June 25, 2026 - EX-10.2 - 8-K: Current report

Exhibit 10.2


CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of June 24, 2026 among FLOOR AND DECOR OUTLETS OF AMERICA, INC., as the Lead Borrower, the other Borrowers Named Herein, the Guarantors Named Herein, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Swing Line Lender, the Lenders Party Hereto, GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, BMO BANK N.A., REGIONS BANK and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Senior Managing Agents JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TRUIST SECURITIES, INC., and BofA SECURITIES, INC., As Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

Table of Contents


		Page
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS		1
1.01	Defined Terms	1
1.02	Other Interpretive Provisions.	64
1.03	Accounting Terms Generally	66
1.04	Rounding	66
1.05	Times of Day	66
1.06	Letter of Credit Amounts	66
1.07	Currency Equivalents Generally	66
1.08	Divisions	66
1.09	Times of Day; Rates	67

ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS		67
2.01	Loans; Reserves	67
2.02	Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Revolving Loans	68
2.03	Letters of Credit.	71
2.04	Swing Line Loans	80
2.05	Prepayments	83
2.06	Termination or Reduction of Commitments	84
2.07	Repayment of Loans	85
2.08	Interest	85
2.09	Fees	86
2.10	Computation of Interest and Fees	86
2.11	Evidence of Debt	87
2.12	Payments Generally; Agent’s Clawback	87
2.13	Sharing of Payments by Lenders	89
2.14	Settlement Amongst Lenders	90
2.15	Uncommitted Increase	90
2.16	Extensions of Revolving Commitments	92

ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY; APPOINTMENT OF LEAD BORROWER		93
3.01	Taxes	93
3.02	Illegality	96
3.03	Inability to Determine Rates	97
3.04	Increased Costs	99
3.05	Compensation for Losses	100
3.06	Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders	101
3.07	Survival	101
3.08	Designation of Lead Borrower as Borrowers’ Agent	101


ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS		102
4.01	Conditions of Initial Credit Extension	102
4.02	Conditions to all Credit Extensions	105

ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES		105
5.01	Organization; Powers	106
5.02	Authorization	106
5.03	Enforceability	106
5.04	Governmental Approvals	107
5.05	Reserved	107
5.06	Financial Statements	107
5.07	Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases	107
5.08	Subsidiaries; Equity Interests	108
5.09	Litigation; Compliance with Laws	108
5.10	Federal Reserve Regulations	109
5.11	Investment Company Act	109
5.12	Use of Proceeds	109
5.13	Tax Returns	109
5.14	No Material Misstatements	110
5.15	Employee Benefit Plans	110
5.16	Environmental Matters	111
5.17	Security Documents	111
5.18	Location of Real Estate and Leased Premises	112
5.19	Solvency	112
5.20	No Material Adverse Effect	112
5.21	Insurance	112
5.22	USA PATRIOT Act; Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws	113
5.23	Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc	113
5.24	No Default	113
5.25	Labor Matters	113
5.26	Deposit Accounts; Credit Card Arrangements	114
5.27	Outbound Investment Rules	114

ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS		114
6.01	Existence; Businesses and Properties	115
6.02	Insurance	115
6.03	Taxes	116
6.04	Financial Statements, Reports, etc	117
6.05	Litigation and Other Notices	121
6.06	Compliance with Laws	122
6.07	Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections; Appraisals	122
6.08	Use of Proceeds	124


6.09	Compliance with Environmental Laws	124
6.10	Further Assurances; Additional Security	124
6.11	Cash Management	126
6.12	Fiscal Year; Accounting	128
6.13	[Reserved]	129
6.14	Deposit Accounts; Credit Card Processors	129
6.15	Post-Closing Matters	129

ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS		129
7.01	Indebtedness	129
7.02	Liens
7.03	[Reserved]	138
7.04	Investments, Loans and Advances	138
7.05	Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions	141
7.06	Restricted Payments	144
7.07	Transactions with Affiliates	146
7.08	Business of Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries	147
7.09	Limitation on Payments and Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and Certain Other Agreements; etc	147
7.10	Financial Performance Covenant	150
7.11	Outbound Investment Rules	150
7.12	Sanctions	150

ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT		151
8.01	Events of Default	151
8.02	Right to Cure	154
8.03	Remedies Upon Events of Default	155
8.04	Application of Funds	155

ARTICLE IX THE AGENT		157
9.01	Appointment and Authority	157
9.02	Rights as a Lender	157
9.03	Exculpatory Provisions	158
9.04	Reliance by Agent	159
9.05	Delegation of Duties	159
9.06	Resignation of Agent	159
9.07	Non-Reliance on Agent, and Other Lenders	160
9.08	No Other Duties, Etc	161
9.09	Agent May File Proofs of Claim	161
9.10	Collateral and Guaranty Matters	162
9.11	Notice of Transfer	163
9.12	Reports and Financial Statements	163
9.13	Agency for Perfection	164


9.14	Indemnification of Agent	164
9.15	Relation among Lenders	165
9.16	Defaulting Lenders	165
9.17	Senior Managing Agents and Co-Lead Arrangers	167
9.18	Certain Representations	167

ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS		169
10.01	Amendments, Etc	169
10.02	Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications	171
10.03	No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies	173
10.04	Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver	173
10.05	Payments Set Aside	175
10.06	Successors and Assigns	175
10.07	Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality	180
10.08	Right of Setoff	181
10.09	Interest Rate Limitation	182
10.10	Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness	182
10.11	Survival	183
10.12	Severability	183
10.13	Replacement of Lenders	184
10.14	Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc	184
10.15	Waiver of Jury Trial	185
10.16	No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility	185
10.17	USA PATRIOT Act Notice	186
10.18	Foreign Asset Control Regulations	186
10.19	Time of the Essence	187
10.20	Press Releases	187
10.21	Other Liabilities; Additional Waivers	187
10.22	No Strict Construction	189
10.23	Attachments	189
10.24	Keepwell	189
10.25	Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions	189
10.26	Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs	190
10.27	Lender Action	191
10.28	Erroneous Payments	191

SCHEDULES

1.01 Borrowers

1.02 Guarantors

1.03 Prohibited Countries

2.01 Commitments and Applicable Percentages

5.01 Loan Parties Organizational Information

5.04 Governmental Approvals

5.06 Material Indebtedness

5.08 Subsidiaries; Other Equity Investments; Equity Interests in the Borrower

5.09 Litigation

5.13 Taxes

5.16 Environmental Matters

5.18 Owned Real Estate

5.21 Insurance

5.24 Material Contracts

5.26(a) DDAs

5.26(b) Credit Card Arrangements

6.04 Financial and Collateral Reporting

7.01 Existing Indebtedness

7.02 Existing Liens

7.04 Existing Investments

7.07 Transactions with Affiliates

10.02 Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for Notices

EXHIBITS

Form of

A Committed Loan Notice

B Swing Line Loan Notice

C-1 Revolving Note

C-2 Swing Line Note

D Compliance Certificate

E Assignment and Assumption

F Borrowing Base Certificate

G Credit Card Notification

H DDA Notification

I Form of Joinder

CREDIT AGREEMENT

This CREDIT AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) is entered into as of June 24, 2026 (the “Closing Date”), among FLOOR AND DECOR OUTLETS OF AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Lead Borrower”), the Persons named on Schedule 1.01 hereto (as such schedule may be updated from time to time), jointly and severally (collectively with the Lead Borrower, the “Borrowers”), FDO ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower Holdco”), each of the Persons named on Schedule 1.02 hereto (as such schedule may be updated from time to time), jointly and severally (collectively with the Borrower Holdco, the “Guarantors”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and each individually, a “Lender”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, including any successor thereto, the “Agent”), the Swing Line Lender and an L/C issuer.

The Borrowers have requested that the Lenders provide an asset-based revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $800,000,000 (including a letter of credit subfacility and a swing line subfacility) (the “Facility”), and the Lenders have indicated their willingness to do so on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

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

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

1.01 Defined Terms.

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

“Accelerated Monthly Borrowing Base Delivery Event” means the failure of the Borrowers to maintain Availability at least equal to seventy percent (70%) of the Loan Cap for any five (5) consecutive Business Days. For purposes of this Agreement, the occurrence of an Accelerated Monthly Borrowing Base Delivery Event shall be deemed continuing until Availability has exceeded seventy percent (70%) of the Loan Cap for twenty (20) consecutive calendar days, in which case an Accelerated Monthly Borrowing Base Delivery Event shall no longer be deemed to be continuing for purposes of this Agreement. The termination of an Accelerated Monthly Borrowing Base Delivery Event as provided herein shall in no way limit, waive or delay the occurrence of a subsequent Accelerated Monthly Borrowing Base Delivery Event in the event that the conditions set forth in this definition again arise.

“Accelerated Weekly Borrowing Base Delivery Event” means either (a) the occurrence and continuance of any Designated Event of Default, or (b) the failure of the Borrowers to maintain Availability at least equal to twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) of the Loan Cap for any five (5) consecutive Business Days. For purposes of this Agreement, the occurrence of an Accelerated Weekly Borrowing Base Delivery Event shall be deemed continuing (i) until such Designated Event of Default is waived or is no longer continuing, and/or (ii) if the Accelerated Weekly Borrowing Base Delivery Event arises as a result of the Borrowers’ failure to achieve Availability as required hereunder, until Availability has exceeded twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) of the Loan Cap for twenty (20) consecutive calendar days, in which case an Accelerated Weekly Borrowing Base Delivery Event shall no longer be deemed to be continuing for purposes of this Agreement. The termination of an Accelerated Weekly Borrowing

Base Delivery Event as provided herein shall in no way limit, waive or delay the occurrence of a subsequent Accelerated Weekly Borrowing Base Delivery Event in the event that the conditions set forth in this definition again arise.

“Acceptable Document of Title” means, with respect to any Inventory, a tangible, negotiable bill of lading or other Document (as defined in the UCC) that (a) is issued by a common carrier which is not an Affiliate of the Approved Foreign Vendor or any Loan Party which is in actual possession of such Inventory, (b) is issued to the order of a Loan Party or, if so requested by the Agent, to the order of the Agent, (c) names the Agent as a notify party and bears a conspicuous notation on its face of the Agent’s security interest therein, (d) is not subject to any Lien (other than in favor of: (i) the Agent, (ii) the Term Loan Agent to the extent subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, and (iii) Permitted Encumbrances which are junior in priority to the Liens in favor of the Agent and for which the Agent may establish Reserves in its Permitted Discretion), and (e) is on terms otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Agent.

“Acceptable Transport Document” means, with respect to any Inventory, a tangible, non-negotiable bill of lading or sea waybill that (a) is issued by a common carrier which is not an Affiliate of the Approved Foreign Vendor or any Loan Party which is in actual possession of such Inventory, (b) names a Borrower (or, at its request, the Agent) as consignee, (c) names the Agent as a notify party and bears a conspicuous notation on its face of the Agent’s security interest therein, (d) is not subject to any Lien (other than in favor of: (i) the Agent, (ii) the Term Loan Agent to the extent subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, and (iii) Permitted Encumbrances which are junior in priority to the Liens in favor of the Agent and for which the Agent may establish Reserves in its Permitted Discretion), (e) either (i) contains an express waiver from the consignor / shipper of its right to alter the named consignee and its right of stoppage in transit, or (ii) for which the consignor / shipper thereunder shall have entered a Customs Broker/Carrier Agreement with the Agent which contains an express waiver from such consignor / shipper of its right to alter the named consignee and its right of stoppage in transit, and (f) is on terms otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Agent.

“Accommodation Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 10.21(e).

“Account” means “accounts” as defined in the UCC, and also means a right to payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by performance, (a) for property that has been or is to be sold, leased, licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, (b) for services rendered or to be rendered, (c) for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued, (d) for a secondary obligation incurred or to be incurred, or (e) arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on or for use with the card.

“ACH” means automated clearing house transfers.

“Acquisition” means, with respect to any Person (a) a purchase or other acquisition of a Controlling interest in the Equity Interests of any other Person, (b) a purchase or other acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets or properties of another Person or of any business unit of another Person, (c) a merger or consolidation of such Person with any other Person or any other transaction or series of transactions resulting in the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets or a Controlling interest in the Equity Interests of any Person or (d) any acquisition of any Store locations of any Person, in each case, in any transaction or group of transactions which are part of a common plan.

“Acquisition Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of (a) the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries incurred to finance or refinance, or otherwise incurred in connection with, any acquisition of any assets (including Equity Interests), business or person, or any merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any

person with or into the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, or (b) any person that is acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries (including Indebtedness thereof incurred in connection with any such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation).

“Act” has the meaning specified in Section 10.17.

“Additional Assets” means (i) any property or assets that replace the property or assets that are the subject of a Disposition, (ii) any property or assets (other than Indebtedness and Equity Interests) used or to be used by the Lead Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party or otherwise useful in a Related Business, and any capital expenditures in respect of any property or assets already so used, or (iii) the Equity Interests of a Person that is engaged in a Related Business and becomes a Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Equity Interests by the Lead Borrower or another Subsidiary Loan Party.

“Additional Commitment Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a)(iii).

“Additional Obligations” means senior or subordinated Indebtedness (which Indebtedness may be (x) secured by a Lien ranking pari passu to the Lien securing the Term Loan Obligations, (y) secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Lien securing the Term Loan Obligations or (z) unsecured), including customary bridge financings, in each case issued or incurred by any Loan Party in compliance with Section 7.01.

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

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

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any 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.

“Agent” has the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement and shall include Bank of America, N.A. in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor thereto.

“Agent Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 10.02(c).

“Agent’s Office” means the Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as the Agent may from time to time notify the Lead Borrower and the Lenders.

“Aggregate Revolving Commitments” means the Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders. As of the Closing Date, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments are $800,000,000.

“Agreement” has the meaning specified in the preamble.

“AHYDO Catch-Up Payment” means any payment to avoid the application of Section 163(e)(5) of the Code.

“Allocable Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 10.21(e).

“Annual Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 6.04(a).

“Anti-Corruption Laws” means the FCPA, the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada), as amended, the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010, as amended, and all other applicable Laws and regulations or ordinances concerning or relating to bribery, money laundering or corruption in any jurisdiction in which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is located or is doing business.

“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means the applicable Laws or regulations in any jurisdiction in which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is located or is doing business that relates to money laundering, any predicate crime to money laundering, or any financial record keeping and reporting requirements related thereto.

“Applicable Lenders” means the Required Lenders, all affected Lenders, or all Lenders, as the context may require.

“Applicable Margin” means (i) with respect to Term SOFR Loans, Daily SOFR Loans and Letter of Credit Fees for Standby Letters of Credit, 1.125% per annum, (ii) with respect to Base Rate Loans, 0.125% per annum and (iii) with respect to Letter of Credit Fees for Commercial Letters of Credit, 0.75%.

“Applicable Percentage” means, the percentage of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments represented by such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. If the commitments of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.03 or if the Aggregate Revolving Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Revolving Lender shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Revolving Lender most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The Applicable Percentage of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.

“Appraisal Percentage” means (i) ninety-two and one-half percent (92.5%) during the months of December, January, February and March, and (ii) ninety percent (90%) at all other times.

“Appraised Value” means, with respect to Eligible Inventory, the appraised orderly liquidation value, net of costs and expenses to be incurred in connection with any such liquidation, which value is expressed as a percentage of Cost of Eligible Inventory as set forth in the inventory stock ledger of the Lead Borrower, which value shall be determined from time to time by the most recent appraisal undertaken by an independent appraiser engaged by the Agent.

“Approved Foreign Vendor” means a Foreign Vendor which (a) is not located in any country listed on Schedule 1.03 or any such other countries that are referred to in the Trading with the Enemy Act (or similar Laws) as in effect from time to time, (b) has received timely payment or performance of all obligations owed by the Loan Parties, (c) has not asserted and no event has occurred for which it has a right to assert any reclamation, repossession, diversion, stoppage in transit, Lien or title retention rights in respect of such Inventory, and (d) if so reasonably requested by the Agent, has entered into and is in full compliance with the terms of a Foreign Vendor Agreement.

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

“Arranger” means, collectively, BofA Securities, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Truist Securities, Inc., in their capacities as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners.

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

“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.06(b)), and accepted by the Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E or any other form approved by the Agent.

“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year ended December 25, 2025, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, Shareholders’ Equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.

“Availability” means, as of any date of determination thereof by the Agent, the result, if a positive number, of:

(a) the Loan Cap

minus

(b) the Total Outstandings.

In calculating Availability at any time and for any purpose under this Agreement, the Lead Borrower shall certify to the Agent that all Taxes are being paid as and to the extent required by Section 5.13 and Section 6.03.

“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06(a), and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Committed Revolving Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.03.

“Availability Reserves” means, without duplication of any other Reserves or items to the extent such items are otherwise addressed or excluded through eligibility criteria, such reserves as the Agent from time to time determines in its Permitted Discretion as being appropriate (i) to reflect the impediments to the Agent’s ability to realize upon the Collateral, (ii) to reflect claims and liabilities that the Agent determines will need to be satisfied in connection with the realization upon the Collateral, (iii) to reflect criteria, events, conditions, contingencies or risks which adversely affect any component of the Borrowing Base, or (iv) to reflect that a Default or an Event of Default then exists. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Availability Reserves may include, in the Agent’s Permitted Discretion, (but are not limited to) reserves based on: (a) rent; (b) customs duties, and other costs to release Inventory which is being imported into the United States; (c) outstanding Taxes and other governmental charges, including, without limitation, ad valorem, real estate, personal property, sales, claims of the PBGC and other Taxes which may have priority over the interests of the Agent in the Collateral; (d) salaries, wages and benefits due to employees of any Borrower; (e) Customer Credit Liabilities; (f) Customer Deposits; (g) reserves for reasonably anticipated changes in the Appraised Value of Eligible Inventory between appraisals; (h) warehousemen’s or bailee’s charges and other Permitted Encumbrances which may have priority over the interests of the Agent in the Collateral; (i) amounts due to vendors on account of consigned goods; (j) Cash Management Reserves; (k) Bank Products Reserves; and (l) the Specified Maturing Debt Reserve.

“Average Daily Availability” means the average daily Availability for the immediately preceding Fiscal Month.

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

“Bank Products” means any services or facilities provided to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries by any Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates including, without limitation, on account of (a) Swap Contracts, (b) merchant services constituting a line of credit, (c) Factored Receivables, and (d) supply chain finance services including, without limitation, trade payable services and supplier accounts receivable purchases (but, in each case, only to the extent that the applicable Lender, other than the Agent (or any of Agent’s affiliates), furnishing such services or facilities notifies the Agent and the Lead Borrower in writing that such services or facilities are to be deemed Bank Products hereunder).

“Bank Products Reserves” means such reserves (i) as the Agent from time to time determines in its discretion as being appropriate to reflect the liabilities and obligations of the Loan Parties with respect to Bank Products then provided or outstanding and (ii) Supply Chain Finance Reserves.

“Base Rate” means, for any day, the greatest of (a) the Floor, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½%, (c) Term SOFR for a one month Interest Period in effect on such day, plus 1%, and (d) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate”. The “prime rate” set forth in clause (d) above is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s 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 Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change. If the Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 3.02, then the Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a), (b) and (d) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above.

“Base Rate Loan” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02.

“Beneficial Owner” means, with respect to any U.S. federal withholding Tax, the beneficial owner, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, to whom such Tax relates.

“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.

“Blocked Account Agreement” means with respect to an account established by a Loan Party, an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, establishing control (as defined in the UCC) of such account by the Agent and whereby the bank maintaining such account agrees, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Cash Dominion Event, to comply only with the instructions originated by the Agent without the further consent of any Loan Party.

“Blocked Account Bank” means each bank with whom deposit accounts are maintained in which any funds of any of the Loan Parties from one or more DDAs are concentrated and with whom a Blocked Account Agreement has been, or is required to be, executed in accordance with the terms hereof.

“Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

“Borrower Holdco” has the meaning specified in the preamble of this Agreement.

“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 6.04.

“Borrowers” has the meaning specified in the preamble of this Agreement.

“Borrowing” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing or a Swing Line Borrowing, as the context may require.

“Borrowing Base” means, at any time of calculation, an amount equal to:

(a) the face amount of Eligible Credit Card Receivables multiplied by the Credit Card Advance Rate;

plus

(b) the Cost of Eligible Inventory, net of Inventory Reserves, multiplied by the product of Appraisal Percentage multiplied by the Appraised Value of Eligible Inventory; provided, however, that, Inventory constituting Eligible In-Transit Inventory shall be in an amount no greater than twenty-five percent (25%) of Eligible On-Hand Inventory;

plus

(c) eighty-five percent (85%) multiplied by the face amount of Eligible Trade Receivables (net of Receivables Reserves applicable thereto);

plus

(d) one hundred percent (100%) of all Eligible Cash on Hand, provided that Eligible Cash on Hand included in the Borrowing Base may not be withdrawn from any investment account or deposit account, thereby reducing the Borrowing Base, unless and until (i) no Cash Dominion Event exists and is continuing or would result therefrom, and (ii) the Lead Borrower furnishes the Agent with (A) notice of such intended withdrawal and (B) a Borrowing Base Certificate as of the date of such proposed withdrawal reflecting that, after giving effect to such withdrawal, (x) no Overadvance exists or would result from such withdrawal and (y) if a Covenant Compliance Event is continuing (or would occur as a result of such withdrawal), the Loan Parties are in compliance with the Financial Performance Covenant;

plus

(e) one hundred percent (100%) of the amount for which the Eligible Letter of Credit must be honored after giving effect to any draws against same;

minus

the then amount of all Availability Reserves.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no assets of Spartan Surfaces, LLC shall be included in the Borrowing Base until the Agent receives an appraisal and commercial finance examination with respect to such assets in accordance with the requirements set forth herein (provided that any such appraisal and field examination conducted at the request of the Lead Borrower shall not reduce the number of appraisals and field examinations that may be conducted by the Agent pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof).

“Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto (with such changes therein as may be reasonably required by the Agent to reflect the components of and reserves against the Borrowing Base as provided for hereunder from time to time), executed and certified as accurate and complete by a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower which shall include appropriate exhibits, schedules, supporting documentation, and additional reports as reasonably requested by the Agent.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Agent’s Office is located.

“Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any person in respect of any period, the aggregate of all expenditures incurred by such person during such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “additions to property, plant or equipment” or similar items reflected in the statement of cash flows of such person; provided, however, that Capital Expenditures for Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries shall not include:

(a) expenditures to the extent they are made with (i) Equity Interests of the Parent or (ii) proceeds of the issuance of Equity Interests of, or a cash capital contribution to, the Lead Borrower after the Closing Date;

(b) expenditures with proceeds of insurance settlements, condemnation awards and other settlements in respect of lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property to the extent such expenditures are made to replace or repair such lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property or otherwise to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets or properties used or useful in the business of Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries within one hundred eighty (180) days of receipt of such proceeds (or, to the extent such proceeds are committed to be used for such purpose pursuant to a binding written agreement during such one hundred eighty (180) day period, expenditures made with such proceeds within two hundred seventy (270) days of receipt thereof);

(c) expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures of such person and that actually are paid for in cash by a third party (excluding Borrower Holdco, the Borrowers and any other Subsidiary) which cash payment by such third party may be made directly or may be

made as a cash reimbursement to a Loan Party, and for which none of Borrower Holdco, the Borrowers or any other Subsidiary has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such third party or any other person (whether before, during or after such period);

(d) the purchase price of equipment purchased during such period to the extent the consideration therefor consists of any combination of (i) used or surplus equipment traded in at the time of such purchase and (ii) the proceeds of a concurrent sale of used or surplus equipment, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(e) Investments in respect of a Permitted Business Acquisition; or

(f) the purchase of an asset made within one hundred eighty (180) days of the sale of any asset (to the extent such asset sale is permitted hereunder) to the extent such new asset is purchased with the proceeds of such sale (or, to the extent such proceeds are committed to be used for such purpose pursuant to a binding written agreement during such one hundred eighty (180) day period, purchases made with such proceeds within two hundred seventy (270) days of receipt thereof).

“Capital Lease Obligations” means, with respect to any Person for any period, 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 liabilities on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and the amount of which obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that, for purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the determination of whether a lease is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of any Person shall be made by reference to GAAP prior to the adoption of ASC 842 and any change in GAAP as a result of the adoption of ASC 842 that results in any lease which is, or would be, classified as an operating lease under GAAP prior to the adoption of ASC 842 being classified as a capital lease under revised GAAP shall be disregarded for purposes of all financial covenants, basket amounts, ratios and all other purposes contained herein or in any other Loan Documents, regardless of whether such lease is entered into before or after the effective date of ASC 842.

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

“Cash Collateralize” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings.

“Cash Dominion Event” means either (i) the occurrence and continuance of any Designated Event of Default, or (ii) if, at any time, Excess Testing Availability is less than ten percent (10%) of the Loan Cap for five (5) consecutive Business Days. For purposes of this Agreement, the occurrence of a Cash Dominion Event shall be deemed continuing (i) until such Designated Event of Default is waived or is no longer continuing, and/or (ii) if the Cash Dominion Event arises as a result of the Borrowers’ failure to achieve Excess Testing Availability as required hereunder, until Excess Testing Availability has exceeded ten percent (10%) of the Loan Cap for twenty (20) consecutive days, in which case a Cash Dominion Event shall no longer be deemed to be continuing for purposes of this Agreement. The termination of a Cash Dominion Event as provided herein shall in no way limit, waive or delay the

occurrence of a subsequent Cash Dominion Event in the event that the conditions set forth in this definition again arise.

“Cash Management Reserves” means such reserves as the Agent, from time to time, determines in its Permitted Discretion as being appropriate to reflect the reasonably anticipated liabilities and obligations of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries with respect to Cash Management Services then provided or outstanding.

“Cash Management Services” means any cash management services or facilities provided to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries by any Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates, including, without limitation, (a) ACH transactions, (b) controlled disbursement services, treasury, depository, overdraft, and electronic funds transfer services, (c) credit or debit cards, (d) credit card processing services, and (e) purchase cards.

“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, (c) any new, or adjustment to, requirements prescribed by the FRB for “Eurocurrency Liabilities” (as defined in Regulation D of the FRB), requirements imposed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or similar requirements imposed by any domestic or foreign governmental authority or resulting from compliance by the Agent or any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority and related in any manner to SOFR, the Term SOFR Screen Rate or Term SOFR, or (d) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided, however, for the purposes of this Agreement: (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” means (i) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) shall be the “beneficial owner” of (x) so long as Borrower Holdco is a Subsidiary of any Parent Entity, shares or units of Voting Stock having more than 35.00% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of such Parent Entity (other than a Parent Entity that is a Subsidiary of another Parent Entity) and (y) if Borrower Holdco is not a Subsidiary of any Parent Entity, shares or units of Voting Stock having more than 35.00% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of Borrower Holdco; (ii) Borrower Holdco shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100.00% of the capital stock of (x) Lead Borrower, (y) except where such failure is a result of a transaction permitted by the Loan Documents, each Borrower (other than Lead Borrower) or (z) except where such failure is a result of a transaction permitted by the Loan Documents, each Guarantor (other than Borrower Holdco), (iii) a “Change of Control” (or comparable term) as defined in the Term Loan Agreement or in any other agreement relating to Material Indebtedness shall occur.

“Closing Date” means June 24, 2026.

“CME” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended and in effect.

“Collateral” means any and all “Collateral” as defined in any applicable Security Document and all other property that is or is intended under the terms of the Security Documents to be subject to Liens in favor of the Agent.

“Collateral Access Agreement” means an agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent executed by (a) a bailee or other Person in possession of Collateral, or (b) any landlord of Real Estate leased by any Loan Party.

“Collateral and Guaranty Requirements” means to cause any such Person (a) to (i) become a Loan Party by executing and delivering to the Agent a Joinder to this Agreement or a Joinder to the Facility Guaranty or such other documents as the Agent shall deem appropriate for such purpose, (ii) grant a Lien to the Agent on such Person’s assets of the same type that constitute Collateral to secure the Obligations, and (iii) deliver to the Agent documents of the types referred to in clauses (iii) and (iv) of Section 4.01(a) and, if reasonably requested by Agent, favorable opinions of counsel to such Person (which shall cover, among other things, the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the documentation referred to in clause (a)), and (b) if any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of such Person are owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party, to pledge such Equity Interests and promissory notes evidencing such Indebtedness, in each case in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Agent in accordance with the provisions of the Security Agreement. In no event shall compliance with these requirements waive or be deemed a waiver or Consent to any transaction giving rise to the need to comply with these requirements if such transaction was not otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement or constitute or be deemed to constitute, with respect to any Subsidiary, an approval of such Person as a Borrower or permit the inclusion of any acquired assets in the computation of the Borrowing Base.

“Commercial Letter of Credit” means any Letter of Credit issued for the purpose of providing the primary payment mechanism in connection with the purchase of any materials, goods or services by a Loan Party in the ordinary course of business of such Loan Party.

“Commercial Letter of Credit Agreement” means the Commercial Letter of Credit Agreement relating to the issuance of a Commercial Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.

“Commitment” means, as to each Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Commitment.

“Commitment Increase” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a)(i).

“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Revolving Credit Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Committed Revolving Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Term SOFR Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02, which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Agent) appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

“Committed Revolving Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.

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

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

“Communication” means this Agreement, any Loan Document and any written documents, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice, certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to any Loan Documents.

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

“Concentration Account” has the meaning provided in Section 6.11(c).

“Confidential Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07.

“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to the use, administration of or any conventions associated with SOFR, Term SOFR or any proposed Successor Rate, as applicable, any conforming changes to the definitions of Base Rate, SOFR, Term SOFR and Interest Period, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other technical, administrative or operational matters (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the definitions of Business Day and U.S. Government Securities Business Day, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices and length of lookback periods) as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Agent, to reflect the adoption and implementation of such applicable rate, and to permit the administration thereof by the Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Agent determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and any other Loan Document).

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

“Consent” means actual consent given by a Lender from whom such consent is sought; or the passage of ten (10) Business Days from receipt of written notice to a Lender from the Agent of a proposed course of action to be followed by the Agent without such Lender’s giving the Agent written notice of that Lender’s objection to such course of action; provided, however, with respect to any modifications or consents addressed in Sections 10.01(a) through (k), such Lender shall be deemed to have rejected the request for its consent after the passage of such ten (10) Business Day period if it has not provided its actual consent for same.

“Consolidated” means, when used to modify a financial term, test, statement, or report of a Person, the application or preparation of such term, test, statement or report (as applicable) based upon the consolidation, in accordance with GAAP, of the financial condition or operating results of such Person and its Subsidiaries.

“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus, in each case without duplication, (x) the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) provision for all taxes (whether or not paid, estimated or accrued) based on income, profits or capital (including penalties and interest, if any) including state, franchise, excise and

similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes and state taxes in lieu of business fees (including business license fees) and payroll tax credits, income tax credits and similar tax credits, and including an amount equal to the amount of tax distributions actually made to the holders of capital stock of the Borrowers or any Parent Entity in respect of such period (in each case, to the extent attributable to the operations of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries), which will be included as though such amounts had been paid as income taxes directly by the Lead Borrower, (ii) Consolidated Interest Charges, all items excluded from the definition of Consolidated Interest Charges pursuant to clause (ii) thereof and to the extent not reflected in Consolidated Interest Charges, costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, (iii) depreciation, (iv) amortization (including but not limited to amortization of goodwill and intangibles and amortization and write-off of financing costs), (v) any non-cash charges, losses and expenses, including any write-offs or write-downs; provided that if any such non-cash charge represents an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future four-fiscal quarter period (a) the Lead Borrower may determine not to add back such non-cash charge in the period for which Consolidated EBITDA is being calculated and (b) to the extent the Lead Borrower does decide to add back such non-cash charge, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future four-fiscal quarter period will be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA for such future four-fiscal quarter period, (vi) reasonable out-of-pocket transaction fees, expenses or charges (including legal, advisory and brokerage or other financing fees), or, without duplication, any amortization or write-off thereof, related to any transaction that is out of the ordinary course of business including equity offerings (to the extent the proceeds thereof were intended to be contributed to the equity capital of the Lead Borrower or its Subsidiaries), Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations, mergers, option buyouts or Indebtedness permitted to be consummated or incurred by this Agreement (including any Permitted Refinancing in respect thereof) or any amendments, waivers or other modifications under the agreements relating to such Indebtedness (including any amendments, waivers or other modifications of this Agreement) or similar transactions (in each case whether or not consummated or incurred), (vii) the amount of any loss or expense attributable to non-controlling interests, (viii) all deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid in connection with any early extinguishment of Swap Obligations or other derivative instruments, (ix) any management, monitoring, consulting, transaction and advisory fees (including termination fees) and related indemnities, charges and expenses paid to or accrued to or on behalf of any Parent Entity in each case to the extent permitted hereunder, (x) interest and investment income, (xi) [reserved], (xii) any costs or expenses pursuant to any management or employee stock option or other equity-related plan, program or arrangement, or other benefit plan, program or arrangement, or any equity subscription or equityholder agreement, to the extent funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Borrowers or an issuance of capital stock of the Borrowers (other than Disqualified Stock), (xiii) all fees, costs and expenses related to the Transactions, (xiv) non-operating professional fees, costs and expenses, (xv) [reserved], (xvi) expense or charges to the extent paid or reimbursed by a third party, (xvii) earn-out obligations incurred in connection with any acquisition or other Investment permitted under this Agreement, (xviii) all charges, costs, expenses, accruals or reserves in connection with the rollover, acceleration or payout of capital stock held by Management Investors and all losses, charges and expenses related to payments made to holders of options or other derivative capital stock in the common equity of the Lead Borrower or any Parent Entity in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to equityholders of such Person or any of its direct or indirect parents, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders as though they were equityholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, (xix) all losses, charges and expenses in connection with the pre-opening and opening of stores, distribution centers and other facilities and operating losses attributable to any store, distribution center or other facility to the extent such losses, charges or expenses were incurred before or within twelve (12) months after the opening of such store, distribution center or other facility, (xx) [reserved], (xxi) payments in the nature of compensation or expense reimbursement to independent board members, (xxii) the excess of GAAP rent expense over actual cash rent paid due to the use of straight line rent for

GAAP purposes, (xxiii) business optimization expenses (including expenses related to consolidation initiatives), relocation and integration expenses, costs, charges, expenses, accruals and reserves related to cost savings initiatives, strategic initiatives and initiatives aimed at profitability improvement, and other restructuring costs, charges, expenses, accruals and reserves (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the effect of inventory optimization programs, consolidation, relocation and closing of stores, distribution centers, warehouses and other facilities and exiting lines of business, operating expense reductions, personnel relocation, restructuring, redundancy, recruiting, severance, termination, settlement and judgment, one-time compensation charges, the amount of any signing, retention and completion bonuses, new systems design and implementation costs, software development costs and curtailments and project startup costs); provided that the aggregate amount added pursuant to this clause (xxiii) for any period of twelve (12) consecutive Fiscal Months shall not exceed the greater of (i) $40,000,000 and (ii) 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarter period for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder (calculated prior to giving effect to any increase pursuant to this clause (xxiii)) and (xxiv) charges, costs, expenses or fees associated with the implementation of ASC 606 or any comparable regulation, plus (y) the amount of net cost savings and operating expense reductions projected by the Lead Borrower in good faith to be realized as the result of actions taken or to be taken on or prior to the date that is eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date, or eighteen (18) months after the consummation of any operational change, respectively (which costs savings and operating expense reductions shall be reasonably identifiable and factually supportable, certified by a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower and calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings and operating expense reductions had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions (which adjustments may be incremental to pro forma adjustments made pursuant to the proviso to the definition of “Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio”, “Secured Leverage Ratio” or “Total Leverage Ratio”); provided that the aggregate amount added pursuant to this clause (y) for any period of twelve (12) consecutive Fiscal Months shall not exceed the greater of (i) $25,000,000 and (ii) 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarter period for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder (calculated prior to giving effect to any increase pursuant to this clause (y)).

“Consolidated First Lien Indebtedness” means as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (i) Consolidated Secured Indebtedness (without regard to clause (ii) of the definition thereof) as of such date that is secured by Liens on property or assets of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries (other than property or assets held in a defeasance or similar trust or arrangement for the benefit of the Indebtedness secured thereby) on a pari passu basis with the Obligations and the Term Loan Obligations under the Term Loan Agreement, minus (ii) Unrestricted Cash of the Loan Parties.

“Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio” means as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated First Lien Indebtedness as at such date (after giving effect to any incurrence or discharge of Indebtedness on such date) to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder, provided that:

(1) if, since the beginning of such period, any Loan Party or any Subsidiary shall have made a Sale, the Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets that are the subject of such Sale for such period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such period;

(2) if, since the beginning of such period, any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) shall have made a Purchase, Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Purchase occurred on the first day of such period; and

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

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any Sale, Purchase or other transaction, or the amount of income or earnings relating thereto, the pro forma calculations in respect thereof (including in respect of anticipated cost savings or synergies relating to any such Sale, Purchase or other transaction) shall be as determined in good faith by the Chief Financial Officer or another Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower; provided that with respect to cost savings or synergies relating to any Sale, Purchase or other transaction, the related actions are expected by the Lead Borrower to be taken no later than eighteen (18) months after the date of determination.

“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, on any date, the ratio of (a) (i) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent period of twelve (12) consecutive Fiscal Months for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder minus (ii) non-financed Capital Expenditures of Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries during such period (it being understood that Capital Expenditures funded with proceeds of Committed Revolving Loans shall not be deemed to be “financed” for the purpose of this clause (ii)) minus (iii) taxes of Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries based on income that are paid in cash during such period (including tax distributions paid in cash during such period) to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for such period.

“Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, for any period, the sum, without duplication, of the following for such period:

(a) Consolidated Interest Charges paid or payable currently in cash;

(b) scheduled principal amortization payments of Indebtedness for borrowed money of Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries, including payments in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, but excluding payments of intercompany Indebtedness; and

(c) Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.06 (other than pursuant to clauses (a) (other than Restricted Payments to Borrower Holdco), (c), (f) and (p) thereof), in each case paid or payable currently in cash.

“Consolidated Interest Charges” means, with respect to Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries for any period, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the total interest expense of the Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income, net of any interest income of the Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries, including any such interest expense consisting of (A) interest expense attributable to Capital Lease Obligations, (B) amortization of debt discount, (C) interest in respect of Indebtedness of any other Person that has been Guaranteed by Borrower Holdco or any Subsidiary, but only to the extent that such interest is actually paid by the Borrower Holdco or any Subsidiary, (D) non-cash interest expense, (E) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation, (F)

commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptance financing bridge commitments or other financing fees, (G) movement in the mark-to-market valuation of hedging obligations or (H) interest expense associated with Equity Interests, minus (ii) to the extent otherwise included in such interest expense referred to in clause (i) above, accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness, expense resulting from discounting of Indebtedness in conjunction with recapitalization or purchase accounting, and any “additional interest” in respect of registration rights arrangements for any securities, amortization or write-off of financing costs, in each case under clauses (i) through (ii) above as determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that gross interest expense shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received by the Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries with respect to interest rate Swap Contracts.

“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (adjusted to reflect any charge, tax or expense incurred or accrued by Borrower Holdco or any Parent Entity during such period attributable to the operations of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries as though such charge, tax or expense had been incurred by the Borrowers, to the extent that the Borrowers have made or would be entitled under the Loan Documents to make any Restricted Payment or other payment to or for the account of Borrower Holdco in respect thereof) and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends; provided that, without duplication, there shall not be included in such Consolidated Net Income:

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

(ii) [reserved],

(iii) (x) any net after-tax gain or loss realized upon the sale, abandonment or other disposition of any asset of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (including pursuant to any sale/leaseback transaction) that is not sold, abandoned or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business (as determined by the Lead Borrower in good faith) and (y) any net after-tax gain or loss realized upon the disposal, abandonment, closure or discontinuation of operations of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary, and any net after-tax income (loss) from disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations (but if such operations are classified as discontinued because they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of),

(iv) any net after-tax extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss, expense or charge,

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

(vi) any net after-tax income or loss (less all fees, expenses and charges related thereto) attributable to the extinguishment of Indebtedness or Swap Obligations or other derivative instruments,

(vii) any non-cash gain, loss, expense or charge attributable to the movement in the mark-to-market valuation in respect of Swap Contracts,

(viii) any unrealized foreign currency translation gains or losses, including in respect of Indebtedness of any Person denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of such Person,

(ix) any non-cash expenses realized or resulting from stock option plans, employee benefit plans or agreements or post-employment benefit plans or agreements, or grants or sale of limited liability company interests, stock, stock appreciation, stock options, restricted stock, preferred stock or other equity based awards,

(x) any costs or expenses incurred in connection with the payment of dividend equivalent rights to option holders pursuant to any management equity plan, stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or post-employment benefit plan or agreement will be excluded;

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

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

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

“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the total assets, in each case reflected on the consolidated balance sheet of Borrower Holdco as at the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which a balance sheet is available, determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (and, in the case of any determination relating to any incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens or any Investment, on a pro forma basis including any property or assets being acquired in connection therewith).

“Consolidated Secured Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (i) the Consolidated Total Indebtedness (without regard to clause (ii) of the definition thereof) as of such date that is secured by Liens on property or assets of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries (other than

property or assets held in a defeasance or similar trust or arrangement for the benefit of the Indebtedness secured thereby) minus (ii) Unrestricted Cash of the Loan Parties.

“Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries as of such date consisting of (without duplication) Indebtedness for borrowed money (including purchase money Indebtedness and unreimbursed outstanding drawn amounts under funded letters of credit; Capital Lease Obligations; and debt obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding items eliminated in Consolidation, and for the avoidance of doubt, excluding Swap Obligations)) minus (ii) Unrestricted Cash of the Loan Parties.

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

“Contribution Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount not greater than twice the aggregate amount of cash contributions (other than Excluded Contributions, the proceeds from the issuance of Disqualified Stock or contributions by any Borrower or any Subsidiary) made to the capital of such Borrower or such Subsidiary after the Closing Date (whether through the issuance or sale of Equity Interests or otherwise); provided that such Contribution Indebtedness (a) is incurred within 180 days after the receipt of the related cash contribution and (b) is so designated as Contribution Indebtedness pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower on the date of incurrence thereof.

“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.

“Cost” means the lower of cost or market value of Inventory, based upon the Borrowers’ accounting practices, known to the Agent, which practices are in effect on the Closing Date or with any changes permitted hereunder as such calculated cost is determined from invoices received by the Borrowers, the Borrowers’ purchase journals or the Borrowers’ stock ledger. “Cost” does not include inventory capitalization costs or other non-purchase price charges (such as freight) used in the Borrower’s calculation of cost of goods sold.

“Covenant Compliance Event” means Excess Testing Availability at any time is less than or equal to ten percent (10%) of the Loan Cap. For purposes hereof, the occurrence of a Covenant Compliance Event shall be deemed continuing until Excess Testing Availability has exceeded ten percent (10%) of the Loan Cap for twenty (20) consecutive calendar days, in which case a Covenant Compliance Event shall no longer be deemed to be continuing for purposes of this Agreement. The termination of a Covenant Compliance Event as provided herein shall in no way limit, waive or delay the occurrence of a subsequent Covenant Compliance Event in the event that the conditions set forth in this definition again arise.

“Credit Card Advance Rate” means ninety-percent (90%).

“Credit Card Issuer” means any person (other than a Borrower or other Loan Party) who issues or whose members issue credit cards, including, without limitation, MasterCard or VISA bank credit or debit cards or other bank credit or debit cards issued through MasterCard International, Inc., Visa, U.S.A., Inc.

or Visa International and American Express, Discover, Diners Club, Carte Blanche and other non-bank credit or debit cards, including, without limitation, credit or debit cards issued by or through American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., and Novus Services, Inc. and other issuers approved by the Agent in its reasonable discretion.

“Credit Card Notifications” has the meaning specified in Section 6.11(a)(i).

“Credit Card Processor” means any servicing or processing agent or any factor or financial intermediary who facilitates, services, processes or manages the credit authorization, billing transfer and/or payment procedures with respect to any Borrower’s sales transactions involving credit card or debit card purchases by customers using credit cards or debit cards issued by any Credit Card Issuer.

“Credit Card Receivables” means each (a) “Accounts” (as defined in the UCC), (b) all “Payment Intangibles” (as defined in the UCC) consisting of amounts owing from credit card and debit card issuers and processors and all rights under contracts relating to the creation or collection of such Payment Intangibles and (c) all income, payments and proceeds thereof, owed by a Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor to a Loan Party resulting from charges by a customer of a Loan Party on credit or debit cards issued by such issuer in connection with the sale of goods by a Loan Party, or services performed by a Loan Party, in each case in the ordinary course of its business.

“Credit Extensions” mean each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.

“Credit Party” or “Credit Parties” means (a) individually, (i) each Lender and its Affiliates, (ii) the Agent, (iii) each L/C Issuer, (iv) each Arranger, (v) any other Person to whom Obligations under this Agreement and other Loan Documents are owing, and (vi) the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing, and (b) collectively, all of the foregoing.

“Credit Party Expenses” means, without limitation, (a) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent and its respective Affiliates, in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including without limitation (i) the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements (A) of counsel for the Agent, (B) of outside consultants for the Agent, (C) of appraisers, (D) of commercial finance examinations, (E) imposed or incurred in connection with any background checks or OFAC/PEP searches related to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, (F) with respect to photocopying, notarization, couriers and messengers, telecommunication, public record searches, filing fees, recording fees, publication, real estate surveys, real estate title policies and endorsements, and environmental audits and (G) incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of the Obligations, (ii) all such reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection with (A) the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein (including reasonable costs and expenses relative to the rating of any Loan, CUSIP, DXSyndicate™, SyndTrak or other communication costs incurred in connection with a syndication of the credit facilities), (B) the preparation, negotiation, administration, management, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (C) the enforcement or protection of their rights in connection with this Agreement or the Loan Documents or efforts to preserve, protect, collect, or enforce the Collateral, or (D) any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of any Obligations, and (b) with respect to the L/C Issuer, and its Affiliates, all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder; and (c) all customary and reasonable and invoiced fees and charges (as adjusted

from time to time) of Agent with respect to the disbursement of funds (or the receipt of funds) to or for the account of Loan Parties (whether by wire transfer or otherwise), together with any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith; and (d) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Credit Parties who are not the Agent or the L/C Issuer, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, provided that such Credit Parties shall be entitled to reimbursement for no more than one counsel (plus any local counsel) representing all such Credit Parties (absent a conflict of interest in which case the Credit Parties may engage and be reimbursed for additional counsel).

“Cure Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02.

“Cure Right” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02.

“Customer Credit Liabilities” means at any time, the aggregate remaining value at such time of (a) outstanding gift certificates and gift cards of the Borrowers entitling the holder thereof to use all or a portion of the certificate or gift card to pay all or a portion of the purchase price for any Inventory, (b) outstanding merchandise credits of the Borrowers, and (c) liabilities in connection with frequent shopping programs of the Borrowers.

“Customer Deposits” means at any time, the aggregate amount at such time of (a) deposits made by customers with respect to the purchase of goods or the performance of services and (b) layaway obligations of the Borrowers.

“Customs Broker/Carrier Agreement” means an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent among a Borrower, a customs broker, freight forwarder, consolidator or carrier, and the Agent.

“Daily Simple SOFR” means, with respect to any applicable determination date, SOFR for the date that was two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such date. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR shall be effective from and including the date of such change without further notice. If the rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

“Daily SOFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Daily Simple SOFR.

“DDA” means each checking, savings or other demand deposit account maintained by any of the Loan Parties. All funds in each DDA shall be conclusively presumed to be Collateral and proceeds of Collateral and the Agent and the Lenders shall have no duty to inquire as to the source of the amounts on deposit in any DDA.

“DDA Notification” has the meaning specified in Section 6.11(a)(ii).

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

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

“Default Rate” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Margin, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans, plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided, however, that with respect to a Term SOFR Loan and Daily SOFR Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Margin) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Margin for Standby Letters of Credit or Commercial Letters of Credit, as applicable, plus 2% per annum.

“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 9.16, any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within three (3) Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder, or (ii) pay to the Agent, any L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans) within three (3) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Lead Borrower, the Agent, any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Agent or the Lead Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Agent and the Lead 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 the Agent and the Lead Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Capital Stock 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 the Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above, and of the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 9.16) as of the date established therefor by the Agent in a written notice of such determination, which shall be delivered by the Agent to the Lead Borrower, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender and each other Lender promptly following such determination.

“Designated Event of Default” means any Event of Default under (a) Section 8.01(a) (solely with respect to the accuracy of any Borrowing Base Certificate), 8.01(b), 8.01(c), 8.01(d) (solely with respect to failure to comply with Section 6.04(h), 6.11 or 7.10) or 8.01(i), or (b) Section 8.01(d) (solely with respect to failure to comply with Section 6.04(a), (b) or (c) at any time a Covenant Compliance Event has occurred and is continuing or failure to comply with Section 6.04(a), (b) or (c) for the most recent reporting period immediately prior to the occurrence of a Covenant Compliance Event).

“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received in connection with a Disposition pursuant to Section 7.05(i) that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent, setting forth the basis of such valuation, which amount will be reduced by the fair market value of the portion of the non-cash consideration converted to cash or

cash equivalents within one hundred and eighty (180) days following the consummation of the applicable Disposition.

“Disinterested Director” means, with respect to any Person and transaction, a member of the board of directors of such Person who does not have any material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such transaction. A member of any such board of directors shall not be deemed to have such a financial interest by reason of such member’s holding Equity Interests of such Person or any options, warrants or other rights in respect of such Equity Interests.

“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions, and including any sale and leaseback transaction and any sale, transfer, license or other disposition) of any property (including, without limitation, any Equity Interests) by any Person (or the granting of any option or other right to do any of the foregoing), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.

“Disqualified Institution” means (i) any person identified in good faith by the Lead Borrower to the Agent in writing by name that is or becomes an operating company competitor of the Lead Borrower and/or any its Subsidiaries, (ii) any person that is identified by the Lead Borrower to the Agent in writing by name on or prior to the Closing Date; and (iii) any Affiliate of any person described in clauses (i) or (ii) above that are either (x) reasonably identifiable solely on the basis of such Affiliate’s name or (y) identified in writing by name by the Lead Borrower to the Agent from time to time, other than, with respect to this clause (iii), any bank, financial institution or fund that regularly invests in commercial loans or similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business and for which no personnel directly involved with the relevant Person (A) makes investment decisions or (B) has access to non-public information relating to the Lead Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries; provided, that (i) the list of Disqualified Institutions that have been identified by the Lead Borrower in writing shall be permitted to be provided by the Agent to any Lender or prospective Lender, public or private (including by posting such list to the Platform), and (ii) the Agent shall not have any duty to verify whether such potential assignee or participant is a Disqualified Institution, nor shall the Agent incur any liability as a result of an assignment or the granting of a participation to any Disqualified Institution. Any such written notice shall become effective two Business Days after delivery to the Agent, and shall not apply retroactively to disqualify the transfer of an interest in the Loans and Commitments in accordance that was effective prior to the effective date of such notice.

“Disqualified Stock” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the date on which the Loans and all other Obligations (other than Obligations in respect of Bank Products, Cash Management Services and contingent indemnification and reimbursement obligations that are not yet due and payable and for which no claim has been asserted) are paid in full; provided, however, that (i) only the portion of such Equity Interests which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock and (ii) with respect to any Equity Interests issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Lead Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees or other eligible service providers, such Equity Interest shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to

be repurchased by the Lead Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, resignation, death or disability and if any class of Equity Interest of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of an Equity Interest that is not Disqualified Stock, such Equity Interests shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Equity Interest that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to require a Loan Party to repurchase such Equity Interest upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale shall not constitute Disqualified Stock. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Agreement will be the maximum amount that the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock or portion thereof, plus accrued dividends.

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

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of a Borrower other than a Foreign Subsidiary.

“do not have Unreasonably Small Capital” means for the period from the date hereof through the Maturity Date, the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole after consummation of the Transactions is a going concern and has sufficient capital to ensure that it will continue to be a going concern for such period.

“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.

“Electronic Copy” has the meaning provided in Section 10.10(a).

“Electronic Record” has the meaning assigned to it by 15 USC §7006, as it may be amended from time to time.

“Electronic Signature” has the meaning assigned to it by 15 USC §7006, as it may be amended from time to time.

“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender or any of its Affiliates; (b) in the case of an assignment of a Revolving Commitment, a bank, insurance company, or company engaged in the business of making commercial loans, which Person, together with its Affiliates, has a combined capital and surplus in excess of $250,000,000; (c) an Approved Fund; (d) any Person to whom a Credit Party assigns its rights and obligations under this Agreement as part of an assignment and transfer of such Credit Party’s rights in and to a material portion of such Credit Party’s portfolio of asset based credit facilities, and (e) any other Person (other than a natural person or any holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned or

operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person) approved by (i) the Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Lead Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include (A) a Loan Party or any of the Loan Parties’ Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (B) a Disqualified Institution, (C) a Defaulting Lender, or (D) any holder of Subordinated Indebtedness issued by any Loan Party or Subsidiary thereof; provided that, Disqualified Institutions shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10.06(j).

“Eligible Cash on Hand” means cash or Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments owned by a Borrower, which are (a) available for use by a Borrower, without condition or restriction (other than in favor of Agent), (b) free and clear of any pledge or other Lien (other than (i) in favor of Agent, (ii) Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(c) hereof, and (iii) in favor of the securities intermediary or depository bank where the investment account or deposit account referred to below is maintained for its customary fees and charges), (c) subject to the first priority perfected security interest of Agent (subject to the Liens of the securities intermediary or depository bank where the investment account or deposit account referred to below is maintained for its customary fees and charges), (d) in an investment account or deposit account specifically and solely used for purposes of holding such cash or Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments and which account is subject to a Blocked Account Agreement (or to the extent such account is not maintained with the Agent, such account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Agent), and (e) for which Agent shall have received (x) a certificate from the Lead Borrower evidencing the amount of such cash or Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments held in such investment account or deposit account as of the applicable date of the calculation and (y) if any such cash or Permitted Cash Equivalents are held in an investment account or deposit account not maintained with the Agent, a monthly report from the securities intermediary or depository bank where such account is maintained evidencing the amount of such cash or Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments held in such account.

“Eligible Credit Card Receivables” means at the time of any determination thereof, each Credit Card Receivable that satisfies the following criteria at the time of creation and continues to meet the same at the time of such determination: such Credit Card Receivable (i) has been earned by performance and represents the bona fide amounts due to a Borrower from a Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor, and in each case originated in the ordinary course of business of such Borrower, and (ii) in each case is acceptable to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion, and is not ineligible for inclusion in the calculation of the Borrowing Base pursuant to any of clauses (a) through (j) below. Without limiting the foregoing, to qualify as an Eligible Credit Card Receivable, such Credit Card Receivable shall indicate no Person other than a Borrower as payee or remittance party. In determining the amount to be so included, the face amount of such Credit Card Receivable shall be reduced by, without duplication, to the extent not reflected in such face amount, (i) the amount of all accrued and actual discounts, claims, credits or credits pending, promotional program allowances, price adjustments, finance charges or other allowances (including any amount that a Borrower may be obligated to rebate to a customer, a Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor pursuant to the terms of any agreement or understanding (written or oral)) and (ii) the aggregate amount of all cash received in respect of such Credit Card Receivable but not yet applied by the Loan Parties to reduce the amount of such Credit Card Receivable. Except as otherwise agreed by the Agent, any Credit Card Receivable included within any of the following categories shall not constitute an Eligible Credit Card Receivable:

(a) Credit Card Receivables which do not constitute a “payment intangible” (as defined in the UCC);

(b) Credit Card Receivables that have been outstanding for more than six (6) Business Days from the date of sale;

(c) Credit Card Receivables (i) that are not subject to a perfected first priority and exclusive Lien in favor of the Agent, or (ii) with respect to which a Borrower does not have good, valid and marketable title thereto, free and clear of any Lien (in each case, other than (1) Liens granted to the Agent pursuant to the Security Documents, (2) Liens granted to the Term Loan Agent pursuant to the Term Loan Documents, Liens securing any Pari Passu Indebtedness (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date) and, in each case, are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, (3) Liens permitted under Section 7.02(c) for which the Agent may establish Reserves in its Permitted Discretion and (4) Permitted Encumbrances which are junior in priority to the Liens in favor of the Agent and for which the Agent may establish Reserves in its Permitted Discretion);

(d) Credit Card Receivables which are disputed, are with recourse, or with respect to which a claim, counterclaim, offset or chargeback has been asserted (to the extent of such claim, counterclaim, offset or chargeback);

(e) Credit Card Receivables as to which the Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor has the right under certain circumstances to require a Loan Party to repurchase the Credit Card Receivables from such Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor;

(f) Credit Card Receivables due from Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor of the applicable credit card which is the subject of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings;

(g) Credit Card Receivables which are not a valid, legally enforceable obligation of the applicable Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor with respect thereto;

(h) Credit Card Receivables which do not conform to all representations, warranties or other provisions in the Loan Documents relating to Credit Card Receivables;

(i) Credit Card Receivables which are evidenced by “chattel paper” or an “instrument” of any kind unless, to the extent required under the Security Agreement, such “chattel paper” or “instrument” is in the possession of the Agent, and to the extent necessary or appropriate, endorsed to the Agent; or

(j) Credit Card Receivables which the Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion to be uncertain of collection or which do not meet such other reasonable eligibility criteria for Credit Card Receivables as the Agent may determine in its Permitted Discretion.

“Eligible In-Transit Inventory” means, as of any date of determination thereof, without duplication of other Eligible Inventory, items of In-Transit Inventory deemed by the Agent in its Permitted Discretion to be eligible for inclusion in the calculation of the Borrowing Base which will, subject to the proviso, include the In-Transit Inventory which meets each of the following criteria:

(a) which has been shipped from a foreign port (FOB shipping point) for receipt by a Borrower within sixty (60) days of the date of determination, but which has not yet been delivered to such Borrower, which In-Transit Inventory has been in transit for sixty (60) days or less from the date of shipment of such Inventory;

(b) for which the purchase order is in the name of a Borrower and title and risk of loss has passed to such Borrower;

(c) for which an Acceptable Document of Title or Acceptable Transport Document has been issued, and in each case as to which the Agent has control (as defined in the UCC) over the documents of title which evidence ownership of the subject Inventory (such as, if requested by the Agent, by the delivery of a Customs Broker/Carrier Agreement);

(d) which is insured to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent (including, without limitation, marine cargo insurance);

(e) the Foreign Vendor with respect to such In-Transit Inventory is an Approved Foreign Vendor; and

(f) which otherwise would constitute Eligible Inventory;

provided that the Agent may, in its Permitted Discretion, exclude any particular Inventory from the definition of “Eligible In-Transit Inventory” in the event the Agent reasonably determines that such Inventory is subject to any Person’s right of reclamation, repudiation, stoppage in transit or any event has occurred or is reasonably anticipated by the Agent to arise which may otherwise adversely impact the ability of the Agent to realize upon such Inventory.

“Eligible Inventory” means, as of the date of determination thereof, without duplication, (i) Eligible In-Transit Inventory, and (ii) items of Inventory of a Borrower that are finished goods, merchantable and readily saleable to the public in the ordinary course of the Borrowers’ business and deemed by the Agent in its Permitted Discretion to be eligible for inclusion in the calculation of the Borrowing Base, except as otherwise agreed by the Agent, (A) complies with each of the representations and warranties respecting Inventory made by the Borrowers in the Loan Documents, and (B) is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the criteria set forth below. Except as otherwise agreed by the Agent, in its discretion, the following items of Inventory shall not be included in Eligible Inventory:

(a) Inventory that is not solely owned by a Borrower or a Borrower does not have good and valid title thereto;

(b) Inventory that is leased by or is on consignment to a Borrower or which is consigned by a Borrower to a Person which is not a Loan Party;

(c) Inventory (other than Eligible In-Transit Inventory) that is not located in the United States of America (excluding territories or possessions of the United States);

(d) Inventory that is not located at a location that is owned or leased by a Borrower, except (i) Inventory in transit between such owned or leased locations or locations which meet the criteria set forth in clause (ii) below, or (ii) to the extent that the Borrowers have furnished the Agent with (A) any UCC financing statements or other documents that the Agent may determine to be necessary to perfect its security interest in such Inventory at such location, and (B) a Collateral Access Agreement executed by the Person owning any such location on terms reasonably acceptable to the Agent, or, with respect to Inventory located at third party-operated warehouses located in the United States of America (excluding territories or possessions of the United States) where the Loan Parties’ obligations to such third party operator are subject to a use

and occupancy arrangement under which there is a monthly fee charged for such usage, to the extent, the Borrowers have used commercially reasonable efforts to deliver any such Collateral Access Agreements and are unable to do so, and the Agent has implemented Reserves for such location in its Permitted Discretion (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall consist of two (2) months of rent and shall consist of three (3) months for all other usage amounts due to such third party operator), plus all unpaid rent or usage fees due and payable at the time such Reserve is established;

(e) Inventory that is located: (i) in a distribution center or warehouse leased by a Borrower unless the applicable lessor has delivered to the Agent a Collateral Access Agreement or, to the extent the Borrowers have used commercially reasonable efforts to deliver any such Collateral Access Agreements and are unable to do so, the Agent has implemented Reserves for such location in the amount of two (2) months’ rent, plus all unpaid rent fees due and payable at the time such Reserve is established, or (ii) at any leased location in a Landlord Lien State unless the applicable lessor has delivered to the Agent a Collateral Access Agreement or the Agent has implemented Reserves for such location;

(f) Inventory that is comprised of goods which (i) are damaged, defective, “seconds,” or otherwise unmerchantable, (ii) are to be returned to the vendor, (iii) are obsolete or slow moving (i.e. beyond what was recognized on the most recent appraisal delivered to the Agent hereunder), or custom items, work in process, raw materials, or that constitute samples, spare parts, promotional, marketing, labels, bags and other packaging and shipping materials or supplies used or consumed in a Borrower’s business, (iv) are seasonal in nature and which have been packed away for sale in the subsequent season, (v) are not in compliance with all standards imposed by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Inventory, its use or sale, or (vi) are bill and hold goods;

(g) Inventory that is not subject to a perfected first priority and exclusive Lien in favor of the Agent (other than (1) Liens granted to the Agent pursuant to the Security Documents, (2) Liens granted to the Term Loan Agent pursuant to the Term Loan Documents, Liens securing any Pari Passu Indebtedness (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date) and, in each case, are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, (3) Liens permitted under Section 7.02(c) for which the Agent may establish Reserves in its Permitted Discretion and (4) Permitted Encumbrances which are junior in priority to the Liens in favor of the Agent and for which the Agent may establish Reserves in its Permitted Discretion);

(h) Inventory that is not insured in compliance with the provisions of Section 6.02 hereof;

(i) to the extent not reserved for as a customer deposit, Inventory that has been sold but not yet delivered or as to which a Borrower has accepted a deposit;

(j) Inventory that is subject to any licensing, patent, royalty, trademark, trade name or copyright agreement with any third party from which any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has received notice of a dispute in respect of any such agreement; or

(k) Inventory acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition or which is not of the type usually sold in the ordinary course of the Borrowers’ business, unless and until the Agent has completed or received (A) an appraisal of such Inventory from appraisers satisfactory to the

Agent and establishes an advance rate therefor and Inventory Reserves (if applicable) therefor, and otherwise agrees that such Inventory shall be deemed Eligible Inventory, and (B) such other due diligence as the Agent may require, all of the results of the foregoing to be reasonably satisfactory to the Agent; provided that, for a period of not more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the acquisition thereof, as long as the Lead Borrower reasonably cooperates with the Agent in connection with the completion of such due diligence and all other eligibility criteria are satisfied with respect to such Inventory, an amount equal to the lesser of (1) seventy-five percent (75%) of the Cost of such Inventory and (2) the Appraised Value of Eligible Inventory (other than such Inventory) shall be deemed Eligible Inventory pending the completion of such due diligence (for the avoidance of any doubt (x) no such Inventory shall be included in the determination of the Borrowing Base following such one hundred twenty (120) day period until the Agent has completed or received the items described in clauses (A) and (B) above and (y) appraisals and field examinations of such Inventory shall not be counted as one of the appraisals or field examinations performed pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof for purposes of determining reimbursement of the costs and expenses thereof by the Loan Parties).

“Eligible Letter of Credit” means an irrevocable standby letter of credit issued by a bank organized within the United States and reasonably acceptable to Agent which shall:

(a) be in the physical possession of the Agent;

(b) be for the account of a Borrower and name the Agent as beneficiary;

(c) have an initial term of not less than one hundred and twenty (120) days, automatically renewable for consecutive periods of not less than one hundred eighty (180) days each, and have a final expiry of no sooner than thirty (30) days after the Maturity Date, or otherwise acceptable to the Agent;

(d) provide for multiple draws, or otherwise acceptable to the Agent; and

(e) otherwise be in form and substance and have terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Agent as determined in the Agent’s reasonable discretion.

“Eligible On-Hand Inventory” means all Eligible Inventory other than Eligible In-Transit Inventory.

“Eligible Trade Receivables” means Accounts deemed by the Agent in its Permitted Discretion to be eligible for inclusion in the calculation of the Borrowing Base arising from the sale of the Borrowers’ Inventory (other than those consisting of Credit Card Receivables) that satisfies the following criteria at the time of creation and continues to meet the same at the time of such determination: such Account (i) has been earned by performance and represents the bona fide amounts due to a Borrower from an account debtor, and in each case originated in the ordinary course of business of such Borrower, and (ii) in each case is acceptable to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion, and is not ineligible for inclusion in the calculation of the Borrowing Base pursuant to any of clauses (a) through (u) below. Without limiting the foregoing, to qualify as an Eligible Trade Receivable, an Account shall indicate no Person other than a Borrower as payee or remittance party. In determining the amount to be so included, the face amount of an Account shall be reduced by, without duplication, to the extent not reflected in such face amount, (i) the amount of all accrued and actual discounts, claims, credits or credits pending, promotional program allowances, price adjustments, finance charges or other allowances (including any amount that a Borrower may be obligated to rebate to a customer pursuant to the terms of any agreement or

understanding (written or oral)) and (ii) the aggregate amount of all cash received in respect of such Account but not yet applied by the Borrowers to reduce the amount of such Eligible Trade Receivable. Except as otherwise agreed by the Agent, any Account included within any of the following categories shall not constitute an Eligible Trade Receivable:

(a) Accounts that are not evidenced by an invoice;

(b) Accounts that have been outstanding for more than ninety (90) days from the date of sale or more than sixty (60) days past the due date;

(d) from and after the time when Eligible Trade Receivables first equal five percent (5%) of the Borrowing Base, the aggregate amount of Accounts owed by an account debtor and/or its Affiliates which exceed any concentration limits as may be established by the Agent in its Permitted Discretion from time to time for any account debtor (but the portion of the Accounts not in excess of the applicable percentages may be deemed Eligible Trade Receivables, in the Agent’s Permitted Discretion);

(e) Accounts (i) that are not subject to a perfected first priority and exclusive Lien in favor of the Agent and (ii) with respect to which a Borrower does not have good, valid and marketable title thereto, free and clear of any Lien (other than (1) Liens granted to the Agent pursuant to the Security Documents, (2) Liens granted to the Term Loan Agent pursuant to the Term Loan Documents, Liens securing any Pari Passu Indebtedness (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date) and, in each case, are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, (3) Liens permitted under Section 7.02(c) for which the Agent may establish Reserves in its Permitted Discretion and (4) Permitted Encumbrances which are junior in priority to the Liens in favor of the Agent and for which the Agent may establish Reserves in its Permitted Discretion);

(f) Accounts which are disputed or with respect to which a claim, counterclaim, offset or chargeback has been asserted, but only to the extent of such dispute, counterclaim, offset or chargeback;

(g) Accounts which arise out of any sale made not in the ordinary course of business, made on a basis other than upon credit terms usual to the business of the Borrowers or are not payable in Dollars;

(h) Accounts which are owed by any account debtor whose principal place of business is not within the continental United States;

(i) Accounts which are owed by any Affiliate or any employee of a Loan Party;

(j) Accounts for which all consents, approvals or authorizations of, or registrations or declarations with any Governmental Authority required to be obtained, effected or given in connection with the performance of such Account by the account debtor or in connection with the enforcement of such Account by the Agent have not been duly obtained, effected or given and are not in full force and effect;

(k) Accounts due from an account debtor which is the subject of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, has had a trustee or receiver appointed for all or a substantial part of its property, has made an assignment for the benefit of creditors or has suspended its business;

(l) Accounts due from any Governmental Authority except to the extent that the subject account debtor is the federal government of the United States of America and has complied with the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940 and any similar state legislation;

(m) Accounts (i) owing from any Person that is also a supplier to or creditor of a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries unless such Person has waived any right of setoff in a manner acceptable to the Agent or (ii) representing any manufacturer’s or supplier’s credits, discounts, incentive plans or similar arrangements entitling a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to discounts on future purchase therefrom;

(n) Accounts arising out of sales on a bill-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale-or-return, sale on approval or consignment basis or subject to any right of return, set off or charge back;

(o) Accounts arising out of sales to account debtors outside the United States unless such Accounts are fully backed by (i) an irrevocable letter of credit on terms, and issued by a financial institution, acceptable to the Agent, and such irrevocable letter of credit is in the possession of the Agent, or (ii) credit insurance acceptable to the Agent in its Permitted Discretion which credit insurance shall be collaterally assigned to Agent pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent;

(p) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Entity;

(q) Accounts evidenced by a promissory note or other instrument;

(r) Accounts consisting of amounts due from vendors as rebates or allowances;

(s) Accounts which are in excess of the credit limit for such account debtor established by the Borrowers in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;

(t) Accounts which include extended payment terms (datings) beyond those generally furnished to other account debtors in the ordinary course of business; and

(u) Accounts which constitute Credit Card Receivables.

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

“Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, licenses, agreements or governmental

restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment.

“Environmental Liability” means any liability, obligation, damage, loss, claim, action, suit, judgment, order, fine, penalty, fee, expense, or cost, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of any Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal or presence 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.

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

“Equipment” has the meaning specified in the UCC.

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

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

“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 10.28.

“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 10.28.

“Erroneous Payment Impacted Loans” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 10.28.

“Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 10.28.

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

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.

“Excess Testing Availability” means, as of any date of determination thereof by the Agent, the result, if a positive number, of:

(a) the Borrowing Base (provided that this clause (a) shall not exceed 102.5% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments),

minus

(b) the Total Outstandings.

“Excluded Contribution” means Net Proceeds, or the fair market value of property or assets, received by the Lead Borrower as capital contributions to the Lead Borrower after the Closing Date or from the issuance or sale (other than to a Subsidiary) of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Lead Borrower, in each case to the extent designated as an Excluded Contribution pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower.

“Excluded Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, any Subsidiary of a Borrower:

(a) that is an Immaterial Subsidiary;

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

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

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

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

(f) that is a joint venture or non-wholly owned Subsidiary;

(g) that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(h) that is a Captive Insurance Subsidiary;

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

(j) that is a not for profit Subsidiary;

provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary that Guarantees the payment of the Term Loan Obligations or other Material Indebtedness shall not be an Excluded Subsidiary.

Subject to the proviso in the preceding sentence, any Subsidiary that fails to meet the foregoing requirements as of the last day of the period of the most recent four consecutive Fiscal Quarters for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder shall continue to be deemed an Excluded Subsidiary hereunder until the date that is 60 days following the date on which such annual or quarterly financial statements were required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.04 with respect to such period. If reasonably requested by the Agent, the Lead Borrower shall provide to the Agent a list of all Excluded Subsidiaries promptly following such request.

“Excluded Swap Obligation” means any Swap Obligation that arises from any guaranty or collateral pledge with respect to the Obligations that becomes impermissible 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 Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act at the time this Guaranty becomes effective with respect to such related Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one (1) swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guaranty or collateral pledge becomes illegal.

“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Loan Parties hereunder, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case (i) imposed as a result of such recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes (b) in the case of a Lender, any United States withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (A) such Lender acquires an interest in such Loan or Commitment (other than as an assignee pursuant to a request by the Lead Borrower under Section 10.13) or (B) such Lender designates a new Lending Office, except, in each case, to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately before the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Loan Parties with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a), (c) Taxes attributable to Agent’s or a Lender’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(e), and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed under FATCA.

“Executive Order” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.18.

“Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2016 (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2020 and that certain Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2022) by and among the Lead Borrower, Borrower Holdco, certain other Loan Parties party thereto, the financial institutions from time to time party thereto as lenders, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and collateral agent.

“Existing Term Loan Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2016 (as amended), by and among the Lead Borrower, Borrower Holdco, certain other Loan Parties party thereto, the financial institutions from time to time party thereto as lenders, and UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent.

“Extended Revolving Commitment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).

“Extension” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).

“Extension Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(c).

“Extension Offer” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).

“Extraordinary Receipt” means any cash received by or paid to or for the account of any Person not in the ordinary course of business, including tax refunds, pension plan reversions, proceeds of insurance (other than proceeds of business interruption insurance to the extent such proceeds constitute compensation for lost earnings), condemnation awards (and payments in lieu thereof), indemnity payments and any purchase price adjustments.

“Facility Guaranty” means the Guarantee dated as of the Closing Date made by the Guarantors in favor of the Agent and the other Credit Parties, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced (including, without limitation, through any joinder agreements).

“Factored Receivables” means any Accounts originally owed or owing by a Loan Party to another Person which have been purchased by or factored with Bank of America or any of its Affiliates pursuant to a factoring arrangement or otherwise with the Person that sold the goods or rendered the services to the Loan Party which gave rise to such Account.

“Fair Value” means the amount at which the assets (both tangible and intangible), in their entirety, of the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, within a commercially reasonable period of time, each having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts, with neither being under any compulsion to act.

“FATCA” means current Section 1471 through 1474 of the Code or any amended version or successor provision that is substantively similar to and, in each case, any regulations promulgated thereunder and any interpretation and other guidance issued in connection therewith, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, any intergovernmental agreements entered into in connection with any of the foregoing and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any such intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention.

“FCA” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03.

“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means (a) the weighted average per annum interest rate on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System on the applicable day (or the preceding Business Day, if the applicable day is not a Business Day), as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the next Business Day; or (b) if the rate is not so published, the average rate per annum (rounded up to the nearest 1/8 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on the applicable day on such transactions, as determined by Agent; provided, that in no event shall the Federal Funds Effective Rate be less than zero.

“Fee Letter” means that certain fee letter agreement, dated May 14, 2026, among the Lead Borrower, Borrower Holdco, the Agent and BofA Securities, Inc.

“Financial Performance Covenant” shall mean the covenant set forth in Section 7.10.

“Fiscal Month” means any fiscal month of any Fiscal Year, which month shall generally end on the last Thursday of each calendar month in accordance with the fiscal accounting calendar of the Loan Parties.

“Fiscal Quarter” means any fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year, which quarters shall generally end on the last Thursday of each March, June, September, and December of such Fiscal Year in accordance with the fiscal accounting calendar of the Loan Parties.

“Fiscal Year” means any period of twelve (12) consecutive months ending on the last Thursday of any calendar year.

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

“Fixed GAAP Terms” means (a) the definitions of the terms “Borrowing Base”, “Capital Expenditures”, “Capital Lease Obligation”, “Consolidated EBITDA”, “Consolidated First Lien Indebtedness”, “Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio”, “Consolidated Interest Charges”, “Consolidated Net Income”, “Consolidated Secured Indebtedness”, “Foreign Borrowing Base”, “Secured Leverage Ratio”, “Consolidated Total Assets”, “Consolidated Total Indebtedness”, “Total Leverage Ratio”, “Consolidated” or “Inventory”, (b) all defined terms in this Agreement to the extent used in or relating to any of the foregoing definitions, and all ratios and computations based on any of the foregoing definitions, and (c) any other term or provision of this Agreement or the Loan Documents that, at the Lead Borrower’s election, may be specified by the Lead Borrower by written notice to the Agent from time to time.

“Flood Insurance Laws” means collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Disaster Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, and (iii) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.

“Floor” means a rate of interest equal to zero percent (0.00%).

“Foreign Asset Control Regulations” has the meaning specified in Section 10.18.

“Foreign Borrowing Base” means the sum of (1) 92.50% of the net ordinary liquidation value of inventory held by the Borrowers’ Foreign Subsidiaries, (2) 90.00% of all Receivables of the Borrowers’ Foreign Subsidiaries, and (3) Unrestricted Cash of the Borrowers’ Foreign Subsidiaries (in each case, determined as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal month for which internal consolidated financial statements of the Borrowers are available, and, in the case of any determination relating to any incurrence of Indebtedness, on a pro forma basis including (x) any property or assets of a type described above

acquired since the end of such fiscal month and (y) any property or assets of a type described above being acquired in connection therewith).

“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Lead Borrower is organized. For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

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

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

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

“Foreign Subsidiary Holdco” means any Subsidiary of a Borrower, so long as such Subsidiary has no material assets other than securities or indebtedness of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries (or Subsidiaries thereof). Any Subsidiary which is a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco that fails to meet the foregoing requirements as of any date of determination shall continue to be deemed a “Foreign Subsidiary Holdco” hereunder until the date that is 60 days following such date (or such later date as the Agent may reasonably agree).

“Foreign Vendor” means a Person that sells In-Transit Inventory to a Borrower.

“Foreign Vendor Agreement” means an agreement between a Foreign Vendor and the Agent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and pursuant to which, among other things, the parties shall agree upon their relative rights with respect to In-Transit Inventory of a Borrower purchased from such Foreign Vendor.

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

“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to each L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit other than Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to non-defaulting Revolving Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to Non-Defaulting Lender in accordance with the terms hereof.

“Fronting Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(j).

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

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

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

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

“Guarantor” has the meaning specified in the preamble of this Agreement, and each other Subsidiary of Borrower Holdco that shall be required to execute and deliver a Facility Guaranty pursuant to Section 6.10(e).

“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, in each case, that are regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

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

“Identified Contingent Liabilities” means the maximum estimated amount of liabilities reasonably likely to result from pending litigation, asserted claims and assessments, guaranties, uninsured risks and other contingent liabilities of the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole after giving effect to the Transactions (including all fees and expenses related thereto but exclusive of such contingent liabilities to the extent reflected in Stated Liabilities), as identified and explained in terms of their nature and estimated magnitude by responsible officers of the Lead Borrower.

“Immaterial Subsidiaries” means any Subsidiary that (a) did not, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of Parent most recently ended, have assets with a value in excess of 5.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 5.0% of total revenues of Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis as of such date, and (b) taken together with all Immaterial Subsidiaries as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of Parent most recently ended, did not have assets with a value in excess of 10.0% of Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 10.0% of total revenues of Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis as of such date. All Accounts and Inventory of the Immaterial Subsidiaries shall be segregated or otherwise identifiable in a manner sufficient to distinguish ownership of such Accounts and Inventory from the Accounts and Inventory of the Borrowers.

“Increase Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a)(iv).

“Incremental Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(c).

“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any person, without duplication, (a) the principal of indebtedness of such person for borrowed money, (b) the principal of obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all reimbursement obligations of such person in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments (the amount of such obligations being equal at any time to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other instruments plus the aggregate amount of drawings thereunder that have not then been reimbursed), (d) all obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property (except trade payables), which purchase price is due more than one year after the date of placing such property in final service or taking final delivery and title thereto, (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such person, (f) the redemption, repayment or other repurchase amount of such person with respect to any Disqualified Stock of such person or (if such person is a Subsidiary of a Borrower other than a Subsidiary Guarantor) any Preferred Stock of such Subsidiary, but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends (the amount of such obligation to be equal at any time to the maximum fixed involuntary redemption, repayment or repurchase price for such Equity Interest, or if less (or if such Equity Interest has no such fixed price), to the involuntary redemption,

repayment or repurchase price therefor calculated in accordance with the terms thereof as if then redeemed, repaid or repurchased, and if such price is based upon or measured by the fair market value of such Equity Interest, such fair market value shall be as determined in good faith by senior management of the Lead Borrower, the board of directors of the Lead Borrower or the board of directors of the issuer of such Equity Interests), (g) all Indebtedness of other persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such person; provided that the amount of Indebtedness of such person shall be the lesser of (A) the fair market value of such asset at such date of determination (as determined in good faith by the Lead Borrower) and (B) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other persons, (h) all Guarantees by such person of Indebtedness of other persons, to the extent so Guaranteed by such person and (i) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, net Swap Obligations of such person (the amount of any such obligation to be equal at any time to the termination value of such agreement or arrangement giving rise to such Swap Obligation that would be payable by such Person at such time); provided that amount of Indebtedness of any person at any date shall be determined as set forth above or as otherwise provided for in this Agreement, or otherwise shall equal the amount thereof that would appear as a liability on a balance sheet of such person (excluding any notes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP. The Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such person is a general partner, other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such person 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 Loan Party under any Loan Document.

“Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b).

“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 5.14(a).

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

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

“Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement entered into as of the Closing Date by and between the Agent and the Term Loan Agent, as amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) with respect to any Loan other than a Daily SOFR Loan or a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Term SOFR Loan exceeds three (3) months, the respective dates that fall every three (3) months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates, and (b) with respect to any Daily SOFR Loan or a Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the first day of each calendar month and the Termination Date.

“Interest Period” means, as to any Term SOFR Loan, the period commencing on the date such any Term SOFR Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Term SOFR Loan and ending on the date one, three or six months thereafter (in each case, subject to availability), as selected by the Lead Borrower in any Committed Loan Notice; provided that:

(i) interest shall accrue at the applicable rate based upon Term SOFR, from and including the first day of each Interest Period to, but excluding, the day on which any Interest Period expires;

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

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

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

For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

“Interim Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 6.04(b).

“Internal Control Event” means a material weakness in, or fraud that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in, the Parent’s and/or its Subsidiaries’ internal controls over financial reporting, in each case as described in the Securities Laws.

“In-Transit Inventory” means Inventory of a Borrower which is in the possession of a common carrier and is in transit from a Foreign Vendor of a Borrower from a location outside of the continental United States to a location of a Borrower that is within the continental United States.

“Inventory” has the meaning specified in the UCC, and shall also include, without limitation, all: (a) goods which (i) are leased by a Person as lessor, (ii) are held by a Person for sale or lease or to be furnished under a contract of service, (iii) are furnished by a Person under a contract of service, or (iv) consist of raw materials, work in process, finished goods or materials used or consumed in a business; (b) goods of said description in transit; (c) goods of said description which are returned, repossessed or rejected; and (d) packaging, advertising, and shipping materials related to any of the foregoing.

“Inventory Reserves” means such reserves as may be established from time to time by the Agent in its Permitted Discretion with respect to the determination of the saleability, at retail, of the Eligible Inventory, which reflect such other factors as affect the market value of the Eligible Inventory or which

reflect claims and liabilities that the Agent determines will need to be satisfied in connection with the realization upon the Inventory. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Inventory Reserves may, in the Agent’s Permitted Discretion, include (but are not limited to) reserves based on:

(a) obsolescence;

(b) seasonality;

(d) imbalance;

(e) change in Inventory character;

(f) change in Inventory composition;

(g) change in Inventory mix;

(h) markdowns (both permanent and point of sale);

(i) purchase price and freight variances;

(j) consigned inventory;

(k) retail markons and markups inconsistent with prior period practice and performance, industry standards, current business plans or advertising calendar and planned advertising events; and

(l) out-of-date and/or expired Inventory.

“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or interest in, another Person, (c) any Acquisition, or (d) any other investment of money or capital. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment, but adjusted for any dividends or other return of capital upon such Investment.

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

“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, the Standby Letter of Credit Agreement or Commercial Letter of Credit Agreement, as applicable, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and a Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of the L/C Issuer and relating to any such Letter of Credit.

“Joinder” means an agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I, pursuant to which, among other things, a Person becomes a party to, and bound by the terms of, this Agreement and/

or the other Loan Documents in the same capacity and to the same extent as either a Borrower or a Guarantor, as applicable.

“Junior Capital” means, collectively, any Indebtedness of any Parent Entity or any Borrower that (a) is not secured by any asset of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, (b) is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full of the Obligations hereunder on terms reasonably acceptable to the Agent, (c) has a final maturity date that is not earlier than, and provides for no scheduled payments of principal prior to, the date that is 91 days after the Outside Maturity Date (other than through conversion or exchange of any such Indebtedness for Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrowers, Equity of Parent or Borrower Holdco, or any other Junior Capital), (d) has no mandatory redemption or prepayment obligations other than obligations that are subject to the prior payment in full in cash of the Obligations and (e) does not require the payment of cash interest until the date that is 91 days after the Outside Maturity Date.

“Landlord Lien State” means such state(s) in which a landlord’s claim for rent has priority over the Lien of the Agent in any of the Collateral.

“Laws” means each international, foreign, Federal, state and local statute, treaty, rule, guideline, regulation, ordinance, code and administrative or judicial precedent or authority, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and each applicable administrative order, directed duty, request, license, authorization and permit of, and agreement with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof, and any drawing thereunder.

“L/C Issuer” means each of Bank of America and any other Revolving Lender from time to time designated by the Borrower as an L/C Issuer, with the consent of such Revolving Lender (in its sole and absolute discretion) and the Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), and their respective successors in such capacity (it being agreed that any such other Revolving Lender shall be under no obligation to be an L/C Issuer hereunder). The L/C Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such L/C Issuer, and/or for such Affiliate to act as an advising, transferring, confirming and/or nominated bank in connection with the issuance or administration of any such Letter of Credit, in which case the term “L/C Issuer” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate (it being agreed that such L/C Issuer shall, or shall cause such Affiliate to, comply with the requirements of Section 2.03 with respect to such Letters of Credit). At any time there is more than one L/C Issuer, any singular references to the L/C Issuer shall mean any L/C Issuer, each L/C Issuer, the L/C Issuer that has issued the applicable Letter of Credit, or all L/C Issuers, as the context may require.

“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit, and (b) the aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit Disbursements which have not yet been reimbursed by the Borrowers. For purposes of computing the amounts available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of any “rule” under the ISP or any article of UCP 600, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

“Lead Borrower” has the meaning specified in the preamble of this Agreement.

“Lease” means any agreement, whether written or oral, no matter how styled or structured, pursuant to which a Loan Party is entitled to the use or occupancy of any space in a structure, land, improvements or premises for any period of time.

“Lender” means, individually, a Revolving Lender (and, as the context requires, includes the Swing Line Lender).

“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Lead Borrower and the Agent, which office may include any Affiliate of such Lender or any domestic or foreign branch of Lender or such Affiliate. Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference to a Lender shall include its applicable Lending Office.

“Letter of Credit” means each Standby Letter of Credit and each Commercial Letter of Credit issued hereunder.

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

“Letter of Credit Disbursement” means a payment made by any L/C Issuer to the beneficiary of, and pursuant to, a Letter of Credit.

“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is seven (7) days prior to the Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(i).

“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to $95,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. A permanent reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments shall not require a corresponding pro rata reduction in the Letter of Credit Sublimit; provided, however, that if the Aggregate Revolving Commitments are reduced to an amount less than the Letter of Credit Sublimit, then the Letter of Credit Sublimit shall be reduced to an amount equal to (or, at Lead Borrower’s option, less than) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.

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

“Liquidation” means the exercise by the Agent of those rights and remedies accorded to the Agent under the Loan Documents and applicable Law as a creditor of the Loan Parties with respect to the realization on the Collateral, including (after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default) the conduct by the Loan Parties acting with the consent of the Agent, of any public, private or “going out of business”, “store closing”, or other similarly themed sale or other disposition of the Collateral for the purpose of liquidating the Collateral. Derivations of the word “Liquidation” (such as “Liquidate”) are used with like meaning in this Agreement.

“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrowers under Article II in the form of a Committed Revolving Loan (including any Permitted Overadvance) or a Swing Line Loan.

“Loan Account” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a).

“Loan Cap” means, at any time of determination, the lesser of (a) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and (b) the Borrowing Base.

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, the Fee Letter, all Borrowing Base Certificates, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Blocked Account Agreements, the DDA Notifications, the Credit Card Notifications, the Security Documents, the Facility Guaranty, and any other instrument or agreement now or hereafter executed and delivered in connection herewith, or in connection with any transaction arising out of any Cash Management Services and Bank Products provided by a Lender or any of their Affiliates, each as amended and in effect from time to time.

“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrowers and each Guarantor.

“Management Advances” means (1) loans or advances made to directors, management members, officers, employees or consultants of any Parent Entity, any Borrower or any Subsidiary (x) in respect of travel, entertainment or moving related expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, (y) in respect of moving related expenses incurred in connection with any closing or consolidation of any facility, or (z) in the ordinary course of business and (in the case of this clause (z)) not exceeding $15,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time, (2) promissory notes of Management Investors acquired in connection with the issuance of Management Stock to such Management Investors, (3) Management Indebtedness or (4) Management Guarantees.

“Management Guarantees” means Guarantees (a) of up to an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time of $30,000,000 of borrowings by Management Investors in connection with their purchase of Management Stock or (b) made on behalf of, or in respect of loans or advances made to, directors, officers, employees or consultants of Parent, Borrower Holdco, the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (i) in respect of travel, entertainment and moving related expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) in the ordinary course of business and (in the case of this clause (ii)) not exceeding $15,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time.

“Management Indebtedness” means Indebtedness incurred to (a) any Person other than a Management Investor of up to an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time of $30,000,000, and (b) any Management Investor, in each case, to finance the repurchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests of Parent, any Parent Entity, Borrower Holdco, the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (including any options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof) from any Management Investor, which repurchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests is permitted by Section 7.06.

“Management Investors” means the management members, officers, directors, employees and other members of the management of Parent, any Parent Entity, Borrower Holdco, the Borrowers or any Subsidiary, or family members or relatives of any of the foregoing, or trusts, partnerships or limited liability companies for the benefit of any of the foregoing, or any of their heirs, executors, successors and legal representatives, who at any date beneficially own or have the right to acquire, directly or indirectly, Equity Interests of Parent, any Parent Entity, Borrower Holdco, the Borrowers or any Subsidiary.

“Management Stock” means Equity Interests of Parent, Borrower Holdco, the Borrowers or any Subsidiary (including any options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof) held by any of the Management Investors.

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

“Market Capitalization” means an amount equal to (a) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Equity Interests of Borrower Holdco or any direct or indirect Parent Entity on the date of declaration of the relevant dividend multiplied by (b) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such Equity Interests on the primary exchange on which such Equity Interests are listed for the thirty (30) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of declaration of such dividend.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, (a) the operations, business, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries (taken as a whole), (b) the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents (taken as a whole), or (c) the legality, validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents (taken as a whole) or the rights and remedies of the Agent and the Lenders (taken as a whole) under the Loan Documents (taken as a whole). In determining whether any individual event would result in a Material Adverse Effect, notwithstanding that such event in and of itself does not have such effect, a Material Adverse Effect shall be deemed to have occurred if the cumulative effect of such event and all other then-existing events would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

“Material Contract” means, with respect to any Person, each contract to which such Person is a party, the loss of which is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 5.24 annexed hereto sets forth, as of the Closing Date, each of the Loan Parties’ Material Contracts.

“Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of the Loan Parties in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $75,000,000. For purposes of determining the amount of Material Indebtedness at any time, (a) the amount of the obligations in respect of any Swap Contract at such time shall be calculated at the Swap Termination Value thereof and (b) available yet undrawn committed amounts shall be included.

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

“Maturity Date” means the earliest of (a) the Outside Maturity Date and (b) in the event that there are outstanding obligations under the Term Loan Facility or any Permitted Refinancing thereof, the date that is 90 days prior to the then scheduled maturity date of the Term Loan Facility or any Permitted Refinancing thereof.

“Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 10.09.

“Minimum Extension Condition” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(b).

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

“Mortgage Policies” has the meaning specified in Section 6.10(b).

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

“Net Proceeds” means:

(a) with respect to any Disposition by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Extraordinary Receipt received or paid to the account of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and cash equivalents received in connection with such transaction (including any cash or cash equivalents received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received) over (ii) the sum of (A) all legal, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be paid or to be accrued as a liability under GAAP, in each case, as a consequence of, or in respect of, such Disposition, (B) all payments made, and all installment payments required to be made, on any Indebtedness (x) that is secured by any assets subject to such, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon such assets, or (y) that must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Disposition, or by applicable Law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Disposition, including but not limited to any payments required to be made to increase borrowing availability under any revolving credit facility, (C) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Disposition, or to any other Person (other than Parent or a Subsidiary) owning a beneficial interest in the assets disposed of in such Disposition, (D) any liabilities or obligations associated with the assets disposed of in such Disposition and retained, indemnified or insured by a Borrower or any Subsidiary after such Disposition, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters, and liabilities relating to any indemnification obligations associated with such Disposition and (E) the amount of any purchase price or similar adjustment (x) claimed by any Person to be owed by a Borrower or any Subsidiary, until such time as such claim shall have been settled or otherwise finally resolved, or (y) paid or payable by a Borrower or any Subsidiary, in either case in respect of such Disposition; and

(b) with respect to the sale or issuance of any Equity Interest by Parent or any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any capital contributions, or the incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by Parent or any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, the excess of (i) the sum of the cash and cash equivalents received in connection with such transaction over (ii) attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred in connection with such transactions, and all taxes paid or payable as a result, or in respect, thereof.

“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning provided therefor in Section 10.01.

“Note” means (a) a Revolving Note and (b) the Swing Line Note, as each may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

“Obligations” means (a) all advances to, and debts (including principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses), liabilities, obligations, covenants, indemnities, and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit (including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon and obligations to provide cash collateral therefor), whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest, fees, costs, expenses and indemnities that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest, fees, costs, expenses and indemnities are allowed claims in such

proceeding, and (b) any Other Liabilities; provided, however, the “Obligations” shall exclude all Excluded Swap Obligations.

“OFAC” means The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

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

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

“Other Liabilities” means any obligation on account of (i) any Cash Management Services furnished to any of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries and/or (ii) any transaction with any Credit Party that arises out of any Bank Product entered into with any Loan Party and any such Person, as each may be amended from time to time, provided that, in order for any item described in clauses (i) or (ii) above, as applicable, to be included for purposes of a distribution under clause Ninth of Section 8.04, if the provider of such Cash Management Services or Bank Products is any Lender or its Affiliates (other than the Agent or its Affiliates), then the Agent shall have received from the applicable provider of such Cash Management Services or Bank Products and the applicable Loan Party or Subsidiary no later than ten (10) Business Days (or such later date as may be agreed to by the Agent in its sole discretion) after the Closing Date (if any such item described in clauses (i) or (ii) above is incurred on or before the Closing Date) or the date of incurrence (if any such item described in clauses (i) or (ii) above is incurred after the Closing Date), a written notice to the Agent of (x) the existence of such Cash Management Services or Bank Products, (y) the maximum dollar amount of obligations arising thereunder (“Other Liabilities Amount”), and (z) the methodology (to the extent reasonably calculable) to be used by such parties in determining the Other Liabilities Amount owing from time to time, as may be updated from time to time after a significant change therein or upon a request therefor.

“Other Liabilities Amount” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Other Liabilities.

“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment pursuant to Section 10.13).

“Outbound Investment Rules” means the regulations administered and enforced, together with any related public guidance issued, by the United States Treasury Department under U.S. Executive Order 14105 of August 9, 2023, or any similar law or regulation; as of the date of this Agreement, and as codified at 31 C.F.R. § 850.101 et seq.

“Outside Maturity Date” means June 24, 2031.

“Outstanding Amount” means (i) with respect to Committed Revolving Loans (including Permitted Overadvances) and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Committed Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date and (ii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations (including any changes resulting from drawings, reimbursements, reallocations of participations or the existence or elimination of any Fronting Exposure) as of such date.

“Overadvance” means a Credit Extension to the extent that, immediately after its having been made, Availability is less than zero.

“Parent” means Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

“Parent Entity” means any of Parent, Borrower Holdco, any Other Parent, and any other Person that is a Subsidiary of Parent, Borrower Holdco, or any Other Parent and of which Lead Borrower is a Subsidiary. As used herein, “Other Parent” means a Person of which the Lead Borrower becomes a Subsidiary after the Closing Date that is designated by the Lead Borrower as an “Other Parent”; provided that either (x) immediately after the Lead Borrower first becomes a Subsidiary of such Person, more than 50.00% of the Voting Stock of such Person shall be held by one or more Persons that held more than 50.00% of the Voting Stock of a Parent Entity of the Lead Borrower immediately prior to the Lead Borrower first becoming such Subsidiary or (y) such Person shall be deemed not to be an Other Parent for the purpose of determining whether a Change of Control shall have occurred by reason of the Lead Borrower first becoming a Subsidiary of such Person. In no event shall the Lead Borrower be deemed to be a “Parent Entity”.

“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(d).

“Participation Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(d).

“Patriot Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of 2001, as amended).

“Payment Conditions” means no Designated Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the taking of the relevant action as to which the satisfaction of the Payment Conditions is being determined, (A) in the case of any Investment or Permitted Business Acquisition, after giving effect to such payment or transaction on a Pro Forma Basis, either (1) Availability as of the date of such payment or transaction and at all times during the preceding 30 day period immediately prior to the date of such payment or transaction, in each case, is greater than 15.0% of the Loan Cap or (2) (x) Availability as of the date of such payment or transaction and at all times during the preceding 30 day period immediately prior to the date of such payment or transaction, in each case, is greater than 10.0% of the Loan Cap and (y) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, is at least 1.00 to 1.00; and (B) in the case of any Restricted Payment or any prepayment of any Subordinated

Indebtedness or Term Loan Obligations, after giving effect to such payment on a Pro Forma Basis, either (1) Availability is greater than 17.5% of the Loan Cap after giving effect to such payment and for the preceding 30 days or (2) (x) Availability as of the date of such payment and at all times during the preceding 30 day period immediately prior to the date of such payment is greater than 12.5% of the Loan Cap and (y) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is at least 1.00 to 1.00.

“Payment Recipient” has the meaning provided in Section 10.28.

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

“PCAOB” means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

“Perfection Certificate” shall mean a perfection certificate with respect to the Loan Parties in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

“Permitted Asset Disposition” means:

(i) any Financing Disposition (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date),

(ii) any “fee in lieu” or other disposition of assets to any Governmental Authority that continue in use by a Borrower or any Subsidiary, so long as a Borrower or any Subsidiary may obtain title to such assets upon reasonable notice by paying a nominal fee,

(iii) any exchange of property pursuant to or intended to qualify under Section 1031 (or any successor section) of the Code, or any exchange of equipment to be leased, rented or otherwise used in a Related Business,

(iv) any disposition arising from foreclosure, condemnation, eminent domain, or similar action with respect to any property or other assets, or exercise of termination rights under any lease, license, concession or other agreement or necessary or advisable (as determined by the Lead Borrower in good faith) in order to consummate any acquisition of any Person, business or assets or pursuant to buy/sell arrangements under any joint venture or similar agreement or arrangement,

(v) any Disposition of Equity Interests, Indebtedness or other securities of an Unrestricted Subsidiary,

(vi) a Disposition of Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a Person (other than a Borrower or a Subsidiary) from whom such Subsidiary was acquired, or from whom such Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), entered into in connection with such acquisition,

(vii) a Disposition of not more than 5.00% of the outstanding Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary that has been approved by the board of directors of the Lead Borrower,

(viii) any Disposition or series of related Dispositions for fair value for aggregate consideration not to exceed the greater of (A) $53,000,000 and (B) 10.00% of Consolidated

EBITDA for the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarter period for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder; provided that (x) the Borrowers shall have satisfied the Updated Borrowing Base Condition, if applicable, and (y) if more than ten percent (10%) of assets of the type which may be included in the Borrowing Base (regardless of eligibility) are Disposed of pursuant to a single transaction or a series of related transactions under this clause (viii), the Agent shall have the ability to conduct an updated appraisal of the assets included on the Borrowing Base at the expense of the Loan Parties (but which appraisal shall not, for the avoidance of doubt, be counted as one of the appraisals performed pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof for purposes of determining reimbursement of the costs and expenses thereof by the Loan Parties),

(ix) the abandonment or other disposition of patents, trademarks or other intellectual property that are, in the reasonable judgment of the Lead Borrower, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole,

(x) any Exempt Sale and Leaseback Transaction (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date), or

(xi) to the extent constituting a Disposition, a Public Offering.

“Permitted Business Acquisition” means an Acquisition in which all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(a) no Designated Event of Default then exists, nor would any Designated Event of Default arise from the consummation of such Acquisition;

(b) such Acquisition shall have been approved by the board of directors of the Person (or similar governing body if such Person is not a corporation) which is the subject of such Acquisition and such Person shall not have announced that it will oppose such Acquisition or shall not have commenced any action which alleges that such Acquisition shall violate applicable Law;

(c) any assets acquired shall be utilized in, and if the Acquisition involves a merger, consolidation or Acquisition of Equity Interests, the Person which is the subject of such Acquisition shall be engaged in, a business otherwise permitted to be engaged in by a Borrower under this Agreement;

(d) if the Person which is the subject of such Acquisition will be maintained as a Subsidiary of a Loan Party (other than an Excluded Subsidiary), or if the assets acquired in an acquisition will be transferred to a Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) which is not then a Loan Party, such Subsidiary shall have been joined as a “Borrower” or as a “Guarantor” hereunder, as applicable, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.10;

(e) after giving effect to the Acquisition, if the Acquisition is an Acquisition of the Equity Interests, a Loan Party shall acquire and own, directly or indirectly, a majority of the Equity Interests in the Person being acquired and shall Control a majority of any voting interests or shall otherwise Control the governance of the Person being acquired; and

(f) the total consideration paid for all such Acquisitions (whether in cash, tangible property, notes or other property) after the Closing Date shall not exceed in the aggregate the greater of $60,000,000 and 15.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarter period for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder, provided additional Acquisitions may be consummated in excess of the foregoing cap so long as both immediately before such Acquisition is consummated and immediately after giving effect thereto, the Payment Conditions are satisfied.

“Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments” means:

(a) direct obligations of the United States of America or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency thereof, in each case, with maturities not exceeding two years;

(b) time deposits, eurodollar time deposits, certificates of deposit and money market deposits, in each case, with maturities not exceeding one year from the date of acquisition thereof, and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any commercial bank having capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $250.0 million and whose long term debt, or whose parent holding company’s long term debt, is rated at least “A-2” by Moody’s or at least “A” by S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency);

(c) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (a) and (b) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (b) above;

(d) commercial paper maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Borrower) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a rating at the time any investment therein is made of at least “P-1” by Moody’s or at least “A-1” by S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency);

(e) securities with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency);

(f) Indebtedness issued by persons with a rating of at least “A-2” by Moody’s or “A” by S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency), in each case with maturities not exceeding one year from the date of acquisition;

(g) shares of mutual funds whose investment guidelines restrict 95% of such funds’ investments to those satisfying the provisions of clauses (a) through (g) above;

(h) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated “Aaa” by Moody’s and “AAA” by S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized rating agency) and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000.0 million; and

(i) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above denominated in any foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and commonly used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction.

“Permitted Debt Exchange Notes” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Term Loan Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date.

“Permitted Discretion” means a determination made in the exercise of reasonable (from the perspective of a secured asset-based lender) business judgment.

“Permitted Disposition” has the meaning specified in Section 7.05.

“Permitted Encumbrances” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.

“Permitted Indebtedness” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.

“Permitted Investments” has the meaning provided in Section 7.04.

“Permitted Overadvance” means an Overadvance made by the Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, which:

(a) is made to maintain, protect or preserve the Collateral and/or the Credit Parties’ rights under the Loan Documents or which is otherwise for the benefit of the Credit Parties;

(b) is made to enhance the likelihood of, or to maximize the amount of, repayment of any Obligation;

(d) together with all other Permitted Overadvances then outstanding, shall not (i) exceed ten percent (10%) of the Borrowing Base at any time or (ii) unless a Liquidation is occurring, remain outstanding for more than forty-five (45) consecutive Business Days, unless in each case, the Required Lenders otherwise agree.

provided, however, that the foregoing shall not (i) modify or abrogate any of the provisions of Section 2.03 regarding the Revolving Lenders’ obligations with respect to Letters of Credit or Section 2.04 regarding the Revolving Lenders’ obligations with respect to Swing Line Loans, or (ii) result in any claim or liability against the Agent (regardless of the amount of any Overadvance) for Unintentional Overadvances and such Unintentional Overadvances shall not reduce the amount of Permitted Overadvances allowed hereunder; provided further that in no event shall the Agent make an Overadvance, if after giving effect thereto, the principal amount of the Credit Extensions would exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (as in effect prior to any termination of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06(a) hereof).

“Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Person, any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to “Refinance”), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof constituting a Permitted Refinancing); provided, that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if

applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing does not exceed the sum of (x) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced and (y) an amount equal to any unutilized commitment relating to the Indebtedness being so Refinanced or otherwise then outstanding under the financing arrangement being refinanced to the extent the unutilized commitment being refinanced could be drawn in compliance with Section 7.01 immediately prior to such Refinancing (plus unpaid accrued interest and premiums thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses), (b) the weighted average life to maturity of such Permitted Refinancing is greater than or equal to the weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced (c) such Permitted Refinancing shall not require any scheduled principal payments due prior to the Maturity Date in excess of, or prior to, the scheduled principal payments due prior to such Maturity Date for the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (d) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment or liens to the Obligations under this Agreement (whether through an intercreditor agreement or otherwise), such Permitted Refinancing shall be subordinated in right of payment or liens, as applicable, to such Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Credit Parties as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, and, to the extent such Indebtedness is subject to an intercreditor agreement, such Permitted Refinancing will be subject to the provisions of such intercreditor agreement and (e) no Permitted Refinancing shall have direct or indirect obligors who were not also obligors of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, or greater guarantees or security, than the Indebtedness being Refinanced.

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

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

“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 6.04.

“Post-Closing Letter” means the letter agreement, dated the Closing Date, among the Loan Parties and the Agent, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced.

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

“Present Fair Salable Value” means the amount that could be obtained by an independent willing seller from an independent willing buyer if the assets of the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole are sold with reasonable promptness in an arm’s-length transaction under present conditions for the sale of comparable business enterprises insofar as such conditions can be reasonably evaluated.

“Pro Forma Basis” means, for purposes of calculating compliance with any test or financial covenant under this Agreement for any period, that the applicable Permitted Business Acquisition, Restricted Payment, Disposition or Investment (and all other Permitted Business Acquisitions, Restricted Payments, Dispositions or Investments that have been consummated during the applicable period) and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or covenant: (a) income statement items (whether positive

or negative) attributable to or projected from the property or Person subject to such Permitted Business Acquisition, Restricted Payment, Disposition or Investment, (i) in the case of a Disposition shall be excluded, and (ii) in the case of a Permitted Business Acquisition, shall be included; (b) any retired Indebtedness; and (c) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Lead Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in connection therewith and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination; provided, however, that the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test or financial covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are approved by Agent (other than adjustments described in clause (ix) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” and give effect to events (including operating expense reductions)) that are (1) attributable to such transaction, (2) expected to have a continuing impact on the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and (3) are reasonably deemed in good faith to be achievable based on reasonable assumptions and information then available to the Lead Borrower and Agent.

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

“Public Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 6.04.

“Public Offering” means the issuance by the Lead Borrower or any Parent Entity of its common equity interests or the sale by selling stockholders of common equity interests of the Lead Borrower or any Parent Entity, in either case, in an underwritten public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act (whether the offering is primary or secondary) and such equity interests are listed on a nationally-recognized stock exchange in the U.S.

“Purchase” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Secured Leverage Ratio”.

“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, the Borrower, the Guarantor (if applicable) or any other guarantor of the Obligations that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time such Swap Obligation is incurred or such other person as constitutes an “Eligible Contract Participant” (an “ECP”) as that term is defined under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

“Qualified Equity Interests” shall mean any Equity Interests other than Disqualified Stock.

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

“Receipts and Collections” has the meaning specified in Section 6.11(c).

“Receivables Reserves” means such Reserves as may be established from time to time by the Agent in its Permitted Discretion with respect to the determination of the collectability in the ordinary course of Eligible Trade Receivables, including, without limitation, dilution reserves.

“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c).

“Registered Public Accounting Firm” means a firm of independent public accountants of recognized national or regional standing reasonably acceptable to the Agent.

“Related Intellectual Property” means such rights with respect to the Intellectual Property of the Loan Parties as are reasonably necessary or useful to permit the Agent to enforce its rights and remedies under the Loan Documents with respect to the Collateral, or the disposition of which would otherwise adversely affect the Appraised Value of the Collateral of the Loan Parties.

“Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

“Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

“Related Businesses” means any businesses or business activity in which any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is engaged on the Closing Date, or that are reasonably similar, corollary, related, complementary, incidental or ancillary thereto or reasonable extensions, developments or expansions thereof.

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

“Release” shall mean any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, emanating or migrating in, into, upon, onto or through the environment.

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

“Reports” has the meaning provided in Section 9.12(b).

“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Committed Revolving Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application and, if required by the L/C Issuer, a Standby Letter of Credit Agreement or Commercial Letter of Credit Agreement, as applicable, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.

“Required Financial Statements” means the most recent Annual Financial Statements and any Interim Financial Statements delivered or required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.04.

“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding more than fifty percent (50%) of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments or, if the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.03, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the sum of the Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Revolving Lender for purposes of this definition); provided, that the Revolving Commitment of, and the portion in the aggregate of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders; provided, further, that if there are two or more

non-Affiliate Lenders that are not Defaulting Lenders, “Required Lenders” must consist of at least two non-Affiliate Lenders that are not Defaulting Lenders.

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

“Reserves” means all Inventory Reserves, Availability Reserves, and Receivables Reserves.

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

“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, vice president of finance, controller, treasurer or assistant treasurer or other similar officer of a Loan Party and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II, any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a written notice to the Agent or designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the applicable Loan Party and the Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of any Person or any of its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to such Person’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent of any thereof), or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such dividend or other distribution or payment. Without limiting the foregoing, “Restricted Payments” with respect to any Person shall also include all payments made by such Person with any proceeds of a dissolution or liquidation of such Person.

“Restricted Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary of the Loan Parties, other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary.

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

“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Committed Revolving Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans which are Committed

Revolving Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01.

“Revolving Lender” means each Lender having a Revolving Commitment as set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto or in the Assignment and Assumption by which such Person becomes a Revolving Lender.

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

“Rollover Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries issued to any lender under the Term Loan Facility in lieu of such lender’s pro rata portion of any repayment of Term Loans made pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement.

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

“Sale” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Secured Leverage Ratio”.

“Sanctioned Entity” means (a) a country or territory or a government of a country or territory, (b) an agency of the government of a country or territory, (c) an organization directly or indirectly controlled by a country or territory or its government, or (d) a Person resident in or determined to be resident in a country or territory, in each case of clauses (a) through (d) that is a target of Sanctions, including a target of any country or territory sanctions program administered and enforced by OFAC.

“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person then named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by OFAC, OFAC’s consolidated Non-SDN list or any other Sanctions-related list maintained by any relevant Sanctions authority, (b) a Person or legal entity that is a target of Sanctions, (c) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Entity, or (d) any Person directly or indirectly owned or controlled (individually or in the aggregate) by or acting on behalf of any such Person or Persons described in clauses (a) through (c) above.

“Sanctions” means individually and collectively, respectively, any and all economic sanctions, trade sanctions, financial sanctions, sectoral sanctions, secondary sanctions, trade embargoes anti-terrorism laws and other sanctions laws, regulations or embargoes, including those imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by: (a) the United States of America, including those administered by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, or through any existing or future executive order, (b) the United Nations Security Council, (c) the European Union or any European Union member state, (d) His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (e) the Government of Canada or (f) any other Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Agent, L/C Issuer or any Lender or any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

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

“Secured Leverage Ratio” means as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Secured Indebtedness as at such date (after giving effect to any incurrence or discharge of Indebtedness on such date) to (ii) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the most recent four

consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder, provided that:

(1) if, since the beginning of such period, any Loan Party or any Subsidiary shall have disposed of any company, any business or any group of assets constituting an operating unit of a business, including any such disposition occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder, or designated any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (any such disposition or designation, a “Sale”), the Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets that are the subject of such Sale for such period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such period;

(2) if, since the beginning of such period, any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in any Person that thereby becomes a Subsidiary, or otherwise acquired any company, any business or any group of assets constituting an operating unit of a business, including any such Investment or acquisition occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder, or designated any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Subsidiary (any such Investment, acquisition or designation, “Purchase”), Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Purchase occurred on the first day of such period; and

“Securities Laws” means the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Sarbanes-Oxley, and the applicable accounting and auditing principles, rules, standards and practices promulgated, approved or incorporated by the SEC or the PCAOB.

“Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among the Loan Parties and the Agent, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced.

“Security Documents” means the Security Agreement, the Blocked Account Agreements, the DDA Notifications, the Credit Card Notifications, and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered to the Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document granting a Lien to secure any of the Obligations.

“Senior Managing Agents” means, collectively, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, BMO Bank N.A., Regions Bank and U.S. Bank National Association and their respective successors and assigns.

“Settlement Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).

“Shareholders’ Equity” means, as of any date of determination, consolidated shareholders’ equity of the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of that date determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Shrink” means Inventory which has been lost, misplaced, stolen, or is otherwise unaccounted for.

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

“SOFR” means, with respect to any applicable determination date, a rate per annum equal to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate published on the second U.S. Government Securities Business Day preceding such date by the SOFR Administrator on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s website (or any successor source); provided however that if such determination date is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, then SOFR means such rate that applied on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto.

“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

“Solvent” and “Solvency” means, with respect to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transactions on the Closing Date, (a) the Fair Value and Present Fair Salable Value of the assets of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole exceed their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities, (b) the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole do not have Unreasonably Small Capital, and (c) the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be able to pay their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities as they mature (all capitalized terms used in this definition (other than “Closing Date”, “Transactions”, “Loan Parties” and “Subsidiaries” which have the meanings set forth in this Agreement) shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the certificate delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(vi)).

“Specified Maturing Debt” means any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit) for borrowed money incurred (or Indebtedness for borrowed money subject to a Guarantee) by any one or more of the Loan Parties having an aggregate principal amount in excess of $250,000,000 (including the amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) with a stated maturity date prior to the Maturity Date.

“Specified Maturing Debt Reserve” means a reserve that shall be established by the Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, in respect of the portion of the outstanding principal amount of any Specified Maturing Debt in excess of $250,000,000 that is outstanding ninety-one (91) days prior to the then-scheduled maturity date of such Specified Maturing Debt.

“Spot Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 1.07 hereof.

“Standby Letter of Credit” means any Letter of Credit that is not a Commercial Letter of Credit and that (a) is used in lieu or in support of performance guaranties or performance, surety or similar bonds (excluding appeal bonds) arising in the ordinary course of business, (b) is used in lieu or in support of stay

or appeal bonds, (c) supports the payment of insurance premiums for reasonably necessary casualty insurance carried by any of the Loan Parties, or (d) supports payment or performance for identified purchases or exchanges of products or services in the ordinary course of business.

“Standby Letter of Credit Agreement” means the Standby Letter of Credit Agreement relating to the issuance of a Standby Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.

“Stated Amount” means at any time the maximum amount for which a Letter of Credit may be honored.

“Store” means any retail store (which may include any real property, fixtures, equipment, inventory and other property related thereto) operated, or to be operated, by any Loan Party.

“Subordinated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness which is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Obligations pursuant to a written agreement.

“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of a Loan Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except for purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and “Restricted Subsidiary”, an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed not to be a Subsidiary of a Loan Party for purposes of this Agreement.

“Subsidiary Redesignation” shall have the meaning specified in the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”.

“Successor Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.03.

“Supermajority Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding more than 66 2/3% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments or, if the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.03, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 66 2/3% of the sum of the Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Revolving Lender for purposes of this definition); provided, that the Revolving Commitment of, and the portion in the aggregate of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Supermajority Lenders; provided, further, that if there are two or more non-Affiliate Lenders that are not Defaulting Lenders, “Supermajority Lenders” must consist of at least two non-Affiliate Lenders that are not Defaulting Lenders.

“Supply Chain Finance Reserves” means such reserves as the Agent from time to time determines in its Permitted Discretion as being appropriate to reflect the liabilities and obligations of the Loan Parties with respect to supply chain finance services provided by any Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates.

“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity

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

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

“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

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

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

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

“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

“Swing Line Note” means the promissory note of the Borrowers substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2, payable to the order of the Swing Line Lender, evidencing the Swing Line Loans made by the Swing Line Lender.

“Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $40,000,000 and (b) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.

“Taxes” or “taxes” means 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.

“Term Loan Agent” means Goldman Sachs Bank USA.

“Term Loan Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date (as amended, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement), among the Lead Borrower, Borrower Holdco, the Term Loan Agent and the lenders party thereto.

“Term Loan Facility” means the $200,000,000 term loan facility under the Term Loan Agreement.

“Term Loan Lender” means “Lender” as defined in the Term Loan Agreement.

“Term Loan Obligations” means “Term Loan Facility Obligations” as defined in the Term Loan Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date.

“Term Loan Security Documents” means the “Security Documents” as defined in the Term Loan Agreement.

“Term Priority Accounts” has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Term Priority Collateral” has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.

“Term SOFR” means,

(a) for any Interest Period with respect to a Term SOFR Loan, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; provided that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. on such determination date then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto; and

(b) for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such date with a term of one month commencing that day; provided that if the rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. on such determination date then Term SOFR means the Term SOFR Screen Rate on the first U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto;

provided that if Term SOFR determined in accordance with either of the foregoing provisions (a) or (b) of this definition would otherwise be less than the Floor, Term SOFR shall be deemed the Floor for purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Screen Rate selected by the Agent in its reasonable discretion).

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

“Term SOFR Screen Rate” means the forward-looking SOFR term rate administered by CME (or any successor administrator satisfactory to the Agent) and published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Agent from time to time).

“Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (i) the Maturity Date, (ii) the date on which the maturity of the Obligations is accelerated (or deemed accelerated) and the Commitments are irrevocably terminated (or deemed terminated) in accordance with Article VIII, or (iii) the termination of the Revolving Commitments in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.06(a) hereof.

“Total Leverage Ratio” means the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness as at such date (after giving effect to any incurrence or discharge of Indebtedness on such date) to (ii) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder, provided that:

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

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

“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Committed Revolving Loans (including Permitted Overadvances), all Swing Line Loans, and all L/C Obligations.

“Trading with the Enemy Act” has the meaning specified in Section 10.18.

“Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the execution and delivery of the Term Loan Agreement and the extension of credit under the Term Loan Facility, (b) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the funding of the Credit Extensions on the Closing Date, (c) repaying the obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement and the Existing Term Loan Agreement, including all interest, fees and expenses payable in connection therewith under the Existing Credit Agreement and the Existing Term Loan Agreement and the termination of all Liens and security interests

securing such obligations, (d) the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing, and (e) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing.

“Type” means, with respect to a Committed Revolving Loan, its character as a Daily SOFR Loan, a Base Rate Loan or a Term SOFR Loan.

“UCC” or “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that if a term is defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code differently than in another Article thereof, the term shall have the meaning specified in Article 9; provided further that, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, perfection, or the effect of perfection or non-perfection, of a security interest in any Collateral or the availability of any remedy hereunder is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than New York, “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection or availability of such remedy, as the case may be.

“UCP 600” means the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce and in effect as of July 1, 2007 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

“UFCA” has the meaning specified in Section 10.21(e).

“UFTA” has the meaning specified in Section 10.21(e).

“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 subject to 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.

“Updated Borrowing Base Condition” has the meaning specified in Section 6.04(h).

“Unintentional Overadvance” means an Overadvance which, to the Agent’s knowledge, did not constitute an Overadvance when made but which has become an Overadvance resulting from changed circumstances beyond the control of the Credit Parties, including, without limitation, a reduction in the Appraised Value of property or assets included in the Borrowing Base or misrepresentation by the Loan Parties.

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

“Unrestricted Cash” means, at any date of determination, the aggregate amount of cash, cash equivalents and Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments included in the cash accounts that would be listed on the consolidated balance sheet of the Loan Parties prepared in accordance with GAAP as of the end of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which consolidated financial statements of the Loan Parties are available to the extent such cash is not classified as “restricted” for financial statement purposes (unless so classified solely because of any provision under the Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument governing other Indebtedness that is subject to

the Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement governing the application thereof or because they are subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness that is subject to the Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement) excluding, however, the proceeds from any incurrence of Indebtedness borrowed on the date of such determination that are not (in the good faith judgment of the Lead Borrower) intended to be used for working capital purposes.

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (i) any Subsidiary of Borrower Holdco (other than a Loan Party) that at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, as designated by the board of directors of Borrower Holdco (and, so long as Borrower Holdco is a Subsidiary of any Parent Entity, the board of directors of such Parent Entity) subject to the conditions and in the manner provided below, and (ii) each Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The board of directors of Borrower Holdco (together with, so long as Borrower Holdco is a Subsidiary of any Parent Entity, the board of directors of such Parent Entity) may designate any Subsidiary of Borrower Holdco (other than a Loan Party) (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of Borrower Holdco) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, that, notwithstanding anything otherwise provided for in this Agreement or any other Loan Document: (A) neither such Subsidiary nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, Borrower Holdco or any other Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower Holdco that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated, (B) at the time of designation and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Payment Conditions shall be satisfied, (C) the designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an Investment by the Borrowers (or relevant Subsidiary) therein in an amount equal to the fair market value of the net assets transferred or otherwise attributable to such Subsidiary and a Disposition of all outstanding Investments of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries in such Subsidiary, (D) no Loan Party or any Subsidiary (other than another Unrestricted Subsidiary) shall provide any guarantee, credit support (or otherwise be a co-obligor), or incur any Lien on its assets to secure any Indebtedness or obligations of any Unrestricted Subsidiary or be directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, (E) such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall not be a “Restricted Subsidiary” under any other Material Indebtedness, (F) in no event shall any (x) Loan Party assign, contribute or transfer any Intellectual Property material to the business of the Loan Parties to an Unrestricted Subsidiary or (y) Unrestricted Subsidiary own any Intellectual Property material to the business of the Loan Parties, (G) no Loan Party or other Restricted Subsidiary has any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to provide credit support, make investments in, or maintain or preserve the financial condition of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and (H) after giving effect to such designation, such Unrestricted Subsidiary is not a party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Loan Parties or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Loan Parties unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Loan Parties. The board of directors of Borrower Holdco (together with, so long as Borrower Holdco is a Subsidiary of any Parent Entity, the board of directors of such Parent Entity) may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that (A) such Unrestricted Subsidiary, both before and immediately after giving effect to such designation, shall be a wholly owned Subsidiary of Borrower Holdco, (B) immediately after such designation, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (C) such designation shall be treated as the incurrence of Indebtedness and Liens of such proposed Restricted Subsidiary. Any such designation by the board of directors of Borrower Holdco (and, so long as Borrower Holdco is a Subsidiary of any Parent Entity, the board of directors of such Parent Entity) shall be evidenced to the Agent by promptly filing with the Agent a copy of the resolution of such Person’s board of directors giving effect to such designation and a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower certifying (and attaching calculations necessary to demonstrate) that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, or any successor thereto, recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities; provided, that for purposes of notice requirements in Section 2.02(b), such day is also a Business Day.

“U.S. Person” means (a) for purposes of Sections 5.27 and 7.11 hereof, any United States citizen, lawful permanent resident, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States, including any foreign branch of any such entity, or any person in the United States and (b) for all other purposes, any Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

“will be able to pay their Liabilities as they Mature” means for the period from the date hereof through the Maturity Date, the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole will have sufficient assets and cash flow to pay their respective Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities as those liabilities mature or (in the case of contingent liabilities) otherwise become payable.

“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.

1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions.

With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise

specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

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

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

(d) Any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to the satisfaction, repayment, or payment in full of the Obligations shall mean the repayment in Dollars in full in cash or immediately available funds (or, in the case of contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit and Bank Products (other than Swap Contracts) and any other contingent Obligations, providing Cash Collateralization or other collateral as may be requested by the Agent) of all of the Obligations (including the payment of any termination amount then applicable (or which would or could become applicable as a result of the repayment of the other Obligations) under Swap Contracts) other than (i) unasserted contingent indemnification Obligations, (ii) any Obligations relating to Bank Products (other than Swap Contracts) that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Bank Product provider to remain outstanding without being required to be repaid or Cash Collateralized or otherwise collateralized as may be requested by the Agent, and (iii) any Obligations relating to Swap Contracts that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable provider of such Swap Contracts to remain outstanding without being required to be repaid.

(e) For purposes of determining compliance with any Section of Article VII, in the event that any Lien, Investment, Indebtedness, Disposition, Restricted Payment, transaction with Affiliates, contractual obligation, or prepayment of Indebtedness meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of transactions permitted pursuant to any clause of such Sections within the same Section, such transaction (or portion thereof) at any time, shall be permitted under one or more of such clauses within the same Section as determined by the Lead Borrower in its reasonable discretion at such time and the Borrower may reclassify such transaction across such clauses within each Section of Article VII in its sole discretion at any time. Unless the Lead Borrower elects otherwise, compliance with any Section of Article VII shall be deemed to be first incurred pursuant to a basket or exception based on a financial ratio prior to being applied to a basket or exception based on a fixed Dollar amount.

1.03 Accounting Terms Generally.

All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis.

1.04 Rounding.

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

1.05 Times of Day.

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

1.06 Letter of Credit Amounts.

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

1.07 Currency Equivalents Generally.

Any amount specified in this Agreement (other than in Article II, Article IX and Article X) or any of the other Loan Documents to be in Dollars shall also include the equivalent of such amount in any currency other than Dollars, such equivalent amount thereof in the applicable currency to be determined by the Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (as defined below) for the purchase of such currency with Dollars. For purposes of this Section 1.07, the “Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the Agent to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date of such determination; provided that the Agent may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Agent if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.

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 on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.

1.09 Times of Day; Rates.

Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable). The Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to Base Rate, the Term SOFR Screen Rate, Term SOFR, Daily Simple SOFR or any Successor Rate, any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or with respect to any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto, including whether the composition or characteristics of any such rate, as implemented pursuant to Section 3.03(b) (including any Conforming Changes), will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, Base Rate, the Term SOFR Screen Rate, Term SOFR or any predecessor rate, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the

calculation of Base Rate, the Term SOFR Screen Rate, Term SOFR, Daily Simple SOFR, any Successor Rate or any relevant adjustments thereto and such transactions may be adverse to a Borrower. The Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain Base Rate, the Term SOFR Screen Rate, Term SOFR, Daily Simple SOFR or any Successor Rate, and shall have no liability to any Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.

ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

2.01 Loans; Reserves.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Committed Revolving Loan”) to the Borrowers from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the lesser of (x) the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, or (y) such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Borrowing Base; subject in each case to the following limitations:

(i) after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Loan Cap,

(ii) after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed the lesser of (x) such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and (y) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Borrowing Base, and

(iii) The Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not at any time exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit.

Within the limits of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.01, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow Committed Revolving Loans under this Section 2.01. Committed Revolving Loans may be Daily SOFR Loans, Base Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans, as further provided herein; provided, however, that no more than $75,000,000 in Daily SOFR Loans may be outstanding at any time (and any Daily SOFR Loans in excess of $75,000,000 shall be automatically deemed to be Base Rate Loans for all purposes hereof).

(b) The Inventory Reserves, Receivables Reserves, and Availability Reserves as of the Closing Date are set forth in the Borrowing Base Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(c) hereof.

(c) The Agent shall have the right, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date in its Permitted Discretion to establish, modify or eliminate Reserves upon five (5) Business Days’ prior notice to the Lead Borrower (during which period (x) the Agent shall be available to discuss any such proposed Reserve with the Borrowers and (y) such new or modified Reserve shall be deemed to be in effect solely for purposes of determining Availability in connection with any Request for Credit

Extension made hereunder); provided that no such prior notice shall be required (1) at any time that an Event of Default is continuing, (2) for changes to any Reserves resulting solely by virtue of mathematical calculations of the amount of the Reserve in accordance with the methodology of calculation previously utilized (such as, but not limited to, rent and Customer Credit Liabilities), or (3) for changes to Reserves or establishment of additional Reserves if a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or it would be reasonably likely that a Material Adverse Effect to the Lenders would occur were such Reserve not changed or established prior to the expiration of such five (5) Business Day period.

2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Revolving Loans.

(a) Committed Revolving Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) shall be Daily SOFR Loans, Base Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans as the Lead Borrower may request subject to and in accordance with this Section 2.02. All Swing Line Loans shall be only Base Rate Loans.

(b) Each Borrowing of Loans shall be made upon the Lead Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Agent, which may be given by (A) telephone or (B) a Committed Loan Notice; provided that any telephonic notice must be confirmed immediately by delivery to the Agent of a Committed Loan Notice. Each such Committed Loan Notice must be received by the Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of Term SOFR Loans and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Daily SOFR Loans and Base Rate Loans. Such Committed Loan Notice shall contain disbursement instructions and shall specify: (i) whether the Borrowing then being requested is to be a Borrowing of Daily SOFR Loans, Base Rate Loans or Term SOFR Loans and, if Term SOFR Loans, the Interest Period with respect thereto; (ii) the amount of the proposed Borrowing (which shall be in an integral multiple of $250,000, but not less than $500,000 in the case of Term SOFR Loans and Daily SOFR Loans, provided that such amount may be less than the applicable foregoing minimum amount if such amount represents all the remaining availability hereunder); and (iii) the date of the proposed Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day). If no election of an Interest Period is specified in any such notice for a Borrowing of Term SOFR Loans, such notice shall be deemed a request for an Interest Period of one (1) month. If no election is made as to the Type of Loan, such notice shall be deemed a request for Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. The Agent shall promptly notify each applicable Lender of its proportionate share of such Borrowing, the date of such Borrowing, the Type of Borrowing being requested and the Interest Period or Interest Periods applicable thereto, as appropriate. On the borrowing date specified in such Notice of Borrowing, each applicable Lender shall make its share of the Borrowing available at the Agent’s Office no later than 2:00 p.m., in immediately available funds. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02, the Agent shall make all funds received in respect of Borrowing of Loans available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Agent either by (i) crediting the Loan Account with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Agent by the Lead Borrower; provided, however, that if, on the date a Borrowing is made with respect to a Loan, there are Letter of Credit Disbursements outstanding, then the proceeds of such Loans, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such Letter of Credit Disbursements, and second, shall be made available to the Borrowers as provided above.

(c) Each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Term SOFR Loans shall be made upon the Lead Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Agent, which may be given by (A) telephone or (B) a Committed Loan Notice; provided that any telephonic notice must be confirmed immediately by delivery to the Agent of a Committed Loan Notice. Each such Committed Loan Notice must be received by the Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (x) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Loans or of any conversion of

Term SOFR Loans to Daily SOFR Loans or Base Rate Loans and (y) on the requested date of any conversion of Base Rate Loans to Daily SOFR Loans. Each such Committed Loan Notice shall specify (1) whether the Lead Borrower is requesting a conversion of Loans or a continuation of Term SOFR Loans, (2) the requested date of the conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (3) the principal amount of Loans to be converted or continued, (4) if applicable, the Type of Loans to which existing Loans are to be converted, and (5) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary:

(i) If less than a full Borrowing of Loans is converted, such conversion shall be made pro rata among the applicable Lenders based upon their Applicable Percentages in accordance with the respective principal amounts of the Loans comprising such Borrowing held by such applicable Lenders immediately prior to such conversion;

(ii) The aggregate principal amount of Loans being converted into or continued as Term SOFR Loans shall be in an integral of $250,000 and at least $500,000;

(iii) The Interest Period with respect to a Borrowing of Term SOFR Loans effected by a conversion or in respect to the Borrowing of Term SOFR Loans being continued as Term SOFR Loans shall commence on the date of conversion or the expiration of the current Interest Period applicable to such continuing Borrowing, as the case may be;

(iv) A Borrowing of Term SOFR Loans may not be converted prior to the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto, unless the Borrower pays all amounts due pursuant to Section 3.05 in connection with such conversion; and

(v) Each request for a conversion or continuation of a Borrowing of Term SOFR Loans which fails to state an applicable Interest Period shall be deemed to be a request for an Interest Period of one (1) month.

If the Borrower does not give notice to convert any Borrowing of Term SOFR Loans, or does not give notice to continue, or does not have the right to continue, any Borrowing as Term SOFR Loans, in each case as provided in this Section 2.02(c), such Borrowing shall automatically be converted to, or continued as, as applicable, a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, at the expiration of the then-current Interest Period. The Agent shall, after it receives notice from the Borrower, promptly give each Lender notice of any conversion, in whole or part, of any Loan made by such Lender.

(d) The Agent, without the request of the Lead Borrower, may advance as a Committed Revolving Loan any interest, fee, service charge (including direct wire fees), Credit Party Expenses, or other payment to which any Credit Party is entitled from the Loan Parties pursuant hereto or any other Loan Document and may charge the same to the Loan Account notwithstanding that an Overadvance may result thereby. The Agent shall advise the Lead Borrower of any such advance or charge promptly after the making thereof. Such action on the part of the Agent shall not constitute a waiver of the Agent’s rights and the Borrowers’ obligations under Section 2.05(c). Any amount which is added to the principal balance of the Loan Account as provided in this Section 2.02(d) shall bear interest at the interest rate then and thereafter applicable to Base Rate Loans.

(e) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Term SOFR Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Term SOFR Loan. Notwithstanding anything

to the contrary contained herein, no more than an aggregate principal amount of $75,000,000 in Daily SOFR Loans may be outstanding at any time (and all Daily SOFR Loans in excess of such amount shall be automatically deemed to be Base Rate Loans for all purposes hereof). During the existence of a Default or an Event of Default, no Committed Revolving Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Daily SOFR Loans or Term SOFR Loans without the Consent of the Required Lenders.

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

(g) After giving effect to all Revolving Credit Borrowings, all conversions of Committed Revolving Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Committed Revolving Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than nine (9) Interest Periods in effect with respect to Term SOFR Loans.

(h) The Agent, the Revolving Lenders, the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer shall have no obligation to make any Committed Revolving Loan or to provide any Letter of Credit if an Overadvance would result. The Agent may, in its discretion, make Permitted Overadvances without the consent of the Borrowers, the Lenders, the Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer and the Borrowers and each Lender and L/C Issuer shall be bound thereby. Any Permitted Overadvance may constitute a Swing Line Loan. A Permitted Overadvance is for the account of the Borrowers and shall constitute a Committed Revolving Loan which is a Base Rate Loan and an Obligation and shall be repaid by the Borrowers in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.05(c). The making of any such Permitted Overadvance on any one occasion shall not obligate the Agent or any Revolving Lender to make or permit any Permitted Overadvance on any other occasion or to permit such Permitted Overadvances to remain outstanding. The making by the Agent of a Permitted Overadvance shall not modify or abrogate any of the provisions of Section 2.03 regarding the Revolving Lenders’ obligations to purchase participations with respect to Letters of Credit or of Section 2.04 regarding the Revolving Lenders’ obligations to purchase participations with respect to Swing Line Loans. The Agent shall have no liability for, and no Loan Party or Credit Party shall have the right to, or shall, bring any claim of any kind whatsoever against the Agent with respect to Unintentional Overadvances regardless of the amount of any such Overadvance(s).

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Lender may exchange, continue or rollover all of the portion of its Loans in connection with any refinancing, extension, loan modification or similar transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to a cashless settlement mechanism approved by the Borrower, the Agent, and such Lender.

2.03 Letters of Credit.

(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.

(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrowers, on behalf of themselves, their Subsidiaries and Parent Entities (it being acknowledged and agreed that, to the extent issued on behalf of any Parent

Entity, such Letter of Credit shall be used for ordinary course business operational needs and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not secure Indebtedness for borrowed money), and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrowers, on behalf of themselves and their Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed Loan Cap, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment or such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Borrowing Base, and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit; provided, further, that any Letter of Credit issued for the benefit of any Subsidiary of any Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be issued naming such Borrower as an account party on any such Letter of Credit (and such Letter of Credit may contain a statement that it is being issued for the benefit of such Subsidiary). Each request by the Lead Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrowers that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. No Letter of Credit shall be issued unless the L/C Issuer shall have received notice from the Agent that the conditions to such issuance have been met. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers’ ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrowers may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. Any L/C Issuer (other than Bank of America or any of its Affiliates) shall notify the Agent in writing on each Business Day of all Letters of Credit issued on the prior Business Day by such L/C Issuer. If the conditions for borrowing under Section 4.02 cannot in fact be fulfilled, the Required Lenders may direct the L/C Issuer to, and the L/C Issuer thereupon shall, cease to issue Letters of Credit (other than Permitted Overadvances) until such conditions can be satisfied or are waived in accordance with Section 10.01.

(ii) No Letter of Credit shall be issued if the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless either such Letter of Credit is Cash Collateralized on or prior to the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit (or such later date as to which the Agent may agree) or all the Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date.

(iii) No Letter of Credit shall be issued without the prior consent of the Agent if:

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

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

(B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;

(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial Stated Amount less than $100,000, in the case of a Commercial Letter of Credit, or $250,000, in the case of a Standby Letter of Credit;

(D) such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars; provided that if the L/C Issuer, in its discretion, issues a Letter of Credit denominated in a currency other than Dollars, all reimbursements by the Borrowers of the honoring of any drawing under such Letter of Credit shall be paid in Dollars based on the Spot Rate;

(E) such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the Stated Amount after any drawing thereunder; or

(F) any Revolving Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless such L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (in its discretion) with the Borrowers or such Revolving Lender to eliminate such L/C Issuer actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to any reallocation of such Defaulting Lenders commitments hereunder)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit as to which such L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion, and in which case L/C Issuer will use reasonable efforts to enter into such arrangements.

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

(v) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Agent” as used in Article IX

included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.

(vi) Subject to Section 2.02(a)(ii), each Standby Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of the date which is (i) one (1) year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or such other longer period of time as the Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree) (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one (1) year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) unless Cash Collateralized or otherwise credit supported to the satisfaction of the Agent and the L/C Issuer (in which case, the expiry may extend no longer than twelve (12) months after the Maturity Date) prior to the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that (A) each Standby Letter of Credit may, upon the request of the Borrower, include a provision whereby such Letter of Credit shall be renewed automatically (unless the L/C Issuer notifies the beneficiary thereof at least thirty (30) days prior to the then-applicable expiration date that such Letter of Credit will not be renewed) for additional consecutive periods of twelve (12) months or less (but not beyond the Letter of Credit Expiration Date), and (B) with the prior written consent of the L/C Issuer and the Agent, a Standby Letter of Credit may have an expiry date after the Maturity Date, so long as such Standby Letter of Credit is Cash Collateralized no later than Letter of Credit Expiration Date on terms and pursuant to arrangements satisfactory to such L/C Issuer and the Agent.

(vii) Each Commercial Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of the date which is (i) one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of the issuance of such Commercial Letter of Credit and (ii) the Letter of Credit Expiration Date.

(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit.

(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Lead Borrower delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and the Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or such other date and time as the Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the Agent or L/C Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the Agent or the L/C Issuer may reasonably require. Additionally, the Lead Borrower shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and

the Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, and any Issuer Documents (including, if requested by the L/C Issuer, a Standby Letter of Credit Agreement or Commercial Letter of Credit Agreement, as applicable), as the L/C Issuer or the Agent may reasonably require.

(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Lead Borrower and, if not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Lender, the Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied or unless the L/C Issuer would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the applicable Borrower, on behalf of itself or any Subsidiary or Parent Entity, or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance or amendment of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to (without any further action), and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided participation interest in (A) such Letter of Credit, (B) any drawings thereunder, and (C) all related reimbursement obligations, in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of such Letter of Credit. Upon any change in the Revolving Commitments under this Agreement, it is hereby agreed that with respect to all L/C Obligations, there shall be an automatic adjustment to the participations hereby created to reflect the new Applicable Percentages of the assigning and assignee Revolving Lenders and such participations shall automatically adjust without further action of any party upon any assignment or reallocation of Revolving Commitments. For the avoidance of doubt, each such participation shall constitute such Lender’s share of the outstanding L/C Obligations and related reimbursement obligations and shall represent such Lender’s exposure with respect thereto for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of determining any Fronting Exposure, reallocations pursuant to Section 9.16 and Cash Collateral requirements. Any action taken or omitted by the L/C Issuer under or in connection with a Letter of Credit, if taken or omitted in the absence of fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence, shall not create for such L/C Issuer any resulting liability to any Lender.

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

(iv) Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(ii) in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, extension, reinstatement or renewal of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of

the Commitments. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to pay to the Agent in Dollars, for account of the L/C Issuer, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each Letter of Credit Disbursement made by L/C Issuer not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the notice provided by the Agent to the Revolving Lenders pursuant to Section 2.03(c) until such Letter of Credit Disbursement is reimbursed by the Borrowers or at any time after any reimbursement payment is required to be refunded to the Borrowers for any reason, including after the Maturity Date. Such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each such payment shall be made in the same manner as provided in Section 2.02 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.02 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders pursuant to this Section 2.03), and the Agent shall promptly pay to the L/C Issuer the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Agent of any payment from the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.03(c), the Agent shall distribute such payment to the L/C Issuer or, to the extent that the Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this clause (b) to reimburse the L/C Issuer, then to such Lenders and the L/C Issuer as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this Section 2.03(b) to reimburse the L/C Issuer shall not relieve the Borrowers of their obligation to reimburse such Letter of Credit Disbursement.

(v) If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(b), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Committed Revolving Loan included in the relevant Revolving Borrowing or in respect of such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, as the case may be (and any funding of such risk participation shall, once made, be treated in the same manner as a Committed Revolving Loan hereunder). A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Lender (through the Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(b)(v) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Lead Borrower and the Agent thereof not less than two (2) Business Days prior to the Honor Date (as defined below; provided, however, that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrowers of their obligation to reimburse the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such payment). On the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower may,

subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.01 and Section 2.02 that such payment be financed with a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or Swing Line Loans in the amount of such Letter of Credit Disbursement and, to the extent so financed, the Borrowers’ obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or Swing Line Loan. If the Borrowers fail to make such payment when due, the Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the applicable Letter of Credit Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrowers in respect thereof (the “Unreimbursed Amount”) and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Agent its Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(iv), subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the aggregate Revolving Commitments.

(ii) Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Committed Revolving Loans to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, any Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or Event of Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, and without regard to whether the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 have been met. Each Revolving Lender shall make such funds available to the Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer not later than the same Business Day such Lender receives notice from the Agent (or, if such notice is received after a time agreed to by the Agent, on the immediately succeeding Business Day), and such obligation shall not be subject to any offset, counterclaim or defense of any kind.

(d) Payment Set Aside. If any payment received by the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such L/C Issuer, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate from time to time in effect plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. The obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

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

(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;

(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrowers or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any

such transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

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

(iv) any payment made by the L/C Issuer in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the UCC, the ISP or the UCP 600, as applicable;

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

(vi) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries; or

(vii) the fact that any Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

The Lead Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Lead Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Lead Borrower will immediately notify the Agent and the L/C Issuer.

(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Revolving Lender and the Borrowers agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuer, the Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Revolving Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; (iii) any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit or any error in interpretation of technical terms; or (iv) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrowers hereby assume all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not

intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrowers’ pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuer, the Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e) or for any action, neglect or omission under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or Issuer Documents, including, without limitation, the issuance or any amendment of any Letter of Credit, the failure to issue or amend any Letter of Credit, or the honoring or dishonoring of any demand under any Letter of Credit, and such action or neglect or omission will bind the Borrowers; provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrowers may have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrowers, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential, exemplary or punitive damages suffered by the Borrowers which the Borrowers prove were caused by the L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit, in each case, by obtaining a final and nonappealable judgment in such Borrower’s favor by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided further, however, that any claim against the L/C Issuer by the Borrowers for any loss suffered or incurred by the Borrowers shall be reduced by an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount (if any) saved by the Borrowers as a result of the breach or other wrongful conduct that allegedly caused such loss, and (ii) the amount (if any) of the loss that would have been avoided had the Borrowers taken all reasonable steps to mitigate such loss, including, without limitation, by enforcing their rights against any beneficiary and, in case of a claim of wrongful dishonor, by specifically and timely authorizing the L/C Issuer to cure such dishonor. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary (or the L/C Issuer may refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit and may disregard any requirement in a Letter of Credit that notice of dishonor be given in a particular manner and any requirement that presentation be made at a particular place or by a particular time of day), and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason. The L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the wording of any Letter of Credit (including, without limitation, any drawing conditions or any terms or conditions that are ineffective, ambiguous, inconsistent, unduly complicated or reasonably impossible to satisfy), notwithstanding any assistance the L/C Issuer may provide to the Borrowers with drafting or recommending text for any Letter of Credit Application or with the structuring of any transaction related to any Letter of Credit, and the Borrowers hereby acknowledge and agree that any such assistance will not constitute legal or other advice by the L/C Issuer or any representation or warranty by the L/C Issuer that any such wording or such Letter of Credit will be effective. Without limiting the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may, as it deems appropriate, modify or alter and use in any Letter of Credit the terminology contained on the Letter of Credit Application for such Letter of Credit. The L/C Issuer may send a Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (“SWIFT”) message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.

(g) Cash Collateral. Upon the request of the Agent, (i) if the L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Obligation that remains outstanding, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrowers shall, in each case, promptly (but in all events with respect to clause (i) above, within five (5) Business Days and, with respect to clause (ii)

above, within three (3) Business Days) Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations. Sections 2.05(c) and Section 8.03 set forth certain additional requirements to deliver Cash Collateral hereunder. For purposes of this Section 2.03, Section 2.05(c) and Section 8.03, “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances in an amount equal to 103% of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations (other than L/C Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit denominated in a currency other than Dollars, which L/C Obligations shall be Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to 105% of the Outstanding Amount of such L/C Obligations), pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby Consented to by the Lenders). The Borrowers hereby grant to the Agent a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America. If at any time the Agent determines that any funds held as Cash Collateral are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Agent or that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, the Borrowers will, forthwith upon demand by the Agent, pay to the Agent, as additional funds to be deposited as Cash Collateral, an amount equal to the excess of (x) such aggregate Outstanding Amount over (y) the total amount of funds, if any, then held as Cash Collateral that the Agent determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit for which funds are on deposit as Cash Collateral, such funds shall be applied, to the extent permitted under applicable Laws, to reimburse the L/C Issuer and, to the extent not so applied, shall, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, thereafter be returned to the Borrowers. Borrowers shall also Cash Collateralize any actual or potential Fronting Exposure upon demand of the Agent or L/C Issuer, and any Fronting Exposure arising as a result of a Defaulting Lender’s failure to fund its share of any participation in L/C Obligations shall be (i) reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders to the extent provided in Section 9.16 and (ii) to the extent not so reallocated, required to be Cash Collateralized in accordance with this Section 2.03(g).

(h) Applicability of ISP and UCP 600. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Lead Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each Standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the UCP 600 shall apply to each Commercial Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible to the Borrowers for, and the L/C Issuer’s rights and remedies against the Borrowers shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of the L/C Issuer required or permitted under any law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the law or any order of a jurisdiction where the L/C Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or UCP 600, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade – International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.

(i) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage a Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Margin times the daily Stated Amount under each such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit). For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of the Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each quarter commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, and thereafter on demand, and (ii) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. If there is any change in the Applicable Margin

during any quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Margin separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Margin was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, while any Event of Default pursuant to Sections 8.01(b), (c) or (i) exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate as provided in Section 2.08(b) hereof; provided that, with respect to any Event of Default pursuant to Sections 8.01(b) or (c), the Default Rate shall apply only at the election of the Agent or at the direction of the Required Lenders.

(j) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer. The Borrowers shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer, for its own account, a fronting fee (the “Fronting Fee”) (i) with respect to each Commercial Letter of Credit, at a rate equal to 0.125% per annum, computed on the amount of such Letter of Credit, and payable upon the issuance or amendment thereof, and (ii) with respect to each Standby Letter of Credit, at a rate equal to 0.250% per annum, computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit and on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such Fronting Fees shall be due and payable on the first day after the end of each quarter, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of the Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06. In addition, the Borrowers shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer, for its own account, the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.

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

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

2.04 Swing Line Loans.

(a) The Swing Line. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender may, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, make loans (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”), in its discretion, to the Borrowers from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Committed Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed Loan Cap, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Revolving Loans of any Lender at such time, plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations at such time, plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans at such time shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment or such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Borrowing Base,

and provided, further, that the Borrowers shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Swing Line Lender shall not be under any obligation to make any Swing Line Loan if it shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that it has, or by such requested Swing Line Loan may have, Fronting Exposure. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05(c), and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest only at the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Swing Line Loan. The Swing Line Lender shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the Swing Line Lender in connection with Swing Line Loans made by it or proposed to be made by it as if the term “Agent” as used in Article IX included the Swing Line Lender with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the Swing Line Lender.

(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Lead Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Agent, which may be given by (A) telephone or (B) by a Swing Line Loan Notice; provided that any telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Agent of a Swing Line Loan Notice. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Agent at the request of the Required Lenders prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, in each case, other than as a result of a Permitted Overadvance, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender may, not later than 1:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrowers at its office by crediting the account of the Lead Borrower on the books of the Swing Line Lender in immediately available funds. All Swing Line Loans shall be Base Rate Loans and shall be subject to periodic settlement with the Lenders as provided herein.

(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrowers (which hereby irrevocably authorize the Swing Line Lender to so request on their behalf), that each Revolving Lender make a Daily SOFR Loan or a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Daily SOFR Loan or Base Rate Loans, as applicable, but subject to

the unutilized portion of the Loan Cap and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Lead Borrower with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Agent. Each Revolving Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to the Agent in immediately available funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Daily SOFR Loan or Base Rate Loan, as applicable, to the Borrowers in such amount. The Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.

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

(iii) If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Lender (acting through the Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Swing Line Lender in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing Line Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Revolving Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Revolving Lender’s Committed Revolving Loan included in the relevant Revolving Credit Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Revolving Lender (through the Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(iv) Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Committed Revolving Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrowers or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Committed Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. No such funding of risk participations

shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrowers to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.

(d) Repayment of Participations.

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

(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate. The Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

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

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

(g) Payment Set Aside. If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04 is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by the Swing Line Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate from time to time in effect plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing Line Lender in connection with the foregoing. The obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

2.05 Prepayments.

(a) The Borrowers may, upon irrevocable notice from the Lead Borrower to the Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Committed Revolving Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (A) three U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Term

SOFR Loans and (B) on the date of prepayment of Daily SOFR Loans or Base Rate Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Term SOFR Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $250,000 in excess thereof; and (iii) any prepayment of Daily SOFR Loans or Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $250,000 in excess thereof ($100,000 and $100,000, respectively, in the case of Swing Line Loans) or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding; provided, further, that such notice may state that it is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrowers (by notice to the Agent on or prior to the specified closing date) if such condition is not satisfied. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and, if Term SOFR Loans, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The Agent will promptly notify each Revolving Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Lead Borrower, the Borrowers shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Term SOFR Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each such prepayment shall be applied to the Committed Revolving Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages. No prepayment of Term SOFR Loans shall be permitted pursuant to this Section 2.05(a) prior to the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto, unless the Borrowers reimburse the Lenders for amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. No partial prepayment of a Borrowing of Term SOFR Loans shall result in the aggregate principal amount of the Term SOFR Loans remaining outstanding pursuant to such Borrowing being less than $250,000 (unless all such outstanding Term SOFR Loans are being prepaid in full).

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

(c) If for any reason the Total Outstandings at any time exceed the Loan Cap as then in effect, the Borrowers shall immediately prepay Committed Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (and any Fronting Exposure) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that the Borrowers shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations or any Fronting Exposure pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) unless after the prepayment in full of the Committed Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans, the Total Outstandings exceed the Loan Cap as then in effect.

(d) After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Cash Dominion Event, the Borrowers shall prepay the Committed Revolving Loans, all outstanding interest fees and Credit Party Expenses, and Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations with proceeds and collections received by the Loan Parties to the extent so required under the provisions of Section 6.11 hereof.

(e) Prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.05(c), and (d) above, first, shall be applied to the Swing Line Loans, second, shall be applied ratably to the outstanding Committed Revolving Loans, third, shall be used to Cash Collateralize the remaining L/C Obligations (and any Fronting Exposure); and, fourth, the amount remaining, if any, after the prepayment in full of all Swing Line Loans and

Committed Revolving Loans outstanding at such time and the Cash Collateralization of the remaining L/C Obligations (and any Fronting Exposure) in full may be retained by the Borrowers for use in the ordinary course of its business. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit that has been Cash Collateralized, the funds held as Cash Collateral shall be applied (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrowers or any other Loan Party) to reimburse the L/C Issuer or the Revolving Lenders, as applicable.

2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments.

(a) The Borrowers may, upon irrevocable notice from the Lead Borrower to the Agent, terminate the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. five Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (iii) the Borrowers shall not terminate or reduce (A) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (B) the Letter of Credit Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto, the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations not fully Cash Collateralized hereunder would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, and (C) the Swing Line Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto, and to any concurrent payments hereunder, the Outstanding Amount of Swing Line Loans hereunder would exceed the Swing Line Sublimit.

(b) If, after giving effect to any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, such Letter of Credit Sublimit or Swing Line Sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.

(c) The Agent will promptly notify the Revolving Lenders of any termination or reduction of the Letter of Credit Sublimit, Swing Line Sublimit or the Aggregate Revolving Commitments under this Section 2.06(c). Upon any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, the Revolving Commitment of each Revolving Lender shall be reduced by such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such reduction amount. All fees (including, without limitation, commitment fees and Letter of Credit Fees) and interest in respect of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

2.07 Repayment of Loans.

(a) The Borrowers shall repay to the Revolving Lenders on the Termination Date the aggregate principal amount of Committed Revolving Loans and all other Obligations outstanding on such date.

(b) To the extent not previously paid, the Borrowers shall repay the outstanding balance of the Swing Line Loans on the Termination Date.

2.08 Interest.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(b) below,

(i) each Term SOFR Loan constituting a Committed Revolving Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Term SOFR for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin;

(ii) each Base Rate Loan constituting a Committed Revolving Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin;

(iii) each Daily SOFR Loan constituting a Committed Revolving Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Daily Simple SOFR plus the Applicable Margin; and

(iv) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

(b) (i) If any Event of Default exists under Section 8.01(i), or if any amount payable under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

(ii) If any Event of Default exists under Section 8.01(b) or (c), then the Agent may, and upon the request of the Required Lenders shall, notify the Lead Borrower that all amounts payable under any Loan Document not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

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

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

2.09 Fees.

In addition to certain fees described in Sections 2.03(i) and 2.03(j):

(a) Commitment Fee. The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, a commitment fee calculated on a per annum basis equal to 0.20% per annum times the actual daily amount by which the Aggregate Revolving Commitments exceed the Total Outstandings. The commitment fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the first day after the end of each quarter, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the last day of the Availability Period. The commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears.

(b) Other Fees. The Borrowers shall pay to Bank of America (in its capacity as an the Agent) and BofA Securities, Inc. (in its capacity as a Lead Arranger) fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees.

(a) Except for any computations with respect to clause (c) of the definition of Base Rate (which shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365, or to the extent a leap year, 366), all computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed. Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

(b) In connection with the implementation of a Successor Rate, the Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time, in consultation with the Lead Borrower, and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to the Borrowers and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.

2.11 Evidence of Debt.

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

(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in Section 2.11(a), each Revolving Lender and the Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Revolving Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and

Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Agent and the accounts and records of any Revolving Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.

(c) Agent shall render monthly statements regarding the Loan Account to the Lead Borrower including principal, interest, fees, and including an itemization of all charges and expenses constituting Credit Party Expenses owing, and such statements, absent manifest error, shall be conclusively presumed to be correct and accurate and constitute an account stated between Borrowers and the Credit Parties unless, within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof by the Lead Borrower, the Lead Borrower shall deliver to Agent written objection thereto describing the error or errors contained in any such statements.

2.12 Payments Generally; Agent’s Clawback.

(a) General. All payments to be made by the Loan Parties shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. The Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Agent after 2:00 p.m., at the option of the Agent, shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrowers shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.

(b) (i) Revolving Lenders; Presumption by Agent. Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a Revolving Lender prior to the proposed date of any Revolving Credit Borrowing of Term SOFR Loans (or in the case of any Revolving Credit Borrowing of Daily SOFR Loans or Base Rate Loans, prior to 1:00 p.m. on the date of such Borrowing) that such Revolving Lender will not make available to the Agent such Revolving Lender’s share of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, the Agent may assume that such Revolving Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Daily SOFR Loans or Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrowers a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Revolving Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Revolving Credit Borrowing available to the Agent, then the applicable Revolving Lender and the Borrowers severally agree to pay to the Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrowers to but excluding the date of payment to the Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Revolving Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation plus any administrative processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrowers, the interest rate applicable to Committed Revolving Loans comprising Base Rate Loans. If the Borrowers and such Revolving Lender shall pay such interest to the Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrowers the amount of such interest paid by the Borrowers for such period. If such Revolving Lender pays its share of the applicable Revolving Credit Borrowing to the Agent, then the amount so paid

shall constitute such Revolving Lender’s Committed Revolving Loan included in such Revolving Credit Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrowers shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrowers may have against a Revolving Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Agent.

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

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

(c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrowers by the Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof (subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 4.02 hereof), the Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.

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

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

2.13 Sharing of Payments by Lenders.

If any Credit Party shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment (which shall be deemed to include any “roll-up” of pre-petition obligations in any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law into any post-petition claim) in respect of any principal of, interest on, or other amounts with respect to, any of the Obligations resulting in any Revolving Lender receiving payment (or, as applicable, a “roll-up”) of a proportion of the aggregate amount of Obligations in respect of Committed Revolving Loans greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein (including as in

contravention of the priorities of payment set forth in Section 8.04), then the Credit Party receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Obligations of the other Revolving Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Credit Parties ratably and in the priorities set forth in Section 8.04, provided that:

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

(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by the Loan Parties pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its portion of its Committed Revolving Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrowers or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).

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

2.14 Settlement Amongst Lenders.

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

(b) The Agent shall deliver to each of the Revolving Lenders promptly after a Settlement Date a summary statement of the amount of outstanding Committed Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans for the period and the amount of repayments received for the period. As reflected on the summary statement, (i) the Agent shall transfer to each Revolving Lender its Applicable Percentage of repayments, and (ii) each Revolving Lender shall transfer to the Agent (as provided below) or the Agent shall transfer to each Revolving Lender, such amounts as are necessary to insure that, after giving effect to all such transfers, the amount of Committed Revolving Loans made by each Lender shall be equal to such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of all Committed Revolving Loans outstanding as of such Settlement Date. If the summary statement requires transfers to be made to the Agent by the Revolving Lenders and is received prior to 1:00 p.m. on a Business Day, such transfers shall be made in immediately available funds no later than 3:00 p.m. that day; and, if received after 1:00 p.m., then no later than 3:00 p.m. on the next Business Day. The obligation of each Revolving Lender to transfer such funds is irrevocable, unconditional and without recourse to or warranty by the Agent. If and to the extent any Revolving Lender shall not have so made its transfer to the Agent, such Revolving Lender agrees to pay to the Agent, forthwith on demand such amount, together with interest thereon, for each day from such date until the date such amount is paid to the Agent, equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Effective

Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation plus any administrative, processing, or similar fees customarily charged by the Agent in connection with the foregoing. The foregoing provisions shall be subject to Section 9.16.

2.15 Uncommitted Increase.

(a) Uncommitted Increase.

(i) Request for Increase. Provided no Default or Event of Default then exists or would arise therefrom, upon notice to the Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), the Lead Borrower may request an increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments by an amount (for all such requests) not exceeding $200,000,000 or such higher amount as may be agreed to by Required Lenders (the “Commitment Increase”); provided that any such request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000. At the time of sending such notice, the Lead Borrower (in consultation with the Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Revolving Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten (10) Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Revolving Lenders). No Lender is required to increase its Commitment.

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

(iii) Notification by Agent; Additional Lenders. The Agent shall notify the Lead Borrower and each Revolving Lender of the Revolving Lenders’ responses to each request made hereunder. To achieve the full amount of a requested increase and subject to the approval of the Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender (which approvals shall not be unreasonably withheld), to the extent that the existing Lenders decline to increase their Revolving Commitments, or decline to increase their Revolving Commitments to the amount requested by the Lead Borrower, the Agent, in consultation with the Lead Borrower, will use its reasonable efforts to arrange for other Eligible Assignees to become a Revolving Lender hereunder and to issue commitments in an amount equal to the amount of the increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments requested by the Lead Borrower and not accepted by the existing Revolving Lenders (and the Lead Borrower may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become Revolving Lenders) (each, an “Additional Commitment Lender”), provided, however, that without the consent of the Agent, at no time shall the Revolving Commitment of any Additional Commitment Lender be less than $20,000,000.

(iv) Effective Date and Allocations. If the Aggregate Revolving Commitments are increased in accordance with this Section, the Agent, in consultation with the Lead Borrower, shall determine the effective date (the “Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such increase. The Agent shall promptly notify the Lead Borrower and the Revolving Lenders of the final allocation of such increase and the Increase Effective Date and on the Increase Effective Date (i) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments under, and for all purposes of, this Agreement shall be increased by the

aggregate amount of such Commitment Increases, and (ii) Schedule 2.01 shall be deemed modified, without further action, to reflect the revised Commitments and Applicable Percentages of the Revolving Lenders.

(b) Conditions to Effectiveness of Commitment Increase. As a condition precedent to such Commitment Increase, (i) the Lead Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a certificate of the Lead Borrower dated as of the Increase Effective Date signed by a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower (A) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the Lead Borrower approving or consenting to such Commitment Increase, and (B) certifying that, before and after giving effect to such Commitment Increase, (1) the representations and warranties contained in Article V and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Increase Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date and except in the case of any representation and warranty qualified by materiality, in which case they shall be true and correct in all respects, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.15, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.06 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.04, and (2) no Default or Event of Default exists or would arise therefrom, (ii) the Borrowers, the Agent, and any Additional Commitment Lender shall have executed and delivered a joinder to the Loan Documents in such form as the Agent shall reasonably require; (iii) the Borrowers shall have paid such fees and other compensation, if any, to the Revolving Lenders increasing their Revolving Commitments and to the Additional Commitment Lenders, as the Lead Borrower and such Revolving Lenders and Additional Commitment Lenders, as applicable, shall agree; (iv) the Borrowers shall have paid such arrangement fees to the Agent as the Lead Borrower and the Agent may agree; (v) if requested by the Agent, the Borrowers shall deliver to the Agent and the Lenders an opinion or opinions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, from counsel to the Borrowers reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and dated such date; (vi) the Borrowers and the Additional Commitment Lender shall have delivered such other instruments, documents and agreements as the Agent may reasonably have requested; and (vii) no Default or Event of Default exists. The Borrowers shall prepay any Committed Revolving Loans outstanding on the Increase Effective Date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.05) to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Committed Revolving Loans ratable with any revised Applicable Percentages arising from any nonratable increase in the Revolving Commitments under this Section.

(c) Conflicting Provisions. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10.01 requiring the Consent of at least Required Lenders to all amendments or waivers to this Agreement or other Loan Documents, the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Agent and the Revolving Lenders/Additional Commitment Lenders providing any Commitment Increase, to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (an “Incremental Amendment”) with the Loan Parties as may be necessary in order to reflect the increase (or establishment) to the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and increase (or establishment) to the respective Revolving Commitments of such Revolving Lenders/Additional Commitment Lenders, and such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Agent and the Loan Parties in connection with the such increases/establishments, in each case, on terms consistent with this Section 2.15.

2.16 Extensions of Revolving Commitments.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, pursuant to one or more offers (each, an “Extension Offer”) made from time to time by the Lead Borrower to all Lenders on a pro rata basis (based on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the respective Revolving

Commitments) and on the same terms to each such Lender, the Loan Parties may consummate from time to time transactions with individual Lenders that accept the terms contained in such Extension Offers to extend the Maturity Date of each such Lender’s Revolving Commitments and otherwise modify the terms of such Revolving Commitments pursuant to the terms of the relevant Extension Offer (including by increasing the interest rate or fees payable in respect of such Revolving Commitments) (each, an “Extension”, and each group of Revolving Commitments so extended, as well as the original Revolving Commitments not so extended, being a “tranche”). Any Extended Revolving Commitments shall constitute a separate tranche of Revolving Commitments from the tranche of Revolving Commitments so long as the following terms are satisfied: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time the offering document in respect of an Extension Offer is delivered to the Lenders; (ii) except as to pricing (interest rate and fees) and maturity (which shall be set forth in the relevant Extension Offer but shall be no earlier than the Maturity Date of the Revolving Commitments), the Revolving Commitment of any Lender that agrees to an Extension with respect to such amounts extended pursuant to any Extension (an “Extended Revolving Commitment”), and the related outstandings, shall be a Revolving Commitment (or related outstandings, as the case may be) with the same terms as the original Revolving Commitments (and related outstandings); provided that (A) the borrowing and repayment (except for (1) payments of interest and fees at different rates on Extended Revolving Commitments (and related outstandings), (2) repayments required upon the Maturity Date of the non-extending Revolving Commitments and (3) repayments made in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of any portion of the Revolving Commitments) of Loans with respect to Extended Revolving Commitments after the applicable date of such Extension shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Commitments, (B) the permanent repayment of Committed Revolving Loans with respect to, and termination of, Extended Revolving Commitments after the applicable date of such Extension shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Commitments, except that the Loan Parties shall be permitted to permanently repay and terminate Revolving Commitments prior to any Extended Revolving Commitments, (C) assignments and participations of Extended Revolving Commitments and extended Committed Revolving Loans shall be governed by the same assignment and participation provisions applicable to Revolving Commitments and Committed Revolving Loans, and (D) at no time shall there be Revolving Commitments hereunder (including Extended Revolving Commitments) which have more than two different Maturity Dates; (iii) if the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Commitments be (calculated on the face amount thereof) in respect of which Lenders shall have accepted the relevant Extension Offer shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Revolving Commitments offered to be extended by the Loan Parties pursuant to such Extension Offer, then the Revolving Commitments of such Lenders shall be extended ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts (but not to exceed actual holdings of record) with respect to which such Lenders have accepted such Extension Offer; and (iv) any applicable Minimum Extension Condition (as defined below) shall be satisfied unless waived by the Loan Parties and, to extent provided below, the Agent.

(b) With respect to all Extensions consummated by the Loan Parties pursuant to this Section 2.16, (i) such Extensions shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory payments for purposes of this Agreement and (ii) each Extension Offer shall specify the minimum amount of Revolving Commitments to be tendered, which shall be with respect to Revolving Commitments of a class an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $10,000,000 (or if less, the remaining outstanding principal amount thereof) (or such lesser minimum amount reasonably approved by the Agent) (a “Minimum Extension Condition”). The transactions contemplated by this Section 2.16 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees or premium in respect of any Extended Revolving Commitments on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension

Offer) shall not require the consent of any Lender or any other person (other than as set forth in clause (c) of this Section 2.16).

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10.01 requiring the Consent of at least Required Lenders to all amendments or waivers to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (i) the consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) of the Agent shall be required to effectuate any Extension, (ii) no consent of any Lender or any other person shall be required to effectuate any Extension, other than the consent of the Loan Parties and each Lender agreeing to such Extension with respect to one or more of its Revolving Commitments, and (iii) the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Agent to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (an “Extension Amendment”) with the Loan Parties as may be necessary in order to establish new tranches in respect of Revolving Commitments so extended and such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Agent and the Loan Parties in connection with the establishment of such new tranches, in each case, on terms consistent with this Section 2.16.

ARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY;
APPOINTMENT OF LEAD BORROWER

3.01 Taxes.

(a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrowers under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Law. If any applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable withholding agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a withholding agent, then the applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law. If the Borrowers or any other withholding agent shall be required by applicable Law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including any Other Taxes) from such payments, then the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Agent, the applicable Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholding of Indemnified Taxes been made.

(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrowers. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the Borrowers shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law, or at the option of the Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

(c) Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall indemnify the Agent, each Lender and the L/C Issuer, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by the Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, 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. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Lead Borrower by a Lender or the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Agent), or by the Agent, on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrowers to a Governmental Authority, the Lead Borrower shall deliver to the 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 Agent.

(e) Status of Lenders. Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which any Borrower is resident for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Lead Borrower (with a copy to the Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Lead Borrower or the Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. Such delivery shall be provided on the Closing Date and on or before such documentation expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of an event requiring a change in the documentation most recently delivered. In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Lead Borrower or the Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Lead Borrower or the Agent as will enable the Lead Borrower or the Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that any Borrower is a U.S. Person, any Lender shall deliver to the Lead Borrower and the Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Lead Borrower or the Agent, but only if such Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:

(i) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding Tax; and

(ii) any Foreign Lender shall deliver whichever of the following is applicable:

(A) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, or any successor form thereto, claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party;

(B) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI;

(C) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate (“Tax Compliance Certificate”) to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (1) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (2) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrowers within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (3) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, or any successor form thereto;

(D) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the Beneficial Owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, a Tax Compliance Certificate, IRS Form W-9 and/or other certification documents from each Beneficial Owner, as applicable;

(E) any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding Tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Law to permit the Lead Borrower and/or Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made;

(F) 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 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 Lead Borrower and the Agent at the time or times prescribed by Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Lead Borrower or the 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 Lead Borrower or the Agent as may be necessary for the Borrowers and the Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and 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 the purposes of this clause (F), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

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 Lead Borrower and the Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines, in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Loan Parties or with respect to which the Loan Parties have paid or remitted additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to the Loan Parties an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Loan Parties under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, 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 Loan Parties, upon the request of the Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, agree to repay the amount paid over to the Loan Parties (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer in the event the Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the Loan Parties or any other Person.

(g) Agent Withholding. On or before the date the Agent (or any successor thereto) becomes a party to this Agreement, the Agent shall provide to the Lead Borrower, two copies of the duly-signed, properly completed documentation prescribed in clause (i) or (ii) below, as applicable (together with all required attachments thereto): (i) IRS Form W-9 or any successor thereto, or (ii) (A) with respect to payments to be received by it as a Beneficial Owner, IRS Form W-8ECI or any successor thereto, and (B) with respect to payments received on account of any Lender or other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Loan Parties hereunder, a U.S. branch withholding certificate on IRS Form W-8IMY (together with required accompanying documentation) or any successor thereto evidencing its agreement with the Lead Borrower to be treated as a U.S. Person for U.S. federal withholding tax purposes. At any time thereafter, the Agent shall provide updated documentation previously provided (or a successor form thereto) when any documentation previously delivered has expired or become obsolete or invalid in any respect or otherwise upon the reasonable request of the Lead Borrower.

(h) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the 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 Lead Borrower has not already indemnified the Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Lead Borrower to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 10.06(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participation Register and (iii) 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 paragraph (h).

3.02 Illegality.

If any Lender determines that any change in market conditions or any Change in Law has made it unlawful or impractical, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans (or Base Rate Loans determined with reference to Term SOFR), or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Term SOFR Screen Rate, Term SOFR or SOFR, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Lead Borrower through the Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans (or Base Rate Loans determined with reference to Term SOFR) or to convert Base Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Loans to Term SOFR Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Agent and the Lead Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, if necessary to avoid such illegality or impracticability, (i) in the case of any Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans of such Lender that are outstanding, the Borrowers shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (and if applicable, without reference to Term SOFR), either (as applicable) on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans, and (ii) in the case of any such Base Rate Loans of such Lender that are outstanding and that are determined with reference to Term SOFR, interest upon the Base Rate Loans of such Lender after the date specified in such Lender’s notice shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Base Rate

Loans without reference to the Term SOFR component thereof. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrowers shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

3.03 Inability to Determine Rates.

(a) If in connection with any request for a Term SOFR Loan or Daily SOFR Loans or a conversion to or continuation thereof, as applicable, (i) the Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (A) no Successor Rate has been determined in accordance with Section 3.03(b), and the circumstances under clause (i) of Section 3.03(b) or the Scheduled Unavailability Date (as defined below) has occurred (as applicable), or (B) adequate and reasonable means do not otherwise exist for determining Term SOFR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Term SOFR Loan, Daily SOFR Loans or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan or (ii) the Agent or the Required Lenders determine that for any reason that Term SOFR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Term SOFR Loan or Daily SOFR Loans does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Term SOFR Loan or Daily SOFR Loans, the Agent will promptly so notify the Lead Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Loans to Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans (as applicable) shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans or Interest Periods), and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Term SOFR component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Agent (or, in the case of a determination by the Required Lenders described in clause (ii) of this Section 3.03(a), until the Agent upon instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Lead Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, or conversion to, or continuation of Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans or Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein and (ii) any outstanding Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans shall be deemed to have been converted to Base Rate Loans immediately or, as applicable, at the end of their respective applicable Interest Period.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, if the Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Lead Borrower or Required Lenders notify the Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to the Lead Borrower) that the Lead Borrower or the Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that:

(i) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining one (1) month, three (3) month and six (6) month interest periods of Term SOFR, including, without limitation, because the Term SOFR Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or

(ii) CME or any successor administrator of the Term SOFR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Agent or such administrator with respect to its publication of Term SOFR, in each case acting in such capacity, has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which one (1) month, three (3) month and six (6) month interest periods of Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Screen Rate shall or will no longer be made available, or permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of U.S. dollar denominated syndicated loans, or shall or will otherwise cease; provided

that, at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator that is satisfactory to the Agent, that will continue to provide such interest periods of Term SOFR after such specific date (the latest date on which one (1) month, three (3) month and six (6) month interest periods of Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Screen Rate are no longer available permanently or indefinitely, the “Scheduled Unavailability Date”);

(iii) then, on a date and time determined by the Agent (any such date, the “Term SOFR Replacement Date”), which date shall be at the end of an Interest Period or on the relevant interest payment date, as applicable, for interest calculated and, solely with respect to clause (ii) above, no later than the Scheduled Unavailability Date, Term SOFR will be replaced hereunder and under any Loan Document with Daily Simple SOFR for any payment period for interest calculated that can be determined by the Agent, in each case, without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document (the “Successor Rate”):

If the Successor Rate is Daily Simple SOFR, all interest payments will be payable on a monthly basis on the first day of each month.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) if the Agent determines that Daily Simple SOFR is not available on or prior to the Term SOFR Replacement Date or (ii) if the events or circumstances of the type described in Section 3.03(b)(i) or (ii) have occurred with respect to the Successor Rate then in effect, then in each case, the Agent and the Lead Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing Term SOFR or any then current Successor Rate in accordance with this Section 3.03 at the end of any Interest Period, relevant interest payment date or payment period for interest calculated, as applicable, with another alternate benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar U.S. dollar denominated credit facilities syndicated and agented in the United States for such alternative benchmarks and, in each case, including any mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar U.S. dollar denominated credit facilities syndicated and agented in the United States for such benchmark. For the avoidance of doubt, any such proposed rate and adjustments shall constitute a Successor Rate. Any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Business Day after the Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Lead Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Agent written notice that such Required Lenders object to such amendment.

The Agent will promptly (in one or more notices) notify the Lead Borrower and each Lender of the implementation of any Successor Rate.

Any Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Agent, such Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Agent.

Notwithstanding anything else herein, if at any time any Successor Rate so determined would otherwise be less than zero, the Successor Rate will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

In connection with the implementation of a Successor Rate, the Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement; provided that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to the Lead Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.

For purposes of this Section 3.03, those Lenders that either have not made, or do not have an obligation under this Agreement to make, the relevant Loans in Dollars shall be excluded from any determination of Required Lenders.

3.04 Increased Costs.

(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender or the L/C Issuer;

(ii) subject any Lender or the L/C Issuer to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or the L/C Issuer in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 3.01 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of “Excluded Tax” or that are Connection Income Taxes payable by such Lender or the L/C Issuer); or

(iii) impose on any Lender or the L/C Issuer any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Term SOFR Loans or Daily SOFR Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Term SOFR Loan (or any Base Rate Loan determined with reference to Term SOFR) (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Term SOFR Loan or Base Rate Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or the L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, the Borrowers will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or the L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements or liquidity has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such

Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrowers will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or the L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Lead Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six months prior to the date that such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the Lead Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s intention to claim compensation therefor.

3.05 Compensation for Losses.

Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Agent) from time to time, the Borrowers shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:

(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);

(b) any failure by the Borrowers (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Lead Borrower; or

(c) any assignment of a Term SOFR Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Lead Borrower pursuant to Section 10.13;

including any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. The Borrowers shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.

Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, neither the Agent, nor any Lender, nor any of their Participants, is required actually to match fund any Obligation as to which interest accrues at Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Screen Rate.

A certificate of the Agent or a Lender delivered to the Lead Borrower setting forth the amount that the Agent or such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 3.05 shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay such amount to the Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, within 10 days after receipt thereof.

3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.05, or the Borrowers are required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different 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 3.01 or 3.05, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrowers hereby agree to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.05, or if the Borrowers are required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, the Borrowers may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 10.13.

3.07 Survival.

Each party’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and repayment of the Committed Revolving Loans, the Swing Line Loans, and all other Obligations.

3.08 Designation of Lead Borrower as Borrowers’ Agent.

(a) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Lead Borrower as such Borrower’s agent to obtain Credit Extensions, the proceeds of which shall be available to each Borrower for such uses as are permitted under this Agreement. As the disclosed principal for its agent, each Borrower shall be obligated to each Credit Party on account of Credit Extensions so made as if made directly by the applicable Credit Party to such Borrower, notwithstanding the manner by which such Credit Extensions are recorded on the books and records of the Lead Borrower and of any other Borrower. In addition, each Loan Party other than the Borrowers hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Lead Borrower as such Loan Party’s agent to represent such Loan Party in all respects under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

(b) Each Borrower recognizes that credit available to it hereunder is in excess of and on better terms than it otherwise could obtain on and for its own account and that one of the reasons therefor is its joining in the credit facility contemplated herein with all other Borrowers. Consequently, each Borrower hereby assumes and agrees to discharge all Obligations of each of the other Borrowers.

(c) The Lead Borrower shall act as a conduit for each Borrower (including itself, as a “Borrower”) on whose behalf the Lead Borrower has requested a Credit Extension. Neither the Agent nor any other Credit Party shall have any obligation to see to the application of such proceeds therefrom.

ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

4.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension.

The obligation of the L/C Issuer and each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) The Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals, facsimiles or other electronic image scan transmission (e.g., “pdf” or “tif” via e-mail) (followed promptly by originals to the extent requested) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party or the Lenders, as applicable, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent:

(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement sufficient in number for distribution to the Agent, each Lender and the Lead Borrower;

(ii) a Note executed by the Borrowers in favor of each Lender requesting a Note;

(iii) copies of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Agent may require evidencing (A) the authority of each Loan Party to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or is to become a party and (B) the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or is to become a party;

(iv) copies of each Loan Party’s Organization Documents and such other documents and certifications as the Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and that each Loan Party is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that failure to so qualify in such jurisdiction would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(v) a favorable opinion(s) of Alston & Bird LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties on the Closing Date, addressed to the Agent and each Lender, as to such matters concerning the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as the Agent may reasonably request;

(vi) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower certifying (1) that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and 4.02(b) have been satisfied, (2) that there has been no event or circumstance since the date of the Audited Financial Statements that has had or could be reasonably expected to have, either

individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (3) to the Solvency of the Loan Parties, on a Consolidated basis, as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions, and (4) either that (x) no consents, licenses or approvals are required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party and the validity against such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, or (y) that all such consents, licenses and approvals have been obtained and are in full force and effect;

(vii) certificates of insurance evidencing insurance required to be maintained by Section 6.02(a);

(viii) a payoff letter from the agents for the lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement and Existing Term Loan Agreement, each reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent evidencing that the Existing Credit Agreement or Existing Term Loan Agreement, as applicable, has been or substantially concurrently with the Closing Date is being terminated, all obligations thereunder are being paid in full, and all Liens securing obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement or Existing Term Loan Agreement, as applicable, have been or substantially concurrently with the Closing Date are being released;

(ix) the Security Documents and certificates evidencing any stock being pledged thereunder, together with undated stock powers executed in blank, each duly executed by the applicable Loan Parties;

(x) the Intercreditor Agreement, duly executed by all applicable parties;

(xi) the Facility Guaranty, Perfection Certificate, Grant of Security Interest in Trademarks, Disbursement Letter, Post-Closing Letter and Borrowing Base Certificate, each duly executed by the applicable Loan Parties;

(xii) results of searches or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent (in each case dated as of a date reasonably satisfactory to the Agent) indicating the absence of Liens on the assets of the Loan Parties, except for Permitted Encumbrances and Liens for which termination statements and releases, satisfactions and discharges of any mortgages, and releases or subordination agreements satisfactory to the Agent are being tendered concurrently with such extension of credit or other arrangements satisfactory to the Agent for the delivery of such termination statements and releases, satisfactions and discharges have been made;

(xiii) (A) all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by the Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create or perfect the first priority Liens intended to be created under the Loan Documents and all such documents and instruments shall have been so filed, registered or recorded to the satisfaction of the Agent and (B) the DDA Notifications, Credit Card Notifications required pursuant to Section 6.11 hereof; and

(xiv) such other assurances, certificates, documents, consents or opinions as the Agent reasonably may require.

(b) After giving effect to the Transactions, including, without limitation (i) the first funding under the Loans, (ii) any charges to the Loan Account made in connection with the establishment of the credit facility contemplated hereby and (iii) all Letters of Credit to be issued at, or immediately subsequent to, such establishment, Availability, shall be not less than $600,000,000.

(c) The Agent shall have received a Borrowing Base Certificate dated the Closing Date, relating to the month ended on May 31, 2026, and executed by a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower.

(d) Since December 25, 2025, no Material Adverse Effect has occurred.

(e) The Agent shall have received and be satisfied with (i) a detailed forecast for the period commencing on the Closing Date and through and including the third anniversary of the Closing Date, which shall include an Availability model, Consolidated income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flow (on a monthly basis for the 2026 Fiscal Year, and on an annual basis for each Fiscal Year thereafter), each prepared in conformity with GAAP and consistent with the Loan Parties’ then current practices and (ii) such other information (financial or otherwise) reasonably requested by the Agent.

(f) There shall not be pending any litigation or other proceeding, the result of which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(g) The Agent shall have received a duly executed and effective copy of the Term Loan Agreement, certified by a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower true, complete and correct, which Term Loan Agreement shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

(h) The consummation of the Transactions shall not violate any applicable Law or any Organization Document.

(i) All fees and expenses required to be paid to Bank of America (in its capacity as the Agent) and BofA Securities, Inc. (in its capacities as a Lead Arranger), on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid in full, and all fees and expenses required to be paid to the Lenders on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid in full.

(j) The Borrowers shall have paid all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Agent to the extent invoiced at least two (2) Business Days prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the Closing Date (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrowers and the Agent).

(k) The Agent and the Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the USA PATRIOT Act.

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 9.04, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have Consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be Consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the

Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

4.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions.

The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Revolving Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Term SOFR Loans) and each L/C Issuer to issue each Letter of Credit is subject to the following conditions precedent:

(a) The representations and warranties of each Loan Party contained in Article V or in any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except (i) to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, (ii) in the case of any representation and warranty qualified by materiality, they shall be true and correct in all respects, and (iii) for purposes of this Section 4.02, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.06 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.04;

(b) No Default or Event of Default shall exist, or would result immediately after giving effect to such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds thereof;

(c) The Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof; and

(d) No Overadvance shall result from such Credit Extension.

Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Revolving Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Term SOFR Loans) submitted by the Lead Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrowers that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension. The conditions set forth in this Section 4.02 are for the sole benefit of the Agent, Lenders, L/C Issuer, and Swing Line Lender but, until the Required Lenders otherwise direct the Agent to cease making Committed Revolving Loans and direct the L/C Issuer to cease issuing Letters of Credit, the Revolving Lenders will fund their Applicable Percentage of all Committed Revolving Loans and participate in all Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit whenever made or issued, which are requested by the Lead Borrower and which, notwithstanding the failure of the Loan Parties to comply with the provisions of this Article IV, agreed to by the Agent, provided, however, the making of any such Loans or the issuance of any Letters of Credit shall not be deemed a modification or waiver by any Credit Party of the provisions of this Article IV on any future occasion or a waiver of any rights of the Credit Parties as a result of any such failure to comply.

ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Loan Party represents and warrants to each Agent, Lender, L/C Issuer, and Swing Line Lender that:

5.01 Organization; Powers.

Each Loan Party and each of their Subsidiaries (a) is a partnership, limited liability company or corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (or in any foreign jurisdiction where an equivalent status exists, enjoys the equivalent status under the laws of such foreign jurisdiction of organization) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, except (other than with respect to any Borrower solely in respect of its jurisdiction of organization), to the extent that the failure to be so organized, existing and in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, except to the extent that the failure to have such power and authority could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) is qualified and is licensed, and where applicable, in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where the failure so to qualify or be in good standing could not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents and each other agreement or instrument contemplated thereby to which it is or will be a party and, in the case of the Borrowers, to borrow and otherwise obtain credit hereunder. Schedule 5.01 annexed hereto sets forth, as of the Closing Date, each Loan Party’s name as it appears in official filings in its state of incorporation or organization, its state of incorporation or organization, organization type, organization number, if any, issued by its state of incorporation or organization, and its federal employer identification number.

5.02 Authorization.

The execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the borrowings hereunder (a) have been duly authorized by all corporate, stockholder, partnership or limited liability company action required to be taken by the Loan Parties and (b) will not (i) violate (A) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, in any material respect, (B) the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents (including any partnership, limited liability company or operating agreement or by-laws) of any Loan Party, (C) any applicable order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority or (D) any Contractual Obligation, (ii) be in conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, or give rise to a right of or result in any cancellation or acceleration of any Material Contract or Material Indebtedness or right or obligation (including any payment) or to a loss of a material benefit under any such indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument, other than with respect to the constitutive documents of any Loan Party, where any such conflict, violation, breach or default referred to in clause (i) (A), (C) or (D) of this Section 5.02(b) could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of any Loan Party, other than the Liens created by the Loan Documents and Permitted Encumbrances.

5.03 Enforceability.

This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties and constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to (a) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (c) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

5.04 Governmental Approvals.

No action, consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by any Governmental Authority or third party is required for the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Security Documents or the exercise by the Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in respect of the Collateral, except for (a) the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and equivalent filings in foreign jurisdictions, (b) filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office and comparable offices in foreign jurisdictions and equivalent filings in foreign jurisdictions, (c) filings which may be required under Environmental Laws, (d) such as have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect, (e) such actions, consents and approvals the failure of which to be obtained or made could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (f) filings or other actions listed on Schedule 5.04.

5.05 Reserved.

5.06 Financial Statements.

(a) The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise approved by a Responsible Officer and expressly noted therein and (ii) fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise approved by a Responsible Officer and expressly noted therein.

(b) The unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries dated March 26, 2026, and the related Consolidated statements of income or operations, Shareholders’ Equity and cash flows for the Fiscal Month ended on that date (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise approved by a Responsible Officer and expressly noted therein, and (ii) fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments. Schedule 5.06 sets forth all Material Indebtedness of the Loan Parties and their Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date.

(c) To the best knowledge of the Borrowers, no Internal Control Event exists or has occurred since the date of the Audited Financial Statements that has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to result in a misstatement in any material respect, (i) in any financial information delivered or to be delivered to the Agent or the Lenders, (ii) of the Borrowing Base, (iii) of covenant compliance calculations provided hereunder or (iv) of the assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis; it being understood and agreed that any Internal Control Event disclosed in connection with preparation for an imminent Public Offering may be remedied within six (6) months following the date of such Public Offering.

5.07 Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases.

(a) Each of the Loan Parties has valid fee simple title to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, all of its material Real Estate located in the United States and has valid title to its material personal property and assets located in the United States, in each case, except for Permitted Encumbrances and defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties and assets for their

intended purposes and except where the failure to have such title could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens, other than Permitted Encumbrances.

(b) Neither the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries has defaulted under any lease to which it is a party, except for such defaults as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Loan Parties’ and their Subsidiaries’ leases is in full force and effect, except leases in respect of which the failure to be in full force and effect could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Loan Parties and each of their Subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all such leases, other than leases in respect of which the failure to enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

5.08 Subsidiaries; Equity Interests.

As of the Closing Date, the Loan Parties have no Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed in Part (a) of Schedule 5.08, which Schedule sets forth the legal name, jurisdiction of incorporation or formation and authorized Equity Interests of each such Subsidiary. All of the outstanding Equity Interests in such Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by a Loan Party (or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party) and are free and clear of all Liens except for those created under the Security Documents or those in favor of the Term Loan Agent, and, as of the Closing Date, are in the amounts listed on Part (a) of Schedule 5.08. On the Closing Date, except as set forth in Schedule 5.08, there are no outstanding rights to purchase any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary. As of the Closing Date, the Loan Parties have no equity investments in any other corporation or entity other than those specifically disclosed in Part (b) of Schedule 5.08. All of the outstanding Equity Interests in the Loan Parties have been validly issued, and are fully paid and non-assessable and, in the case of the Equity Interests in the Loan Parties, are owned free and clear of all Liens except for those created under the Security Documents and Permitted Encumbrances, and which, with respect to the outstanding Equity Interests of the Loan Parties as of as of the Closing Date, are in the amounts specified on Part (c) of Schedule 5.08. The copies of the Organization Documents of each Loan Party and each amendment thereto provided pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iv), together with any updates, amendments, or other modifications delivered to the Agent under this Agreement from time to time, are true and correct copies of each such document, each of which is valid and in full force and effect.

5.09 Litigation; Compliance with Laws.

(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.09, there are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority or in arbitration now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Lead Borrower, threatened in writing against or affecting Borrower Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries or any business, property or rights of any such person (but excluding any actions, suits or proceedings arising under or relating to any Environmental Laws, which are subject to Section 5.16) which if adversely determined could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Lead Borrower, none of Borrower Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective properties or assets is in violation of (nor will the continued operation of their material properties and assets as currently conducted violate) any law, rule or regulation (including any zoning, building, ordinance, code or approval, or any building permit, but excluding any Environmental Laws, which are subject to Section 5.16) or any restriction of record or agreement affecting any property, or is 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 have,

individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 5.09 lists all ongoing litigation as of the Closing Date that relates to any of the Loan Documents or any of the Transactions.

5.10 Federal Reserve Regulations.

(a) No Loan Party is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.

(b) No part of the proceeds of any Loan or Letter of Credit will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, (i) to purchase or carry Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose or (ii) for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of the regulations of the Board, including Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X.

5.11 Investment Company Act.

Neither Parent nor any Loan Party is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, each as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. No Loan Party is subject to regulation under any federal or state statute or regulation (other than Regulation X of the Board) which limits its ability to incur Indebtedness as contemplated hereby.

5.12 Use of Proceeds.

The Lead Borrower will use the proceeds of the Committed Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans, and may request the issuance of Letters of Credit, to finance working capital needs and for general corporate purposes (including, without limitation, for capital expenditures, Permitted Business Acquisitions, the repayment or refinancing of Indebtedness and the making of Investments and Restricted Payments, in each case to the extent not prohibited hereunder).

5.13 Tax Returns.

Except as set forth on Schedule 5.13:

(a) each Loan Party has timely filed or caused to be filed all material tax returns required to have been filed by it and each such tax return is true and correct in all material respects;

(b) each Loan Party has timely paid or caused to be timely paid (i) all material Taxes shown to be due and payable by it on the returns referred to in clause (a) of this Section 5.13, (ii) all material Taxes shown to be due and payable on any assessments of which it has received notice made against it or any of its property and (iii) all other material Taxes imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority; and

(c) no Tax Liens have been filed (except for Permitted Encumbrances) and there are no claims being asserted in writing with respect to any Taxes (in each case other than in respect of any such (i) Taxes with respect to which the failure to pay, in the aggregate, could not have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) Taxes the amount or validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of such Loan Party).

5.14 No Material Misstatements.

(a) All written information (other than projections, estimates and information of a general economic nature or general industry nature) (the “Information”) concerning Parent or any of the Loan Parties, and any other transactions contemplated hereby prepared by or on behalf of the foregoing or their representatives and made available to any Lender, the Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, when taken as a whole, heretofore, contemporaneously or hereafter furnished, was, is or will be true and correct in all material respects as of the date such Information was furnished to such person and as of the Closing Date and did not, taken as a whole, contain any untrue statement of a material fact as of any such date or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, taken as a whole, not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made.

(b) The projections, estimates and information of a general economic nature prepared by or on behalf of the Lead Borrower or any of its representatives and that have been made available to any Lenders, the Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Lead Borrower to be reasonable as of the date thereof (it being understood that actual results may vary materially from such projections), as of the date such projections and estimates, as applicable, were furnished to the Lenders.

5.15 Employee Benefit Plans.

(a) During the five year period prior to each date as of which this representation is made, or deemed made, with respect to any Plan, none of the following events or conditions, either individually or in the aggregate, has resulted or is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect: (i) a Reportable Event, (ii) any noncompliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA or the Code, (iii) a termination of a Single Employer Plan (other than a standard termination pursuant to Section 4041(b) of ERISA), (iv) a Lien on the property of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in favor of the PBGC or a Plan, (v) a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan by any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries or any Commonly Controlled Entity, (vi) the “endangered” or “critical” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA) of, or Insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan, (vii) any transaction that resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in any Liability to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries or any Commonly Controlled Entity under Section 4069 of ERISA or Section 4212(c) of ERISA, (viii) an event or condition which might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Single Employer Plan, (ix) the imposition of any Liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Loan Party, any Subsidiary or any Commonly Controlled Entity or (x) any “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan. During the five year period prior to each date as of which this representation is made, or deemed made, no Loan Party nor any Commonly Controlled Entity has failed to satisfy the minimum funding standard (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) with respect to any Single Employer Plan.

(b) Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, there are no pending, or to the knowledge of the Lead Borrower, threatened claims (other than claims for benefits in the normal course), sanctions, actions or lawsuits, asserted or instituted against any Plan or any person as fiduciary or sponsor of any Plan.

(c) With respect to any Foreign Plan, none of the following events or conditions exists and is continuing that, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) non-compliance with its terms and with the requirements of any and all applicable Laws, statutes, rules, regulations and orders, (ii) failure to be maintained, where required, in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities, (iii) any obligation of a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in connection with the termination or partial termination of, or withdrawal from, any Foreign Plan, (iv) any Lien on the property of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in favor of a Governmental Authority as a result of any action or inaction regarding a Foreign Plan, (v) for each Foreign Plan which is a funded or insured plan, failure to be funded or insured on an ongoing basis to the extent required by applicable non-U.S. law (using actuarial methods and assumptions which are consistent with the valuations last filed with the applicable Governmental Authorities), (vi) any facts that, to the best knowledge of each Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, exist that could reasonably be expected to give rise to a dispute and any pending or threatened disputes that, to the best knowledge of each Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries concerning the assets of any Foreign Plan (other than individual claims for the payment of benefits), and (vii) failure to make contributions in a timely manner to the extent required by applicable non-U.S. law.

5.16 Environmental Matters.

Except as set forth on Schedule 5.16 or as to matters that could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (a) the Loan Parties and each of their Subsidiaries is in compliance with all Environmental Laws (including having obtained all permits, licenses and other approvals required under any Environmental Law for the operation of its business and being in compliance with the terms of such permits, licenses and other approvals), (b) none of the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries has received notice of or is subject to any pending, or to the Lead Borrower’s knowledge, threatened action, suit or proceeding alleging a violation of, or liability under, any Environmental Law that remains outstanding or unresolved, (c) to the Lead Borrower’s knowledge, no Hazardous Material is located at, on or under any property currently or formerly owned, operated or leased by any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries and no Hazardous Material has been generated, owned, treated, stored, handled or controlled by any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries and transported to or Released at any location which, in each case described in this clause (c), could reasonably be expected to result in liability to any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries and (d) there are no agreements in which any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries has expressly assumed or undertaken responsibility for any known or reasonably likely liability or obligation of any other person arising under or relating to Environmental Laws or Hazardous Materials.

5.17 Security Documents.

(a) The Security Agreement creates in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Credit Parties referred to therein, a legal, valid, continuing and enforceable security interest in the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement), the enforceability of which is 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. The financing statements, releases and other filings are in appropriate form and have been or will be filed in the offices specified in Schedule II of the Security Agreement. Upon such filings and/or the obtaining of “control,” (as defined in the UCC) the Agent will have a perfected Lien on, and security interest in, to and under all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in all Collateral that may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous document (including without limitation the

proceeds of such Collateral subject to the limitations relating to such proceeds in the UCC) or by obtaining control, under the UCC (in effect on the date this representation is made) in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except for Permitted Encumbrances having priority under applicable Law or otherwise permitted to have priority pursuant to the terms hereof).

(b) When the Security Agreement (or a short form thereof) is filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office and when financing statements, releases and other filings in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified in Schedule II of the Security Agreement, the Agent shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the applicable Loan Parties in the Intellectual Property in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a security agreement, financing statement or analogous document in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person except for Permitted Encumbrances having priority under applicable Law or otherwise permitted to have priority pursuant to the terms hereof (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a Lien on registered trademarks, trademark applications and copyrights acquired by the Loan Parties after the Closing Date).

5.18 Location of Real Estate and Leased Premises.

Each Borrower and each of their Subsidiaries has good title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its material real property located in the United States of America, and good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its other material property located in the United States of America, except those for which the failure to have such good title or such leasehold interest could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of such real or other property is subject to any Lien, except for Liens permitted hereby (including Permitted Encumbrances). Schedule 5.18 sets forth all Real Estate owned by the Loan Parties and located in the United States as of the Closing Date.

5.19 Solvency.

On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions and the application of the proceeds of all Indebtedness being incurred in connection with the Transactions, the Loan Parties, on a Consolidated basis, are Solvent.

5.20 No Material Adverse Effect.

Since December 25, 2025, there has been no change in the financial condition, business, operations, assets or liabilities of Parent or any Loan Party that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.21 Insurance.

The properties of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies which are not Affiliates of the Loan Parties, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks (including, without limitation, workmen’s compensation, public liability, business interruption and property damage insurance) as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Loan Parties or the applicable Subsidiary operates. Schedule 5.21 sets forth a true, complete and correct description of all material insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries. Each

insurance policy listed on Schedule 5.21 is in full force and effect and all premiums in respect thereof that are due and payable have been paid.

5.22 USA PATRIOT Act; Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws.

(a) To the extent applicable, each of Parent and each of the Loan Parties is in compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act.

(b) No Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any Sanctions. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of such Loan Party, any director, officer, employee, agent or Affiliate of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary (a) is a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity, (b) has any assets located in Sanctioned Entities, or (c) derives revenues from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned Persons or Sanctioned Entities. Each of the Loan Parties and its Subsidiaries has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance with all Sanctions, Anti-Corruption Laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws. Each of the Loan Parties and its Subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of each such Loan Party, each director, officer, employee, agent and Affiliate of each such Loan Party and each such Subsidiary, is in compliance with all Sanctions, Anti-Corruption Laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws, in each case, in all material respects. No proceeds of any Loan made or Letter of Credit issued hereunder will be used to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity, in each case, in violation of Sanctions, or otherwise used in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanction, Anti-Corruption Law or Anti-Money Laundering Law by any Person (including any Credit Party or other individual or entity participating in any transaction).

5.23 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.

(a) The Loan Parties own, or possess the right to use, all of the patents, patent rights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights or mask works, domain names, applications and registrations for any of the foregoing (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”) that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, without conflict with the rights of any other person in any material respect, except for those the failure to own or have such legal right to use could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (b) to the knowledge of the Lead Borrower, neither the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries nor any intellectual property right, proprietary right, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, sold or offered by or contemplated to be employed, sold or offered by the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries is interfering with, infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise violating Intellectual Property Rights of any person, in each case, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) no claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the knowledge of the Lead Borrower, threatened which, if adversely decided, could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

5.24 No Default.

Neither Parent nor any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to (a) any Material Indebtedness or (b) any of its Contractual Obligations, except, in the case of clause (b) only, as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

5.25 Labor Matters.

There are no strikes, lockouts, slowdowns or other material labor disputes against any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries thereof pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened, which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Loan Parties comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act and any other applicable federal, state, local or foreign Law dealing with such matters, (ii) no Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liability or obligation under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act or similar state Law, (iii) all payments due from any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries, or for which any claim may be made against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or properly accrued in accordance with GAAP as a liability on the books of such Loan Party, (iv) no Loan Party or any Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement, (v) there are no representation proceedings pending or, to any Loan Party’s knowledge, threatened to be filed with the National Labor Relations Board, and no labor organization or group of employees of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary has made a pending demand for recognition, (vi) there are no complaints, unfair labor practice charges, grievances, arbitrations, unfair employment practices charges or any other claims or complaints against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened to be filed with any Governmental Authority or arbitrator based on, arising out of, in connection with, or otherwise relating to the employment or termination of employment of any employee of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, and (vii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document will not give rise to any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is bound.

5.26 Deposit Accounts; Credit Card Arrangements.

(a) Annexed hereto as Schedule 5.26(a) is a list of all DDAs maintained by the Loan Parties as of the Closing Date, which Schedule includes, with respect to each DDA (i) the name of the depository, (ii) the account number(s) maintained with such depository and (iii) the identification of each Blocked Account.

(b) Annexed hereto as Schedule 5.26(b) is a list describing all arrangements as of the Closing Date to which any Loan Party is a party with respect to the processing and/or payment to such Loan Party of the proceeds of any credit card charges and debit card charges for sales made by such Loan Party.

5.27 Outbound Investment Rules.

(a) No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is a ‘covered foreign person’ as that term is used in the Outbound Investment Rules. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries currently engages, or has any present intention to engage in the future, directly or indirectly, in (a) a “covered activity” or a “covered transaction”, as each such term is defined in the Outbound Investment Rules, (b) any activity or transaction that would constitute a “covered activity” or a “covered transaction”, as each such term is defined in the Outbound Investment Rules, if such Loan Party or Subsidiary were a U.S. Person or (c) any other activity that would cause the Agent, any Lender or any other Credit Party to be in violation of the Outbound Investment Rules or cause the Agent, any Lender or any other Credit Party to be legally prohibited by the Outbound Investment Rules from performing under this Agreement.

ARTICLE VI
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Each of the Loan Parties covenants and agrees with each Lender that so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated and the Obligations shall have been paid in full, in cash, the Commitments have been terminated and Letters of Credit expired, terminated or cash collateralized on terms satisfactory to the L/C Issuer, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, the Loan Parties will, and will cause their Subsidiaries to:

6.01 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 existence, except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement and except, other than in the case of the Loan Parties, where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(b) Except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (i) do or cause to be done all things necessary to lawfully obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the permits, franchises, authorizations, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary to the normal conduct of its business required by Governmental Authorities and necessary to the ownership, occupation or use of its properties or the conduct of its business, (ii) at all times maintain and preserve all property necessary to the normal conduct of its business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all necessary and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection therewith, if any, may be properly conducted at all times (in each case except as expressly permitted by this Agreement) and (iii) comply with all Contractual Obligations.

6.02 Insurance.

(a) Maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses and cause the Agent to be listed as a co-loss payee and/or mortgagee, as applicable, on property and casualty policies and as an additional insured on liability policies.

(b) In connection with the covenants set forth in this Section 6.02, it is understood and agreed that:

(i) neither the Agent, the Lenders, nor their respective agents or employees shall be liable for any loss or damage insured by the insurance policies required to be maintained under this Section 6.02, it being understood that (A) the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries shall look solely to their insurance companies or any other parties other than the aforesaid parties for the recovery of such loss or damage and (B) such insurance companies shall have no rights of subrogation against the Agent, the Lenders or their agents or employees. If, however, the insurance policies, as a matter of the internal policy of such insurer, do not provide waiver of subrogation rights against such parties, as required above, then the Loan Parties hereby agree, to the extent permitted by law, to waive, and further agree to cause each of their Subsidiaries, to the extent permitted by

law, to waive, its right of recovery, if any, against the Agent, the Lenders and their agents and employees;

(ii) the designation of any form, type or amount of insurance coverage by the Agent under this Section 6.02 shall in no event be deemed a representation, warranty or advice by the Agent or the Lenders that such insurance is adequate for the purposes of the business of the Loan Parties or the protection of their properties; and

(c) (A) casualty, loss, fire and extended coverage policies (including marine cargo policies) maintained with respect to any Collateral shall be endorsed or otherwise amended to include (1) a lenders’ loss payable clause (regarding personal property), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, which endorsements or amendments shall provide that the insurer shall pay all proceeds in respect of personal property otherwise payable to the Loan Parties under the policies directly to the Agent, and (2) a provision to the effect that none of the Loan Parties, the Agent, the Lenders or any other person shall be a co-insurer; (B) commercial general liability policies shall be endorsed to name the Agent, as an additional insured; and (C) business interruption policies shall name the Agent as a loss payee and shall be endorsed or amended to include (1) a provision that, from and after the Closing Date, the insurer shall pay all proceeds otherwise payable to the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries under the policies directly to the Agent and (2) a provision to the effect that none of the Loan Parties, the Agent, the Lenders or any other party shall be a co-insurer. Each such policy referred to in this Section 6.02 shall also provide that it shall not be canceled, modified or not renewed (x) by reason of nonpayment of premium except upon not less than ten (10) days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Agent (giving the Agent the right to cure defaults in the payment of premiums) or (y) for any other reason except upon not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Agent. The Lead Borrower shall deliver to the Agent, prior to the cancellation, modification or non-renewal of any such policy of insurance, a copy of a renewal or replacement policy (or other evidence of renewal of a policy previously delivered to the Agent, including an insurance binder) together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent of payment of the premium therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that no Loan Party shall be required to maintain flood insurance unless any Real Estate is required to be so insured pursuant to the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 or the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, and the regulations promulgated thereunder because such Real Estate is located in an area which has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as a “special flood hazard area”.

(d) Maintain for themselves and their Subsidiaries, a Directors and Officers insurance policy, and a “Blanket Crime” policy (whether as a separate policy or as part of the Directors and Officers policy) including employee dishonesty, forgery or alteration, theft, disappearance and destruction, robbery and safe burglary, property, and computer fraud coverage with responsible companies in such amounts as are customarily carried by business entities engaged in similar businesses similarly situated, and will upon request by the Agent furnish the Agent certificates evidencing renewal of each such policy.

(e) Deliver to the Agent, prior to the cancellation, modification or non-renewal of any such policy of insurance, a copy of a renewal or replacement policy (or other evidence of renewal of a policy previously delivered to the Agent, including an insurance binder) together with evidence satisfactory to the Agent of payment of the premium therefor.

6.03 Taxes.

Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all Taxes imposed upon it or its income or profits or in respect of its property; provided that such payment and discharge shall not be required with respect to any Tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim so long as (a) the validity or amount thereof shall be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and (b) any affected Loan Party, shall have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect thereto, or (c) the failure to do so, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the agents with respect to determining Reserves pursuant to this Agreement.

6.04 Financial Statements, Reports, etc. Furnish to the Agent:

(a) as soon as available, but in all events within ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year commencing with the 2026 Fiscal Year, (i) a consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and owners’ equity showing the financial position of, so long as Parent does not own any Subsidiaries other than Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries, Parent and its Subsidiaries, and, if Parent does own any Subsidiaries other than Borrower Holdco, the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, as of the close of such Fiscal Year and the consolidated results of its operations during such year, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the prior Fiscal Year, which consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and owners’ equity shall be audited by a Registered Public Accounting Firm and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which shall not be qualified as to scope of audit or as to the status of any Loan Party as a going concern other than any such qualification or exception that is solely with respect to, or resulting solely from, an upcoming maturity date under this Agreement, the Term Loan Facility or any other Indebtedness occurring within one year from the time such report is delivered) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Loan Parties on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (it being understood that the delivery of annual reports on Form 10-K of Parent and its Subsidiaries or the Loan Parties, as required hereunder, shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 6.04(a) to the extent such annual reports include the information specified herein) (the applicable financial statements delivered pursuant to this clause (a) being the “Annual Financial Statements”);

(b) within forty five (45) days following the end of each Fiscal Quarter of each Fiscal Year, (i) a consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations showing the financial position of, so long as Parent does not own any Subsidiaries other than Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries, Parent and its Subsidiaries, and, if Parent does own any Subsidiaries other than Borrower Holdco, the Loan Parties, as of the close of such Fiscal Quarter and the consolidated results of its operations during such Fiscal Quarter, and, in each case, the then-elapsed portion of the Fiscal Year and setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the prior Fiscal Year and compared to the budget delivered under Section 6.04(e) for such Fiscal Year (or, prior to the initial delivery under Section 6.04(e), compared to the budget delivered to the Agent on or prior to the Closing Date), and (ii) management’s discussion and analysis of significant operational and financial developments during such quarterly period in the form of the company’s internal system-generated reports, all of which shall be in reasonable detail and which consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations shall be certified by a Responsible Officer of Lead Borrower as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries or Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, as required hereunder, on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes) (it being understood

that the delivery of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q of Parent and its Subsidiaries or the Loan Parties, as required hereunder, shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 6.04(b)) to the extent such quarterly reports include the information specified herein) (the applicable financial statements delivered pursuant to this clause (b) being the “Interim Financial Statements”);

(c) concurrently with any delivery of Required Financial Statements under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 6.04, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower (i) certifying that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) if such Required Financial Statements are delivered pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 6.04 or paragraph (b) of this Section 6.04 with respect to a Fiscal Quarter and if a Covenant Compliance Event has occurred and is continuing, demonstrating compliance with Section 7.10 (in reasonable detail satisfactory to the Agent) and (iii) certifying a list of all Immaterial Subsidiaries, that each Subsidiary set forth on such list individually qualifies as an Immaterial Subsidiary and that all such Subsidiaries in the aggregate do not exceed the limitation set forth in clause (b) of the definition of the term “Immaterial Subsidiary”;

(d) within five (5) Business Days after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other publicly available reports, proxy statements and, to the extent requested by the Agent, other materials filed by Parent, any Loan Party, Borrower or any other with the SEC, or after a Public Offering, distributed to its stockholders generally, as applicable; provided that such reports, proxy statements, filings and other materials required to be delivered pursuant to this clause (d) shall be deemed delivered for purposes of this Agreement when posted to the website of the Lead Borrower;

(e) within one hundred twenty (120) days following the end of each Fiscal Year, a reasonably detailed consolidated annual budget for such Fiscal Year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the end of each Fiscal Month for the following Fiscal Year, and annual consolidated statements of projected cash flow and projected income and projected Availability on a monthly basis), including a description of underlying assumptions with respect thereto and describing any changes from such preliminary budget delivered to Agent (collectively, the “Budget”), which Budget shall in each case be accompanied by the statement of a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower to the effect that the Budget is based on assumptions believed by such Responsible Officer to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof;

(f) [reserved];

(g) promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of Parent or any Loan Party, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, in each case, as the Agent may reasonably request (for itself or on behalf of any Lender), including, without limitation, those items listed on Schedule 6.04 attached hereto at the times specified therein;

(h) on or before the 15th day of each quarter after the Closing Date, a Borrowing Base Certificate as of the last day of the immediately preceding quarter, with such supporting materials as the Agent shall reasonably request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Accelerated Monthly Borrowing Base Delivery Event, on or before the 15th day of each month, the Lead Borrower shall furnish a Borrowing Base Certificate calculated as of the last day of the immediately preceding month and (y) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Accelerated Weekly Borrowing Base Delivery Event, on Wednesday of each week (or, if Wednesday is not a Business

Day, on the next succeeding Business Day), the Lead Borrower shall furnish a Borrowing Base Certificate calculated as of the close of business on Saturday of the immediately preceding calendar week; provided, that the Lead Borrower may elect to deliver a Borrowing Base Certificate more frequently so long as if any Borrowing Base Certificate is delivered (I) within one week of the prior Borrowing Base Certificate (the “Initial Borrowing Base Certificate”), the Lead Borrower shall continue to deliver Borrowing Base Certificates weekly (in accordance with clause (y) above) for a period of sixty (60) days from the delivery of the Initial Borrowing Base Certificate (or for such longer period as required by the occurrence of an Accelerated Weekly Borrowing Base Delivery Event) or (II) more than one week but one month or less after the Initial Borrowing Base Certificate, the Lead Borrower shall continue to deliver Borrowing Base Certificates monthly (in accordance with clause (x) above) for a period of ninety (90) days from the delivery of the Initial Borrowing Base Certificate (or more frequently or for such longer period as required by the occurrence of an Accelerated Monthly Borrowing Base Delivery Event or Accelerated Weekly Borrowing Base Delivery Event); provided, that in connection with any transaction or series of related transactions (other than sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business) that results in a reduction in the Borrowing Base by an amount greater than the greater of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 5.0% of the Borrowing Base, the Lead Borrower shall, as a condition to the permissibility of such transaction (or series of related transactions) and at least two (2) Business Days prior thereto, deliver to the Agent an updated Borrowing Base Certificate giving pro forma effect to such transaction(s) and demonstrating that (A) the conditions set forth in Section 2.01 are satisfied after giving effect thereto, (B) no Default, Event of Default or Overadvance shall exist or result therefrom, and (C) Availability shall be greater than or equal to zero (the “Updated Borrowing Base Condition”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Updated Borrowing Base Condition shall not apply if the Outstanding Amount of Committed Revolving Loans is not greater than $0 after giving effect to such transaction (or series of related transactions); provided that, the Lead Borrower shall be required to reflect such transaction (or series of related transactions) upon the earlier of (x) delivery of the next Borrowing Base Certificate required to be delivered hereunder or (y) prior to any subsequent Borrowing or L/C Credit Extension.

(i) promptly upon request by the Agent (so long as the following are obtainable using commercially reasonable measures), copies of (i) each Schedule SB (Single-Employer Defined Benefit Plan Actuarial Information) to the most recent annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to a Plan, (ii) the most recent actuarial valuation report for any Plan, and (iii) all notices received from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor, a plan administrator or any governmental agency, or provided to any Multiemployer Plan by the Loan Parties or any Commonly Controlled Entity, concerning an ERISA Event;

(j) promptly following any request therefor by the Agent (so long as the following are obtainable using commercially reasonable measures), copies of (i) any documents described in Section 101(k)(1) of ERISA that Parent, the Loan Parties or any Commonly Controlled Entity may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan and (ii) any notices described in Section 101(l)(1) of ERISA that Parent, the Loan Parties or any Commonly Controlled Entity may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan; provided that if Parent, any of the Loan Parties or any Commonly Controlled Entity has not requested such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of the applicable Multiemployer Plan, Parent, the Lead Borrower, such other Subsidiary or such Commonly Controlled Entity shall promptly make a request for such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor and shall provide copies of such documents and notices promptly after receipt thereof;

(k) promptly upon reasonable request from the Agent, calculations of Consolidated EBITDA and other Fixed GAAP Terms as reasonably requested by the Agent promptly following receipt of a written notice from the Lead Borrower electing to change the Fixed GAAP Date, which calculations

shall show the calculations of the respective Fixed GAAP Terms both before and after giving effect to the change in the Fixed GAAP Date and identify the material change(s) in GAAP giving rise to the change in such calculations, together with a reconciliation between calculations of any financial ratio made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP;

(l) if, at any time, Availability is less than or equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the Loan Cap, the Borrowers shall promptly, upon the written request of the Agent, provide to the Agent a written certification as to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, including reasonably detailed calculations with respect thereto in accordance with Appendix IV of the Compliance Certificate; and

(m) promptly following any request therefor, information and documentation reasonably requested by the 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 (including any updated Beneficial Ownership Certification).

provided that in the event that Parent, any other Parent Entity or a Loan Party is not engaged in any business or activity, and does not own any assets or have other liabilities, other than those incidental to its ownership directly or indirectly of the Equity Interests of the Lead Borrower and the other Subsidiaries (including (i) any public offering of its common stock or any other issuance or sale of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock), (ii) participating in tax, accounting, insurance and other administrative matters as a member of the consolidated group of Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries, (iii) holding any cash and Cash Equivalents (but not operating any property), (iv) providing indemnification to officers, managers and directors and (v) any activities incidental to compliance with Securities Laws, as well as activities incidental to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders), such consolidated reporting at a Person’s level in a manner consistent with that described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 6.04 for Parent will satisfy the requirements of such paragraphs.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(a), Section 6.04(b) or Section 6.04(d) (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 (i) on which the Lead Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Lead Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 10.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Lead Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Agent); provided that: (i) the Lead Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Agent or any Lender upon its request to the Lead Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Agent or such Lender and (ii) the Lead Borrower shall notify the Agent and each Lender by facsimile or electronic mail of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. The Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Lead Borrower with any such request by a Lender, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

The Loan Parties hereby acknowledge that (a) the Agent and/or the Arrangers will make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Loan Parties hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks, SyndTrak, ClearPar or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information

with respect to the Loan Parties or their securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). The Loan Parties hereby agree that so long as any Loan Party is the issuer of any outstanding debt or equity securities that are registered or issued pursuant to a private offering or is actively contemplating issuing any such securities they will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (w) all such Borrower Materials 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 Loan Parties shall be deemed to have authorized the Agent, the Arrangers, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Loan Parties or their 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 10.07); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor”; and (z) the Agent and the 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 designated “Public Investor.”

6.05 Litigation and Other Notices.

Furnish to the Agent written notice of the following promptly after any Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower obtains actual knowledge thereof or receipt of such document or notice, as applicable:

(a) any Default or Event of Default;

(b) any litigation, investigation or proceeding affecting any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) (i) the occurrence or expected occurrence of any Reportable Event (or similar event) with respect to any Single Employer Plan (or Foreign Plan), a failure to make any required contribution to a Single Employer Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Foreign Plan, the creation of any Lien on the property of the Borrowers or their respective Subsidiaries in favor of the PBGC, a Plan or a Foreign Plan or any withdrawal from, or the full or partial termination, “endangered” or “critical” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA), or Insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan or Foreign Plan; or (ii) the institution of proceedings or the taking of any other formal action by the PBGC or any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any Commonly Controlled Entity or any Multiemployer Plan which would reasonably be expected to result in the withdrawal from, or the termination, or Insolvency of, any Single Employer Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Foreign Plan; provided, however, that no such notice will be required under clause (i) or (ii) above unless the event giving rise to such notice, when aggregated with all other such events under clause (i) or (ii) above, would be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(d) any other development specific to any Loan Party that is not a matter of general public knowledge and that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect;

(e) [reserved];

(f) the occurrence of (i) any default or event of default under the Term Loan Agreement or (ii) any payment default with respect to Material Indebtedness of any Loan Party;

(g) the filing of any lien for unpaid Taxes against any Loan Party in excess of $2,500,000, individually, or $5,000,000, in the aggregate;

(h) any casualty or other insured damage to any significant portion of the Collateral or the commencement of any action or proceeding for the taking of any interest in a significant portion of the Collateral under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding;

(i) any loss, damage or destruction to a significant portion of Collateral, whether or not covered by insurance;

(j) the filing or asserting of any Lien by customs or revenue authority against any Loan Party in excess of $2,500,000, individually, or $5,000,000, in the aggregate;

(k) the failure by any Loan Party to pay rent under any Real Estate leases which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(l) any default under any Contractual Obligation of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(m) (i) any release or discharge by any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries of any Materials of Environmental Concern required to be reported under applicable Environmental Laws to any Governmental Authority, unless the total Environmental Costs arising out of such release or discharge could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) any condition, circumstance, occurrence or event not previously disclosed in writing to the Agent that could reasonably be expected to result in liability or expense under applicable Environmental Laws, unless the total Environmental Costs arising out of such condition, circumstance, occurrence or event could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or could not reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of any lien or other material restriction on the title, ownership or transferability of any facilities and properties owned, leased or operated by the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) any proposed action to be taken by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to subject any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to any material additional or different requirements or liabilities under Environmental Laws, unless the total Environmental Costs arising out of such proposed action could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Each notice pursuant to this Section 6.05 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Loan Party or its Subsidiary proposes to take with respect thereto.

6.06 Compliance with Laws.

Comply (a) in all material respects with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property that are material to the conduct of the Loan Parties’ business, except in such instances in each case, any material non-compliance which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) with all applicable Sanctions, Anti-Corruption Laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws; provided, however, that this Section 6.06 shall not apply to Environmental Laws, which are the subject of Section 6.09, or Taxes, which are the subject of Section 6.03.

6.07 Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections; Appraisals.

(a) Maintain all material financial records in accordance with GAAP and permit any persons designated by the Agent (including, without limitation, the Agent or any representatives or independent contractors thereof) or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender, to visit and inspect the financial records (including, without limitation, the corporate, financial and operating records) and the properties of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries at reasonable times, upon reasonable prior notice to the Borrowers, and as often as reasonably requested, to make extracts from and copies of such financial records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its Registered Public Accounting Firm, and permit the Agent or professionals (including investment bankers, consultants, accountants, and lawyers) retained by the Agent to conduct evaluations of the Loan Parties’ business plan, forecasts and cash flows, all at the expense of the Loan Parties and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Lead Borrower; provided, that, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Agent shall be limited to one (1) such visit at the Loan Parties’ expense in any Fiscal Year; provided, further, that when a Default or Event of Default exists the Agent (or any of its representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Loan Parties at any time during normal business hours and without advance notice.

(b) Upon the request of the Agent after reasonable prior notice, permit the Agent or professionals (including investment bankers, consultants, accountants, and lawyers) retained by the Agent to conduct commercial finance examinations and other evaluations, including, without limitation, of (i) the Lead Borrower’s practices in the computation of the Borrowing Base and (ii) the assets included in the Borrowing Base and related financial information such as, but not limited to, sales, gross margins, payables, accruals and reserves. The Loan Parties shall pay the fees and expenses of the Agent and such professionals with respect to such examinations and evaluations. Without limiting the foregoing, the Loan Parties acknowledge that the Agent shall undertake one (1) commercial finance examination during the twelve (12) month period following the date that Availability is, at any time, less than or equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the Loan Cap; provided, that, if Availability is, at any time, less than fifteen percent (15%) of the Loan Cap, the Agent may conduct two (2) commercial finance examinations during the twelve (12) month period following such date at the Loan Parties’ expense; provided, further, that notwithstanding the level of Availability hereunder, the Agent shall, in any event, undertake no less than one (1) commercial finance examination during each consecutive twenty-four (24) month period following the Closing Date at the sole cost and expense of the Loan Parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agent may cause additional commercial finance examinations to be undertaken (i) as it in its discretion deems necessary or appropriate, at its own expense or (ii) if required by Law, at the expense of Agent and the Loan Parties shared equally or (iii) if a Designated Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at the expense of the Loan Parties.

(c) Upon the request of the Agent after reasonable prior notice, permit the Agent or professionals (including appraisers) retained by the Agent to conduct appraisals of the Collateral, including, without limitation, the assets included in the Borrowing Base. The Loan Parties shall pay the fees and expenses of the Agent and such professionals with respect to such appraisals. Without limiting the foregoing, the Loan Parties acknowledge that the Agent shall undertake one (1) inventory appraisal during the twelve (12) month period following the date that Availability is, at any time, less than or equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the Loan Cap; provided, that, if Availability is, at any time, less than fifteen percent (15%) of the Loan Cap, the Agent may conduct two (2) inventory appraisals during the twelve (12) month period following such date at the Loan Parties’ expense; provided, further, that notwithstanding the level of Availability hereunder, the Agent shall, in any event, undertake no less than

one (1) inventory appraisal during each consecutive twenty-four (24) month period following the Closing Date at the sole cost and expense of the Loan Parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agent may cause additional appraisals to be undertaken (i) as it in its discretion deems necessary or appropriate, at its own expense or, (ii) if required by Law, at the expense of Agent and the Loan Parties shared equally or (iii) if a Designated Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at the expense of the Loan Parties. So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent will provide Lead Borrower with a copy of the final appraisal report. Any adjustments to the Appraised Value or the Borrowing Base hereunder as a result of such appraisals shall become effective ten (10) days following the date of the applicable final appraisal report.

(d) The Loan Parties shall cause (i) not less than one physical inventory at each store location to be undertaken in each 12 month period by such inventory takers substantially consistent with the practices in place on the Closing Date or as otherwise are reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and (ii) periodic cycle counts of Inventory to be undertaken at each location, in each case, at least once in each 12 month period, and at the expense of the Loan Parties, in accordance with the Loan Parties’ usual business practices, conducted using methodology routinely used by the Loan Parties in their ordinary course of business with respect to such Inventory counts or as otherwise consistent with standard and customary business practices, and shall post such results to the Loan Parties’ stock ledgers and general ledgers, as applicable.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6.04(g) or this Section 6.07, neither the Loan Parties nor any Subsidiary will be required to disclose, or permit the inspection or discussion of, any document, information or other matter (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Agent or the Lenders (or their respective representatives) is prohibited by applicable Law or (iii) that is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product.

6.08 Use of Proceeds.

Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions only (a) to refinance Indebtedness of the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries under the Existing Credit Agreement, (b) to finance transaction fees and expenses related hereto and in connection with the refinancing of the Existing Term Loan Agreement, and (c) to finance working capital needs and for general corporate purposes (including, without limitation, for capital expenditures, Permitted Business Acquisitions, the repayment or refinancing of Indebtedness and the making of Investments and Restricted Payments, in each case to the extent not prohibited hereunder).

6.09 Compliance with Environmental Laws.

(a) (i) Comply substantially with, and require substantial compliance by all tenants, subtenants, contractors, and invitees with, all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) obtain, comply substantially with and maintain any and all Environmental Permits necessary for its operations as conducted and as planned; and (iii) require that all tenants, subtenants, contractors, and invitees obtain, comply substantially with and maintain any and all Environmental Permits necessary for their operations as conducted and as planned, with respect to any property leased or subleased from, or operated by any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries. For purposes of this Section 6.09(a), noncompliance shall not constitute a breach of this covenant, provided that, upon learning of any actual or suspected noncompliance, the Lead Borrower and any such affected Loan Party or Subsidiary shall promptly undertake and diligently pursue reasonable efforts, if any, to achieve compliance, and provided, further, that in any case such noncompliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Promptly comply, in all material respects, with all orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws, other than such orders or directives (i) as to which the failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) as to which: (x) appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (y) an appeal or other appropriate contest is or has been timely and properly taken and is being diligently pursued in good faith; and (z) if the effectiveness of such order or directive has not been stayed, the failure to comply with such order or directive during the pendency of such appeal or contest could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Except to the extent that failure to do so, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) conduct, or have conducted on its behalf, any investigation, study, sampling, or testing any real property at which the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries operate as required by Environmental Laws, and (ii) respond, or cause a third party to respond, to any release, threatened release, or discharge of Materials of Environmental Concern at, on, or under any real property at which the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries operate as required by Environmental Laws.

6.10 Further Assurances; Additional Security.

(a) Execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements and other documents and recordings of Liens in stock registries), that may be required under any applicable Law, or that the Agent may reasonably request, all at the expense of the Loan Parties, and provide to the Agent, from time to time upon reasonable request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.

(b) If any Loan Party directly or indirectly acquires fee-owned Real Estate in the United States after the Closing Date, in each case with a purchase price or a fair market value at the time of acquisition of at least $39,750,000 (excluding (x) the distribution center located at 5120 Cedar Port Parkway, Baytown, TX 77523 and (y) any real property subject to Indebtedness pursuant to Section 7.01(z)), (i) notify the Agent thereof, (ii) cause each such fee-owned Real Estate to be subjected to a mortgage or deed of trust securing the Obligations, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent, (iii) obtain fully paid American Land Title Association Lender’s Extended Coverage title insurance policies in form and substance, with endorsements (including zoning endorsements where available) and in amounts reasonably acceptable to the Agent (the “Mortgage Policies”), (iv) to the extent necessary to issue the Mortgage Policies, obtain American Land Title Association/American Congress on Surveying and Mapping form surveys, dated no more than thirty (30) days before the date of their delivery to the Agent, certified to the Agent and the issuer of the Mortgage Policies in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, (v) provide (1) “Life of Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard determinations, (2) notices, in the form required under the Flood Insurance Laws, about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by each Loan Party, and, (3) if any improved real property encumbered by any mortgage is located in a special flood hazard area, a policy of flood insurance that (A) covers such improved real property, (B) is written in an amount not less than the outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such mortgage reasonably allocable to such real property or the maximum limit of coverage made available with respect to the particular type of property under the Flood Insurance Laws, whichever is less, (C) naming the Agent as loss payee and additional insured with such responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations, and in such amounts and covering such risks, as are reasonably satisfactory to

the Agent, and (D) is otherwise on terms satisfactory to the Agent; and (vi) obtain customary mortgage or deed of trust enforceability opinions of local counsel for the Loan Parties in the states in which such fee-owned Real Estate are located and (vii) take, and cause the applicable Subsidiary to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Agent to perfect such Liens, including actions described in paragraph (a) of this Section 6.10, in each case, at the expense of the Loan Parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agent shall not enter into any mortgage or deed of trust in respect of any Real Estate acquired by any Loan Party after the Closing Date until (1) the Agent has delivered to the Lenders (which may be delivered electronically) the following documents in respect of such Real Estate: (i) a completed flood hazard determination from a third party vendor, (ii) if such Real Estate is located in a “special flood hazard area,” (A) a notification to the applicable Loan Party of that fact and (if applicable) notification to the applicable Loan Party that flood insurance is not available and (B) evidence of receipt by the applicable Loan Party of such notice, and (iii) if such notice is required to be provided to the applicable Loan Party and flood insurance is available in the community in which such Real Estate is located, evidence of flood insurance, and (2) the Agent shall have received written confirmation from the Lenders that flood insurance due diligence and flood insurance compliance has been completed by the Lenders (such written confirmation not to be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed).

(c) Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that, if there are any Real Estate subjected to a mortgage or deed of trust securing the Obligations, any increase, extension or renewal of any of the Commitments or Loans (including the provision of Commitment Increase and Extended Revolving Commitments) or any other incremental or additional credit facilities hereunder, but excluding (i) any continuation or conversion of borrowings, (ii) the making of any Loans, or (iii) the issuance, renewal or extension of Letters of Credit shall be subject to and conditioned upon: (1) the prior delivery of all flood hazard determination certifications, acknowledgements and evidence of flood insurance and other flood-related documentation with respect to such Real Estate subjected to a mortgage or deed of trust securing the Obligations as required by the Flood Insurance Laws and as otherwise reasonably required by the Agent and (2) the Agent shall have received written confirmation from the Lenders that flood insurance due diligence and flood insurance compliance have been completed by the Lenders (such written confirmation not to be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed).

(d) With respect to any Real Estate subjected to a mortgage or deed of trust securing the Obligations, that is located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency thereto) as a “special flood hazard area” with respect to which flood insurance has been made available under the Flood Insurance Laws, the applicable Loan Party (a) shall obtain and maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies (except to the extent that any insurance company insuring such Real Estate of such Loan Party ceases to be financially sound and reputable after the Closing Date, in which case such Loan Party shall promptly replace such insurance company with a financially sound and reputable insurance company), such flood insurance in such reasonable total amount as the Agent and the Lenders may from time to time reasonably require and otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Flood Insurance Laws and (b) promptly upon request of the Agent or any Lender, shall deliver to the Agent or such Lender as applicable, evidence of such compliance in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent or such Lender, including, without limitation, evidence of annual renewals of such flood insurance.

(e) If any additional Domestic Subsidiary of a Loan Party is formed or acquired after the Closing Date (or if an Excluded Subsidiary ceases to qualify as such), promptly after the date such Domestic Subsidiary is formed or acquired (or after such entity ceases to qualify as an Excluded Subsidiary, as applicable), notify the Agent thereof and, within thirty (30) Business Days after the date such Subsidiary is formed or acquired (or such longer period as the Agent shall agree), to the extent such

Person does not constitute an Excluded Subsidiary, cause the Collateral and Guaranty Requirements to be satisfied with respect to such Domestic Subsidiary and with respect to any Equity Interest in or Indebtedness of such Domestic Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of a Loan Party as and to the extent required under the Security Documents.

(f) (i) In each case furnish the Agent prompt written notice of any change (and in any event within 30 days of such change) in any Loan Party’s (A) corporate or organization name, (B) organizational structure or (C) organizational identification number (or equivalent); provided that the Borrowers shall not effect or permit any such change unless all filings have been made, or will have been made within any statutory period, under the Uniform Commercial Code 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 Collateral for the benefit of the applicable Credit Parties.

(g) If, and to the extent that, Parent Guarantees the payment of (or otherwise becomes an obligor under) the Term Loan Obligations or other Material Indebtedness of the Loan Parties or otherwise provides credit support in respect thereof, the Loan Parties shall cause Parent to concurrently provide the same Guarantee or credit support in respect of the Obligations, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement.

6.11 Cash Management.

(a) Prior to the date that is seventy-five (75) days (or such later date as may be consented to by the Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) following the Closing Date (in each case to the extent not previously delivered in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement):

(i) deliver to the Agent copies of notifications (each, a “Credit Card Notification”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G which have been executed on behalf of such Loan Party and delivered to such Loan Party’s Credit Card Issuers and Credit Card Processors listed on Schedule 5.26(b); and

(ii) enter into a Blocked Account Agreement with each Blocked Account Bank with respect to each DDA where any funds of any of the Loan Parties are concentrated, subject to Section 6.11(d) below (collectively, the “Blocked Accounts”); and

(iii) at the request of the Agent, deliver to the Agent copies of notifications (each, a “DDA Notification”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H which have been executed on behalf of such Loan Party and delivered to each depository institution listed on Schedule 5.26(a).

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the provisions of this Section 6.11(a) shall not apply to any deposit account that is acquired by a Loan Party in connection with a Permitted Business Acquisition permitted under this Agreement prior to the date that is sixty (60) days (or such later date as may be consented to by the Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) following the date of such Permitted Business Acquisition.

(b) From and after the Closing Date, the Loan Parties shall ACH or wire transfer no less frequently than once per Business Day (and whether or not there are then any outstanding Obligations) to a Blocked Account all of the following:

(i) all amounts on deposit in each DDA except for the Term Priority Accounts (net of any minimum balance, not to exceed $5,000, as may be required to be kept in the subject DDA by the depository institution at which such DDA is maintained);

(ii) all payments due from Credit Card Processors and Credit Card Issuers and proceeds of all credit card charges;

(iii) all cash receipts from the Disposition of Inventory and other assets (whether or not constituting Collateral);

(iv) all proceeds of Accounts; and

(v) all Net Proceeds, and all other cash payments received by a Loan Party from any Person or from any source or on account of any Disposition or other transaction or event (other than identifiable proceeds of Term Priority Collateral, which may be paid to the Term Loan Agent for application of the Term Loan Obligations).

(c) Each Blocked Account Agreement shall require upon notice from the Agent, which notice shall be delivered only after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Cash Dominion Event, the ACH or wire transfer no less frequently than once per Business Day (and whether or not there are then any outstanding Obligations) to the concentration account maintained by the Agent at Bank of America (the “Concentration Account”), of all cash receipts and collections received by each Loan Party from all sources (the “Receipts and Collections”), including, without limitation, the following:

(i) the then entire ledger balance of each Blocked Account (net of any minimum balance, not to exceed $5,000, as may be required to be kept in the subject Blocked Account by the Blocked Account Bank);

(ii) all amounts required to be deposited into the Blocked Accounts pursuant to clause (b) above; and

(iii) any other cash amounts received by any Loan Party from any other source, on account of any type of transaction or event;

provided, however, that (i) the Agent may, in its sole discretion, permit the Loan Parties to have one or more “intermediate” Blocked Account Agreements, whereby such agreements would provide, upon notice from the Agent, the ACH or wire transfer no less frequently than once per Business Day (and whether or not there are then any outstanding Obligations) all Receipts and Collections to another Blocked Account, as opposed to the Concentration Account and (ii) the Loan Parties may maintain the Term Priority Accounts, so long as the Loan Parties only deposit any funds into such account that constitute identifiable proceeds of Term Priority Collateral and no other funds or amounts can be deposited therein.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, the Loan Parties shall not be required to enter into any Blocked Account Agreement with respect to DDAs that have had an average daily balance during the immediately preceding calendar month in the aggregate of less than $5,000,000.

(e) The Concentration Account shall at all times be under the sole dominion and control of the Agent. The Agent shall cause all funds on deposit in the Concentration Account to be applied to

the Obligations, which amounts shall be applied to the Obligations in the order proscribed in either Section 2.05(e) or Section 8.04 of this Agreement, as applicable. The Loan Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that (i) the Loan Parties have no right of withdrawal from the Concentration Account, and (ii) the funds on deposit in the Concentration Account shall at all times be collateral security for all of the Obligations. In the event that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6.11, any Loan Party receives or otherwise has dominion and control of any such cash receipts or collections, such receipts and collections shall be held in trust by such Loan Party for the Agent, shall not be commingled with any of such Loan Party’s other funds or deposited in any account of such Loan Party and shall, not later than the Business Day after receipt thereof, be deposited into the Concentration Account or dealt with in such other fashion as such Loan Party may be instructed by the Agent.

(f) Upon the request of the Agent, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Cash Dominion Event or a Designated Event of Default, the Loan Parties shall cause bank statements and/or other reports to be delivered to the Agent not less often than monthly, accurately setting forth all amounts deposited in each Blocked Account to ensure the proper transfer of funds as set forth above.

(g) If the Agent does not require DDA Notifications to be delivered on the Closing Date in accordance with Section 6.11(a) above, then the Loan Parties shall, upon the request of the Agent at any time after the Closing Date, deliver to the Agent copies of DDA Notifications, which have been executed on behalf of the applicable Loan Party and delivered to each depository institution listed on Schedule 5.26(a).

6.12 Fiscal Year; Accounting.

(a) The Lead Borrower will, for financial reporting purposes, cause the Loan Parties’ and each of their Subsidiaries’ Fiscal Years to end on the last Thursday of each calendar year; provided that the Lead Borrower may, upon written notice to the Agent, change the financial reporting convention specified above to cause the Loan Parties’ and each of their Subsidiaries’ Fiscal Years to end on any other date reasonably acceptable to the Agent, in which case the Lead Borrower and the Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary in order to reflect such change in financial reporting. The Lead Borrower shall give prior written notice to the Agent of any change in the accounting policies or reporting practices of the Loan Parties, except as required by GAAP.

(b) At all times retain a Registered Public Accounting Firm, and shall instruct such Registered Public Accounting Firm to cooperate with, and be available to, the Agent, or their representatives to discuss the Loan Parties’ financial performance, financial condition, operating results, controls, and such other matters, within the scope of the retention of such Registered Public Accounting Firm, as may be raised by the Agent; provided that a representative of the Lead Borrower shall have received a reasonable opportunity to participate in any such discussions with such Registered Public Accounting Firm.

6.13 [Reserved].

6.14 Deposit Accounts; Credit Card Processors.

Within thirty (30) days following any Loan Party opening a new DDA, such Loan Party shall have delivered to the Agent appropriate DDA Notifications (to the extent requested by Agent pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.11 hereof) and any Blocked Account Agreements consistent with the provisions of Section 6.11, as applicable. The Loan Parties shall only maintain bank accounts and enter

into any agreements with any Credit Card Issuers or Credit Card Processors to the extent expressly contemplated herein or in Section 6.11.

6.15 Post-Closing Matters.

The Loan Parties shall satisfy the requirements set forth in the Post-Closing Letter.

ARTICLE VII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Each of the Loan Parties covenants and agrees with each Lender that, so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated and the Obligations have been paid in full, in cash, and Letters of Credit have expired or been terminated or cash collateralized on terms satisfactory to the L/C Issuer, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, no Loan Party will, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to:

7.01 Indebtedness.

Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except the following (collectively, “Permitted Indebtedness”):

(a) Indebtedness outstanding (or incurred pursuant to any commitment outstanding) on the Closing Date and, if the principal amount thereof exceeds $1,000,000, set forth on Schedule 7.01 and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;

(b) Indebtedness created hereunder or under the other Loan Documents;

(c) Indebtedness pursuant to Swap Contracts, provided that such agreements are entered into for bona fide hedging purposes and not for purposes of speculation or taking a “market view”;

(d) Indebtedness owed to (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments for the benefit of) any person providing workers’ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance to a Loan Party pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such person, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(e) (i) intercompany Indebtedness between or among Loan Parties and (ii) intercompany Indebtedness between a Loan Party and any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, provided that any such Indebtedness of a Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party must be subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to a subordination agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and any Investment resulting from any such Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to any Loan Party must be permitted under Section 7.04;

(f) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;

(g) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds;

(h) Indebtedness comprised of industrial revenue bonds or other tax advantaged financings issued through a Governmental Authority;

(i) Capital Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness, and in each case any Permitted Refinancing with respect thereto, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of $132,500,000 and 25.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarter period for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder;

(j) Indebtedness consisting of (I) Term Loan Obligations (and any Permitted Refinancing in respect thereof), (II) any Permitted Debt Exchange Notes (and any Permitted Refinancing in respect thereof), (III) any Rollover Indebtedness (and any Permitted Refinancing in respect thereof) and (IV) any Additional Obligations (and any Permitted Refinancing in respect thereof) in an aggregate principal amount for all such Indebtedness not in excess of the sum of (i) $200,000,000, (ii) the definition of Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date and inclusive of any reclassification or amendment thereof permitted in such definition) and (iii) without duplication of incremental amounts included in the definition of “Permitted Refinancing”, in the event of any refinancing of any such Indebtedness, the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses (including accrued and unpaid interest) incurred or payable in connection with such refinancing, provided that all such Indebtedness and all obligations related thereto are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement or another intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent;

(k) (A) Guarantees by the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries of Indebtedness or any other obligation or liability of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries (other than any Indebtedness incurred by the Borrowers or such Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in violation of this Section 7.01), or (B) without limiting Section 7.02, Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries arising by reason of any Lien granted by or applicable to such Person securing Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries (other than any Indebtedness incurred by the Borrowers or such Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in violation of this Section 7.01);

(l) Indebtedness arising from agreements of a Loan Party providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase or acquisition price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with any Permitted Business Acquisition or the Disposition of any business, assets or Subsidiaries not prohibited by this Agreement, other than Guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiaries for the purpose of financing any such Permitted Business Acquisition;

(m) Indebtedness consisting of the financing of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business;

(n) unsecured Indebtedness in respect of obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services so long as such obligations are incurred in connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms (which require that all such payments be made within sixty (60) days after the incurrence of the related obligations) in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money or any Swap Contracts;

(o) Management Guarantees and Management Indebtedness;

(p) Junior Capital in an amount not to exceed in the aggregate at any time outstanding $265,000,000;

(q) Indebtedness (and any Permitted Refinancing of such Indebtedness) of (i) any Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred to finance or refinance, or otherwise incurred in connection with, any Permitted Business Acquisition or (ii) any Person that is acquired in connection with any Permitted Business Acquisition (including Indebtedness thereof incurred in connection with such Permitted Business Acquisition); provided that on the date of such Permitted Business Acquisition, after giving effect to the incurrence or assumption of such Indebtedness on a pro forma basis, (1)(x) if such Indebtedness is unsecured, at the Lead Borrower’s option, the Borrowers would have a Total Leverage Ratio less than or equal to (i) 3.50:1.00 or (ii) the Total Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior to such Indebtedness or (y) (A) if such Indebtedness is secured on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Term Loan Obligations, at the Lead Borrower’s option, the Borrowers would have a Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio less than or equal to (i) 2.50:1.00 or (ii) the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior to such Indebtedness and (B) if such Indebtedness is secured on a junior priority basis to the Liens securing the Term Loan Obligations, at the Lead Borrower’s option, the Borrowers would have a Secured Leverage Ratio less than or equal to (i) 3.50:1.00 or (ii) the Secured Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior to such Indebtedness, (2) if secured by a Lien on the Collateral, the Borrowers shall have caused to be executed an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent on terms and conditions consistent with the Intercreditor Agreement (including that such Lien on ABL Priority Collateral shall be junior to the Lien of the Agent securing the Obligations), (3) the maturity date of such Indebtedness shall be no earlier than the Maturity Date (other than an earlier maturity date for customary bridge financings, which, subject to customary conditions, would either be automatically converted into or required to be exchanged for permanent financing which does not provide for an earlier maturity date than the Maturity Date, and (4) the interest rate margins and (subject to clause (3) above)) amortization schedule applicable such Indebtedness shall be determined by the Lead Borrower and the applicable lenders; provided, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of which the primary obligor or a guarantor is a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party outstanding on this clause (q) shall not exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the greater of $265,000,000 and 50.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarter period for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder. If, at the Lead Borrower’s option, on the date of the initial borrowing of such Indebtedness or entry into the definitive agreement providing the commitment to fund such Indebtedness, pro forma effect is given to the incurrence of the entire committed amount of such Indebtedness, such committed amount may thereafter be borrowed and reborrowed, in whole or in part, from time to time, without further compliance with this clause (q);

(r) Contribution Indebtedness and any Permitted Refinancing with respect thereto;

(s) Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not exceeding the greater of $318,000,000 and 60.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarter period for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder;

(t) Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred as consideration in connection with any Permitted Business Acquisition, and any Permitted Refinancing with respect thereto, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not exceeding the greater of $132,500,000 and 25.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarter period for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder;

(u) Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not exceeding the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) an amount equal to (A) the Foreign Borrowing Base plus (B) in the event of any refinancing of any Indebtedness incurred under this clause (u), the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses (including accrued and unpaid interest) incurred or payable in connection with such refinancing;

(v) Indebtedness incurred on behalf of, or representing Guarantees of Indebtedness of, joint ventures; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred or Guaranteed pursuant to this clause (v) shall not exceed the greater of (i) $39,750,000 and (ii) 7.50% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarter period for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder;

(w) (i) take-or-pay obligations under supply arrangements incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) netting, overdraft protection and other arrangements arising under standard business terms of any bank at which any Borrower or any Subsidiary maintains an overdraft, cash pooling or other similar facility or arrangement, (iii) obligations in respect of Bank Products and (iv) other obligations arising in the ordinary course of business under cash-in-transit, armored carrier, smart safe, deposit processing, direct credit, or similar treasury management arrangements (including with Brink’s Capital LLC), including obligations arising from advances, provisional credits, direct credits, variances, chargebacks, debits, fees and reimbursement obligations under such arrangements, provided that such Indebtedness is not incurred for borrowed money for general corporate purposes and is repaid, netted, settled, or otherwise discharged in the ordinary course of business;

(x) additional Indebtedness so long as, on a pro forma basis, (A) if such Indebtedness is unsecured, the Borrowers would have a Total Leverage Ratio equal to or less than 3.50:1.00, (B) if such Indebtedness is secured on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Term Loan Obligations, the Borrowers would have a Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio equal to or less than 2.50:1.00, (C) if such Indebtedness is secured on a junior priority basis to the Liens securing the Term Loan Obligations, the Borrowers would have a Secured Leverage Ratio equal to or less than 3.50:1.00; provided, that if such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on the Collateral, the Borrowers shall have caused to be executed an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent on terms and conditions consistent with the Intercreditor Agreement (including that such Lien on ABL Priority Collateral shall be junior to the Lien of the Agent securing the Obligations); provided, further, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of which the primary obligor or a guarantor is a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party outstanding on this clause (x) shall not exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the greater of $265,000,000 and 50.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarter period for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder;

(y) Indebtedness (A) supported by a letter of credit issued in compliance with this Section 7.01 in a principal amount not exceeding the face amount of such letter of credit or (B) consisting of accommodation guarantees for the benefit of trade creditors of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries;

(z) Indebtedness incurred in connection with entering into mortgages or deeds of trust or similar security instruments on real property, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not exceeding an amount equal to the greater of $159,000,000 and 30.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarter period for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder; and

(aa) without duplication, all premiums (if any, including tender premiums), defeasance costs, interest (including post petition interest), fees, expenses and charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (a) through (z) of this Section 7.01.

For purposes of determining compliance with, and the outstanding principal amount of any particular Indebtedness incurred pursuant to and in compliance with, this Section 7.01, (i) any other obligation of the obligor on such Indebtedness (or of any other Person who could have incurred such Indebtedness under this Section 7.01) arising under any Guarantee, Lien or letter of credit, bankers’ acceptance or other similar instrument or obligation supporting such Indebtedness shall be disregarded to the extent that such Guarantee, Lien or letter of credit, bankers’ acceptance or other similar instrument or obligation secures the principal amount of such Indebtedness; (ii) in the event that Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this Section 7.01 meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in this Section 7.01, the Lead Borrower, in its sole discretion, may classify such item of Indebtedness and may include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of the clauses of this Section 7.01 (including in part under one such clause and in part under another such clause); (iii) 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 accordance with GAAP; (iv) the principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under any clause of this Section 7.01, shall be determined after giving effect to the application of proceeds of any such Indebtedness to refinance any such other Indebtedness; and (v) if any Indebtedness is incurred to refinance Indebtedness initially incurred in reliance on a basket measured by reference to a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA at the time of incurrence, and such refinancing would cause the percentage of Consolidated EBITDA restriction to be exceeded if calculated based on the Consolidated EBITDA on the date of such refinancing, such percentage of Consolidated EBITDA restriction shall not be deemed to be exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced, plus the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses (including accrued and unpaid interest) incurred or payable in connection with such refinancing. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Indebtedness incurred by the Loan Parties on the Closing Date under this Agreement or the Term Loan Agreement shall be classified as incurred under Section 7.01(b) or 7.01(j), respectively.

For purposes of determining compliance with any dollar denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, the dollar equivalent principal amount of such Indebtedness incurred pursuant thereto shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date that such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term Indebtedness, or first committed, in the case of revolving or deferred draw Indebtedness; provided that (x) the dollar equivalent principal amount of any such Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the Closing Date, and (y) if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency (or in a different currency from such Indebtedness so being incurred), and such refinancing would cause the applicable dollar denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such dollar denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the outstanding or committed principal amount (whichever is higher) of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses (including accrued and unpaid interest) incurred or payable in connection with such refinancing. The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the

currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.

7.02 Liens.

Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any of its property or assets (including Equity Interests or other securities of any person) at the time owned by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, except the following (collectively, “Permitted Encumbrances”):

(a) Liens existing on, or provided for under written arrangements existing on, the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.02, or (in the case of any such Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries existing or arising under written arrangements existing on the Closing Date) securing any Permitted Refinancing in respect of such Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred under Section 7.01(j) and secured under clause (s) of this Section), so long as the Lien securing such refinancing Indebtedness is limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or under such written arrangements could secure) the original Indebtedness;

(b) Liens created under the Loan Documents;

(c) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet delinquent or the nonpayment of which in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings in compliance with Section 6.03 if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of a Loan Party or a Subsidiary thereof, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;

(d) Liens with respect to outstanding motor vehicle fines and carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, landlords’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations that are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or that are bonded or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of a Loan Party or a Subsidiary thereof, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;

(e) pledges, deposits or Liens in connection with workers’ compensation, professional liability insurance, insurance programs, unemployment insurance and other social security and other similar legislation or other insurance-related obligations (including pledges or deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements);

(f) pledges, deposits or Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, trade, government or other contracts (other than for borrowed money), obligations for utilities, leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), licenses, statutory obligations, completion guarantees, surety, judgment, appeal or performance bonds, other similar bonds, instruments or obligations, and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(g) (i) easements (including reciprocal easement agreements), rights-of-way, building, zoning and similar restrictions, utility agreements, covenants, reservations, restrictions, declarations, encroachments, charges, and other similar encumbrances or title defects incurred, or leases or subleases granted to others, in the ordinary course of business, which do not in the aggregate materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) mortgages, liens, security interests, restrictions, encumbrances or any other matters of record that have

been placed by any developer, landlord or other third party on property over which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary has easement rights or on any leased property and subordination or similar agreements relating thereto, and (iii) any condemnation or eminent domain proceedings affecting any real property;

(h) Liens (i) consisting of cash collateral deposits securing Indebtedness consisting of obligations under Swap Contracts and Bank Products, (ii) arising in the ordinary course of business securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01(w)(iv) and (iii) securing purchase money Indebtedness or Capital Lease Obligations permitted by Section 7.01 (limited to the assets subject to such purchase money Indebtedness or Capital Lease Obligations);

(i) Liens securing judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 8.01(j);

(j) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses to or from third parties;

(k) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of Borrower Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of Borrower Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of Borrower Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(l) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods being contested as provided in Section 6.06 provided any assets affected by such a Lien will not, absent Reserves established by the Agent therefor in its Permitted Discretion, be included in the Borrowing Base;

(m) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by Borrower Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in respect of any Investment permitted hereunder;

(n) Liens with respect to property or assets of any Subsidiary of a Borrower that is not a Loan Party, or the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary, securing Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of a Borrower that is not a Loan Party permitted under Section 7.01;

(o) Liens on consigned goods in favor of consignors with respect to consignment agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, including precautionary UCC financing statement filings by consignors, provided that, (x) the related consignor shall have delivered to the Agent an acknowledgment of Agent’s Liens in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, (y) such Liens shall attach only to the goods so consigned (and not any proceeds thereof) and (z) such goods shall not be included in Eligible Inventory or otherwise included in the Borrowing Base;

(p) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements;

(q) Liens on Equity Interests, Indebtedness or other securities of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any joint venture that is not a Subsidiary of a Borrower (i) securing Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or joint venture or (ii) pursuant to the relevant joint venture agreement or arrangement;

(r) Liens securing insurance premium financing arrangements so long as such Liens are limited to the applicable unearned insurance premiums;

(s) Liens securing obligations permitted under Section 7.01(j) to the extent such Liens are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement;

(t) other Liens on property or assets securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01 or other obligations that in the aggregate do not exceed at any time outstanding an amount equal to the greater of $265,000,000 and 50.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarter period for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder; provided, that (x) any such Liens on ABL Priority Collateral (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) shall be junior to the Liens securing the Obligations and (y) such Indebtedness or other obligations shall, at Agent’s request, be subject to an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent;

(u) other Liens on property or assets securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01; provided, that on the date of incurrence of such Indebtedness after pro forma giving effect to such incurrence (or on the date of the initial borrowing of such Indebtedness or entry into the definitive agreement providing the commitment to fund such Indebtedness after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of the entire committed amount, in which case such committed amount may thereafter be borrowed and reborrowed in whole or in part, from time to time, without further compliance with this clause), (A) if such Indebtedness is secured on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Term Loan Obligations, at the Lead Borrower’s option, Borrowers would have a Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio less than or equal to (i) 2.50:1.00 or (ii) the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior to such Indebtedness and (B) if such Indebtedness is secured on a junior priority basis to the Liens securing the Term Loan Obligations, at the Lead Borrower’s option, the Borrowers would have a Secured Leverage Ratio less than or equal to (i) 3.50:1.00 or (ii) the Secured Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior to such Indebtedness; and provided, further, that (x) any such Liens on ABL Priority Collateral (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) shall be junior to the Liens securing the Obligations and (y) such Indebtedness or other obligations shall, at Agent’s request, be subject to an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent;

(v) Liens on the Collateral, if such Liens rank junior to the Liens on such Collateral in relation to the Lien securing the Obligations; provided that such Liens shall be subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations pursuant to an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent;

(w) Liens existing on property or assets (other than property or assets of the type which may be included in the Borrowing Base (regardless of eligibility), unless such Liens with respect to such property or assets are subject to an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent) of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of any Borrower (or at the time any Borrower or a Subsidiary acquires such property or assets, including any acquisition by means of a merger, consolidation or amalgamation with or into such Borrower or any Subsidiary); provided, however, that such Liens are not created in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary (or such acquisition of such property or assets), and that such Liens are limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which such Liens arose, could secure) the obligations to which such Liens relate;

(x) Liens on real property securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01(z) so long as such Liens shall not extend to any other property or assets of the Loan Parties;

(y) Liens securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect thereof) consisting of refinancing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01 incurred in respect of any Indebtedness secured by (other than any Indebtedness described in Section 7.02(j)), or securing any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (in whole or in part) of any other obligation secured by, any other Liens permitted under this Section 7.02; provided that any such new Lien is limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which the original Lien arose, could secure) the obligations to which such Liens relate;

(z) Liens securing (A) Acquisition Indebtedness incurred in compliance with Section 7.01(q) or (r); provided that (x) such Liens are limited to all or part of the same property or assets, including Equity Interests (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof, or replacements of any thereof) acquired, or of any Person acquired or merged or consolidated with or into the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, in any transaction to which such Acquisition Indebtedness relates, (y) on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness after giving effect to such incurrence, (I) if such Indebtedness is secured on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Term Loan Obligations, at the Lead Borrower’s option, the Borrowers would have a Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio less than or equal to (i) 2.50:1.00 or (ii) the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior to such Indebtedness and (II) if such Indebtedness is secured on a junior priority basis to the Liens securing the Term Loan Obligations, at the Lead Borrower’s option, the Borrowers would have a Secured Leverage Ratio less than or equal to (i) 3.50:1.00 or (ii) the Secured Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior to such Indebtedness, and (z) such Liens rank pari passu or junior to the Liens securing the Obligations and shall be subject to the Intercreditor Agreement or another intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, as applicable; provided, further, that any such Liens on ABL Priority Collateral (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) shall be junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, or (B) any Permitted Refinancing incurred in respect thereof;

(aa) Liens on cash set aside at the time of the incurrence of any Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01 or government securities purchased with such cash, in either case to the extent that such cash or government securities prefund the payment of interest on such Indebtedness and are held in an escrow account or similar arrangement to be applied for such purpose;

(bb) [Reserved];

(cc) Liens in favor of any Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than Liens on property or assets of any Loan Party in favor of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor);

(dd) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(ee) [Reserved];

(ff) Liens attaching to commodity trading or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business; and

(gg) Liens arising in connection with repurchase agreements permitted under Section 7.01 on assets that are the subject of such repurchase agreements.

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section, (w) a Lien need not be incurred solely by reference to one category of Liens described in this Section but may be incurred under any combination of such categories (including in part under one such category and in part under any other such category), (x) in the event that a Lien (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of such clauses of this Section, the Lead Borrower may, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify such Lien (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section (including in part under one such clause and in part under another such clause), (y) in the event that a portion of Indebtedness secured by a Lien could be classified in part pursuant to clause (u) above (giving effect to the incurrence of such portion of Indebtedness), the Lead Borrower, in its sole discretion, may classify such portion of Indebtedness (and any Obligations in respect thereof) as having been secured pursuant to clause (u) above and the remainder of the Indebtedness as having been secured pursuant to one or more of the other clauses of this definition and (z) if any Liens securing Indebtedness are incurred to refinance Liens securing Indebtedness initially incurred in reliance on a basket measured by reference to a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA at the time of incurrence, and such refinancing would cause the percentage of Consolidated EBITDA restriction to be exceeded if calculated based on the Consolidated EBITDA on the date of such refinancing, such percentage of Consolidated EBITDA restriction shall not be deemed to be exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Indebtedness secured by such Liens does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness secured by such Liens being refinanced, plus the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses (including accrued and unpaid interest) incurred or payable in connection with such refinancing.

7.03 [Reserved].

7.04 Investments, Loans and Advances.

Purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger, consolidation or amalgamation with a person that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or amalgamation) any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to or Guarantees of the obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in (each, an “Investment”), any other person, except the following (collectively, “Permitted Investments”):

(a) (i) Investments in the Equity Interests of Borrower Holdco, any Borrower or any other Loan Party, (ii) intercompany loans to the Lead Borrower or any other Loan Party and (iii) Guarantees of Indebtedness expressly permitted hereunder;

(b) Cash and Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments and Investments that were Permitted Investments when made;

(c) Investments arising out of the receipt of non-cash consideration for the sale of assets permitted under Section 7.05;

(d) any assets or securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss and any prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business;

(e) Swap Contracts;

(f) Investments existing on, or contractually committed as of, the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.04;

(g) Investments resulting from pledges and deposits constituting Permitted Encumbrances;

(h) Investments constituting Permitted Business Acquisitions;

(i) (i) intercompany loans among Foreign Subsidiaries, (ii) Guarantees by Foreign Subsidiaries permitted by Section 7.01, and (iii) trade receivables owing to any Borrower or any Subsidiary, if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business;

(j) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with or judgments against, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business and Investments acquired as a result of a foreclosure by Borrower Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investments or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;

(k) Investments of a Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower Holdco acquired after the Closing Date or of an entity merged into, or consolidated or amalgamated with, Borrower Holdco or any Borrower or merged into or consolidated or amalgamated with any Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower Holdco after the Closing Date, in each case, (i) to the extent permitted under this Section 7.04, (ii) in the case of any acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in accordance with Section 7.05, and (iii) to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation;

(l) Management Advances;

(m) Guarantees of operating leases (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding Capital Lease Obligations) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into by a Loan Party in the ordinary course of business;

(n) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;

(o) additional Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Equity Interests of any Parent Entity or Junior Capital;

(p) Investments consisting of the redemption, purchase, repurchase or retirement of any Equity Interests permitted under Section 7.06;

(q) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;

(r) Guarantees permitted under Section 7.01 (except to the extent such Guarantee is expressly subject to Section 7.04);

(s) advances in the form of a prepayment of expenses, so long as such expenses are being paid in accordance with customary trade terms of Borrower Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries;

(t) Investments consisting of non-exclusive licensing of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other persons;

(u) purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials and equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property in each case in the ordinary course of business not for the purpose of speculating therewith, to the extent such purchases and acquisitions constitute Investments;

(v) other Investments made after the Closing Date in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not exceeding the greater of $100,000,000 and 35.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarter period for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder;

(w) [Reserved];

(x) [Reserved];

(y) additional Investments; provided that both immediately before such Investment is made and immediately after giving effect thereto, the Payment Conditions shall be satisfied;

(z) bonds secured by assets leased to and operated by the Borrowers or any Subsidiary that were issued in connection with the financing of such assets so long as a Borrower or any Subsidiary may obtain title to such assets at any time by paying a nominal fee, canceling such bonds and terminating the transaction;

(aa) any Investment by any Captive Insurance Subsidiary in connection with the provision of insurance to Borrower Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries, which Investment is made in the ordinary course of business of such Captive Insurance Subsidiary, or by reason of applicable Law, rule, regulation or order, or that is required or approved by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Captive Insurance Subsidiary or its business, as applicable;

(bb) Investments in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed the amount of Excluded Contributions (less the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.06(p) and payments made pursuant to Section 7.09(b)); and

(cc) additional Investments in an amount not to exceed any available Restricted Payment capacity under Section 7.06(l) (provided, that such use shall reduce the applicable Restricted Payment capacity on a dollar-for-dollar basis);

provided, however, the Loan Parties may only make an Investment in the form of Related Intellectual Property to any Person (other than another Loan Party) if such Investment is subject to a non-exclusive royalty-free license of such Intellectual Property in favor of the Agent for use in connection with the exercise of rights and remedies of the Credit Parties under the Loan Documents in respect of the Collateral, which license shall be substantially similar to the license described in Section 6.1 of the Security Agreement (or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Agent).

For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 7.04 only, (i) “Investment” shall include the portion (proportionate to applicable Borrower’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of Borrower Holdco at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, provided that upon a redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Subsidiary, the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (x) the aggregate amount of the Loan Parties’ “Investment” in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (y) the portion (proportionate to the Borrowers’ equity interest in such Unrestricted Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, and (ii) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Lead Borrower) at the time of such transfer. The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced (at the Lead Borrower’s option) by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount or value received in respect of such Investment.

If any Investment pursuant to clause (v) or (y) above, or Section 7.06(l), as applicable, is made in any Person that is not a Loan Party and such Person thereafter (A) becomes a Loan Party or (B) is merged or consolidated into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, a Loan Party, then such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (a) above, and not clause (v) or (y) above, or Section 7.06(l), as applicable.

For the avoidance of doubt, all applicable Investments shall be subject to the Updated Borrowing Base Condition.

7.05 Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions.

Merge into, or consolidate or amalgamate with, any other person, or permit any other person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or any part of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or issue, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or any substantial part of the assets of any other person or any division, unit or business of any other person, except that this Section 7.05 shall not prohibit the following (collectively, “Permitted Dispositions”):

(a) (i) the purchase and sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the acquisition or lease (pursuant to an operating lease) of any other asset in the ordinary course of business, (iii) the sale of surplus, obsolete, damaged or worn out equipment or other property in the ordinary course of business or (iv) the Disposition of Permitted Investments;

(b) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (i) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Subsidiary (other than the Lead Borrower) into (or with) Borrower Holdco or the Lead Borrower in a transaction in which Borrower Holdco or the Lead Borrower, as applicable, is the survivor, (ii) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Subsidiary into or with any Subsidiary of Borrower Holdco that is a Loan Party in a transaction in which the surviving or resulting entity is a Subsidiary of Borrower Holdco that is a Loan Party and, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), no person other than Borrower Holdco, the Lead Borrower or another Loan Party receives any consideration, (iii) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party into or with any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, (iv) the liquidation or dissolution or change in form of entity of

any Excluded Subsidiary if the Lead Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation, dissolution or change in form is in the best interests of the Lead Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, (v) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Subsidiary of Borrower Holdco (other than the Lead Borrower) with or into any other person in order to effect an Investment permitted under Section 7.04 so long as the continuing or surviving person shall be a Subsidiary of Borrower Holdco that is a Loan Party if the merging, consolidating or amalgamating Subsidiary was a Loan Party and which, together with each of its Subsidiaries, shall have complied with the requirements of Section 6.01 or (vi) the liquidation or dissolution of any Subsidiary (other than the Lead Borrower), if the Lead Borrower determines in good faith that such action is in the best interest of the Lead Borrower and its Subsidiaries and is not disadvantageous to the Lenders (it being understood that in the case of any dissolution of a Subsidiary that is a Borrower or a Guarantor, such Subsidiary shall at or before the time of such dissolution transfer its assets, if any, to another Subsidiary that is a Borrower or a Guarantor);

(c) sales, transfers, leases or other Dispositions to Borrower Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise);

(d) [reserved];

(e) Investments permitted by Section 7.04, Permitted Encumbrances and Restricted Payments permitted by Section 7.06;

(f) the sale of defaulted receivables in the ordinary course of business and not as part of an accounts receivables financing transaction;

(g) Permitted Business Acquisitions;

(h) leases, nonexclusive licenses, or nonexclusive subleases or sublicenses of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

(i) Dispositions that satisfy both of the following requirements: (i) such Loan Party or such Subsidiary receives consideration (including by way of relief from, or by any other Person assuming responsibility for, any liabilities, contingent or otherwise) at the time of such Disposition at least equal to the fair market value of the shares and assets subject to such Disposition, as such fair market value (on the date a legally binding commitment for such Disposition was entered into) may be determined in good faith by the Lead Borrower and (ii) in the case of any Disposition (or series of related Dispositions) having a fair market value (on the date a legally binding commitment for such Disposition was entered into) in excess of the greater of $132,500,000 and 25.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarter period for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder, at least 75.00% of the consideration therefor (excluding, in the case of a Disposition (or series of related Dispositions), any consideration by way of relief from, or by any other Person assuming responsibility for, any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, that are not Indebtedness) received by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary is in the form of cash; provided that (x) the Borrowers shall have satisfied the Updated Borrowing Base Condition, if applicable, and (y) if more than ten percent (10%) of assets of the type which may be included in the Borrowing Base (regardless of eligibility) are Disposed of pursuant to a single transaction or a series of related transactions under this Section 7.05(i), the Agent shall have the ability to conduct an updated appraisal of the assets included on the Borrowing Base at the expense of the Loan Parties (but which appraisal shall not, for the avoidance of doubt, be counted as one of the appraisals performed pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof for purposes of determining reimbursement of the costs and expenses thereof by the Loan Parties);

(j) bulk sales or other Dispositions of the Inventory of a Loan Party not in the ordinary course of business in connection with Store closings, at arm’s length; provided, that (i) that such store closures and related Inventory dispositions shall not exceed (x) in any Fiscal Year of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, 5.00% of the number of the Loan Parties’ stores as of the beginning of such Fiscal Year (net of new Store openings) and (y) in the aggregate from and after the Closing Date, 10.00% of the number of the Loan Parties’ Stores in existence as of the Closing Date (net of new Store openings), and (ii) (x) the Borrowers shall have satisfied the Updated Borrowing Base Condition, if applicable, and (y) if more than ten percent (10%) of assets of the type which may be included in the Borrowing Base (regardless of eligibility) are Disposed of pursuant to a single transaction or a series of related transactions under this Section 7.05(j), the Agent shall have the ability to conduct an updated appraisal of the assets included on the Borrowing Base at the expense of the Loan Parties (but which appraisal shall not, for the avoidance of doubt, be counted as one of the appraisals performed pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof for purposes of determining reimbursement of the costs and expenses thereof by the Loan Parties); provided, further that all sales of Inventory in connection with Store closings shall be in accordance with liquidation agreements and with professional liquidators reasonably acceptable to the Agent;

(k) any other Permitted Asset Dispositions; and

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

For the purposes of Section 7.05(i)(ii), the following are deemed to be cash: (1) Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments and cash equivalents, (2) the assumption of Indebtedness of the Lead Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock of the Borrower) or any Subsidiary and the release of the Lead Borrower or such Subsidiary from all liability on payment of the principal amount of such Indebtedness in connection with such Disposition, (3) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is no longer a Subsidiary as a result of such Disposition, to the extent that the Lead Borrower and each Subsidiary are released from any Guarantee of payment of the principal amount of such Indebtedness in connection with such Disposition, (4) securities received by any Borrower or any Subsidiary from the transferee that are converted by the Lead Borrower or such Subsidiary into cash within 180 days, (5) consideration consisting of Indebtedness of the Lead Borrower or any Subsidiary, (6) Additional Assets, and (7) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Lead Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in a Disposition having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (7), not to exceed an aggregate amount at any time outstanding equal to the greater of $106,000,000 and 20.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarter period for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder (with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured on the date a legally binding commitment for such Disposition (or, if later, for the payment of such item) was entered into and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

provided, however, the Loan Parties may only Dispose of Related Intellectual Property to any Person (other than another Loan Party) if such Disposition is subject to a non-exclusive royalty-free license of such Intellectual Property in favor of the Agent for use in connection with the exercise of rights and remedies of the Credit Parties under the Loan Documents in respect of the Collateral, which license shall be substantially similar to the license described in Section 6.1 of the Security Agreement (or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Agent).

For the avoidance of doubt, all applicable transactions subject to this Section 7.05 shall be subject to the Updated Borrowing Base Condition.

7.06 Restricted Payments.

Declare, pay, or otherwise make any Restricted Payments, directly or indirectly, except the following:

(a) Restricted Payments to Borrower Holdco, the Lead Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower Holdco (or, in the case of non-wholly owned Subsidiaries, to Borrower Holdco and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis (or more favorable basis from the perspective of Borrower Holdco, the Lead Borrower or such Subsidiary) based on their relative ownership interests so long as any repurchase of its Equity Interests from a person that is not Borrower Holdco or a Subsidiary of Borrower Holdco is permitted under Section 7.04);

(b) Restricted Payments to permit any Parent Entity, directly or indirectly, to (i) pay operating, overhead, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses (including directors’ fees and expenses and administrative, legal, accounting, consulting, filings and similar expenses), (ii) pay fees and expenses related to any public offering or private placement of debt or equity securities of any Parent Entity whether or not consummated or any Investment permitted hereunder, (iii) pay franchise taxes and other similar fees, taxes and expenses in connection with the maintenance of its legal existence, (iv) make payments permitted by Section 7.07 (other than Section 7.07(e)), or (v) pay customary salary, bonus and other compensation and benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, employees of such Parent Entity;

(c) Restricted Payments to a Parent Entity if it files a consolidated U.S. federal or combined or unitary state income tax return that includes Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries (or the taxable income thereof), in each case, in an amount not to exceed the amount that Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay in respect of federal, state or local income Taxes (as the case may be) in respect of such Fiscal Year if Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries paid such Taxes directly as a stand-alone taxpayer (or stand-alone group); provided such amounts are actually used to pay such Taxes promptly after such Restricted Payment is made;

(d) so long as no Event of Default under Section 8.01(b), (c) or (i) has occurred and is continuing, Restricted Payments to a Parent Entity, the proceeds of which are used, directly or indirectly, to purchase or redeem, the Equity Interests of such Parent Entity (including any options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof) held by Management Investors; provided that the aggregate amount of such purchases or redemptions under this clause (d) shall not exceed the sum of (x) (i) the greater of $25,000,000 and 9.25% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarter period for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder, plus (ii) $37,500,000, plus (iii) $12,500,000 multiplied by the number of calendar years that have commenced since the Closing Date plus (y) the net cash proceeds received by the Borrowers since the Closing Date from, or as a capital contribution from, the issuance or sale to Management Investors of Equity Interests (including any options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof), plus (z) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by any Borrower or any Subsidiary (or by a Parent Entity and contributed to a Borrower) since the Closing Date; provided that any cancellation of Indebtedness owing to any Borrower or any Subsidiary by any Management Investor in connection with any repurchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests (including any options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof) from any Management Investor shall not constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any other provision of this Agreement;

(e) non-cash repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;

(f) [reserved];

(g) Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity to make payments in cash, in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares, upon the exercise of warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Equity Interests of any such person;

(h) so long as no Event of Default under Section 8.01(b), (c) or (i) has occurred and is continuing, Restricted Payments to any Parent Entity to pay dividends on the common stock, equity or units of a Borrower or any Parent Entity in an amount not to exceed, in any Fiscal Year, 6.0% of the Market Capitalization of Borrower Holdco or such direct or indirect Parent Entity;

(i) [reserved];

(j) any purchase, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Equity Interests of the Lead Borrower or any Junior Indebtedness made by exchange (including any such exchange pursuant to the exercise of a conversion right or privilege in connection with which cash is paid in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares) for, or out of the proceeds of the issuance or sale of, Equity Interests of the Lead Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock and other than Equity Interests issued or sold to a Subsidiary) or a capital contribution to the Lead Borrower;

(k) any dividend paid or redemption made within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or of the giving of notice thereof, as applicable, if at such date of declaration or the giving of such notice, such dividend or redemption would have complied with this Section 7.06;

(l) so long as no Event of Default under Section 8.01(b), (c) or (i) has occurred and is continuing, Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed (i) the greater of $50,000,000 and 30.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarter period for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder minus (ii) any payments made pursuant to Section 7.09(b)(vi);

(m) dividends or other distributions of Equity Interests, Indebtedness or other securities of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

(n) any dividend or other distribution or payment for purposes of making AHYDO Catch-Up Payments related to Indebtedness of the Loan Parties;

(o) additional Restricted Payments; provided that both immediately before such Restricted Payment is made and immediately after giving effect thereto, the Payment Conditions are satisfied; and

(p) so long as no Event of Default under Section 8.01(b), (c) or (i) has occurred and is continuing, Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed the amount of Excluded Contributions (less the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to Section 7.04(bb) and payments made pursuant to Section 7.09(b));

provided, however, the Loan Parties may only make a Restricted Payment in the form of Related Intellectual Property to any Person (other than another Loan Party) if such Restricted Payment is subject to a non-exclusive royalty-free license of such Intellectual Property in favor of the Agent for use in connection with the exercise of rights and remedies of the Credit Parties under the Loan Documents in respect of the Collateral, which license shall be substantially similar to the license described in Section 6.1 of the Security Agreement (or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Agent).

The Lead Borrower, in its sole discretion, may classify any Investment or other Restricted Payment as being made in part under one of the clauses or subclauses of this Section 7.07 (or, in the case of any Investment, the clauses or subclauses of Section 7.04) and in part under one or more other such clauses or subclauses (or, as applicable, clauses or subclauses).

For the avoidance of doubt, all applicable Restricted Payments shall be subject to the Updated Borrowing Base Condition, if applicable.

7.07 Transactions with Affiliates.

Sell or transfer any property or assets to, or purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transaction with, any of its Affiliates, in each case involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10,000,000, unless (x) the terms of such transaction are not materially less favorable to the applicable Loan Party or Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that could be obtained at the time in a transaction with a Person who is not such an Affiliate and (y) if such transaction involves aggregate consideration in excess of $25,000,000, the terms of such transaction have been approved by a majority of the board of directors of such Loan Party or Subsidiary. For purposes of this Section 7.07, any such transaction shall be deemed to have satisfied the foregoing requirements if (1) such transaction is approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors or (2) in the event there are no Disinterested Directors, a fairness opinion is provided by a nationally recognized appraisal or investment banking firm with respect to such transaction. Without limiting the foregoing, this Section 7.07 shall not prohibit:

(a) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants which do not require or provide a cash payment therewith, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, equity purchase agreements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the board of directors of the Parent;

(b) loans or advances to employees of the Lead Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 7.04;

(c) transactions between or among the Lead Borrower and any other Loan Party or any entity that becomes a Loan Party as a result of such transaction (including via merger, consolidation or amalgamation in which a Loan Party is the surviving entity);

(d) the payment of fees, reasonable out-of-pocket costs and indemnities to directors or officers of a Parent Entity or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (limited, in the case of a Parent Entity, to the portion of such fees and expenses that are allocable to Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries (which shall be 100% for so long as Parent owns no assets other than the Equity Interests in the Subsidiaries and assets incidental to the ownership of Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries));

(e) Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.06, including payments to a Parent Entity;

(f) any purchase by a Loan Party of the Equity Interests of any wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary; provided that any Equity Interests of any wholly owned Subsidiary purchased by a Loan Party shall be pledged to the Agent on behalf of the Lenders pursuant to the Security Documents;

(g) the issuance, sale or transfer of Equity Interests of Borrower Holdco or the Lead Borrower to Parent and capital contributions by Parent to Borrower Holdco or the Borrower;

(h) to the extent such payments would be permitted under Section 7.06 if such payments were Restricted Payments, payments by Parent or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries pursuant to tax sharing agreements among Parent and any of its Domestic Subsidiaries on customary terms that require each party to make payments when such Taxes are due or refunds received of amounts equal to the income Tax liabilities and refunds generated by each such party calculated on a separate return basis and payments to the party generating Tax benefits and credits of amounts equal to the value of such Tax benefits and credits made available to the group by such party;

(i) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to employees or transactions with employees, officers, or directors in the ordinary course of business;

(j) transactions permitted by, and complying with, the provisions of Section 7.04 and Section 7.05(b);

(k) any transaction arising out of agreements or instruments in existence on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.07, and any payments made pursuant thereto;

(l) intercompany transactions undertaken in good faith (as determined by a Responsible Officer of the Lead Borrower in good faith) for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth herein and not materially adverse to the interests of any Credit Party;

(m) (i) the entering into, maintaining or performance of any employment, consulting or other similar service contract, collective bargaining agreement, benefit plan, program or arrangement, related trust agreement or any other similar arrangement for or with any current or former management member, employee, officer or director or consultant of or to the Borrowers, any Subsidiary or any Parent Entity heretofore or hereafter entered into in the ordinary course of business, including vacation, health, insurance, deferred compensation, severance, retirement, savings or other similar plans, programs or arrangements and (ii) any issuance, grant or award of stock, options, other equity related interests or other securities, to any such management members, employees, officers, directors or consultants; and

(n) [Reserved];

(o) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) or Junior Capital or any capital contribution to Borrower Holdco, the Borrowers or any Subsidiary.

7.08 Business of Borrower Holdco and its Subsidiaries.

Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, engage at any time in any business or business activity other than any business or business activity conducted by any Loan Party on the Closing Date and any other Related Businesses.

7.09 Limitation on Payments and Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and Certain Other Agreements; etc.

(a) Amend or modify in any manner materially adverse to the Lenders or the Agent, or grant any waiver or release under or terminate in any manner (if such granting or termination shall be materially adverse to the Lenders), the Organization Documents of Parent, Borrower Holdco or any of their Subsidiaries;

(b) Make, or agree or offer in writing to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution in cash in respect of: any Subordinated Indebtedness or any Indebtedness secured by Liens that are subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations pursuant to a subordination agreement between the holders of such Indebtedness and Agent, which subordination agreement must be in form and substance acceptable to the Agent in its sole discretion; provided, that in no event shall the Term Loan Obligations or any Permitted Refinancing thereof be Junior Indebtedness (“Junior Indebtedness”); except for (i) payments of regularly scheduled principal and interest, mandatory offers to repay, mandatory prepayments of principal, premium and interest and payments of fees, expenses and indemnification obligations with respect to such Junior Indebtedness or any Permitted Refinancing in respect thereof to the extent permitted under any applicable subordination agreement, (ii) payments or distributions in respect of all or any portion of Junior Indebtedness or any Permitted Refinancing in respect thereof with the proceeds contributed directly or indirectly to Borrower Holdco or the Lead Borrower by Parent from the issuance, sale or exchange by Parent of Equity Interests made within six (6) months prior thereto, (iii) the conversion of any Junior Indebtedness to Equity Interests of any Parent Entity, (iv) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the payment that is required under the Code to prevent any Junior Indebtedness, or in each case, any Permitted Refinancing in respect thereof from being treated as an “applicable high yield discount obligation” within the meaning of Section 163(i)(l) of the Code, (v) payments in connection with a Permitted Refinancing in respect thereof, (vi) payments in respect of Junior Indebtedness in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time, not to exceed an amount (net of repayments of any such loans or advances) equal to (i) the greater of $50,000,000 and 30.00% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four Fiscal Quarter period for which Required Financial Statements have been provided as required hereunder minus (ii) any Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.06(l), (vii) additional payments and distributions so long as both immediately before such payment or distribution is made and immediately after giving effect thereto, the Payment Conditions are satisfied, or (viii) payments in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed the amount of Excluded Contributions (less the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.06(p) and Investments made pursuant to Section 7.04(bb));

(c) Permit any Subsidiary to enter into any agreement or instrument that by its terms restricts (i) the payment of dividends or distributions or the making of cash advances to Borrower Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary or (ii) the granting of Liens by Borrower Holdco or such Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Documents, in each case other than those arising under any Loan Document, except, in each case, restrictions existing by reason of:

(i) restrictions imposed by applicable Law;

(ii) contractual encumbrances or restrictions under the Term Loan Facility or the Term Loan Documents;

(iii) any restriction on a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or Disposition of the Equity Interests or assets of a Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or Disposition;

(iv) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(v) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;

(vi) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.01(i), to the extent such restrictions are not more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the restrictions contained herein;

(vii) customary provisions contained in leases or licenses of intellectual property and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(viii) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest;

(ix) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(x) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale, transfer or other Disposition of any asset permitted under Section 6.05 pending the consummation of such sale, transfer or other Disposition;

(xi) customary restrictions and conditions contained in the document relating to any Lien, so long as (1) such Lien is a Permitted Encumbrance and such restrictions or conditions relate only to the specific asset subject to such Lien and (2) such restrictions and conditions are not created for the purpose of avoiding the restrictions imposed by this Section 7.09;

(xii) customary net worth provisions contained in Real Estate leases entered into by Subsidiaries, so long as the Lead Borrower has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions would not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligations;

(xiii) any agreement in effect at the time any person becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such person becoming a Subsidiary;

(xiv) restrictions in agreements representing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01 of a Subsidiary of Borrower Holdco that is not a Loan Party;

(xv) customary restrictions on leases, subleases, licenses or Equity Interests or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby as long as such restrictions relate to the Equity Interests and assets subject thereto;

(xvi) restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; or

(xvii) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in Sections 7.09(c)(i) and 7.09(c)(ii) imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to above so long as such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, no more restrictive with respect to or such Lien, dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the Lien, dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing; or

(d) amend or modify the Term Loan Agreement, the Term Loan Security Documents, or any other “Loan Document” (as defined in the Term Loan Agreement) in any manner which would not constitute a Permitted Refinancing.

7.10 Financial Performance Covenant.

Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Covenant Compliance Event, the Borrowers shall not permit the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio to be less than 1.00 to 1.00 (x) as of the last day of the most recently ended period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters prior to the occurrence of such Covenant Compliance Event for which Required Financial Statements are required to have been provided and (y) as of the last day of each subsequent four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period ending during the continuance of such Covenant Compliance Event.

7.11 Outbound Investment Rules.

(a) Each Loan Party will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (a) be or become a “covered foreign person”, as that term is defined in the Outbound Investment Rules, or (b) engage, directly or indirectly, in (i) a “covered activity” or a “covered transaction”, as each such term is defined in the Outbound Investment Rules, (ii) any activity or transaction that would constitute a “covered activity” or a “covered transaction”, as each such term is defined in the Outbound Investment Rules, if such Loan Party or Subsidiary were a U.S. Person or (iii) any other activity that would cause the Agent, any Lender or any other Credit Party to be in violation of the Outbound Investment Rules or cause the Agent, any Lender or any other Credit Party to be legally prohibited by the Outbound Investment Rules from performing under this Agreement.

7.12 Sanctions.

(a) Each Loan Party will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, use any Credit Extension or the proceeds of any Credit Extension for any purpose which would result in a violation of any Sanction, Anti-Corruption Law or Anti-Money Laundering Law.

ARTICLE VIIA
BORROWER HOLDCO COVENANT

Borrower Holdco covenants and agrees with each Lender that, so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until all Obligations have been paid in full, in cash, and all Letters of Credit and

Commitments have expired or been terminated or cash collateralized on terms satisfactory to the L/C Issuer, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, (a) Borrower Holdco will not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien (other than Liens of a type described in 7.02(c) and (l)) on any of the Equity Interests issued by Borrower Holdco other than the Liens created under the Loan Documents, the Term Loan Documents and any Permitted Refinancing thereof, (b) Borrower Holdco shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence; provided that so long as no Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, Borrower Holdco may merge with any other person, (c) Borrower Holdco will otherwise maintain its passive holding company status; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower Holdco shall be permitted to be a borrower or issuer of any Indebtedness permitted under this Agreement, a Loan Party of any Indebtedness permitted under this Agreement, grant liens in connection with the foregoing except as prevented by clause (a) above, and take all other actions permitted or required under the Loan Documents, the Term Loan Facility (or documents evidencing any Permitted Refinancing thereof), the making of Restricted Payments to the extent such Restricted Payments are permitted to be made to it under Section 7.06, and other activities incidental to compliance with applicable Laws and legal, tax and accounting matters related thereto and activities relating to employees; provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing or any other restriction in this Agreement, Borrower Holdco may liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself, in connection with a restructuring whereby a newly formed wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary of Parent will directly own 100% of the Equity Interests of the Lead Borrower.

ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT

8.01 Events of Default.

In case of the happening of any of the following (each an “Event of Default”):

(a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or in any amendment, modification or supplement hereto or any certificate or document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when so made or deemed made;

(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, at a date fixed for prepayment thereof, by acceleration thereof or otherwise;

(c) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or the L/C Obligations or in the payment of any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (b) of this Section 8.01) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days;

(d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in (i) Section 6.01(a), 6.04, 6.05(a), 6.07, 6.08, 6.11, 6.15 or in Article VII or Article VIIA or (ii) Section 6.02 and Section 6.05 (other than clause (a) thereof) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) Business Days;

(e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by the Lead Borrower or any other Loan Party of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 8.01) (in each case solely to the extent applicable to such Person) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days to

duly observe or perform any such covenant, condition or agreement after the Lead Borrower’s receipt of notice thereof from the Agent or Required Lenders; provided, however, for the purposes of determining whether an Event of Default has occurred hereunder to the extent such Event of Default arises as a result of any payment defaults under any Cash Management Services or Bank Products, such defaults shall not constitute an Event of Default hereunder unless such payment defaults are for amounts in excess of $2,000,000 in the aggregate;

(f) Any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) default in (x) any payment of principal of or interest on any Material Indebtedness or (y) any payment of any Guarantee of Material Indebtedness, beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Material Indebtedness or Guarantee was created; or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any Material Indebtedness or Guarantee of any Material Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice or lapse of time if required, such Material Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity or such Guarantee to become payable (an “Acceleration”), and such time shall have lapsed and, if any notice (a “Default Notice”) shall be required to commence a grace period or declare the occurrence of an event of default before notice of Acceleration may be delivered, such Default Notice shall have been given and (in the case of the preceding clause (i) or (ii)) such default, event or condition shall not have been remedied or waived by or on behalf of the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness or Guarantee thereof (provided that the preceding clause (ii) shall not apply to (x) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder or (y) any termination event or equivalent event pursuant to the terms of any Swap Contract unless the Swap Termination Value exceeds $75,000,000);

(g) a Change of Control shall have occurred;

(h) [Reserved];

(i) If (i) any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts (excluding, in each case, the solvent liquidation or reorganization of any Foreign Subsidiary of the Parent that is not a Loan Party), or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, receivers, receiver and manager, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above which (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged, unstayed or unbonded for a period of 60 days; or (iii) any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding; or (iv) there shall be commenced against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets which results in the entry of an order for any

such relief which shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (v) any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall take any corporate or other similar organizational action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above; or (vi) any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall be generally unable to, or shall admit in writing its general inability to, pay its debts as they become due;

(j) One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Borrowers, any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries involving in the aggregate at any time a liability (net of any insurance or indemnity payments actually received in respect thereof prior to or within 60 days from the entry thereof, or to be received in respect thereof in the event any appeal thereof shall be unsuccessful) of $75,000,000 or more, and all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof;

(k) (i) Any failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Plan or any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan shall arise on the assets of any Loan Party, any Subsidiary or any Commonly Controlled Entity, (ii) any Person shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan, (iii) a Reportable Event shall occur with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to have a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer or to terminate, any Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or commencement of proceedings or appointment of a trustee is in the reasonable opinion of the Agent likely to result in the termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (iv) any Single Employer Plan shall terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA other than a standard termination pursuant to Section 4041(b) of ERISA, or (v) either of a Loan Party or any Commonly Controlled Entity shall, or in the reasonable opinion of the Agent is reasonably likely to, incur any liability in connection with a withdrawal from, or the Insolvency of, a Multiemployer Plan; and in each case in clauses (ii) through (vi) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, would be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

(l) (i) any material provision of any Loan Document shall cease to be, or be asserted in writing by any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries not to be, for any reason, to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of any party thereto, (ii) any security interest purported to be created by any Security Document and to extend to assets that are of the type which may be included in the Borrowing Base (regardless of eligibility) or otherwise are not immaterial to any Loan Party and their Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis shall cease to be, or shall be asserted in writing by the Lead Borrower or any other Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected security interest (perfected as or having the priority required by this Agreement or the relevant Security Document and subject to such limitations and restrictions as are set forth herein and therein) in the securities, assets or properties covered thereby, other than from the failure of the Agent (or the Term Loan Agent) to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under a Security Document or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements or take the actions described on Schedule 5.04 and except to the extent that such loss is covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and the Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the credit of such insurer, or (iii) the Guarantees pursuant to the Security Documents by any Loan Party of any of the Obligations shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms thereof), or shall be asserted in writing by Parent or any Loan Party not to be in effect or not to be legal, valid and binding obligations;

(m) except as otherwise expressly permitted hereunder, any Loan Party shall take any action to suspend the operation of its business in the ordinary course, liquidate all or a material portion of its assets or Store locations, or employ an agent or other third party to conduct a program of closings, liquidations or “Going-Out-Of-Business” sales of any material portion of its business;

(n) (i) the subordination provisions of the documents evidencing or governing any Subordinated Indebtedness (the “Subordination Provisions”) shall, in whole or in part, terminate, cease to be effective or cease to be legally valid, binding and enforceable against any holder of the applicable Subordinated Indebtedness; or (ii) any Borrower or any other Loan Party shall, directly or indirectly, disavow or contest in any manner (A) the effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any of the Subordination Provisions, (B) that the Subordination Provisions exist for the benefit of the Credit Parties, or (C) that all payments of principal of or premium and interest on the applicable Subordinated Indebtedness, or realized from the liquidation of any property of any Loan Party, shall be subject to any of the Subordination Provisions; or

(o) there shall occur (i) any uninsured damage to, theft or destruction of, any Collateral or other assets or properties of the Loan Parties having an aggregate fair market value in excess of $25,000,000 unless, at such time, Availability minus the aggregate fair market value of the Collateral subject to such damage, theft or destruction is greater than fifteen percent (15%) of the Loan Cap, or (ii) damage, theft or destruction of any Collateral or other assets or properties of the Loan Parties that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

then, (i) in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrowers described in clause (i) of this Section 8.01), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall, by notice to the Lead Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (A) terminate forthwith the Commitments, (B) declare the Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Loan Parties accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, 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 the Loan Parties, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, (C) if the Loans have been declared due and payable pursuant to clause (B) above, demand cash collateral pursuant to Section 2.03(g) and (D) exercise all rights and remedies granted to it under any Loan Document and all of its rights under any other applicable Law or in equity and (ii) in any event with respect to the Borrowers described in clause (i) of this Section 8.01, the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Loan Parties accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable and the Agent shall be deemed to have made a demand for cash collateral to the full extent permitted under Section 2.03(g), without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Loan Parties, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.

Solely for the purposes of determining whether an Event of Default has occurred under Section 8.01(i), any reference in any such Section to any Subsidiary shall be deemed not to include any Immaterial Subsidiary, and, for purposes of determining whether an Event of Default has occurred under Section 8.01(k), an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be a Subsidiary.

8.02 Right to Cure.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 8.01, in the event that the Loan Parties fail (or, but for the operation of this Section 8.02, would fail) to comply with the Financial Performance Covenant, until the expiration of the 10th Business Day subsequent to the date the Required Financial Statements are required to be delivered, Borrower Holdco shall have the right to issue Qualified Equity Interests for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to the capital of Borrower Holdco, and, in each case, to contribute any such cash to the capital of the Lead Borrower (collectively, the “Cure Right”) and, upon the receipt by the Lead Borrower of such cash (the “Cure Amount”) pursuant to the exercise by Borrower Holdco of such Cure Right, the Financial Performance Covenant shall be recalculated giving effect to a pro forma adjustment by which Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased with respect to such applicable Fiscal Month and any 12 Fiscal Month period that contains such Fiscal Month, solely for the purpose of measuring the Financial Performance Covenant and not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount. The resulting increase to Consolidated EBITDA from the application of a Cure Amount shall not result in any adjustment to Consolidated EBITDA or any other financial definition for any purpose under this Agreement other than for purposes of calculating the Financial Performance Covenant. In each 12 Fiscal Month period there shall be at least two fiscal quarters in which the Cure Right is not exercised and the Cure Right may not be exercised more than five times during the term of this Agreement and, for purposes of this Section 8.02, the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount required for purposes of complying with the Financial Performance Covenant. If, after giving effect to the adjustments in this Section 8.02, the Lead Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirement of the Financial Performance Covenant, the Lead Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach of the Financial Performance Covenant but for no other purposes under this Agreement.

8.03 Remedies Upon Events of Default.

If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing:

(a) the Agent may, or, at the request of the Required Lenders shall, (A) declare the Revolving Commitments of each Revolving Lender to make Committed Revolving Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such Revolving Commitments and obligation shall be terminated, and (B) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Committed Revolving Loans, and all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and any other Obligations related to the foregoing, to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Loan Parties; and

(b) the Agent may, or, at the request of the Required Lenders shall:

(i) require that the Loan Parties Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations and any Fronting Exposure; and

(ii) whether or not the maturity of the Obligations shall have been accelerated pursuant hereto, proceed to protect, enforce and exercise all rights and remedies of the Credit Parties under this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or applicable Law, including, but not limited to, by suit in equity, action at law or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any covenant or

agreement contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any instrument pursuant to which the Obligations are evidenced, and, if such amount shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, proceed to enforce the payment thereof or any other legal or equitable right of the Credit Parties;

provided, however, that upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof under Section 8.01(i), the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Loan Parties to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations and any Fronting Exposure as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Agent or any Lender.

No remedy herein is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or any other provision of Law.

8.04 Application of Funds.

After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.03 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.03), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Agent in the following order:

First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations (excluding the Other Liabilities) constituting fees, indemnities, Credit Party Expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Agent;

Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations (excluding the Other Liabilities) constituting indemnities, Credit Party Expenses, and other amounts (other than principal, interest and fees) payable to the Revolving Lenders and the L/C Issuer (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Revolving Lenders and the L/C Issuer and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

Third, to the extent not previously reimbursed by the Revolving Lenders, to payment to the Agent of that portion of the Obligations constituting principal and accrued and unpaid interest on any Permitted Overadvances;

Fourth, to the extent that Swing Line Loans have not been refinanced by a Committed Revolving Loan, payment to the Swing Line Lender of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Swing Line Loans;

Fifth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Committed Revolving Loans and other Obligations in connection therewith, and fees (including Letter of Credit Fees), ratably among the Revolving Lenders and the L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fifth payable to them;

Sixth, to the extent that Swing Line Loans have not been refinanced by a Committed Revolving Loan, to payment to the Swing Line Lender of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Swing Line Loans;

Seventh, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Committed Revolving Loans, ratably among the Revolving Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Seventh held by them;

Eighth, to the Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer, to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit;

Ninth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations arising from Cash Management Services and Bank Products, in each case to the extent secured under the Security Documents, ratably among the Credit Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Ninth held by them (so long as any such Credit Party has complied with the requirements set forth in the definition of “Other Liabilities”);

Tenth, to payment of all other Obligations (including without limitation the cash collateralization of unliquidated indemnification obligations and Other Liabilities not paid pursuant to clause Ninth), ratably among the Credit Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Tenth held by them; and

Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been paid in full, to the Loan Parties or as otherwise required by Law.

Subject to Section 2.03(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Eighth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.

ARTICLE IX
THE AGENT

9.01 Appointment and Authority.

(a) Each of the Lenders and the Swing Line Lender hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as the Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof or thereof (including, without limitation, acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations), together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, and no Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.

(b) The Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each Credit Party hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Agent to act as the agent of such Credit Party for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Agent pursuant to Section 9.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and Article X (including Section 10.04(c), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.

9.02 Rights as a Lender.

The Person serving as the 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 they were not the Agent and the terms “Revolving Lender” or “Revolving Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

9.03 Exculpatory Provisions.

The Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent:

(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Event of 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 Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and

(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 Loan Parties or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Agent or any of its respective Affiliates in any capacity.

The Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the Consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in

Sections 10.01 and 8.03) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

The Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until notice describing such Default or Event of Default is given to the Agent by the Loan Parties, a Lender or the L/C Issuer. Upon the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default, the Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Applicable Lenders. Unless and until the Agent shall have received such direction, the Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to any such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interest of the Credit Parties. In no event shall the Agent be required to comply with any such directions to the extent that the Agent believes that its compliance with such directions would be unlawful.

The 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 or 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 the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Security Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agent.

9.04 Reliance by Agent.

The 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, but not limited to, 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 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, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, the Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the L/C Issuer unless the Agent shall have received written notice to the contrary from such Lender or the L/C Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Loan Party), 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.

9.05 Delegation of Duties.

The Agent may perform any and all of their respective duties and exercise their respective rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Agent. The Agent, and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of their respective duties and exercise their respective rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the 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 the Agent. The Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

9.06 Resignation of Agent.

(a) The Agent may at any time give written notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Lead Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation from the Agent, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States, which successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the Lead Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders and the Lead Borrower) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Revolving Lenders and the L/C Issuer, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above, which successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the Lead Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, that if the Agent shall notify the Lead Borrower and the 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 held by the Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer 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 (2) except for any indemnity payments or other amounts then owed to the retiring Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the L/C Issuer directly, until such time as the Applicable Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this Section. 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 (or retired) Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments or other amounts owed to the retiring or removed Agent as of the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date, as applicable), 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). The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Lead Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring 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 Agent was acting in such capacity hereunder.

(b) Any resignation by Bank of America as Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as Swing Line Lender and the resignation of Bank of America as L/C Issuer. If Bank of America resigns as the L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as the L/C Issuer and all Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit, including the right to require the Revolving Lenders to make Revolving Loans or fund risk participations in unreimbursed drawings under any Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.03. If Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to

Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Revolving Lenders to make Revolving Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, (ii) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (iii) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.

9.07 Non-Reliance on Agent, and Other Lenders.

Each Lender and the L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the 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 and the L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the 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. Except as provided in Section 9.12, the Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Credit Party with any other credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial condition or business of any Loan Party that may come into the possession of the Agent.

9.08 No Other Duties, Etc.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Bookrunners, Arrangers or Senior Managing Agents listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity as the Agent, a Lender or the L/C Issuer hereunder.

9.09 Agent May File Proofs of Claim.

In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Agent shall have made any demand on the Loan Parties) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Agent and the other Credit Parties (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Agent, such Credit Parties and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the L/C Issuer the Agent and such Credit Parties under Sections 2.03(i), 2.03(j) and 2.03(k) as applicable, 2.09 and 10.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and

(c) any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and the L/C Issuer to make such payments to the Agent and, if the Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, to pay to the Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agent and its respective agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Agent under Sections 2.09 and 10.04.

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or the L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or the L/C Issuer or to authorize the Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or the L/C Issuer in any such proceeding.

The Credit Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations (including 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 Loan Party is subject, (b) at any other sale or 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 Credit Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid 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 would 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) in the asset or assets so purchased (or in the Equity Interests or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are used to consummate such purchase). In connection with any such bid (i) the Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles to make a bid, (ii) 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 the vote of the Required Lenders, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in clauses (a) through (k) of Section 10.01 of this Agreement, and (iii) 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 debt credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise)), such Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Lenders pro rata and the Equity Interests and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of the Obligations that had been assigned to the acquisition vehicle shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Credit Party or any acquisition vehicle to take any further action.

9.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters.

The Credit Parties irrevocably authorize the Agent, at its option and in its discretion,

(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and payment in full, in cash, of all Obligations, and the expiration, termination or Cash Collateralization of all Letters of Credit, (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (iii) of a Guarantor upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by this Agreement as a result of which such Guarantor ceases to be a Guarantor (provided that the Applicable Lenders shall have consented to such transaction (to the extent required by this Agreement) and the terms of such consent did not provide otherwise), or (iv) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Applicable Lenders in accordance with Section 10.01;

(b) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by clause (h), (t) or (u) of the definition of Permitted Encumbrances (provided that, with respect to clauses (t) and (u), only the Lien on Collateral that does not constitute ABL Priority Collateral (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement as of the Closing Date) may be subordinated pursuant to this clause (b)); and

(c) (i) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Facility Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary or otherwise becomes an Excluded Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder (other than pursuant to clause (f) of the definition of “Excluded Subsidiary” unless such release is in connection with a bona fide joint venture with a person other than an Affiliate of the Lead Borrower); provided that no such release of a Guarantor shall occur if such Guarantor continues to be a guarantor in respect of the Term Loan Facility, (ii) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Facility Guaranty in connection with a transaction permitted under Section 7.05 of this Agreement or (iii) to terminate this Agreement and the other Loan Documents upon payment in full of the Obligations.

Upon request by the Agent at any time, the Applicable Lenders will confirm in writing the Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Facility Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.10. In each case as specified in this Section 9.10, the Agent will, at the Loan Parties’ expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Security Documents or to subordinate its interest in such item, or to release such Guarantor from its obligations under the Facility Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 9.10; provided that the Lead Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date of the proposed execution of any document evidencing such release or subordination (or such shorter period as the Agent may agree in writing in its Permitted Discretion), a written request therefor identifying the relevant Collateral or Loan Party, together with a certification by the Lead Borrower stating that such transaction is in compliance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in its reasonable opinion, would, under applicable Law, expose the Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any adverse consequence other than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those expressly being released) upon (or obligations of any Loan Party in respect of) all interests retained by any Loan Party, including (without limitation) the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.

The Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence,

priority or perfection of the Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

9.11 Notice of Transfer.

The Agent may deem and treat a Lender party to this Agreement as the owner of such Lender’s portion of the Obligations for all purposes, unless and until, and except to the extent, an Assignment and Assumption shall have become effective as set forth in Section 10.06.

9.12 Reports and Financial Statements.

By signing this Agreement, each Lender (and with respect to clause (a), each Credit Party):

(a) agrees to furnish the Agent at its written request, and at such frequency as the Agent may reasonably request in writing, with a summary of all Other Liabilities due or to become due to such Lender or its Affiliates. In connection with any distributions to be made hereunder, the Agent shall be entitled to assume that no amounts are due to any Lender or its Affiliates on account of Other Liabilities unless such Lender has complied with the requirements set forth in the definition of “Other Liabilities”;

(b) is deemed to have requested that the Agent furnish such Lender, promptly after they become available, copies of all Borrowing Base Certificates and financial statements (and other information) required to be delivered by the Lead Borrower hereunder and all commercial finance examinations and appraisals of the Collateral received by the Agent (collectively, the “Reports”);

(c) expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Agent makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the Reports or any other information furnished by any Loan Party to the Agent, and shall not be liable for any information contained in any Report or in any other information furnished by a Loan Party;

(d) expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, that the Agent or any other party performing any audit or examination will inspect only specific information regarding the Loan Parties and will rely significantly upon the Loan Parties’ books and records, as well as on representations of the Loan Parties’ personnel;

(e) agrees to keep all Reports confidential in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07 hereof; and

(f) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, agrees: (i) to hold the Agent and any such other Lender preparing a Report harmless from any action the indemnifying Lender may take or conclusion the indemnifying Lender may reach or draw from any Report in connection with any Credit Extensions that the indemnifying Lender has made or may make to the Borrowers, or the indemnifying Lender’s participation in, or the indemnifying Lender’s purchase of, a Loan or Loans; and (ii) to pay and protect, and indemnify, defend, and hold the Agent and any such other Lender preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts (including attorney costs) incurred by the Agent and any such other Lender preparing a Report as the direct or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender.

9.13 Agency for Perfection.

Each Lender hereby appoints each other Lender as agent for the purpose of perfecting Liens for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the UCC or any other applicable Law of the United States can be perfected only by possession. Should any Credit Party (other than the Agent) obtain possession of any such Collateral, such Credit Party shall notify the Agent thereof, and, promptly upon the Agent’s request therefor shall deliver such Collateral to the Agent, or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Agent’s instructions.

9.14 Indemnification of Agent.

EACH CREDIT PARTY SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE AGENT, THE L/C ISSUER AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES, TO THE EXTENT NOT REIMBURSED BY THE LOAN PARTIES, ON A PRO RATA BASIS, AGAINST ALL CLAIMS THAT MAY BE INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY SUCH PERSON, PROVIDED THAT ANY CLAIM AGAINST THE AGENT OR ITS RELATED PARTIES RELATES TO OR ARISES FROM ITS ACTING AS OR FOR THE AGENT (IN THE CAPACITY OF AGENT). In the Agent’s discretion, it may reserve for any claims made against the Agent, the L/C Issuer, and their Related Parties, and may satisfy any judgment, order or settlement relating thereto, from proceeds of Collateral prior to making any distribution of Collateral proceeds to Credit Parties. If the Agent (in its capacity as Agent) is sued by any receiver, trustee or other Person for any alleged preference or fraudulent transfer, then any monies paid by the Agent in settlement or satisfaction of such proceeding, together with all interest, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in the defense of same, shall be promptly reimbursed to the Agent by each Credit Party to the extent of its pro rata share (based on the proportionate share of the Obligations held by such Credit Party). The agreements in this Section 9.14 shall survive the resignation of the Agent and any L/C Issuer, the termination of all Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.

9.15 Relation among Lenders.

The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender.

9.16 Defaulting Lenders.

(a) If for any reason any Lender shall become a Defaulting Lender and such failure is not cured within three (3) Business Day after receipt from the Agent of written notice thereof, then, in addition to the rights and remedies that may be available to the other Credit Parties, the Loan Parties’, or any other party at law or in equity (and not at limitation thereof): (i) any such Defaulting Lender’s right to participate in the administration of, or decision-making rights related to, the Obligations, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be suspended during the pendency of such failure or refusal, (ii) any such Defaulting Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any and all payments due to it from the Loan Parties (other than Letter of Credit Fees addressed in clause (iv) below), whether on account of outstanding Loans, interest, fees or otherwise, to the remaining non-Defaulting Lenders for application to, and reduction of, their proportionate shares of all outstanding Obligations, and (iii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Defaulting Lender shall not be entitled to receive any Letter of Credit Fees or other fees payable pursuant to Section 2.03(i) with respect to its Applicable Percentage of the L/C Obligations for any period during which such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, and

such fees shall instead be payable to the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages or, to the extent relating to Fronting Exposure, to the L/C Issuer, and otherwise to the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages. Such Defaulting Lender’s decision-making and participation rights and rights to payments as set forth in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) hereinabove shall be restored only upon the Defaulting Lender having cured the applicable default to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent, including by (A) payment of its Applicable Percentage of any Obligations, any participation obligation, or expenses as to which it is delinquent, together with interest thereon at the rate set forth in Section 2.08(b) hereof from the date when originally due until the date upon which any such amounts are actually paid, and (B) compliance with all of its funding obligations hereunder.

(b) 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 Article VIII or otherwise, or received by the Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.09), 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, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts, if any, owing by such Defaulting Lender to the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.03; fourth, as the Lead Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Agent and the Lead Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuer’s future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.03; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrowers as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrowers against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or unreimbursed drawing under any Letter of Credit in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or Letter of Credit Outstandings owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and/or funded and unfunded participations in Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans (as applicable) are held by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the applicable Commitments hereunder without giving effect to Section 9.16(e). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 9.16(b) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

(c) The non-Defaulting Lenders shall also have the right, but not the obligation, in their respective, sole and absolute discretion, to cause the termination and assignment, without any further action by the Defaulting Lender for no cash consideration (pro rata, based on the respective Commitments

of those Lenders electing to exercise such right), of the Defaulting Lender’s Commitment to fund future Loans. Upon any such purchase of the Applicable Percentage of any Defaulting Lender, the Defaulting Lender’s share in future Credit Extensions and its rights under the Loan Documents with respect thereto shall terminate on the date of purchase, and the Defaulting Lender shall promptly execute all documents reasonably requested to surrender and transfer such interest, including, if so requested, an Assignment and Assumption.

(d) Each Defaulting Lender shall indemnify the Agent and each non-Defaulting Lender from and against any and all loss, damage or expenses, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees and funds advanced by the Agent or by any non-Defaulting Lender, on account of a Defaulting Lender’s failure to timely fund its Applicable Percentage of a Loan or to otherwise perform its obligations under the Loan Documents.

(e) All or any part of a Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letter of Credit and Swing Line Loans shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentage (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Borrowers shall have otherwise notified the Agent at such time, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate revolving credit exposure (which shall include all exposure with respect to Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans) of any non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment. No reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation and any such reallocation shall be deemed to transfer the Defaulting Lender’s participation in the L/C Obligations and related reimbursement obligations (and the associated exposure) to the non-Defaulting Lenders, and such reallocated amounts shall thereafter constitute participations and exposure of such non-Defaulting Lenders for all purposes of this Agreement. Each non-Defaulting Lender that is allocated any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s participation pursuant to this Section 9.16(e) shall fund such participation on the same Business Day such allocation is made (or, if notice is received after a time agreed to by the Agent, on the immediately succeeding Business Day), in immediately available funds, and such obligation shall be absolute and unconditional.

(f) If the reallocation described in clause (e) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrowers shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to them hereunder or under the law, (x) first, prepay Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to the Swing Line Lenders’ Fronting Exposure and (y) second, Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to any such partial reallocation) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.03(g). For purposes hereof, “Fronting Exposure” shall include any exposure of the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender to a Defaulting Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans that has not been reallocated pursuant to clause (e).

9.17 Senior Managing Agents and Co-Lead Arrangers.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, no Person who is or becomes a Senior Managing Agent nor any Person who is or becomes an Arranger shall have any powers, rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities with respect to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

9.18 Certain Representations.

(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 Agent, and the arrangers and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Lead Borrower or any other Loan 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 29 CFR § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) of one or more Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit 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 Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,

(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 Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or

(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the 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 not provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Agent, and the arrangers and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Lead Borrower or any other Loan Party, that:

(i) none of the Agent, or any arranger or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the

reservation or exercise of any rights by the Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related to hereto or thereto),

(ii) the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is independent (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-21) and is a bank, an insurance carrier, an investment adviser, a broker-dealer or other person that holds, or has under management or control, total assets of at least $50,000,000, in each case as described in 29 CFR § 2510.3-21(c)(1)(i)(A)-(E),

(iii) the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to particular transactions and investment strategies (including in respect of the Obligations),

(iv) the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is a fiduciary under ERISA or the Code, or both, with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement and is responsible for exercising independent judgment in evaluating the transactions hereunder, and

(v) no fee or other compensation is being paid directly to the Agent, or any arranger or any their respective Affiliates for investment advice (as opposed to other services) in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement.

(c) The 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 Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.

ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS

10.01 Amendments, Etc.

No amendment (subject to the express provisions of Section 2.15(c) and 2.16(c)) or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no Consent to any departure by any Loan

Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Agent, with the Consent of the Required Lenders, and the Lead Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and each such waiver or Consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:

(a) increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.03) without the written Consent of such Lender;

(b) as to any Lender, postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for (i) any scheduled payment (including any Maturity Date) or mandatory prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents without the written Consent of such Lender entitled to such payment, or (ii) any scheduled or mandatory reduction or termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written Consent of such Lender; provided, that any Revolving Lender may extend the final expiration of its Revolving Commitment without the consent of any other Lender in accordance with Section 2.16;

(c) as to any Lender, reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan held by such Lender, or (subject to clause (v) of the second proviso to this Section 10.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to or for the account of such Lender, without the written Consent of each Lender entitled to such amount; provided, however, that only the Consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” as it applies to the Committed Revolving Loans and the Swing Line Loans or to waive any obligation of the Borrowers to pay interest on the Committed Revolving Loans and the Swing Line Loans or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate;

(d) (i) as to any Lender (x) change Section 2.13 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby or (y) change Section 2.06 in a manner that would alter the pro rata application of reductions in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (other than with respect to Disqualified Institutions as provided in Section 10.06(j)), in each case, without the written Consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or (ii) change Section 8.04 or 9.10 without the written Consent of each Lender;

(e) change any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Applicable Lenders”, “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written Consent of each Lender included in any such definition;

(f) except as expressly permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, release, or limit the liability of, any Loan Party without the written Consent of each Lender;

(g) except for Permitted Dispositions permitted by the terms of this Agreement on the Closing Date, release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents without the written consent of each Lender;

(h) except for Commitment Increases provided pursuant to Section 2.15, increase the Aggregate Revolving Commitments without the written Consent of each Lender, provided, that only the Consent of the Required Lenders shall be required to increase the then outstanding Aggregate Revolving Commitments by an amount up to ten (10%) percent of the then outstanding Aggregate Revolving

Commitments in connection with debtor in possession financing offered by the Agent after any of the Loan Parties becomes subject to a case under any Debtor Relief Laws;

(i) change the definition of the term “Borrowing Base” or any component definition thereof if as a result thereof the amounts available to be borrowed by the Borrowers would be increased without the written Consent of the Supermajority Lenders;

(j) modify the definition of Permitted Overadvance so as to increase the amount thereof or the time period for which a Permitted Overadvance may remain outstanding without the written Consent of each Lender; and

(k) subordinate any of the Obligations in right of payment to any other obligations or subordinate the Liens on all or substantially all of the Collateral securing the Obligations to Liens securing any other Indebtedness without the written consent of each Lender except (A) Indebtedness that is expressly permitted by this Agreement as in effect as of the Closing Date to be senior to the Obligations and/or be secured by a Lien that is senior to the Lien securing the Obligations, or (B) any “debtor in-possession” facility in any insolvency proceeding (or any other proceeding under any state, federal or provincial bankruptcy or similar law) as permitted under any intercreditor agreement or to the extent approved by the Required Lenders; provided that, to the extent such “debtor in-possession” facility is provided by Lenders (constituting the Required Lenders), all Lenders shall have been offered the opportunity to participate in such “debtor in-possession” facility ratably in accordance with the Revolving Commitments of each Lender hereunder;

and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or Consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or Consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or Consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto; and (v) any amendment contemplated by Section 2.10(b) or Section 3.03 in connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR or the implementation of a Successor Rate, as applicable, shall be effective as contemplated by such Section 2.10(b) or Section 3.03, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or Consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender.

Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended to cure any ambiguity, mistake, omission, defect, or inconsistency with the consent of the Lead Borrower and the Agent.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, no provider or holder of any Bank Products or Cash Management Services shall have any voting or approval rights hereunder (or be deemed a Lender) solely by virtue of its status as the provider or holder of such agreements or products or the Obligations owing thereunder, nor shall the consent of any such provider or holder be required (other than in its capacity as a Lender, to the extent applicable) for any matter hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, including as to any matter relating to the Collateral or the release of Collateral or any Loan Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this

Agreement or any other Loan Document, only the consent of the applicable provider or holder of any Bank Products or Cash Management Services shall be required in order to amend such agreements. Each provider of Bank Products and/or Cash Management Services, by virtue of entering into an agreement to provide Bank Products and/or Cash Management Services, shall be automatically deemed to have agreed that Agent shall have the right, but shall have no obligation, to establish, release, increase, or decrease Bank Products Reserves and/or Cash Management Reserves, as applicable, and that if Bank Products Reserves and/or Cash Management Reserves are established there is no obligation solely as between Agent and such provider of Bank Products and/or Cash Management Services on the part of Agent to determine or insure whether the amount of any such Bank Products Reserve and/or Cash Management Reserve, as applicable, is appropriate or not.

If any Lender does not Consent (a “Non-Consenting Lender”) to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the Consent of each Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Lead Borrower may replace such Non-Consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided, that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by the Lead Borrower to be made pursuant to this paragraph).

10.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications.

(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 facsimile 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 Lead Borrower (or any other Loan Party), the Agent, or Bank of America, in its capacity as the Swing Line Lender or as a L/C Issuer, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02; and

(ii) if to any other Lender or other L/C Issuer, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire (including, as appropriate, notices delivered solely to the Person designated by a Lender on its Administrative Questionnaire then in effect for the delivery of notices that may contain material non-public information relating to the Lead Borrower).

(iii) Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except 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 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 Loan Parties, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication

(including e mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Agent 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 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), 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; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii), if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice, email or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.

(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 Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to any Loan Party, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Loan Parties’ or the 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 any Loan Party, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Loan Parties, the Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Lead Borrower, the Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Agent from time to time to ensure that the Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, facsimile number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public

Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to the Lead Borrower or any of its securities for purposes of United States Federal or state securities laws.

(e) Reliance by Agent, L/C Issuer and Lenders. The Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Committed Loan Notices and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Loan Parties 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 Loan Parties shall indemnify the Agent, the L/C Issuer, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Loan Parties. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Agent may be recorded by the Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.

No failure by any Credit Party to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided herein and in the other Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, regardless of whether any Credit Party may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time.

10.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

(a) Costs and Expenses. The Borrowers shall pay all Credit Party Expenses.

(b) Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall indemnify the Agent (and any sub-agents thereof), each other Credit Party, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless (on an after tax basis) from, any and all losses, claims, causes of action, damages, liabilities, settlement payments, costs, and related expenses (including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, limited in the case of counsel, to one primary counsel to the Agent and one special and local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by any Borrower or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Agent (and any sub-agents thereof) and their Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, any bank advising or confirming a Letter of Credit or any other nominated person with respect

to a Letter of Credit seeking to be reimbursed or indemnified or compensated, and any third party seeking to enforce the rights of a Borrower, beneficiary, nominated person, transferee, assignee of Letter of Credit proceeds, or holder of an instrument or document related to any Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property for which any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries could reasonably be expected to be subject to Environmental Liability, or any other Environmental Liability of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) any claims of, or amounts paid by any Credit Party to, a Blocked Account Bank or other Person which has entered into a control agreement with any Credit Party hereunder, or (v) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any of the Loan Parties’ directors, shareholders or creditors, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, in all cases, whether or not caused by or arising, in whole or in part, out of the comparative, contributory or sole negligence of the Indemnitee; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by a Borrower or any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrowers or such Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that such Credit Parties shall be entitled to reimbursement for no more than one counsel (plus any local counsel) representing the Agent and one counsel representing all other Credit Parties (absent a conflict of interest in which case the Credit Parties may engage and be reimbursed for additional counsel). Paragraph (b) of this Section shall not apply with respect to Taxes, other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.

(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. Without limiting their obligations under Section 9.14 hereof, to the extent that the Loan Parties for any reason fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agent (or any such sub-agent), the L/C Issuer or such Related Party, as the case may be, 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 Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Swing Line Lender or the L/C Issuer in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Swing Line Lender or L/C Issuer in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(d).

(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the Loan Parties shall not assert, and hereby waive, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable on demand therefor.

(f) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of any Agent and the L/C Issuer, the assignment of any Commitment or Loan by any Lender, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.

10.05 Payments Set Aside.

To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Loan Parties is made to any Credit Party, or any Credit Party exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Credit Party in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Revolving Lender and the L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to the Agent upon demand its Applicable Percentage (without duplication) of any amount relating to the Revolving Commitments or the Committed Revolving Loans so recovered from or repaid by the Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under clauses (b) and (c) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

10.06 Successors and Assigns.

(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 no Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written Consent of the Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(b), (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(d), or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 10.06(f) (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 Credit Parties) 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 Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment(s) and the Loans (including for purposes of this Section (b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line 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 assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in

the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to 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 Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, 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 Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000 with respect to any assignments of Revolving Commitments or Committed Revolving Loans, unless the Agent and, so long as no Event of Default under Section 8.01(b), (c) or (i) has occurred and is continuing, the Lead Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met;

(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 or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to the Swing Line Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans;

(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 Lead Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default under Section 8.01(b), (c) or (i) has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment, (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or (3) such assignment is being made in connection with the sale of a Lender’s portfolio of loans; provided that, the Lead Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof; and

(B) the consent of the Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for all assignments if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender; and

(C) the consent of the L/C Issuer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether or not then outstanding); and

(D) the consent of the Swing Line Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment in respect of the assignment of any Commitment.

(iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, provided, however, that the Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

(v) No such assignment shall be made (A) to any Loan Party or to any Loan Party’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B), (C) to a natural Person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of a natural Person), or (D) any holder of Subordinated Indebtedness issued by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party.

(vi) In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Lead Borrower and the Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with its Revolving Commitment Percentage of Revolving Loans being assigned; provided that in connection with such payments, any Cash Collateral previously provided by the Lead Borrower hereunder with respect to such Defaulting Lender that has not been applied to the Obligations shall be released and refunded to the Lead Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01,

3.04, 3.05, and 10.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Upon request, the Borrowers (at their 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 Section 10.06(d).

(c) Register. The Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers (and such agency being solely for tax purposes), shall maintain at the Agent’s Office in the United States 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 Commitments of, and principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of the Loans and L/C Obligations 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 Loan Parties, the 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, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Lead Borrower and any Lender 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 Loan Parties or the Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person or the Loan Parties, any of the Loan Parties’ Affiliates or Subsidiaries or any Disqualified Institution or any Defaulting Lender) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Loan Parties, the Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any Participant shall agree in writing to comply with all confidentiality obligations set forth in Section 10.07 as if such Participant was a Lender hereunder. 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 the first proviso to Section 10.01 that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, the Loan Parties agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 10.06(b). To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Loan Parties, shall maintain at its offices a record of each agreement or instrument effecting any participation and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of its Participants and their rights with respect to principal amounts and other Obligations from time to time (each a “Participation Register”). The entries in each Participation Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error and such Loan Parties, the Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in a Participant Register as a Participant for all purposes of this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of entitlement to benefits under Section 3.01, Section 3.04, Section 3.05 and Section 10.08). The Participation Register shall be available for inspection by the Lead Borrower, the L/C Issuer and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. No Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (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 any Loan Document) to any Person 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) of the United States Treasury Regulations.

(e) Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 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 Lead Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Lead Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Loan Parties, to comply with Section 3.01(e) as though it were a Lender.

(f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(g) Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption 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.

(h) Resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender after Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank of America assigns all of its Revolving Commitment and Committed Revolving Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, Bank of America may, (i) upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Lead Borrower and the Revolving Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Lead Borrower, Bank of America may resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Lead Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Revolving Lenders a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by the Lead Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Bank of America as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. If Bank of America resigns as L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Revolving Lenders to make Base Rate Loans pursuant to Section 2.03(e)). If Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Revolving Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c). Upon the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, and (b) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Bank

of America to effectively assume the obligations of Bank of America with respect to such Letters of Credit.

(i) Assignment by Bank of America. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties hereby agree that Bank of America may, without notice to the Lead Borrower, assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any other registered broker-dealer wholly-owned by Bank of America Corporation to which all or substantially all of Bank of America Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ investment banking, commercial lending services or related businesses may be transferred following the Closing Date.

(j) Disqualified Institutions. The Lead Borrower shall have the right (A) at the sole expense of any Lender that is a Disqualified Institution to seek to replace or terminate any such Disqualified Institution as a Lender by causing such Lender to (and such Lender shall be obligated to) assign any or all of its Commitments and/or Loans and its rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more assignees; provided that (1) the Agent shall not have any obligation to the Lead Borrower to find such a replacement Lender, (2) the Lead Borrower shall not have any obligation to such Disqualified Institution or any other Person to find such a replacement Lender or accept or consent to any such assignment to itself or any other Person and (3) the assignee (or, at its option, the Lead Borrower) shall pay to such Disqualified Institution concurrently with such assignment an amount (which payment shall be deemed payment in full) equal to the Obligations owed to such Disqualified Institution or (B) terminate any Commitment of such Disqualified Institution and repay all Obligations of the Loan Parties owing to such Disqualified Institution. In connection with any such replacement or termination pursuant to clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, if the Disqualified Institution does not execute and deliver to the Agent a duly completed Assignment and Assumption and/or any other documentation necessary or appropriate (in the good faith determination of the Agent or the Lead Borrower, which determination shall be conclusive) to reflect such replacement by the later of (a) the date on which the replacement Lender executes and delivers such Assignment and Assumption and/or such other documentation and (b) the date as of which the Disqualified Institution shall be paid by the assignee Lender (or, at its option, the Lead Borrower) the amount required pursuant to this Section 10.06(c), then such Disqualified Institution shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Assumption and/or such other documentation as of such date and the Lead Borrower shall be entitled (but not obligated) to execute and deliver such Assignment and Assumption and/or such other documentation on behalf of such Disqualified Institution, and the Agent shall record such assignment in the Register.

10.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality.

Each of the Credit Parties agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information (as defined below), except that Confidential Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, funding sources, attorneys, advisors and representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Confidential Information and instructed to keep such Confidential Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (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, (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to any Loan Party and its obligations or (iii) any credit insurers or reinsurers, (g) with the consent of the Lead Borrower or (h) to the extent such Confidential Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to any Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Loan Parties. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein prohibits any individual from communicating or disclosing Confidential Information regarding suspected violations of laws, rules, or regulations to a governmental, regulatory, or self-regulatory authority to the extent that any such prohibition on disclosure set forth in this confidentiality provision shall be prohibited by the laws or regulations applicable to such governmental, regulatory, or self-regulatory authority.

For purposes of this Section, “Confidential Information” means all information received from the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary thereof relating to the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary thereof or their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to any Credit Party on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary thereof, provided that, in the case of information received from any Loan Party or any Subsidiary after the Closing Date, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Confidential 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 Confidential Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

Each of the Credit Parties acknowledges that (a) the Confidential Information may include material non-public information concerning the Loan Parties or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including Federal and state securities Laws.

10.08 Right of Setoff.

If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or if any Lender shall have been served with a trustee process or similar attachment relating to property of a Loan Party, each Lender, the L/C Issuer and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, after obtaining the prior written consent of the Agent or the Required Lenders, 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, the L/C Issuer or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrowers or any other Loan Party against any and all of the Obligations now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, regardless of the adequacy of the Collateral, and irrespective of whether or not such Lender or the L/C Issuer shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrowers or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or the L/C Issuer different from the branch or office 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 Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.16 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 Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of

setoff. Each Lender and L/C Issuer agrees promptly to notify the Lead Borrower and the Agent promptly after the exercise of any such rights. The rights of each Lender, the L/C Issuer and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, the L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer agrees to notify the Lead Borrower and the 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.

10.09 Interest Rate Limitation.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrowers. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

10.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.

(a) This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in 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 all Communications may be in the form of an Electronic Record and may be executed using Electronic Signatures. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents 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 Agent and when the Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Execution of any such counterpart may be executed by means of (a) an Electronic Signature that complies with the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, as in effect from time to time, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as in effect from time to time, or any other relevant and applicable electronic signatures law; (b) an original manual signature; or (c) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature. Each Electronic Signature or faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, admissibility and enforceability as an original manual signature and each Communication executed using an Electronic Signature shall constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the applicable party enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms to the same extent as if a manually executed original had been delivered. Any Communication may be executed in as many counterparts as necessary or convenient, including both paper and Electronic Record counterparts, all of which collectively shall constitute one and the same Communication. Without limiting the foregoing, any manually signed Communication converted into an Electronic Record (including a scanned PDF), or any Communication executed using an Electronic Signature and converted into another format for transmission, delivery or retention, shall be deemed valid and effective for all purposes. The Agent and each of the other parties may create and retain imaged copies of any Communication in the form of an Electronic Record (each, an “Electronic Copy”), which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of business, and may destroy the original paper document; any such Electronic Copy shall be considered an original for all purposes. The Agent reserves

the right, in its sole discretion, to accept, deny, or condition acceptance of any Electronic Signature or Electronic Record; provided that, to the extent the Agent has agreed to accept an Electronic Signature, it shall be entitled to rely on any such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of any party without further verification. Upon the request of the Agent, any party delivering an executed counterpart or other Communication by means of an Electronic Record shall promptly deliver an original manually executed counterpart; provided that failure to do so shall not affect the validity, enforceability or binding effect hereof or thereof.

(b) Neither the Agent, L/C Issuer nor Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Communication (including, without limitation, in connection with reliance on any Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed PDF or any other electronic means). The Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to rely on, and shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by acting upon, any Communication or any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent or otherwise authenticated (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the maker thereof).

(c) Each of the Loan Parties and each Credit Party hereby waives (i) any argument, defense or right to contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Communication based solely on the lack of paper original copies, and (ii) any claim against the Agent, each Credit Party and each Related Party for any liabilities arising solely from such Person’s reliance on or use of Electronic Signatures, including any liabilities arising as a result of the failure of any party to use any available security measures in connection with the execution, delivery or transmission thereof.

The foregoing shall apply to each other Loan Document, and any notice delivered hereunder or thereunder, mutatis mutandis.

10.11 Survival.

All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Credit Parties, regardless of any investigation made by any Credit Party or on their behalf and notwithstanding that any Credit Party may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding. Further, the provisions of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05 and 10.04 and Article IX shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the repayment of the Obligations, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof. In connection with the termination of this Agreement and the release and termination of the security interests in the Collateral, the Agent may require such indemnities and collateral security as they shall reasonably deem necessary or appropriate to protect the Credit Parties against (x) loss on account of credits previously applied to the Obligations that may subsequently be reversed or revoked, (y) any obligations that may thereafter arise with respect to the Other Liabilities and (z) any Obligations that may thereafter arise under Section 10.04.

10.12 Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

10.13 Replacement of Lenders.

If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if the Borrowers are required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrowers may, at their sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 10.06, all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment)), provided that:

(a) the Borrowers shall have paid to the Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 10.06(b);

(b) 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 and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrowers (in the case of all other amounts);

(c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and

(d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.

A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrowers to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

10.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.

(a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF, BUT INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.

(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF 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, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE LOAN PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION 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 LOAN 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 THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ANY CREDIT PARTY MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

(c) WAIVER OF VENUE. EACH LOAN PARTY 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 LOAN 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 10.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

(e) ACTIONS COMMENCED BY LOAN PARTIES. EACH LOAN PARTY AGREES THAT ANY ACTION COMMENCED BY ANY LOAN PARTY ASSERTING ANY CLAIM ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT SOLELY IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING THEREIN AS THE AGENT MAY ELECT IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION AND CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH ACTION AND ANY COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT BY ANY LOAN PARTY SHALL BE IN THE SAME COURT AS THE INITIAL CLAIM WAS BROUGHT.

10.15 Waiver of Jury Trial.

EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY 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 THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE,

AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON 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 AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

10.16 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.

In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, the Loan Parties each acknowledge and agree that: (i) the credit facility provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Loan Parties, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other hand, and each of the Loan Parties is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, the each Credit Party is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person; (iii) none of the Credit Parties has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Loan Parties with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document (irrespective of whether any of the Credit Parties has advised or is currently advising any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates on other matters) and none of the Credit Parties has any obligation to any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; (iv) the Credit Parties and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and none of the Credit Parties has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Credit Parties have not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) and each of the Loan Parties has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate. Each of the Loan Parties hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have against each of the Credit Parties with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.

10.17 USA PATRIOT Act Notice.

Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Loan Parties 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 each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of each Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender and the Agent to identify each Loan Party in accordance with the Act. In addition, Agent and each Lender shall have the right to periodically conduct due diligence on all Loan Parties, their senior management and key principals and legal and beneficial owners. Each Loan Party agrees to cooperate in respect of the conduct of such due diligence (including, without limitation, promptly following any request therefor, providing such information and documentation reasonably requested by Agent or any Lender for purposes of

compliance with the Patriot Act, any beneficial ownership regulation or other applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws) and further agrees that the reasonable costs and charges for any such due diligence by Agent shall constitute Credit Party Expenses hereunder and be for the account of Borrowers. Each Loan Party is in compliance, in all material respects, with the Patriot Act. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used by the Loan Parties, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

10.18 Foreign Asset Control Regulations.

Neither the advance of the Loans nor the use of the proceeds of any thereof will violate the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., as amended) (the “Trading With the Enemy Act”) or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) (the “Foreign Assets Control Regulations”) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto (which for the avoidance of doubt shall include, but shall not be limited to (a) Executive Order 13224 of September 21, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)) (the “Executive Order”) and (b) the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56)). Furthermore, none of the Borrowers or their Affiliates (a) is or will become a “blocked person” as described in the Executive Order, the Trading With the Enemy Act or the Foreign Assets Control Regulations or (b) engages or will engage in any dealings or transactions, or be otherwise associated, with any such “blocked person” or in any manner violative of any such order.

10.19 Time of the Essence.

Time is of the essence of the Loan Documents.

10.20 Press Releases.

(a) Each Credit Party executing this Agreement agrees that neither it nor its Affiliates will in the future issue any press releases or other public disclosure using the name of the Agent or their Affiliates or referring to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents without at least two (2) Business Days’ prior notice to the Agent and without the prior written consent of the Agent unless (and only to the extent that) such Credit Party or Affiliate is required to do so under applicable Law and then, in any event, such Credit Party or Affiliate will consult with the Agent before issuing such press release or other public disclosure.

(b) Each Loan Party consents to the publication by the Agent or any Lender of advertising material, including any “tombstone” or comparable advertising, on its website or in other marketing materials of Agent, relating to the financing transactions contemplated by this Agreement using any Loan Party’s name, product photographs, logo, trademark or other insignia. The Agent or such Lender shall provide a draft reasonably in advance of any advertising material to the Lead Borrower for review and comment prior to the publication thereof. The Agent reserves the right to provide to industry trade organizations and loan syndication and pricing reporting services information necessary and customary for inclusion in league table measurements.

10.21 Other Liabilities; Additional Waivers.

(a) Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the Obligations include, without limitation, all Other Liabilities of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, jointly and severally with the other Borrowers, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, upon acceleration, or otherwise) of all Other Liabilities of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries.

(b) The Obligations are the joint and several obligation of each Loan Party. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the obligations of each Loan Party shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Credit Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce or exercise any right or remedy against any other Loan Party under the provisions of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise, (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or provisions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or (iii) the failure to perfect any security interest in, or the release of, any of the Collateral or other security held by or on behalf of the Agent or any other Credit Party.

(c) The obligations of each Loan Party shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations after the termination of the Commitments), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise of any of the Obligations, and shall not be subject to any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any of the Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Loan Party hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of the Agent or any other Credit Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any provision of any thereof, any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of any of the Obligations, or by any other act or omission that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Loan Party or that would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Loan Party as a matter of law or equity (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Obligations after the termination of the Commitments).

(d) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, each Loan Party waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of any other Loan Party or the unenforceability of the Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of any other Loan Party, other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Obligations and the termination of the Commitments. The Agent and the other Credit Parties may, at their election, foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or non-judicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Obligations, make any other accommodation with any other Loan Party, or exercise any other right or remedy available to them against any other Loan Party, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Loan Party hereunder except to the extent that all the Obligations have been paid in full in cash and the Commitments have been terminated. Each Loan Party waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to applicable Law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Loan Party against any other Loan Party, as the case may be, or any security.

(e) Each Borrower is obligated to repay the Obligations as joint and several obligors under this Agreement. Upon payment by any Loan Party of any Obligations, all rights of such Loan Party against any other Loan Party arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Obligations and the termination of the Commitments. In addition, any indebtedness of any Loan Party now or hereafter held by any other Loan Party is hereby subordinated in right of payment to the prior indefeasible payment in full of the Obligations and no Loan Party will demand, sue for or otherwise attempt to collect any such indebtedness. If any amount shall erroneously be paid to any Loan Party on account of (i) such subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or similar right or (ii) any such indebtedness of any Loan Party, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Credit Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Agent to be credited against the payment of the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Subject to the foregoing, to the extent that any Borrower shall, under this Agreement as a joint and several obligor, repay any of the Obligations constituting Loans made to another Borrower hereunder or other Obligations incurred directly and primarily by any other Borrower (an “Accommodation Payment”), then the Borrowers making such Accommodation Payment shall be entitled to contribution and indemnification from, and be reimbursed by, each of the other Borrowers in an amount, for each of such other Borrowers, equal to a fraction of such Accommodation Payment, the numerator of which fraction is such other Borrower’s Allocable Amount and the denominator of which is the sum of the Allocable Amounts of all of the Borrowers. As of any date of determination, the “Allocable Amount” of each Borrower shall be equal to the maximum amount of liability for Accommodation Payments which could be asserted against such Borrower hereunder without (a) rendering such Borrower “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 101 (31) of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 2 of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (“UFTA”) or Section 2 of the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act (“UFCA”), (b) leaving such Borrower with unreasonably small capital or assets, within the meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 4 of the UFTA, or Section 5 of the UFCA, or (c) leaving such Borrower unable to pay its debts as they become due within the meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or Section 4 of the UFTA, or Section 5 of the UFCA.

10.22 No Strict Construction.

The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.

10.23 Attachments.

The exhibits, schedules and annexes attached to this Agreement are incorporated herein and shall be considered a part of this Agreement for the purposes stated herein, except that in the event of any conflict between any of the provisions of such exhibits and the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.

10.24 Keepwell.

Each Qualified ECP Guarantor 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 Loan Party to honor all of its obligations under the Facility Guaranty in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this

Section 10.24 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 10.24, or otherwise under the Facility Guaranty, voidable under applicable Law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of the Obligations. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 10.24 constitute, and this Section 10.24 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Loan Party for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

10.25 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, 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 undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

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.

10.26 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs.

To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any swap 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):

(a) 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.

(b) As used in this Section 10.26, the following terms have the following meanings:

“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.

“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).

“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.

“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).

10.27 Lender Action.

Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy against any Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents (including the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings in respect of any Obligations, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures on account of the Obligations, with respect to any Collateral or any other property of any such Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Agent. The provision of this Section 10.27 are for the sole benefit of the Lenders and shall not afford any right to, or constitute a defense available to, any Loan Party.

10.28 Erroneous Payments.

(a) Each Lender, each L/C Issuer, each other provider of Bank Products or Cash Management Services and any other party hereto (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that this Section 10.28 excludes and shall not apply to the Loan Parties) hereby severally agrees that if (i) the Agent notifies (which such notice shall be conclusive absent manifest error) such Lender or L/C Issuer or any provider of Bank Products or Cash Management Services (or the Lender which is an Affiliate of a Lender, L/C Issuer or provider of Bank Products or Cash Management Services) or any other Person that has received funds from the Agent or any of its Affiliates, either for its own account or on behalf of a Lender, L/C Issuer or provider of Bank Products or Cash Management Services (each such recipient, a

“Payment Recipient”) that the Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any funds received by such Payment Recipient were erroneously transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to such Payment Recipient) or (ii) any Payment Recipient receives any payment from the Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, as applicable, (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, as applicable, or (z) that such Payment Recipient otherwise becomes aware was transmitted or received in error or by mistake (in whole or in part) then, in each case, an error in payment shall be presumed to have been made (any such amounts specified in clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 10.28(a), whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise; individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”), then, in each case, such Payment Recipient is deemed to have knowledge of such error at the time of its receipt of such Erroneous Payment; provided that nothing in this Section shall require the Agent to provide any of the notices specified in clauses (i) or (ii) above. Each Payment Recipient agrees that it shall not assert any right or claim to any Erroneous Payment, and hereby irrevocably waives any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payments, including without limitation waiver of any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine.

(b) Without limiting the immediately preceding clause (a), each Payment Recipient agrees that, in the case of clause (a)(ii) above, it shall promptly notify the Agent in writing of such occurrence.

(c) In the case of either clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) above, such Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Agent and shall be segregated by the Payment Recipient and held in trust for the benefit of the Agent, and upon demand from the Agent (whose determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) such Payment Recipient shall (or, shall cause any Person who received any portion of an Erroneous Payment on its behalf to), promptly, but in all events no later than one Business Day thereafter), return to the Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds and in the currency so received, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Agent at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect.

(d) In the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered by the Agent for any reason, after demand therefor by the Agent in accordance with immediately preceding clause (c), from any Lender that is a Payment Recipient or an Affiliate of a Payment Recipient (such unrecovered amount as to such Lender, an “Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency”), then at the sole discretion of the Agent and upon the Agent’s written notice to such Lender (i) such Lender shall be deemed to have made a cashless assignment of the full face amount of the portion of its Loans (but not its Commitments) with respect to which such Erroneous Payment was made (the “Erroneous Payment Impacted Loans”) to the Agent or, at the option of the Agent, the Agent’s applicable lending affiliate (such assignee, the “Agent Assignee”) in an amount that is equal to the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency (or such lesser amount as the Agent may specify) (such assignment of the Loans (but not Commitments) of the Erroneous Payment Impacted Loans, the “Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment”) plus any accrued and unpaid interest on such assigned amount, without further consent or approval of any party hereto and without any payment by the Agent Assignee as the assignee of such

Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment. Without limitation of its rights hereunder, following the effectiveness of the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, the Agent may make a cashless reassignment to the applicable assigning Lender of any Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment at any time by written notice to the applicable assigning Lender and upon such reassignment all of the Loans assigned pursuant to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment shall be reassigned to such Lender without any requirement for payment or other consideration. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (1) any assignment contemplated in this clause (d) shall be made without any requirement for any payment or other consideration paid by the applicable assignee or received by the assignor, (2) the provisions of this clause (d) shall govern in the event of any conflict with the terms and conditions of Section 10.06 and (3) the Agent may reflect such assignments in the Register without further consent or action by any other Person.

(e) Each party hereto hereby agrees that (x) in the event an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Payment Recipient that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Agent (1) shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Payment Recipient and (2) is authorized to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Payment Recipient under any Loan Document, or otherwise payable or distributable by the Agent to such Payment Recipient from any source, against any amount due to the Agent under this Section 10.28 or under the indemnification provisions of this Agreement, (y) the receipt of an Erroneous Payment by a Payment Recipient shall not for the purpose of this Agreement be treated as a payment, prepayment, repayment, discharge or other satisfaction of any Obligations owed by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party, except, in each case, to the extent such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Agent from the Borrowers or any other Loan Party for the purpose of making a payment on the Obligations and (z) to the extent that an Erroneous Payment was in any way or at any time credited as payment or satisfaction of any of the Obligations, the Obligations or any part thereof that were so credited, and all rights of the Payment Recipient, as the case may be, shall be reinstated and continue in full force and effect as if such payment or satisfaction had never been received.

(f) Each party’s obligations under this Section 10.28 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Agent or any transfer of right or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Loan Document.

The provisions of this Section 10.28 to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) nothing in this Section 10.28 will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from any Payment Recipient’s receipt of an Erroneous Payment and (ii) there will only be deemed to be a recovery of the Erroneous Payment to the extent that the Agent has received payment from the Payment Recipient in immediately available funds the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency, whether directly from the Payment Recipient, as a result of the exercise by the Agent of its rights of subrogation or set off as set forth above in clause (e) or as a result of the receipt by Agent Assignee of a payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Loans assigned to Agent Assignee pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, but excluding any other amounts in respect thereof (it being agreed that any payments of interest, fees, expenses or other amounts (other than principal) received by Agent Assignee in respect of the Loans assigned to Agent Assignee pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment shall be the sole property of the Agent Assignee and shall not constitute a recovery of the Erroneous Payment).

[Signature Pages to Follow]

LOAN PARTIES:

FLOOR AND DECOR OUTLETS OF AMERICA,

INC., as the Lead Borrower

By: /s/ David Christopherson

Name: David Christopherson

Title: Secretary

FD SALES COMPANY LLC, as a Borrower

By: /s/ David Christopherson

Name: David Christopherson

Title: Secretary

SPARTAN SURFACES, LLC, as a Borrower

By: /s/ Matt Remm

Name: Matt Remm

Title: Assistant Secretary

FDO ACQUISITION CORP., as a Guarantor

By: /s/ David Christopherson

Name: David Christopherson

Title: Secretary

FLOOR AND DECOR SERVICES, LLC, as a Guarantor

By: /s/ David Christopherson

Name: David Christopherson

Title: Secretary

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Agent

By: /s/ Geoffrey Reisbeck

Name: Geoffrey Reisbeck

Title: Vice President

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender, a Swingline Lender

and an L/C Issuer

By: /s/ Geoffrey Reisbeck

Name: Geoffrey Reisbeck

Title: Vice President

THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, as a Lender

By: /s/ Todd Pacifico

Name: Todd Pacifico

Title: Senior Vice President

BMO Bank, N.A., as a Lender

By: /s/ Lauren Wittert

Name: Lauren Wittert

Title: Director

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a Lender

By: /s/ Thomas Manning

Name: Thomas Manning

Title: Authorized Signatory

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender

By: /s/ William Eifert

Name: Willim Eifert

Title: Authorized Officer

MUFG BANK, LTD., as a Lender

By: /s/ William Haughton

Name: William Haughton

Title: Director

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

By: /s/ Carol Anderson

Name: Carol Anderson

Title: Senior Vice President

PNC Bank, National Association, as a Lender

By: /s/ Scott Batten

Name: Scott Batten

Title: Vice President

Regions Bank, as a Lender

By:/s/ Lee Smith

Name: Lee Smith

Title: Authorized Signatory

TD Bank, N.A., as a Lender

By: /s/ Greg Cohen

Name: Greg Cohen

Title: Vice President

TRUIST BANK, as a Lender

By: /s/ Christopher Bauer

Name: Christopher Bauer

Title: Director