rate exceed the Highest +Lawful Rate. + +  + +“Development Plan” shall mean the plan for the development of the Oil and Gas +Properties for the succeeding calendar year, the initial such plan being +submitted to the Agent for approval, in its sole discretion. + +  + +“Direction Letters” shall mean, collectively, letters, in form and substance +reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, from the relevant Borrower to all +purchasers of production directing to remit payment to the Lockbox by mail or to +the Lockbox Account by wire transfer. + +  + +“Dispute” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.13. + +  + +“Disqualified Equity Interest” shall mean any Equity Interest which, by its +terms (or by the terms of any security or any other Equity Interest into which +it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any +event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a +sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a customarily +defined change of control or asset sale and only so long as any rights of the +holders thereof after such change of control or asset sale shall be subject to +the prior repayment in full of the Obligations that are accrued and payable), +(b) provides for scheduled payments of dividends in cash, (c) is redeemable at +the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, (d) is secured by any +assets of the Borrowers or (e) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable +for Indebtedness or any other Disqualified Equity Interest, in whole or in part, +in each case, on or prior to the date that is ninety one (91) days after the +Maturity Date at the time of issuance. + +  + +“Dollars” and “$” shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States of +America. + +  + + - 7 - + +   + +    + +“Earnings Before Interest and Taxes” shall mean for any period the sum of (i) +net income (or loss) of Borrowers and any Subsidiaries for such period +(excluding any non-cash expenses such as non-cash hedging gains or losses, +deferred income taxes, other itemized non-cash expenses, one-time non-cash gains +and one-time non-cash losses and extraordinary gains), plus (ii) one-time +expenses and extraordinary losses for which Agent has provided its prior written +consent in its sole discretion plus (iii) all interest expense, fees and +penalties associated with interest payments or debt payments of the Borrowers +for such period, plus (iv) all charges against income of the Borrowers for such +period for federal, state and local taxes, plus (v) any unrealized Swap losses +which were deducted from net income. + +  + +“EBITDA” shall mean for any period the sum of (i) Earnings Before Interest and +Taxes for such period plus (ii) all non-cash items such as depreciation, +depletion and amortization expenses, any full cost write-downs, and any other +itemized non-cash expenses for such period (all without duplication). + +  + +“Effective Date” shall mean the date on which the conditions specified in +Section 3.1 are satisfied. + +  + +“Eligible Contract Participant” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in +the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder. + +  + +“Environmental Complaint” shall mean any written or oral complaint, order, +directive, claim, citation, notice of environmental report or investigation, or +other notice by any Governmental Authority or any other Person with respect to +(a) air emissions, (b) spills, releases, or discharges to soils, any +improvements located thereon, surface water, groundwater, or the sewer, septic, +waste treatment, storage, or disposal systems servicing any Property of the +Borrowers, (c) solid or liquid waste disposal, (d) the use, generation, storage, +transportation, or disposal of any Hazardous Substance, or (e) other +environmental, health, or safety matters affecting any Property of the Borrowers +or the business conducted thereon. + +  + +“Environmental Laws” shall mean (a) the following federal laws as they may be +cited, referenced, and amended from time to time: the Clean Air Act, the Clean +Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Comprehensive Environmental +Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Endangered Species Act, the +Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Hazardous Materials Transportation +Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Oil Pollution Act, the Resource +Conservation and Recovery Act, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, +and the Toxic Substances Control Act; (b) any and all equivalent environmental +statutes of any state in which Property of any Borrower is situated, as they may +be cited, referenced and amended from time to time; (c) any rules or regulations +promulgated under or adopted pursuant to the above federal and state laws; and +(d) any other equivalent federal, state, or local statute or any requirement, +rule, regulation, code, ordinance, decree, permit, concession, grant, franchise, +license, agreement or governmental restrictions or order adopted pursuant +thereto, including all common law relating to pollution or the protection of +health, safety or the environment or the release of any materials into the +environment, including those related to the generation, transportation, +treatment, storage, recycling, disposal, handling, or release of Hazardous +Substances, air emissions, discharges to waste or public systems and health and +safety matters. + +     + + - 8 - + +   + +  + +“Environmental Permit” means any permit, permit by rule, registration, license, +approval, consent, exemption, variance or other authorization required under or +issued pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws. + +  + +“Equity Interests” shall mean shares of capital stock, partnership interests, +membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a +trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options +or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such +Equity Interest. + +  + +“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the +regulations thereunder and interpretations thereof. + +  + +“Event of Default” shall mean any of the events specified in Section 7.1. + +  + +“Excess Cash Flow” shall mean, for any fiscal quarter of Borrowers, the excess, +if any, of EBITDA for such fiscal quarter over the sum of the following (but +without duplication of any amounts in separate clauses below and without +duplication of any amounts deducted in determining net income): (i) cash +interest expense, (ii) Permitted Tax Distributions and cash income tax expense, +(iii) the amount of any Capital Expenditures and maintenance Capital +Expenditures included in the Development Plan to the extent approved by Agent in +writing that are: (A) paid in cash during such period, (B) incurred by not yet +paid in cash during such period, or (C) otherwise approved for such calculation +approved by Agent in writing, (iv) cash fees and expenses incurred in connection +with this Agreement and the Loan Documents, (v) any scheduled payments, +repayments and voluntary prepayments of the Term Loan made in such fiscal +quarter and (vi) any noncash items that increased net income that have not been +deducted in the determination of EBITDA. + +  + +“Excess Cash Flow Application Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term +in Section 2.9(b). + +  + +“Excess Payments” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.20. + +  + +“Excluded Assets” shall mean (i) any General Intangibles (as defined in the UCC) +or other rights arising under any contracts, instruments, licenses or other +documents to the extent the grant, assignment, transfer, creation, attachment, +perfection or enforcement of a security interest would (x) constitute a +violation of a valid and enforceable restriction in favor of a third party on +such grant, assignment, transfer, creation, attachment, perfection or +enforcement, unless and until any required consents shall have been obtained, +which the applicable Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to +obtain or (y) give any other party to such contract, instrument, license or +other document a valid and enforceable right to terminate its obligations +thereunder or to take any other default remedy thereunder, unless and until any +required consents shall have been obtained, which the applicable Borrower shall +use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain; provided, that in any event any +money or other amounts due or to become due under any such General Intangible, +contract, agreement, instrument or license shall not be “Excluded Assets” and +(ii) any property to the extent that the Borrowers are prohibited from granting +a security interest in, pledge of, or lien upon any such property by reason of +(x) an existing and enforceable negative pledge provision to the extent such +provision does not violate the terms of this Agreement, unless and until any +required consents shall have been obtained, which the applicable Borrower shall +use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain or (y) applicable law or +regulation to which such Borrowers are subject, except (in the case of either of +the foregoing clauses (ii)(x) and (ii)(y)) to the extent such restriction, +termination right or prohibition is rendered unenforceable or ineffective under +Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC or other applicable law. For +the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the foregoing, the “Excluded Assets” +shall not include the Oil and Gas Properties or any seismic data, rights or +related agreements of the Borrowers. + +     + + - 9 - + +   + +   + +“Excluded Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to the Borrowers, any Swap +Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the grant by the +relevant Borrower of a Lien to secure such Swap Obligation is or becomes illegal +under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the +Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official +interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of the relevant Borrower’s failure, for +any reason, to constitute an Eligible Contract Participant at the time the grant +of such Lien becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation and, if a +Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one Swap, +such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is +attributable to Commodity Hedge Agreements for which such Lien is or becomes +illegal. + +  + +“Excluded Taxes” means (a) with respect to any and all payments to the Agent, +any Lender or any recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any +Obligation, net income taxes, branch profits taxes, franchises and excise taxes +(to the extent imposed in lieu of net income taxes), and all interest, penalties +and liabilities with respect thereto, imposed on the Agent or any Lender, and +(b) with respect to Agent, any Lender or any other Person, any Taxes unrelated +to the Obligations or this Agreement. + +  + +“Executive Order No. 13224” shall mean Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist +Financing, effective September 24, 2001, as the same has been, or shall +hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or replaced. + +  + +“Federal Funds Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded +upwards to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates +on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve +System, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank on the Business Day next +succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the +Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the +next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, +and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, +the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to the +Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by the Agent. + +    + + - 10 - + +   + +  + +“Financial Officer” shall mean, for any Business Entity, the designated company +representative, principal accounting officer, treasurer, manager or controller +of such Business Entity. + +  + +“Financial Statements” shall mean statements of the financial condition of the +Borrowers on a consolidated basis, as at the point in time and for the period +indicated, including all notes thereto, and consisting of at least a balance +sheet and related statements of operations, shareholders, members’ or partners’ +equity and cash flows and, when required by applicable provisions of this +Agreement, to be audited, accompanied by the unqualified certification of a +nationally-recognized or regionally-recognized firm of independent certified +public accountants or other independent certified public accountants reasonably +acceptable to the Agent and footnotes to any of the foregoing, all of which, +unless otherwise indicated, shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP +consistently applied and in comparative form with respect to the corresponding +period of the preceding fiscal year. + +  + +“Foreign Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.6(f). + +  + +“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles established by the +Financial Accounting Standards Board or the American Institute of Certified +Public Accountants and in effect in the United States of America from time to +time. + +  + +“General and Administrative Costs” means, for any period, the aggregate of all +general and administrative costs and expenses incurred by the Borrowers, +including, without limitation, costs incurred for overhead (including each +Borrower’s working interest share of overhead charges owed to an Affiliate of +such Borrower under applicable joint operating agreements), costs of payroll and +benefits for corporate staff, costs of maintaining a headquarters, costs of +managing production and development operations, rent expense, costs of supplies, +travel and insurance, IT expenses, accounting and other fees for professional +services, including legal, consulting, engineering and broker related fees and +expenses, but excluding (i) non-recurring items acceptable to the Agent, (ii) +expenses and costs of other, third-party working interest owners of Oil and Gas +Properties operated by the Borrowers and each Borrower’s working interest share +of overhead owed to a designated operator (that is not an Affiliate of the +Borrowers) pursuant to applicable joint operating agreements, (iii) payment of +reimbursement of any accounting, engineering and legal fees of the Agent’s and +any Lender pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents, (iv) payment of the +annual administration fee for the Agent pursuant to the Agent fee letter, and +(v) expenses and costs incurred in administering the Operating Accounts, in an +amount not to exceed $5,000 in the aggregate per fiscal year. + +     + + - 11 - + +   + +  + +“Governmental Authority” shall mean any nation, country, commonwealth, +territory, government, state, county, parish, municipality, or other political +subdivision and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, +regulatory, or administrative functions of or pertaining to government. + +  + +“Hazardous Substances” shall mean any substance regulated or as to which +liability might arise under any applicable Environmental Law including; +flammables, explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous wastes, asbestos, or +any material containing asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), radon, +infections or medical wastes, toxic substances or related materials, petroleum, +petroleum products, petroleum substances, associated oil or natural gas +exploration, production, and development wastes and any components, fractions, +or derivatives thereof, or any chemical, compound, material, product, byproduct, +substance or waste, defined as “hazardous substances,” “hazardous materials,” +“hazardous wastes,” “solid waste,” “toxic water,” “extremely hazardous +substance,” or “toxic substances,” “contaminant,” “pollutant,” or words of +similar meaning or import found in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, +Compensation and Liability Act, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization +Act, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, the Resource Conservation and +Recovery Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, or any other Requirement of Law. + +  + +“Highest Lawful Rate” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, the maximum +non-usurious interest rate, if any (or, if the context so requires, an amount +calculated at such rate), that at any time or from time to time may be +contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received under laws applicable to +such Lender, as such laws are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by +applicable law, as such laws may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher +maximum non-usurious interest rate than such laws now allow. + +  + +“Hydrocarbon Interests” shall mean all rights, options, titles, interests and +estates now or hereafter acquired in and to oil and gas leases, oil, gas and +mineral leases, or other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon leases, mineral fee +interests, overriding royalty and royalty interests, net profit interests and +production payment interests, including any reserved or residual interests of +whatever nature. + +  + +“Hydrocarbons” shall mean crude oil, bitumen, synthetic crude oil, petroleum, +gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline, natural gas liquids, +condensate, distillate, liquid hydrocarbons, gaseous hydrocarbons and all +products refined or separated therefrom, and all related hydrocarbons and any +and all other substances whether liquid, solid or gaseous, whether hydrocarbons +or not, produced or producible in association with any of the foregoing, +including hydrogen sulphide and sulphur. + +    + + - 12 - + +   + +  + +“Indebtedness” shall mean, as to any Person, without duplication, (a) all +liabilities (excluding capital, surplus, reserves for deferred income taxes, +deferred compensation liabilities and other deferred liabilities and credits) +which in accordance with GAAP would be included in determining total liabilities +as shown on the liability side of a balance sheet, (b) all obligations of such +Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, promissory notes or similar evidences of +indebtedness, (c) all other indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (d) +all obligations of others, to the extent any such obligation is secured by a +Lien on the assets of such Person (whether or not such Person has assumed or +become liable for the obligation secured by such Lien), (e) the principal +component of all direct or contingent obligations of such Person under letters +of credit, banker’s acceptances and similar instruments and (f) net obligations +of such Person payable with respect to any Commodity Hedge Agreements, except +for ordinary course of business settlement payments. + +  + +“Indemnified Taxes” shall mean Taxes other than Excluded Taxes. + +  + +“Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.20. + +  + +“Independent Reserve Engineer” means Laroche Petroleum Consultants or such other +petroleum engineering firm approved in writing by the Agent. + +  + +“Initial Reserve Report” shall mean a report prepared by the Reserve Engineer +covering the Reserves attributable to the interest of one or more of the +Borrowers in Oil and Gas Properties in form and substance satisfactory to the +Agent and the Independent Reserve Engineer in their sole discretion. + +  + +“Insolvency Proceeding” shall mean application (whether voluntary or instituted +by another Person) for or the consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, +conservator, custodian, or liquidator of any Person or of all or a substantial +part of the Property of such Person, or the filing of a petition (whether +voluntary or instituted by another Person) commencing a case under Title 11 of +the United States of America Code, seeking liquidation, reorganization, or +rearrangement or taking advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, debtor’s +relief, or other similar law of the United States of America, the State of +Delaware, or any other jurisdiction. + +  + +“Intellectual Property” shall mean patents, patent applications, trademarks, +tradenames, copyrights, technology, know‑how, and processes. + +  + +“Interest Payment Date” shall mean, with respect to any Term Loan, the first +Business Day of each calendar month. + +    + + - 13 - + +   + +  + +“Investment” in any Person shall mean any stock, bond, note or other evidence of +Indebtedness, or any other security (other than current trade and customer +accounts) of, investment or partnership interest in or loan to, such Person. + +  + +“Liabilities” shall mean, for the Borrowers on a consolidated basis, all +Indebtedness and other liabilities and obligations, whether matured or +unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, primary or secondary, direct or indirect +or absolute, fixed or contingent, and whether or not required to be considered +for purposes of compliance with GAAP. + +  + +“Lien” shall mean any interest in Property securing an obligation owed to, or a +claim by, a Person other than the owner of such Property, whether such interest +is based on common law, statute, or contract, and including, but not limited to, +the lien or security interest arising from a mortgage, ship mortgage, +encumbrance, pledge, security agreement, conditional sale or trust receipt, or a +lease, consignment, or bailment for security purposes (other than true leases or +true consignments), liens of mechanics, materialmen, and artisans, maritime +liens and reservations, exceptions, encroachments, easements, rights of way, +covenants, conditions, restrictions, leases, and other title exceptions and +encumbrances affecting Property which secure an obligation owed to, or a claim +by, a Person other than the owner of such Property (for the purpose of this +Agreement, the Borrowers shall be deemed to be the owner of any Property which +it has acquired or holds subject to a conditional sale agreement, financing +lease, or other arrangement pursuant to which title to the Property has been +retained by or vested in some other Person for security purposes). + +  + +“Limitation Period” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, any period while any +amount remains owing on the Note payable to such Lender and interest on such +amount, calculated at the Contract Rate, plus any fees or other sums payable to +such Lender under any Loan Document and deemed to be interest under applicable +law, would exceed the amount of interest which would accrue at the Highest +Lawful Rate. + +  + +“Loan Balance” shall mean, at any point in time, the aggregate outstanding +principal balance of the Notes at such time. + +  + +“Loan Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Notes, the Security Documents, +the Subordination Agreement and all other documents and instruments now or +hereafter delivered pursuant to the terms of or in connection with any of the +foregoing, and all renewals and extensions of, amendments and supplements to, +and restatements of, any or all of the foregoing from time to time in effect. + +  + +“Lockbox” shall mean the Post Office Box maintained with or through Citibank. + +    + + - 14 - + +   + +   + +“Lockbox Account” shall mean the deposit account maintained by the Agent with +Citibank and associated with the Lockbox. + +  + +“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean (a) any adverse effect on the business, +operations, properties, liabilities or financial condition of the Borrowers, on +a consolidated basis, which increases, in any material respect, the risk that +any of the Obligations will not be repaid as and when due, (b) any material and +adverse effect upon the Collateral, including any material and adverse effect +upon the value or impairment of any Borrowers’ or any other Person’s ownership +of any material portion of the Collateral, (c) any material adverse effect on +the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or (d) any material adverse +effect on the rights or remedies of the Agent or any Lender under a Loan +Document. + +  + +“Material Contract” means, collectively, (a) any written contract or agreement +requiring payments to be made or providing for payments to be received, in each +case in excess of $1,000,000 individually or, if involving a series of related +contracts or agreements, in the aggregate during any 12-month period, (b) any +other written contract or other arrangement to which any Borrower is a party +(other than the Loan Documents) for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation +or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse +Effect and (c) any written agreement or instrument evidencing or governing +Indebtedness (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Commodity Hedge +Agreement, but excluding the Loan Documents) with a principal amount or notional +amount in excess of $500,000; provided that any bid, surety, performance, +appeal, regulatory or similar bonds obtained in the ordinary course of business, +shall not be considered a Material Contract. + +  + +“Maturity Date” shall mean the earlier to occur of (i) the date that is thirty +(30) months after the Effective Date; provided, that if such date is not a +Business Day it shall be the succeeding Business Day or (ii) the date the Term +Loan is accelerated pursuant to this Agreement. + +  + +“Minimum Required Commodity Hedge Agreements” shall mean Commodity Hedge +Agreements between the Borrower and one or more Approved Hedge Counterparties +covering not less than (i) seventy-five percent (75%) of each Borrower’s next +twelve (12) months of forward projected oil and gas production based on PDP set +forth in the most recent Reserve Report, (ii) sixty percent (60%) of each +Borrower’s thirteenth (13th) month through twenty-fourth (24th) month forward +projected oil and gas production based on PDP set forth in the most recent +Reserve Report, and (iii) fifty percent (50%) of each Borrower’s twenty-fifth +(25th) month through thirty-sixth (36th) month forward projected oil and gas +production based on PDP set forth in the most recent Reserve Report. + +  + +“Mortgaged Properties” shall mean all Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrowers +subject to a perfected first priority Lien (subject only to Permitted Liens) in +favor of the Agent, as security for the Obligations. + +    + + - 15 - + +   + +   + +“Mortgages” shall mean, collectively, the mortgages executed by the Borrowers to +the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders providing a lien on all Real Property +and Oil and Gas Properties owned or leased by the Borrowers. + +  + +“Notes” shall mean, collectively, the promissory note or notes executed by the +Borrowers and payable to each Lender in the face amount of the Percentage Share +of such Lender of the amount of the Term Loan in the form attached hereto as +Exhibit A with all blanks in such form completed appropriately, together with +all renewals, extensions for any period, increases and rearrangements thereof. + +  + +“Notice of Termination” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14. + +  + +“NYMEX” shall mean the New York Mercantile Exchange. + +  + +“Obligations” shall mean, without duplication of the same amount in more than +one category, (a) all Indebtedness of the Borrowers evidenced by the Notes, (b) +all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrowers to the Agent or the +Lenders, now existing or hereafter incurred, under, arising out of or in +connection with any other Loan Document, and (c) amounts owing or to be owing by +any Borrowers under any Commodity Hedge Agreements between such Borrowers and +any Approved Hedge Counterparty (which it is agreed shall rank pari passu with +all other items listed in this definition), except Excluded Swap Obligations, +and to the extent that any of the foregoing includes or refers to the payment of +amounts deemed or constituting interest, only so much thereof as shall have +accrued, been earned and which remains unpaid at each relevant time of +determination. + +  + +“Obtained Benefit” shall mean, with respect to any Borrower, the aggregate +amount of benefits, both direct and indirect, obtained by the relevant Borrower +from the extension of credit to the Borrowers under this Agreement and not +repaid by the relevant Borrower. + +  + +“OFAC” shall mean the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States of +America Department of the Treasury, or any other any successor Governmental +Authority. + +  + +“Oil and Gas Properties” shall mean (a) Hydrocarbon Interests; (b) the +Properties now or hereafter pooled or unitized with Hydrocarbon Interests; (c) +all presently existing or future unitization, pooling agreements and +declarations of pooled units and the units created thereby (including without +limitation all units created under orders, regulations and rules of any +Governmental Authority) which may affect all or any portion of the Hydrocarbon +Interests; (d) all operating agreements, contracts and other agreements, +including production sharing contracts and agreements, which relate to any of +the Hydrocarbon Interests or the production, sale, purchase, exchange or +processing of Hydrocarbons from or attributable to such Hydrocarbon Interests; +(e) all Hydrocarbons in and under and which may be produced and saved or +attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests, including all oil in tanks, and all +rents, issues, profits, proceeds, products, revenues and other incomes from or +attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests; (f) all tenements, hereditaments, +appurtenances and Properties in any manner appertaining, belonging, affixed or +incidental to the Hydrocarbon Interests and (g) all Properties, rights, titles, +interests and estates described or referred to above, including any and all +Property, real or personal, now owned or hereafter acquired and situated upon, +used, held for use or useful in connection with the operating, working or +development of any of such Hydrocarbon Interests or Property (excluding drilling +rigs, automotive equipment, rental equipment or other personal Property which +may be on such premises for the purpose of drilling a well or for other similar +temporary uses) and including any and all oil wells, gas wells, injection wells +or other wells, buildings, structures, fuel separators, liquid extraction +plants, plant compressors, pumps, pumping units, field gathering systems, tanks +and tank batteries, fixtures, valves, fittings, machinery and parts, engines, +boilers, meters, apparatus, equipment, appliances, tools, implements, cables, +wires, towers, casing, tubing and rods, surface leases, rights-of-way, easements +and servitudes together with all additions, substitutions, replacements, +accessions and attachments to any and all of the foregoing. + +   + + - 16 - + +   + +  + +“Operating Accounts” shall mean, collectively, one or more separate deposit +accounts, including the deposit accounts maintained by one or more of the +Borrowers with Bank of America, N.A., as reflected on Schedule 6.18, each of +which deposit accounts shall be subject to a deposit account control agreement +with shifting control among the Borrowers, Bank of America, N.A. and the Agent +(each, a “Deposit Account Control Agreement”). + +  + +“Operator Event of Default” means (a) a default or event of default by Petrodome +Energy, LLC under any document evidencing Indebtedness, (b) Petrodome Energy, +LLC shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee or +liquidator of it or all or a substantial part of its assets, (ii) file a +voluntary petition commencing an Insolvency Proceeding, (iii) make a general +assignment for the benefit of creditors of all or substantially all of its +assets, (iv) be unable, or admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts +generally as they become due or (v) file an answer admitting the material +allegations of a petition filed against it in any Insolvency Proceeding, or (c) +Viking shall cease to own 100% of the Equity Interests in Petrodome Energy, LLC. + +  + +“Other Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future stamp or documentary +taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising +from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or +enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document. + +  + +“PDP” shall mean Proved Developed Producing Reserves. + +  + +“Percentage Share” shall mean, as to each Lender, the applicable percentage set +forth on Schedule 1.2B. + +  + +“Permitted Liens” shall mean (a) Liens for taxes, assessments, or other +governmental charges or levies not yet due or which (if foreclosure, distraint, +sale, or other similar proceedings shall not have been initiated) are being +contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and such reserve as may be +required by GAAP shall have been made therefor, (b) Liens in connection with +workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security (other +than Liens created by Section 4068 of ERISA), old-age pension, employee +benefits, or public liability obligations which are not yet due or which are +being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, if such reserve as may +be required by GAAP shall have been made therefor, (c) Liens in favor of +vendors, carriers, warehousemen, repairmen, mechanics, workmen, materialmen, +constructors, laborers, landlords or similar Liens arising by operation of law +in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations that are not yet +due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, if +such reserve as may be required by GAAP shall have been made therefor, (d) Liens +securing leases of equipment, provided that, as to any particular lease, the +Lien covers only the relevant leased equipment and secures only amounts which +are not yet due and payable under the relevant lease or are being contested in +good faith by appropriate proceedings and such reserve as required by GAAP shall +have been made therefor, (e) Liens in favor of the Agent securing the +Obligations and other Liens expressly permitted hereunder or in the Security +Documents, (f) Liens securing equipment financed with Indebtedness or other +purchase money financings pursuant to Section 6.1(f), and (g) Liens on cash and +securities and deposits securing the Borrowers’ reimbursement obligations with +respect to bid, surety, performance, appeal, regulatory or similar bonds +obtained in the ordinary course of business. + +    + + - 17 - + +   + +   + +“Permitted Tax Distributions” shall mean, with respect to any Borrower, (A) so +long as it is taxable as a partnership for United States federal income tax +purposes, tax distributions to the partners or members of the relevant Borrower +in an aggregate amount that does not exceed, with respect to any period, an +amount equal to (a) the product of (i) the Applicable Tax Percentage multiplied +by (ii) such Borrower’s federal taxable income, minus (b) to the extent not +previously taken into account, any income tax benefit attributable to such +Borrower which could be utilized by its partners or members, in the current or +any prior year, or portion thereof, from and after the Closing Date (including +any tax losses or tax credits), computed at the Applicable Tax Percentage of the +year that such benefit is taken into account for purposes of this computation; +provided that the computation of distributions under this definition shall also +take into account (x) the deductibility of state and local taxes for federal +income tax purposes and (y) any difference in the Applicable Tax Percentage +resulting from the nature of the taxable income (such as capital gain as opposed +to ordinary income, if applicable) or (B) for any fiscal year (or portion +thereof) for which a Borrower is disregarded as an entity separate from a +corporate parent for U.S. federal income tax purposes, an aggregate amount not +to exceed the amount of such Taxes that such Borrower and/or its applicable +Subsidiaries would have paid had such Borrower and/or such Subsidiaries, as +applicable, been a stand-alone corporate taxpayer (or a stand-alone corporate +group); provided, that Permitted Tax Distributions in respect of any fiscal year +may be paid throughout the fiscal year to cover estimated tax payments as +reasonably determined by the Borrowers. + +  + +“Person” shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability +company, trust, unincorporated organization, government, any agency or political +subdivision of any government or any other form of entity. + +  + +“Plan” shall mean, at any time, any employee benefit plan which is covered by +Title IV of ERISA and in respect of which the Borrowers, or any Commonly +Controlled Entity is (or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under +Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) +of ERISA. + +  + +“Prepayment Fee” shall mean a fee as calculated below to compensate Lenders for +liquidated damages sustained by each Lender as a result of the prepayment, and +the Borrowers agree that such amount is reasonable under the circumstances +currently existing. The Prepayment Fee shall be the product of (a) the amount of +the prepayment, multiplied by (b) the applicable prepayment percentage set forth +below as of the date of such prepayment: + +  + +Repayment Date +(on or between) + +  + +Prepayment Percentage + +Closing Date to February 3, 2021 + +  + +5% + +February 3, 2021 to February 3, 2022 + +  + +3% + +February 3, 2022 to the last day of the calendar month preceding the Maturity +Date + +  + +0% + +  + +“Prime Rate” means the prime rate published by The Wall Street Journal’s “Money +Rate” or similar table. If multiple prime rates are quoted in the table, then +the highest prime rate will be the Prime Rate. In the event that the prime rate +is no longer published by The Wall Street Journal in the “Money Rates” or +similar table, then the Agent may select an alternative published index based +upon comparable information as a substitute Prime Rate. Upon the selection of a +substitute Prime Rate, the applicable interest rate shall thereafter vary in +relation to the substitute index. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event +shall the Prime Rate ever be less than one and four and three-quarters percent +(4.75%). + +   + + - 18 - + +   + +  + +“Principal Office” shall mean the principal office of the Agent in New York, New +York, presently located at 405 Lexington Avenue, 59th Floor, New York, New York +10174 or such other location as Agent may designate from time to time. + +  + +“Property” shall mean any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether +real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible. + +  + +“Proved Developed Producing Reserves” or “PDP Reserves” has the meaning assigned +to such term in the SPE/SEC Standards. + +  + +“Proved Reserves” has the meaning assigned to such term in the SPE/SEC +Standards. + +  + +“Proved Undeveloped Reserves” has the meaning assigned such term in the SPE/SEC +Standards. + +  + +“PUD” shall mean Proved Undeveloped Reserves. + +  + +“PV-10” shall mean present value discounted at ten percent (10%). + +  + +“Qualified ECP Borrower” shall mean, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each +Borrower that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant +grant of any Lien becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such +other Person as constitutes an Eligible Contract Participant and can cause +another Person to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant at such time by +entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity +Exchange Act. + +  + +“Real Property” shall mean all of each Borrower’s right, title and interest in +and to the owned and leased real property (other than the Oil and Gas +Properties), including the fixtures and improvements thereon, as of the date +hereof or which is hereafter owned or leased by any Borrower. + +  + +“Register” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.1(b). + +  + +“Regulatory Change” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, the passage, +adoption, institution, or amendment of any federal, state, local, or foreign +Requirement of Law, or any interpretation, directive, or request (whether or not +having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority or monetary authority +charged with the enforcement, interpretation, or administration thereof, +occurring after the Closing Date and applying to a class of lenders including +such Lender; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) +the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, +rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, +shall in each case be deemed to be a “Regulatory Change”, regardless of the date +enacted, adopted or issued and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives +promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on +Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States +or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in +each case be deemed to be a “Regulatory Change”, regardless of the date enacted, +adopted or issued. + +    + + - 19 - + +   + +  + +“Release of Hazardous Substances” shall mean any emission, spill, release, +disposal, or discharge, except in accordance with a valid permit, license, +certificate, or approval of the relevant Governmental Authority, of any +Hazardous Substance into or upon (a) the air, (b) soils or any improvements +located thereon, (c) surface water or groundwater, or (d) the sewer or septic +system, or the waste treatment, storage, or disposal system servicing any +Property of the Borrowers. + +  + +“Replacement Lenders” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14. + +  + +“Required Lenders” shall mean Lenders whose Percentage Shares total at least +fifty one percent (51%). + +  + +“Requirement of Law” shall mean, as to any Person, the certificate or articles +of incorporation and by-laws, the certificate or articles of organization and +regulations, operating agreement or limited liability company agreement, the +agreement of limited partnership or other organizational or governing documents +of such Person, and any applicable law, treaty, ordinance, order, judgment, +rule, decree, regulation or determination of an arbitrator, court or other +Governmental Authority, including rules, regulations, orders and requirements +for permits, licenses, registrations, approvals or authorizations, in each case +as such now exist or may be hereafter amended and are applicable to or binding +upon such Person or any of its Property or to which such Person or any of its +Property is subject. + +  + +“Reserve Engineer” means Netherland Sewell and Associates, Inc. or such other +petroleum engineering firm approved in writing by the Agent. + +  + +“Reserve Report” shall mean the Initial Reserve Report, and any subsequent +report prepared by the Reserve Engineer (and in consultation with the +Independent Reserve Engineer), substantially in the form of and utilizing the +same data set as the Initial Reserve Report covering the Reserves attributable +to the interests of one or more of the Borrowers in Oil and Gas Properties. + +  + +“Reserves” shall mean volumes of Hydrocarbons. + +  + +“Responsible Officer” shall mean, as to any Business Entity, its President, any +of its Vice Presidents, its Financial Officer or any other Person duly +authorized, in accordance with the applicable organizational documents, bylaws, +regulations or resolutions, to act on behalf of such Business Entity. + +  + +“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor +Governmental Authority. + +    + + - 20 - + +   + +  + +“Security Documents” shall mean, collectively, (a) the security documents +executed and delivered by the Borrowers securing the Term Loan, including but +not limited to any deed of trust, mortgage, pledge agreement, security +agreement, collateral agreement or Deposit Account Control Agreement and (b) +other documents and instruments at any time executed as security for all or any +portion of the Obligations, as such instruments may be amended, supplemented, +restated or otherwise modified from time to time (for avoidance of doubt, +including each Deposit Account Control Agreement with Bank of America, N.A.). + +  + +“Solvent” shall mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination +(after giving effect to the making of the Term Loan and the application of the +proceeds thereof and to the provisions of Section 9.20, if applicable), that on +such date (a) the fair value of the assets of such Person is not less than the +total amount of liabilities, including Contingent Obligations, of such Person, +(b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person is not less +than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such +Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person is able +to pay its debts and liabilities, Contingent Obligations and other commitments +as they mature in the ordinary course of business and (d) such Person is not +engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or +a transaction, for which such Person’s assets would constitute an unreasonably +small capital. For purposes of this definition, the amount of Contingent +Obligations at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of +all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount +that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability. + +  + +“SPE Definitions” shall mean, with respect to any term, the definition thereof +as adopted by the Board of Directors of the Society of Petroleum Engineers +(SPE). + +  + +“SPE/SEC Standards” shall mean the more restrictive of the standards and/or +definitions, as determined by the Agent, set forth by (a) the SEC and (b) the +Society of Petroleum Engineers or the SPE Definitions. + +  + +“Subordinated Indebtedness” shall mean any sum of money and/or property, whether +now owing or otherwise, permitted by the Agent pursuant to the terms hereof, +owed by one or more of the Borrowers to: (i) any other Borrower, (ii) any +manager, member, general partner, limited partner or officer of any Borrower, +(iii) Viking, and (iv) any other party directly or indirectly related to any +Borrower. + +  + +“Subordination Agreement” means that certain Operator Subordination Agreement +dated as of the date hereof, by and among _______, the Agent and Petrodome +Operating Company, LLC, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent in its +sole discretion. + +   + + - 21 - + +   + +  + +“Subsidiary” shall mean, as to any Person, any Business Entity of which shares +of stock or other Equity Interests having ordinary voting power (other than +stock having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to +elect a majority of the board of directors or other governing body or managers +of such Business Entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is +otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, +or both, by such Person. + +  + +“Superfund Site” shall mean those sites listed on the Environmental Protection +Agency National Priority List and eligible for remedial action or any comparable +state registries or list in any state of the United States of America. + +  + +“Swap” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1a(47) of the Commodity +Exchange Act. + +  + +“Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to the Borrowers, any obligation to +pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a +Swap. + +  + +“Tax Related Person” means any Person (including a beneficial owner of an +interest in a pass-through entity) who is required to include in income amounts +realized (whether or not distributed) by the Agent, a Lender or any Tax Related +Person of any of the foregoing. + +  + +“Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, +fees, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority. + +  + +“Term Loan” shall mean the loan made by the Lenders to or for the benefit of the +Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement. + +  + +“Terminated Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14. + +  + +“Termination Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14. + +  + +“Total Proved Reserves” shall be as defined in the SPE/SEC Standards. + +  + +“Total Secured Debt” shall mean all Indebtedness of the Borrowers that is +secured by a Lien on the property or assets of the Borrowers. + +  + +“Transfer” shall mean the issuance, sale, assignment, alienation, conveyance, +divestment, transfer, disposition (including through a plan of division), +hypothecation, mortgage or encumbrance of any ownership interest in Elysium or +in any entity having an ownership interest in Elysium, whether direct or +indirect (or entering into any agreement or contract to do any of the foregoing +that is not conditioned on compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents), or +undertaking, suffering or causing any of the foregoing to occur voluntarily, +involuntarily or by operation of law. + +    + + - 22 - + +   + +  + +“Transferee” shall mean any Person to which any Lender has sold, assigned, +transferred or granted a participation in any of the Obligations, as authorized +pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.1, and any Person acquiring, by +purchase, assignment, transfer or participation, from any such purchaser, +assignee, transferee or participant, any part of such Obligations. + +  + +“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in +the State of New York. + +  + +“Unrestricted Cash” shall mean, at any time, (a) all cash of the Borrowers that +meets each of the following criteria: such cash is (i) denominated in Dollars, +(ii) not subject to any Lien except Liens to secure the Obligations, (iii) not +subject to any restriction as to its use, (iv) in the United States in an +Operating Account, and (v) not being held for use for any anticipated +investment, payment or other specific purpose, less (b) one hundred percent +(100%) of hedging liabilities in excess of $500,000 and less (c) one hundred +percent (100%) of payables that are over ninety (90) days aged. + +  + +“USA Patriot Act” shall mean the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing +Appropriate Tools required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. +L. No. 107-56, 115 Stat. 272 (2001), as the same has been, or shall hereafter +be, renewed, extended, amended or replaced. + +  + +“Viking” shall mean Viking Energy Group, Inc. + +  + +1.3 Undefined Financial Accounting Terms. Financial accounting terms used in +this Agreement without definition are used herein with the respective meanings +assigned thereto in accordance with GAAP at the time in effect. + +  + +1.4 References. References in this Agreement to Schedule, Exhibit, Article or +Section numbers shall be to Schedules, Exhibits, Articles or Sections of this +Agreement, unless expressly stated to the contrary. References in this Agreement +to “hereby,” “herein,” “hereinafter,” “hereinabove,” “hereinbelow,” “hereof,” +“hereunder” and words of similar import shall be to this Agreement in its +entirety and not only to the particular Schedule, Exhibit, Article or Section in +which such reference appears. Specific enumeration herein shall not exclude the +general and, in such regard, the terms “includes” and “including” used herein +shall mean “includes, without limitation,” or “including, without limitation,” +as the case may be. Except as otherwise indicated, references in this Agreement +to statutes, sections or regulations are to be construed as including all +statutory or regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, +succeeding or supplementing the statute, section or regulation referred to. +References in this Agreement to (i) a matter or item being “approved”, +“consented to” or words of similar import shall mean such action is taken in +writing and (ii) “writing” shall include printing, typing, lithography, +facsimile reproduction and other means of reproducing words in a tangible +visible form. References in this Agreement to agreements and other contractual +instruments shall be deemed to include all exhibits and appendices attached +thereto and all subsequent amendments and other modifications to such +instruments, but only to the extent such amendments and other modifications are +not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement. References in this Agreement to +Persons include their respective successors and permitted assigns. + +      + + - 23 - + +   + +  + +1.5 Articles and Sections. This Agreement, for convenience only, has been +divided into Articles and Sections; and it is understood that the rights and +other legal relations of the parties hereto shall be determined from this +instrument as an entirety and without regard to the aforesaid division into +Articles and Sections and without regard to headings prefixed to such Articles +or Sections. + +  + +1.6 Number and Gender. Whenever the context requires, reference herein made to +the single number shall be understood to include the plural; and likewise, the +plural shall be understood to include the singular. Definitions of terms defined +in the singular or plural shall be equally applicable to the plural or singular, +as the case may be, unless otherwise indicated. Words denoting sex shall be +construed to include the masculine, feminine and neuter, when such construction +is appropriate; and specific enumeration shall not exclude the general but shall +be construed as cumulative. + +  + +1.7 Incorporation of Schedules and Exhibits. The Schedules and Exhibits attached +to this Agreement are incorporated herein and shall be considered a part of this +Agreement for all purposes. + +  + +1.8 Negotiated Transaction. Each party to this Agreement affirms to the others +that it has had the opportunity to consult, and discuss the provisions of this +Agreement with, independent counsel and fully understands the legal effect of +each provision. + +  + +ARTICLE II + +  + +TERMS OF FACILITY + +  + +2.1 Term Loan. + +  + +(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Lender severally +agrees to make a Term Loan to the Borrowers on the Effective Date in a principal +amount not to exceed the applicable term loan commitment set forth on Schedule +1.2B, in the manner and for the purposes provided in Section 2.2. +Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (and without affecting +any other provisions hereof), the funded portion of each Term Loan made on the +Effective Date shall be equal to 96.00% of the principal amount of such Term +Loan (it being agreed that the full principal amount of each such term Loan +shall be the “initial” principal amount of such Term Loan and deemed outstanding +on the Effective Date and the Borrowers shall be jointly and severally obligated +to repay 100.00% of the principal amount of each such Term Loan as provided +hereunder). The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that such 4.00% of original +issue discount shall be treated as reducing the issue price of the Term Loan by +like amount in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.1273-2(g)(2), +resulting in an aggregate of four percent (4%) of original issue discount in +respect of the Term Loan for federal income tax purposes, and shall report +consistently therewith for all purposes. + +     + + - 24 - + +   + +  + +(b) The Borrowers may request the Term Loan by providing at least one (1) +Business Day’s prior written notice thereof to the Agent, in the form of a +Borrowing Request. Each Lender shall severally make available to the Agent an +amount equal to such Lender’s Percentage Share of the Commitment at an account +designated by the Agent by 11:00 a.m. New York time on the Effective Date. The +amount so received by the Agent shall, upon receipt of all requested funds and +subject to the terms and conditions hereof, be made available to one or more of +the Borrowers, as directed by the Borrowers, in immediately available funds. The +portion of the Term Loan to be repaid to each Lender shall be evidenced by the +Note of such Lender. + +  + +(c) The failure of any Lender to make the portion of the Term Loan required to +be made by it hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation to +make the portion of the Term Loan required to be made by it, and no Lender shall +be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make its portion of the +Term Loan. + +  + +2.2 Use of Loan Proceeds. Proceeds of the Term Loan shall be used: (a) to +finance the acquisition of the properties contemplated in the Acquisition +Agreement, (b) for the working capital and general business purposes of the +Borrowers not otherwise prohibited under applicable provisions of this Agreement +and approved by the Agent, and (c) to pay fees and expenses incurred in +connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as more particularly +described on Schedule 2.2. + +  + +2.3 Repayment of Term Loan. + +  + +(a) Principal. The Borrowers hereby unconditionally promise to pay to the Agent, +in cash, for the account of the Lenders, (i) beginning on May 1, 2020 and on the +first day of each calendar month thereafter (in each case, if not a Business +Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day), a principal amount in respect to +the Term Loans equal to one percent (1%) of the then outstanding Loan Balance, +and (ii) to the extent not previously paid, the then unpaid principal amount of +each Term Loan on the Maturity Date and as otherwise contemplated in Section +2.9. The Term Loan is not a revolving loan; amounts repaid hereunder may not be +reborrowed. + +  + +(b) Interest. Each Term Loan shall bear interest on the principal amount thereof +on each day outstanding from the Effective Date, at a rate per annum equal to +the Contract Rate payable in cash on each Interest Payment Date. Accrued cash +interest on each Term Loan shall be paid in cash in arrears on each Interest +Payment Date applicable to such Term Loan. Interest on past‑due principal and, +to the extent permitted by applicable law, past‑due interest, shall accrue at +the Default Rate and shall be payable upon demand by the Agent. Notwithstanding +the foregoing, during the existence of any Event of Default, such interest shall +be payable upon demand by the Agent. While any Event of Default exists or after +acceleration, interest shall accrue and the Borrowers shall pay interest (after +as well as before entry of judgment thereon to the extent permitted by law) on +any amount payable by the Borrowers hereunder, at a per annum rate equal to the +lesser of (A) the Highest Lawful Rate and (B) the Default Rate. + +      + + - 25 - + +   + +  + +2.4 [Reserved]. + +  + +2.5 Outstanding Amounts. The outstanding principal balance of the Note of each +Lender reflected by the notations of such Lender on its records shall be deemed +presumptive evidence of the principal amount owing on such Note. The liability +for payment of principal and interest evidenced by each Note shall be limited to +principal amounts actually advanced and outstanding pursuant to this Agreement, +the original issue discount amount and interest on such amounts calculated in +accordance with this Agreement. The Agent shall maintain accounts in which it +will record (i) the amount of each Term Loan made hereunder and the Contract +Rate or other interest rate applicable thereto; (ii) the amount of any principal +or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrowers to +each Lender hereunder; and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Agent +hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof. The +entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to this paragraph shall be +prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations therein +recorded; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Agent to maintain such +accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligations of +the Borrowers to repay the Term Loan in accordance with its terms. In the event +of any conflict between the records maintained by any Lender and the records of +the Agent in respect of such matters, the records of the Agent shall control in +the absence of manifest error. + +  + +2.6 Taxes and Time, Place, and Method of Payments. + +  + +(a) All payments required pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes shall be made +without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars and in immediately available funds +free and clear of, and without deduction for, any Indemnified Taxes or Other +Taxes; provided, however that if any Borrower shall be required to deduct any +Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable +shall be increased by the amount (the “Additional Amount”) necessary so that +after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to +additional sums described in this Section 2.6(a)) the Agent or any Lender, as +the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had +no such deductions been made, (ii) each Borrower shall make any such deductions +and (iii) each Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant +Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. In addition, to the +extent not paid in accordance with the preceding sentence, each Borrower shall +pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with +applicable law. + +  + +(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.14, the Borrowers, on a joint and +several basis with any other Borrower, shall indemnify the Agent and each Lender +for Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes payable by such Person, provided, however, +that no Borrower shall be obligated to make payment to the Agent or any Lender +in respect of penalties, interest and other similar liabilities attributable to +such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes if such penalties, interest or other +similar liabilities are attributable to the gross negligence or willful +misconduct of the Person seeking indemnification; provided further, that neither +any Lender nor the Agent shall be entitled to indemnification for Indemnified +Taxes and Other Taxes paid by such Person more than three months prior to the +date such Lender or the Agent gives notice and demand thereof to the Borrowers +(except that, if the indemnification is based on a Regulatory Change giving rise +to such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes the effect of which is retroactive, +then the three month period referred to above shall be extended to include the +period of retroactive effect thereof). + +     + + - 26 - + +   + +  + +(c) If a Lender or the Agent shall become aware that it is entitled to claim a +refund from a Governmental Authority in respect of Indemnified Taxes or Other +Taxes paid by any Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.6, including Indemnified +Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrowers, or +with respect to which any Borrower has paid Additional Amounts pursuant to the +Loan Documents, it shall promptly notify the relevant Borrower of the +availability of such refund claim and, if the Lender or the Agent, as the case +may be, determines in good faith that making a claim for refund will not have an +adverse effect to its taxes or business operations, it shall, within 10 days +after receipt of a request by the Borrowers, make a claim to such Governmental +Authority for such refund at the expense of the Borrowers. If a Lender or the +Agent receives a refund in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid +by any Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents, it shall within 30 days from the +date of such receipt pay over such refund to the relevant Borrower (but only to +the extent of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid pursuant to the Loan +Documents, including indemnity payments made or Additional Amounts paid, by the +relevant Borrower under this Section 2.6 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes +or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out of pocket +expenses of such Lender or the Agent, as the case may be, and without interest +(other than interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to +such refund). + +  + +(d) If any Lender or the Agent is or becomes eligible under any applicable law, +regulation, treaty or other rule to a reduced rate of taxation, or a complete +exemption from withholding, with respect to Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes on +payments made to it by the Borrowers or any of them, such Lender or the Agent, +as the case may be, shall, upon the request, and at the cost and expense, of the +Borrowers, complete and deliver from time to time any certificate, form or other +document demanded by the Borrowers, the completion and delivery of which are a +precondition to obtaining the benefit of such reduced rate or exemption, +provided that the taking of such action by such Lender or the Agent, as the case +may be, would not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender or the Agent, as +the case may be, be disadvantageous or prejudicial to such Lender or the Agent, +as the case may be, or inconsistent with its internal policies or legal or +regulatory restrictions. For any period with respect to which a Lender or the +Agent, as the case may be, has failed to provide any such certificate, form or +other document requested by any Borrower, such Lender or the Agent, as the case +may be, shall not be entitled to any payment under this Section 2.6 in respect +of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes that would not have been imposed but for +such failure. + +  + +(e) Each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction in the United States +of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (other than Lenders +that are corporations or otherwise exempt from United States of America backup +withholding Tax) shall (i) deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent, when such +Lender first becomes a Lender, upon the written request of the Borrowers or the +Agent, two original copies of United States of America Internal Revenue Service +Form W-9 or any successor form, properly completed and duly executed by such +Lender, certifying that such Lender is exempt from United States of America +backup withholding Tax on payments of interest made under the Loan Documents and +(ii) thereafter at each time it is so reasonably requested in writing by the +Borrowers or the Agent, deliver within a reasonable time two original copies of +an updated Form W-9 or any successor form thereto. + +    + + - 27 - + +   + +  + +(f) Each Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than +the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia +(each such Lender, a “Foreign Lender”) that is entitled to an exemption from or +reduction of withholding Tax under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the +Borrowers are located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with +respect to payments under the Loan Documents shall deliver to the Borrowers and +the Agent, but only at the written request of any Borrower or the Agent, such +properly completed and duly executed documentation prescribed by applicable law +or reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Agent as will permit such +payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, unless in the good +faith opinion of any Foreign Lender such documentation would expose such Foreign +Lender to any material adverse consequence or risk. Such documentation shall be +delivered by such Foreign Lender on or before the date it becomes a Lender. In +addition, each Foreign Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the +obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Foreign +Lender. Each Lender (and, in the case of a Foreign Lender its lending office), +represents that on the Closing Date, payments made hereunder by the Borrowers or +the Agent to it would not be subject to United States of America federal +withholding tax. + +  + +(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.6(a), the Borrowers shall not be +required to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay any Additional Amounts to any +Foreign Lender, in respect of United States of America federal withholding tax +pursuant to Section 2.6(a), (i) to the extent that the obligation to withhold +amounts with respect to United States of America federal withholding tax existed +on the date such Foreign Lender became a Lender; (ii) with respect to payments +to a new lending office with respect to such Lender’s Percentage Share of the +Loan Balance, but only to the extent that such withholding tax exceeds any +withholding tax that would have been imposed on such Lender had it not +designated such new lending office; (iii) with respect to a change by such +Foreign Lender of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, incorporated, +controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business, from the date such +Foreign Lender changed such jurisdiction, but only to the extent that such +withholding tax exceeds any withholding tax that would have been imposed on such +Lender had it not changed the jurisdiction in which it is organized, +incorporated, controlled or managed, or in which it is doing business; or (iv) +to the extent that the obligation to indemnify any Foreign Lender or to pay such +Additional Amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by such Foreign +Lender to comply with the provisions of Section 2.6(f). + +  + +(h) All payments by any Borrower hereunder shall be made not later than 2:00 +p.m., New York time, on the date specified for payment under this Agreement to +the Agent at the account most recently designated by it in Dollars, in +immediately available funds and shall be made without any set of, counterclaim +or deduction whatsoever. Any payment received after 2:00 p.m., New York time, +may, in Agent’s discretion, be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding +Business Day for all purposes. Except as provided to the contrary herein, if the +due date of any payment hereunder or under any Note would otherwise fall on a +day which is not a Business Day, such date shall be extended to the next +succeeding Business Day, and interest shall be payable for any principal so +extended for the period of such extension. + +   + + - 28 - + +   + +   + +2.7 Pro Rata Treatment; Adjustments. + +  + +(a) Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided herein (for the avoidance +of doubt, including Section 9.9), (i) the borrowings pursuant to this Agreement +shall be made from the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective +Percentage Shares, (ii) each payment by the Borrowers of fees shall be made for +the account of the Agent or the Lenders as agreed among them, (iii) each payment +in reduction of the Loan Balance shall be made for the account of the Lenders +pro rata in accordance with their respective shares of the Loan Balance, (iv) +each payment of interest hereunder shall be made for the account of the Lenders +pro rata in accordance with their respective shares of the aggregate amount of +interest due and payable to the Lenders, and (v) each payment by the Borrowers +under Commodity Hedge Agreements with a Lender shall be made only to the Person +or Persons entitled thereto. + +  + +(b) The Agent shall distribute all payments with respect to the Obligations to +the Lenders promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. In the event that +any payments made hereunder by the Borrowers or one or more of them at any +particular time are insufficient to satisfy in full the Obligations due and +payable at such time, such payments shall be applied (i) first, to fees and +expenses due pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, +(ii) second, to accrued interest, (iii) third, ratably to pay the Prepayment +Fee, if any, due on the Term Loans (including, for the avoidance of any doubt, +any Prepayment Fee due resulting from the prepayment of principal under clause +(iv) of this clause (b)), (iv) fourth, ratably to pay the principal amount of +all Term Loans (or being repaid at such time), (v) fifth, to any other +Obligations pro-rata on the basis of the ratio of the amount of all such +Obligations then owing to the Agent or the relevant Lender or Affiliate of any +Lender, as the case may be, to the total amount of the Obligations then owing, +and (vi) sixth, to the Borrowers. + +  + +(c) If any Lender (for purposes of this Section 2.7(c), a “Benefited Lender”) +shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of its portion of the +Obligations, or receive any Collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily +or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature +referred to in Section 7.1(e) or Section 7.1(f) or otherwise) in an amount +greater than such Lender was entitled to receive pursuant to the terms hereof, +such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders such +portion of the Obligations of such other Lenders, or shall provide such other +Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral or the proceeds thereof, as +shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or +benefits of such collateral or proceeds with each of the Lenders according to +the terms hereof. If all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is +thereafter recovered from such Benefited Lender, such purchase shall be +rescinded and the purchase price and benefits returned by such Lender, to the +extent of such recovery, but without interest. The Borrowers agree that each +such Lender so purchasing a portion of the Obligations of another Lender may +exercise all rights of payment (including rights of set-off) with respect to +such portion as fully as if such Lender were the direct holder of such portion. +If any Lender ever receives, by voluntary payment, exercise of rights of set-off +or banker’s lien, counterclaim, cross-action or otherwise, any funds of any +Borrowers to be applied to the Obligations, or receives any proceeds by +realization on or with respect to any Collateral, all such funds and proceeds +shall be forwarded immediately to the Agent for distribution in accordance with +the terms of this Agreement. + +    + + - 29 - + +   + +   + +2.8 Voluntary Prepayments. Subject to applicable provisions of this Agreement, +the Borrowers shall have the right, at any time or from time to time, to prepay +the Loan Balance; provided, however, that (a) the Borrowers shall give the Agent +written notice of each such prepayment no less than three (3) Business Days +prior to prepayment (the “Prepayment Notice”), (b) any voluntary prepayment +shall be in a minimum amount of (i) if being paid in whole, the Obligations, and +(ii) if being paid in part, $100,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in +excess of that amount, (c) the Borrowers shall pay all accrued and unpaid +interest on the amounts prepaid, and (d) no such prepayment shall serve to +postpone the repayment when due of any Obligation or any installments thereof. +Upon the giving of any such Prepayment Notice, the principal amount of the Term +Loans specified in such Prepayment Notice, together with the interest then +accrued but unpaid on such principal amount and any Prepayment Fee with respect +thereto, shall become due and payable on the prepayment date specified therein +and shall be irrevocable; provided that any Prepayment Notice may state that +such notice is conditional upon the consummation of an acquisition or sale +transaction or upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or the receipt +of the proceeds from the issuance of other Indebtedness or capital stock or the +occurrence of any other specified event, in which case such Prepayment Notice +may be revoked by the Borrowers by notice to the Agent on or prior to the date +if such condition is not satisfied. + +  + +2.9 Mandatory Prepayments. + +  + +(a) In addition to payments in reduction of the Loan Balance provided for in +Section 2.3, the Borrowers shall promptly pay to the Agent, for application to +reduce the amount of the payment due at the Maturity Date to repay the then +existing Loan Balance in full all proceeds (net of reasonable and customary +transaction costs) from: + +  + +(i) the incurrence of any Indebtedness not permitted by the proviso to Section +6.1 (without waiving or modifying in any way remedies available to the Agent or +the Lenders as a result of any Event of Default arising from such incurrence of +Indebtedness by any one or more of the Borrowers); + +  + +(ii) any asset sales not permitted by the proviso to Section 6.4 (without +waiving or modifying in any way remedies available to the Agent or the Lenders +as a result of any Event of Default arising from such asset sales by any one or +more of the Borrowers); provided, that such proceeds shall be applied as soon as +possible, and in any event, within five (5) days after the receipt of such +proceeds; provided, further, however, that upon the Agent’s prior written +consent, such proceeds shall not be required to be so applied on such date so +long as no Event of Default then exists and the Borrowers have delivered a +certificate to the Agent on such date stating that such proceeds shall be used +to invest in or replace or restore any properties or assets (and, if such +investment is in Oil and Gas Properties, that such investment complies with +Section 6.19 of this Agreement) in respect of which such proceeds were paid +within 90 days following the date of the receipt of such proceeds (which +certificate shall set forth the estimates of the proceeds to be so expended), +and provided further, that if all or any portion of such proceeds are not so +used within 90 days after the date of the receipt of such proceeds (or such +earlier date, if any, as the Borrowers determine not to reinvest such proceeds +as set forth above), or, if later, within 90 days after the Borrowers have +entered into a binding commitment (prior to the end of the referenced 90-day +period) to reinvest such proceeds, such remaining portion shall be applied on +the last day of such period (or such earlier date, as the case may be) as +provided above in this Section 2.9(a)(ii) without regard to the immediately +preceding proviso. + +    + + - 30 - + +   + +  + +(iii) any insurance claim, except as to any proceeds allowed by the Agent to +repair or replace damaged Property giving rise to the relevant insurance claim; +provided that no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this Section +2.9(a)(iii) to the extent the net cash proceeds from such insurance claims do +not exceed $500,000 in a single transaction or related series of transactions or +$1,000,000 in the aggregate for the term of this Agreement (and only such excess +shall be required to be prepaid) and to the extent any net cash proceeds from +such insurance claims remain after the foregoing application to the Obligations, +the remaining Commitments of the Lenders shall be permanently reduced dollar for +dollar on a pro rata basis by such remaining net cash proceeds; provided, +however, that upon the Agent’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be +unreasonably withheld or delayed), so long as no Event of Default then exists, +such net cash proceeds shall be made available for use by the applicable +Borrower to pay or recover the costs of restoring, repairing or replacing the +affected Property during the period of 180 days after the applicable Borrower’s +receipt thereof. + +  + +(b) If, for any fiscal quarter of the Borrowers, commencing with the fiscal +quarter ending September 30, 2020, such Excess Cash Flow shall be a positive +number, on or before the Excess Cash Flow Application Date for such fiscal +quarter, the Borrowers shall prepay, without any premium or penalty, an +aggregate principal amount of Term Loan equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of +such Excess Cash Flow. Each such prepayment shall be accompanied by a Cash Flow +Sweep Worksheet in the form of Exhibit E, and made on or before the date (the +“Excess Cash Flow Application Date”) that is the third (3rd) Business Day +following the date on which the financial statements of the Borrowers for the +fiscal quarter most recently ended are delivered (or if earlier, required to be +delivered) pursuant to Section 5.3. + +  + +(c) The Borrowers shall provide one (1) Business Day’s prior written notice of +any mandatory prepayment required hereunder. Any prepayment under clauses +(a)(i), (a)(ii), (a)(iii) or (a)(iv) above shall be accompanied by a payment of +the Prepayment Fee related thereto. Upon such prepayment, the Prepayment Fee +shall become immediately due and payable, and the Borrowers shall pay such +Prepayment Fee, as compensation to the Lenders for the loss of their investment +opportunity and not as a penalty, whether or not an Insolvency Proceeding has +commenced, and (if an Insolvency Proceeding has commenced) without regard to +whether such Insolvency Proceeding is voluntary or involuntary, or whether +payment occurs pursuant to a motion, plan of reorganization, or otherwise, and +without regard to whether the Term Loans and other Obligations are satisfied or +released by foreclosure (whether or not by power of judicial proceeding), deed +in lieu of foreclosure or by any other means. Without limiting the foregoing, +any redemption, prepayment, or payment of the Obligations in or in connection +with an Insolvency Proceeding shall constitute an optional prepayment thereof +and require the immediate payment of the Prepayment Fee. Any Prepayment Fee +pursuant to this clause (c) shall be presumed to be liquidated damages sustained +by each Lender as the result of the redemption and/or acceleration of its Term +Loan and each Borrower agrees that it is reasonable under the circumstances in +view of the impracticability and extreme difficulty of ascertaining actual +damages and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable calculation of +each Lender’s lost profits as a result thereof. + +   + + - 31 - + +   + +  + +(d) As soon as practicable after any Borrower has knowledge that a prepayment +pursuant to clauses (a)(i), (a)(ii), (a)(iii) or (a)(iv) above is required to be +paid, such Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a certificate of a Financial +Officer demonstrating the calculation of the amount of the applicable net +proceeds or other applicable financial tests or proceeds giving rise to the +prepayment, as the case may be. In the event that any Borrower shall +subsequently determine that the actual amount received exceeded the amount set +forth in such certificate, such Borrower shall promptly make an additional +prepayment of the Term Loans in such excess, and such Borrower shall +concurrently therewith deliver to the Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer +demonstrating the calculation of such excess. + +  + +Upon receipt of any payment, Prepayment Notice or other prepayment to be made, +the Agent shall promptly calculate and notify the Borrowers of the amount of the +payment or prepayment required pursuant to Section 2.7, Section 2.8 and Section +2.9 and such determination shall be binding on the Borrowers, absent manifest +error. + +  + +2.10 Loans to Satisfy Obligations of Borrowers. Upon the occurrence and during +the continuation of a Default or an Event of Default, the Lenders may, but shall +not be obligated to, make loans for the benefit of the Borrowers or any of them +and apply proceeds thereof to the satisfaction of any condition, warranty, +representation or covenant of any Borrowers contained in this Agreement or any +other Loan Document. Such loans shall be and shall bear interest at the Contract +Rate, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 2.3 regarding the accrual +of interest at the Default Rate, which provisions shall be applicable to any +loan made for the benefit of one or more of the Borrowers pursuant to the +preceding sentence of this Section 2.10. + +  + +2.11 General Provisions Relating to Interest. + +  + +(a) It is the intention of the parties hereto to comply strictly with the usury +laws of the State of New York and the United States of America. In this +connection, there shall never be collected, charged or received on the sums +advanced hereunder plus the amount of the original issue discount interest in +excess of that which would accrue at the Highest Lawful Rate. + +  + +(b) Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Notes to the contrary, during any +Limitation Period, the interest rate to be charged on amounts evidenced by the +Notes shall be the Highest Lawful Rate, and the obligation, if any, of the +Borrowers for the payment of fees or other charges deemed to be interest under +applicable law shall be suspended. During any period or periods of time +following a Limitation Period, to the extent permitted by applicable laws of the +State of New York or the United States of America, the interest rate to be +charged hereunder shall remain at the Highest Lawful Rate until such time as +there has been paid to each applicable Lender (i) the amount of interest in +excess of that accruing at the Highest Lawful Rate that such Lender would have +received during the Limitation Period had the interest rate remained at the +otherwise applicable rate and (ii) all interest and fees otherwise payable to +such Lender but for the effect of such Limitation Period. + +   + + - 32 - + +   + +  + +(c) If, under any circumstances, the aggregate amounts paid on the Notes or +under this Agreement or any other Loan Document include amounts which by law are +deemed interest and which would exceed the amount permitted if the Highest +Lawful Rate were in effect, the Borrowers stipulate that such payment and +collection will have been and will be deemed to have been, to the extent +permitted by applicable laws of the State of New York or the United States of +America, the result of mathematical error on the part of the Borrowers, the +Agent and the Lenders; and the party receiving such excess shall promptly refund +the amount of such excess (to the extent only of such interest payments in +excess of that which would have accrued and been payable on the basis of the +Highest Lawful Rate) upon discovery of such error by such party or notice +thereof from the Borrowers. In the event that the maturity of any Obligation is +accelerated, by reason of an election by the Lenders or otherwise, or in the +event of any required or permitted prepayment, then the consideration +constituting interest under applicable laws may never exceed that payable on the +basis of the Highest Lawful Rate, and excess amounts paid which by law are +deemed interest, if any, shall be credited by the Agent and the Lenders on the +principal amount of the Obligations, or if the principal amount of the +Obligations shall have been paid in full, refunded to the Borrowers. + +  + +(d) All sums paid, or agreed to be paid, to the Agent and the Lenders for the +use, forbearance and detention of the proceeds of any advance hereunder shall, +to the extent permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and +spread throughout the full term hereof until paid in full so that the actual +rate of interest is uniform but does not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate +throughout the full term hereof. + +  + +2.12 Increased Costs, etc. + +  + +(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.14 (which shall be controlling with +respect to the matters covered thereby), if any Change in Law: (i) subjects any +Lender (or its applicable lending office) to any additional Tax (other than (A) +any Tax on the net income of such Lender or any of its Tax Related Persons, (B) +any Taxes described in clauses (B) through (E) of the definition of Excluded +Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes, and without duplication as to amounts +payable to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.14) with respect to this Agreement +or any of the other Loan Documents or any of its obligations hereunder or +thereunder or any payments to such Lender (or its applicable lending office) of +principal, interest, fees or any other amount payable hereunder; (ii) imposes, +modifies or holds applicable any reserve (including any marginal, emergency, +supplemental, special or other reserve), special deposit, compulsory loan, FDIC +insurance or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other +liabilities in or for the account of, or advances or loans by, or other credit +extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of any Lender; or +(iii) imposes any other condition (other than with respect to a Tax matter) on +or affecting any Lender (or its applicable lending office) or its obligations +hereunder; and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to +such Lender of agreeing to make Loans hereunder or to reduce any amount received +or receivable by such Lender (or its applicable lending office) with respect +thereto; then, in any such case, the Borrowers shall promptly pay to such +Lender, upon receipt of the statement referred to in the next sentence, such +additional amount or amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a +different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Lender in its +sole discretion shall determine) as may be necessary to compensate such Lender +for any such increased cost or reduction in amounts received or receivable +hereunder, provided that such amounts are reasonably determined. Such Lender +shall deliver to the Borrowers (with a copy to the Agent) a written statement, +setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional +amounts owed to such Lender under this Section 2.12, which statement shall be +conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error. + +   + + - 33 - + +   + +  + +(b) Failure or delay on the part of any to demand compensation pursuant to this +Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such +compensation; provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a +Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions +suffered more than nine (9) months prior to the date that such Lender, as the +case may be, notifies the Borrowers of the Change in Law giving rise to such +increased costs or reductions, and of such Lender’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 (9) month period +referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect +thereof). + +  + +2.13 Taxes; Withholding, etc. + +  + +(a) Payments to Be Free and Clear. All sums payable by any Borrower hereunder +and under the other Loan Documents shall (except to the extent required by law) +be paid free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding on account +of, any Tax. + +  + +(b) Withholding of Taxes. If any Borrower or any other Person is required by law +(as determined by the relevant withholding agent in good faith) to make any +deduction or withholding for or on account of any Tax from any sum paid or +payable under any of the Loan Documents: (i) the Borrowers shall notify the +Agent of any such requirement or any change in any such requirement as soon as +the Borrowers becomes aware of it; (ii) the Borrowers shall be entitled to make +such deduction or withholding and shall pay any such Tax to the relevant +Governmental Authority before the date on which penalties attach thereto; (iii) +the sum payable by such Borrower in respect of which the relevant deduction or +withholding is required shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure +that after any such deduction or withholding, the Agent or such Lender, as the +case may be, and each of their Tax Related Persons receives on the due date a +net sum equal to what it would have received had no such deduction or +withholding been required; and (iv) within thirty (30) days after making any +such deduction or withholding, the Borrowers shall deliver to the Agent the +original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by the relevant Governmental +Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment, +or other evidence of such payment satisfactory to the Agent; provided, no such +additional amount shall be required to be paid to the Agent, any Lender or any +Tax Related Person under clause (iii) above with respect to any (A) Taxes on the +net income with respect to any Lender or the Agent or any Tax Related Person, +(B) branch profits Taxes imposed by the United States, (C) U.S. federal +withholding Taxes to the extent such Tax withholding or deduction requirement is +in effect and applicable, as of the date hereof (in the case of each Lender +listed on the signature pages hereof on the Closing Date) (or, if later, the +date on which such Lender designates a new lending office) or on the effective +date of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender +(in the case of each other Lender), except to the extent that, pursuant to +Section 2.13, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable to such Lender +immediately before it changed its lending office or such Lender’s assignor +(including each of their Tax Related Persons) immediately before such Lender +becomes a party hereto, (D) Taxes attributable to such Lender, the Agent and/or +their Tax Related Person’s failure to comply with Section 2.13(e) or Section +2.13(i), or (E) U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA +(collectively, “Excluded Taxes”). + +   + + - 34 - + +   + +  + +(c) Other Taxes. In addition, the Borrowers shall pay all Other Taxes to the +relevant Governmental Authorities in accordance with applicable law. The +Borrowers shall deliver to the Agent official receipts or other evidence of such +payment satisfactory to the Agent in respect of any Taxes or Other Taxes payable +hereunder promptly after payment of such Taxes or Other Taxes. + +  + +(d) Indemnification by the Borrowers. The Borrowers shall indemnify the Agent +and each Lender, within ten (10) days after written demand therefor, for the +full amount of any Taxes paid or incurred by the Agent or such Lender or their +respective Tax Related Persons, as the case may be, relating to, arising out of, +or in connection with any Loan Document or any payment or transaction +contemplated hereby or thereby, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or +legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority and all +reasonable costs and expenses incurred in enforcing the provisions of this +Section 2.13; provided, however, that the Borrowers shall not be required to +indemnify the Agent and Lenders for any Excluded Taxes. A certificate from the +relevant Lender or the Agent, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis and +calculation of such Taxes shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. + +  + +(e) Administrative Requirements; Forms Provision. Each Lender that is not a +United States Person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the +Internal Revenue Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall, to the extent +it is legally eligible to do so, deliver to the Agent for transmission to the +Borrowers, on or prior to the Closing Date (in the case of each Lender listed on +the signature pages hereof on the Closing Date) or on or prior to the date of +the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which it becomes a Lender (in the case of +each other Lender), and at such other times as may be necessary in the +determination of the Borrowers or the Agent (each in the reasonable exercise of +its discretion), whichever of the following is applicable (i) executed copies of +Internal Revenue Service Form W 8BEN or W-8BEN-E, properly completed and duly +executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the +Internal Revenue Code and reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Agent to +establish that such Lender and its Tax Related Persons are not subject to +deduction or withholding of U.S. federal income tax with respect to any payments +to such Lender of principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable under any +of the Loan Documents or is subject to deduction or withholding at a reduced +rate, (ii) two copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, (iii) if such +Lender is claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under +Section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, (x) a U.S. Tax Compliance +Certificate, properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and (y) +executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN and W-8BEN-E and such +other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and reasonably +requested by the Borrowers or the Agent to establish that such Lender and its +Tax Related Persons are not subject to deduction or withholding of U.S. federal +income tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest and other +amounts payable under any of the Loan Documents and (iv) to the extent a Lender +is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form +W-8IMY, accompanied by Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, Internal Revenue +Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate, Internal +Revenue Service Form W-9 and such other documentation required under the +Internal Revenue Code and reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Agent to +establish that Lender is not subject to deduction or withholding of U.S. federal +income tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest and other +amounts applicable under the Loan Documents. Each Lender required to deliver any +forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to U.S. federal income tax +withholding matters pursuant to this Section 2.13(e) hereby agrees, from time to +time after the initial delivery by such Lender of such forms, certificates or +other evidence, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders such +forms, certificates or other evidence obsolete or inaccurate in any material +respect, that such Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, +promptly deliver to the Agent for transmission to the Borrowers two new copies +of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, W-8IMY or W-8ECI, and as +applicable, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate properly completed and duly +executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the +Internal Revenue Code and reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Agent to +confirm or establish that such Lender is not subject to deduction or withholding +of U.S. federal income tax with respect to payments to such Lender under the +Loan Documents or is subject to deduction or withholding at a reduced rate, or +notify the Agent and the Borrowers of its inability to deliver any such forms, +certificates or other evidence. Any Lender or the Agent that is a “United States +person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code +shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent a properly completed and duly +executed original of IRS Form W-9 or such other documentation or information +prescribed by applicable U.S. federal law or reasonably requested by the +Borrowers or the Agent as will enable the Borrowers to determine whether or not +such Person is subject to backup withholding or information reporting +requirements under the Internal Revenue Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, or +any other provision of any Loan Document, if any Lender shall have satisfied the +requirements of the first sentence of this Section 2.13(e) on the Closing Date +or on the date of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which it became a Lender, +the Borrowers shall have an obligation to pay to such Lender any additional +amounts pursuant to this Section 2.13 (notwithstanding clause (E) of the +definition of “Excluded Taxes”) in the event that, as a result of any change in +any applicable law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any +change in the interpretation, administration or application thereof, such Lender +is no longer properly entitled to deliver forms, certificates or other evidence +at a subsequent date establishing the fact that such Lender is not subject to +withholding as described herein. Nothing in this Section 2.13 shall be construed +to require a Lender or the Agent to provide any forms or documentation that it +is not legally entitled to provide. + +    + + - 35 - + +   + +  + +(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Agent or any Lender determines in its +sole discretion, acting in good faith, that it has received a refund of any +taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrowers or with respect to +which the Borrowers have paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.13, +it shall pay to such Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the +extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Borrower +under this Section 2.13 with respect to the taxes giving rise to such refund), +net of all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent or such Lender, as the +case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant +Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the +Borrowers, upon the request of the Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the +amount paid over to such Borrower (plus any related penalties, interest or other +charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority or expenses related +thereto) to the Agent or such Lender in the event the Agent or such Lender is +required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding +anything to the contrary in this paragraph (f), in no event will the Agent or +Lender be required to pay any amount to the Borrowers pursuant to this paragraph +(f) the payment of which would place the Agent or Lender, as applicable, in a +less favorable net after-Tax position than the Agent or Lender, as applicable, +would have been if the 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 the Agent or +any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating +to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrowers or any other Person or +to alter its customary procedures and practices with respect to the +administration of taxes. + +  + +(g) FATCA Provisions. If a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement would +be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were +to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including +those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as +applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent, at the +time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested +by the Borrowers or the Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law +(including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue +Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrowers or +the Agent as may be necessary for the Borrowers or the Agent to comply with +their obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has complied with +such Lender’s obligations under FATCA, or to determine the amount to deduct and +withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this paragraph (g), “FATCA” +shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement. + +  + +(h) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the +Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Taxes other than +Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any +Borrower has not already indemnified the Agent for such Taxes and without +limiting the obligation of the Borrowers to do so), and (ii) any Excluded Taxes +attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Agent +in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising +therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or +legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A +certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any +Lender by the Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender +hereby authorizes the Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time +owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Agent +to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Agent under +this Section 2.13(h). + +  + +(i) Status of Agent. On or prior to the date on which the Agent becomes the +Agent under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable +request of a Borrower), the Agent will deliver to the Borrowers either (i) an +executed copy of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, or (ii) with respect to any +amounts received on its own account, an executed copy of an applicable Internal +Revenue Service Form W-8, and (y) with respect to any amounts received for or on +account of any Lender, an executed copy of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY +certifying that it is a U.S. branch that has agreed to be treated as a U.S. +person for U.S. federal income tax purposes with respect to payments received by +it from the Borrowers in its capacity as Agent, as applicable. The Agent shall +promptly notify the Borrowers at any time it determines that it is no longer in +a position to provide the certification described in the prior sentence. + +   + + - 36 - + +   + +  + +(j) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.13 shall survive the +resignation or replacement of the Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the +replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, +satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document. + +  + +2.14 Replacement Lenders. + +  + +(a) If any Lender has notified the Borrowers of its incurring any loss, cost or +expense under Section 2.12, the Borrowers may, unless such Lender has notified +the Borrowers that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer apply, +terminate, in whole but not in part, the Commitment of such Lender (other than +Woodbine or its Affiliates) (the “Terminated Lender”) at any time upon five (5) +Business Days’ prior written notice to the Terminated Lender and the Agent (such +notice referred to herein as a “Notice of Termination”). + +  + +(b) In order to effect the termination of the Commitment of the Terminated +Lender, the Borrowers shall (i) obtain an agreement with one or more Lenders to +increase their Commitments and/or (ii) request any one or more other banking +institutions to become a “Lender” in place and instead of such Terminated Lender +and agree to accept a Commitment; provided, however, that such one or more other +banking institutions are reasonably acceptable to the Agent and become parties +hereto by executing an Assignment Agreement (the Lenders or other banking +institutions that agree to accept in whole or in part the Commitment of the +Terminated Lender being referred to herein as the “Replacement Lenders”), such +that the aggregate increased and/or accepted Commitments of the Replacement +Lenders under clauses (i) and (ii) immediately above equal the Commitment of the +Terminated Lender. + +  + +(c) The Notice of Termination shall include the name of the Terminated Lender, +the date the termination will occur (the “Termination Date”), the Replacement +Lender or Replacement Lenders to which the Terminated Lender will assign its +Commitment, and, if there will be more than one Replacement Lender, the portion +of the Terminated Lender’s Commitment to be assigned to each Replacement Lender. + +  + +(d) On the Termination Date, (i) the Terminated Lender shall, by execution and +delivery of an Assignment Agreement, assign its Commitment to the Replacement +Lender or Replacement Lenders (pro rata, if there is more than one Replacement +Lender, in proportion to the portion of the Terminated Lender’s Commitment to be +assigned to each Replacement Lender) indicated in the Notice of Termination and +shall assign to the Replacement Lender or Replacement Lenders its Percentage +Share of the Loan Balance pro rata as aforesaid, (ii) the Terminated Lender +shall endorse its Note, payable, without recourse, representation or warranty, +to the order of the Replacement Lender or Replacement Lenders (pro rata as +aforesaid), (iii) the Replacement Lender or Replacement Lenders shall purchase +the Note held by the Terminated Lender (pro rata as aforesaid) at a price equal +to the unpaid principal amount thereof plus interest and fees, if any, accrued +and unpaid to the Termination Date and (iv) the Replacement Lender or +Replacement Lenders will thereupon (pro rata as aforesaid) succeed to and be +substituted in all respects for the Terminated Lender with like effect as if +becoming a Lender pursuant to the terms of Section 9.1(b), and the Terminated +Lender will have the rights and benefits of an assignor under Section 9.1(b). To +the extent not in conflict, the terms of Section 9.1(b) shall supplement the +provisions of this Section 2.14. + +   + + - 37 - + +   + +  + +(e) Any Terminated Lender shall reimburse the Borrowers for all reasonable and +necessary fees and expenses of counsel to the Borrowers and, if required by the +Replacement Lender or Replacement Lenders, of counsel to the Replacement Lender +or Replacement Lenders in connection with replacing such Terminated Lender with +a Replacement Lender or Replacement Lenders. + +  + +2.15 Security Interest in Accounts; Right of Offset. As security for the payment +and performance of the Obligations, the Borrowers hereby transfer, assign and +pledge to the Agent and each Lender (for the pro rata benefit of all Lenders) +and grant to the Agent and each Lender (for the pro rata benefit of all Lenders) +a security interest in all funds of such Borrower now or hereafter or from time +to time on deposit with the Agent or such Lender, with such interest of the +Agent and the Lenders to be retransferred, reassigned and/or released at the +expense of the Borrowers upon payment in full and complete performance by the +Borrowers of all Obligations. All remedies as secured party or assignee of such +funds shall be exercisable by the Agent and the Lenders with the oral consent +(confirmed promptly in writing) of the Required Lenders upon the occurrence of +any Event of Default, regardless of whether the exercise of any such remedy +would result in any penalty or loss of interest or profit with respect to any +withdrawal of funds deposited in a time deposit account prior to the maturity +thereof. Furthermore, the Borrowers hereby grant to the Agent and each Lender +(for the pro rata benefit of all Lenders) the right, exercisable at such time as +any Obligation shall mature, whether by acceleration of maturity or otherwise, +of offset or banker’s lien against all funds of such Borrowers now or hereafter +or from time to time on deposit with the Agent or such Lender, regardless of +whether the exercise of any such remedy would result in any penalty or loss of +interest or profit with respect to any withdrawal of funds deposited in a time +deposit account prior to the maturity thereof. If the foregoing provisions +conflict with the provisions of any of the Security Documents, the relevant +provision of the relevant Security Document shall control. + +  + +2.16 Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the +event that it becomes unlawful for any Lender or its Applicable Lending Office +to maintain loans bearing interest at a rate determined by the Agent to exceed +the Highest Lawful Rate, then the Agent shall charge an interest rate with +respect to the Term Loan that will approximate the Contract Rate or Default +Rate, as applicable, that was initially agreed to in this Agreement by the +parties hereto as reasonably determined by the Agent such that the interest no +longer exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate. + +  + +2.17 Power of Attorney. The Borrowers hereby designate the Agent as its agent +and attorney-in-fact, to act in its name, place and stead solely for the purpose +of completing and delivering any and all of the letters in lieu of transfer or +division orders delivered by such Borrowers pursuant to the provisions of clause +(i) of Article III or Section 5.7, including completing any blanks contained in +such letters and attaching exhibits thereto describing the relevant Collateral. +The Borrowers hereby ratify and confirm all that the Agent shall lawfully do or +cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights granted with +respect to such power of attorney. This power of attorney is coupled with the +interest of the Agent and the Lenders in the Collateral, shall commence and be +in full force and effect as of the Closing Date and shall remain in full force +and effect and shall be irrevocable so long as any Obligations (other than +Contingent Obligations with respect to which no claim has been made) remain +outstanding. The powers conferred on the Agent by this appointment are solely to +protect the interests of the Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents and +Commodity Hedge Agreements with respect to the assignment of production proceeds +under certain of the Security Documents and shall not impose any duty upon the +Agent to exercise any such powers. The power of attorney under this Section 2.17 +is expressly limited to the rights and powers set forth herein and no additional +rights or powers are herein created or implied. The Agent shall be accountable +only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such +powers and shall not be responsible to the Borrowers or any other Person for any +act or failure to act with respect to such powers, except for gross negligence +or willful misconduct. + +  + +2.18 Keepwell. Each Qualified ECP Borrower hereby jointly and severally, +absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or +other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Borrower to honor +all of its obligations in respect of Swap Obligations constituting a portion of +the Obligations; provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Borrower shall only +be liable under this Section 2.18 for the maximum amount of such liability that +can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section +2.18, or otherwise hereunder or under any other Loan Document, voidable under +applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not +of any greater amount. The obligations of each Qualified ECP Borrower under this +Section 2.18 shall remain in full force and effect until the Obligations are +paid and performed in full. Each Qualified ECP Borrower intends that this +Section 2.18 constitute, and this Section 2.18 shall be deemed to constitute, a +“keepwell, support or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Borrower +for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act. +Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan +Document, the Obligations owed by any Borrower or secured by any Lien granted by +such Borrowers under any Loan Document shall exclude all Excluded Swap +Obligations with respect to such Borrower. + +  + +2.19 Joint and Several Liability. The Borrowers acknowledge and agree that each +Borrower shall be jointly and severally liable for all obligations of the +Borrowers or any of them hereunder or under any other Loan Document. + +   + + - 38 - + +   + +  + +ARTICLE III + +  + +CONDITIONS + +  + +3.1 Conditions of the Closing Date. The obligations of the Lenders to close this +Agreement and to make the Term Loan, if any, is subject to the satisfaction of +each of the following conditions: + +  + +(a) Loan Documents. This Agreement, the Notes in favor of each Lender and the +Agent fee letter, if applicable, together with any other applicable Loan +Documents, shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered to the Agent +by the parties thereto, shall be in full force and effect and no Default or +Event of Default shall exist hereunder or thereunder; + +  + +(b) Security Documents. The Agent shall have received a counterpart of all other +agreements, documents or instruments required by Agent in its sole discretion to +evidence that first-priority security interests in all of the Borrowers’ assets +(other than Excluded Assets) have been granted to Agent for the benefit of the +Lenders pursuant to the Loan Documents, included without limitation, the +Security Documents; + +  + +(c) No Litigation. There shall exist no material unstayed action, suit, +investigation, litigation or proceeding pending or (to the knowledge of the +Borrowers) threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or governmental +instrumentality; + +  + +(d) Approvals. All government and third party approvals (including any consents) +necessary in connection with continuing operations of the Borrowers and the +transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents shall have been obtained and be +in full force and effect (without the imposition of any adverse conditions that +are not reasonably acceptable to the Lenders), and no law or regulation shall be +applicable in the judgment of the Lenders that restrains, prevents or imposes +materially adverse conditions upon this Agreement, the extension of credit +thereunder or the transactions contemplated thereby; + +  + +(e) Insurance. The Agent shall have received (i) a certificate of insurance +coverage of the Borrowers evidencing that each Borrower is carrying insurance in +accordance with Section 5.19, and (ii) and with respect to any real property on +which a “building” or “mobile home” (in each case, as such terms are defined for +purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program) is located, (A) a flood +determination certificate or letter issued by the appropriate Governmental +Authority or third party indicating whether such property is designated as a +“flood hazard area” and (B) if such property is designated to be in a “flood +hazard area”, evidence of flood insurance on such property obtained by the +applicable Borrower in such total amount as required by Regulation H of the +Federal Reserve Board, and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder +or thereof, and otherwise in compliance with the National Flood Insurance +Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973; + +  + +(f) Financial Statements; Projections. The Agent shall have received (i) the LOS +Summary Sheets (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) for the Purchased +Entities (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement), and (ii) the financial +projections (including the assumptions on which such projections are based) for +fiscal years 2020 (including a breakdown on a monthly basis) and 2021 of the +Borrowers certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrowers as being based upon +estimates and assumptions stated therein, all of which the Borrowers believe to +be reasonable and fair in light of conditions and facts known to the Borrowers +as of the Closing Date and reflect the good faith, reasonable and fair estimates +by the Borrowers of the future consolidated financial performance of the +Borrowers and which will be consistent with the previously provided projections; +provided that the actual results may differ from the projections and such +differences might be material; + +   + + - 39 - + +   + +  + +(g) Organizational Documents. The Agent shall have received: + +  + +(i) copies of the organizational documents of the Borrowers, accompanied by a +certificate dated the Closing Date issued by the secretary or an assistant +secretary or another authorized representative of the Borrowers, to the effect +that each such copy is correct and complete; + +  + +(ii) a certificate of incumbency dated the Closing Date, including specimen +signatures of all officers or other representatives of the Borrowers, who are +authorized to execute Loan Documents on behalf of the Borrowers, such +certificate being executed by the secretary or an assistant secretary or another +authorized representative of the relevant Borrower; + +  + +(iii) copies of resolutions adopted by the relevant governing body of the +Borrowers approving the Loan Documents to which the relevant Borrower is a party +and authorizing the transactions contemplated herein and therein, accompanied by +a certificate dated the Closing Date issued by the secretary or an assistant +secretary or another authorized representative of the Borrowers, to the effect +that such copies are true and correct copies of resolutions duly adopted at a +meeting or by unanimous consent and that such resolutions constitute all the +resolutions adopted with respect to such transactions, have not been amended, +modified or rescinded in any respect and are in full force and effect as of the +date of such certificate; and + +  + +(iv) certificates dated as of a recent date from the appropriate Governmental +Authority evidencing the existence or qualification and, if applicable, good +standing of the Borrowers in its jurisdiction of organization and in each +jurisdiction in which it owns material assets or conducts material operations; + +  + +(h) Operating Documents. The Agent shall have received executed counterparts of +all operating, lease, sublease, royalty, sales, exchange, processing, farmout, +bidding, pooling, unitization, communitization and other agreements, including +without limitation the Contract Operating Agreement, relating to the Oil and Gas +Properties of the Borrowers or any one or more of them, each of which is +described on Schedule 3.1(h) attached hereto; + +  + +(i) Acquisition Documents. The Agent shall have received executed copies of all +Acquisition Documents, and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the +Lenders that the closing of the acquisition contemplated thereunder has been +consummated or will be consummated simultaneously with the closing of the Term +Loans on the Closing Date in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition +Agreement; + +  + +(j) Reserve Report. The Agent shall have received an Initial Reserve Report, in +form and substance acceptable to the Agent in its sole discretion, prepared as +of September 1, 2019 confirming that the Borrowers own at least $54,000,000 in +PDP Reserves; + +  + +(k) Opinions of Counsel. The Lenders shall have received executed copies of the +favorable written opinions of Jones Walker LLP, as counsel to the Borrowers, and +Cory Reade Dows & Shafer, special Nevada counsel to Holdings, each dated as of +the Closing Date and covering such matters as the Agent may reasonably request +and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent (and +each Borrower hereby instructs such counsel to deliver such opinions to the +Agent and the Lenders); + +    + + - 40 - + +   + +  + +(l) Equity Contribution. The Agent shall have received evidence that a cash +contribution, in an aggregate amount of not less than $7,000,000, inclusive of +the $2,750,000 already contributed by Viking toward the Acquisition, has been +made by or on behalf of Holdings to or for the benefit of Elysium, and that such +contribution is treated as equity in Elysium; + +  + +(m) Closing Certificate. The Agent shall have received a certificate of a +Responsible Officer of the Borrowers to the effect that, after giving effect to +the transactions which are the subject of this Agreement, all representations +and warranties made by the Borrowers in this Agreement or any other Loan +Documents in place on the Closing Date are true and correct, in all material +respects, as of the Closing Date; + +  + +(n) Hedging Agreements. The Agent shall have received copies of all Commodity +Hedge Agreements, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent and +with Approved Hedge Counterparties, establishing the Minimum Required Commodity +Hedge Agreements; + +  + +(o) Searches. The Agent shall have received searches as of a recent date prior +to the Closing Date of UCC, judgment lien, tax lien and litigation search +reports in the jurisdiction of the chief executive office of Holdings and each +of the Borrowers and each jurisdiction where any Collateral is located or where +a filing would need to be made in order to perfect the Agent’s security interest +in the Collateral, copies of the financing statements and liens on file in such +jurisdictions and evidence that no Liens exist thereon other than Permitted +Liens; + +  + +(p) Direction Letters. The Agent shall have received the Direction Letters (as +executed only by one or more of the Borrowers) for each purchaser of production +set forth on Schedule 3.1(p) attached hereto; + +  + +(q) Letters in Lieu. The Agent shall have received undated letters in lieu of +transfer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, executed +by the relevant Borrower and addressed to each purchaser of production from or +attributable to the Mortgaged Properties or transportation fees, with the +addresses for payment left blank, authorizing and directing the addressee to +make future payments attributable to production from the Mortgaged Properties, +and/or transportation fees to such account as the Agent may specify from time to +time; + +  + +(r) No Material Adverse Effect. The Agent shall have received confirmation +reasonably acceptable to the Agent that no event or circumstance shall have +occurred which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or +adverse change in loan syndication, financial, banking or capital market +conditions; + +     + +(s) Due Diligence. The Agent shall have completed due diligence review, +including, but not limited to, the review of the Acquisition Agreement, all +engineering, operations, land, title, environmental equity interest agreements, +cash management systems, satisfactory review of the operating agreements, +marketing agreements, employment agreements with senior executives, +transportation agreements and processing agreements and financial data of each +Borrower and its assets, in scope and determination satisfactory to the Agent in +its sole discretion; + +   + + - 41 - + +   + +  + +(t) Borrowing Request. The Agent shall have received a duly executed Borrowing +Request; + +  + +(u) Investment Committee Approval. The Agent shall have received approval by its +investment committee; + +  + +(v) Background Checks. The Agent shall have received the background and credit +checks on the Borrowers and certain senior executives; + +  + +(w) KYC. The Lenders and the Agent shall have received all documentation and +other information required by Governmental Authorities under applicable “know +your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, +without limitation, a duly executed W-9 tax form (or such other applicable IRS +tax form) for each Borrower; + +  + +(x) Payment of Fees. The Agent and the Lenders shall have received evidence of +payment by the Borrowers to the Agent of all accrued and unpaid fees, costs and +expenses payable thereto or to the Agent or any Lender pursuant to the Loan +Documents or otherwise required to be paid to the Agent and the Lenders, and in +the case of costs and expenses, an invoice for which has been received by the +Borrowers at least one Business Day before the date of such Term Loan, including +any such costs, fees and expenses arising under or referenced in the Agent fee +letter; and + +  + +(y) Other Documents. The Agent shall have received such other agreements, +documents, instruments, opinions, certificates, waivers, consents and evidences +as the Agent or any Lender may reasonably request. + +     + +  + +ARTICLE IV + +  + +REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES + +  + +To induce the Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to induce +the Lenders to make the Term Loan, the Borrowers represent and warrant to the +Agent and each Lender (which representations and warranties shall survive the +delivery of the Notes) that: + +  + +4.1 Due Authorization. The execution and delivery by the Borrowers of this +Agreement and the borrowing hereunder, the execution and delivery by the +Borrowers of the Notes, the repayment of the Notes, payment of interest and fees +provided for in the Notes and this Agreement, the execution and delivery by each +Borrower of the Security Documents to which it is a party and the performance by +each Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party +are within the power of the relevant Borrower, have been duly authorized by all +necessary action by the relevant Borrower, and do not and will not (a) require +the consent of any Governmental Authority, (b) contravene or conflict with any +Requirement of Law, (c) contravene or conflict with any indenture, instrument or +other agreement to which the relevant Borrower is a party or by which any +Property of the relevant Borrower may be presently bound or encumbered or (d) +result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien in, upon or on any +Property of the relevant Borrower under any such indenture, instrument or other +agreement, other than under any of the Loan Documents to which it is a party. + +    + + - 42 - + +   + +  + +4.2 Existence. Each Borrower is a corporation, limited liability company or +limited partnership, as the case may be, duly organized, legally existing and, +if applicable, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of +organization and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, foreign limited +partnership, or foreign limited liability company, as the case may be, and, if +applicable, is in good standing in all jurisdictions wherein the ownership of +Property or the operation of its business necessitates same, other than those +jurisdictions wherein the failure to so qualify would not have a Material +Adverse Effect. + +  + +4.3 Valid and Binding Obligations. All Loan Documents to which a Borrower is a +party, when duly executed and delivered by the relevant Borrower, constitute the +legal, valid and binding obligations of the relevant Borrower enforceable +against such Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, subject to +applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws +affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of +equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. + +  + +4.4 Security Documents. The provisions of each Security Document executed by the +Borrowers are effective to create, in favor of the Agent, a legal, valid and +enforceable Lien in all right, title and interest of the relevant Borrower in +the Property of such Borrower described therein, which Lien constitutes a +first-priority Lien upon filing with the appropriate government office (except +as to Permitted Liens) on all right, title and interest of the relevant Borrower +in the Property of such Borrower described therein. + +  + +4.5 Title to Property. (a) Except for such encumbrances, preferential rights, +whether vested or otherwise, and Liens (except Permitted Liens) set forth on +Schedule 4.5A attached hereto, each Borrower has good and defensible title to +all of its material Property, free and clear of all encumbrances, preferential +rights, whether vested or otherwise, and Liens (except Permitted Liens) related +to such Property. Schedule 4.5B attached hereto sets forth a correct and +complete list as of the Closing Date of the location, by state and street +address, of all Real Property owned or leased by each Borrower, together with +the names and addresses of any landlords. Subject to the Permitted Liens, and +subject to any consent or nonconsent elections after the date hereof affecting +such Borrower’s Hydrocarbon Interests, each such Borrower owns at least the net +interests in production attributable to its Hydrocarbon Interests as reflected +in the exhibits to the Mortgages, and the ownership of such Properties shall not +in any material respect obligate such Borrower to bear the costs and expenses +relating to the maintenance, development and operations of each Property in an +amount in excess of its working interest in each Property that is not offset by +a corresponding proportionate increase in such Borrower’s net revenue interest +in such Property. + +  + +(b) To each Borrower’s knowledge, all material leases and agreements necessary +for the conduct of the business of such Borrower are valid and subsisting, in +full force and effect, and, to such Borrower’s knowledge, there exists no +material default or event or circumstance which with the giving of notice or the +passage of time or both would give rise to a material default under any such +lease or leases. + +     + + - 43 - + +   + +  + +(c) To each Borrower’s knowledge, the rights and Properties presently owned, +leased or licensed by such Borrower, including without limitation, all easements +and rights of way, include all material rights and Properties reasonably +necessary to permit such Borrower to conduct its business. + +  + +(d) To each Borrower’s knowledge, except as set forth on Schedule 4.5C, such +Borrower’s Oil and Gas Properties (if any) (and any Property unitized therewith) +have been maintained, operated and developed in a good and workmanlike manner +and in conformity with all Requirements of Law and in conformity with the +provisions of all leases, subleases or other contracts comprising a part of such +Borrower’s Hydrocarbon Interests and other contracts and agreements forming a +part of such Borrower’s Oil and Gas Properties, in each case, in all material +respects. Specifically in connection with the foregoing and except as in each +case could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no +Oil and Gas Property of any Borrower is subject to having allowable production +reduced below the full and regular allowable level (including the maximum +permissible tolerance) because of any overproduction (whether or not the same +was permissible at the time), (ii) none of the wells comprising a part of any +Borrower’s Oil and Gas Properties (or any Property unitized therewith) is +deviated from the vertical more than the maximum permitted by Requirements of +Law, and such wells are, in fact, bottomed under and are producing from, and the +well bores are wholly within, or otherwise are legally located within, such +Borrower’s Oil and Gas Properties (or in the case of wells located on Properties +unitized therewith, such unitized Properties), (iii) as of the Closing Date, no +Borrower had any plug and abandonment liabilities associated with its or another +Person’s Oil and Gas Properties, including, without limitation, the bonding or +collateralization obligations of such Borrower associated therewith and (iv) as +of the Closing Date, no amounts are owing under any joint operating agreement or +similar arrangement with respect to the Borrowers’ Oil and Gas Properties, in +each case except as set forth on Schedule 4.5C. + +  + +4.6 Scope and Accuracy of Financial Statements. The draft consolidated Financial +Statements provided to the Agent in satisfaction of the condition set forth in +Section 3.1(f) present fairly (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments) the +financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrowers on +a consolidated basis, in accordance with GAAP as at the relevant point in time +or for the period indicated, as applicable. Schedule 4.6 attached hereto +identifies all accounts payable, other than those arising in the ordinary course +of business which are not more than 30 day past due, of each Borrower. + +  + +4.7 No Material Adverse Effect or Default. No event or circumstance has occurred +since December 31, 2019, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material +Adverse Effect, and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is +continuing. + +  + +4.8 No Material Misstatements. No information, exhibit, statement or report +furnished to the Agent or any Lender by or at the direction of the Borrowers in +connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document contains any material +misstatement of fact or omits to state a material fact or any fact necessary to +make the statements contained therein not misleading as of the date made or +deemed made; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, it +represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon +assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time. + +   + + - 44 - + +   + +  + +4.9 Liabilities, Litigation and Restrictions. Other than as reflected in the +Financial Statements prepared as of December 31, 2019 or as listed on Schedule +4.9 under the heading “Liabilities”, no Borrower has any liabilities, including, +without limitation, tax liabilities, direct or contingent, which could +reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth +under the heading “Litigation” on Schedule 4.9, no litigation or other action of +any nature involving any Borrower is pending before any Governmental Authority +or, to the best knowledge of each Borrower, threatened against or involving such +Borrower which might reasonably be expected to result in any impairment of its +ownership of any of its Property or have a Material Adverse Effect. + +  + +4.10 Authorizations; Consents. Except as expressly contemplated by this +Agreement or set forth on Schedule 4.10 attached hereto, no authorization, +consent, approval, exemption, franchise, permit or license of, or filing with, +any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required to authorize or is +otherwise required in connection with the valid execution and delivery by the +Borrowers of the Loan Documents to which it is a party or any instrument +contemplated hereby, the repayment by the Borrowers of the Notes, payment of +interest and fees provided in the Notes and this Agreement or the performance by +the Borrowers of the Obligations. + +  + +4.11 Compliance with Laws. Each Borrower and its Property are in compliance in +all material respects with all applicable Requirements of Law, including +Environmental Laws and ERISA. + +  + +4.12 ERISA. No Borrowers maintain, nor have the Borrowers maintained, any Plan. +No Borrowers currently contribute to or have any obligation to contribute to or +otherwise have any liability with respect to any Plan. + +  + +4.13 Environmental Laws. Except as disclosed on Schedule 4.13 attached hereto: + +  + +(a) no Property of the Borrowers (including, but not limited to, the Oil and Gas +Properties) is currently on or has ever been on any federal or state list of +Superfund Sites; + +  + +(b) other than as set forth on Schedule 4.10, the Borrowers have obtained all +Environmental Permits required for the occupation of their respective Properties +and operation of their businesses, with all such Environmental Permits being +currently in full force and effect, and no Borrower has received any written +notice or otherwise knowledge that any such existing Environmental Permit will +be revoked or modified in any material respect or that any application for any +new Environmental Permit or renewal of any existing Environmental Permit will be +protested or denied; + +  + +(c) no Hazardous Substances have been generated, transported and/or disposed of +by the Borrowers at a site which was, at the time of such generation, +transportation, and/or disposal, or has since become, a Superfund Site; + +   + + - 45 - + +   + +  + +(d) except in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law or the terms of a +valid permit, license, certificate or approval of the relevant Governmental +Authority, no Release of Hazardous Substances by the Borrowers or from, +affecting or related to the Oil and Gas Properties or any Property of the +Borrowers has occurred; + +  + +(e) to each Borrower’s knowledge, there has been no exposure of any Person or +Property to any Hazardous Substances as a result of or in connection with the +Borrowers or operations and businesses of any Borrower’s Properties that could +be expected to form the basis for an Environmental Compliant and, to each +Borrower’s knowledge, there are no conditions or circumstances that could be +expected to result in the receipt of notice regarding such exposure; + +  + +(f) no Borrower has assumed, provided an indemnity with respect to or otherwise +become subject to any liability of any other Person under Environmental Laws or +with respect to Hazardous Substances; + +  + +(g) the Borrowers have provided to the Agent complete and correct copies of all +environmental site assessment reports, investigations, studies, analyses, and +correspondence on environmental matters (including matters related to any +alleged non-compliance with or liability under Environmental Laws) that are in +each Borrower’s possession or control and relating to any Borrower’s Properties +or operations thereon; and + +  + +(h) to each Borrower’s knowledge, no Environmental Complaint has been received +by the Borrowers. + +  + +4.14 Compliance with Federal Reserve Regulations. No transaction contemplated by +the Loan Documents is in violation of any regulations promulgated by the Board +of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including Regulations T, U or X. + +  + +4.15 Investment Company Act Compliance. None of the Borrowers are, nor is any +Borrower directly or indirectly controlled by or acting on behalf of any Person +which is, an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of an “investment +company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940. + +  + +4.16 Proper Filing of Tax Returns; Payment of Taxes Due. Each Borrower has duly +and properly filed its United States of America income tax returns or income tax +information returns, and all other tax returns which are required to be filed by +the Borrowers, as applicable, and has paid all taxes, if any, shown as due from +the Borrowers, as applicable, except where appropriate extensions have been +filed or except such as are being contested in good faith and as to which +adequate provisions and disclosures have been made or as could not reasonably be +expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The respective charges and reserves +on the books of the Borrowers with respect to Taxes and other governmental +charges, if any of such are required by applicable law or GAAP, are adequate, +except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. + +  + +4.17 Refunds. Except as described on Schedule 4.17, no orders of, proceedings +pending before, or other requirements of, the Federal Energy Regulatory +Commission or any other Governmental Authority exist which could result in the +Borrowers being required to refund any portion of the proceeds received or to be +received from the sale of Hydrocarbons constituting part of the Mortgaged +Property or other Oil and Gas Properties owned by it. + +   + + - 46 - + +   + +     + +4.18 Gas Contracts. Except as described on Schedule 4.18, (a) none of the +Borrowers are obligated, in any material respect, by virtue of any prepayment +made under any contract containing a “take-or-pay” or “prepayment” provision or +under any similar agreement to deliver Hydrocarbons produced from or allocated +to any of the Mortgaged Properties or other Oil and Gas Properties owned by it +at some future date without receiving full payment therefor within 90 days of +delivery and (b) none of Borrowers have produced gas, in any material amount, +subject to, and neither the Borrowers nor any of the Mortgaged Properties or +other Oil and Gas Properties are subject to, balancing rights of third parties +or subject to balancing duties under Requirements of Law, except (i) as to such +matters for which the relevant Borrower has, to the extent required by GAAP, +established monetary reserves adequate in amount to satisfy such obligations and +segregated such reserves from other accounts or (ii) as could not reasonably be +expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. + +  + +4.19 Intellectual Property. Each of the Borrowers owns or is licensed to use all +Intellectual Property necessary to conduct all business material to its +condition (financial or otherwise), business or operations as such business is +currently conducted. No claim has been asserted or is pending by any Person with +respect to the use by the Borrowers of any such Intellectual Property or +challenging or questioning the validity or effectiveness of any such +Intellectual Property; and no Borrowers know of any valid basis for any such +claim. The use of such Intellectual Property by the relevant Borrower does not +infringe on the rights of any Person. + +  + +4.20 Casualties or Taking of Property. Since December 31, 2019, neither the +business nor any Property of any Borrower has been materially and adversely +affected as a result of any casualty or taking of Property or cancellation of +contracts, permits or concessions by any Governmental Authority, riot, +activities of armed forces or acts of God. + +  + +4.21 Location of Borrowers. The principal place of business and chief executive +office of each Borrower is located at the address of such Borrower set forth in +Section 9.3 or at such other location as such Borrower may have, by proper +written notice hereunder, advised the Agent, provided that such other location +is within a state in which appropriate financing statements naming such Borrower +as debtor and naming Agent as secured party, have been filed, if required by +applicable law. + +  + +4.22 Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.22A, no Borrower has any +Subsidiaries. Schedule 4.22B sets forth a true and correct organizational chart +of Holdings and the Borrowers. + +  + +4.23 Compliance with Anti-Terrorism Laws. No Borrower nor any Affiliate of any +Borrower is in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law or knowingly engages in or +conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose +of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set +forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law. + +   + + - 47 - + +   + +  + +(a) No Borrower nor any Affiliate of any Borrower is any of the following (each +a “Blocked Person”): + +  + +(i) a Person that is listed in the annex, to, or is otherwise subject to the +provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224; + +  + +(ii) a Person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person +that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, +Executive Order No. 13224; + +  + +(iii) a Person or entity with which any bank or other financial institution is +prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any +Anti-Terrorism Law; + +  + +(iv) a Person or entity that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or +supports “terrorism” as defined in Executive Order No. 13224; + +  + +(v) a Person or entity that is named as a “specially designated national” on the +most current list published by OFAC at its official website or any replacement +website or other replacement official publication of such list; or + +  + +(vi) a Person or entity who is affiliated with a Person or entity listed above. + +  + +(b) None of the Borrowers nor any Affiliate of the Borrowers (i) conducts any +business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or +services to or for the benefit of any Blocked Person or (ii) deals in, or +otherwise engages in any transaction relating to, any Property or interests in +Property blocked pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224. + +  + +(c) None of the Borrowers nor any Affiliate of the Borrowers are in violation of +any rules or regulations promulgated by OFAC or of any economic or trade +sanctions administered and enforced by OFAC or conspires to engage in any +transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or +attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any rules or +regulations promulgated by OFAC. + +  + +4.24 Identification Numbers. The federal employer identification number of each +Borrower and its organizational number with appropriate Governmental Authorities +are as set forth on Schedule 4.24. + +  + +4.25 Solvency. Each Borrower is Solvent. No transfer or property is being made +by any Borrower and no obligation is being incurred by any Borrower in +connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other +Loan Documents with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud either present or +future creditors of such Borrower. + +   + +4.26 Related Party Transactions. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.26 attached +hereto, (i) none of the Borrowers are party to or bound by any agreement, +contract, whether written or oral, or other instrument with any person or entity +that is controlled by, whether directly or indirectly, or in common control with +or by one or more of the members of such Borrower, and (ii) none of the +Properties owned by the Borrowers are subject to any agreement that grants an +interest in and to such Properties to any person or entity that is controlled +by, whether directly or indirectly, or in common control with or by one or more +of the members of such Borrower. + +   + + - 48 - + +   + +  + +4.27 Material Contracts. Set forth on Schedule 4.27A is a true and complete +listing of all Material Contracts. As of the Closing Date, except as set forth +on Schedule 4.27B, all Material Contracts are in full force and effect (other +than any Material Contract that has expired in accordance with its terms) and, +to each Borrower’s knowledge, no defaults exist thereunder. + +  + +4.28 Employee Matters. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, could not +reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; + +  + +(a) The Borrowers, and their respective employees, agents and representatives +have not committed any material unfair labor practice as defined in the National +Labor Relations Act. + +  + +(b) There has been and is (i) no unfair labor practice charge or complaint +pending against any Borrower, or to the best knowledge of any Borrower, +threatened against any of them before the National Labor Relations Board or any +other Governmental Authority and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising +out of or under any collective bargaining agreement or similar agreement that is +so pending against any Borrower or to the best knowledge of any Borrower, +threatened against any of them, (ii) no labor dispute, strike, lockout, slowdown +or work stoppage in existence or threatened against, involving or affecting any +Borrower, (iii) no labor union, labor organization, trade union, works council, +or group of employees of any Borrower has made a pending demand for recognition +or certification, and there are no representation or certification proceedings +or petitions seeking a representation proceeding presently pending or threatened +to be brought or filed with the National Labor Relations Board or any other +Governmental Authority, and (iv) to the best knowledge of each Borrower, no +union representation question existing with respect to any of the employees of +any Borrower and, to the best knowledge of such Borrower, no labor union +organizing activity with respect to any employees of any Borrower that is taking +place. + +  + +4.29 Brokers. No broker’s or finder’s fee or commission will be payable with +respect hereto or any of the Acquisition Documents, except as disclosed on +Schedule 4.29. + +  + +4.30 Separate Entity. Each Borrower (a) has taken all necessary steps to +maintain the separate status and records of such Borrower, (b) does not +commingle any assets or business functions with any other Person (other than any +other Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries), (c) maintains separate +financial statements from all other Persons (other than other Borrowers and +their consolidated Subsidiaries), (d) has not assumed or guaranteed the debts, +liabilities or obligations of others, (e) holds itself out to the public and +creditors as an entity separate from all other Persons (other than other +Borrowers), (f) has not committed any fraud or misuse of the separate entity +legal status or any other injustice or unfairness, (g) has not maintained their +assets in such a manner that it will be costly or difficult to segregate, +ascertain or identify its individual assets from those of its stockholders, (h) +has not failed in any material respect to hold appropriate meetings (or act by +unanimous written consent) to authorize all appropriate actions, or failed in +any material respect in authorizing such actions, to observe all formalities +required by the laws of the States of Texas, Delaware, Louisiana or Nevada, as +applicable, relating to limited liability companies, or fail to observe in any +material respect any formalities required by its organizational documents and +(i) has not held itself out to be responsible for the debts of another Person. + +    + + - 49 - + +   + +  + +4.31 Marketing of Production. Except for agreements listed on Schedule 4.31 or +either consented to by the Agent after the date hereof, if at any time a +Borrower owns Oil and Gas Properties, no material agreements exist that are not +cancelable by the applicable Borrower on 60 days’ notice or less without penalty +or detriment for the sale of production from any Borrower’s Hydrocarbons +(including, without limitation, calls on or other rights to purchase, +production, whether or not the same are currently being exercised) that (i) +pertain to the sale of production at a fixed price and (ii) have a maturity or +expiry date of longer than six (6) months from the date hereof. + +  + +4.32 Acquisition Agreement. The Acquisition Agreement has not been amended or +otherwise modified except as disclosed to the Agent in writing. Except as set +forth on Schedule 4.9 attached hereto, no litigation or other action of any +nature involving the Acquisition Properties is pending before any Governmental +Authority and no such litigation or other action is threatened against or +involving the Acquisition Properties. + +  + +ARTICLE V + +  + +AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS + +  + +So long as any Obligation remains outstanding or unpaid, the Borrowers shall: + +  + +5.1 Maintenance and Access to Records. Keep adequate records, in accordance with +GAAP, of all of their transactions so that at any time, and from time to time, +the Borrowers true and complete financial condition may be readily determined, +and promptly following the reasonable request of the Agent or any Lender, make +such records available for inspection by the Agent or any Lender and, at the +expense of the Borrowers, allow the Agent or any Lender to make and take away +copies thereof. + +  + +5.2 Monthly Unaudited Financial Statements and Compliance Certificates. Deliver +to the Agent, on or before the forty-fifth (45th) day after the close of each +fiscal month commencing with the month ending February 29, 2020, (a) a copy of +the Financial Statements as of the close of the relevant fiscal month and from +the first day of the then current fiscal year to the end of the relevant fiscal +month, such Financial Statements to be certified by the Financial Officer of the +Borrowers as having been prepared by the Borrowers in accordance with GAAP +consistently applied and as a fair presentation of the financial condition of +the Borrowers (including without limitation the reporting of the General and +Administrative Costs described under Section 5.25), which shall include +comparative figures and analysis based on the projections delivered under +Section 5.4(g), on a consolidated basis, subject to changes resulting from +normal year-end audit adjustments, and (b) a Compliance Certificate prepared, as +to Section 3 thereof, as of the close of the relevant fiscal month or quarterly +period, as applicable, and executed by the Financial Officer of the Borrowers. + +   + + - 50 - + +   + +  + +5.3 Annual Audited Financial Statements and Compliance Certificate. Deliver to +the Agent, on or before the one hundred twentieth (120th) day after the close of +each fiscal year of the Borrowers, commencing with the fiscal year ending on +December 31, 2020, (a) a copy of the audited Financial Statements as of the +close of such fiscal year and for the fiscal year then ended, audited by a full +service accounting firm of regional or national reputation having a dedicated +oil and gas audit practice and approved by the Agent in writing, and (b) a +Compliance Certificate prepared, as to Section 3 thereof, as of the close of the +end of the relevant fiscal year. + +  + +5.4 Reserve Reports; LOE Reports; Production Reports; Payables Aging; Additional +Development Plans and Financial Projections. + +  + +(a) Deliver to the Agent, no later than each August 15th beginning in 2020 +during the term of this Agreement, a Reserve Report, in form and substance +satisfactory to the Agent, prepared as of the preceding June 30th and certified +by the Reserve Engineer preparing the relevant Reserve Report as fairly and +accurately setting forth (i) the PDP, PUD, shut-in, behind-pipe and undeveloped +Reserves (separately classified as such) attributable to the Mortgaged +Properties and other Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrowers, (ii) the aggregate +PV-10 value of the future net income with respect to PDP Reserves attributable +to the Mortgaged Properties and other Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrowers, +(iii) projections of the annual rate of production, gross income and net income +with respect to such PDP Reserves, (iv) information with respect to the +“take-or-pay,” “prepayment” and gas-balancing liabilities of the Borrowers with +respect to such PDP Reserves and (v) general economic assumptions. + +  + +(b) Deliver to the Agent, no later than each February 15th during the term of +this Agreement, a Reserve Report, in substantially the format of and providing +the information provided in the Reserve Reports provided pursuant to Section +5.4(a), prepared as of the preceding December 31st and certified by the Reserve +Engineer as fairly and accurately setting forth the information provided +therein. + +  + +(c) Deliver to the Agent, no later than the 45th day following the end of each +fiscal month, a report, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, setting +forth information as to quantities of production from the Mortgaged Properties, +volumes of production sold, volumes of production committed to Commodity Hedge +Agreements, pricing, purchasers of production, gross revenues, lease operating +expenses and such other information as the Agent or any Lender may request with +respect to the relevant monthly period. + +  + +(d) Deliver to the Agent, no later than the 45th day after the end of each +fiscal month, an aging of the accounts payable of the Borrowers, on a +consolidated basis, at the end of the relevant monthly period. + +  + +(e) Deliver to the Agent, no later than the 45th day after the end of each +fiscal month, a current reporting of the activities with respect to the Oil and +Gas Properties of any of the Borrowers setting forth the details of such +activities and a comparison of the activities set forth in the Development Plan +delivered pursuant to clause (f) below as of the end of the relevant monthly +period. + +   + + - 51 - + +   + +  + +(f) Deliver to the Agent, no later than December 31st of each year, a +Development Plan, in form acceptable to the Agent in its sole discretion, +setting forth proposed activities with respect to the Oil and Gas Properties of +the Borrowers or any of them during the subsequent fiscal year. + +  + +(g) Deliver to the Agent, no later than December 31st of each year, financial +projections for the Borrowers, on a consolidated basis, as at the close of each +month of the subsequent fiscal year, which financial projections shall be +presented in the form of Financial Statements. + +  + +5.5 Title Opinions; Title Defects; Mortgaged Properties. + +  + +(a) Promptly upon the request of the Agent, furnish to the Agent title opinions, +in form and by counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, or other +confirmation of title reasonably acceptable to the Agent, covering Oil and Gas +Properties of the relevant Borrower. + +  + +(b) Promptly, but in any event within 30 days after notice by the Agent of any +title defect having a Material Adverse Effect, clear such title defect. + +  + +(c) Promptly upon the request of the Agent, execute and deliver to the Agent +additional Security Documents as necessary to maintain, as Mortgaged Properties, +Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrowers the PV-10 value of the Proved Reserves +attributable to which, in the aggregate, equals at least one hundred percent +(100%) of the Total Proved Reserves reflected in the Reserve Report most +recently provided to the Agent pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.4. + +  + +5.6 Notices of Certain Events. Deliver to the Agent, immediately upon having +knowledge of the occurrence of any of the following events or circumstances, a +written statement with respect thereto, signed by a Responsible Officer of the +Borrowers, and setting forth the relevant event or circumstance and the steps +being taken by the relevant Borrower with respect to such event or circumstance: + +  + +(a) any Default or Event of Default; + +  + +(b) any default or event of default under any contractual obligation of any +Borrower, or any litigation, investigation or proceeding between such Borrower +and any Governmental Authority which, in either case, if not cured or if +adversely determined, as the case may be, could reasonably be expected to have a +Material Adverse Effect; + +  + +(c) any litigation or proceeding involving any Borrower as a defendant or in +which any Property of any Borrower is subject to a claim and in which the amount +involved is $25,000 or more and which is not covered by insurance or in which +injunctive or similar relief is sought; + +   + + - 52 - + +   + +  + +(d) the receipt by senior management of the Borrowers of any Environmental +Complaint, which if adversely determined could reasonably be expected to have a +Material Adverse Effect; + +  + +(e) any actual, proposed or threatened testing or other investigation by any +Governmental Authority or other Person concerning the environmental condition +of, or relating to, any Property of the Borrowers following any allegation of a +violation of any Requirement of Law; + +  + +(f) any Release of Hazardous Substances by the Borrowers or from, affecting or +related to any Property of the Borrowers or Property of others adjacent to +Property of the Borrowers which could reasonably be expected to have a Material +Adverse Effect, except in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law or the +terms of a valid permit, license, certificate or approval of the relevant +Governmental Authority, or the violation of any Environmental Law, or the +revocation, suspension or forfeiture of or failure to renew, any permit, +license, registration, approval or authorization which could reasonably be +expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; + +  + +(g) James A. Doris ceases to be part of the senior management of the Borrowers; + +  + +(h) the filing or commencement of any action, suit, proceeding, or arbitration +by or on behalf of any Borrower claiming or asserting damages in favor of such +Borrower in an amount in excess of $500,000; and + +  + +(i) any other event or condition which could reasonably be expected to have a +Material Adverse Effect. + +  + +5.7 Letters in Lieu of Transfer Orders or Division Orders. Promptly upon request +by the Agent at any time and from time to time, and without limitation on the +rights of the Agent pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17, execute such +letters in lieu of transfer or division orders as are necessary or appropriate +to transfer and deliver to the remittances of Agent proceeds from or +attributable to any of the Mortgaged Property. + +  + +5.8 Commodity Hedging. Maintain in effect and comply, in all material respects, +with the provisions of the Minimum Required Commodity Hedge Agreements. + +  + +5.9 Tax Returns. Furnish to the Agent, promptly upon, but in no event more than +thirty (30) days after, each filing of the annual federal income tax return of +the Borrowers with the Internal Revenue Service, a copy thereof. + +  + +5.10 Additional Information. Furnish to the Agent and any Lender, promptly upon +the request of the Agent, such additional financial or other information +concerning the assets, liabilities, operations and transactions of the Borrowers +as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request; and notify the Agent not +less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the occurrence of any condition or +event that may change the proper location for the filing of any financing +statement or other public notice or recording for the purpose of perfecting a +Lien in any Property of the Borrowers, including any change in its name or the +location of the jurisdiction of organization, principal place of business or +chief executive office of the relevant Borrower; and upon the request of the +Agent, execute such additional Security Documents as may be necessary or +appropriate in connection therewith. + +   + + - 53 - + +   + +  + +5.11 Compliance with Laws. Comply, in all material respects, with all applicable +Requirements of Law, including (a) ERISA, (b) Environmental Laws, (c) +Anti-Terrorism Laws and (d) all permits, licenses, registrations, approvals and +authorizations (i) related to any natural or environmental resource or media +located on, above, within, related to or affected by any Property of the +Borrowers, (ii) required for the performance of the operations of the Borrowers, +or (iii) applicable to the use, generation, handling, storage, treatment, +transport, or disposal of any Hazardous Substances; and use its best efforts to +cause all employees, agents, contractors, subcontractors and future lessees +(pursuant to appropriate lease provisions) of the Borrowers, while such Persons +are acting within the scope of their relationship with the relevant Borrower, to +comply with all such Requirements of Law as may be necessary or appropriate to +enable the relevant Borrower to so comply. + +  + +5.12 Payment of Assessments and Charges. Pay all Taxes, assessments, +governmental charges, rent and other Indebtedness which, if unpaid, might become +a Lien against any Property of the Borrowers, except any of the foregoing being +contested in good faith and as to which an adequate reserve in accordance with +GAAP has been established or unless failure to pay would not have a Material +Adverse Effect. + +  + +5.13 Maintenance of Existence or Qualification and Good Standing. Maintain its +corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership, as the case may be, +existence or qualification and, if applicable, good standing in its jurisdiction +of organization and in all jurisdictions wherein any material Property now owned +or hereafter acquired or business now or hereafter conducted by it necessitates +same. + +  + +5.14 Payment of Notes; Performance of Obligations. Pay the Notes according to +the reading, tenor and effect thereof, as modified hereby, and do and perform +every act and discharge all of the other Obligations. + +  + +5.15 Further Assurances. + +  + +(a) The Borrowers shall promptly (and in no event later than thirty (30) days +after becoming aware of the need therefor) do all acts and things, and execute +and file or record, all instruments, documents, or agreements reasonably +requested by the Agent or the Required Lenders, to comply with, cure any defects +or accomplish the conditions precedent, covenants and agreements of the +Borrowers in the Loan Documents including the Notes, to further evidence and +more fully describe the Collateral as security for the Obligations, as to +correct any omissions in this Agreement or the Security Documents, or to state +more fully the obligations secured therein, or to perfect, protect or preserve +any Liens created pursuant to this Agreement or the Security Documents or the +priority thereof or to make any recordings, file any notices or obtain any +consents, all as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable +discretion of the Agent or the Required Lenders, in connection therewith. + +   + + - 54 - + +   + +  + +(b) In addition to the foregoing, the Borrowers shall, within thirty (30) days +following request by the Agent, execute and deliver, mortgages, deeds of trust +or any other agreements, documents or instruments with respect to the Real +Property and Oil and Gas Properties to evidence the first-priority security +interests granted to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to the +Loan Documents. + +  + +5.16 Initial Expenses of Agent. Upon request by the Agent, promptly reimburse +the Agent for, or pay directly, all reasonable and documented fees and expenses +of counsel (including, without limitation, one lead counsel and any local +counsel) and financial advisors to the Agent and the Lenders, in connection with +the preparation of this Agreement and all documentation contemplated hereby, the +satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth herein, the filing and +recordation of Security Documents, and the consummation of the transactions +contemplated in this Agreement. + +  + +5.17 Subsequent Expenses of Agent and Lenders. Promptly reimburse (a) all third +party out-of-pocket amounts reasonably expended, advanced or incurred by or on +behalf of the Agent and Lenders (i) to satisfy any obligation of the Borrowers +under any of the Loan Documents; (ii) to ratify, amend, restate or prepare +additional Loan Documents, as the case may be; (iii) in connection with the +filing and recordation of Security Documents; and which amounts shall include +all reasonable attorney’s fees, together with interest at the Contract Rate on +each such amount from the date of notification by the Agent that the same was +expended, advanced or incurred by the Agent until the date it is repaid to the +Agent; (iv) in connection with certain back office and administrative services +related to the Term Loan provided by Cortland Capital Market Services LLC or +such other third party loan servicer as Agent may select from time to time; and +(v) in connection with all valuation services related to the Term Loan; +provided, that the fees and expenses in connection with (a)(iv) and (a)(v) above +shall not exceed $30,000 per calendar year; and (b) following an Event of +Default, all out-of-pocket costs and expenses, if any, of the Agent or any of +the Lenders (i) to enforce or protect their respective rights under any of the +Loan Documents; (ii) to collect the Obligations and (iii) to protect the +Properties or business of the Borrowers, which amounts shall be deemed +compensatory in nature and liquidated as to amount upon notice to the relevant +Borrower by the Agent and which costs and expenses shall include (A) all court +costs, (B) reasonable attorneys’ fees of one lead counsel and any special or +local counsel, (C) reasonable fees and expenses of auditors and accountants and +other professionals incurred to protect the interests of the Agent and the +Lenders, (D) fees and expenses incurred in connection with the participation by +the Agent on behalf of the Lenders as members of the creditors’ committee in any +Insolvency Proceeding, (E) fees and expenses incurred in connection with lifting +the automatic stay prescribed in §362 Title 11 of the United States of America +Code, (F) fees and expenses incurred by the Independent Reserve Engineer +incurred in connection with the preparation, analysis and delivery of the +Reserve Reports, and (G) fees and expenses incurred in connection with any +action pursuant to §1129 Title 11 of the United States of America Code all +reasonably incurred by the Agent on behalf of the Lenders in connection with the +collection of any sums due under the Loan Documents, together with interest at +the Contract Rate or Default Rate, as applicable, on each such amount from the +date of notification by the Agent that the same was expended, advanced or +incurred by the Agent or the Lenders until the date it is repaid to the Agent or +such Lender, as applicable, with the obligations under this Section 5.17 +surviving the non-assumption of this Agreement in any Insolvency Proceeding and +being binding upon the Borrowers and/or a trustee, receiver, custodian or +liquidator of the Borrowers appointed in any such case. Notwithstanding any +provision to the contrary herein, the Borrowers agree that, upon five (5) days’ +notice, the Agent may debit the Borrowers’ account or accounts that are subject +to exclusive control by the Agent for any amounts payable pursuant to this +Section 5.17 (including, without limitation, the Lockbox Account). + +   + + - 55 - + +   + +  + +5.18 Maintenance of Properties; Books and Records; Inspections. Each Borrower +will (a) maintain or, to the extent that the right or obligation to do so rests +with another Person, exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cause such +other Person to maintain all of the tangible Properties of the Borrowers in good +repair and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted; make or, to the extent +that the right or obligation to do so rests with another Person, exercise +commercially reasonable efforts to cause such other Person to make all necessary +replacements thereof and operate such Properties in a good and workmanlike +manner, (b) keep adequate books of record and account in which full, true and +correct entries are made of all material dealings and transactions in relation +to its business and activities, and (c) permit any representatives designated by +the Agent or any Lender (including employees of the Agent, any Lender or any +consultants, accountants, lawyers and appraisers retained by the Agent) to visit +and inspect any of the properties of any Borrower to inspect, copy and take +extracts from its and their financial and accounting records, and to discuss its +and their affairs, finances and accounts with its and their officers and +independent accountants, all upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times +during normal business hours and as often as may reasonably be requested and by +this provision the Borrowers authorize such independent accountants to discuss +with the Agent and Lender and such representatives the affairs, finances and +accounts of each Borrower; provided that (i) such Borrower shall be afforded an +opportunity to be present at any such discussions with the independent +accountants, and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, +only one (1) such visits and inspections in any twelve (12) month period shall +be at the Borrowers’ expense. The Borrowers acknowledge that the Agent, after +exercising its rights of inspection, may prepare and distribute to the Lenders +certain reports pertaining to the Borrowers’ assets for internal use by the +Agent and the Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section +5.18, none of the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries will be required to disclose +or permit the inspection or discussion of, any document, information or other +matter (x) in respect of which disclosure to the Agent or any Lender (or their +representatives) is prohibited by law or any binding agreement or (y) that is +subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work +product. + +  + +5.19 Maintenance of Insurance. Each Borrower will maintain or cause to be +maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, casualty insurance, +such public liability insurance, and third party property all risk damage +insurance, in each case, with respect to liabilities, losses or damage in +respect of the assets, properties and businesses of the Borrowers as are +customarily carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of +established reputation of similar size and engaged in similar businesses, in +such amounts (giving effect to self-insurance which comports with the +requirements of this Section 5.19 and provided that adequate reserves therefor +are maintained in accordance with GAAP), with such deductibles, covering such +risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be customary for such +Persons and in such amounts and from such insurers reasonably acceptable to +Agent. Each such policy of the Borrowers of (i) casualty insurance shall contain +loss payable clauses or provisions in each such insurance policy or policies in +favor of and made payable to the Agent as its interests may appear and (ii) such +policies of liability insurance shall name the Agent and the Lenders as +“additional insureds” and provide that the insurer will endeavor to give no less +than 30 days prior written notice of any cancellation to the Agent (10 days for +non-payment). Such endorsement shall be further endorsed to show that each +Borrower waives the right and shall cause its insurers to waive the right to +subrogate against the Lenders. Each such policy shall be primary and not excess +to or contributing with any insurance or self-insurance maintained by any +Lender. Upon request at any time from and after the date that is thirty days +after the Closing Date, the Borrowers shall deliver a certificate of insurance +coverage from each insurer or its authorized agent or broker with respect to the +insurance required by this Section 5.19 in form reasonably satisfactory to the +Agent. + +   + + - 56 - + +   + +  + +5.20 Environmental Indemnification. Indemnify and hold the Agent and each of the +Lenders and their respective shareholders, officers, directors, employees, +agents, advisors attorneys-in-fact and Affiliates and each trustee for the +benefit of the Agent or the Lenders under any Security Document (each of the +foregoing an “Indemnitee”) harmless from and against any and all claims, losses, +damages, liabilities, fines, penalties, charges, administrative and judicial +proceedings and orders, judgments, remedial actions, requirements and +enforcement actions of any kind, and all reasonable costs and expenses incurred +in connection therewith (including attorneys’ fees and expenses), arising +directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from (a) the presence of any +Hazardous Substances on, under, or from any Property of the Borrowers, whether +prior to or during the term hereof, (b) any activity carried on or undertaken on +any Property of the Borrowers, whether prior to or during the term hereof, and +whether by the Borrowers or any of the predecessors in title, employees, agents, +contractors or subcontractors of or any other Person at any time occupying or +present on such Property, in connection with the handling, treatment, removal, +storage, decontamination, cleanup, transportation or disposal of any Hazardous +Substances at any time located or present on or under such Property, (c) any +residual contamination on or under any Property of the Borrowers, (d) any +contamination of any Property or natural resources arising in connection with +the generation, use, handling, storage, transportation or disposal of any +Hazardous Substances by the Borrowers or any employees, agents, contractors or +subcontractors of the Borrowers while such Persons are acting within the scope +of their relationship with the relevant Borrower, irrespective of whether any of +such activities were or will be undertaken in accordance with applicable +Requirements of Law or (e) the performance and enforcement of any Loan Document +or any other act or omission in connection with or related to any Loan Document +or the transactions contemplated thereby, including any such claim, loss, +damage, liability, fine, penalty, charge, administrative or judicial proceeding, +order, judgment, remedial action, requirement, enforcement action, cost or +expense, arising from the negligence (but not the gross negligence or willful +misconduct), whether sole or concurrent, of any Indemnitee; with the foregoing +indemnity surviving satisfaction of all Obligations and the termination of this +Agreement, unless all such Obligations have been satisfied wholly in cash and +not by way of realization against any Collateral or the conveyance of any +Property in lieu thereof, provided that such indemnity shall not extend to any +act or omission by the Agent or any Lender with respect to any Property +subsequent to the Agent or any Lender becoming the owner of such Property and +with respect to which Property such claim, loss, damage, liability, fine, +penalty, charge, proceeding, order, judgment, action or requirement arises +subsequent to the acquisition of title thereto by the Agent or any Lender. All +amounts due under this Section 5.20 shall be payable on written demand therefor +by the Agent. + +   + + - 57 - + +   + +  + +5.21 General Indemnification. Indemnify and hold each Indemnitee harmless from +and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related +expenses, including reasonable counsel fees and expenses, incurred by or +asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with or as +a result of (a) the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this +Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the performance by the parties hereto +and thereto of their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder and +consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (b) the use of +proceeds of the Term Loan, or (c) any claim, litigation, investigation or +proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not any Indemnitee is a +party thereto, including any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense +arising from the negligence, whether sole or concurrent, of any Indemnitee, +except to the extent that the same is found in a final, nonappealable judgment +by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnitee’s +gross negligence or willful misconduct; with the foregoing indemnity surviving +satisfaction of all Obligations and the termination of this Agreement. All +amounts due under this Section 5.21 shall be payable on written demand therefor. + +  + +5.22 Evidence of Compliance with Anti-Terrorism Laws. Deliver to the Agent and +any Lender any certification or other evidence requested from time to time by +the Agent or such Lender, in their reasonable discretion, confirming compliance +by the Borrowers with the provisions of any or all applicable Anti-Terrorism +Laws. + +  + +5.23 Board and Management Meetings. Hold (a) a meeting of the governing body of +each Borrower or its manager, as the case may be, at least annually and, in +connection with each such meeting or any proposed action without a meeting, as +the case may be, (i) provide to the Agent reasonable advance notice of the +meeting or reasonable advance notice of any proposed action without a meeting, +(ii) provide to the Agent, reasonably in advance of the meeting or proposed +action without a meeting, copies of all written materials provided to the +directors and (iii) so long as the Loan Balance exceeds $100,000 allow the Agent +Observer to attend the meeting as a non-voting observer and (b) regular +operations meetings of the management team of the relevant Borrower and special +meetings of such management team at the reasonable request of the Agent. +Borrowers will reimburse the Agent Observer for all reasonable and documented +out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with its participation +in any such meetings. + +  + +5.24 Leases. Each Borrower will maintain in full force and effect all oil, gas +or mineral leases, contracts, servitudes and other agreements forming a part of +any Oil and Gas Property covered by the most recent Reserve Report, to the +extent the same cover or otherwise relate to such Oil and Gas Property, and each +Borrower will timely perform all of its obligations thereunder, in accordance +with industry standards. Each Borrower will properly and timely pay or hold in +suspense status all rents (including delay rentals or other amounts necessary to +extend the primary term of any lease), royalties, expenses and other payments +due and payable under any such leases, contracts, servitudes and other +agreements, or under the Permitted Liens, or otherwise attendant to its +ownership or operation of any Oil and Gas Property (or contest such payments in +accordance with the terms of the applicable joint operating agreement or +otherwise contest in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and maintaining +reserves for the payment of which in accordance with GAAP). Each Borrower will +promptly notify the Agent of any claim (or any conclusion by such Borrower) that +such Borrower is obligated to account for any royalties, or overriding royalties +or other payments out of production, on a basis (other than delivery in kind) +less favorable to such Borrower than proceeds received by such Borrower +(calculated at the well) from sale of production. + +   + + - 58 - + +   + +  + +5.25 Maximum Permitted Monthly General and Administrative Cost Allocation. Not +pay, agree to pay, deduct or account for General and Administrative Costs in +excess of $150,000 per month. The Borrowers shall report to the Agent in the +financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.2 a reasonably detailed +description of the allocation of General and Administrative Costs detailing the +inputs of the calculation (measured in arrears). + +  + +5.26 Material Contracts. (a) Comply in all material respects with Material +Contracts, and (b) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days +after any Material Contract of any Borrower is terminated or amended or after +any new Material Contract is entered into, a written statement describing such +event, with copies of such material amendments or new contracts and an +explanation of any actions being taken with respect thereto. + +  + +5.27 Information Regarding Collateral. The Borrowers will furnish to the Agent +written notice at least thirty (30) days prior to the occurrence of any change +(a) in any Borrower’s legal name, (b) in any Borrower’s identity or +organizational structure, or (c) in any Borrower’s Federal Taxpayer +Identification Number. Each Borrower agrees not to effect or permit any change +referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under +the UCC or other applicable law or otherwise that are required in order for the +Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and +perfected security interest in all the Collateral that can be perfected by the +filing of a UCC financing statement. The Borrowers will furnish to the Agent +prompt written notice of any material Liens or claims made or asserted in +writing against any Collateral or interest therein. Each Borrower also agrees +promptly to notify the Agent in writing if any material Collateral is lost, +damaged or destroyed. + +  + +5.28 Lockbox Account. (a) Remit all payments (including, without limitation, any +cash collateral returned or arising from the surety obligations contemplated +under Section 5.32 below) received by it to the Lockbox Account and (b) direct +all account debtors and royalty payors to remit all payments due to the +Borrowers to the Lockbox Account. + +  + +5.29 Additional Properties; Other Collateral. In the event that (a) any Borrower +acquires any Oil and Gas Property or (b) any Property owned or leased by a +Borrower on the Closing Date becomes Oil and Gas Property and such interest or +interests under clauses (a) or (b) have an aggregate value in excess of $100,000 +and have not otherwise been made subject to the Lien of the Security Documents +in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, then such Borrower, +contemporaneously with acquiring such Oil and Gas Property, in the case of +clause (a), and promptly after any Property owned or leased on the Closing Date +becomes an Oil and Gas Property, in the case of clause (b), must take all such +actions and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such +mortgages, documents, instruments, agreements, opinions and certificates with +respect to each such Property that the Agent shall reasonably request to create +in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a valid and, subject to +any filing and/or recording referred to herein, perfected first priority +security interest in such Property (subject only to Permitted Liens) such that, +at all times the Agent will have a mortgage lien on all of the Oil and Gas +Properties of the Borrowers. Each Borrower will at all times cause all personal +property of such Borrower to be subject to a first priority Lien (subject only +to Permitted Liens) in favor of the Agent pursuant to the Security Documents. +All of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Borrower (other than +Holdings) shall at all times be pledged to the Agent pursuant to the Security +Documents. + +    + + - 59 - + +   + +  + +5.30 Other Financial Reporting Obligations. Deliver to the Agent any and all +annual and quarterly financial reporting information of Viking as well as any +special reporting delivered to its securities regulator no later than three (3) +days after such information is delivered to the SEC. + +  + +5.31 Removal of Operator. If any Operator Event of Default or Event of Default +exists, the Borrowers or such Affiliate shall, at the request of the Agent, +immediately be removed as the operator pursuant to this Section 5.31, and such +Person will (a) immediately take any and all actions reasonably requested by the +Agent or its designee to facilitate a smooth transition of operatorship from +such Person to a successor operator approved by the Agent in writing, including +without limitation, transferring to the Agent or Agent’s designee, any cash +collateral returned to the Borrowers as a result of bonds or other surety +obligations being released or terminated in connection with the removal of the +operator pursuant to this Section 5.31, (b) refrain from taking any action to +oppose, delay or otherwise hinder the efforts of that successor operator to +assume operatorship of the Collateral, and (c) fully cooperate in good faith +with all such efforts by the Agent to pursue foreclosure and/or other rights and +remedies available to the Agent by law, equity or otherwise. The Agent’s +determination and written notification to any Person that an Event of Default +has occurred and is continuing or otherwise exists will be conclusive and +binding absent manifest error. For the avoidance of any doubt, the burden of +proving manifest error shall be on the Borrowers. + +  + +5.32 Maintenance of Bonds, Guarantees. The Borrowers shall obtain and maintain, +or cause to be obtained and maintained, for the term of this Agreement, as the +operator of record for the assets indicated as being operated by Five-J.A.B. +Inc. on Exhibit B-1 of the Acquisition Agreement, bonds and guarantees +sufficient to comply with the bonding requirements of the State of Texas, the +State of Louisiana or any other Governmental Authority. For the avoidance of any +doubt, the Borrowers may rely on the bonds and/or guarantees of Petrodome +Operating, LLC, or its successors and assigns, to satisfy the obligation under +this Section 5.32. + +  + +5.33 Post-Closing Obligation. (a) Within fifteen (15) days after the Effective +Date, the Agent shall have received a Development Plan in form and substance +acceptable to the Agent in its sole discretion, (b) within ten (10) days +following the Effective Date, the Borrowers shall direct all account debtors to +make payment on accounts and any other Collateral directly to the Lockbox +Account, (c) within thirty (30) days following the Effective Date, each relevant +Borrower shall note, to the Agent’s reasonable satisfaction, the Agent’s +security interest on all certificates of title for the vehicles or vessels, as +the case may be, set forth on Schedule 3.5(c) of that certain Security Agreement +dated as of the Effective Date, executed by the Borrowers for the benefit of the +Agent and the other Secured Parties (as defined therein), (d) within thirty (30) +days following the Effective Date, the Borrowers shall provide evidence of +receipt by each of the aforementioned account debtors of such payment +directions, (e) use commercially reasonable efforts, within thirty (30) days +after the Effective Date, to deliver to Agent the countersigned Direction +Letters delivered pursuant to Section 3.1(p), and (f) within thirty (30) days +following the Effective Date, the Agent shall receive fully executed Deposit +Account Control Agreements in form and substance acceptable to the Agent in its +reasonable discretion. + +  + +If notwithstanding the foregoing instructions, any Borrower receives any +proceeds of any such Collateral, such Borrower shall receive such payments as +Agent’s trustee, and shall immediately deposit all cash, checks or other similar +payments related to or constituting payments made in respect of such Collateral +received by it to the Lockbox Account. If any Borrower should refuse or neglect +to notify any account debtor to forward payments directly to the Lockbox +Account, Agent shall be entitled to make such notification directly to the +applicable account debtor. + +    + + - 60 - + +   + +  + +ARTICLE VI + +  + +NEGATIVE COVENANTS + +  + +So long as any Obligation remains outstanding or unpaid, none of the Borrowers +will: + +  + +6.1 Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, +whether by way of loan or otherwise; provided, however, the foregoing +restriction shall not apply to (a) the Obligations, (b) unsecured accounts +payable incurred in the ordinary course of business, which are not unpaid in +excess of forty-five (45) days beyond invoice date or are being contested in +good faith and as to which such reserve as is required by GAAP has been made, +(c) Indebtedness of the Borrowers at any time owing by the relevant Borrower +under any of the Minimum Required Commodity Hedge Agreements or other Commodity +Hedge Agreement with Approved Hedge Counterparties and approved by the Agent, +(d) Contingent Obligations permitted pursuant to Section 6.2, (e) Indebtedness +of any Borrower owed to any other Borrower or to Holdings; provided, however, +that neither Holdings nor Elysium may guarantee any of obligations of the other +Borrowers, (f) Indebtedness under purchase money financings not to exceed +$1,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding, (g) indebtedness (other +than Indebtedness for borrowed money) associated with (i) worker’s compensation +laws or claims, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, performance, +bid, surety, appeal, regulatory or similar bonds or (ii) surety obligations +required by Governmental Authority or any Person in connection with the +operation of the Oil and Gas Properties, including with respect to plugging, +facility removal and abandonment of Oil and Gas Properties, (h) Indebtedness +associated with Permitted Liens pursuant to clause (d) of the definition +thereof, and (i) Indebtedness under that certain Contract Operating Agreement, +which shall at all times be subject to the Subordination Agreement. + +  + +6.2 Contingent Obligations. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any +Contingent Obligation; provided, however, the foregoing restriction shall not +apply to (a) performance guarantees, performance surety or other bonds or +endorsements of items deposited for collection, in each case provided in the +ordinary course of business or (b) trade credit incurred or operating leases +entered into in the ordinary course of business. + +  + +6.3 Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any of its +Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; provided, however, the +foregoing restriction shall not apply to Permitted Liens. + +   + + - 61 - + +   + +  + +6.4 Sales of Assets. Sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, any of its +Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or enter into any agreement +to do so; provided, however, the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (a) +the sale of Hydrocarbons or inventory in the ordinary course of business, +provided that no contract for the sale of Hydrocarbons shall obligate the +relevant Borrower to deliver Hydrocarbons produced from any of its Oil and Gas +Properties at some future date without receiving full payment therefor within +sixty (60) days of delivery, (b) the sale or other disposition of Property +destroyed, lost, worn out, damaged or having only salvage value or no longer +used or useful in the business in which it is used, (c) the sale, transfer or +other disposition of Property from the Borrowers to any other Borrowers or +direct obligor hereunder, (d) sales or other dispositions of Property not +constituting Collateral and not exceeding $50,000 in the aggregate, for the +Borrowers on a consolidated basis, during any calendar year, or (e) sales or +other dispositions of Property, the proceeds of which are used to pay the +Obligations in full in cash. + +  + +6.5 Leasebacks. Enter into any agreement to sell or transfer any Property and +thereafter rent or lease as lessee such Property or other Property intended for +the same use or purpose as the Property sold or transferred. + +  + +6.6 Sale or Discount of Receivables. Except to minimize losses on bona fide +debts previously contracted, discount or sell with recourse, or sell for less +than the greater of the face or market value thereof, any of its notes +receivable or accounts receivable. + +  + +6.7 Loans or Advances. Make or agree to make or allow to remain outstanding any +loans or advances to any Person; provided, however, the foregoing restriction +shall not apply to (a) advances or extensions of credit in the form of accounts +receivable incurred in the ordinary course of business and on terms customary in +the relevant industry, (b) loans or advances by the relevant Borrower to any of +the other Borrower or (c) other loans or advances not exceeding $25,000, in the +aggregate for the Borrowers on a consolidated basis, at any time outstanding. +Notwithstanding the forgoing, the Borrowers shall not make any advance or loan +to or for the benefit of, whether directly or otherwise, to: (i) any Person +directly or indirectly related to any Borrower or (ii) any officer or manager of +such Borrower, without the express written consent of the Agent. + +  + +6.8 Investments. Make or acquire Investments in, or purchase or otherwise +acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, any Person; provided, +however, the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (a) the purchase or +acquisition of Oil and Gas Properties, pipelines and gathering systems or other +Property related thereto or related to farm-out, farm-in, joint operating, joint +venture or area of mutual interest agreements or other similar arrangements +which are usual and customary in the oil and gas exploration and production +business located within the geographic boundaries of the United States of +America (including, the federal Outer Continental Shelf) and otherwise in +accordance with the Development Plan and this Agreement or otherwise approved by +the Agent in its sole discretion, (b) Investments in the form of (i) debt +securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United +States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, with maturities of +no more than one year, (ii) commercial paper of a domestic issuer rated at the +date of acquisition at least P-2 by Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. or A-2 by +Standard & Poor’s Corporation and with maturities of no more than one year from +the date of acquisition, (iii) repurchase agreements covering debt securities or +commercial paper of the type permitted in this Section 6.8, or (iv) certificates +of deposit, demand deposits, eurodollar time deposits, overnight bank deposits +and bankers’ acceptances, with maturities of no more than one year from the date +of acquisition, issued by or acquired from or through any Lender or any bank or +trust company organized under the laws of the United States of America or any +state thereof and having capital surplus and undivided profits aggregating at +least $100,000,000, (c) other short-term Investments similar in nature and +degree of risk to those described in clause (b) of this proviso to this Section +6.8, (d) Investments in money-market funds sponsored or administered by Persons +acceptable to the Agent and which funds invest in short-term Investments similar +in nature and degree of risk to those described in clause (b) of this proviso to +this Section 6.8, or (e) evidences of loans or advances not prohibited by the +provisions of Section 6.8. + +   + + - 62 - + +   + +  + +6.9 Dividends and Distributions. Declare, pay or make, whether in cash or +Property of the relevant Borrower, any dividend or distribution on, or purchase, +redeem or otherwise acquire for value, any of its Equity Interests other than +dividends and distributions paid (a) in additional shares of Equity Interests, +so long as such additional shares of Equity Interests do not constitute +Disqualified Equity Interests, (b) pursuant to and in accordance with stock +option plans or other benefit plans for management, employees or consultants of +the relevant Borrower, so long as such additional shares of Equity Interests do +not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, or (c) so long as no Default or +Event of Default exists or would reasonably be expected to result in a Default +or Event of Default, as a Permitted Tax Distribution. + +  + +6.10 Issuance of Equity; Changes in Corporate Structure. Issue or agree to issue +any Equity Interests in any Borrower or any Subsidiary other than common Equity +Interests; enter into any transaction of consolidation, merger or amalgamation +(including through a plan of division), or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve (or +suffer any liquidation or dissolution) unless a Borrower is the surviving Person +of such transaction. + +  + +6.11 Transactions with Affiliates and Certain Other Person. Directly or +indirectly, enter into any transaction (including the sale, lease or exchange of +Property or the rendering of service) with any of its Affiliates or with any +Person directly or indirectly related to any Borrower or any manager or officer +of such Borrower (other than transactions entered into in the normal course of +business between the Borrowers and any other Borrower not otherwise prohibited +hereunder), other than: (a) upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable +than could be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with a Person which was +not an Affiliate and (b) upon terms approved by the Agent in writing. + +  + +6.12 Lines of Business. Engage in any line of business other than those in which +the relevant Borrower is engaged as of the Closing Date. + +  + +6.13 Plan Obligation. Assume or otherwise become subject to an obligation to +contribute to or maintain any Plan or acquire any Person which has at any time +had an obligation to contribute to or maintain any Plan. + +  + +6.14 Anti-Terrorism Laws. Conduct any business or engage in any transaction or +dealing with any Blocked Person, including the making or receiving of any +contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Blocked +Person; Deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating to, any +Property or interests in Property blocked pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224; +Engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has +the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate (i) any of the +prohibitions set forth in Executive Order No. 13224 or the USA Patriot Act or +(ii) any prohibitions set forth in the rules or regulations issued by OFAC or +any sanctions against targeted foreign countries, terrorism sponsoring +organizations and international narcotics traffickers based on United States of +America foreign policy. + +   + + - 63 - + +   + +  + +6.15 Amendment of Material Contracts. Amend, supplement, restate or otherwise +modify (a) in any material respect, any Material Contract to which the relevant +Borrower is a party, including, without limitation, any Development Plan, +contract operating agreement or joint operating agreement, without the express +written consent from the Agent, or (b) whether or not constituting “Material +Contracts” (i) documents governing the conveyance of Oil and Gas Properties and +(ii) oil and gas leases, oil, gas and mineral leases, or other liquid or gaseous +hydrocarbon leases, in each case, in a manner materially adverse to the +interests of the Lenders without in each case obtaining the prior written +consent of the Agent to such amendment, restatement, supplement or other +modification or waiver. + +  + +6.16 Provisions of Commodity Hedge Agreements. Enter into or maintain in effect +any Commodity Hedge Agreement containing any provision obligating the relevant +Borrower to provide to the relevant Approved Hedge Counterparty any collateral, +margin, letter of credit or any other form of security or credit support for the +obligations, contingent or otherwise, of the relevant Borrower thereunder. + +  + +6.17 Maintenance of Commodity Hedge Agreements. Enter into any Commodity Hedge +Agreement, whether with an Approved Hedge Counterparty or another Person, other +than the Minimum Required Commodity Hedge Agreements or liquidate or terminate +any of Minimum Required Commodity Hedge Agreements. + +  + +6.18 Deposit Accounts. Establish or maintain funds on deposit in a deposit +account with any financial institution other than in (a) the Lockbox Account, or +(b) in an Operating Account (including deposit accounts used to maintain funds +in suspense or royalties due to third-parties) as described on Schedule 6.18 +attached hereto, as updated from time to time. + +  + +6.19 Development Plans. Make any expenditure with respect to exploration or +development activities with respect to the Oil and Gas Properties other than as +contemplated in the Development Plan. + +  + +6.20 Subsidiaries. Form or acquire any Subsidiary without the prior written +consent of the Agent. In the event that the Agent provides such prior written +consent to any formation or acquisition of any Subsidiary or joint venture, the +relevant Borrower and/or Borrowers shall contemporaneously with such formation +or acquisition, cause such Subsidiary to (a) become a Borrower by delivering to +the Agent a duly executed amendment to this Agreement or such other document as +the Agent shall deem appropriate for such purpose, (b) in accordance with +Section 5.29, grant a security interest in all Collateral of the type described +in the Security Documents subject to the exceptions specified therein, including +all Oil and Gas Properties, owned by such Subsidiary by delivering to the Agent +a duly executed supplement to the Security Documents or such other document as +the Agent all documents the Agent shall deem appropriate for such purpose, (c) +deliver to the Agent such opinions, documents and certificates referred to in +Section 3.1 as may reasonably be requested by the Agent, (d) deliver to the +Agent such original certificated Equity Interests or other transfer powers duly +executed in blank, (e) deliver to the Agent such updated Schedules to the Loan +Documents as requested by the Agent with respect to such Subsidiary, and (f) +deliver to the Agent such other documents as may be reasonably requested by the +Agent, all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. + +      + +6.21 Current Ratio. Allow, as of the close of any fiscal month, commencing with +the month ending March 31, 2020, the ratio of Current Assets to Current +Liabilities to be less than 1.00 to 1.00. + +  + +6.22 PDP Collateral Coverage. Allow, as of each of the dates indicated in the +table below in this Section 6.22, (a) the positive difference of (i) the Loan +Balance as of the relevant date minus (ii) the amount of the Unrestricted Cash +as of the relevant date divided by (b) the PV-10 value of the PDP Reserves +(using Adjusted Strip Prices on the relevant date applied to the PDP Reserves of +the Borrowers, on a consolidated basis, as reflected in the Reserve Report +provided to the Agent pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.4), to be more +than the percentage indicated in the table below for the relevant date: + +  + +Date + +  + +Percentage + +June 30, 2020 + +  + +70% + +December 31, 2020, and each + +  + +65% + +December 31 and June 30 thereafter + +  + +  + + - 64 - + +   + +  + +6.23 Maximum Leverage. Allow, as of each of the dates indicated below in this +Section 6.23, the ratio of (a) the Total Secured Debt to (b) EBITDA, calculated +as set forth below, to exceed the ratios indicated in the table below for the +relevant dates: + +  + +Date + +  + +Percentage + +  + +Calculation Period + +  + +  + +  + +June 30, 2020 + +  + +3.50 to 1.00 + +  + +Trailing 4 months, annualized  + +September 30, 2020 + +  + +3.25 to 1.00 + +  + +Trailing 7 months, annualized  + +December 31, 2020 + +  + +3.00 to 1.00 + +  + +Trailing 10 months, annualized  + +March 31, 2021, and the last day of each fiscal quarter thereafter + +  + +2.75 to 1.00 + +  + +Trailing 12 months + +  + +6.24 Organizational Documents. Enter into any amendment or permit any +modification of, or waive any material right or obligation of any Person under, +any Borrower’s applicable certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate +of formation, bylaws, limited liability company agreement or equivalent or +comparable document, in each case in a manner that is materially adverse to the +Agent or the Lenders. + +  + +6.25 Negative Pledge Agreements. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any +contract, agreement or understanding (other than this Agreement, the Security +Documents, agreements with respect to purchase money Indebtedness or Capital +Leases secured by Permitted Liens, but then only with respect to the Property +that is the subject of such Capital Lease or purchase money Indebtedness), that +in any way prohibits or restricts granting, conveying, creation or imposition of +any Lien on any of its Property in favor of the Agent and the Lenders. + +  + +6.26 Material Accounting Changes. Change the last day of its fiscal year from +December 31, of each year, or the last days of the first three fiscal quarters +in each of its fiscal years from March 31, June 30 and September 30 of each +year, respectively. Make (without the consent of the Agent) any material change +in its accounting treatment and reporting practices except as required by GAAP. + +  + +6.27 Amended to Acquisition Documents. Agree to any amendment, restatement, +supplement or other modification to, or waiver of, any Acquisition Document +without in each case obtaining the prior written consent of the Agent to such +amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification or waiver. + +   + + - 65 - + +   + +  + +6.28 Passive Status of Holdings. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary +contained herein or in any other Loan Document, Holdings shall not (a) engage in +any operating or business activities other than its ownership of Elysium and +activities incidental to the foregoing, (b) have any liabilities (other than +nonconsensual obligations imposed by operation of law) or Indebtedness (other +than the Obligations), (c) own any property or assets other than Equity +Interests in Elysium, (d) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property +or assets now owned or hereafter acquired, leased (as lessee), or licensed (as +licensee) by it other than Permitted Liens, (e) consolidate with or merge with +or into, or dispose all or substantially all its assets to, any Person, (f) +sell, lease (as lessor), license (as licensor), exchange, assignment, transfer +or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries, (g) +create or acquire any Subsidiary or make or own any Investment in any Person +other than Elysium; or (h) fail to hold itself out to the public as a legal +entity separate and distinct from all other Persons; provided, however, that the +foregoing shall not prohibit Holdings from engaging in the following activities +or incurring the following liabilities: (i) the performance of its obligations +under the Loan Documents, (ii) issuances of Equity Interests and other +activities otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement, (iii) activities +related to the maintenance of Holdings’s corporate existence (including the +ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance), (iv) +liabilities and activities to comply with applicable law, rule, regulation, +order, approval, license, permit or similar restriction, (v) carrying out its +obligations as member or sole managing member of Elysium, (vi) managing, through +its board, directors, officers and managers, the business of Elysium and the +other Borrowers, (vii) receipt and payment of dividends otherwise permitted +under this Agreement, (viii) payment of taxes and dividends to the extent +permitted under this Agreement, (ix) making contributions to the capital of its +Subsidiaries, (x) providing indemnification to officers, managers and directors, +and (xi) holding any cash and maintenance of deposit accounts incidental to any +activities permitted under this Section 6.28 and (xii) activities, liabilities +and properties incidental to the foregoing clauses (i) through (xi). + +  + +ARTICLE VII + +  + +EVENTS OF DEFAULT + +  + +7.1 Enumeration of Events of Default. Any of the following events shall +constitute an Event of Default: + +  + +(a) default shall be made in the payment when due of any installment of +principal or interest under this Agreement or the Notes or in the payment when +due of any fee or other sum payable under any Loan Document to which the +relevant Borrower is a party and such default shall continue unremedied for five +(5) days, except such amounts due on the Maturity Date, for which no such grace +period shall apply; + +  + +(b) default shall be made by the Borrowers in the due observance or performance +of any of its obligations under the Loan Documents, and, as to compliance with +the obligations of the Borrowers under Article V (other than Section 5.3, +Section 5.6, Section 5.8, Section 5.14, Section 5.19, Section 5.27, Section +5.29, Section 5.25 and Section 5.31), such default shall continue for five (5) +days after the earlier of notice thereof to the relevant Borrower or Borrowers +by the Agent or knowledge thereof by the relevant Borrower or any of the other +Borrowers; + +    + + - 66 - + +   + +  + +(c) any representation or warranty made by the Borrowers in any of the Loan +Documents to which the relevant Borrower is a party proves to have been untrue +in any material respect or any representation, statement (including Financial +Statements), certificate or data furnished or made to the Agent or any Lender in +connection herewith proves to have been untrue in any material respect as of the +date the facts therein set forth were stated or certified; + +  + +(d) default shall be made by any Borrower (as principal or guarantor or other +surety) in the payment or performance of any bond, debenture, note or other +Indebtedness in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate as to the relevant Borrower +or under any credit agreement, loan agreement, indenture, promissory note or +similar agreement or instrument executed in connection with any of the +foregoing, and such default shall remain unremedied for five (5) days in excess +of the period of grace, if any, with respect thereto; + +  + +(e) the levy against any significant portion of the Property of the Borrowers, +or any execution, garnishment, attachment, sequestration or other writ or +similar proceeding in an amount in excess of $100,000 as to the relevant +Borrower which is not permanently dismissed or discharged within 60 days after +the levy; + +  + +(f) any Borrower shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of a +receiver, trustee or liquidator of it or all or a substantial part of its +assets, (ii) file a voluntary petition commencing an Insolvency Proceeding, +(iii) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors of all or +substantially all of its assets, (iv) be unable, or admit in writing its +inability, to pay its debts generally as they become due or (v) file an answer +admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any +Insolvency Proceeding; + +  + +(g) an order, judgment or decree shall be entered against any Borrower by any +court of competent jurisdiction or by any other Governmental Authority, on the +petition of a creditor or otherwise, granting relief in any Insolvency +Proceeding or approving a petition seeking reorganization or an arrangement of +its debts or appointing a receiver, trustee, conservator, custodian or +liquidator of it or all or any substantial part of its assets, and such order, +judgment or decree shall not be dismissed or stayed within thirty (30) days; + +  + +(h) a final and non-appealable order, judgment or decree shall be entered +against any Borrower for money damages and/or Indebtedness due in an amount in +excess of $100,000, and such order, judgment or decree shall not be dismissed or +stayed within 60 days or is not fully covered by insurance; + +  + +(i) any charges are filed or any other action or proceeding is instituted by any +Governmental Authority against any Borrower under the Racketeering Influence and +Corrupt Organizations Statute (18 U.S.C. §1961 et seq.), the result of which +could be the forfeiture or transfer of any material Property of the relevant +Borrower subject to a Lien in favor of the Agent without (i) satisfaction or +provision for satisfaction of such Lien or (ii) such forfeiture or transfer of +such Property being expressly made subject to such Lien; + +   + + - 67 - + +   + +  + +(j) no Borrower shall have (i) concealed, removed or diverted, or permitted to +be concealed, removed or diverted, any part of its Property, with intent to +hinder, delay or defraud its creditors or any of them, (ii) made or suffered a +transfer of any of its Property which may be fraudulent under any bankruptcy, +fraudulent conveyance or similar law with intent to hinder, delay or defraud its +creditors, (iii) made any transfer of its Property to or for the benefit of a +creditor at a time when other creditors similarly situated have not been paid +with intent to hinder, delay or defraud its creditors or (iv) shall have +suffered or permitted, while insolvent, any creditor to obtain a Lien upon any +of its Property through legal proceedings or distraint which is not vacated +within 60 days from the date thereof; + +  + +(k) any Security Document shall for any reason not, or cease to, create valid +and perfected first‑priority Liens against the Property of any Borrower which is +a party thereto purportedly covered thereby, except to the extent permitted by +this Agreement; + +  + +(l) any Loan Document ceases to be in full force and effect (other than by +reason of a release of Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof +or the payment in full in cash of the Obligations in accordance with the terms +hereof) or any Borrower contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of +any provision of any Loan Document to which it is a party, or denies that it has +any liability under any Loan Document to which it is a party; + +  + +(m) any Borrower purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document or +any provision of any Loan Document; + +  + +(n) any Borrower pays, in cash or otherwise, any portion of any Subordinated +Indebtedness not expressly permitted pursuant to the terms of a subordination +agreement in favor of the Agent, + +  + +(o) a Change of Control occurs; or + +  + +(p) at any time (i) an Insolvency Proceeding shall occurred with respect to +Viking, (ii) Viking shall (A) fail to pay when due any principal of or interest +on any (x) Indebtedness with a principal amount in excess of $500,000 or (y) a +seller note issued by Viking to the Sellers (as such term is defined in the +Acquisition Agreement) in satisfaction of a portion of the purchase price of the +Acquisition Agreement or (B) shall be in default with respect to (x) any +Indebtedness with a principal amount in excess of $500,000 or (y) a seller note +issued by Viking to the Sellers (as such term is defined in the Acquisition +Agreement) in satisfaction of a portion of the purchase price of the Acquisition +Agreement, if, in the case of either clause (x) or clause (y), the effect of +such breach or default is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of that +Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders), to cause, that +Indebtedness to become or be declared due and payable (or subject to a +compulsory repurchase or redeemable) or to require the prepayment, redemption, +repurchase or defeasance of, or to cause Viking to make any offer to prepay, +redeem, repurchase or defease such Indebtedness, prior to its stated maturity or +the stated maturity of any underlying obligation, or (iii) Viking shall engage +in any business other than the businesses engaged in by it on the Closing Date +as presently conducted or contemplated to be conducted and all activities and +operations incidental thereto. + +   + + - 68 - + +   + +  + +7.2 Remedies. + +  + +(a) [Reserved]. + +  + +(b) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 7.1(f) or +Section 7.1(g), immediately and without notice, all Obligations shall +automatically become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, +protest, notice of protest, default or dishonor, notice of intent to accelerate +maturity, notice of acceleration of maturity or other notice of any kind, except +as may be provided to the contrary elsewhere herein, all of which are hereby +expressly waived by the Borrowers. + +  + +(c) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default other than those specified in +Section 7.1(f) or Section 7.1(g), the Agent may, and upon the request of the +Required Lenders shall, by notice in writing to any Borrower, declare all +Obligations immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest, +notice of protest, default or dishonor, notice of intent to accelerate maturity, +notice of acceleration of maturity or other notice of any kind, except as may be +provided to the contrary elsewhere herein, all of which are hereby expressly +waived by each Borrower. + +  + +(d) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Lenders, with the oral +consent of the Required Lenders (confirmed promptly in writing), and the Agent, +in accordance with the terms hereof, may, in addition to the foregoing in this +Section 7.2, exercise any or all of their rights and remedies provided by law or +pursuant to the Loan Documents. + +  + +(e) Should the Obligations under the Loan Documents become immediately due and +payable in accordance with any of the preceding subsections of this Section 7.2, +the Agent shall be entitled to proceed against the Collateral. + +  + +(f) Proceeds received by the Agent from realization against the Collateral and +any other funds received by the Agent from any Borrower when an Event of Default +has occurred and is continuing shall be applied (i) first, to fees and expenses +due pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any +Commodity Hedge Agreement with a Lender, (ii) second, to accrued interest on the +Obligations under the Loan Documents or any Commodity Hedge Agreement with a +Lender and (iii) third, to the Loan Balance and any other Obligations then due +and payable, pro rata in accordance with the ratio of the Loan Balance or such +other Obligations, as the case may be, to the sum of the Loan Balance and such +other Obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts received from any +Borrower that is not an Eligible Contract Participant shall not be applied to +any Excluded Swap Obligations owing to a Lender, it being understood that in the +event any amount is applied to the Obligations other than Excluded Swap +Obligations as a result of this sentence, the Agent shall make such adjustments +as it determines are appropriate pursuant to this sentence, from amounts +received from Eligible Contract Participants to ensure, as nearly as possible, +that the proportional aggregate recoveries with respect to the Obligations +described in the preceding sentence of this subsection (f) of this Section 7.2 +by Lenders that are the holders of any Excluded Swap Obligations are the same as +the proportional aggregate recoveries with respect to other Obligations pursuant +to the preceding sentence of this subsection (f) of this Section 7.2. + +   + + - 69 - + +   + +  + +ARTICLE VIII + +  + +THE AGENT + +  + +8.1 Appointment. Each Lender hereby designates and appoints the Agent as the +agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which +the Agent is a party or under which the Agent is granted any right or remedy. +Each Lender authorizes the Agent, as the agent for such Lender, to take such +action on behalf of such Lender under the provisions of this Agreement or the +other Loan Documents to which the Agent is a party or under which the Agent is +granted any right or remedy and to exercise such powers and perform such duties +as are expressly delegated to the Agent by the terms of this Agreement or the +other Loan Documents to which the Agent is a party or under which the Agent is +granted any right or remedy, together with such other powers as are reasonably +incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in +this Agreement or in any other Loan Document to which the Agent is a party or +under which the Agent is granted any right or remedy, the Agent shall not have +any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein or in any +other Loan Document to which the Agent is a party or under which the Agent is +granted any right or remedy or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender; and +no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or +liabilities on the part of the Agent shall be read into this Agreement or any +other Loan Document to which the Agent is a party or under which the Agent is +granted any right or remedy or otherwise exist against the Agent. + +  + +8.2 Delegation of Duties. The Agent may execute any of its duties under this +Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Agent is a party or under +which the Agent is granted any right or remedy by or through agents or +attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all +matters pertaining to such duties. The Agent shall not be responsible to any +Lender for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact +selected by it with reasonable care. + +  + +8.3 Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Agent nor any of its officers, +directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be (a) +required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection proceedings +hereunder, except with the concurrence of the Required Lenders and contribution +by each Lender of its Percentage Share of costs reasonably expected by the Agent +to be incurred in connection therewith, (b) liable for any action lawfully taken +or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this +Agreement or any other Loan Document to which the Agent is a party or under +which the Agent is granted any right or remedy (except for gross negligence or +willful misconduct of the Agent or such Person as finally judicially determined +by a court of competent jurisdiction) or (c) responsible in any manner to any +Lender for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any +Borrower or any Responsible Officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any +other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document +referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agent under or in connection +with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which the Agent is a party or +under which the Agent is granted any right or remedy, or for the value, +validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this +Agreement or any other Loan Document to which the Agent is a party or under +which the Agent is granted any right or remedy or for any failure of any +Borrower to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Agent shall not +be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the +observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions +of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which the Agent is a party or +under which the Agent is granted any right or remedy, or to inspect the +Properties, books or records of the Borrowers. + +   + + - 70 - + +   + +  + +8.4 Reliance by Agent. The Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully +protected in relying, upon any Note, writing, resolution, notice, consent, +certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message, +statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine +and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or +Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to +the Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Agent. +The Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all +purposes unless and until a written notice of assignment, negotiation or +transfer thereof shall have been received by the Agent. The Agent shall be fully +justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any +other Loan Document to which the Agent is a party or under which the Agent is +granted any right or remedy unless it shall first receive such advice or +concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate and contribution by +each Lender of its Percentage Share of costs reasonably expected by the Agent to +be incurred in connection therewith. The Agent shall in all cases be fully +protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the +other Loan Documents to which the Agent is a party or under which the Agent is +granted any right or remedy in accordance with a request of the Required +Lenders. Such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto +shall be binding upon the Lenders and all future holders of the Notes. In no +event shall the Agent be required to take any action that exposes the Agent to +liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document to which the Agent is a party +or under which the Agent is granted any right or remedy or applicable +Requirement of Law. + +  + +8.5 Notice of Default. The Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice +of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless the Agent has +received written notice from a Lender or the Borrowers referring to this +Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such +notice is a “notice of default.” In the event that the Agent receives such a +notice, the Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Agent +shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall +be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders; provided that unless and until +the Agent shall have received such directions, subject to the provisions of +Section 7.2, the Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or +refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of +Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders. In the +event that the officer of the Agent primarily responsible for the lending +relationship with the Borrowers or any Responsible Officer of any Lender +primarily responsible for the lending relationship with the Borrowers becomes +aware that a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the +Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, shall use its good faith efforts to +inform the other Lenders and/or the Agent, as the case may be, promptly of such +occurrence. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, failure to comply with the +preceding sentence shall not result in any liability to the Agent or any Lender. + +  + +8.6 Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges +that neither the Agent nor any other Lender nor any of their respective +officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made +any representation or warranty to such Lender and that no act by the Agent or +any other Lender hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the +Borrowers, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the +Agent or any Lender to any other Lender. Each Lender represents to the Agent +that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other +Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed +appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, +operations, property, condition (financial and otherwise) and creditworthiness +of the Borrowers and the value of the Properties of the Borrowers and has made +its own decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that +it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender +and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the +time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in +taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, +and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the +business, operations, property, condition (financial and otherwise) and +creditworthiness of the Borrowers and the value of the Properties of the +Borrowers. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to +be furnished to the Lenders by the Agent hereunder, the Agent shall not have any +duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other +information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial +and otherwise) or creditworthiness of the Borrowers or the value of the +Properties of the Borrowers which may come into the possession of the Agent or +any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or +Affiliates. + +   + + - 71 - + +   + +  + +8.7 Indemnification. Each Lender agrees to indemnify the Agent and its officers, +directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact and Affiliates (to the extent +not reimbursed by the Borrowers and without limiting the obligation of the +Borrowers to do so), ratably according to the Percentage Share of such Lender, +from and against any and all liabilities, claims, obligations, losses, damages, +penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements of any +kind whatsoever which may at any time (including any time following the payment +and performance of all Obligations and the termination of this Agreement) be +imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Agent or any of its officers, +directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates in any way +relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any +other document contemplated or referred to herein or the transactions +contemplated hereby or any action taken or omitted by the Agent or any of its +officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates under or +in connection with any of the foregoing, including any liabilities, claims, +obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, +expenses and disbursements imposed, incurred or asserted as a result of the +negligence, whether sole or concurrent, of the Agent or any of its officers, +directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates; provided that no +Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, +obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, +expenses or disbursements resulting solely from the gross negligence or willful +misconduct of the Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, +attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates, as finally judicially determined by a court of +competent jurisdiction. The agreements in this Section 8.7 shall survive the +payment and performance of all Obligations and the termination of this +Agreement. + +  + +8.8 Restitution. Should the right of the Agent or any Lender to realize funds +with respect to the Obligations be challenged and any application of such funds +to the Obligations be reversed, whether by Governmental Authority or otherwise, +or should the Borrowers otherwise be entitled to a refund or return of funds +distributed to the Lenders in connection with the Obligations, the Agent or such +Lender, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the Lenders of such fact. Not +later than Noon, Eastern Standard or Eastern Daylight Savings Time, as the case +may be, of the Business Day following such notice, each Lender shall pay to the +Agent an amount equal to the ratable share of such Lender of the funds required +to be returned to the Borrowers entitled to such funds. The ratable share of +each Lender shall be determined on the basis of the percentage of the payment +all or a portion of which is required to be refunded originally distributed to +such Lender, if such percentage can be determined, or, if such percentage cannot +be determined, on the basis of the Percentage Share of such Lender. The Agent +shall forward such funds to the relevant Borrower or to the Lender required to +return such funds. If any such amount due to the Agent is made available by any +Lender after Noon, Eastern Standard or Eastern Daylight Savings Time, as the +case may be, of the Business Day following such notice, such Lender shall pay to +the Agent (or the Lender required to return funds to the relevant Borrower, as +the case may be) for its own account interest on such amount at a rate equal to +the Federal Funds Rate for the period from and including the date on which +restitution to the relevant Borrower is made by the Agent (or the Lender +required to return funds to the relevant Borrower, as the case may be) to but +not including the date on which such Lender failing to timely forward its share +of funds required to be returned to the relevant Borrower shall have made its +ratable share of such funds available. + +    + + - 72 - + +   + +  + +8.9 Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Lender serving as the Agent hereunder and +its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from, and generally engage in +any kind of business with the Borrowers or any of them as though such Lender +were not the agent hereunder. With respect to any Note issued to the Lender +serving as the agent, such Lender shall have the same rights and powers under +this Agreement as a Lender and may exercise such rights and powers as though it +were not the agent hereunder. The terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include the +Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender. + +   + +8.10 Successor Agent. The Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation +to the Lenders and the Borrowers. Upon receipt of any such notice of +resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the +Borrower, to appoint from among the Lenders or Affiliates of a Lender a +successor agent for the Lenders; and 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 Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such +earlier day as shall be agreed by the Lenders) (the “Resignation Effective +Date”), then the retiring Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf +of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth +above; provided that in no event shall any such successor Agent be a Defaulting +Lender. The term “Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon its +appointment. The rights, powers and duties of the former Agent as Agent shall be +terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former +Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Notes. After +the removal or resignation of any Agent hereunder as Agent, the provisions of +this Article VIII and those of any Section of this Agreement relating to the +Agent, including Section 5.16, Section 5.17, Section 5.21, Section 5.22 and +Section 8.7 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be +taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan +Documents. + +  + + - 73 - + +   + +  + +8.11 Applicable Parties. The provisions of this Article VIII are solely for the +benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, and none of the Borrowers shall have any +rights as a third party beneficiary or otherwise under any of the provisions of +this Article VIII. In performing functions and duties hereunder and under the +other Loan Documents, the Agent shall act solely as the agent of the Lenders and +does not assume, nor shall it be deemed to have assumed, any obligation or +relationship of trust or agency with or for the Borrowers or any legal +representative, successor or assign of the Borrowers. + +  + +8.12 Releases. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Agent to release any Collateral +that is permitted to be sold or released pursuant to the terms of the Loan +Documents. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Agent to execute and deliver to the +Borrowers or any of them, at the sole cost and expense of the Borrowers, any and +all releases of Liens, termination statements, assignments or other documents +reasonably requested by the Borrowers in connection with any sale or other +disposition of Property to the extent such sale or other disposition is +permitted by the terms of the Loan Documents. + +  + +8.13 Credit Bidding. The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Agent, at the +direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the +Obligations (including by accepting some or all of the Collateral in +satisfaction of some or all of the Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of +foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or +through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral +(a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, +including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any +similar laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Borrower is subject, or (b) +at any other sale, foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt +conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Agent (whether by +judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any applicable law. In +connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Obligations owed to the +Lenders shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid by the Agent at the +direction of the Required Lenders on a ratable basis (with Obligations with +respect to contingent or unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in +the acquired assets on a ratable basis that shall vest upon the liquidation of +such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the +contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) for the +asset or assets so purchased (or for the equity interests or debt instruments of +the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are issued in connection with such +purchase). In connection with any such bid, (i) the Agent shall be authorized to +form one or more acquisition vehicles and to assign any successful credit bid to +such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, (ii) each of the Lender’s ratable +interests in the Obligations which were credit bid shall be deemed without any +further action under this Agreement to be assigned to such vehicle or vehicles +for the purpose of closing such sale, (iii) the Agent shall be authorized to +adopt documents providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or +vehicles (provided that any actions by the Agent with respect to such +acquisition vehicle or vehicles, including any disposition of the assets or +equity interests thereof, shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by, and the +governing documents shall provide for, control by the vote of the Required +Lenders or their permitted assignees under the terms of this Agreement or the +governing documents of the applicable acquisition vehicle or vehicles, as the +case may be, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without +giving effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in +Section 9.9 of this Agreement), (iv) the Agent on behalf of such acquisition +vehicle or vehicles shall be authorized to issue to each of the Lenders, ratably +on account of the relevant Obligations which were credit bid, interests, whether +as equity, partnership interests, limited partnership interests or membership +interests, in any such acquisition vehicle and/or debt instruments issued by +such acquisition vehicle, all without the need for any Lender or acquisition +vehicle to take any further action, and (v) to the extent that Obligations that +are assigned to an acquisition vehicle are not used to acquire Collateral for +any reason (as a result of another bid being higher or better, because the +amount of Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of +Obligations credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such +Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Lenders pro rata with their +original interest in such Obligations and the equity interests and/or debt +instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of such Obligations +shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Lender or any +acquisition vehicle to take any further action. Notwithstanding that the ratable +portion of the Obligations of each Lender are deemed assigned to the acquisition +vehicle or vehicles as set forth in clause (ii) above, each Lender shall execute +such documents and provide such information regarding the Lender (and/or any +designee of the Lender which will receive interests in or debt instruments +issued by such acquisition vehicle) as the Agent may reasonably request in +connection with the formation of any acquisition vehicle, the formulation or +submission of any credit bid or the consummation of the transactions +contemplated by such credit bid. The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the +Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to consent to or elect not to +object to, any sale free and clear of the security interests granted to the +Agent under the Security Documents conducted under the provisions of the +Bankruptcy Code, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy +Code, or any similar laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Borrower is +subject. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agent shall use best efforts to +consult with the Lenders prior to exercising its rights under this Section 8.13. + +  + + - 74 - + +   + +  + +ARTICLE IX + +  + +MISCELLANEOUS + +  + +9.1 Assignments; Participations. + +  + +(a) None of the Borrowers may assign any of its rights or obligations under any +Loan Document without the prior written consent of the Agent and the Lenders. + +  + +(b) With the consent of the Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably +withheld, conditioned or delayed), any Lender may assign to one or more +assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement +pursuant to an Assignment Agreement. Any such assignment shall be in the amount +of at least $25,000 (or any whole multiple of $25,000 in excess thereof), unless +the relevant assignment is to an affiliate of the assigning Lender or is an +assignment of the entire Commitment of the assigning Lender. The assignee shall +pay to the Agent, if requested by the Agent, a transfer fee in the amount of +$2,500 for each such assignment. Any such assignment shall become effective upon +receipt by the Agent of all documentation and other information with respect to +the assignee that is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know +your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the +USA Patriot Act, the execution and delivery to the Agent of the Assignment +Agreement and recordation by the Agent in the Register in accordance with this +Section 9.1(b). Promptly following receipt of an executed Assignment Agreement, +the Agent shall send to the Borrowers a copy of such executed Assignment +Agreement. Promptly following receipt of such executed Assignment Agreement, the +Borrowers shall execute and deliver, at their own expense, new Notes to the +assignee and, if applicable, the assignor, in accordance with their respective +interests, whereupon the prior Notes of the assignor and, if applicable, the +assignee, shall be canceled and returned to the Borrowers. Upon the +effectiveness of any assignment pursuant to this Section 9.1(b), the assignee +will become a “Lender,” if not already a “Lender,” for all purposes of the Loan +Documents, and the assignor shall be relieved of its obligations hereunder to +the extent of such assignment. If the assignor no longer holds any rights or +obligations under this Agreement, such assignor shall cease to be a “Lender” +hereunder, except that its rights under Section 5.17, Section 5.21, Section 5.22 +and Section 8.7, shall not be affected. On the last Business Day of each month +during which an assignment has become effective pursuant to this Section 9.1(b), +the Agent shall update the Register to show all such assignments effected during +such month and will promptly provide a copy thereof to the Borrowers and each +Lender. Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of Borrowers, +shall maintain at one of its offices located in the Unites States of America a +copy of each Assignment Agreement delivered to it and a register for the +recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, +and principal amount and stated interest of the Term Loan owing to, each Lender +pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in +the Register shall be conclusive and the Borrowers, 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, in the absence +of manifest error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any assignment of +any Term Loan shall be effective only upon appropriate entries with respect +thereto being made in the Register. The Register shall be available for +inspection by any Borrower, Agent and any Lender, at any reasonable time and +from time to time upon reasonable prior written notice. This Section shall be +construed so that the Term Loan is at all times maintained in “registered form” +within the meanings of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the IRC and +any related regulations (and any successor provisions). + +  + + - 75 - + +   + +  + +(c) Each Lender may transfer, grant or assign participations in all or any +portion of its interests hereunder to any Person pursuant to this Section +9.1(c), provided that such Lender shall remain a “Lender” for all purposes of +this Agreement and the Transferee of such participation shall not constitute a +“Lender” hereunder. In the case of any such participation, the participant shall +not have any rights under any Loan Document, the rights of the participant in +respect of such participation to be against the granting Lender as set forth in +the agreement with such Lender creating such participation, and all amounts +payable by the Borrowers hereunder shall be determined as if such Lender had not +sold such participation. Each agreement creating a participation must include an +agreement by the participant to be bound by the provisions of Section 8.3, +Section 8.6 and Section 8.7. + +  + +(d) The Agent or any Lender may furnish any information concerning the Borrowers +in the possession of the Agent or such Lender from time to time to assignees and +participants and prospective assignees and participants. + +  + +(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 9.1 to the contrary, any Lender +which is a national or state bank may assign and pledge all or any of its Notes +or any interest therein to any Federal Reserve Bank or the Department of the +Treasury of the United States of America as collateral security pursuant to +Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and any +operating circular issued by such Federal Reserve System and/or such Federal +Reserve Bank. No such assignment or pledge shall release the assigning or +pledging Lender from its obligations hereunder. + +  + +(f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 9.1, no transfer or +assignment of the interests or obligations of any Lender or grant of +participations therein shall be permitted if such transfer, assignment or grant +would require the Borrowers to file a registration statement with the Securities +and Exchange Commission or any successor Governmental Authority or qualify the +Term Loan under the “Blue Sky” laws of any state. + +  + +9.2 Survival of Representations, Warranties, and Covenants. All representations +and warranties of the Borrowers and all covenants and agreements herein made by +the Borrowers shall survive the execution and delivery of the Notes and shall +remain in force and effect so long as any Obligation is outstanding. + +  + +9.3 Notices and Other Communications. Except as to oral notices expressly +authorized herein, if any, which oral notices shall be promptly confirmed in +writing, all notices, requests and communications hereunder shall be in writing +(including by facsimile or electronic mail). Unless otherwise expressly provided +herein, any such notice, request, demand or other communication shall be deemed +to have been duly given or made when delivered personally, or, in the case of +delivery by mail, when deposited in the mail, certified mail with return receipt +requested, postage prepaid, in the case of facsimile notice, when receipt +thereof is acknowledged orally or by written confirmation report or, in the case +of electronic mail, when sent and no undeliverable notification is received, +addressed as follows: + +  + +(a) if to the Agent, to: + +  + +405 Woodbine LLC +405 Lexington Avenue, 59th Floor +New York, New York 10174 +Attention: Greg White +E-mail: gwhite@arenaco.com + +      + + + + - 76 - + +   + +     + +With a copy to: + +  + +gpaulsen@arenaco.com + +  + +and: + +  + +reporting@arenaco.com + +  + +With a copy to: + +  + +Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP + +600 Travis, Suite 4200 + +Houston, Texas 77002 + +Attention: Timothy A. “Tad” Davidson II + +E-mail: taddavidson@huntonak.com + + + +(b) if to any Lender, to the Applicable Lending Office, including, without +limitation, each email address of such Lender appearing below such Lender’s +Applicable Lending Office. + +  + +(c) if to any Borrower, to: + +  + +Elysium Energy, LLC + +15915 Katy Freeway, Suite 450 +Houston, Texas 77094 +Attention: James A. Doris +E-mail: jdoris@vikingenergygroup.com + +  + +With a copy to: + +  + +Jones Walker + +201 St. Charles Avenue + +New Orleans, Louisiana 70170 + +Attention: Amy Scafidel + +  + +Any party may, by proper written notice hereunder to the others, change the +individuals or addresses to which such notices to it shall thereafter be sent. + +  + +9.4 Parties in Interest. Subject to the restrictions on changes in structure set +forth in Section 6.10 and other applicable restrictions contained herein, all +covenants and agreements herein contained by or on behalf of the Borrowers, the +Agent or the Lenders shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the +relevant Borrower, the Agent or the Lenders, as the case may be, and their +respective legal representatives, successors and assigns. + +  + +9.5 Rights of Third Parties. Except as provided in Section 9.4, all provisions +herein are imposed solely and exclusively for the benefit of the Agent, the +Lenders and the Borrowers and no other Person shall have any right, benefit, +priority or interest hereunder or as a result hereof or have standing to require +satisfaction of provisions hereof in accordance with their terms. + +  + + - 77 - + +   + +  + +9.6 Renewals; Extensions. All provisions of this Agreement relating to the Notes +shall apply with equal force and effect to each promissory note hereafter +executed which in whole or in part represents a renewal or extension of any part +of the Indebtedness of the Borrowers under this Agreement, the Notes or any +other Loan Document. + +  + +9.7 No Waiver; Rights Cumulative. No course of dealing on the part of the Agent +or the Lenders or their officers or employees, nor any failure or delay by the +Agent or the Lenders with respect to exercising any of their rights under any +Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof. The rights of the Agent and the +Lenders under the Loan Documents shall be cumulative and the exercise or partial +exercise of any such right shall not preclude the exercise of any other right. +The making of the Term Loan shall not constitute a waiver of any of the +covenants, warranties or conditions of the Borrowers contained herein. In the +event any of the Borrowers are unable to satisfy any such covenant, warranty or +condition, the making of the Term Loan shall not have the effect of precluding +the Agent or the Lenders from thereafter declaring such inability to be an Event +of Default as hereinabove provided. + +  + +9.8 Survival Upon Unenforceability. In the event any one or more of the +provisions contained in any of the Loan Documents or in any other instrument +referred to herein or executed in connection with the Obligations shall, for any +reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such +invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision +of any Loan Document or of any other instrument referred to herein or executed +in connection with such Obligations. + +  + +9.9 Amendments; Waivers. Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be +amended, waived, discharged or terminated orally, except by an instrument in +writing signed by the Agent and the party against whom enforcement of the +amendment, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. Subject to the preceding +sentence, any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be +amended or modified by the Borrowers and the Required Lenders or waived by the +Required Lenders; provided that, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement +to the contrary, (a) no amendment, modification or waiver which (i) extends the +Maturity Date, (ii) forgives the principal amount of any Indebtedness of the +Borrowers outstanding under this Agreement or interest thereon or fees owing +under this Agreement, (iii) releases any guarantor of such Indebtedness, (iv) +releases all or substantially all of the Property of the Borrowers subject to +the Security Documents, (v) postpones any date scheduled for any payment of +principal of, or interest on, any Loan Balance, or any fees or other amounts +payable hereunder to the Lenders or under any other Loan Document to the +Lenders, or reduces the amount of, waives or excuses such payment, changes +Section 2.7 or any other provision of any Loan Document in a manner that would +alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, (vi) reduces the +interest rate applicable to the Loan Balance or the fees payable to the Lenders +generally, (vii) affects this Section 9.9 or (viii) modifies the definition of +“Required Lenders” shall be effective without the unanimous written consent of +all Lenders and the Agent; (b) no amendment, modification or waiver which +increases the Percentage Share of any Lender shall be effective without the +written consent of such Lender and the Agent; (c) in the event Cargill and/or BP +is a Lender, no amendment, modification or waiver which (i) amends or modifies +the definitions of “Approved Hedge Counterparty”, “Minimum Required Commodity +Hedge Agreements” or “Obligations” in this Agreement or any similar term(s) used +or defined in any other Loan Document or (ii) amends, modifies or waives the +terms of Section 5.8 or Section 6.17 of this Agreement, in either case, shall be +effective without the prior written consent of Cargill and/or BP, as the case +may be; and (d) no amendment, modification or waiver which modifies the rights, +duties or obligations of the Agent shall be effective without the written +consent of the Agent. + +  + + - 78 - + +   + +  + +9.10 Controlling Agreement. In the event of a conflict between the provisions of +this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this +Agreement shall control. + +  + +9.11 Disposition of Collateral. Notwithstanding any term or provision, express +or implied, in any of the Security Documents, upon the occurrence and +continuation of an Event of Default, the realization, liquidation, foreclosure +or any other disposition on or of any or all of the Property of the Borrowers +subject to the Security Documents shall be in the order and manner and +determined in the sole discretion of the Agent; provided, however, that in no +event shall the Agent violate applicable law or exercise rights and remedies +other than those provided in such Security Documents or otherwise existing at +law or in equity. + +  + +9.12 Governing Law. This Agreement and the Notes shall be deemed to be contracts +made under and shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of +the State of New York, without giving effect to principles thereof relating to +conflicts of law. + +  + +9.13 Dispute Resolution. This Section 9.13 contains a jury waiver, a class +action waiver and an arbitration provision. READ CAREFULLY. + +  + +(a) THIS DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVISION SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPLACE ANY PRIOR +“JURY WAIVER,” “JUDICIAL REFERENCE,” “CLASS ACTION WAIVER,” “ARBITRATION,” +“DISPUTE RESOLUTION” OR SIMILAR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE AGREEMENT OR PROVISION +BETWEEN OR AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO RELATING TO THE TRANSACTION WHICH IS THE +SUBJECT OF THIS AGREEMENT. + +  + +(b) TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY +KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, INTENTIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES +ITS RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BEFORE A JURY IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CLAIM, DISPUTE OR +CONTROVERSY WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT (EACH OF +THE FOREGOING, A “DISPUTE”), AND, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BELOW IN THIS SECTION 9.13, +DISPUTES SHALL BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY. IF A COURT +DETERMINES THAT THIS PROVISION IS NOT ENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON AND AT ANY TIME +PRIOR TO TRIAL OF THE DISPUTE, BUT NOT LATER THAN 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF THE +ORDER DETERMINING THIS PROVISION IS UNENFORCEABLE, ANY PARTY HERETO SHALL BE +ENTITLED TO MOVE THE COURT FOR AN ORDER COMPELLING ARBITRATION AND STAYING OR +DISMISSING SUCH LITIGATION PENDING ARBITRATION (AN “ARBITRATION ORDER”). IF +PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH PARTY ALSO WAIVES THE RIGHT TO LITIGATE IN +COURT OR AN ARBITRATION PROCEEDING ANY DISPUTE AS A CLASS ACTION, EITHER AS A +MEMBER OF A CLASS OR AS A REPRESENTATIVE, OR TO ACT AS A PRIVATE ATTORNEY +GENERAL. + +   + + + + - 79 - + +   + +      + +(c) IF A DISPUTE ARISES, AND ONLY IF A JURY TRIAL WAIVER IS NOT PERMITTED BY +APPLICABLE LAW OR RULING BY A COURT, ANY PARTY MAY REQUIRE THAT THE DISPUTE BE +RESOLVED BY BINDING ARBITRATION BEFORE A SINGLE ARBITRATOR. BY AGREEING TO +ARBITRATE A DISPUTE, EACH PARTY HERETO GIVES UP ANY RIGHT THAT PARTY MAY HAVE TO +A JURY TRIAL AS WELL AS OTHER RIGHTS THAT PARTY WOULD HAVE IN COURT THAT ARE NOT +AVAILABLE OR ARE MORE LIMITED IN ARBITRATION, SUCH AS THE RIGHTS TO DISCOVERY +AND TO APPEAL.  + +  + +ARBITRATION SHALL BE COMMENCED BY FILING A PETITION WITH, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH +THE APPLICABLE ARBITRATION RULES OF, THE AAA (THE “ADMINISTRATOR”) AS SELECTED +BY THE INITIATING PARTY. IF THE PARTIES TO THE DISPUTE AGREE, ARBITRATION MAY BE +COMMENCED BY APPOINTMENT OF A LICENSED ATTORNEY WHO IS SELECTED BY THE PARTIES +TO THE DISPUTE AND WHO AGREES TO CONDUCT THE ARBITRATION WITHOUT AN +ADMINISTRATOR. DISPUTES INCLUDE MATTERS (I) RELATING TO A DEPOSIT ACCOUNT, +APPLICATION FOR OR DENIAL OF CREDIT, ENFORCEMENT OF ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS ANY +PARTY HERETO HAS TO ANY OF THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO, COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE +LAWS AND/OR REGULATIONS, PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER ANY AGREEMENT BY +ANY PARTY HERETO, (II) BASED ON OR ARISING FROM AN ALLEGED TORT OR (III) +INVOLVING ANY PARTY’S EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AFFILIATES OR ASSIGNS, DISPUTES DO NOT, +HOWEVER, INCLUDE THE VALIDITY, ENFORCEABILITY, MEANING OR SCOPE OF THIS +ARBITRATION PROVISION AND SUCH MATTERS MAY BE DETERMINED ONLY BY A COURT. IF A +THIRD PARTY IS A PARTY TO A DISPUTE, EACH PARTY HERETO CONSENTS TO INCLUDING THE +THIRD PARTY IN THE ARBITRATION PROCEEDING FOR RESOLVING THE DISPUTE WITH THE +THIRD PARTY. VENUE FOR THE ARBITRATION PROCEEDING SHALL BE AT A LOCATION +DETERMINED BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES THERETO OR, ABSENT SUCH AN +AGREEMENT, IN THE CITY AND STATE WHERE THE AGENT IS HEADQUARTERED. + +  + +IF A COURT ISSUES AN ARBITRATION ORDER, ALL PARTIES TO THE DISPUTE THAT DID NOT +SEEK THE ARBITRATION ORDER SHALL COMMENCE ARBITRATION. THE PARTY HERETO THAT +SOUGHT THE ARBITRATION ORDER MAY COMMENCE ARBITRATION, BUT SHALL HAVE NO +OBLIGATION TO DO SO, AND SHALL NOT IN ANY WAY BE ADVERSELY PREJUDICED BY +INITIATING OR PARTICIPATING IN LITIGATION OR ELECTING NOT TO COMMENCE +ARBITRATION. THE ARBITRATOR SHALL (I) HEAR AND RULE ON APPROPRIATE DISPOSITIVE +MOTIONS FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS, FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM OR FOR FULL +OR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT, (II) RENDER A DECISION AND ANY AWARD APPLYING +APPLICABLE LAW, (III) GIVE EFFECT TO ANY LIMITATIONS PERIOD IN DETERMINING ANY +DISPUTE OR DEFENSE, (IV) ENFORCE THE DOCTRINES OF COMPULSORY COUNTERCLAIM, RES +JUDICATA AND COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL, IF APPLICABLE, (V) WITH REGARD TO MOTIONS AND +THE ARBITRATION HEARING, APPLY RULES OF EVIDENCE GOVERNING CIVIL CASES AND (VI) +APPLY THE LAW OF THE STATE SPECIFIED IN THE AGREEMENT GIVING RISE TO THE +DISPUTE. FILING OF A PETITION FOR ARBITRATION SHALL NOT PREVENT ANY PARTY FROM +(I) SEEKING AND OBTAINING FROM A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION +(NOTWITHSTANDING ONGOING ARBITRATION) PROVISIONAL OR ANCILLARY REMEDIES, +INCLUDING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, PROPERTY PRESERVATION ORDERS, FORECLOSURE, +EVICTION, ATTACHMENT, REPLEVIN, GARNISHMENT AND/OR THE APPOINTMENT OF A +RECEIVER, (II) PURSUING NON-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OR (III) AVAILING ITSELF OF ANY +SELF-HELP REMEDIES, SUCH AS SETOFF AND REPOSSESSION. THE EXERCISE OF SUCH RIGHTS +SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF THE RIGHT TO SUBMIT ANY DISPUTE TO ARBITRATION. + +   + + - 80 - + +   + +  + +JUDGMENT UPON AN ARBITRATION AWARD MAY BE ENTERED IN ANY COURT HAVING +JURISDICTION, EXCEPT THAT, IF THE ARBITRATION AWARD EXCEEDS $50,000, ANY PARTY +TO THE RELEVANT DISPUTE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A DE NOVO APPEAL OF THE AWARD +BEFORE A PANEL OF THREE ARBITRATORS. TO ALLOW FOR SUCH APPEAL, IF THE AWARD +(INCLUDING THE ADMINISTRATOR’S, THE ARBITRATOR’S AND ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS) +EXCEEDS $50,000, THE ARBITRATOR WILL ISSUE A WRITTEN, REASONED DECISION +SUPPORTING THE AWARD, INCLUDING A STATEMENT OF AUTHORITY AND ITS APPLICATION TO +THE DISPUTE. A REQUEST FOR DE NOVO APPEAL MUST BE FILED WITH THE ARBITRATOR +WITHIN 30 DAYS FOLLOWING THE DATE OF THE ARBITRATION AWARD. IF SUCH A REQUEST IS +NOT MADE WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD, THE ARBITRATION DECISION SHALL BECOME FINAL +AND BINDING. ON APPEAL, THE ARBITRATORS SHALL REVIEW THE AWARD DE NOVO, MEANING +THAT THEY SHALL REACH THEIR OWN FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, RATHER +THAN DEFERRING IN ANY MANNER TO THE ORIGINAL ARBITRATOR. APPEAL OF AN +ARBITRATION AWARD SHALL BE PURSUANT TO THE RULES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OR, IF THE +ADMINISTRATOR HAS NO SUCH RULES, THEN THE AAA ARBITRATION APPELLATE RULES SHALL +APPLY. + +     + +ARBITRATION UNDER THIS PROVISION CONCERNS A TRANSACTION INVOLVING INTERSTATE +COMMERCE AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT, 9 U.S.C. § 1 ET +SEQ. THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION SHALL SURVIVE ANY TERMINATION, AMENDMENT OR +EXPIRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF THE TERMS OF THIS PROVISION VARY FROM THE +ADMINISTRATOR’S RULES, THIS ARBITRATION PROVISION SHALL CONTROL. (D) EACH PARTY +HERETO (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO ONE HAS REPRESENTED TO SUCH PARTY THAT ANY OTHER +PARTY WOULD NOT SEEK TO ENFORCE JURY AND CLASS ACTION WAIVERS IN THE EVENT OF +SUIT, AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO +ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS, AGREEMENTS +AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.13. THE BORROWERS HEREBY KNOWINGLY, +VOLUNTARILY, INTENTIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO +TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, PROCEEDING, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER LITIGATION +THAT RELATES TO OR ARISES OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR +THE ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY OF +THE TERMS OR PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR +OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT THERETO. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 9.13 ARE A +MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE AGENT AND EACH OF THE LENDERS TO ENTER INTO THIS +AGREEMENT. + +  + +(d) EACH PARTY HERETO (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO ONE HAS REPRESENTED TO SUCH PARTY +THAT ANY OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT SEEK TO ENFORCE JURY AND CLASS ACTION WAIVERS IN +THE EVENT OF SUIT, AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HAVE BEEN +INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS, +AGREEMENTS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.13. + +  + +THE BORROWERS HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, INTENTIONALLY, IRREVOCABLY AND +UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, +PROCEEDING, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER LITIGATION THAT RELATES TO OR ARISES OUT OF +THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF THE AGENT +OR ANY LENDER IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY OF THE TERMS OR PROVISIONS OF THIS +AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT THERETO. THE +PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 9.13 ARE A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE AGENT AND EACH +OF THE LENDERS TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT. +  + + + +9.14 Jurisdiction and Venue. All actions or proceedings with respect to, arising +directly or indirectly in connection with, out of, related to or from this +Agreement or any other Loan Document may be litigated, at the sole discretion +and election of the Agent, in courts having situs in New York, New York County, +New York. In such regard, each Borrower hereby submits to the jurisdiction of +any local, state or federal court located in New York, New York County, New +York, and hereby waives any rights it may have to transfer or change the +jurisdiction or venue of any litigation brought against it by the Agent or any +Lender in accordance with this Section 9.14. + +  + + - 81 - + +   + +  + +9.15 Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the +entire agreement among the parties hereto and thereto with respect to the +subject hereof and thereof and shall supersede any prior agreement among the +parties hereto and thereto, whether written or oral, relating to the subject +matter hereof and thereof, including any term sheet or summary of principal +terms provided to the Borrowers by Arena Investors, LP, the Agent or any Lender. +Furthermore, in this regard, this Agreement and the other written Loan Documents +represent, collectively, the final agreement among the parties thereto and may +not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral +agreements of such parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements among such +parties. + +  + +9.16 Waiver of Punitive and Consequential Damages. Each Borrower, the Agent and +each Lender hereby knowingly, voluntarily, intentionally and irrevocably (a) +waives, to the maximum extent it may lawfully and effectively do so, any right +it may have to claim or recover, in any Dispute based hereon or directly or +indirectly at any time arising out of, under or in connection with the Loan +Documents or any transaction contemplated thereby or associated therewith, +before or after maturity, any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential +damages, or damages other than, or in addition to, actual damages and (b) +acknowledge that it has been induced to enter into this Agreement, the other +Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby by, among +other things, the mutual waivers and certifications contained in this Section +9.16. + +   + +9.17 Counterparts. For the convenience of the parties, this Agreement may be +executed in multiple counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate +counterparts, each of which for all purposes shall be deemed to be an original, +and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same +Agreement. In this regard, each of the parties hereto acknowledges that a +counterpart of this Agreement containing a set of counterpart execution pages +reflecting the execution of each party hereto shall be sufficient to reflect the +execution of this Agreement by each party hereto. + +  + +9.18 USA Patriot Act Notice. Each Lender and the Agent (for itself and not on +behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Borrower that, pursuant to the +requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record +information that identifies each Borrower, which information includes the name +and address of the relevant Borrower and other information that will allow such +Lender or the Agent, as applicable, to identify each Borrower in accordance with +the USA Patriot Act. + +  + +9.19 Tax Shelter Regulations. None of the Borrowers intend to treat the Term +Loan and related transactions hereunder and under the other Loan Documents as a +“reportable transaction” (within the meanings under current Treasury Regulation +Section 1.6011‑4 and Proposed Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4, promulgated +on November 1, 2006). In the event the Borrowers determines to take any action +inconsistent with the foregoing statement, it will promptly notify the Agent +thereof. If the Borrowers so notifies the Agent, the Borrowers acknowledge that +one or more of the Lenders may treat its Percentage Share of the Term Loan and +the related transactions hereunder and under the other Loan Documents as part of +a transaction that is subject to current Treasury Regulation Section 301.6112-1 +or Proposed Treasury Regulation Section 301.6112-1, promulgated on November 1, +2006, and, in such case, such Lender or Lenders, as applicable, will maintain +the lists and other records required, if any, by such Treasury Regulations. + +    + +9.20 Contribution and Indemnification. In the event that the Borrowers pay +(whether through direct payments or as a result of providing Collateral for the +Obligations) any amounts on the Obligations in excess of the relevant Borrowers’ +Obtained Benefit (the “Excess Payments”), the relevant Borrower shall be +entitled to make demand on the other Borrowers for such Excess Payments, and to +receive from each other Borrowers that received an Obtained Benefit, such +Borrowers’ Contribution Percentage of the Excess Payment. If any party obligated +to make such a payment is unable to pay the Contribution Percentage of the +Excess Payment, each other Borrowers agrees to make a contribution to the party +entitled to such payment to the extent necessary so that each Borrowers shares +equally the liability for such Excess Payment in relation to the relative +Obtained Benefit received by such Borrowers. In such regard, to the maximum +extent permitted by law, each Borrowers shall indemnify, defend and hold +harmless the other Borrowers from and against such Borrowers’ Contribution +Percentage of any and all liability, claims, costs and expenses (including +reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) arising with respect to the Obligations +and exceeding such other Borrowers’ Obtained Benefit as provided herein. Any +amount due under this Section 9.20 shall be due and payable within ten days of +demand therefor by the party entitled to payment and shall be made to the party +entitled thereto at the address for notices to the Borrowers under this +Agreement, in immediately available funds, not later than 2:00 p.m., Eastern +Standard or Daylight Time, on the date on which such payment shall come due. The +remedies available to the Borrowers pursuant to the provisions of this Section +9.20 are not exclusive. All rights and claims of contribution, indemnification +and reimbursement under this Section 9.20 shall be subordinate in right of +payment to the prior payment in full of all principal of and interest on the +Term Loan and all fees payable hereunder. The provisions of this Section 9.20 +shall, to the extent expressly inconsistent with any provision in any Loan +Document, supersede such inconsistent provision. + +  + +9.21 Inconsistencies with Other Documents. In the event there is a conflict or +inconsistency between this Agreement and any other Loan Document, the terms of +this Agreement shall control; provided that any provision of the Security +Documents which imposes additional burdens on the Borrowers or any of their +respective Subsidiaries or further restricts the rights of Borrowers or any of +their respective Subsidiaries or gives the Agent or Lenders additional rights +shall not be deemed to be in conflict or inconsistent with this Agreement and +shall be given full force and effect. + +  + +(Signatures appear on following pages) + +  + + - 82 - + +   + +  + + + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is executed as of the date first above +written. + +  + + + +  + +BORROWERS: + +  + +  + +   + +  + +  + +ELYSIUM ENERGY, LLC, +a Nevada limited liability company + +  + +  + +    + +  + +  + +By: + +/s/ James A. Doris + +  + +  + +Name: + +James A Doris + +  + +  + +Title: + +President and Chief Executive Officer + +  + +  + +    + +  + +  + +ELYSIUM ENERGY LA, LLC, +a Louisiana limited liability company + +  + +  + +    + +  + +  + +By: + +/s/ James A. Doris + +  + +  + +Name: + +James A Doris + +  + +  + +Title: + +President and Chief Executive Officer + +  + +  + +    + +  + +  + +ELYSIUM ENERGY TX, LLC, +a Texas limited liability company + +  + +  + +    + +  + +  + +By: + +/s/ James A. Doris + +  + +  + +Name: + +James A Doris + +  + +  + +Title: + +President and Chief Executive Officer + +  + +  + +    + +  + +  + +POINTE A LA HACHE, L.L.C., +a Delaware limited liability company + +  + +  + +    + +  + +  + +By: + +/s/ James A. Doris + +  + +  + +Name: + +James A Doris + +  + +  + +Title: + +President and Chief Executive Officer + +  + + + +  + +(Signature Page to Term Loan Agreement) + +  + + - 83 - + +   + +   + + + +  + +TURTLE BAYOU, L.L.C., +a Delaware limited liability company + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By: + +/s/ James A. Doris + +  + +  + +Name: + +James A Doris + +  + +  + +Title: + +President and Chief Executive Officer + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +POTASH, L.L.C., +a Delaware limited liability company + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By: + +/s/ James A. Doris + +  + +  + +Name: + +James A Doris + +  + +  + +Title: + +President and Chief Executive Officer + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +RAMOS FIELD, L.L.C., +a Delaware limited liability company + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By: + +/s/ James A. Doris + +  + +  + +Name: + +James A Doris + +  + +  + +Title: + +President and Chief Executive Officer + +  + +  + +   + +  + +  + +HOLDINGS + +  + +  + +    + +  + +  + +ELYSIUM ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC, +a Nevada limited liability company + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By: + +/s/ James A. Doris + +  + +  + +Name: + +James A Doris + +  + +  + +Title: + +President and Chief Executive Officer + +  + + + + + +  + +(Signature Page to Term Loan Agreement) + +  + + + + - 84 - + +   + +   + + + +  + +AGENT: + +  + +  + +   + +  + +  + +405 WOODBINE LLC, +a Delaware limited liability company +as Agent + +  + +  + +    + +  + +  + +By: + +/s/ Lawrence Cutler + +  + +  + +  + +Lawrence Cutler + +  + +  + +  + +Authorized Signatory + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +LENDER: + +  + +  + +      + +  + +  + +405 WOODBINE LLC, +a Delaware limited liability company + +  + +  + +        + +  + +  + +By: + +/s/ Lawrence Cutler + +  + +  + +  + +Lawrence Cutler + +  + +  + +  + +Authorized Signatory + +  + +  + +  + +    + +  + +  + +  + +Applicable Lending Office: + +  +405 Lexington Avenue +59th Floor +New York, New York 10174 +Attn: Greg White +E-mail: gwhite@arenaco.com and reporting@arenaco.com + +  + +      + + + +(Signature Page to Term Loan Agreement) + +  + + + + - 85 - + +   + +         + + + +  + +LENDER: + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +AFG INVESTMENTS 1A, LLC, +a Delaware limited liability company + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By: + +/s/ Jeff Leu + +  + +  + +Name: + +Jeff Leu + +  + +  + +Title: + +President + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +Applicable Lending Office: + +60 S. 6th Street +Suite 3720 +Minneapolis, MN 55402 +Attn: Tiffany Parr and Dave Ellingrud +E-mail: tiffany.parr@mcgintyroad.com and dave.ellingrud@mcgintyroad.com + +  + + + +  + +(Signature Page to Term Loan Agreement) + +   + + + + - 86 - + +   + +     + + + +  + +LENDER: + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +CARGILL, INCORPORATED, +a Delaware corporation + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By: + +/s/ Tyler R. Smith + +  + +  + +Name: + +Tyler R. Smith + +  + +  + +Title: + +Authorized Signer + +  + +  + +  + +Applicable Lending Office: + +9320 Excelsior Boulevard +Mail Stop #150 +Hopkins, Minnesota 55343 +Attn: Tyler Smith +E-mail: tyler_smith_1@cargill.com + +  + + + +  + +(End of signature pages) + +  + +(Signature Page to Term Loan Agreement) + +  + + - 87 - + +   + +  + + + +SCHEDULE 1.2B + +  + +PERCENTAGE SHARES + +  + +Name/Address for Notice + +  + +Percentage Share + +  + +  + +Funded Amount + +  + +  + +Commitment + +  + +405 Woodbine LLC +405 Lexington Avenue +59th Floor +New York, New York 10174 +Attn: Greg White +E-mail: gwhite@arenaco.com and reporting@arenaco.com + +  + +  + +71.4% + +  + +$25,000,000.00 + +  + +  + +$26,041,667.00 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +AFG Investments 1A, LLC +60 South 6th Street +Suite 3720 +Minneapolis, Minnesota +Attn: Tiffany Parr and Dave Ellingrud +E-mail: tiffany.parr@mcgintyroad.com and dave.ellingrud@mcintyroad.com + +  + +  + +27.6% + +  + +$9,650,000.00 + +  + +  + +$10,052,083.00 + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +Cargill, Incorporated. +9320 Excelsior Boulevard +Mail Stop #150 +Hopkins, Minnesota 55343 +Attn: Tyler Smith +E-mail: tyler_smith_1@cargill.com + +  + +  + +1.0% + +  + +$350,000.00 + +  + +  + +$364,583.00 + +  + +TOTAL: + +  + +  + +100% + +  + +$35,000,000.00 + +  + +  + +$36,458,333.00 + +  + +   + +S-1.2B-i + +  + + - 88 - + +   + +  + + + +SCHEDULE 2.2 + +  + +USE OF LOAN PROCEEDS + +  + +To complete the acquisition of certain assets of Seller in the St. Mary, +Lafourche, Calcasieu, Plaquemines, Assumption, and Terrebonne parishes in +Louisiana and the Matagorda, Nueces, San Jacinto, Colorado, Orange, Newton, +Brooks, Jefferson, Hidalgo, San Patricio, and Starr Counties in Texas pursuant +to the Acquisition Agreement, and for related expenses and working capital. + +  + +  + +S-4.18-i + +   + + - 89 - + +   + +     + + + +SCHEDULE 4.22A + +  + +SUBSIDIARIES + +  + +  + +Elysium Energy LA, LLC, Elysium Energy TX, LLC, Pointe a la Hache, L.L.C., +Turtle Bayou, L.L.C., Potash, L.L.C., and Ramos Field, L.L.C. are subsidiaries +of Elysium Energy, LLC. + +  + +Elysium Energy, LLC is a subsidiary of Elysium Energy Holdings, LLC. + +  + +  + +   + +  + +S-4.22A-i + +    + + - 90 - + +   + +   + + + +SCHEDULE 4.22B + +  + +ORGANIZATIONAL CHART + +[vkin_ex101img1.jpg] + +  + +  + +S-4.22B-i + +  + + + + + + - 91 - + +   + +  + +EXHIBIT A + +  + +[FORM OF NOTE] + +  + +PROMISSORY NOTE +(this “Note”) + +  + + + +$____________ + +New York, New York + +________, ____ + + + +  + +FOR VALUE RECEIVED and WITHOUT GRACE (except to the extent, if any, provided in +the Loan Agreement, as hereinafter defined), the undersigned (collectively, +“Makers”), jointly and severally, promise to pay to the order of +_________________________ (“Payee”), at the Principal Office (as such term is +defined in the Loan Agreement), the sum of _____________ AND __/100 DOLLARS +($_____________) or so much thereof as may remain unpaid pursuant to the Term +Loan Agreement dated February 3, 2020, by and among Makers, Agent and the +lenders signatory thereto or bound thereby from time to time, including, without +limitation, Payee (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from +time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), together with interest at the rates and +calculated as provided in the Loan Agreement. + +  + +Reference is hereby made to the Loan Agreement for matters governed thereby, +including, without limitation, certain events which will entitle the holder +hereof and/or Agent to accelerate the maturity of all amounts due hereunder. +Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Note shall have the respective +meanings assigned to such terms in the Loan Agreement. + +  + +This Note is issued pursuant to, is a “Note” under and is payable as provided in +the Loan Agreement. Subject to compliance with applicable provisions of the Loan +Agreement, Makers or any of them may at any time prepay the full amount or any +part of the Loan Balance evidenced by this Note without the payment of any +premium or fee, but such payment shall not, until this Note is fully paid and +satisfied, excuse the payment as it becomes due of any payment on this Note +provided for in the Loan Agreement. + +  + +Without being limited thereto or thereby, this Note is secured by the Security +Documents. + +  + +This Note shall be governed and controlled by the laws of the State of New York, +without giving effect to principles thereof relating to conflicts of law. + +  + +(Signatures appear on following pages) + +  + + + +  + + A-i + + +   + +  + + + +  + +MAKERS: + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +ELYSIUM ENERGY, LLC, +a Nevada limited liability company + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By: + +  + +  + +  + +Name: + +  + +  + +  + +Title: + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +ELYSIUM ENERGY LA, LLC, +a Louisiana limited liability company + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By: + +  + +  + +  + +Name: + +  + +  + +  + +Title: + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +ELYSIUM ENERGY TX, LLC, +a Texas limited liability company + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By: + +  + +  + +  + +Name: + +  + +  + +  + +Title: + +  + +  + + + +  + +  + + A-ii + + +   + +  + +  + + + +  + +POINTE A LA HACHE, L.L.C., +a Delaware limited liability company + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By: + +  + +  + +  + +Name: + +  + +  + +  + +Title: + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +TURTLE BAYOU, L.L.C., +a Delaware limited liability company + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By: + +  + +  + +  + +Name: + +  + +  + +  + +Title: + +  + +  + +  + +    + +  + +  + +  + +POTASH, L.L.C., +a Delaware limited liability company + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By: + +  + +  + +  + +Name: + +  + +  + +  + +Title: + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +RAMOS FIELD, L.L.C., +a Delaware limited liability company + +  + +  + +  + +  + +  + +By: + +  + +  + +  + +Name: + +  + +  + +  + +Title: + +  + +  + + + +  + + + +  + +A-iii + +  + +  +Exhibit 10.3 + +  + + + +EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT + +  + + + +This Executive Employment Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and effective as of +this 23rd day of April 2020 (the “Effective Date”) by and between DraftKings +Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Company”), and Paul Liberman (“Executive”). + +  + +W I T N E S S E T H + +  + + + +WHEREAS, Executive was President of Global Technology and Product of DraftKings +Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Former DK”), prior to the closing (the “Closing”) +of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, dated as +of December 22, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated as of April +7, 2020, among the Company, Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp., SBTech (Global) +Limited and certain other parties thereto, following which Former DK became a +wholly owned subsidiary of the Company; + +  + +WHEREAS, the Company desires to continue to employ the Executive as President of +Global Technology and Product of the Company following the Closing; and + +  + +WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to enter into this Agreement to +set forth the terms of the Executive’s employment with the Company. + +  + +NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, of the mutual promises +contained herein and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and +sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as +follows: + +  + +1.       POSITION AND DUTIES. + +  + + + + + +(a)       GENERAL. Commencing on the Effective Date, Executive shall continue to +serve as the Company’s President of Global Technology and Product and shall +report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “CEO”). In +this position, Executive shall have such duties, authorities and +responsibilities as are customary for an employee in such position, and such +other duties, authorities and responsibilities as may reasonably be assigned to +the Executive from time to time by the CEO. The Executive’s principal place of +employment with the Company shall be at the Company’s headquarters located in +Boston, Massachusetts or such other place as approved by the CEO. + +  + +(b)       OTHER ACTIVITIES. For so long as Executive remains in the employ of +the Company (the “Employment Term”), the Executive shall devote substantially +all of the Executive’s business time, energy, knowledge and skill to the +performance of the Executive’s duties with the Company, provided that the +foregoing shall not prevent the Executive from engaging in any non-Company +activity of any kind so long as such activity, together with any other +non-Company activity, does not pose a conflict of interest or materially +interfere with Executive’s performance of his duties under this Agreement, as +determined in the reasonable good faith discretion of the CEO. + +  + +2.       ANNUAL BASE SALARY. During the Employment Term, the Company agrees to +pay the Executive an annual base salary at an annual rate of $425,000, payable +subject to standard federal and state payroll withholding requirements in +accordance with the regular payroll practices of the Company. The Executive’s +annual base salary shall be subject to annual review by the Company’s Board of +Directors (“Board”) (or a committee thereof), and may be increased (but not +decreased) from time to time as determined by the Board (or a committee +thereof). The annual base salary as may be increased from time to time shall +constitute “Annual Base Salary” for purposes of this Agreement. + +  + + + +  + +  + +  + +3.       INCENTIVE COMPENSATION. + +  + +(a)       Annual Cash Incentive. During the Employment Term, Executive shall be +eligible for a minimum annual target cash incentive opportunity of 125% of +Annual Base Salary (as may be increased from time to time, the “Target Annual +Cash Incentive”), provided Executive shall have the opportunity to earn a +greater annual cash incentive for performance above target and, if the annual +cash incentive opportunity for performance above target is subject to a maximum, +such maximum shall be equal to an amount that is at least equal to 200% of the +Target Annual Cash Incentive. The Executive’s Target Annual Cash Incentive shall +be subject to annual review by the Board (or a committee thereof), and may be +increased (but not decreased) from time to time as determined by the Board (or a +committee thereof). The Board (or a committee thereof) shall set reasonable and +appropriate Company and/or individual performance goals for each annual cash +incentive opportunity, in consultation with the CEO, by no later than (i) June +30 for the 2020 performance year, and (ii) March 31 for each performance year +thereafter. The earned annual cash incentive (the “Annual Cash Incentive”) for +any given fiscal year will be determined based on overall Company performance +and/or Executive’s individual performance (as applicable), as determined in the +sole discretion of the Board (or a committee thereof) and provided Executive +remains employed by the Company through the applicable performance period. Any +such Annual Cash Incentive shall be paid to Executive at the same time that +annual cash incentives are paid to other senior executives of the Company, +provided, in any event, any such Annual Cash Incentive shall be paid by no later +than March 15th of the year following the applicable performance year. + +  + +(b)       Annual Equity Incentive. During the Employment Term, the Company shall +grant Executive an annual equity incentive award within the first three (3) +months of each fiscal year (or the first seven (7) months for fiscal year 2020) +of the Company with a minimum aggregate target value of $3,500,000 for each such +award (as may be increased from time to time, the “Annual Equity Incentive +Award”), with the valuation methodology for such awards to be determined by the +Board (or a committee thereof) in the reasonable good faith exercise of its +discretion. The Executive’s Annual Equity Incentive Award shall be subject to +annual review by the Board (or a committee thereof), and may be increased (but +not decreased) from time to time as determined by the Board (or a committee +thereof). The Annual Equity Incentive Awards will be comprised of a mix of fifty +percent (50%) of the minimum aggregate target value granted as restricted stock +units, with time-based vesting conditions that are not less favorable than +vesting in equal quarterly installments over four years, and fifty percent (50%) +of the minimum aggregate target value granted as performance stock units +(“PSUs”), provided Executive shall have the opportunity to earn a greater amount +of PSUs for performance above target and, if the performance-based vesting for +such PSUs for performance above target is subject to a maximum, such maximum +shall be equal to an amount that is at least equal to 300% of one half (1/2) of +the minimum aggregate target value. The performance/vesting period for such PSUs +shall be between two (2) and three (3) years, as determined by the Board (or a +committee thereof) in the reasonable good faith exercise of its discretion. The +Board (or a committee thereof) shall set reasonable and appropriate Company +and/or individual performance goals for each annual PSU grant, in consultation +with the Chief Executive Officer, by no later than (i) July 31st for the 2020 +performance year, and (ii) March 31 for each performance year thereafter. The +earned PSUs for any given fiscal year will be determined based on overall +Company performance and/or Executive’s individual performance (as applicable), +as determined in the sole discretion of the Board (or a committee thereof) and +provided Executive remains employed by the Company through the applicable +performance period. + +  + +4.       EXECUTIVE BENEFITS. + +  + +(a)       BENEFIT PLANS. During the Employment Term, the Executive shall be +entitled to participate in any employee and/or executive benefit plan that the +Company has adopted or may adopt, maintain or contribute to for the benefit of +its employees and/or executives generally, currently including, without +limitation, health and dental insurance coverage, long-term and short-term +disability insurance coverage and group life insurance coverage, subject, in all +events to satisfying the applicable eligibility requirements, and except to the +extent such plans are duplicative of the benefits otherwise provided hereunder. +The Executive’s participation will be subject to the terms of the applicable +plan documents and generally applicable Company policies. Notwithstanding the +foregoing, the Company may modify or terminate any employee and/or executive +benefit plan at any time. + +  + + + + 2  + +  + +  + +(b)       VACATION TIME. During the Employment Term, the Executive shall be +entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the Company’s policy applicable to +its executives as in effect from time to time. + +  + +(c)       BUSINESS EXPENSES. Upon presentation of such reasonable substantiation +and documentation as the Company reasonably may specify from time to time, the +Executive shall be reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket business expenses +incurred and paid by the Executive during the Employment Term in connection with +the performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder. + +  + +5.       TERMINATION. The Executive’s employment under this Agreement and the +Employment Term shall terminate on the first of the following to occur: + +  + +(a)       DISABILITY. Thirty (30) days after written notice by the Company to +the Executive of a termination due to Disability. For purposes of this +Agreement, “Disability” shall be defined as the inability of the Executive to +perform the Executive’s material duties hereunder with a reasonable +accommodation due to a physical or mental injury, infirmity or incapacity for +one hundred and twenty (120) days (including weekends and holidays) in any three +hundred sixty-five (365) day period; provided such disability also qualifies as +a “disability” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(4)(i). The +Executive shall reasonably cooperate with the Company if a question arises as to +whether the Executive has become disabled. + +  + +(b)       DEATH. Automatically upon the date of death of the Executive. + +  + +(c)       CAUSE. Thirty (30) days after written notice by the Company to the +Executive of a termination for Cause if the Executive shall have failed to cure +or remedy such matter, if curable, within such thirty (30) day period. In the +event that the basis for Cause is not curable, then such thirty (30) day cure +period shall not be required, and such termination shall be effective on the +date the Company delivers notice of such termination for Cause. “Cause” shall +mean the Company’s termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company or +any of its subsidiaries as a result of: (i) fraud, embezzlement or any willful +act of material dishonesty by the Executive in connection with or relating to +the Executive’s employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (ii) +theft or misappropriation of property, information or other assets by the +Executive in connection with the Executive’s employment with the Company or any +of its subsidiaries which results in or could reasonably be expected to result +in material loss, damage or injury to the Company and its subsidiaries, their +goodwill, business or reputation; (iii) the Executive’s conviction, guilty plea, +no contest plea, or similar plea for any felony or any crime that results in or +could reasonably be expected to result in material loss, damage or injury to the +Company and its subsidiaries, their goodwill, business or reputation; (iv) the +Executive’s use of alcohol or drugs while working that materially interferes +with the ability of Executive to perform the Executive’s material duties +hereunder; (v) the Executive’s material breach of a material Company policy, or +material breach of a Company policy that results in or could reasonably be +expected to result in material loss, damage or injury to the Company and its +subsidiaries, their goodwill, business or reputation; (vi) the Executive’s +material breach of any of his obligations under this Agreement; or (vii) the +Executive’s repeated insubordination, or refusal (other than as a result of a +Disability or physical or mental illness) to carry out or follow specific +reasonable and lawful instructions, duties or assignments given by the CEO which +are consistent with Executive’s position with the Company; provided, that, for +clauses (i) – (vii) above, the Company delivers written notice to Executive of +the condition giving rise to Cause within ninety (90) days after the Company +becomes aware of its initial occurrence. For avoidance of doubt, the Executive +being deemed an Unsuitable Person, as defined in that certain Amended and +Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company as in effect on the Effective +Date (an “Unsuitable Person”), shall not independently constitute Cause (but any +circumstances giving rise to the Executive being deemed an Unsuitable Person +shall constitute Cause to the extent such circumstances are grounds provided in +clauses (i) – (vii) above). + +  + + + + 3  + +  + +  + +(d)       WITHOUT CAUSE. The date of termination set forth in any written notice +by the Company to the Executive of an involuntary termination without Cause +(other than death or Disability). + +  + + + +(e)       GOOD REASON. Thirty (30) days after written notice by the Executive to +the Company of an alleged condition giving rise to a resignation for Good Reason +if the Company shall have failed to cure or remedy such matter, if curable, +within such thirty (30) day period. In the event that the basis for Good Reason +is not curable, then such thirty (30) day cure period shall not be required, and +such resignation shall be effective on the date the Executive delivers such +notice. “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events, +without the express written consent of the Executive: (i) the Company’s material +breach of any of its obligations under this Agreement; (ii) any material adverse +change in the Executive’s duties or authority or responsibilities, or the +assignment of duties or responsibilities to the Executive materially +inconsistent with his position; (iii) the Executive no longer serving as the +President of Global Technology and Product of the Company; (iv) reduction in the +Executive’s Annual Base Salary, Target Annual Cash Incentive or Annual Equity +Incentive Award (other than across-the-board reductions affecting similarly +situated senior executives of the Company or any of its subsidiaries); (v) the +Company requires Executive to relocate to a facility or location that increases +Executive’s one-way commute by more than thirty-five (35) miles from the +location at which Executive was working immediately prior to the required +relocation; or (vi) the failure of a successor to the Company to assume the +Company’s obligations under this Agreement; provided, that, for clauses (i) – +(vi) above, Executive has given written notice to the Company of the condition +giving rise to Good Reason within ninety (90) days after Executive becomes aware +of its initial occurrence. + +  + +(f)       WITHOUT GOOD REASON. Thirty (30) days after written notice by the +Executive to the Company of the Executive’s voluntary termination of employment +without Good Reason (which the Company may, in its sole discretion, make +effective earlier). + +  + +6.       CONSEQUENCES OF TERMINATION. + +  + +(a)       DEATH OR DISABILITY. In the event that the Executive’s employment ends +on account of the Executive’s death or Disability, the Executive or the +Executive’s estate, as the case may be, shall be entitled to the following (with +the amounts due under Sections 6(a)(i) through 6(a)(iii) hereof to be paid +within thirty (30) days following termination of employment, or such earlier +date as may be required by applicable law): + +  + +(i)       any unpaid Annual Base Salary earned through the date of termination; + +  + +(ii)       reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses incurred through +the date of termination; + +  + +(iii)       all other accrued and vested payments, benefits or fringe benefits +required to be paid or provided to the Executive under the applicable plans or +by law, including without limitation, payment for all accrued vacation +(collectively, Sections 6(a)(i) through 6(a)(iii) hereof shall be hereafter +referred to as the “Accrued Benefits”); and + +  + + + + 4  + +  + +  + +(iv)       provided Executive is in full compliance with his obligations under +Exhibits A and B attached hereto and Executive or the Executive’s estate, as the +case may be, executes, returns to the Company and does not revoke the release +and waiver of claims in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (with such changes +as may be required in order to reflect or comply with applicable laws at such +time, as determined by the Company in its reasonable judgment, the “Release and +Waiver”) and the Release and Waiver becomes effective pursuant to its terms and +conditions, all within sixty (60) days following termination of employment, then +the Company shall also provide Executive or the Executive’s estate, as the case +may be, with the following: + +  + +A.       Full vesting of all outstanding unvested equity-based awards, including +the portions of Annual Equity Incentive Awards, that are solely subject to +time-based vesting on the date of such termination, and Executive or the +Executive’s estate, as the case may be, shall have twelve (12) months after +termination of employment to exercise all stock options that were vested at the +time of such termination of employment and all stock options that vest pursuant +to this Section 6(a)(iv)(A) in connection with such termination (provided such +stock options shall remain subject to the maximum original term and expiration +of such stock options). + +  + +B.       Vesting of the portions of all outstanding unvested Annual Equity +Incentive Awards that are solely subject to performance-based vesting on the +date of such termination, with such vesting determined based on actual +performance against the applicable performance goals established for the +applicable awards, as determined at the time and in the manner applicable to +such awards pursuant to the applicable stock plans and award agreements, with +such awards remaining outstanding through the date such vesting is determined. +Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such awards are in the form of stock +options, such stock options shall remain outstanding until such time as +Executive or the Executive’s estate, as the case may be, shall have twelve (12) +months after the later of Executive’s termination of employment, or the vesting +of the applicable stock options, to exercise such stock options that were vested +at the time of such termination of employment and such stock options that vest +pursuant to this Section 6(a)(iv)(B) in connection with such termination +(provided such stock options shall remain subject to the maximum original term +and expiration of such stock options). + +  + +C.       Vesting of all outstanding unvested equity-based awards that are solely +subject to performance-based vesting on the date of such termination other than +Annual Equity Incentive Awards (typically referred to by the Company as +“LTIPs”), with such vesting determined based on actual performance against the +applicable performance goals established for the applicable awards through the +date that is two (2) years following Executive’s termination of employment, +subject to the maximum original term and expiration of the applicable award (the +“Performance Vesting End Date”), as determined at the time and in the manner +applicable to such awards pursuant to the applicable stock plans and award +agreements, with such awards remaining outstanding through the date such vesting +is determined, not to exceed the Performance Vesting End Date; provided, if the +Performance Vesting End Date falls in the middle of a performance/vesting period +applicable to an award, the total shares that shall vest in relation to such +performance period shall be pro-rated based on the number of days between the +first day of the performance/vesting period and the Performance Vesting End +Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such awards are in the form of stock +options, such stock options shall remain outstanding until such time as +Executive or the Executive’s estate, as the case may be, shall have twelve (12) +months after the later of Executive’s termination of employment, or the vesting +of the applicable stock options, to exercise such stock options that were vested +at the time of such termination of employment and such stock options that vest +pursuant to this Section 6(a)(iv)(C) in connection with such termination +(provided such stock options shall remain subject to the maximum original term +and expiration of such stock options). + +  + + + + 5  + +  + +  + +(b)       TERMINATION FOR CAUSE OR WITHOUT GOOD REASON. If the Executive’s +employment is terminated (i) by the Company for Cause, or (ii) by the Executive +without Good Reason, the Company shall pay to the Executive the Accrued +Benefits, at such times as set forth in Section 6(a) above. + +  + +(c)       TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE OR FOR GOOD REASON. If the Executive’s +employment by the Company is terminated (x) by the Company without Cause, or (y) +by the Executive for Good Reason (each, a “Qualifying Termination”), then the +Company will provide Executive with the Accrued Benefits at such times as set +forth in Section 6(a) above and, provided Executive is in full compliance with +his obligations under Exhibits A and B attached hereto and Executive executes, +returns to the Company and does not revoke the Release and Waiver and the +Release and Waiver becomes effective pursuant to its terms and conditions, all +within sixty (60) days following termination of employment, then the Company +shall also pay or provide the Executive with the following: + +  + +(i)       Termination in Connection with Change in Control. In the event of a +Qualifying Termination within eighteen (18) months after a Change in Control (as +defined below), or within three (3) months before a Change in Control, the +Company shall provide Executive: + +  + +A.       Cash severance in an amount equal to two times the sum of (x) Annual +Base Salary plus (y) Target Annual Cash Incentive, less all applicable +withholdings and deductions, payable on the first regular payroll date of the +Company that is sixty (60) days following the date of Executive’s termination. + +  + +B.       Continued participation through COBRA coverage or such other method +determined by the Company (all costs, expenses and premiums to be paid by +Company) on the same basis as the employee and/or executive benefit plans +contemplated by Section 4(a) hereof in which the Executive is participating on +the date of such termination of employment for 24 months following the month in +which coverage would otherwise be lost as an employee of the Company; provided +that the Executive is eligible and remains eligible for coverage under such +plans by timely electing COBRA continuation, if applicable; and provided, +further, that in the event that the Executive obtains other employment that +offers Executive health benefits such that Executive is not eligible for COBRA +continuation rights, such continuation of coverage by the Company under this +Section (6)(c)(i)(B) shall immediately cease (such 24 month or shorter period, +the “COBRA Payment Period”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time the +Company determines that its payment of COBRA premiums on Executive’s behalf or +other method of continued participation would result in a violation of +applicable law (including but not limited to the 2010 Patient Protection and +Affordable Care Act, as amended by the 2010 Health Care and Education +Reconciliation Act), then in lieu of paying COBRA premiums or providing such +other method of continued participation pursuant to this Section, the Company +shall pay Executive on the last day of each remaining month of the COBRA Payment +Period, a fully taxable cash payment equal to the COBRA premium or such other +payment for such month, subject to applicable tax withholding (such amount, the +“Special Severance Payment”), such Special Severance Payment to be made without +regard to Executive’s payment of COBRA premiums and without regard to the +expiration of the COBRA period prior to the end of the COBRA Payment Period. +Nothing in this Agreement shall deprive Executive of his rights under COBRA or +ERISA for benefits under plans and policies arising under his employment by the +Company. + +  + +C.       Full vesting of all outstanding unvested equity-based awards (including +Annual Equity Incentive Awards) on the date of such termination or, if later, +the consummation of the Change in Control, with any performance-based vesting +conditions for performance periods that are not completed as of the date of +termination deemed satisfied at the target level. + +  + + + + 6  + +  + +  + +(ii)       Termination Not in Connection with Change in Control. In the event of +a Qualifying Termination that is not within eighteen (18) months after a Change +in Control, and not within three (3) months before a Change in Control, the +Company shall provide Executive: + +  + +A.       Cash severance in an amount equal to two times the Executive’s Annual +Base Salary, less all applicable withholdings and deductions, payable on the +first regular payroll date of the Company that is sixty (60) days following the +date of Executive’s termination. + +  + +B.       An additional cash severance amount in an amount equal to the Annual +Cash Incentive to which Executive would be entitled for the year of termination +if Executive were employed by the Company on the last day of such year, based on +actual performance against the applicable performance goals established for such +bonus, pro-rated based on the number of days Executive was employed by the +Company during such year, less all applicable withholdings and deductions, +payable at the same time as bonuses are paid to active employees but no later +than March 15 of the year after the year of termination. + +  + +C.       Continued participation through COBRA coverage or such other method +determined by the Company (all costs, expenses and premiums to be paid by +Company) on the terms and conditions set forth in Section 6(c)(i)(B). + +  + +D.       Pro rata vesting of all outstanding unvested equity-based awards +(including the portions of Annual Equity Incentive Awards) that are solely +subject to time-based vesting on the date of such termination based on the +number of days Executive was employed by the Company during the vesting period +during which the termination occurs. + +  + +E.       Pro rata vesting of all outstanding unvested equity-based awards +(including the portions of Annual Equity Incentive Awards) that are subject to +performance-based vesting on the date of such termination, with such vesting +determined based on actual performance against the applicable performance goals +established for the applicable awards, as determined at the time and in the +manner applicable to such awards pursuant to the applicable stock plans and +award agreements, with such awards remaining outstanding through the date such +vesting is determined, and pro-rated based on the number of days Executive was +employed by the Company during the applicable performance/vesting periods. + +  + +(iii)       “Change in Control” for purposes of this Section 6 will have the +meaning set forth in the DraftKings Inc. 2020 Incentive Award Plan (or its +successor as in effect at the time of a Qualifying Termination). For the +avoidance of doubt, the Closing shall not constitute a Change in Control. + +  + +7.       RETURN OF COMPANY PROPERTY. Within ten (10) days after Executive’s +termination of employment with the Company for any reason, the Executive shall +return all property belonging to the Company or its affiliates (including, but +not limited to, any Company-provided laptops, computers, cell phones, wireless +electronic mail devices and other equipment, documents and property belonging to +the Company). + +  + +8.       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. + +  + + + + 7  + +  + +  + +(a)       AUTHORIZATION. All corporate action on the part of the Company and its +directors necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of this +Agreement by the Company, and the performance of all of the Company’s +obligations under this Agreement has been taken. + +  + +(b)       ENFORCEABILITY. This Agreement, when executed and delivered by the +Company, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, +enforceable in accordance with its terms. + +  + + + +9.       NO ASSIGNMENTS. This Agreement is personal to each of the parties +hereto and no party may assign or delegate any rights or obligations hereunder +without first obtaining the written consent of the other party hereto; provided, +however that the Company may assign this Agreement to any successor to all or +substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company; provided, +further, that the Company shall require such successor to expressly assume and +agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that +the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken +place. As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company and any +successor to its business and/or assets, which assumes and agrees to perform the +duties and obligations of the Company under this Agreement by operation of law +or otherwise. + +  + +10.       NOTICE. For purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other +communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be +deemed to have been duly given (a) on the date of delivery, if delivered by +hand, (b) upon receipt of confirmation of successful transmission, if delivered +by facsimile, (c) on the date of delivery, if delivered by overnight delivery +service, or mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, +postage prepaid, addressed as follows: + +  + +If to the Executive: + +  + + + +Paul Liberman + +Address on file with the Company + +  + +With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: + +  + +_______________ + +_______________ + +_______________ + +_______________ + +_______________ + +  + +  + +If to the Company: + +  + +DraftKings Inc. + +Attn: Chief Legal Officer + +222 Berkley Street, 5th Floor + +Boston, MA 02116 + +Fax: (617) 977-1727 + +  + +or to such other address or fax number as either party may have furnished to the +other in writing in accordance herewith. + +  + + + + 8  + +  + +  + +11.       SECTION HEADINGS; INCONSISTENCY. The section headings used in this +Agreement are included solely for convenience and shall not affect, or be used +in connection with, the interpretation of this Agreement. + +  + +12.       SEVERABILITY. Each provision of this Agreement will be construed as +separable and divisible from every other provision and the enforceability of any +one (1) provision will not limit the enforceability, in whole or in part, of any +other provision.  In the event that a court or administrative body of competent +jurisdiction holds any provision of this Agreement to be invalid, illegal, void +or less than fully enforceable as to time, scope or otherwise, then such +provision will be construed by limiting and reducing it so that such provision +is valid, legal and fully enforceable while preserving to the greatest extent +permissible the original intent of the parties; the remaining terms and +conditions of this Agreement will not be affected by such alteration, and will +remain in full force and effect. + +  + +13.       COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, +each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will +constitute one and the same instrument. + +  + +14.       GOVERNING LAW; ARBITRATION. This Agreement, the rights and obligations +of the parties hereto, and all claims or disputes relating thereto, shall be +governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of +Massachusetts, without regard to the choice of law provisions thereof. Except +for disputes arising under Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C or Exhibit D hereof, +which shall be decided pursuant to the terms of those Exhibits, any dispute +arising from this Agreement or Executive’s employment with the Company, +including but not limited to claims for wrongful termination; violation of Title +VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended; violations of the Americans with +Disabilities Act of 1990; violations of Massachusetts law, including without +limitation claims pursuant to Chapter 151B of the Massachusetts General Laws and +the Massachusetts Wage Act and Overtime law; or claims for violations of any +state law or rule or regulation regarding discrimination, harassment or other +wrongful conduct (collectively, “Covered Claims”), shall be decided solely and +exclusively in a final and binding arbitration administered by the JAMS in +Boston, Massachusetts, in accordance with the JAMS Employment Arbitration Rules +in effect at the time of the filing of the demand for arbitration (the “Rules”), +a copy of which is available at +http://www.jamsadr.com/rules-employment-arbitration/.  The arbitrator shall be a +single arbitrator with expertise in employment disputes, mutually selected by +the parties, or, if the parties are unable to agree thereon, a single arbitrator +with expertise in employment disputes designated by the Boston office of JAMS.  +The arbitrator shall have the authority to award all remedies available in a +court of law. The Company shall pay the arbitrator’s fees and all fees and costs +to administer the arbitration.  The parties acknowledge and agree that their +obligations to arbitrate under this Section survive the termination of the +Agreement and continue after the termination of the employment relationship +between the Executive and the Company. By agreeing to arbitrate disputes arising +out of Executive’s employment, both the Executive and the Company voluntarily +and irrevocably waive any and all rights to have any such dispute heard or +resolved in any forum other than through arbitration as provided herein. This +waiver specifically includes, but is not limited to, any right to trial by jury. +Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, this Section will not +apply to claims for workers’ compensation or unemployment benefits, any claim +for injunctive or equitable relief, or any claim arising from Exhibit A, Exhibit +B, Exhibit C or Exhibit D to this Agreement brought by the Company or the +Executive, which shall be governed by the terms and conditions thereof.  All +arbitration proceedings hereunder shall be confidential, except: (a) to the +extent the parties otherwise agree in writing; (b) as may be otherwise +appropriate in response to a request from a government agency, subpoena, or +legal process; (c) if the substantive law of the State of Massachusetts (without +giving effect to choice of law principles) provides to the contrary; or (d) as +is necessary in a court proceeding to enforce, correct, modify or vacate the +arbitrator’s award or decision (and in the case of this subpart (d), the parties +agree to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the arbitrator’s award, +decision or findings and all other documents, pleadings and papers are filed +and/or entered with the court under seal and/or in a manner that would maintain +their confidentiality, including, without limitation, complying with all rules +of procedure and local rules for filing documents, pleadings and papers under +seal). + +  + + + + 9  + +  + +  + + + +15.       MISCELLANEOUS. No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived +or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in +writing and signed by the Executive and the CEO or other authorized +representative of the Company. No waiver by either party hereto at any time of +any breach by the other party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or +provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed +a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any +prior or subsequent time. This Agreement, the exhibits attached hereto, and the +Transaction Performance Award Letter Agreement entered into between the Company +and Executive contemporaneously herewith collectively set forth the entire +agreement of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained +herein and supersede any and all prior agreements or understandings between the +Executive and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof. No +agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with +respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either party which are +not expressly set forth in this Agreement. In the event of any conflict or +inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and any offer +letter, form, award, plan or policy of the Company, the terms of this Agreement +shall govern and control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of any +conflict or inconsistency between this Agreement (including the exhibits hereto) +and the DraftKings Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan or the DraftKings Inc. 2012 +Stock Option & Restricted Stock Incentive Plan (or any award agreement under +such plans to which Executive is a party) regarding (1) the definitions of +“Cause” or “Disability”, (2) the treatment of equity-based awards in connection +with a termination of employment (whether before or after a Change in Control) +or (3) the governing law and dispute resolution procedures, then such provisions +in this Agreement (including the exhibits hereto) shall control. Notwithstanding +the foregoing, the Executive shall remain bound by all covenants, duties and +obligations relating to confidentiality, ownership of intellectual property, +non-solicitation, non-competition and all other post-employment restrictive +covenants, duties and obligations with respect to which the Executive agreed to +be bound in connection with the Executive’s employment with the Company, +including without limitation such covenants, obligations and duties set forth in +the Noncompetition, Nonsolicitation, Nondisclosure & Assignment of Inventions +Agreement dated March 13, 2013; the Stock Option Grant Notice And Post +Employment Noncompetition Covenant (2017 Equity Incentive Plan), dated June 4, +2019; the Stock Option Grant Notice And Post Employment Noncompetition Covenant +(2017 Equity Incentive Plan), dated June 4, 2019; and the Stock Option Grant +Notice And Post Employment Noncompetition Covenant (2017 Equity Incentive Plan), +dated June 4, 2019 (collectively, the “Restrictive Covenants”). The +post-employment covenants, duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement +are intended to supplement – not replace – the Restrictive Covenants. + +  + +16.       TAX MATTERS. + +  + +(a)       WITHHOLDING. The Company may withhold from any and all amounts payable +under this Agreement or otherwise such federal, state and local taxes as may be +required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation. + +  + +(b)     �� SECTION 409A COMPLIANCE. + +  + +(i)       The intent of the parties is that payments and benefits under this +Agreement are exempt from or comply with Internal Revenue Code Section 409A and +the regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder (collectively “Code Section +409A”) and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Agreement shall +be interpreted to be in compliance therewith. To the extent that any provision +hereof is modified in order to comply with Code Section 409A, such modification +shall be made in good faith and shall, to the maximum extent reasonably +possible, maintain the original intent and economic benefit to the Executive and +the Company of the applicable provision without violating the provisions of Code +Section 409A. + +  + + + + 10  + +  + +  + +(ii)       To the extent required to prevent the imposition of taxes or +penalties under Code Section 409A, a termination of employment shall not be +deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Agreement +providing for the payment of any amount or benefit upon or following a +termination of employment unless such termination is also a “separation from +service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A and, for purposes of any such +provision of this Agreement, references to a “termination,” “termination of +employment” or like terms shall mean “separation from service.” Notwithstanding +anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Executive is deemed on the +date of termination to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of that term +under Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B), then with regard to any payment or the +provision of any benefit that is considered “nonqualified deferred compensation” +under Code Section 409A payable on account of a “separation from service,” such +payment or benefit shall not be made or provided until the date which is the +earlier of (A) the expiration of the six (6)-month period measured from the date +of such “separation from service” of the Executive, and (B) the date of the +Executive’s death, to the extent required under Code Section 409A. Upon the +expiration of the foregoing delay period, all payments and benefits delayed +pursuant to this Section 16(b)(ii) (whether they would have otherwise been +payable in a single sum or in installments in the absence of such delay) shall +be paid or reimbursed to the Executive in a lump sum, and all remaining payments +and benefits due under this Agreement shall be paid or provided in accordance +with the normal payment dates specified for them herein. + +  + +(iii)       To the extent that reimbursements or other in-kind benefits under +this Agreement constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of +Code Section 409A, (A) all expenses or other reimbursements hereunder shall be +made on or prior to the last day of the taxable year following the taxable year +in which such expenses were incurred by the Executive, (B) any right to +reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or +exchange for another benefit, and (C) no such reimbursement, expenses eligible +for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits provided in any taxable year shall in any +way affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits to be +provided, in any other taxable year. + +  + +(iv)       For purposes of Code Section 409A, the Executive’s right to receive +installment payments pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated as a right to +receive a series of separate and distinct payments. Whenever a payment under +this Agreement specifies a payment period with reference to a number of days, +the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole +discretion of the Company. + +  + +(v)       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, +in no event shall any payment or benefit under this Agreement that constitutes +“nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Code Section 409A be +subject to offset by any other amount unless otherwise permitted by Code Section +409A. + +  + +17.       NONSOLICITATION, NONDISCLOSURE & ASSIGNMENT OF INVENTIONS AGREEMENT +AND NONCOMPETITION COVENANT. As a condition of continuing employment and as a +condition to be eligible to receive the severance compensation set forth herein, +Executive agrees to execute and abide by the Nonsolicitation, Nondisclosure & +Assignment of Inventions Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit A and the +Noncompetition Covenant in the form attached as Exhibit B (together the +“Covenants”). The execution of the Covenants by Executive is a condition +precedent to this agreement becoming effective. The Covenants contain provisions +that are intended by the parties to survive and do survive termination of this +Agreement. + +  + + + + 11  + +  + +  + +18.       INDEMNIFICATION. Executive will be insured under the Company’s +Director’s and Officer’s Liability Insurance to the extent the Company maintains +such a policy and will be entitled to indemnification by the Company pursuant to +the terms and conditions of the Company’s certification of incorporation and +by-laws to the same extent as the Company’s executive officers and directors +pursuant to an Indemnification Agreement between the Company and the Executive +substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D. + +  + +19.       GOLDEN PARACHUTE. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary +notwithstanding, if any payment or benefit Executive would receive from the +Company or otherwise (a “Payment”) would (a) constitute a “parachute payment” +within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code Section 280G (“Code Section 280G”); +and (b) but for this Section 19, be subject to the excise tax imposed by +Internal Revenue Code Section 4999 (the “Excise Tax”), then such Payment shall +be equal to the Reduced Amount. For purposes of this Agreement, the “Reduced +Amount” shall be either (x) the largest portion of the Payment that would result +in no portion of the Payment being subject to the Excise Tax; or (y) the largest +portion, up to and including the total, of the Payment, whichever amount, after +taking into account all applicable federal, state and local employment taxes, +income taxes, and the Excise Tax (all computed at the highest applicable +marginal rate), results in Executive’s receipt, on an after-tax basis, of the +greater amount of the Payment. Any reduction made pursuant to this Section 19 +shall be made in accordance with the following order of priority: (i) Full +Credit Payments (as defined below) that are payable in cash, (ii) non-cash Full +Credit Payments that are taxable, (iii) non-cash Full Credit Payments that are +not taxable, (iv) Partial Credit Payments (as defined below), (v) non-cash +employee welfare benefits and (vi) stock options whose exercise price exceeds +the fair market value of the optioned stock. In each case, reductions shall be +made in reverse chronological order such that the payment or benefit owed on the +latest date following the occurrence of the event triggering the Excise Tax will +be the first payment or benefit to be reduced (with reductions made pro-rata in +the event payments or benefits are owed at the same time). For purposes of this +Agreement, “Full Credit Payment” means a payment, distribution or benefit, +whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of +this Agreement or otherwise, that if reduced in value by one dollar reduces the +amount of the parachute payment (as defined in Code Section 280G) by one dollar, +determined as if such payment, distribution or benefit had been paid or +distributed on the date of the event triggering the excise tax. For purposes of +this Agreement, “Partial Credit Payment” means any payment, distribution or +benefit that is not a Full Credit Payment. In no event shall Executive has any +discretion with respect to the ordering of payment reductions. Unless the +Company and Executive otherwise agree in writing, any determination required +under this Section 19 will be made in writing by a certified professional +services firm selected by the Company, the Company’s legal counsel or such other +person or entity to which the parties mutually agree (the “Firm”), whose +determination will be conclusive and binding upon Executive and the Company for +all purposes. For purposes of making the calculations required by this Section +19, the Firm may make reasonable assumptions and approximations concerning +applicable taxes and may rely on reasonable, good faith interpretations +concerning the application of Code Section 280G and Internal Revenue Code +Section 4999. The Company and Executive will furnish to the Firm such +information and documents as the Firm may reasonably request in order to make a +determination under this Section 19. The Company will bear all costs the Firm +may reasonably incur in connection with any calculations contemplated by this +Section 19. + +  + +  + +[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK] + +  + + + + 12  + +  + +  + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the +date first written above. + +  + + + +  + +  DRAFTKINGS INC., a Nevada corporation       By:  /s/ R. Stanton Dodge         +Name: R. Stanton Dodge         Title: Chief Legal Officer               +EXECUTIVE       /s/ Paul Liberman   Name: Paul Liberman       + +  + + + + 13  + +  + +  + +EXHIBIT A + +  + +NONSOLICITATION, NONDISCLOSURE & ASSIGNMENT OF INVENTIONS AGREEMENT + +  + +The undersigned Employee (the “Employee”), executes this Nonsolicitation, +Nondisclosure & Assignment of Inventions Agreement (the “Agreement”) in +consideration of, and a material inducement for, the Company’s (as defined +below) continuing relationship with Employee, whether by employment, contractor, +or in advisory or consulting capacities, or otherwise, and in consideration of +receiving any form of compensation or benefit from or in the Company, and the +entering into of the Executive Employment Agreement (the “Employment +Agreement”). Employee understands and agrees that this Agreement shall remain in +effect and survive any and all changes in Employee’s job duties, titles and +compensation during Employee’s relationship with Company. + +  + +Definitions + +  + +i.“Company” shall mean DraftKings Inc., a Nevada corporation, and any entity +controlled by, controlling, or under common control with it, including +affiliates and subsidiaries. “Control” for this purpose means the direct or +indirect possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the +management and policies of an entity, whether through ownership, by contract or +otherwise. + +  + +ii.“Competing Business” shall mean any person, firm, association, corporation or +any other legal entity that is engaged in a business that is competitive with +any aspect of the Business of the Company, including but not limited to: +FanDuel, Paddy Power Betfair, William Hill, bet365, PointsBet, Penn National, +Barstool Sports, SugarHouse, 888, MGM, TheScore, BetStars, Unibet, Caesars, +Golden Nugget, Bet America, Borgata, Harrahs, Oceans, Resorts, Tropicana, +Virgin, and Pala. + +  + +iii.“Business of the Company” shall mean the research, design, development, +marketing, sales, operations, maintenance and commercial exploitation pertaining +to the operation of, and providing products and services for: (1) fantasy sports +contests (“FSC”); (2) Regulated Gaming (defined below); (3) all other products +and services that exist, are in development, or are under consideration by the +Company during Employee’s relationship with the Company (“Other Products and +Services”); and (4) all products and services incidentally related to, or which +are an extension, development or expansion of, FSC, Regulated Gaming and/or +Other Products and Services (“Incidental Products and Services”). + +  + +iv.“Regulated Gaming” shall mean the operation of games of chance or skill or +pari-mutuel or fixed odds games (including, but not limited to, lotteries, +pari-mutuel betting, bingo, race tracks, jai alai, legalized bookmaking, +off-track betting, casino games, racino, keno, and sports betting or any play +for fun (non-wagering) versions of the foregoing) and any type of ancillary +service or product related to or connected with the foregoing. + +  + +v.“Confidential Information” shall mean all information or a compilation of +information, in any form (tangible or intangible or otherwise), that is not +generally known to competitors or the public, which Company considers to be +confidential and/or proprietary, including but not limited to: research and +development; techniques; methodologies; strategies; product information, +designs, prototypes and technical specifications; algorithms, source codes, +object codes, trade secrets or technical data; training materials methods; +internal policies and procedures; marketing plans and strategies; pricing and +cost policies; customer, supplier, vendor and partner lists and accounts; +customer and supplier preferences; contract terms and rates; financial data, +information, reports, and forecasts; inventions, improvements and other +intellectual property; product plans or proposed product plans; know-how; +designs, processes or formulas; software and website applications; computer +passwords; market or sales information, plans or strategies; business plans, +prospects and opportunities (including, but not limited to, possible +acquisitions or dispositions of businesses or facilities); information +concerning existing or potential customers, partners or vendors. Confidential +Information shall also mean information of or related to Company’s current or +potential customers, vendors or partners that is considered to be confidential +or proprietary to the applicable customer, vendor or partner. + +  + + + + A-1  + +  + +  + +Confidential Information does not include: information in the public domain +(other than as a result of disclosure directly or indirectly by Employee); +information approved in writing for unrestricted release by Company; or +information produced or disclosed pursuant to a valid court order, provided +Employee has given Company written notice of such request such that Company has +an actual, reasonable opportunity to defend, limit or protect such production or +disclosure. + +  + +1.       Duty of Loyalty. During the period of Employee’s relationship with the +Company, Employee will devote Employee’s best efforts on behalf of the Company. +Employee agrees not to provide any services to any Competing Business or engage +in any conduct which may create an actual or appear to create a conflict of +interest, without the expressed, written permission of the Company. + +  + +2.       Nonsolicitation of Customers, Clients or Vendors. During the period of +Employee’s relationship with the Company and for a period of twelve (12) months +after termination of such relationship (for any reason), Employee shall not +directly or indirectly either for him/herself or for any other person, +partnership, legal entity, or enterprise, solicit or transact business, or +attempt to solicit or transact business with, any of the individuals or entities +actually known to Employee to be the Company’s customers, clients, vendors or +partners, or prospective customers, clients, vendors or partners, in all cases, +about which Employee learned Confidential Information (as defined above) or +which Employee had some involvement or knowledge related to the Business of the +Company. + +  + +3.       Nonsolicitation of Employees and Contractors. During the period of +Employee’s relationship with the Company and for a period of twelve (12) months +after termination of such relationship (for any reason), Employee will not +directly or indirectly either for him/herself or for any other person, +partnership, legal entity, or enterprise: (i) solicit, in person or through +supervision or control of others, an employee, advisor, consultant or contractor +of the Company for the purpose of inducing or encouraging the employee, advisor, +consultant or contractor to leave his or her relationship with the Company or to +change an existing business relationship with the Company or to change an +existing business relationship to the detriment of the Company, (ii) hire away +an employee, advisor, consultant or contractor of the Company; or (iii) help +another person or entity hire away a Company employee, advisor, consultant or +contractor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the placement of general +advertisements offering employment, other service relationships or activities +that are not specifically targeted toward employees, advisors, consultants or +contractors of the Company shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Section 3. + +  + + + + A-2  + +  + +  + +4.       Nondisclosure of Customer, Partner and Vendor Information. Employee +understands and agrees that it is essential to the Company’s success that all +nonpublic customer, partner, and vendor information is deemed and treated as +Confidential Information and a confidential trade secret. Employee will not, +directly or indirectly, either for him/herself or for any other person, +partnership, legal entity, or enterprise, use or disclose any such customer, +partner, or vendor information, except as may be necessary in the normal conduct +of the Company’s business for the specific customer, partner, or vendor. +Employee agrees that at the end of Employee’s relationship with the Company, or +upon request by the Company, Employee will return to the Company any materials +containing such information. + +  + +5.       Nondisclosure of Confidential Information. All such Confidential +Information is (and will be) the exclusive property of the Company, and Employee +shall not, during or after Employee’s employment: (i) use any Confidential +Information for any purpose that is not authorized by the Company; (ii) disclose +any Confidential Information to any person or entity, except as authorized by +the Company in connection with Employee’s job duties; or (iii) remove or +transfer Confidential Information from the Company’s premises or systems except +as authorized by the Company. + +  + +Upon termination of Employee’s relationship (for any reason), or upon the +request of the Company, Employee will immediately surrender to the Company all +Company property in Employee’s possession, custody, or control, including any +and all documents, electronic information, and materials of any nature +containing any Confidential Information, without retaining any copies. + +  + +Employee understands that the Company is now and may hereafter be subject to +non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements with third persons that require the +Company to protect or refrain from use of Confidential Information. Employee +agrees to respect and be bound by the terms of such agreements in the event +Employee has access to such Confidential Information. + +  + +Employee understands that Confidential Information is never to be used or +disclosed by Employee, as provided in this Section 5. If a temporal limitation +on Employee’s obligation not to use or disclose such information is required +under applicable law, and the Agreement or its restriction(s) cannot otherwise +be enforced, Employee agrees and the Company agrees that the two (2) year period +after the date Employee’s employment ends will be the temporal limitation +relevant to the contested restriction; provided, however, that this sentence +will not apply to trade secrets protected without temporal limitation under +applicable law. + +  + +Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement or +any other agreement between the Company and the Employee, nothing in this +Agreement shall limit the Employee’s right to discuss Employee’s employment or +report possible violations of law or regulation with the Equal Employment +Opportunity Commission, United States Department of Labor, the National Labor +Relations Board, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or other federal +government agency or similar state or local agency or to discuss the terms and +conditions of his employment with others to the extent expressly permitted by +Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act or to the extent that such +disclosure is protected under the applicable provisions of law or regulation, +including but not limited to “whistleblower” statutes or other similar +provisions that protect such disclosure. Employee agrees to take all reasonable +steps to ensure that the Company’s Confidential Information is not made public +during any such disclosure. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1833(b), the Employee +shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade +secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (1) is made in confidence +to a Federal, State, or local government official, either directly or +indirectly, or to an attorney, and solely for the purpose of reporting or +investigating a suspected violation of law; or (2) is made in a complaint or +other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made +under seal. + +  + + + + A-3  + +  + +  + +6.       Assignment of Inventions. Employee expressly understands and agrees +that any and all right or interest Employee obtains in any designs, trade +secrets, technical specifications and technical data, know-how and show-how, +customer and vendor lists, marketing plans, pricing policies, inventions, +concepts, ideas, expressions, discoveries, improvements and patent or patent +rights which are authored, conceived, devised, developed, reduced to practice, +or otherwise obtained by him during the term of this Agreement which relate to +or arise out of his relationship with the Company and which relate to the +business of the Company are expressly regarded as “works for hire” or works +invented or authored within the scope of employment or engagement, whether as an +adviser, consultant, officer, executive, director or other capacity (the +“Inventions”). Employee hereby assigns to the Company the sole and exclusive +right to such Inventions. Any assignment of Inventions (and all intellectual +property rights with respect thereto) hereunder includes an assignment of all +“Moral Rights” (which shall mean all paternity, integrity, disclosure, +withdrawal, special and any other similar rights recognized by the laws of any +jurisdiction or country). To the extent such Moral Rights cannot be assigned to +the Company and to the extent the following is allowed by the laws in any +country where Moral Rights exist, Employee hereby unconditionally and +irrevocably waives the enforcement of such Moral Rights, and all claims and +causes of action of any kind against the Company or related to the Company’s +customers, with respect to such rights. Employee further acknowledges and agrees +that neither his successors-in-interest nor legal heirs retain any Moral Rights +in any Inventions (and any intellectual property rights with respect thereto). + +  + +Employee agrees to disclose all Inventions fully and in writing to the Company +promptly after development, conception, invention, creation or discovery of the +same, and at any time upon request. Employee will provide all assistance that +the Company reasonably requests to secure or enforce its rights throughout the +world with respect to Inventions, including signing all necessary documents to +memorialize those rights and take any other action which the Company shall deem +necessary to assign to and vest completely in the Company, to perfect trademark, +copyright and patent protection with respect to, or to otherwise protect the +Company’s trade secrets and proprietary interest in such Inventions. The +obligations of this Section shall continue beyond the termination of Employee’s +relationship with respect to such Inventions conceived of, reduced to practice, +or developed by the Employee during the term of this Agreement. The Company +agrees to pay any and all copyright, trademark and patent fees and expenses or +other costs incurred by Employee for any assistance rendered to the Company +pursuant to this Section. + +  + +In the event the Company is unable, after reasonable effort, to secure +Employee’s signature on any patent application, copyright or trademark +registration or other analogous protection relating to an Invention, the +Employee hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company and its duly +authorized officer and agent as his agent and attorney-in-fact, to act for and +on his behalf and stead to execute and file any such application or applications +and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the prosecution and +issuance of letters patent, copyright or other analogous protection thereon with +the same legal force and effect as if executed by the Employee. + +  + +In Attachment A to this Agreement, Employee has listed all Inventions that +relate to the business of the Company that Employee (alone or jointly with +others) made, conceived, or first reduced to practice by Employee prior to +Employee’s execution of this Agreement, and in which Employee has any property +interest or claim of ownership. If no such Inventions are listed in said +Attachment, Employee represents that Employee has no such Inventions. + +  + + + + A-4  + +  + +  + +To the extent Employee is a citizen of and subject to law of a state which +provides a limitation on invention assignments, then this Agreement’s assignment +shall not include inventions excluded under such law. + +  + +Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6, this Section 6 shall +not apply to inventions that the Employee develops entirely on his own time +without using the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret +information, except to the extent such inventions (a) relate at the time of +conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the Company’s business, +or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the Company; or +(b) result from any work performed by the Employee for the Company. + +  + +7.       Absence of Conflicting Agreements. Employee understands that the +Company does not desire to acquire from Employee any trade secrets, know-how or +confidential business information that Employee may have acquired from others, +and Employee agrees not to disclose any such information to the Company or +otherwise utilize any such information in connection with Employee’s performance +of duties with the Company. Employee represents that Employee is not bound by +any agreement or any other existing or previous business relationship which +purports to conflict or impact the full performance of Employee’s duties and +obligations to the Company. + +  + +8.       Remedies Upon Breach. Employee agrees that any action that violates +this Agreement would cause the Company irreparable harm for which monetary +damages are inadequate. Accordingly, in the event of a breach, or threatened +breach, the Company shall be entitled to an injunction restraining such breach +or threatened breach, or requiring specific performance, in addition to any and +all rights and remedies at law and equity. The Company shall not be obligated to +present additional evidence of irreparable harm or the insufficiency of monetary +damages and, to the extent permitted by law or under applicable court rule, does +not need to post a bond or other surety. Nothing herein shall be construed as +prohibiting the Company from pursuing any other remedy available to the Company +for such breach or threatened breach. + +  + +9.       Jurisdiction, Venue and Choice of Law The parties hereby mutually agree +to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Superior Court (inclusive of the Business +Litigation Session) of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States +District Court for the District of Massachusetts for any dispute arising +hereunder. Accordingly, with respect to any such court action, Employee (a) +submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts; (b) consents to service of +process by regular mail to his last known address; and (c) waives any other +requirement (whether imposed by statute, rule of court, or otherwise) with +respect to personal jurisdiction or service of process. If either party hereto +commences a legal action or other proceeding against the other party concerning +a dispute arising from or relating to this Agreement outside of Massachusetts, +such commencing party shall reimburse such other party for its or his reasonable +attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses if such other party prevails in staying, +transferring, dismissing or otherwise defending such action or proceeding based +on the location of the action or proceeding, regardless of whether such fees, +costs and expenses are incurred in the forum where such commencing party +commenced the action or in a Massachusetts forum. This Agreement shall be +governed by the internal substantive laws of Massachusetts, without regard to +the doctrine of conflicts of law. + +  + +10.       Employment Relationship. Employee agrees and acknowledges that +Employee is an employee “at will” and nothing in this Agreement is intended to +guarantee employment for any period of time. The parties enter this Agreement +with the understanding that Employee’s position, title, duties and +responsibilities could change in a material way in the future and, in light of +that understanding, the parties intend that this Agreement shall follow Employee +throughout the entire course of Employee’s employment with the Company, and such +subsequent material change shall not affect the enforceability or validity of +this Agreement. + +  + + + + A-5  + +  + +  + +11.Return of Property. Employee agrees that, at the time of termination of +Employee’s employment (for any reason), Employee will return immediately to the +Company, in good condition, all property of the Company. This return of property +includes, without limitation, a return of physical property (such as computer, +phone or other mobile devices, credit card, promotional materials, etc.) and +intangible property (such as computer passwords). + +  + +12.Litigation and Regulatory Cooperation. During and after the Employee’s +relationship with the Company, Employee shall cooperate fully with the Company +in the defense or prosecution of any claims or actions now in existence or that +may be brought in the future against or on behalf of the Company by/against +third parties that relate to events or occurrences that transpired while the +Employee was employed by the Company. Employee’s full cooperation in connection +with such claims or actions shall include, but not be limited to, being +available to meet with counsel to prepare for discovery or trial and to act as a +witness at mutually convenient times. During and after the Employee’s +employment, Employee also shall cooperate fully with the Company in connection +with any investigation or review of any federal, state, or local regulatory +authority as any such investigation or review relates to events or occurrences +that transpired while the Employee was employed by the Company, unless such +claim is brought by Employee. As consideration for the Employee’s services under +this Section 12, the Company shall remit to Employee, as agreed between the +parties in advance, (a) reasonable expenses related to such cooperation, and (b) +an hourly rate equal to Employee’s last base salary divided by 2,000. + +  + +13.Communication to Future Employers. Employee agrees to communicate the +contents of all post-relationship obligations in this Agreement to any Competing +Business that Employee intends to be employed by, associated with, or represent. +Employee understands and agrees that the Company may, in its discretion, also +share any post-employment obligation set out in this Agreement with any future +employer or potential employer of Employee, or any entity which seeks to be +associated with Employee for Employee’s services. + +  + +14.Miscellaneous. Any waiver by the Company of a breach of any provision of this +Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach +hereof. If a court determines that one or more of the provisions contained in +this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable, such court shall construe, +reform or otherwise revise such provision(s) so as to render it/them enforceable +to the maximum extent allowed by law, without invalidating the remaining +provisions of this Agreement. The obligations of each party hereto under this +Agreement shall survive the termination of the Employee’s relationship with the +Company regardless of the manner of such termination to the extent expressly +provided in, or logically would be expected under, this Agreement. All covenants +and agreements hereunder shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the +successors of the Company. This Agreement amends, supplants and supersedes any +agreement previously executed between the parties regarding the subject matter +of this Agreement. + +  + + + +Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employee shall remain bound by all covenants, +duties and obligations relating to confidentiality, ownership of intellectual +property, non-solicitation, non-competition and all other post-employment +restrictive covenants, duties and obligations with respect to which the Employee +agreed to be bound in connection with the Employee’s employment with the +Company, including without limitation such covenants, obligations and duties set +forth in the Noncompetition, Nonsolicitation, Nondisclosure & Assignment of +Inventions Agreement dated March 13, 2013; the Stock Option Grant Notice And +Post Employment Noncompetition Covenant (2017 Equity Incentive Plan), dated June +4, 2019; the Stock Option Grant Notice And Post Employment Noncompetition +Covenant (2017 Equity Incentive Plan), dated June 4, 2019; and the Stock Option +Grant Notice And Post Employment Noncompetition Covenant (2017 Equity Incentive +Plan), dated June 4, 2019 (collectively, the “Restrictive Covenants”). The +post-employment covenants, duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement +are intended to supplement – not replace – the Restrictive Covenants. + +  + + + + A-6  + +  + +  + +Employee recognizes and agrees that the enforcement of this Agreement is +necessary, among other things, to ensure the preservation, protection and +continuity of Confidential Information, trade secrets and goodwill of the +Company. Employee agrees that, due to the proprietary nature of the Business of +the Company and relationships with others, the post-employment restrictions set +forth above are reasonable as to duration and scope. + +  + +Employee is advised to consult with an attorney before entering into this +Agreement. + + + + + + + A-7  + +  + +  + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Employee and the Company have executed this +Nonsolicitation, Nondisclosure and Assignment of Inventions Agreement as an +instrument under seal as of this 23rd day of April, 2020. + +  + + + +DraftKings Inc.   Employee   ��               /s/ R. Stanton Dodge   /s/ Paul +Liberman By: R. Stanton Dodge   Name: Paul Liberman Title: Chief Legal Officer   +  + +  + + + + A-8  + +  + +   + +NONSOLICITATION, NONDISCLOSURE & ASSIGNMENT OF INVENTIONS AGREEMENT + +  + +Attachment A + +  + +List of all inventions or improvements (referred to in Section 6) made by +Employee, alone or jointly with others, prior to joining the Company. + +  + +  + +Right, Title or Interest + +(If none, please write “NONE”.) + +  + +  Date Acquired   Identifying Number or Brief Description of Inventions or +Improvements                                       + +  + +   + +Name of Employee:       Paul Liberman   Print       /s/ Paul Liberman   Sign     +  April 23, 2020   Date   + +  + + + +   + +  + +  + +EXHIBIT B + +  + +Noncompetition Covenant + +  + +(a)During the period of your relationship with Company, you, Paul Liberman +(hereinafter “you”) agree to not, anywhere within the Restricted Area (defined +below), acting individually, or as an owner, shareholder, partner, employee, +contractor, agent or otherwise (other than on behalf of Company): provide +services to a Competing Business (defined below). For a period of twelve (12) +months following termination of your relationship with Company (for any reason +other than referenced below in section (b)), you agree to not, anywhere within +the Restricted Area, acting individually, or as an owner, shareholder, partner, +employee, contractor, agent or otherwise (other than on behalf of Company): +provide services to a Competing Business that relate to any aspect of the +Business of the Company (i.e., FSC, Regulated Gaming, Other Products and +Services, and/or Incidental Products and Services) for which you performed +services or received confidential information at any time during the twelve (12) +month period prior to such termination. For example, if you performed services +for the FSC aspect of the Business of the Company and received confidential +information about the Regulated Gaming aspect of the Business of the Company +during the twelve (12) month period prior to the termination of your +relationship with the Company (for any reason other than referenced below in +section (b)), then for twelve (12) months after such termination, you shall not, +anywhere within the Restricted Area, acting individually, or as an owner, +shareholder, partner, employee, contractor, agent or otherwise (other than on +behalf of Company), provide services to a Competing Business that relate to FSC +or Regulated Gaming. The foregoing shall not be construed to preclude you from +(i) owning up to one percent (1%) of the outstanding stock of a publicly held +corporation that constitutes or is affiliated with a Competing Business, or (ii) +becoming a shareholder, partner, contractor, agent, member, employee or +otherwise of a private equity, venture capital or other investment firm, and +providing services in connection therewith. The foregoing shall, however, be +construed to specifically prevent you from (x) acting individually, or as an +owner, shareholder, partner, employee, contractor, agent or otherwise (other +than on behalf of Company) anywhere within the Restricted Area, during the +period of your relationship with the Company and for a period of twelve (12) +months following termination of your relationship with Company (for any reason +other than referenced below in section (b)), and (y) providing services that +relate to any aspect of the Business of the Company for any private equity, +venture capital or other investment firm that at any time during such twelve +(12) month period, has investments in any Competing Business; provided that you +may work for a division, entity or subgroup of any companies that engage in a +Competing Business (a “Separate BU”) so long as such Separate BU does not engage +in any Competing Business and you do not provide any investment advice or +consulting related to any Competing Business. To the extent that you act +individually, or as an owner, shareholder, partner, employee, contractor, agent +or otherwise and provide services unrelated to the Business of the Company for +any Separate BU or private equity, venture capital or other investment firm at +any time during such twelve (12) month period, you agree to institute an ethical +screen that prevents your access to communications, information and +participation in all services related to the Business of the Company. + +  + + + + B-1  + +  + +  + +As set out in the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act, you and the +Company agree that the opportunity for post-employment benefits and compensation +set forth in the Executive Employment Agreement dated April 23, 2020 (the +“Employment Agreement”) constitute mutually-agreed upon consideration for this +Noncompetition Covenant, and is fair and reasonable consideration for this +Noncompetition Covenant, independent of continued employment. Such consideration +is specifically designated and you acknowledge the receipt and sufficiency of +the consideration. + +  + +i.“Company” shall mean any entity controlled by, controlling, or under common +control with DraftKings Inc., a Nevada corporation, including affiliates and +subsidiaries. Control means the direct or indirect possession of the power to +direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of an entity, +whether through ownership, by contract or otherwise. + +  + +ii.“Restricted Area” shall mean the entire United States since the Business of +the Company encompasses the entire United States, of which you acknowledge and +agree. Additionally, the Restricted Area shall include any territory or country +outside the United States in which the Company operates the Business of the +Company. + +  + +iii.“Competing Business” shall mean any person, firm, association, corporation +or any other legal entity that is engaged in a business that is competitive with +any aspect of the Business of the Company, including but not limited to: +FanDuel, Paddy Power Betfair, William Hill, bet365, PointsBet, Penn National, +Barstool Sports, SugarHouse, 888, MGM, TheScore, BetStars, Unibet, Caesars, +Golden Nugget, Bet America, Borgata, Harrahs, Oceans, and Resorts, Tropicana, +Virgin, and Pala. + +  + +  + +iv.“Business of the Company” shall mean the research, design, development, +marketing, sales, operations, maintenance and commercial exploitation pertaining +to the operation of, and providing products and services for: (1) fantasy sports +contests (“FSC”); (2) Regulated Gaming (defined below); (3) all other products +and services that exist, are in development, or are under consideration by the +Company during your relationship with the Company (“Other Products and +Services”); and (4) all products and services incidentally related to, or which +are an extension, development or expansion of, FSC, Regulated Gaming and/or +Other Products and Services (“Incidental Products and Services”). + +  + +v.“Regulated Gaming” shall mean the operation of games of chance or skill or +pari-mutuel or fixed odds games (including, but not limited to, lotteries, +pari-mutuel betting, bingo, race tracks, jai alai, legalized bookmaking, +off-track betting, casino games, racino, keno, and sports betting or any play +for fun (non-wagering) versions of the foregoing) and any type of ancillary +service or product related to or connected with the foregoing. + +  + + + + B-2  + +  + +  + +vi. + +“Confidential Information” shall mean all information or a compilation of +information, in any form (tangible or intangible or otherwise), that is not +generally known to competitors or the public, which Company considers to be +confidential and/or proprietary, including but not limited to: research and +development; techniques; methodologies; strategies; product information, +designs, prototypes and technical specifications; algorithms, source codes, +object codes, trade secrets or technical data; training materials methods; +internal policies and procedures; marketing plans and strategies; pricing and +cost policies; customer, supplier, vendor and partner lists and accounts; +customer and supplier preferences; contract terms and rates; financial data, +information, reports, and forecasts; inventions, improvements and other +intellectual property; product plans or proposed product plans; know-how; +designs, processes or formulas; software and website applications; computer +passwords; market or sales information, plans or strategies; business plans, +prospects and opportunities (including, but not limited to, possible +acquisitions or dispositions of businesses or facilities); information +concerning existing or potential customers, partners or vendors. Confidential +Information shall also information mean of or related to Company’s current or +potential customers, vendors or partners that is considered to be confidential +or proprietary to the applicable customer, vendor or partner. + +  + +Confidential Information does not include: information in the public domain +(other than as a result of disclosure by you); approved in writing for +unrestricted release by Company; or produced or disclosed pursuant to a valid +court order, provided you have given Company written notice of such request such +that Company has an actual, reasonable opportunity to defend, limit or protect +such production or disclosure. + +  + +(b)You and the Company agree that the Noncompetition Covenant shall not be +enforceable against you if the Company terminates your employment without cause +or you are subject to a layoff as set forth in the Massachusetts Noncompetition +Agreement Act. In the event of a termination without cause or a layoff as set +forth in the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act, all other agreements +with the Company shall remain in full force and effect to the extent expressly +intended, or logically would be expected, to survive termination of your +employment. + +  + +(c)You agree to communicate the contents of all post-relationship obligations in +this Noncompetition Covenant to any Competing Business that you intend to be +employed by, associated with, or represent. You understand and agree that the +Company may, in its discretion, also share any post-relationship obligation in +this Noncompetition Covenant with any future (or potential) employer or +association that is a Competing Business that seeks to be associated with you or +employ you for your services. + +  + +(d)You agree that the enforcement of the Noncompetition Covenant is necessary, +among other things, to ensure the preservation, protection and continuity of the +Company’s Confidential Information, trade secrets and goodwill of the Company. +You agree that, due to the proprietary nature of the Business of the Company and +relationships with others, the post-employment restrictions set forth above are +reasonable as to duration and scope. You further acknowledge that the Company’s +legitimate business interest cannot be adequately protected through an +alternative restrictive covenant, including but not limited to a +non-solicitation agreement or a non-disclosure or confidentiality agreement. + +  + + + + B-3  + +  + +  + +(e)You agree that any action that violates this Noncompetition Covenant would +cause the Company irreparable harm for which monetary damages are inadequate. +Accordingly, in the event of a breach, or threatened breach, of this +Noncompetition Covenant, the Company shall be entitled to an injunction +restraining such breach or threatened breach, or requiring specific performance, +in addition to any and all rights and remedies at law and equity. The Company +shall not be obligated to present additional evidence of irreparable harm or the +insufficiency of monetary damages and, to the extent permitted by law or under +applicable court rule, does not need to post a bond or other surety. Nothing +herein shall be construed as prohibiting the Company from pursuing any other +remedy available to the Company for such breach or threatened breach. + +  + +(f)You and the Company hereby mutually agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of +the Superior Court (inclusive of the Business Litigation Session) of the +Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the +District of Massachusetts for any dispute arising hereunder. Accordingly, with +respect to any such court action, you (a) submit to the personal jurisdiction of +such courts; (b) consent to service of process by regular mail to your last +known address; and (c) waive any other requirement (whether imposed by statute, +rule of court, or otherwise) with respect to personal jurisdiction or service of +process. If either party hereto commences a legal action or other proceeding +against the other party hereto concerning a dispute arising from or relating to +this Noncompetition Covenant outside of Massachusetts, such commencing party +shall reimburse such other party for its or his reasonable attorneys’ fees, +costs and expenses if such other party prevails in staying, transferring, +dismissing or otherwise defending such action or proceeding based on the +location of the action or proceeding, regardless of whether such fees, costs and +expenses are incurred in the forum where such commencing party commenced the +action or in a Massachusetts forum. This Noncompetition Covenant shall be +governed by the internal substantive laws of Massachusetts, without regard to +the doctrine of conflicts of law. + +  + +(g)The failure of you or Company to insist upon strict performance of this +Noncompetition Covenant irrespective of the length of time for which such +failure continues, shall not be a waiver of such party’s rights herein. No term +or provision of this Noncompetition Covenant may be waived unless such waiver is +in writing. + +  + +(h)If a court determines that one or more of the provisions contained in this +Noncompetition Covenant shall be invalid or unenforceable, such court shall +construe, reform or otherwise revise such provision(s) so as to render it/them +enforceable to the maximum extent allowed by law, without invalidating the +remaining provisions of this Noncompetition Covenant. + +  + + + + B-4  + +  + +  + +(i)Except as described in Section (b) of this Noncompetition Covenant, your +obligations under this Noncompetition Covenant shall survive the termination of +your relationship with the Company regardless of the manner of such termination. + +  + +(j)The rights granted to the Company under the Noncompetition Covenant shall +inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the successors or assigns of +Company. + +  + +(k)You acknowledge that the Company provided you with a copy of this +Noncompetition Covenant at least ten (10) business days before it is to be +effective. Provided it is executed by both parties, this Noncompetition Covenant +shall become effective on the later of (i) the date it is fully executed, or +(ii) ten (10) business days after you received a copy of it. + +  + +Before agreeing to this Noncompetition Covenant, you have the right to consult +with counsel, and the Company advises you to do so. + +  + + + +Notwithstanding the foregoing, you shall remain bound by all covenants, duties +and obligations relating to confidentiality, ownership of intellectual property, +non-solicitation, non-competition and all other post-employment restrictive +covenants, duties and obligations with respect to which you agreed to be bound +in connection with your employment with the Company, including without +limitation such covenants, obligations and duties set forth in the +Noncompetition, Nonsolicitation, Nondisclosure & Assignment of Inventions +Agreement dated March 13, 2013; the Stock Option Grant Notice And Post +Employment Noncompetition Covenant (2017 Equity Incentive Plan), dated June 4, +2019; the Stock Option Grant Notice And Post Employment Noncompetition Covenant +(2017 Equity Incentive Plan), dated June 4, 2019; and the Stock Option Grant +Notice And Post Employment Noncompetition Covenant (2017 Equity Incentive Plan), +dated June 4, 2019 (collectively, the “Restrictive Covenants”). The +post-employment covenants, duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement +are intended to supplement – not replace – the Restrictive Covenants. + +  + +(l)The parties agree that you are employed “at will” and nothing in this +Noncompetition Covenant is intended to guarantee employment for any period of +time. The parties enter this Noncompetition Covenant with the understanding that +your position, title, duties and responsibilities could change in a material way +in the future and, in light of that understanding, the parties intend that this +Noncompetition Covenant shall follow you throughout the entire course of your +employment with the Company, and such subsequent material change shall not +affect the enforceability or validity of this Noncompetition Covenant. + +  + +DraftKings Inc.   Employee                   /s/ R. Stanton Dodge   /s/ Paul +Liberman By: R. Stanton Dodge   Name: Paul Liberman Title: Chief Legal Officer   +  + +   + + + + B-5  + +  + +  + +EXHIBIT C + +  + +RELEASE AND WAIVER OF CLAIMS + +  + + + +In consideration for the end of employment / termination benefits set forth in +the Executive Employment Agreement, to which this form is attached (the +“Employment Agreement”), including without limitation the end of employment / +termination benefits set forth in Section 6 thereof, among other things, Paul +Liberman (the “Executive” or “I”) and DraftKings, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby +enter into the following release and waiver of claims (the “Release”). For the +avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Release is intended or shall be construed to +waive, release or limit in any manner the end of employment / termination +benefits described in the Employment Agreement. + +  + +The Executive hereby generally and completely release the Company, its +affiliates, and its and their current and former directors, officers, employees, +shareholders, partners, agents, attorneys, predecessors, successors, parent and +subsidiary entities, insurers, affiliates, family and assigns (collectively, the +“Released Parties”) of and from any and all claims, liabilities and obligations, +both known and unknown, that arise out of or are in any way related to events, +acts, conduct, or omissions occurring prior to or on the date that Executive +signs this Release (collectively, the “Released Claims”). The Released Claims +include, but are not limited to: (i) all claims arising out of or in any way +related to the Executive’s employment with the Company, or the termination of +that employment; (ii) all claims related to the Executive’s compensation or +benefits from the Company, including salary, bonuses, retention bonuses, +commissions, vacation pay, expense reimbursements, severance pay, fringe +benefits, stock, stock options, or any other ownership interests or equity-based +awards in the Company; (iii) all claims for breach of contract, wrongful +termination, and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; +(iv) all tort claims, including claims for fraud, defamation, emotional +distress, and discharge in violation of public policy; and (v) all federal, +state, and local statutory claims, including claims for discrimination, +harassment, retaliation, attorneys’ fees, or other claims arising under the +federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as amended), the federal Americans with +Disabilities Act of 1990 (as amended), the federal Family and Medical Leave Act +(as amended) (the “FMLA”), the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of +1967 (as amended) (the “ADEA”), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of +1974 (as amended), the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (as amended), +Chapter 151B of the Massachusetts General Laws, and any similar applicable state +laws, including those of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and any other +federal, state or local civil or human rights law or any other local, state or +federal law, regulation or ordinance, and any public policy, contract, tort, or +common law. Released Claims specifically includes, without limitation, claims +pursuant to the Massachusetts Wage Act and State Overtime Law, M.G.L. c. 149 §§ +148, 150 et seq. and M.G.L. c 151, §1A et seq, as amended. Notwithstanding the +foregoing, the following are not included in the Released Claims (the “Excluded +Claims”): (i) any rights or claims for indemnification that Executive may have +pursuant to any written indemnification agreement with the Company, the charter, +bylaws, or operating agreements of the Company, or under applicable law; +(ii) any rights which are not waivable as a matter of law; (iii) any claims +arising from the breach of this Release; or (iv) any claims related to any +Accrued Benefits or other vested benefits or any severance benefits payable or +due to the Executive on account of the end of the Executive’s employment or the +Executive’s termination under the terms of the Executive Employment Agreement. +For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Release shall prevent Executive from +challenging the validity of the Release in a legal or administrative proceeding. +Nothing in this Release shall prevent the Executive from filing, cooperating +with, or participating in any proceeding or investigation before the Equal +Employment Opportunity Commission, United States Department of Labor, the +National Labor Relations Board, the Occupational Safety and Health +Administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal +government agency, or similar state or local agency (“Government Agencies”), or +exercising any rights pursuant to Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act. +The Executive further understands that this Release does not limit the +Executive’s ability to voluntarily communicate with any Government Agencies or +otherwise participate in any investigation or proceeding that may be conducted +by any Government Agency, including providing documents or other information, +without notice to the Company. While this Release does not limit the Executive’s +right to receive an award for information provided to the Securities and +Exchange Commission, the Executive understands and agrees that the Executive is +otherwise waiving, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all rights +the Executive may have to individual relief based upon any claims arising out of +any proceeding or investigation before one or more of the Government Agencies. +If any such claim is not subject to release, to the extent permitted by law, the +Executive waives any right or ability to be a class or collective action +representative or to otherwise participate in any putative or certified class, +collective or multi-party action or proceeding based on such a claim in which +any of the Released Parties is a party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary +set forth herein, this Release does not abrogate the Executive’s existing rights +under any Company benefit plan, the Executive Employment Agreement or any plan +or agreement related to equity ownership in the Company. + +  + + + + C-1  + +  + +  + +I acknowledge that I am knowingly and voluntarily waiving and releasing any +rights I may have under the ADEA (“ADEA Waiver”). I also acknowledge that (i) +the consideration given for the ADEA Waiver is in addition to anything of value +to which I was already entitled; and (ii) that, subject only to Company +providing the end of employment / termination benefits described in the first +paragraph of this Release, I have been paid for all time worked, has received +all the leave, leaves of absence and leave benefits and protections for which I +am eligible, and have not suffered any on-the-job injury for which I have not +already filed a claim. I affirm that all of the decisions of the Released +Parties regarding my pay and benefits through the date of my execution of this +Release were not discriminatory based on age, disability, race, color, sex, +religion, national origin or any other classification protected by law. I affirm +that I have not filed or caused to be filed, and am not presently a party to, a +claim against any of the Released Parties. I further affirm that I have no known +workplace injuries or occupational diseases. I acknowledge and affirm that I +have not been retaliated against for reporting any allegation of corporate fraud +or other wrongdoing by any of the Released Parties, or for exercising any rights +protected by law, including any rights protected by the Fair Labor Standards +Act, the Family Medical Leave Act or any related statute or local leave or +disability accommodation laws, or any applicable state workers’ compensation +law. I have been advised by this writing, as required by the ADEA, that: (a) my +waiver and release do not apply to any claims that may arise after I sign this +Release; (b) I should consult with an attorney prior to executing this release; +(c) I have twenty-one (21) days within which to consider this release (although +I may choose to voluntarily execute this release earlier); (d) I have seven (7) +days following the execution of this release to revoke this Release (in a +written revocation sent to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company); and +(e) this Release will not be effective until the eighth day after I sign this +Release, provided that I have not earlier revoked this Release (the “Effective +Date”). I will not be entitled to receive any of the benefits specified by this +Release unless and until it becomes effective. + +  + + + + C-2  + +  + +  + +In granting the release herein, which includes claims that may be unknown to me +at present, I acknowledge that I expressly waive and relinquish any and all +rights and benefits under any applicable law or statute providing, in substance, +that a general release does not extend to claims which a party does not know or +suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which +if known by him or her would have materially affected the terms of such release. + +  + +The Executive agrees that the Executive will not make any negative or +disparaging statements or comments, either as fact or as opinion, about the +Released Parties or their vendors, products or services, business, technologies, +market position or performance. The Company (including its subsidiaries and +affiliates) will not make, and agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to +cause the executive officers and board of directors of the Company to refrain +from making, any negative or disparaging statements or comments, either as fact +or as opinion, about the Executive (or authorizing any statements or comments to +be reported as being attributed to the Company). Nothing in this paragraph shall +prohibit the Executive or the Company from providing truthful information in +response to a subpoena or other legal process. In addition, nothing in the +Release shall apply to any legally protected whistleblower rights (including +under Rule 21F under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). + +  + +Noncompetition Covenant. For a period of twelve (12) months following the last +day of my employment, I agree to not, anywhere within the Restricted Area acting +individually, or as an owner, shareholder, partner, employee, contractor, agent +or otherwise (other than on behalf of Company) provide services to a Competing +Business that relate to any aspect of the Business of the Company (the +“Noncompetition Covenant”). The foregoing shall not be construed to preclude me +from (i) owning up to one percent (1%) of the outstanding stock of a publicly +held corporation that constitutes or is affiliated with a Competing Business, or +(ii) becoming a shareholder, partner, contractor, agent, member, employee or +otherwise of a private equity, venture capital or other investment firm, and +providing services in connection therewith. The foregoing shall, however, be +construed to specifically prevent me from (x) acting individually, or as an +owner, shareholder, partner, employee, contractor, agent or otherwise (other +than on behalf of Company) anywhere within the Restricted Area, during the +period of your relationship with the Company and for a period of twelve (12) +months following termination of your relationship with Company (for any reason +other than referenced below in section (b)), and (y) providing services that +relate to any aspect of the Business of the Company for any private equity, +venture capital or other investment firm that at any time during such twelve +(12) month period, has investments in any Competing Business; provided that I +may work for a division, entity or subgroup of any companies that engage in a +Competing Business (a “Separate BU”) so long as such Separate BU does not engage +in any Competing Business and I do not provide any investment advice or +consulting related to any Competing Business. To the extent that I act +individually, or as an owner, shareholder, partner, employee, contractor, agent +or otherwise and provide services unrelated to the Business of the Company for +any Separate BU or private equity, venture capital or other investment firm at +any time during such twelve (12) month period, I agree to institute an ethical +screen that prevents my access to communications, information and participation +in all services related to the Business of the Company. The following +definitions apply to this Noncompetition Covenant: + +  + + + + C-3  + +  + +  + +i.“Company” shall mean any entity controlled by, controlling, or under common +control with DraftKings Inc., including affiliates and subsidiaries. Control +means the direct or indirect possession of the power to direct or cause the +direction of the management and policies of an entity, whether through +ownership, by contract or otherwise. + +  + +ii.“Restricted Area” shall mean the entire United States since the Business of +the Company encompasses the entire United States, of which you acknowledge and +agree. + +  + +iii.“Competing Business” shall mean any person, firm, association, corporation +or any other legal entity that is engaged in a business that is competitive with +any aspect of the Business of the Company, including but not limited to: +FanDuel, Paddy Power Betfair, William Hill bet365, PointsBet, Penn National, +Barstool Sports, SugarHouse, 888, MGM, TheScore, BetStars, Unibet, Caesars, +Golden Nugget, Bet America, Borgata, Harrahs, Oceans, and Resorts, Tropicana, +Virgin, and Pala. + +  + +iv.“Business of the Company” shall mean the research, design, development, +marketing, sales, operations, maintenance and commercial exploitation pertaining +to the operation of, and providing products and services for: (1) fantasy sports +contests (“FSC”); (2) Regulated Gaming (defined below); (3) all other products +and services that exist, are in development, or are under consideration by the +Company during your relationship with the Company (“Other Products and +Services”); and (4) all products and services incidentally related to, or which +are an extension, development or expansion of, FSC, Regulated Gaming and/or +Other Products and Services (“Incidental Products and Services”). + +  + +v.“Regulated Gaming” shall mean the operation of games of chance or skill or +pari-mutuel or fixed odds games (including, but not limited to, lotteries, +pari-mutuel betting, bingo, race tracks, jai alai, legalized bookmaking, +off-track betting, casino games, racino, keno, and sports betting or any play +for fun (non-wagering) versions of the foregoing) and any type of ancillary +service or product related to or connected with the foregoing. + +  + +I agree to communicate the contents of all post-relationship obligations to any +Competing Business that I intend to be employed by, associated with, or +represent. I understand and agree that the Company may, in its discretion, also +share any post-relationship obligation with any future (or potential) employer +or association that is a Competing Business that seeks to be associated with you +or employ you for your services. + +  + +I agree that the enforcement of the Noncompetition Covenant is necessary, among +other things, to ensure the preservation, protection and continuity of the +Company’s confidential information, trade secrets and goodwill of the Company. I +agree that, due to the proprietary nature of the Business of the Company and +relationships with others, the post-employment restrictions set forth above are +reasonable as to duration and scope. I acknowledge that the Company’s legitimate +business interest cannot be adequately protected through an alternative +restrictive covenant, including but not limited to a non-solicitation agreement +or a non-disclosure or confidentiality agreement. + +  + + + + C-4  + +  + +  + +I agree that any action that violates this Noncompetition Covenant would cause +the Company irreparable harm for which monetary damages are inadequate. +Accordingly, in the event of a breach, or threatened breach, the Company shall +be entitled to an injunction restraining such breach or threatened breach, or +requiring specific performance, in addition to any and all rights and remedies +at law and equity. The Company shall not be obligated to present additional +evidence of irreparable harm or the insufficiency of monetary damages and, to +the extent permitted by law or under applicable court rule, does not need to +post a bond or other surety. Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting +the Company from pursuing any other remedy available to the Company for such +breach or threatened breach. + +  + +The parties hereby mutually agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Superior +Court (inclusive of the Business Litigation Session) of the Commonwealth of +Massachusetts or the United States District Court for the District of +Massachusetts for any dispute arising hereunder. Accordingly, with respect to +any such court action, I (a) submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts; +(b) consent to service of process by regular mail to my last known address; and +(c) waive any other requirement (whether imposed by statute, rule of court, or +otherwise) with respect to personal jurisdiction or service of process. If +either party hereto commences a legal action or other proceeding against the +other party hereto concerning a dispute arising from or relating to this +Noncompetition Covenant outside of Massachusetts, such commencing party will +reimburse such other party for its or my reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and +expenses if such other party prevails in staying, transferring, dismissing or +otherwise defending such action or proceeding based on the location of the +action or proceeding, regardless of whether such fees, costs and expenses are +incurred in the forum where such commencing party commenced the action or in a +Massachusetts forum. This Noncompetition Covenant shall be governed by the +internal substantive laws of Massachusetts, without regard to the doctrine of +conflicts of law. + +  + +The failure of myself or the Company to insist upon strict performance of this +Noncompetition Covenant irrespective of the length of time for which such +failure continues, shall not be a waiver of such party’s rights herein. No term +or provision of this Noncompetition Covenant may be waived unless such waiver is +in writing. + +  + +If a court determines that one or more of the provisions contained in the +Noncompetition Covenant shall be invalid or unenforceable, such court shall +construe, reform or otherwise revise such provision(s) so as to render it/them +enforceable to the maximum extent allowed by law, without invalidating the +remaining provisions of this Noncompetition Covenant. + +  + +The rights granted to the Company under the Noncompetition Covenant shall inure +to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the successors or assigns of Company. +The Noncompetition Covenant is entered into in connection with my cessation of +employment. + +  + + + + C-5  + +  + +  + +This Release constitutes the complete, final and exclusive embodiment of the +entire agreement between the Company and me with regard to the subject matter +hereof. Notwithstanding the above, the Noncompetition Covenant is intended to +supplement, but not replace, any other post-employment obligations between me +and the Company [to be listed at the time of separation], as such other +post-employment obligations remain in full force and effect. By signing below, I +am not relying on any promise or representation by the Company that is not +expressly stated herein. This Release may only be modified by a writing signed +by both me and a duly authorized officer of the Company. + +  + +The Company advises me to consult with legal counsel before entering into this +Release. + +  + +  + +THE EXECUTIVE: + +  + + + +Date:               Name: + +Paul Liberman + +                              + +  + +  + +THE COMPANY: + +  + +Date:                         By:                   Its:   + +  + + + + C-6  + +  + +  + +EXHIBIT D + +  + +INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT + +  + + + +This Indemnification Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of +April 23, 2020 between DraftKings Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), +and Paul Liberman (“Indemnitee”). + +  + +WITNESSETH THAT: + +  + +WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve +corporations as directors, officers or in other capacities unless they are +provided with adequate protection through insurance or adequate indemnification +against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their +service to and activities on behalf of the corporation; + +  + +WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined +that, in order to attract and retain qualified individuals, the Company will +attempt to maintain on an ongoing basis, at its sole expense, liability +insurance to protect persons serving the Company and its subsidiaries from +certain liabilities. Although the furnishing of such insurance has been a +customary and widespread practice among United States-based corporations and +other business enterprises, the Company believes that, given current market +conditions and trends, such insurance may be available to it in the future only +at higher premiums and with more exclusions. At the same time, directors, +officers, and other persons in service to corporations or business enterprises +are being increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation +relating to, among other things, matters that traditionally would have been +brought only against the Company or business enterprise itself. Chapter 78 of +the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”) and the Amended and Restated Articles of +Incorporation of the Company (the “Articles”) authorize indemnification of the +directors, officers, employees, fiduciaries and agents of the Company. The +Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Bylaws”) provide that the +Company will indemnify the directors and officers of the Company. The NRS +expressly provides that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not +exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between +the Company and persons acting on behalf of the Company with respect to +indemnification; + +  + +WHEREAS, the uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification +have increased the difficulty of attracting and retaining such persons; + +  + +WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting +and retaining such persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Company’s +stockholders and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there +will be increased certainty of such protection in the future; + +  + +WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually +to obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance expenses on behalf of, such +persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will +serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that they will +not be so indemnified; + +  + +WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of any +indemnification provisions in the Articles and/or the Bylaws of the Company and +any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a substitute +therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder; and + +  + + + +  + +D-1 + +  + +  + +  + +WHEREAS, Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the NRS, the +Bylaws and insurance as adequate in the present circumstances, and may not be +willing to serve as an officer or a director without adequate protection, and +the Company desires Indemnitee to serve in such capacity. Indemnitee is willing +to serve, continue to serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf +of the Company on the condition that he or she be so indemnified. + +  + +NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of Indemnitee’s agreement to serve as an +officer and/or a director from and after the date of this Agreement, and for +other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is +hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: + +  + +1.       Indemnity of Indemnitee. The Company hereby agrees to hold harmless and +indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as such may be +amended from time to time. In furtherance of the foregoing indemnification, and +without limiting the generality thereof. + +  + +(a) Proceedings Other Than Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. +Indemnitee shall be entitled to the rights of indemnification provided in this +Section l(a) if, by reason of his or her Corporate Status (as hereinafter +defined), Indemnitee was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to +any Proceeding (as hereinafter defined) other than a Proceeding by or in the +right of the Company. Pursuant to this Section 1(a), the Company shall indemnify +Indemnitee against all Expenses (as hereinafter defined), judgments, fines and +amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her, or on +his or her behalf, in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or +matter therein, if Indemnitee either (i) is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138 or +(ii) acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in +or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any +criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe Indemnitee’s conduct was +unlawful. + +  + +(b) Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. Indemnitee shall be entitled +to the rights of indemnification provided in this Section 1(b) if, by reason of +his or her Corporate Status, Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party +to or participant in any Proceeding brought by or in the right of the Company to +procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 1(b), the Company +shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses and amounts paid in settlement +actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee, or on Indemnitee’s behalf, in +connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matters therein, if +Indemnitee either (i) is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138 or (ii) acted in good +faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to +the best interests of the Company; provided, however, if applicable law so +provides, no indemnification against such Expenses or other amounts shall be +made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have +been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all +appeals therefrom, to be liable to the Company or for amounts paid in settlement +to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the +Proceeding was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction shall determine +that in view of all the circumstances in the case, Indemnitee is fairly and +reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper. + +  + +(c) Termination of Proceeding. The termination of any Proceeding by judgment, +order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its +equivalent, shall not, of itself, adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to +indemnification or create an inference or presumption either that Indemnitee is +liable pursuant to NRS 78.138, that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in +a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best +interests of the corporation, or, with respect to any criminal action or +proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that the conduct was +unlawful. The Company acknowledges that such a resolution, short of final +judgment, may be successful on the merits if it permits a party to avoid +expense, delay, distraction, disruption and uncertainty. In the event that any +Proceeding to which Indemnitee is a party is resolved in any manner other than +by adverse judgment against Indemnitee (including, without limitation, +settlement of such Proceeding with or without payment of money or other +consideration) it shall be presumed that Indemnitee has been successful on the +merits or otherwise in such Proceeding. Anyone seeking to overcome this +presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear +and convincing evidence. + +  + + + + D-2  + +  + +  + +(d) Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful. +Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that +Indemnitee is, by reason of his or her Corporate Status, a party to and is +successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding, the Company shall +indemnify Indemnitee to the maximum extent permitted by law, as such may be +amended from time to time, against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred +by him or her on his or her behalf in connection with the defense of the +Proceeding. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is +successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all +claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify +Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her, +or on his or her behalf, in connection with each successfully resolved claim, +issue or matter. For purposes of this Section and without limitation, the +termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, +with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such +claim, issue or matter. + +  + +2.       Additional Indemnity. In addition to, and without regard to any +limitations on, the indemnification provided for in Section 1 of this Agreement, +the Company shall and hereby does indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee, to the +fullest extent permitted by law, as may be amended from time to time, against +all Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and +reasonably incurred by him or her, or on his or her behalf, if, by reason of his +or her Corporate Status, he or she was or is a party, or is threatened to be +made a party, to any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of +the Company), including, without limitation, all liability arising out of the +simple or gross negligence, recklessness, or active or passive wrongdoing of +Indemnitee. The only limitation that shall exist upon the Company’s obligations +pursuant to this Agreement shall be that the Company shall not be obligated to +make any payment to Indemnitee that is finally determined (under the procedures, +and subject to the presumptions, set forth in Section 6 and Section 7 hereof) to +be unlawful. + +  + +3.       Contribution. + +  + +(a) Whether or not the indemnification provided in Section 1 and Section 2 +hereof is available, in respect of any Proceeding in which the Company is +jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such Proceeding), the +Company shall pay the entire amount of any judgment or settlement of such +Proceeding without requiring Indemnitee to contribute to such payment and the +Company hereby waives and relinquishes any right of contribution it may have +against Indemnitee. The Company shall not enter into any settlement of any +Proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be +if joined in such Proceeding) unless such settlement provides for a full and +final release of all claims asserted against Indemnitee. + +  + +(b) Without diminishing or impairing the obligations of the Company set forth in +the preceding subparagraph, if, for any reason, Indemnitee shall elect or be +required to pay all or any portion of any judgment or settlement in any +Proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be +if joined in such Proceeding), the Company shall contribute to the amount of +Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and +reasonably incurred and paid or payable by Indemnitee in proportion to the +relative benefits received by the Company and all officers, directors or +employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who are jointly liable with +Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such Proceeding), on the one hand, and +Indemnitee, on the other hand, from the transaction from which such Proceeding +arose; provided, however, that the proportion determined on the basis of +relative benefit may, to the extent necessary to conform to law, be further +adjusted by reference to the relative fault of the Company and all officers, +directors or employees of the Company other than Indemnitee who are jointly +liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such Proceeding), on the one +hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, in connection with the events that +resulted in such expenses, judgments, fines or settlement amounts, as well as +any other equitable considerations which applicable law may require to be +considered. The relative fault of the Company and all officers, directors or +employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who are jointly liable with +Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such Proceeding), on the one hand, and +Indemnitee, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other +things, the degree to which their actions were motivated by intent to gain +personal profit or advantage, the degree to which their liability is primary or +secondary and the degree to which their conduct is active or passive. + +  + + + + D-3  + +  + +  + +(c) The Company hereby agrees to fully indemnify and hold Indemnitee harmless +from any claims of contribution which may be brought by officers, directors, or +employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who may be jointly liable with +Indemnitee. + +  + +(d) To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the +indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for +any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall +contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, +amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with +any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such +proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances +of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the +Company and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving +cause to such Proceeding and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its +directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with +such event(s) and/or transaction(s). + +  + +(e) The Company hereby acknowledges that Indemnitee may have rights to +indemnification for payment of the judgment or settlement amount provided by +another entity (“Other Indemnitor(s)”). The Company agrees with Indemnitee that +the Company is the indemnitor of first resort of Indemnitee with respect to +matters for which indemnification is provided under this Agreement and that the +Company will be obligated to make all payments due to or for the benefit of +Indemnitee under this agreement without regard to any rights that Indemnitee may +have against the Other Indemnitor(s). The Company hereby waives any equitable +rights to contribution or indemnification from the Other Indemnitor in respect +of any amounts paid to Indemnitee hereunder until such time as the Indemnitee +has been fully and finally indemnified. The Company further agrees that no +payment of Expenses or losses by the Other Indemnitor(s) to or for the benefit +of Indemnitee shall affect the obligations of the Company hereunder. + +  + +4.       Indemnification for Expenses of a Witness. Notwithstanding any other +provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee, by reason of his or +her Corporate Status, is a witness, or is made (or asked) to respond to +discovery requests or otherwise asked to participate in any Proceeding to which +Indemnitee is not a party, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all +Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her, or on his or her +behalf, in connection therewith. + +  + +5.       Advancement of Expenses. Notwithstanding any other provision of this +Agreement, the Company shall advance all Expenses incurred by or on behalf of +Indemnitee in connection with defending any Proceeding within thirty (30) days +after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements from Indemnitee +requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after +final disposition of such Proceeding. Such statement or statements shall +reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee and Indemnitee shall +also submit a written undertaking to repay any Expenses advanced if it shall +ultimately be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that Indemnitee is +not entitled to be indemnified by the Company against such Expenses. Any +advances and undertakings to repay pursuant to this Section 5 shall be unsecured +and interest free. In furtherance of the foregoing, Indemnitee hereby undertakes +to repay such amounts advanced if, and to the extent that, it shall ultimately +be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that Indemnitee is not +entitled to be indemnified by the Company pursuant to the terms of this +Agreement. + +  + + + + D-4  + +  + +  + +6.       Procedures and Presumptions for Determination of Entitlement to +Indemnification. It is the intent of this Agreement to secure for Indemnitee +rights of indemnity that are as favorable as may be permitted under the NRS and +public policy of the State of Nevada. Accordingly, the parties agree that the +following procedures and presumptions shall apply in the event of any question +as to whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement: + +  + +(a) To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to +the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation +and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably +necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to +indemnification. The Secretary of the Company shall, promptly upon receipt of +such a request for indemnification, advise the Board in writing that Indemnitee +has requested indemnification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any failure of +Indemnitee to provide such a request to the Company, or to provide such a +request in a timely fashion, shall not relieve the Company of any liability that +it may have to Indemnitee unless, and to the extent that, the Company is +actually and materially prejudiced as a result of such failure. + +  + +(b) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to the first +sentence of Section 6(a) hereof, a determination with respect to Indemnitee’s +entitlement thereto shall be made in the specific case by one of the following +three methods, which shall be at the election of the Board (i) by a majority +vote of a quorum consisting of Disinterested Directors (as defined below), (ii) +if a majority vote of a quorum consisting of Disinterested Directors so orders, +or if a quorum of Disinterested Directors cannot be obtained, by Independent +Counsel (as defined below) in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which +shall be delivered to Indemnitee, or (iii) by the stockholders of the Company. + +  + +(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, if a +request for indemnification is made after a Change in Control, at the election +of Indemnitee made in writing to the Company, and if the Board by a majority +vote of a quorum consisting of Disinterested Directors orders the determination +of Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification to be made by an Independent +Counsel, or if a quorum of Disinterested Directors cannot be obtained, any +determination required to be made pursuant to Section 6(b) above as to whether +Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall be made by Independent Counsel +selected as provided in this Section 6(c). The Independent Counsel shall be +selected by Indemnitee, unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be +made by the Board. The party making the selection shall give written notice to +the other party advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so +selected. The party receiving such notice may, within seven (7) days after such +written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the other party a +written objection to such selection. Such objection may be asserted only on the +ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements +of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 13 hereof, and the objection +shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a +proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent +Counsel. If a written objection is made, the Independent Counsel so selected may +not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until a court has determined that +such objection is without merit. If, within twenty (20) days after submission by +Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 6(a) +hereof, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected (or, if selected, such +selection shall have been objected to) in accordance with this paragraph, then +either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the courts of the State of Nevada +or other court of competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection which +shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of +Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a +person selected by the court or by such other person as the court shall +designate, and the person with respect to whom an objection is favorably +resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under +Section 6(c) hereof. The Company shall pay any and all reasonable fees and +expenses of Independent Counsel incurred by such Independent Counsel in +connection with acting pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof. The Company shall pay +any and all reasonable and necessary fees and expenses incident to the +procedures of this Section 6(c), regardless of the manner in which such +Independent Counsel was selected or appointed. + +  + + + + D-5  + +  + +  + +(d) If the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by +Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof, the Independent Counsel +shall be selected as provided in this Section 6(d). The Independent Counsel +shall be selected by the Board. Indemnitee may, within ten (10) days after such +written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company a +written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may +be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not +meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 13 of this +Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual +basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so +selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If a written objection is made and +substantiated, the Independent Counsel selected may not serve as Independent +Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court has determined +that such objection is without merit. If, within twenty (20) days after +submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to +Section 6(a) hereof, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected (or, if +selected, such selection shall have been objected to) in accordance with this +paragraph, then either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the appropriate +courts of the State of Nevada or other court of competent jurisdiction for +resolution of any objection which shall have been made by Indemnitee to the +Company’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as +Independent Counsel of a person selected by the court or by such other person as +the court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom an objection is +favorably resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel +under Section 6(b) hereof. The Company shall pay any and all reasonable fees and +expenses of Independent Counsel in connection with acting pursuant to Section +6(b) hereof, and the Company shall pay any and all reasonable fees and expenses +incident to the procedures of this Section 6(d), regardless of the manner in +which such Independent Counsel was selected or appointed. + +  + +(e) In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification +hereunder, the person or persons or entity making such determination shall +presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement. +Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and +the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence. Neither the failure +of the Company (including by its directors or independent legal counsel) to have +made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this +Agreement that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee +has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the +Company (including by its directors or independent legal counsel) that +Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense +to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable +standard of conduct. + +  + +(f) Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s +action is based on the records or books of account of the Enterprise (as +hereinafter defined), including financial statements, or on information supplied +to Indemnitee by the officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, +or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise or on information or +records given or reports made to the Enterprise by an independent certified +public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable +care by the Enterprise. In addition, the knowledge and/or actions, or failure to +act, of any director, officer, agent or employee of the Enterprise shall not be +imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification +under this Agreement. Whether or not the foregoing provisions of this Section +6(f) are satisfied, it shall in any event be presumed that Indemnitee has at all +times acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in +or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. Anyone seeking to overcome +this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by +clear and convincing evidence. The Company will promptly advise Indemnitee in +writing with respect to any determination that Indemnitee is or is not entitled +to indemnification, including a description of any reason or basis for which +indemnification has been denied. + +  + + + + D-6  + +  + +  + +(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, if the +person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 6 to determine +whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have been appointed +or shall not have made a determination within sixty (60) days after receipt by +the Company of the request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement +to indemnification shall be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be +entitled to such indemnification, unless the Company establishes by written +opinion of Independent Counsel that (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a +material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s +statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for +indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable +law; provided, however, that such sixty (60) day period may be extended for a +reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the person, +persons or entity making such determination with respect to entitlement to +indemnification in good faith requires such additional time to obtain or +evaluate documentation and/or information relating thereto; and provided, +further, that the foregoing provisions of this Section 6(g) shall not apply if +the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by the +stockholders pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement and if (A) within +fifteen (15) days after receipt by the Company of the request for such +determination, the Disinterested Directors resolve as required by Section +6(b)(iii) of this Agreement to submit such determination to the stockholders for +their consideration at an annual meeting thereof to be held within seventy five +(75) days after such receipt and such determination is made thereat, or (B) a +special meeting of stockholders is called within fifteen (15) days after such +receipt for the purpose of making such determination, such meeting is held for +such purpose within sixty (60) days after having been so called and such +determination is made thereat. + +  + +(h) Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such +determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, +including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance +request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise +protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and +reasonably necessary to such determination. Any Independent Counsel or member of +the Board or stockholder of the Company shall act reasonably and in good faith +in making a determination regarding Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification +under this Agreement. Any costs or expenses (including attorneys’ fees and +disbursements) incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons +or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective +of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the +Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom. + +  + +7.       Remedies of Indemnitee. + +  + +(a) In the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 6 of this +Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this +Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 5 +of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification is +made pursuant to Section 6(b) or Section 6(c) of this Agreement within sixty +(60) days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, or +such longer period, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, to which the +period may be extended pursuant to Section 6(g), (iv) payment of indemnification +is not made pursuant to this Agreement within ten (10) days after receipt by the +Company of a written request therefor or (v) payment of indemnification is not +made within ten (10) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is +entitled to indemnification or such determination is deemed to have been made +pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an +adjudication of Indemnitee’s entitlement to such indemnification or advancement +of expenses either, at Indemnitee’s sole option, in (1) an appropriate court of +the State of Nevada, or any other court of competent jurisdiction or (2) an +arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator, selected by mutual agreement +of the Company and Indemnitee, pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration +Association. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such +adjudication. + +  + + + + D-7  + +  + +  + +(b) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section +6(b) or Section 6(c) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to +indemnification, (i) any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant +to this Section 7 shall be conducted in all respects de novo on the merits, and +Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of any adverse determination under +Section 6(b) or Section 6(c); and (ii) in any such judicial proceeding or +arbitration, the Company shall have the burden of proving that Indemnitee is not +entitled to indemnification under this Agreement. + +  + +(c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 6(b) or Section +6(c), or shall have been deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6(g), of +this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall +be obligated to pay the amounts constituting such indemnification within five +(5) days after such determination has been made or has been deemed to have been +made and shall be conclusively bound by such determination in any judicial +proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 7, unless the Company establishes +by written opinion of Independent Counsel that (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee +of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make +Indemnitee’s misstatement not materially misleading in connection with the +request for indemnification or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under +applicable law. + +  + +(d) In the event that Indemnitee, pursuant to this Section 7, seeks a judicial +adjudication of, or an award in arbitration to enforce, his or her rights under, +or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement, or to recover under any +directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, +the Company shall pay to him or her, or on his or her behalf, in advance, and +shall indemnify him or her against, any and all expenses (of the types described +in the definition of Expenses in Section 13 of this Agreement) actually and +reasonably incurred by him or her in such judicial adjudication or arbitration, +regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such +indemnification, advancement of expenses or insurance recovery. + +  + +(e) The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or +arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 7 that the procedures and +presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall +stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is +bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. The Company shall indemnify +Indemnitee against any and all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall +(within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request +therefore) advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, such expenses to +Indemnitee, which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action +brought by Indemnitee for indemnification or advance of Expenses from the +Company under this Agreement or under any directors’ and officers’ liability +insurance policies maintained by the Company, regardless of whether Indemnitee +ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement of +Expenses or insurance recovery, as the case may be. + +  + +8.       Non-Exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Insurance; Subrogation. + +  + +(a) The rights of indemnification and advancement of expenses as provided by +this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of, and shall be in addition to, +any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under +applicable law, the Articles or the Bylaws of the Company, any agreement, a vote +of stockholders, a resolution of directors of the Company, or otherwise, and +nothing in this Agreement shall diminish or otherwise restrict Indemnitee’s +rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses under any of the foregoing. +No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof +shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect +of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his or her Corporate Status +prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in +the NRS, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater +indemnification than would be afforded currently under the Articles, the Bylaws +and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall +enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change and +Indemnitee shall be deemed to have such greater benefits hereunder. No right or +remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or +remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to +every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law +or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy +hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or +employment of any other right or remedy. The Company shall not adopt any +amendments to its Articles or Bylaws, the effect of which would be to deny, +diminish or encumber Indemnitee’s right to indemnification or advancement of +expenses under this Agreement, any other agreement or otherwise, without the +prior written consent of the Indemnitee. + +  + + + + D-8  + +  + +  + +(b) To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies +providing liability insurance for directors, officers, employees, or agents or +fiduciaries of the Company or of any other corporation, partnership, joint +venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that such person +serves at the request of the Company, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy +or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the +coverage available for any director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary under +such policy or policies. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim +pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company has director and officer liability +insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of +such Proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in +the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or +desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all +amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance with the terms of +such policies. + +  + +(c) In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be +subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of +Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary +to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to +enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights (with all of +Indemnitee’s reasonable expenses, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees +and charges, related thereto to be reimbursed by or, at the option of +Indemnitee, advanced by the Company). + +  + +(d) The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of +amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder if and to the extent that Indemnitee +has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy, +contract, agreement or otherwise. + +  + +(e) The Company’s obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses hereunder to +Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, +officer, employee or agent of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, +trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be reduced by any amount +Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or advancement of expenses +from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit +plan or other enterprise. + +  + +9.       Exception to Right of Indemnification. Notwithstanding any provision in +this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make +any indemnity in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee: + +  + +(a) for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under +any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any +excess beyond the amount paid under any insurance policy or other indemnity +provision; or + +  + + + + D-9  + +  + +  + +(b) for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and +purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of +Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange +Act”), or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law; or + +  + +(c) for any reimbursement of the Company by Indemnitee of any bonus or other +incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by +Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case +under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an +accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the +Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), or the payment to the +Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of +securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act); or + +  + +(d) for any reimbursement of the Company by Indemnitee of any compensation +pursuant to any compensation recoupment or clawback policy adopted by the Board +or the compensation committee of the Board, including but not limited to any +such policy adopted to comply with stock exchange listing requirements +implementing Section 10D of the Exchange Act; or + +  + +(e) in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated +by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) +initiated by Indemnitee against the Company (other than to enforce Indemnitee’s +rights under this Agreement) or its directors, officers, employees or other +indemnitees, unless (i) the Board of the Company authorized the Proceeding (or +such part of the Proceeding) prior to its initiation, or (ii) the Company +indemnifies Indemnitee, in its sole discretion, independently of this Agreement +pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law. + +  + +10.       Retroactive Effect; Duration of Agreement; Successors and Binding +Agreement. All agreements and obligations of the Company contained herein shall +be deemed to have become effective upon the date Indemnitee first had Corporate +Status; shall continue during the period Indemnitee has Corporate Status; and +shall continue thereafter so long as Indemnitee may be subject to any Proceeding +(or any action commenced under Section 7 hereof) by reason of his or her +Corporate Status, whether or not he or she is acting or serving in any such +capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which +indemnification can be provided under this Agreement. This Agreement shall be +binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties +hereto and their respective successors (including any direct or indirect +successor by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise to all +or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company), assigns, +spouses, heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives. The Company +shall require any such successor to all or substantially all of the business or +assets of the Company, by agreement in form and substance satisfactory to +Indemnitee and his or her counsel, expressly to assume and agree to perform this +Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent the Company would be +required to perform if no such succession had taken place. Except as otherwise +set forth in this Section 10, this Agreement shall not be assignable or +delegable by the Company. + +  + +11.       Security. To the extent requested by Indemnitee and approved by the +Board of the Company, the Company may at any time and from time to time provide +security to Indemnitee for the Company’s obligations hereunder through an +irrevocable bank line of credit, funded trust or other collateral. Any such +security, once provided to Indemnitee, may not be revoked or released without +the prior written consent of Indemnitee. + +  + + + + D-10  + +  + +  + +12.       Enforcement. + +  + +(a) The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this +Agreement and assumes the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce +Indemnitee to serve, or continue to serve, as an officer or a director of the +Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this +Agreement in serving or continuing to serve as an officer or a director of the +Company. + +  + +(b) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto +with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements +and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with +respect to the subject matter hereof. + +  + +13.       Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement: + +  + +(a)       “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any one of the following +events: + +(i) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one or a series of related +transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; + +  + +(ii) any “Person” as such term is used in Section 13(d) and Section 14(d) of the +Exchange Act becomes, directly or indirectly, the “beneficial owner” as defined +in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act of securities of the Company that represent +more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding +voting securities (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, +however, that for purposes of this Section 13(a)(ii), the following acquisitions +shall not constitute a Change in Control: (I) any acquisition directly from the +Company, (II) any acquisition by the Company, (III) any acquisition by any +employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company +or any person or entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by +or is under common control with the Company and/or to the extent provided by the +Board, any person or entity in which the Company has a significant interest, +(IV) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction that complies +with Sections 13(a)(iv)(A) and 13(a)(iv)(B), (V) any acquisition involving +beneficial ownership of less than 50% of the then-outstanding shares of the +Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (and any stock or +other securities into which such ordinary shares may be converted or into which +they may be exchanged) (the “Outstanding Company Common Shares”) or the +Outstanding Company Voting Securities that is determined by the Board, based on +review of public disclosure by the acquiring Person with respect to its passive +investment intent, not to have a purpose or effect of changing or influencing +the control of the Company; provided, however, that for purposes of this clause +(V), any such acquisition in connection with (x) an actual or threatened +election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other +actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents or (y) any “Business +Combination” (as defined below) shall be presumed to be for the purpose or with +the effect of changing or influencing the control of the Company; + +  + +(iii) during any period of not more than two (2) consecutive years, individuals +who constitute the Board as of the beginning of the period (the “Incumbent +Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, +provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the beginning of such +period, whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at +least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a +specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such +person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such +nomination) will be an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual +initially elected or nominated as a director of the Company as a result of an +actual or threatened election contest with respect to directors or as a result +of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies by or on behalf of any +person other than the Board will be deemed to be an Incumbent Director; + +  + + + + D-11  + +  + +  + +(iv) consummation of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation (a “Business +Combination”) of the Company with any other corporation, unless, following such +Business Combination, (A) all or substantially all of the individuals and +entities that were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common +Shares and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such +Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of +the then-outstanding shares of common stock (or, for a non-corporate entity, +equivalent securities) and the combined voting power of the then-outstanding +voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or, +for a non-corporate entity, equivalent governing body), as the case may be, of +the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without +limitation, an entity that, as a result of such transaction, owns the Company or +all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one +or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership +immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common +Shares and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, and +(B) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors (or, for a +non-corporate entity, equivalent governing body) of the entity resulting from +such Business Combination were Incumbent Directors at the time of the execution +of the initial agreement or of the action of the Board providing for such +Business Combination; + +  + +(v) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of +the Company. + +  + +(b) “Corporate Status” means the fact that a person is or was a director, +officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or is or was serving at the +request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another +corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. + +  + +(c) “Disinterested Director” means a director of the Company who is not and was +not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by +Indemnitee. + +  + +(d) “Enterprise” shall mean the Company and any other corporation, partnership, +joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that Indemnitee +is or was serving at the express written request of the Company as a director, +officer, trustee, partner, manager, managing member, employee, agent or +fiduciary. + +  + +(e) “Expenses” shall include all reasonable attorneys’ fees, retainers, court +costs, transcript costs, fees of experts and other professionals, witness fees, +travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone +charges, postage, delivery service fees, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, and +all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred or +actually incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to +prosecute or defend, investigating, participating, or being or preparing to be a +witness in a Proceeding, or responding to, or objecting to, a request to provide +discovery in a Proceeding. Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in +connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including, without +limitation, the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost +bond, supersede as bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent. Should any +payments by the Company to or for the account of Indemnitee under this Agreement +be determined to be subject to any federal, state or local income or excise tax, +Expenses shall also include such amounts as are necessary to place Indemnitee in +the same after-tax position (after giving effect to all applicable taxes) +Indemnitee would have been in had no such tax been determined to apply to those +payments. The parties agree that for the purposes of any advancement of Expenses +for which Indemnitee has made written demand to the Company in accordance with +this Agreement, all Expenses included in such demand that are certified by +affidavit of Indemnitee’s counsel as being reasonable in the good faith judgment +of such counsel shall be presumed conclusively to be reasonable. Expenses, +however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the +amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee. + +  + + + + D-12  + +  + +  + +(f) “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is +experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the +past five (5) years has been, retained to represent (i) the Company or +Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect +to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees +under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other party to the +Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding +the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, +under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would +have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in +an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. The Company +agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the Independent Counsel referred to above +and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, +liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its +engagement pursuant hereto. + +  + +(g) “Proceeding” includes any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, +claim, counterclaim, cross claim, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute +resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any +other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought by or in the +right of the Company or otherwise and whether civil, criminal, administrative, +legislative or investigative (formal or informal); in each case whether or not +Indemnitee’s Corporate Status existed at the time any liability or expense is +incurred for which indemnification can be provided under this Agreement; +including one pending on or before the date of this Agreement, but excluding one +initiated by an Indemnitee pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement to enforce +his or her rights under this Agreement. + +  + +14.       Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision +hereof shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other +provision. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement is +intended to confer upon Indemnitee indemnification rights to the fullest extent +permitted by applicable laws. In the event any provision hereof conflicts with +any applicable law, such provision shall be deemed modified, consistent with the +aforementioned intent, to the extent necessary to resolve such conflict. + +  + +15.       Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification, termination or +amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both +of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement +shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof +(whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver. + +  + +16.       Notice by Indemnitee. Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the Company +in writing upon being served with or otherwise receiving any summons, citation, +subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any +Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification covered hereunder. +The failure to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of any +obligation which it may have to Indemnitee under this Agreement unless, and only +to the extent that, the Company is actually and materially prejudiced as a +result of such delay or failure. + +  + +17.       Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant +to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given (a) +upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by confirmed +facsimile, or (c) upon delivery when sent by a nationally recognized overnight +courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All +communications shall be sent: + +  + +To Indemnitee at the address set forth below Indemnitee’s signature hereto. + +  + + + + D-13  + +  + +  + +To the Company at: + +  + +DraftKings Inc. + +222 Berkeley Street 5th Floor + +Boston, Massachusetts 02116 + +Attention: Chief Legal Officer + +  + +or to such other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the Company +or to the Company by Indemnitee, as the case may be. + +  + +18.       Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more +counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which +together shall constitute one and the same the same instrument. Counterparts may +be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic +signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., +www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered +shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and +effective for all purposes. + +  + +19.       Headings. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are +inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this +Agreement or to affect the construction thereof. + +  + +20.       Successors and Assigns. The terms of this Agreement shall be binding +upon the Company and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit +of Indemnitee and Indemnitee’s spouse, assigns, heirs, devisees, executors, +administrators and other legal representatives. + +  + +21.       Governing Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and the +legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and +enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to +its conflict of laws rules. The Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and +unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in +connection with this Agreement (other than an arbitration pursuant to Section 7 +hereof) shall be brought only in the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark +County (the “Nevada Court”), and not in any other state or federal court in the +United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to +submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Nevada Court for purposes of such +action or proceeding, (iii) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any +such action or proceeding in the Nevada Court, and (iv) waive, and agree not to +plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the +Nevada Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum. + +  + +[Remainder of page intentionally left blank] + +  + + + + D-14  + +  + +  + +IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on and as of +the day and year first above written. + +  + + + +  COMPANY       DraftKings Inc.       By:  /s/ R. Stanton Dodge   Name: R. +Stanton Dodge   Title: Chief Legal Officer               + +INDEMNITEE  + +      /s/ Paul Liberman   Name: Paul Liberman         Address: Address on file +with the Company                   + +  + + + + D-15  + +  + +