Form 8-K
8-K — AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC
Accession: 0000950142-26-001884
Filed: 2026-06-26
Period: 2026-06-26
CIK: 0000008670
SIC: 7374 (SERVICES-COMPUTER PROCESSING & DATA PREPARATION)
Item: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date
of earliest event reported): June 26, 2026
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)
Delaware
1-5397
22-1467904
(State or other
jurisdiction
of incorporation
or organization)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification
No.)
One
ADP Boulevard, Roseland,
New Jersey
07068
(Address of principal executive
offices)
(Zip Code)
(973)
974-5000
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name
or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form
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Securities registered
pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name
of each exchange
on
which registered
Common Stock, $0.10 Par Value (voting)
ADP
NASDAQ Global Select Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate
by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On June 26, 2026, Automatic Data Processing,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a $5.7 billion 364-Day Credit Agreement (the “364-Day Facility”)
and a $3.5 billion Five-Year Credit Agreement (the “Five-Year Facility,” and together with the 364-Day Facility, the “New
Facilities”) with a group of lenders (the “Lenders”).
The Five-Year Facility contains an accordion
feature under which the aggregate commitment can be increased by $500 million to an aggregate principal amount of $4 billion, subject
to the availability of additional commitments. The 364-Day Facility replaced the Company’s prior $4.55 billion 364-day facility,
entered into on June 27, 2025, and the Five-Year Facility replaced the Company’s prior $3.5 billion five-year facility, entered
into on June 28, 2024, both of which were terminated on June 26, 2026. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. acts as Administrative Agent, and Bank
of America, N.A., BNP Paribas, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Syndication Agents, for each of the New Facilities.
The New Facilities will have a revolving credit
option, which in the case of the Five-Year Facility is comprised of U.S. Dollar, Canadian Dollar and Euro tranche loans. The revolving
credit will be provided on a committed basis. Amounts borrowed and repaid may be reborrowed subject to availability under each New Facility.
The Lenders’ commitments under the 364-Day
Facility will expire on June 25, 2027 and any borrowings outstanding will mature and be payable on such date (or, at the option of the
Company, subject to the accuracy of all representations and warranties and the absence of any default, on June 25, 2028). The Lenders’
commitments under the Five-Year Facility will expire and the borrowings thereunder will mature on June 26, 2031. The Company may, from
time to time and by written notice to the Administrative Agent given not fewer than 30 days and not more than 120 days prior to any anniversary
of June 26, 2026, request that the Lenders extend the commitments under the Five-Year Facility for an additional period of one year.
At the Company’s option, under each New
Facility, revolving loans denominated in U.S. Dollars will bear interest at a floating rate per annum based on a margin over a Term SOFR-based
rate for a one, three or six month interest period as selected by the Company or a margin over a floating rate per annum determined by
reference to the highest of (i) the prime rate, (ii) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50% per annum, and (iii) a Term SOFR-based
rate for a one month interest period plus 1% per annum.
In addition, the Company will pay a commitment
fee on the aggregate unused commitments as follows: (i) in the case of the 364-Day Facility, at a rate of 0.0175% per annum, and (ii)
in the case of the Five-Year Facility, at a rate (ranging from 0.04% to 0.10%) determined by Company’s issuer rating established
by Fitch Ratings Inc., Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. Also, the Company will pay
to each Lender a term-out fee of 0.75% of the amount of any loans outstanding under the 364-Day Facility on June 25, 2027.
The New Facilities’ other terms are substantially
similar to the terms of the facility they replaced, including customary covenants that restrict the Company’s and its borrowing
subsidiaries’ ability to create liens or other encumbrances, enter into sale and leaseback transactions and enter into consolidations,
mergers and transfers of all or substantially all of their respective assets. Each New Facility contains customary events of default that
would permit the lenders to accelerate the loans, including the failure to make timely payments under the New Facilities or other material
indebtedness, the failure to satisfy covenants and specified events of bankruptcy and insolvency.
The Company has agreed to guarantee any obligations
of any of its subsidiaries that are entitled to borrow the funds under the New Facilities. Borrowings under the New Facilities may be
used for general corporate purposes.
The New Facilities are led by J.P. Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A., BofA Securities, Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Joint
Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners. Barclays Bank PLC and MUFG Bank, Ltd. are Documentation Agents for each of the New Facilities.
Certain of the Lenders, and their respective
affiliates, have performed, and may in the future perform for the Company and its subsidiaries, various commercial banking, investment
banking, underwriting and other financial advisory services, for which they have received, and will receive, customary fees and expenses.
The foregoing description is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the New Facilities, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth above under Item 1.01
is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit 10.1
364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2026, among Automatic Data Processing, Inc., the Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Syndication Agents, and Barclays Bank PLC and MUFG Bank, Ltd., as Documentation Agents.
Exhibit 10.2
Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2026, among Automatic Data Processing, Inc., the Lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A., BNP Paribas, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Syndication Agents, and Barclays Bank PLC and MUFG Bank, Ltd., as Documentation Agents.
Exhibit 104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: June 26, 2026
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.
By:
/s/ David Kwon
Name:
David Kwon
Title:
Vice President
EX-10.1 — EXHIBIT 10.1
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EXHIBIT 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
US$5,700,000,000
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
June 26, 2026,
among
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.
The BORROWING SUBSIDIARIES
referred to herein
The LENDERS Party Hereto
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
_________________________
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
BNP PARIBAS
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
as Syndication Agents
BARCLAYS BANK PLC and
MUFG BANK, LTD.,
as Documentation Agents
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms
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SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings
21
SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally
21
SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP
22
SECTION 1.05. Divisions
22
SECTION 1.06. Interest Rates; Benchmark Notification
22
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01. Commitments
23
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings
23
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings
24
SECTION 2.04. [Reserved.]
25
SECTION 2.05. Funding of Borrowings
25
SECTION 2.06. Repayment of Borrowings; Evidence of Debt; Extension of Maturity Date
26
SECTION 2.07. Interest Elections
27
SECTION 2.08. Termination and Reduction of Commitments
28
SECTION 2.09. Prepayment of Loans
29
SECTION 2.10. Fees
30
SECTION 2.11. Interest
30
SECTION 2.12. Alternate Rate of Interest
31
SECTION 2.13. Increased Costs
34
SECTION 2.14. Break Funding Payments
35
SECTION 2.15. Taxes
35
SECTION 2.16. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs
37
SECTION 2.17. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
39
SECTION 2.18. Designation of Borrowing Subsidiaries
39
SECTION 2.19. Defaulting Lenders
40
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers
41
SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability
41
SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts
41
SECTION 3.04. Financial Position; No Material Adverse Change
41
SECTION 3.05. Properties
42
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SECTION 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters
42
SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements
42
SECTION 3.08. Federal Reserve Regulations
42
SECTION 3.09. Investment Company Status
43
SECTION 3.10. Taxes
43
SECTION 3.11. ERISA
43
SECTION 3.12. Disclosure
43
SECTION 3.13. Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions
43
SECTION 3.14. Affected Financial Institution
44
SECTION 3.15. Outbound Investment Rules
44
ARTICLE IV
Conditions
SECTION 4.01. Effective Date
44
SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event
45
SECTION 4.03. Initial Credit Event for each Borrowing Subsidiary
45
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information
46
SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events
47
SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business
47
SECTION 5.04. Payment of Taxes
48
SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties
48
SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights
48
SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws
48
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds
48
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
SECTION 6.01. Liens
49
SECTION 6.02. Sale and Leaseback Transactions
50
SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes
50
SECTION 6.04. Outbound Investment Rules
50
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
ARTICLE VIII
The Administrative Agent
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ARTICLE IX
Guarantee
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
SECTION 10.01. Notices
60
SECTION 10.02. Waivers; Amendments
61
SECTION 10.03. Limitation of Liability; Expenses; Indemnity
62
SECTION 10.04. Successors and Assigns
64
SECTION 10.05. Survival
66
SECTION 10.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
67
SECTION 10.07. Severability
68
SECTION 10.08. Right of Setoff
68
SECTION 10.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
69
SECTION 10.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
69
SECTION 10.11. Headings
70
SECTION 10.12. Confidentiality
70
SECTION 10.13. Conversion of Currencies
71
SECTION 10.14. Interest Rate Limitation
72
SECTION 10.15. Certain Notices
72
SECTION 10.16. No Fiduciary Relationship
72
SECTION 10.17. Acknowledgement of and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions
73
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SCHEDULES:
Schedule 2.01
— Lenders and Commitments
Schedule 6.01
— Liens
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A
— Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B-1
— Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement
Exhibit B-2
— Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Termination
Exhibit C
— Form of Promissory Note
Exhibit D
— Form of Opinion of Chief Legal Officer of the Company
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364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of June 26, 2026 (this “Agreement”), among AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC., a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”); the BORROWING SUBSIDIARIES from time to time party hereto (the Company and the Borrowing Subsidiaries
being collectively called the “Borrowers”); the LENDERS from time to time party hereto; and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent.
The Company has requested
that the Lenders (such term and each other capitalized term used and not otherwise defined herein having the meaning assigned to it in
Article I) extend credit in the form of Commitments under which the Borrowers may obtain Loans in US Dollars in an aggregate principal
amount outstanding at any time of US$5,700,000,000. The Company has also requested that the Lenders provide a procedure pursuant
to which the Borrowers may obtain Loans on an uncommitted basis from individual Lenders on terms to be negotiated at the time such Loans
are requested. The proceeds of borrowings hereunder are to be used for general corporate purposes of the Borrowers and their subsidiaries,
including the refinancing of any indebtedness outstanding under the Company’s 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of June 27, 2025
and its Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of June 28, 2024 (together, the “Existing Credit Agreements”) or under
the Company’s Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of June 27, 2025 (the “2025 Five-Year Credit Agreement”).
The Lenders are willing to
establish the credit facilities referred to in the preceding paragraph upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
SECTION
1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“2025 Five-Year
Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory statement.
“ABR”,
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bear interest at
a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
“Administrative
Agent” means JPMCB, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, or any successor in such capacity. Unless
the context requires otherwise, the term “Administrative Agent” shall include any Affiliate of JPMCB through which JPMCB shall
perform any of its obligations in such capacity hereunder.
“Administrative
Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower or any Lender,
as the context requires.
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or
is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Agreement Currency”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.13(b).
“Alternate Base
Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the
NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1% and (c) the Term SOFR Rate for a one month Interest Period as published two U.S.
Government Securities Business Days prior to such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus
1%; provided that for the purpose of this definition, the Term SOFR Rate for any day shall be based on the Term SOFR Reference Rate at
approximately 5:00 a.m. Chicago time on such day (or any amended publication time for the Term SOFR Reference Rate, as specified by the
CME Term SOFR Administrator in the Term SOFR Reference Rate methodology). Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the
Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Term SOFR Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime
Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Term SOFR Rate, respectively. If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant
to Section 2.12 (for the avoidance of doubt, only until the Benchmark Replacement has been determined pursuant to Section 2.12(b)), then
the Alternate Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above.
For the avoidance of doubt, if the Alternate Base Rate as determined pursuant to the foregoing would be less than 0.00%, such rate shall
be deemed to be 0.00%.
“Ancillary Document”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.06(b).
“Anti-Corruption
Laws” means the FCPA and other laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries concerning or relating
to bribery or corruption.
“Applicable Rate”
means a rate per annum equal to, with respect to (a) any Term Benchmark Loan, 0.625% and (b) any ABR Loan, 0.00%.
“Arranger”
means each of JPMCB, BofA Securities, Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.,
each in its capacity as joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner for the credit facility established hereunder.
“Assignment and
Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose
consent is required by Section 10.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form
approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Attributable Debt”
means, with respect to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, the present value (discounted at the rate set forth or implicit in the terms
of
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the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback
Transaction) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of taxes, maintenance,
repairs, insurance, assessments, utilities, operating and labor costs and other items which do not constitute payments for property rights)
during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has
been extended). In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon payment of a penalty, the Attributable Debt shall be the
lesser of the Attributable Debt determined assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in which case the Attributable
Debt shall also include the amount of the penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent
to the first date upon which it may be so terminated) or the Attributable Debt determined assuming no such termination.
“Availability Period”
means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Termination Date and the date of termination
of the Commitments.
“Available Tenor”
means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark (or
component thereof) or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof), as applicable, that
is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period for any term rate or otherwise, for determining any frequency of making
payments of interest calculated pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for
such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to clause (e) of Section 2.12.
“Bankruptcy Event”
means, with respect to any Person, that such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver,
conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation
of its business or custodian appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in
furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment, provided that
a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such
Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof. If, however, such ownership interest results in or provides such Person
with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on
its assets or permits such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts
or agreements made by such Person, such ownership interest will constitute a Bankruptcy Event. Nothing in this definition or elsewhere
in this Agreement shall require any Person to disclose any information that it would be prohibited from disclosing under applicable law
or regulation.
“Benchmark”
means, initially, with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan, the Term SOFR Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event, and
the related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark”
means the applicable Benchmark
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Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark
Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to clause (b) of Section 2.12.
“Benchmark Replacement”
means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent
for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
(1) the Daily Simple
SOFR; or
(2) the sum of: (a) the alternate
benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Company as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for
the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or
the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention
for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for US Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities
at such time in the United States and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
If the Benchmark Replacement
as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor
for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement
Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for
any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or
method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero), that has been selected
by the Administrative Agent and the Company for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation
of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the
applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or (ii)
any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread
adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for US Dollar-denominated syndicated
credit facilities at such time.
“Benchmark Replacement
Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement and/or any Term Benchmark Loan, any technical, administrative
or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Alternate Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,”
the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency
of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices,
length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that
the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Company, reasonably determines may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation
of such
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Benchmark and to permit the administration
thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent reasonably
determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent reasonably
determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative
Agent, in consultation with the Company, reasonably determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents).
“Benchmark Replacement
Date” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to such then-current
Benchmark:
(1) in the case of clause
(1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication
of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the
calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
or
(2) in the case of clause
(3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component
used in the calculation thereof) has been or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or component thereof)
have been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to
be no longer representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or
publication referenced in such clause (3) and even if such Benchmark (or component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any
Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt,
(i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect
of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination
and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to
any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors
of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition
Event” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such then-current
Benchmark:
(1) a public statement or
publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation
thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component
thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no
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successor administrator that will continue
to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or
such component thereof);
(2) a public statement or
publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the
calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, an insolvency official with jurisdiction
over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such
Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such
Benchmark (or such component), in each case, which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will
cease to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark
(or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor
administrator that will continue to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available
Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
(3) a public statement or
publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the
calculation thereof) announcing that such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors
of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt,
a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement
or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the
published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Unavailability
Period” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date
pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current
Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.12 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark
Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section
2.12.
“Beneficial Ownership
Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership or control as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership
Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Benefit Plan”
means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan”
as defined in Section 4975 of the
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Code or (c) any Person whose assets include
(for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such
“employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“Board”
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
“Borrower”
means the Company or any Borrowing Subsidiary.
“Borrowing”
means Loans (including Contract Loans) of the same Class and Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Term
Benchmark Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“Borrowing Minimum”
means US$5,000,000.
“Borrowing Multiple”
means US$1,000,000.
“Borrowing Request”
means a request by a Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.
“Borrowing Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary that has been designated as such pursuant to Section 2.18 and that has not ceased to be a Borrowing Subsidiary as
provided in such Section.
“Borrowing Subsidiary
Agreement” means a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1.
“Borrowing Subsidiary
Termination” means a Borrowing Subsidiary Termination substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2.
“Business Day”
means any day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are open for business in New York City or Chicago; provided
that, in addition to the foregoing, a Business Day shall be any such day that is only a U.S. Government Securities Business Day in relation
to Term Benchmark Loans and any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments of any such Term Benchmark Loan,
or any other dealings of such Term Benchmark Loan.
“Capital Lease Obligations”
of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the
right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as
capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof
determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Change in Law”
means (a) the adoption of any law, rule, regulation or treaty after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation
or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date
of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender
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or by any lending office of such Lender or
by such Lender’s holding company with any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any
Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
no act, event or circumstance referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) of this definition shall be deemed to have occurred prior to the date
of this Agreement as a result of the applicable law, rule, regulation, treaty, interpretation, application, request, guideline or directive
having been adopted, made or issued under the general authority of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or Basel
III, as promulgated by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign
regulatory authorities.
“Class”,
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans
or Contract Loans.
“CME Term SOFR Administrator”
means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited as administrator of the forward-looking term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
(or a successor administrator).
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Commitment”
means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Loans pursuant to Section 2.01, expressed as an amount
representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loan Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced
from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such
Lender pursuant to Section 10.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01 or in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the
Commitments on the date hereof is US$5,700,000,000.
“Company”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the heading of this Agreement.
“Consolidated Net
Worth” means the shareholders’ equity of the Company, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Contract Loan”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.02(e).
“Contract Loan Exposure”
means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Contract Loans of such Lender.
“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.
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“Corresponding Tenor”
with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately
the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
“Daily Simple SOFR”
means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal to SOFR for the day (such day “SOFR Determination
Date”) that is five U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is a U.S. Government Securities
Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (ii) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the U.S. Government Securities
Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s
Website; provided that if the Daily Simple SOFR as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be
equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from
and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Company. If by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second
U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately following any SOFR Determination Date, SOFR in respect of such SOFR Determination
Date has not been published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Daily Simple
SOFR has not occurred, then SOFR for such SOFR Determination Date will be SOFR as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government
Securities Business Day for which such SOFR was published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website.
“Default”
means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or
waived, constitute an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender”
means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its
Loans or (ii) pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in
the case of clause (i) above, it notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of its good faith determination
that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b)
has notified the Company, any other Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that
it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement
indicates that such position is based on its good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including
the particular default, if any) to funding a Loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which
it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, acting in good faith,
to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer thereof that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially
able to meet such obligations) to fund Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender
pursuant to this clause (c) upon the receipt by the Administrative Agent of such
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certification in form and substance satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event or a Bail-In Action (as defined in Section 10.17).
“Effective Date”
means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 10.02).
“Electronic Signature”
means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with
the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.
“Eligible Assignee”
means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender and (c) any other Person, other than, in each case, (i) a natural person (or a holding
company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person), (ii) a Defaulting Lender,
(iii) the Company or any of its Affiliates or (iv) a Sanctioned Person.
“Environmental Laws”
means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued,
promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural
resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters.
“Environmental Liability”
means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties
or indemnities), of any of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation
of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials,
(c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment
or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of
the foregoing.
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ERISA Affiliate”
means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Company, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b)
or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA Event”
means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with
respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30 day notice period is waived); (b) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the
minimum funding standard (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, in each
case whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application
for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of
any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Company or any ERISA
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Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator
of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence
by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer
Plan; (g) the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Company
or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is,
or is expected to be, insolvent, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or in endangered or critical status, within the meaning
of Section 305 of ERISA; or (h) a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at-risk” status (as
defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4) of the Code).
“Event of Default”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
“Excluded Taxes”
means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any Obligation
hereunder, (a) income or franchise Taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America (or any political
subdivision thereof), or by the jurisdiction under which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office or any lending office
from which it makes Loans hereunder is located, (b) any branch profit Taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar Tax
imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (a) above, (c) in the case of a Lender, any withholding Tax that is imposed by the
United States of America (or any political subdivision thereof) on payments by a Borrower to the extent such Tax is in effect and would
apply as of the date such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (except in the case of an assignee pursuant to a request by the Company
under Section 2.17(b)) or relates to payments received by a new lending office designated by such Lender and is in effect and would apply
at the time such lending office is designated, (d) any withholding Taxes imposed by the United States of America pursuant to FATCA
and (e) any withholding Tax that is attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.15(f), except,
in the case of clause (c) above, to the extent that (i) such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation
of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 2.15
or (ii) such withholding Tax shall have resulted from the making of any payment to a location other than the office designated by the
Administrative Agent or such Lender for the receipt of payments of the applicable type.
“Existing Credit
Agreements” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory statement.
“Exposure”
means, with respect to any Lender at any time, such Lender’s Revolving Loan Exposure and Contract Loan Exposure at such time.
“FATCA”
means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively
comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof.
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“FCPA”
means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.
“Federal Funds Effective
Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depository
institutions, as determined in such manner as shall be set forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time, and published on the
next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate
as so determined would be less than 0.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 0.00% for purposes of this Agreement.
“Financial Officer”
means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Company.
“Floor”
means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification,
amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to the Term SOFR Rate or the Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable. For the
avoidance of doubt, the initial Floor for each of the Term SOFR Rate or the Daily Simple SOFR shall be 0.00%.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
“Governmental Authority”
means any nation or government, any federal, state, local or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government (including any applicable supranational
bodies such as, without limitation, the European Union, the European Central Bank, the Bank for International Settlements and the Basel
Committee on Banking Supervision or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).
“Guarantee”
of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing
or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”)
in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase
or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance
or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services
for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital,
equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay
such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support
such Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in
the ordinary course of business.
“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,
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polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious
or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Hedging Agreement”
means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest
or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.
“Indebtedness”
of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances
of any kind, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations
of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other
title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred
purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (f) all
Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be
secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (g) all
Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (j) all obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness
of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor
as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such
Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
“Indemnified Taxes”
means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Interest Election
Request” means a request by the relevant Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07.
“Interest Payment
Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December, (b) with respect
to any Term Benchmark Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case
of a Term Benchmark Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such
Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and (c) with respect
to any Contract Loan, the date or dates agreed upon by the relevant Borrower and the applicable Lender or, if no such dates shall have
been agreed upon, the last day of each March, June, September and December.
“Interest Period”
means, (a) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, three or six months thereafter (in each case, subject to the availability for the
Benchmark applicable to the relevant Loan or Commitment), as the Borrower may elect and (b) with respect to any
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Contract Loan, the period commencing on the
date of such Borrowing and ending on the date agreed upon by the relevant Borrower and the applicable Lender; provided, that (i) if
any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business
Day unless, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in
which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Term Benchmark
Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day
in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period
and (iii) in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 2.12(e) shall
be available for any Borrowing. 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.
“JPMCB”
means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and its successors.
“Judgment Currency”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.13(b).
“Lender-Related
Person” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.03(a).
“Lenders”
means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and
Assumption, other than any such Person that shall have ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
“Liabilities”
means any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), demands, damages or liabilities of any kind.
“Lien”
means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest
in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention
agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in
the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
“Loan Documents”
means this Agreement, each Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement, each Borrowing Subsidiary Termination and each promissory note delivered pursuant
to this Agreement.
“Loans”
means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement.
“Material Adverse
Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations, prospects or condition, financial or otherwise,
of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Company to perform any of its
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obligations under this Agreement or (c) the
rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under this Agreement.
“Material Indebtedness”
means Indebtedness (other than the Loans), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of the Company and its Subsidiaries
in an aggregate principal amount exceeding US$250,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount”
of the obligations of any Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount
(giving effect to any netting agreements) that such Borrower or Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated
at such time.
“Material Subsidiary”
means (a) any Subsidiary that is a Borrower, (b) any Subsidiary that directly or indirectly owns or Controls any Material Subsidiary and
(c) any other Subsidiary (i) the consolidated revenues of which for the most recent period of four fiscal quarters of the Company
for which audited financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 were greater than 10% of the Company’s consolidated
revenues for such period or (ii) the consolidated assets of which as of the end of such period were greater than 10% of the Company’s
consolidated assets as of such date; provided that if at any time the aggregate consolidated revenues or assets of all Subsidiaries
that are not Material Subsidiaries for or at the end of any period of four fiscal quarters exceeds 10% of the Company’s consolidated
revenues for such period or 10% of the Company’s consolidated assets as of the end of such period, the Company shall (or, in the
event the Company has failed to do so within 10 days, the Administrative Agent may) designate sufficient Subsidiaries as “Material
Subsidiaries” to eliminate such excess, and such designated Subsidiaries shall for all purposes of this Agreement constitute Material
Subsidiaries. For purposes of making the determinations required by this definition, revenues and assets of foreign Subsidiaries shall
be converted into US Dollars at the rates used in preparing the consolidated balance sheet of the Company included in the applicable financial
statements.
“Maturity Date”
means the Termination Date or any later date to which the Maturity Date shall have been extended pursuant to Section 2.06(f).
“Multiemployer Plan”
means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Notice of Illegality”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18.
“NYFRB”
means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
“NYFRB Rate”
means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate
in effect on such day (or for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if
none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate for a federal funds
transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m. on such day received by the Administrative Agent from a federal funds broker of
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recognized standing selected by it; provided,
further, that if any of the aforesaid rates as so determined be less than 0.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 0.00% for purposes
of this Agreement.
“NYFRB’s Website”
means the website of the NYFRB at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.
“Obligations”
means the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency
of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding)
on the Loans made to any Borrower, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or
otherwise and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct,
contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership
or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrowers under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents.
“Other Taxes”
means any and all present or future recording, stamp, documentary, excise, transfer, sales, property or similar taxes, charges or 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.
“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.
“Overnight Bank
Funding Rate” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight eurodollar transactions denominated
in US Dollars by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set
forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank
funding rate.
“Participant”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(e).
“Participant Register”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(h).
“Patriot Act”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.15.
“Payment”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VIII.
“Payment Notice”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VIII.
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“PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Percentage”
means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments
have terminated or expired, the Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any
assignments.
“Permitted Encumbrances”
means:
(a)
Liens imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
(b)
carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by
law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested
in good faith;
(c)
pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance
and other social security laws or regulations;
(d)
deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance
bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e)
judgment liens; and
(f)
easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary
course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or
interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of any of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries;
provided that the term “Permitted
Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness or any Lien in favor of the PBGC.
“Person”
means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental
Authority or other entity.
“Plan”
means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412
of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which any of the Borrowers or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were
terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
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“Prime Rate”
means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal
ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release
H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar
rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by
the Administrative Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced
or quoted as being effective.
“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.
“Reference Time”
with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is the Term SOFR Rate, 5:00 a.m. (Chicago time)
on the day that is two U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the date of such setting or (2) if such Benchmark is not the
Term SOFR Rate, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“Register”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04.
“Related Fund”
means, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that invests in bank loans, any other fund that invests in bank loans and is managed
by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
“Related Parties”
means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, trustees,
agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental
Body” means the Board and/or the NYFRB, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board and/or the NYFRB or, in
each case, any successor thereto.
“Required Lenders”
means, at any time, Lenders having unused Commitments and Revolving Loan Exposures representing more than 50% of the aggregate total unused
Commitments and Revolving Loan Exposures at such time; provided that, for purposes of declaring the Loans to be due and payable
pursuant to Article VII, and for all purposes after the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Article VII or the Commitments expire
or terminate, the outstanding Contract Loans of the Lenders shall be included in their respective Revolving Loan Exposures in determining
the Required Lenders.
“Revolving Borrowing”
means a Borrowing comprised of Revolving Loans.
“Revolving Loan”
means a Loan made by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.01. Each Revolving Loan shall be a Term Benchmark Loan or an ABR Loan.
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“Revolving Loan
Exposure” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans outstanding at such time. The Revolving
Loan Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be such Lender’s Percentage of the total Revolving Loan Exposure at such time.
“Sale and Leaseback
Transaction” means any arrangement whereby the Company or a Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, shall sell or transfer any property,
real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property
or other property which it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.
“Sanction Laws”
means laws and executive orders of the United States of America, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or His Majesty’s
Treasury of the United Kingdom imposing economic or financial sanctions, trade embargoes or similar restrictions, and regulations implementing
such laws and executive orders.
“Sanctioned Country”
means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is the target of any Sanction Laws that are applicable to transactions with such
country or Persons operating, organized or resident therein generally (and not merely to transactions with specifically designated Persons
operating, organized or resident therein). On the Effective Date, the Sanctioned Countries are the Crimea Region of Ukraine, the so-called
Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Regions of Ukraine, Cuba,
Iran and North Korea.
“Sanctioned Person”
means any Person who is the target of any Sanction Laws, including (a) any Person on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked
Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of Treasury or on any other list maintained by any Governmental
Authority under applicable Sanction Laws, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country with whom the Company
is prohibited from doing business as a result of applicable Sanction Laws, or (c) any Person, to the Company’s knowledge, who is
owned or controlled by any Person or Persons described in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) (including, without limitation for purposes
of defining a Sanctioned Person, as ownership may be defined and/or established in and/or by any applicable laws, rules, regulations or
orders).
“SOFR”
means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator”
means the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Administrator’s
Website” means the NYFRB’s website, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight
financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
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“Statutory Reserves”
means any reserve, liquid asset or similar requirements established by any Governmental Authority of the United States to which banks
in such jurisdiction are subject for any category of deposits or liabilities customarily used to fund loans in US Dollars or by reference
to which interest rates applicable to Loans are determined.
“subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person, any entity with respect to which such Person alone owns, such Person or one or more of its subsidiaries
together own, or such Person and any Person Controlling such Person together own, in each case directly or indirectly, capital stock or
other equity interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of such corporation or
other entity or having a majority interest in the capital or profits of such corporation or other entity.
“Subsidiary”
means any subsidiary of the Company.
“Taxes”
means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“Term Benchmark”
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest
at a rate determined by reference to the Term SOFR Rate.
“Term SOFR Determination
Day” has the meaning assigned to it under the definition of Term SOFR Reference Rate.
“Term SOFR Rate”
means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the Term SOFR Reference
Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m., Chicago time, two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such tenor comparable
to the applicable Interest Period, as such rate is published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator; provided that if the Term SOFR
Rate as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for purposes of this Agreement.
“Term SOFR Reference
Rate” means, for any day and time (such day, the “Term SOFR Determination Day”), with respect to any Term
Benchmark Borrowing and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum published by the CME Term SOFR
Administrator and identified by the Administrative Agent as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR. If by 5:00 pm (New York City
time) on such Term SOFR Determination Day, the “Term SOFR Reference Rate” for the applicable tenor has not been published
by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Rate has not occurred, then the Term
SOFR Reference Rate for such Term SOFR Determination Day will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate as published in respect of the first preceding
U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate was published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator, so long
as such first preceding Business Day is not more than five Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day.
“Termination Date”
means June 25, 2027.
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“Transactions”
means the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and the other Borrowers of the Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans hereunder
and the use of the proceeds thereof.
“Type”,
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Term SOFR Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
“Unadjusted Benchmark
Replacement” means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“US Dollars”
or “US $” means the lawful money of the United States of America.
“U.S. Government
Securities Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry
and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes
of trading in United States government securities.
“U.S. Person”
means, for purposes of Sections 3.15 and 6.04 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.
“Withdrawal Liability”
means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are
defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Withholding Agent”
means any Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
SECTION
1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by
Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Term Benchmark Loan”) or by Class and Type
(e.g., a “Term Benchmark Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g.,
a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “ Term Benchmark Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g.,
a “Term Benchmark Revolving Borrowing”).
SECTION
1.03. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without
limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.
Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be
construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
(subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any definition of or reference to
any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from
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time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include
such Person’s successors and assigns, (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and words
of similar import shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) all references
herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules
to, this Agreement, (f) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect
and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and
(g) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor law).
SECTION
1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature
shall be construed in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided that if the Company notifies the Administrative
Agent that the Company requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof
in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company that the
Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before
or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect
and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended
in accordance herewith.
SECTION
1.05. 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), 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 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.
SECTION
1.06. Interest Rates; Benchmark Notification. The interest rate on a Loan may be derived from an interest rate benchmark
that may be discontinued or is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition
Event, Section 2.12(b) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The Administrative Agent does not warrant
or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission, performance or any
other matter related to any interest rate used in this Agreement, or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement
rate thereof, including without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement
reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the existing interest rate being replaced or
have the same volume or liquidity as did any existing interest rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability. The Administrative
Agent and its affiliates and/or other related entities may
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engage in transactions that affect the calculation
of any interest rate used in this Agreement or any alternative, successor or alternative rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) and/or
any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Company. The Administrative Agent may select information sources
or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any interest rate used in this Agreement, any component thereof, or rates referenced
in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Company, any Lender
or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages,
costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any
such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
ARTICLE
II
The Credits
SECTION
2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make Revolving
Loans to the Company and the Borrowing Subsidiaries from time to time during the Availability Period in US Dollars in an aggregate principal
amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) such Lender’s Revolving Loan Exposure exceeding its Commitment or (ii)
the aggregate Exposures exceeding the aggregate Commitments.
SECTION
2.02. Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as
part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders (or their Affiliates as provided in paragraph (b) below) ratably
in accordance with their respective Commitments. Each Contract Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in paragraph
(e) below. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations
hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s
failure to make Loans as required hereunder.
(b)
Subject to Section 2.12, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Term Benchmark Loans or ABR Loans as the applicable
Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or
Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan (and in the case of an Affiliate, the provisions of Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 2.15 shall
apply to such Affiliate to the same extent as to such Lender); provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect
the obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, the Borrowers shall not be responsible under Section 2.13 or 2.15 for any increased costs incurred by a Lender
as a result of a change in the location from which such Lender makes Loans unless such Lender is legally required to make such change.
(c)
At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Borrowing (other than a Borrowing comprised of Contract Loans), such Borrowing
shall be in an aggregate amount that is at least equal to the Borrowing Minimum and an integral multiple of the
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Borrowing Multiple; provided that an
ABR Borrowing may be made in an aggregate amount that is equal to the aggregate available Commitments. Borrowings of more than one Type
and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of five Term Benchmark
Revolving Borrowings outstanding.
(d)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Borrower shall be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue,
any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.
(e)
At any time, any Borrower and any Lender may agree that such Lender will make a Loan (a “Contract Loan”) to
the Borrower denominated in US Dollars and bearing interest at an agreed upon rate, for an interest period to be agreed upon and upon
such other terms as the applicable Borrower and Lender may agree (it being understood that a Contract Loan shall not be required to be
in any particular minimum amount); provided, that, (i) after giving effect to the making of any such Contract Loan, the aggregate
Exposures shall not exceed the aggregate Commitments and (ii) no such Loan shall be a Contract Loan unless the relevant Borrower and the
applicable Lender expressly agree at the time such Loan is made, and notify the Administrative Agent, that such Loan shall be a Contract
Loan for purposes of this Agreement. If the applicable Borrower and Lender shall, after any Contract Loan is made, agree that such Contract
Loan shall no longer be a Contract Loan hereunder and shall notify the Administrative Agent of such agreement, such Loan shall, as of
the date of such agreement, cease to be a Contract Loan or to be entitled to any further benefits under this Agreement. Contract Loans
shall be deemed Loans for all purposes under this Agreement. Each Borrower and Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of
(i) the date, principal amount, maturity, interest rate, Interest Period and Interest Payment Dates of each Contract Loan made by such
Lender to such Borrower and (ii) the date and amount of any repayment or prepayment of any such Contract Loan.
SECTION
2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings. To request a Revolving Borrowing, the applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf
of the applicable Borrower, shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Term Benchmark
Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing and (b)
in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic
Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written
Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the applicable Borrower, or by the Company on behalf of
the applicable Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with
Section 2.02:
(i)
the Borrower requesting such Borrowing (or on whose behalf the Company is requesting such Borrowing);
(ii)
the aggregate principal amount of the requested Borrowing;
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(iii)
the date of the requested Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iv)
the Type of the requested Borrowing;
(v)
in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated
by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and
(vi)
the location and number of the relevant Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the
requirements of Section 2.05.
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing
is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested
Term Benchmark Borrowing, then the relevant Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of
the details thereof and of the amount of the Loan to be made by such Lender as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION
2.04. [Reserved.]
SECTION
2.05. Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan (other
than a Contract Loan) to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 2:00
p.m., New York City time (or if later, in the case of an ABR Borrowing, one hour after the Lenders shall have been notified of the applicable
Borrowing Request), to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders.
The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the relevant Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like
funds, to an account of such Borrower maintained by the Administrative Agent (or another account specified by such Borrower in the applicable
Borrowing Request) in New York City. Each Lender shall make each Contract Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof
by wire transfer of immediately available funds by the time and to the account agreed upon by the relevant Borrower and the applicable
Lender.
(b)
Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such
Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume
that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon
such assumption, make available to the relevant Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share
of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent has made an amount corresponding to such
share available to such Borrower, then the applicable Lender and such Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith
on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date
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such amount is made available to such Borrower
to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the rate reasonably determined by
the Administrative Agent to be the cost to it of funding such amount or (ii) in the case of such Borrower, the interest rate applicable
to the subject Loan. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s
Loan included in such Borrowing and the Administrative Agent shall return to such Borrower any amount (including interest) paid by such
Borrower to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this paragraph.
SECTION
2.06. Repayment of Borrowings; Evidence of Debt; Extension of Maturity Date. (a)
Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the accounts of the applicable Lenders the then unpaid
principal amount of the Loans comprising each Borrowing of such Borrower on the Maturity Date. Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises
to pay to the applicable Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Contract Loan on the date or dates agreed by such Borrower and
such Lender.
(b)
Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the obligations of each Borrower
to such Lender resulting from the Loans made by such Lender.
(c)
The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Borrowing made hereunder,
the Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto and (ii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative
Agent hereunder for the accounts of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d)
The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie
evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative
Agent to maintain such accounts, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of any Borrower to repay the Loans
made to it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e)
Any Lender may request that Loans of any Class made by it to any Borrower be evidenced by a promissory note if it is the policy
of such Lender to obtain promissory notes in transactions comparable to those provided for herein or if such Lender has another business
reason for requesting such a promissory note. In such event, each applicable Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender
a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) in
the form of Exhibit C hereto. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by each such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including
after assignment pursuant to Section 10.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the
payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).
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(f)
Each Borrower may, by notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly deliver a copy to each of the Lenders) given not
less than 45 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Termination Date, extend the Maturity Date to a date not later than the first
anniversary of the Termination Date; provided that any such extension of the Maturity Date shall be subject to the satisfaction,
on and as of the Termination Date, of the following conditions:
(i)
The representations and warranties of the Borrowers set forth herein shall be true and correct on and as of the Termination Date,
except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties
shall be true and correct as of such earlier date).
(ii)
Immediately before and after the Termination Date, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
An extension of the Maturity Date as set forth herein
shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by each Borrower on and as of the Termination Date as to the matters specified
in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 2.06(f). Loans repaid or prepaid after the Termination Date may not be reborrowed.
SECTION
2.07. Interest Elections. (a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of
the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest
Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. After the initial Revolving Borrowings, the Borrowers may elect to convert and continue
such Revolving Borrowings to or as other Revolving Borrowings as provided in this Section. The Borrowers may elect different options with
respect to different portions of the affected Borrowings, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders
holding the Loans comprising such Borrowings and any Loans resulting from an election made with respect to any such portion shall be considered
a separate Borrowing. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no Borrowing may be converted into or continued as a Borrowing
with an Interest Period ending after the Maturity Date. This Section shall not apply to Contract Loans, which may not be converted or
continued.
(b)
To make an election pursuant to this Section, a Borrower, or the Company on its behalf, shall notify the Administrative Agent of
such election by telephone, by the time and date that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were
requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic
Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent
of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the relevant Borrower, or the Company
on its behalf. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, this Section shall not be construed to permit any Borrower to elect an Interest
Period for Term Benchmark Loans that does not comply with Section 2.02(d).
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(c)
Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.03:
(i)
the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different
portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant
to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii)
the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii)
whether a Term Benchmark Borrowing or an ABR Borrowing is elected; and
(iv)
in the case of an election of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such
election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; provided that no Term
Benchmark Borrowing may be elected with an Interest Period that would extend after the Maturity Date.
If any such Interest Election Request requests
a Term Benchmark Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period
of one month’s duration.
(d)
Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof
and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e)
If the relevant Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Term Benchmark Borrowing prior to
the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest
Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing.
(f)
The conversion or continuation of any Borrowing shall not constitute a repayment of amounts outstanding or a new advance of funds
hereunder.
SECTION
2.08. Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a) Unless previously
terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Termination Date.
(b)
The Company may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of
the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum and
(ii) the Company shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance
with Section 2.09, the Revolving Loan Exposure of any Lender would exceed its Commitment or the aggregate Exposures would exceed
the aggregate Commitments.
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(c)
The Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b)
of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying the effective date
of such election. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.
Each notice delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the
Commitments delivered by the Company may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which
case such notice may be revoked by the Company (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if
such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments
shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.
SECTION
2.09. Prepayment of Loans. (a) Any Borrower, or the Company on behalf
of any Borrower, shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing of such Borrower in whole or in part,
subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (d) of this Section; provided that, unless the applicable Borrowers and Lenders
shall have otherwise agreed at the time such Loans were made, Contract Loans may be prepaid only with the consent of the Lenders making
such Loans.
(b)
If prior to the Termination Date the aggregate Exposures shall exceed the aggregate Commitments, then (i) on the last day of any
Interest Period for any Term Benchmark Borrowing, and (ii) on any other date in the event ABR Borrowings shall be outstanding, the applicable
Borrowers shall prepay Loans in an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the amount necessary to eliminate such excess (after giving
effect to any other prepayment of Loans on such day) and (B) the amount of the applicable Borrowings referred to in clause (i) or
(ii), as applicable.
(c)
Prior to any optional or mandatory prepayment of Borrowings hereunder, the applicable Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings
to be prepaid and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section.
(d)
The applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower, shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone
(confirmed by telecopy or electronic communication) of any prepayment of a Borrowing hereunder (i) in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing,
not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of such prepayment and (ii) in the case
of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of such prepayment. Each such notice
shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid;
provided that, if a notice of optional prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments
as contemplated by Section 2.08(c), then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance
with Section 2.08(c). Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents
thereof. Each partial
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prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an
amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment
of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by (i) accrued
interest to the extent required by Section 2.11 and (ii) break funding payments pursuant to Section 2.14.
SECTION
2.10. Fees. (a) The
Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in US Dollars for the account of each Lender (except, in the case of any Defaulting
Lender, as provided in Section 2.19) a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.0175% per annum on the daily unused amount
of the Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the date hereof to but excluding the date on which such Commitment
terminates. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the fifteenth day after the last day of March, June, September and
December of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof, and on the date on which the Commitments terminate.
All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including
the first day but excluding the last day). For purposes of computing commitment fees, a Commitment of a Lender shall be deemed
to be used to the extent of the outstanding Loans of such Lender.
(b)
On the Termination Date, the Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a term-out
fee equal to 0.75% of the outstanding amount of such Lender’s Loans that are not repaid on the Termination Date.
(c)
The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately
agreed upon between the Company and the Administrative Agent.
(d)
All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution,
in the case of commitment fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
SECTION
2.11. Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear
interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b)
The Loans comprising each Term Benchmark Borrowing shall bear interest at the Term SOFR Rate for the Interest Period in effect
for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(c)
Each Contract Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum agreed upon between the applicable Borrower and Lender.
(d)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee payable by any Borrower hereunder is not
paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before
judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% per annum plus the rate otherwise applicable
to such Loan as provided in
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the preceding paragraphs of this Section and
(ii) in the case of any other amount payable, 2% per annum plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) above.
(e)
Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan; provided that (i)
interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (e) above shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan
(other than a prepayment of an ABR Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid
or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Term Benchmark
Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of
such conversion.
(f)
All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to
the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365
days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day
but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate or Term SOFR Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and
such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION
2.12. Alternate Rate of Interest. (a) Subject to clauses (b), (c),
(d), (e) and (f) of this Section 2.12, if:
(i)
the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) (A) prior to the commencement
of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Term SOFR Rate
(including because the Term SOFR Reference Rate is not available or published on a current basis) for such Interest Period or (B) at any
time, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining Daily Simple SOFR; or
(ii)
the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that would participate in such Borrowing that (A) prior to the commencement
of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect
the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period or (B) at any time,
Daily Simple SOFR will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such
Borrowing;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice
thereof to the applicable Borrower and the applicable Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until
(x) the Administrative Agent notifies the applicable Borrower and the applicable Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice
no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the Borrower delivers a new Interest Election Request in accordance with
the terms of Section 2.07 or a new Borrowing Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03, any Interest Election Request that
requests the conversion of any
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Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing
as, a Term Benchmark Borrowing and any Borrowing Request that requests a Term Benchmark Borrowing shall instead be deemed to be an Interest
Election Request or a Borrowing Request, as applicable, for (x) a Daily Simple SOFR Borrowing so long as Daily Simple SOFR is not also
the subject of Section 2.12(a)(i) or (ii) above or (y) an ABR Borrowing if Daily Simple SOFR also is the subject of Section 2.12(a)(i)
or (ii) above; provided that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then the other
Type of Borrowings shall be permitted. Furthermore, if any Term Benchmark Loan or Daily Simple SOFR Loan is outstanding on the date of
the applicable Borrower’s receipt of the notice from the Administrative Agent referred to in this Section 2.12(a) with respect to
the Term SOFR Rate or Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable, then until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies the applicable Borrower and the
applicable Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the
applicable Borrower delivers a new Interest Election Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.07 or a new Borrowing Request in
accordance with the terms of Section 2.03, (1) any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such
Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute,
(x) a Daily Simple SOFR Borrowing so long as Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of Section 2.12(a)(i) or (ii) above or (y) an ABR
Loan if Daily Simple SOFR also is the subject of Section 2.12(a)(i) or (ii) above, on such day and (2) any Daily Simple SOFR Loan shall
on and from such day be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, an ABR Loan.
(b)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related
Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x)
if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (1) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such
Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark (including any related adjustments) for all purposes
hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to,
or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined
in accordance with clause (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark
Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at
or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the
Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document so long
as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising
the Required Lenders.
(c)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent will have the right, in
consultation with the Company, to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will
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become effective without any further action
or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(d)
The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event,
(ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (1) the
removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (e) below and (2) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark
Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender
(or group of Lenders), pursuant to this Section 2.12, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the
occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection,
will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other
party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.12.
(e)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation
of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Rate) and either (A) any tenor
for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by
the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided
a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is or will be no longer representative,
then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for any Benchmark settings at or after such time
to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is
subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no
longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement),
then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for all Benchmark settings at or after such time
to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(f)
Upon the Company’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Company may revoke any
request for a Term Benchmark Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term Benchmark Loans to be made, converted or continued during
any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Company will be deemed to have converted any request for a Term Benchmark Borrowing
into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to (A) a Daily Simple SOFR Borrowing so long as Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of
a Benchmark Transition Event or (B) an ABR Borrowing if Daily Simple SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event. During any Benchmark
Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of the Alternate
Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination
of the Alternate Base Rate. Furthermore,
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if any Term Benchmark Loan or Daily Simple
SOFR Loan is outstanding on the date of the Company’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period
with respect to the Term SOFR Rate or Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable, then until such time as a Benchmark Replacement is implemented
pursuant to this Section 2.12, (1) any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the
next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, (x)
a Daily Simple SOFR Loan so long as Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (y) an ABR Loan if Daily Simple
SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event, on such day and (2) any Daily Simple SOFR Loan shall on and from such day be converted
by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, an ABR Loan.
SECTION
2.13. Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law or the applicability
of any Statutory Reserves 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 by, any Lender; or
(ii)
impose on any Lender or the applicable offshore interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Term Benchmark
Loans made by such Lender or participations therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall
be to increase the cost to such Lender of making, continuing, converting into or maintaining any Term Benchmark Loan (or of maintaining
its obligation to make any such Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal,
interest or otherwise), then the Company will pay or cause the other Borrowers to pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts
as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b)
If any Lender reasonably determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect
of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence
of this Agreement or the Loans made by, such Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could
have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s
holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Company will pay or cause the other Borrowers
to pay to such Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding
company for any such reduction suffered.
(c)
Each Lender shall determine the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, as
the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section using the methods customarily used by it for such purpose (and
if such Lender uses more than one such method, the method used hereunder shall be that which most accurately determines such amount or
amounts). A
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certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount
or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a)
or (b) of this Section, and an explanation in reasonable detail of the method and calculations by which such amount shall have been determined,
shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Company shall pay or cause the other Borrowers to
pay to such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 15 Business Days after receipt thereof.
(d)
Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such
Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Company shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant
to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower
of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and delivers a certificate with respect thereto as provided in
paragraph (c) above; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive,
then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION
2.14. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on
the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Term
Benchmark Loan to a Loan of a different Type or Interest Period other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto,
(c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless
of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.09(d) and is revoked in accordance therewith), or (d) the assignment or deemed
assignment of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by
the Company pursuant to Section 2.17, then, in any such event, the applicable Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss,
cost and expense attributable to such event. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled
to receive pursuant to this Section, and setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations used by such Lender to determine such amount
or amounts, shall be delivered to the applicable Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The applicable Borrower shall
pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 15 Business Days after receipt thereof.
SECTION
2.15. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any Borrower
in respect of any Obligation hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if any Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including
deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent or the applicable Lender, as the case may
be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower shall make such
deductions and (iii) such Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable
law.
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(b)
In addition, the Borrowers shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c)
The relevant Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 15 Business Days after written demand therefor,
for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, on or
with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable
expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed
or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability setting forth in reasonable
detail the circumstances giving rise thereto and the calculations used by such Lender to determine the amount thereof delivered to the
Company by a Lender, or by the Administrative Agent, on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d)
As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by any Borrower to a Governmental Authority, such
Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority
evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
(e)
Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent for (i) any Taxes (but, in the case of any Indemnified Taxes, only
to the extent that the relevant Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting
the obligation of the relevant Borrower to do so) attributable to such Lender and (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure
to comply with the provisions of Section 10.04(h) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register, in each case that are paid or
payable by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document and any penalties, interest and 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.
The indemnity under this paragraph (e) shall be paid within 15 Business Days after the Administrative Agent delivers to the applicable
Lender a certificate stating the amount of Taxes so paid or payable by the Administrative Agent. Such certificate shall be conclusive
of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error.
(f)
(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which
a Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver
to the Company (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and
executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Company as will permit such payments to be made without
withholding or at a reduced rate; provided that such Lender has received written notice from the Company advising it of the availability
of such exemption or reduction and containing all applicable documentation.
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(ii)
If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to United States 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 Withholding Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at
such time or times reasonably requested by the Withholding 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 Withholding Agent as may be
necessary for the Withholding Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied
with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA and, as necessary, to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.
Solely for purposes of this Section 2.15(f)(ii), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of
this Agreement.
SECTION
2.16. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs. (a)
Except as agreed by the relevant Borrower and the applicable Lenders with respect to Contract Loans, each Borrower shall make each payment
required to be made by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document (whether of principal, interest or fees, or of amounts payable under
Section 2.13, 2.14 or 2.15, or otherwise) prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available
funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time (or any other applicable time agreed by the relevant Borrower
and the applicable Lenders with respect to Contract Loans) on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to
have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to
such account as the Administrative Agent shall from time to time specify in a notice delivered to the Company and the applicable Borrower;
provided that payments to the applicable Lenders in respect of Contract Loans and payments pursuant to Sections 2.13, 2.14,
2.15 and 10.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the
Persons specified therein (it being agreed that the Borrowers will be deemed to have satisfied their obligations with respect to payments
referred to in this proviso if they shall make such payments to the persons entitled thereto in accordance with instructions provided
by the Administrative Agent; the Administrative Agent agrees to provide such instructions upon request, and no Borrower will be deemed
to have failed to make such a payment if it shall transfer such payment to an improper account or address as a result of the failure of
the Administrative Agent to provide proper instructions). The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for
the account of any Lender or other Person promptly, in accordance with customary banking practices, following receipt thereof at the appropriate
lending office or other address specified by such Lender or other Person. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a
Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest,
interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in US Dollars. Any payment required
to be made by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if the Administrative Agent shall,
at or before such time, have taken the
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necessary steps to make such payment in accordance
with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by the Administrative Agent to make such payment.
(b)
If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal
of or interest on its Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and
accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase
(for cash at face value) participations in the Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments
shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of their Loans and accrued interest thereon; provided
that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations
shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph
shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by any Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement
or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee
or participant, other than to the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).
Each Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring
a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect
to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. Any purchaser
of a participation under this paragraph shall have the benefit of Sections 2.13, 2.14 and 2.15 with respect to the participation purchased,
but shall not be deemed by virtue of such purchase to have extended any Commitment that it had not extended prior to such purchase.
(c)
Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the relevant Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is
due for the account of all or certain of the Lenders hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent
may assume that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute
to the applicable Lenders, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then
each of the applicable Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to
such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date
of payment to the Administrative Agent, at a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry practices
on interbank compensation.
(d)
If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement,
then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received
by it for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations to the Administrative Agent until all such unsatisfied
obligations are fully paid.
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SECTION 2.17. Mitigation Obligations;
Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.13, or if any Borrower is required to pay
any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, then such
Lender shall consult with the Company regarding any actions that could be taken to reduce amounts payable under such Sections and the
costs of taking such actions and shall, at the request of the Company following such consultations, 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 2.13 or 2.15, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any
unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Company hereby agrees to pay all reasonable,
direct, out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b)
If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.13, (ii) any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to
any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, (iii) any Lender becomes a Defaulting
Lender or (iv) any Lender delivers a Notice of Illegality pursuant to Section 2.18, then the Company may, at its sole expense and effort,
upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with
and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 10.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under the 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 Company shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed, (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, from the assignee or the Company and (C) in the
case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from the delivery of a Notice of Illegality under Section 2.18, it shall not be unlawful
under Federal or applicable state or foreign law for the assignee to make Loans or otherwise extend credit to or do business with the
Subsidiary in respect of which such Notice of Illegality was delivered. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and
delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Company to require
such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
SECTION
2.18. Designation of Borrowing Subsidiaries. The Company may at any time and from time to time designate any Subsidiary
as a Borrowing Subsidiary by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement executed by such Subsidiary and
the Company. As soon as practicable upon receipt thereof, the Administrative Agent will post a copy of such Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement
to the Lenders. Each Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement shall become effective on the date five Business Days after it has been posted by
the Administrative Agent to the Lenders (subject to the receipt by any Lender of any information reasonably requested by it not later
than the third Business Day after the posting of such Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement under the Patriot Act or other “know-your-customer”
laws including, to the extent such
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Subsidiary qualifies as a “legal entity
customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Subsidiary), unless
prior thereto the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from any Lender that it shall be unlawful under Federal or applicable
state or foreign law or prohibited under such Lender’s bona fide internal policies of general applicability for such Lender to make
Loans or otherwise extend credit to or do business with such Subsidiary (a “Notice of Illegality”), in which case such
Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement shall not become effective until such time as such Lender withdraws such Notice of Illegality or ceases
to be a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 2.17(b). Upon the effectiveness of a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement as provided in the preceding
sentence, the applicable Subsidiary shall for all purposes of this Agreement be a Borrowing Subsidiary and a party to this Agreement until
the Company shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Borrowing Subsidiary Termination with respect to such Subsidiary,
whereupon such Subsidiary shall cease to be a Borrowing Subsidiary and a party to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence,
no Borrowing Subsidiary Termination will become effective as to any Borrowing Subsidiary at a time when any principal of or interest on
any Loan to such Borrowing Subsidiary shall be outstanding hereunder, provided that such Borrowing Subsidiary Termination shall
be effective to terminate the right of such Borrowing Subsidiary to make further Borrowings under this Agreement. As soon as practicable
upon receipt of a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall send a copy thereof to each Lender.
SECTION
2.19. Defaulting Lenders. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then (i) commitment fees shall cease to accrue on the unused portion
of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.10(a); and (ii) the Commitment and Revolving Loan Exposure of such Defaulting
Lender shall be disregarded for purposes of any determination of whether the Required Lenders or other requisite Lenders have taken or
may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 10.02); provided
that any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender shall require the consent of such
Defaulting Lender.
(b)
In the event that the Administrative Agent and the Company shall agree that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters
that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then on such date such Lender shall fund its Loan to each Borrower or purchase at par
Loans of the other Lenders, in each case as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold
such Loans ratably in accordance with its Commitment. Such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender upon remedying all matters to
the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, including the funding
of any Loan or the closing of the purchase of any Loan necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans ratably in accordance with
its Commitment.
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ARTICLE
III
Representations and Warranties
The Company and each other
Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
SECTION
3.01. Organization; Powers. The Company and each of the Material Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business
as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification
is required.
SECTION
3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within the Company’s and each other Borrower’s corporate
powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and, if required, stockholder action. This Agreement has been duly executed
and delivered by the Company and each other Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of them, enforceable
in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’
rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION
3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration
or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and
effect and except as may be required under applicable securities laws and regulations, (b) will not violate any applicable law or
regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Company or any other Borrower or any order of any Governmental
Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or instrument governing Material Indebtedness
binding upon the Company or any Subsidiary or their assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the
Company or any Subsidiary, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Company or any Subsidiary
under any indenture, agreement or instrument governing Material Indebtedness.
SECTION
3.04. Financial Position; No Material Adverse Change. (a) The Company has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated
balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of and for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 (the
“Annual Financial Statements”), reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accountants,
certified by its chief financial officer as presenting fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations
of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, and its consolidated
balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of and for the fiscal quarters ended September 30,
2025, December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2026 (collectively, the
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“Quarterly Financial Statements”),
certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations
of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal
year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes. The Annual Financial Statements and the Quarterly Financial Statements present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Company and the consolidated
Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to, in the case of the Quarterly Financial Statements,
normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
(b)
Since March 31, 2026, there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets, operations, prospects or condition, financial
or otherwise, of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION
3.05. Properties. The Company and each Material Subsidiary has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real
and personal property material to its business, except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its
business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes and except where the failure to do so, individually
or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters. (a) There are no actions,
suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against or affecting the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination
and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect
or (ii) that involve this Agreement or the Transactions.
(b)
Except with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Company and the Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain,
maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any
Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of
any basis for any Environmental Liability.
SECTION
3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. The Company and each Material Subsidiary is in compliance with all laws, regulations
and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding
upon it or its property, except where the failure to be in compliance, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.08. Federal Reserve Regulations. (a) Neither any Borrower nor any
Subsidiary is engaged principally, or as a substantial part of its activities, in the business
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of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing
or carrying Margin Stock (within the meaning of Regulation U).
(b)
No part of the proceeds of any Loan has been or will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally
or ultimately, to purchase or carry Margin Stock (as defined in Regulation U of the Board) or to refinance Indebtedness originally incurred
for such purpose, or in any manner or for any purpose that has resulted or will result in a violation of Regulation T, U or X of
the Board.
SECTION
3.09. Investment Company Status. Neither any Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries is an “investment company”
as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.
SECTION
3.10. Taxes. The Company and the Material Subsidiaries have timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports
required to have been filed and have paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by them, except (a) any Taxes
that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Company or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books
adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
3.11. ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such
ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed by more
than US$100,000,000 the fair market value of the assets of such Plan, and the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of
all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not,
as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed by more than US$100,000,000 the fair market value
of the assets of all such underfunded Plans.
SECTION
3.12. Disclosure. Neither the Confidential Information Memorandum nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates
or other information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation
of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement
of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
SECTION
3.13. Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. The Company has implemented and will maintain and enforce policies and procedures
that are in the Company’s judgment appropriate to ensure compliance by the Company, its Subsidiaries, and their directors, officers,
employees and agents with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanction Laws. None of the Company or any Subsidiary or, to the
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knowledge of any Borrower, any of their directors,
officers or employees, is a Sanctioned Person.
SECTION
3.14. Affected Financial Institution. No Borrower is an Affected Financial Institution (as defined in Section 10.17).
SECTION
3.15. Outbound Investment Rules. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a “covered foreign person”
as that term is used in the Outbound Investment Rules. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries currently engages, or has any present
intention to engage in the future, 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 the Company
were a U.S. Person or (iii) any other activity that would cause the Administrative Agent or any Lender to be in violation of the Outbound
Investment Rules or cause the Administrative Agent or any Lender to be legally prohibited by the Outbound Investment Rules from performing
under this Agreement.
ARTICLE
IV
Conditions
SECTION
4.01. Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective on the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied
(or waived in accordance with Section 10.02):
(a)
The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement
signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include transmission by emailed
.pdf or any other electronic means of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b)
The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
and dated the Effective Date) of David Kwon, Esq., Chief Legal Officer of the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit D, and covering
such other matters relating to the Company, this Agreement or the Transactions as the Required Lenders shall reasonably request. The Company
hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinion.
(c)
The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably
request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the Borrowers, the authorization of the Transactions and any other
legal matters relating to the Borrowers, this Agreement or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and its counsel.
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(d)
The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President
or a Financial Officer of the Company, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02
(without giving effect to the parenthetical in such paragraph (a)).
(e)
The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including,
to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Company hereunder.
(f)
The commitments under the Existing Credit Agreements shall have been or shall simultaneously be terminated and the principal of
and interest accrued on all loans outstanding thereunder and all fees and other amounts accrued or owing thereunder shall have been or
shall simultaneously be paid in full.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company
and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations
of the Lenders to make Loans shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section
10.02) at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 26, 2026 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied
or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).
SECTION
4.02. Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing is subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a)
The representations and warranties of the Borrowers set forth in this Agreement (other than the representations set forth in Sections
3.04(b) and 3.06(a)) shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing.
(b)
At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each Borrowing shall be deemed to constitute
a representation and warranty by the Borrowers on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of
this Section.
SECTION
4.03. Initial Credit Event for each Borrowing Subsidiary. The obligation of each Lender to make Loans to any Borrowing Subsidiary
is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a)
The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement of such Borrowing Subsidiary duly
executed by all parties thereto.
(b)
The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents, legal opinions and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its
counsel may reasonably
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request relating to the formation, existence
and good standing of such Borrowing Subsidiary, the authorization of the Transactions insofar as they relate to such Borrowing Subsidiary
and any other legal matters relating to such Borrowing Subsidiary, its Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement or such Transactions, all in form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
ARTICLE
V
Affirmative Covenants
Until the Commitments have
expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees and other amounts payable hereunder shall have
been paid in full, the Company and each other Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION
5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. The Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent (for prompt distribution
to the Lenders):
(a)
within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements
of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative
form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP or other independent public accountants of
recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or
exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects,
the financial position and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied;
(b)
within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, its consolidated
balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter
and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period
or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial
Officers as presenting fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the
absence of footnotes;
(c)
concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer
of the Company certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and
any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto;
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(d)
promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials
filed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding
to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Company to its shareholders
generally, as the case may be; and
(e)
promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial position
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may
reasonably request.
Reports required to be delivered pursuant to
subsections (a), (b) and (d) of this Section 5.01 shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which the Company posts such
reports on the Company’s website on the Internet at www.adp.com or when such report is posted on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov;
provided that the Company shall deliver paper copies of the reports referred to
in subsection (a), (b) and (d) of this Section 5.01 to the Administrative Agent or any Lender who requests the Company to deliver such
paper copies until written notice to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender. The Administrative
Agent shall promptly make available to each Lender a copy of the certificate to be delivered pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section 5.01
by posting such certificate on IntraLinks or by other similar means.
SECTION
5.02. Notices of Material Events. The Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice
(in any case within five Business Days) of the following:
(a)
the occurrence of any Default;
(b)
the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting
the Company or any Subsidiary as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined,
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(c)
any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall
be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Company setting forth the details of the event
or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION
5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business. The Company will, and will cause each other Borrower to, do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges
and franchises material to the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing
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shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation,
liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03.
SECTION
5.04. Payment of Taxes. The Company will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, pay its Tax liabilities, that, if
not paid, could result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity
or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Company or such Subsidiary has set aside on
its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
5.05. Maintenance of Properties. The Company will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, keep and maintain all property
material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
SECTION
5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights. The Company will keep proper books of record and account in which full, true
and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Company will permit any
representatives designated by the Administrative Agent, or by any Lender through the Administrative Agent, at reasonable times and upon
reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss
its affairs, finances and condition with its officers.
SECTION
5.07. Compliance with Laws. The Company will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations
and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property (including ERISA and environmental laws), except where the failure
to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company will
maintain and enforce policies and procedures that are in the Company’s judgment appropriate to ensure compliance by the Company,
its Subsidiaries, and their directors, officers, employees and agents with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanction Laws.
SECTION
5.08. Use of Proceeds. (a) The proceeds of the Loans will be used only
for general corporate purposes, including the refinancing of any indebtedness outstanding on the Effective Date under the Existing Credit
Agreements or under the 2025 Five-Year Credit Agreement. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly,
to purchase or carry Margin Stock (as defined in Regulation U of the Board) or to refinance Indebtedness originally incurred for such
purpose, or in any manner or for any purpose that will result in a violation of Regulation T, U or X of the Board.
(b)
The proceeds of any Borrowing will not directly or knowingly indirectly be used by the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries for the
purpose of (i) making or furthering a payment, a promise to pay or an offer of money or value to any Person in violation of applicable
Anti-Corruption Laws, (ii) financing any activity or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person or in any Sanctioned Country, to the
extent such activities or transactions would be prohibited by Sanction Laws if conducted by a corporation
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incorporated in the United States or (iii)
carrying out any other transaction that would result in the violation of any applicable Sanction Laws.
ARTICLE
VI
Negative Covenants
Until the Commitments have
expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees and other amounts payable hereunder have been paid in
full, the Company and each other Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION
6.01. Liens. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien
on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable)
or rights in respect thereof, except:
(a)
Permitted Encumbrances;
(b)
any Lien on any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.01;
provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of any of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries
and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and extensions, renewals and replacements
thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
(c)
any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary or existing on any
property or asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided
that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary,
as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of any of the Company or any Subsidiary and (iii) such
Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary,
as the case may be, and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
(d)
Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) such
Liens and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such
construction or improvement, (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving
such fixed or capital assets and (iii) such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Company or
any Subsidiary;
(e)
Liens on securities deemed to exist under repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements entered into by the Company and
the Subsidiaries; and
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(f)
other Liens not expressly permitted by clauses (a) through (e) above; provided that the sum of (i) the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding obligations secured by Liens permitted under this clause (f) and (ii) the Attributable Debt permitted by Section
6.02(b) does not at any time exceed 25% of Consolidated Net Worth. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company may treat obligations that
appear on its consolidated balance sheet arising from factoring or other financing arrangements pursuant to which it or any subsidiary
sells accounts receivable as being secured by a Lien for purposes of this Section 6.01(f).
SECTION
6.02. Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into
any Sale and Leaseback Transaction except:
(a)
Sale and Leaseback Transactions to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party as of the date hereof; and
(b)
other Sale and Leaseback Transactions; provided that the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding obligations
secured by Liens permitted by Section 6.01(f) and (ii) the aggregate Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted
by this clause (b) does not at any time exceed 25% of Consolidated Net Worth.
SECTION
6.03. Fundamental Changes. Neither the Company nor any other Borrower will merge into or consolidate with any other Person,
or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction
or in a series of transactions and including by means of any merger or sale of capital stock or otherwise) all or substantially all of
its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after
giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such transaction, the Company or any Borrower
may merge or consolidate with any Person if (a) the Company or such Borrower, as the case may be, is the surviving Person or (b) the surviving
Person (i) is organized under the laws of The United States of America or, in the case of a merger or consolidation of a Borrower other
than the Company, the jurisdiction of organization of such Borrower, and (ii) assumes in writing all of the Company’s or such Borrower’s
obligations under this Agreement pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, such satisfaction to be
based solely upon the validity and enforceability of the assumption contained in such documentation.
SECTION
6.04. Outbound Investment Rules. The Company 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 the Company were a U.S. Person or (iii) any other activity that would
cause the Administrative Agent or any Lender to be in violation of the Outbound Investment Rules
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or cause the Administrative Agent or any Lender
to be legally prohibited by the Outbound Investment Rules from performing under this Agreement.
ARTICLE
VII
Events of Default
If any of the following events
(“Events of Default”) shall occur:
(a)
the Company or any other Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan, when and as the same shall become due and payable,
whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;
(b)
the Company or any other Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount
referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such
failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days;
(c)
any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Company or any Borrower in or in connection with this
Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof or waiver hereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document
furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof or waiver hereunder, shall prove to
have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;
(d)
the Company or any Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02,
5.03 (with respect to the Company’s or such Borrower’s existence) or 5.08 or in Article VI;
(e)
the Company or any Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other
than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of
30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the Company;
(f)
the Company or any Subsidiary shall default in the payment of any Material Indebtedness when and as due, or any event or condition
shall occur that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity; provided, that if the maturity
of any Material Indebtedness of a Person acquired directly or indirectly by the Company after the date hereof shall be accelerated by
reason of such acquisition, no Event of Default under this paragraph (f) shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to such Material
Indebtedness so long as such acceleration shall have been rescinded, or such Material Indebtedness shall have been repaid, within five
Business Days following the date of such acceleration;
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(g)
an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization
or other relief in respect of the Company or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal,
state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver,
trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part
of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving
or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(h)
the Company or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation,
reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter
in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition
described in clause (g) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator,
conservator or similar official for the Company or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an
answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for
the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or
(i)
the Company or any Material Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing its inability, or fail generally, to pay its debts
as they become due;
then, and in every such event (other than an
event with respect to any Borrower described in clause (g) or (h) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance
of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Company, take either or
both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments
shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case
any principal or other amount not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the
principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of
the Borrowers accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers; and in case of any event with respect to any of the Borrowers described in clause
(g) or (h) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with
accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable,
without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers.
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ARTICLE
VIII
The Administrative Agent
In order to expedite the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Person named in the heading of this Agreement is hereby appointed to act as Administrative
Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent
to take such actions on behalf of such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by
the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Administrative Agent
is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, and by the Borrowers with respect to clause
(c) below, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans and all other amounts due
to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice
on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Company of any Default or Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative
Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices,
financial statements and other materials delivered by the Company or any other Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents
as received by the Administrative Agent.
With respect to the Loans
made by it hereunder, the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity and not as the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights
and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent
and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any of the Borrowers or any
of their Subsidiaries or other Affiliates thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent
shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default
has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise
any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative
Agent is required to exercise upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders
as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents,
the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose,
any information relating to any of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the institution serving
as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken
or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall
be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02) or in the absence of its
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own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the
Administrative Agent by a Borrower (in which case the Administrative Agent shall give written notice to each other Lender), and the Administrative
Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made
in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document
or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere
in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The motivations
of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of the Company.
The Administrative Agent
shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement,
instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative
Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall
not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower),
independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance
with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
The Administrative Agent
may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents, which may include any
of its branches or affiliates, appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any
and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding
paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall
apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities
as the Administrative Agent.
Subject to the appointment
and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying
the Lenders and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Company (not
to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and except during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, when no consent
shall be required), to appoint a successor. In addition, if the Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender due to it having had a receiver,
conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation
of its business or custodian appointed for it, the Required Lenders shall have the right, by notice in writing to the Company and the
Administrative Agent, to remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, with the consent of
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the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed and except during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, when no consent shall be required), to appoint
a successor. If (a) no successor to a retiring Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have
accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring
Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York,
New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank or (b) no successor to a removed Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and
shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days following the issuance of a notice of removal, the removal shall become effective
on such 30th day and on such date the Required Lenders shall succeed as Administrative Agent to such removed Administrative
Agent. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become
vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, as the case may be, and such
retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After the Administrative Agent’s
resignation or removal, as the case may be, hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.03 shall continue in effect
for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, as the case may be, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties
in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent.
Each Lender agrees (a) to
reimburse the Administrative Agent, on demand, in the amount of its pro rata share (based on the amount of its Loans and available Commitments
hereunder) of any expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders by the Administrative Agent, including counsel fees and compensation
of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, that shall not have been reimbursed by the Company or any
other Borrower and (b) to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and any of its Related Parties, on demand, in the
amount of such pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against
it in its capacity as Administrative Agent or any of them in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other Loan Document
or action taken or omitted by it or any of them under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, to the extent the same shall not have
been reimbursed by the Company or any other Borrower; provided that no Lender shall be liable to the Administrative Agent or any
such other indemnified Person for any portion of such liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments,
suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are determined to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative
Agent, and any of its Related Parties or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents.
Each Lender acknowledges
that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information
as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that
it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such
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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 related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
None of the Lenders identified
on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement or elsewhere herein as a “syndication agent” or “documentation
agent” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable
to all Lenders as such.
Each Lender hereby agrees
that (x) if the Administrative Agent notifies such Lender that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion
that any funds received by such Lender from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (whether as a payment, prepayment or repayment
of principal, interest, fees or otherwise; individually and collectively, a “Payment”) were erroneously transmitted
to such Lender (whether or not known to such Lender), and demands the return of such Payment (or a portion thereof), such Lender shall
promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter (or such later date as the Administrative Agent, may, in its sole discretion,
specify in writing), return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand
was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon (except to the extent waived in writing by the Administrative Agent) in respect
of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid
to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect, and (y) to the extent permitted by applicable law, such Lender shall
not assert, and hereby waives, as to the Administrative Agent, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with
respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Payments received, including without limitation
any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender under
this paragraph or the following paragraph shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
Each Lender hereby further
agrees that if it receives a Payment from the Administrative 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 sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect
to such Payment (a “Payment Notice”) or (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a Payment Notice, it shall be on
notice, in each such case, that an error has been made with respect to such Payment. Each Lender agrees that, in each such case,
or if it otherwise becomes aware a Payment (or portion thereof) may have been sent in error, such Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative
Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, it shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day
thereafter (or such later date as the Administrative Agent, may, in its sole discretion, specify in writing), return to the Administrative
Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest
thereon (except to the extent waived in writing by the Administrative Agent) in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment
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(or portion thereof) was received by such Lender
to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative
Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect.
Each Borrower hereby agrees
that in the event an erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Lender that has received such erroneous Payment
(or portion thereof) for any reason, (x) the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Lender with respect to
such amount and (y) an erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by any Borrower,
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 Administrative Agent from any Borrower for the purpose of satisfying Obligations.
Each party’s obligations
under the preceding three paragraphs shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any transfer of rights
or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of
all Obligations under any Loan Document.
The Lenders acknowledge that
there may be a constant flow of information (including information which may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of the
Borrowers) between the Borrowers and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and its Affiliates, on the other
hand. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrowers or their Affiliates may provide information, including updates to previously provided
information to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and/or its Affiliates acting in different capacities, including as Lender, lead bank, arranger
or potential securities investor, independent of such entity’s role as administrative agent hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that
neither JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. nor its Affiliates shall be under any obligation to provide any of the foregoing information to them.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any other Loan Document, except for notices, reports and other documents
expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent herein or in any other Loan Document to which the Administrative
Agent is a party, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide, and shall not be liable for the failure
to provide, any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the Loans, the Lenders, the business, prospects, operations, property,
financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the Borrowers or any of their respective Affiliates that is communicated to,
obtained by, or in the possession of, the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity, including any information obtained
by the Administrative Agent in the course of communications among the Administrative Agent and any Borrower, any Affiliate thereof or
any other Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any such information may (but shall not be required to) be shared by the Administrative
Agent with one or more Lenders, or any formal or informal committee or ad hoc group of such Lenders, including at the direction of a Borrower.
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
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the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and
their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Company or any Subsidiary, that at least
one of the following is and will be true: (i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42)
of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans or the Commitments, (ii) the transaction exemption set
forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional
asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class
exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions
involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers),
is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the
Commitments and this Agreement, (iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager”
(within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of
such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into,
participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections
(b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE
84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans,
the Commitments and this Agreement, or (iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative
Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
In addition, unless sub-clause
(i) in the immediately preceding paragraph is true with respect to a Lender or a Lender has provided another representation, warranty
and covenant as provided in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding paragraph, such Lender further (x) represents
and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender
party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and
their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Company or any Subsidiary, that none of
the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender
involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this
Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any
Loan Document or any documents related to hereto or thereto).
The Administrative Agent
and the Arrangers hereby inform the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give
advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest
in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect
to the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended
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the Loans or the Commitments for an amount
less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees,
arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent
fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees,
processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.
ARTICLE
IX
Guarantee
In order to induce the Lenders
to extend credit to the other Borrowers hereunder, the Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor
and not merely as a surety, the payment when and as due of the Obligations of such other Borrowers. The Company further agrees that the
due and punctual payment of such Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from
it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee hereunder notwithstanding any such extension or renewal of any such Obligation.
The Company waives presentment
to, demand of payment from and protest to any Borrower of any of the Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its obligations
and notice of protest for nonpayment. The obligations of the Company hereunder shall not be affected by (a) the failure of the Administrative
Agent or any Lender to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against any Borrower under the provisions of this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any of the Obligations; (c) any rescission,
waiver, amendment or modification of, or release from, any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
agreement; (d) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of any of the Obligations; or (e) any
other act, omission or delay to do any other act which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of the Company or otherwise
operate as a discharge of a guarantor as a matter of law or equity or which would impair or eliminate any right of the Company to subrogation.
The Company further agrees
that its agreement hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due (whether or not any bankruptcy or similar proceeding shall have
stayed the accrual or collection of any of the Obligations or operated as a discharge thereof) and not merely of collection, and waives
any right to require that any resort be had by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to any balance of any deposit account or credit
on the books of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in favor of any Borrower or any other Person.
The obligations of the Company
hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, and shall not be subject to any
defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever, by reason of
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the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability
of any of the Obligations, any impossibility in the performance of any of the Obligations or otherwise.
The Company further agrees
that its obligations hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part
thereof, of any Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the bankruptcy or
reorganization of any Borrower or otherwise.
In furtherance of the foregoing
and not in limitation of any other right which the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have at law or in equity against the Company
by virtue hereof, upon the failure of any other Borrower to pay any Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity,
by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, the Company hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in cash an amount equal
to the unpaid principal amount of such Obligations then due, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
Upon payment by the Company
of any sums as provided above, all rights of the Company against any Borrower arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation
or otherwise shall in all respects be subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior indefeasible payment in full of all the
Obligations owed by such Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
Nothing shall discharge or
satisfy the liability of the Company hereunder except the full performance and payment of the Obligations.
ARTICLE
X
Miscellaneous
SECTION
10.01. Notices. (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications
expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided
for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or
sent by telecopy, as follows:
(i)
if to any Borrower, to Automatic Data Processing, Inc., One ADP Boulevard, MS #420, Roseland, NJ 07068-1728, Attention of Treasurer
(Fax No. 973-974-3320), with a copy to Automatic Data Processing, Inc., One ADP Boulevard, MS #450, Roseland, NJ 07068-1728, Attention
of Chief Legal Officer (Fax No. 973-974-3324);
(ii)
if to the Administrative Agent from a Borrower, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., at the address separately provided to the Company;
(iii)
if to the Administrative Agent from the Lenders, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 500 Stanton Christiana Rd., NCC2 / 2nd
Floor, Newark, DE 19713,
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Attention: Jacob McNett, jacob.mcnett@jpmorgan.com
and as set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire; and
(iv)
if to any Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Any party hereto may change its address or
telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto or in the case of a Lender, to the
Administrative Agent and the Borrowers. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt. Notices delivered through IntraLinks or by other similar
means, to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).
(b)
Notices and other communications to the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereunder may be delivered or furnished
by using an electronic platform pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall
not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative
Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications
pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
(c)
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall
be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt
requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), 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) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent
during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business
on the next Business Day for the recipient.
SECTION
10.02. Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right
or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that
they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Borrower therefrom shall
in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall
be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
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making of a Loan shall not be construed as
a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default
at the time.
(b)
Subject to Section 2.12, neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived,
amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Company and the Required Lenders or by
the Company and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders or, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant
to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers that are parties thereto, in each
case with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase any Commitment of any Lender
without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan, reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce
any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby, (iii) postpone the date of any scheduled
payment of the principal amount of any Loan, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or
excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected
thereby (provided that nothing shall limit the right of each Borrower to extend the Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.06(f)),
(iv) change Section 2.16(b) or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written
consent of each Lender (it being understood that the addition of new tranches of loans or commitments that may be extended under this
Agreement shall not be deemed to alter such pro rata sharing of payments), (v) change any of the provisions of this Section or the
definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders
required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written
consent of each Lender (except, in each case, to provide for new tranches of loans or commitments that may be extended under this Agreement),
(vi) release the Company from, or limit or condition, its obligations under Article IX, without the written consent of each
Lender, (vii) change the currency in which Loans may be made without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby or (viii)
change Section 10.17 in any manner without the written consent of each Lender that is an Affected Financial Institution (as defined in
Section 10.17); provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the
Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
SECTION
10.03. Limitation of Liability; Expenses; Indemnity. (a) To the extent
permitted by applicable law (i) no Borrower shall assert, and each Borrower hereby
waives, any claim against the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent and any Lender, and any
Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called a “Lender-Related Person”) for any Liabilities
arising from the use by others of information or other materials (including, without limitation, any personal data) obtained through telecommunications,
electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet), and (ii)
no party hereto shall assert, and each such party hereby waives, any Liabilities against any other party hereto, on any theory of liability,
for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as
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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
or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that, nothing in this Section 10.03(a)
shall relieve the Company or any other Borrower of any obligation it may have to indemnify an Indemnitee, as provided in Section 10.03(c),
against any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages asserted against such Indemnitee by a third party.
(b)
The Company shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates,
including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for the Administrative Agent and such Affiliates, in connection
with the syndication of the credit facility provided for herein, the preparation and administration of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent or any Lender,
in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights under any Loan Document, including its rights under this Section, or in
connection with the Loans made, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in
respect of such Loans.
(c)
The Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each
such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, liabilities,
out-of-pocket costs or expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred
by or asserted against any Indemnitee (whether by a third party or by any Borrower) arising out of, in connection with or as a result
of (i) any transaction or proposed transaction (whether or not consummated) in which any proceeds of any Borrowing hereunder are
applied or proposed to be applied, directly or indirectly, by any of the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries, (ii) any Loan or the use of
the proceeds therefrom or (iii) the execution, delivery or performance by any of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries of the Loan Documents,
or any actions or omissions of a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection therewith; provided that such indemnity shall
not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, liabilities, costs or expenses (x) shall be found by a final,
non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by the Company or any Borrowing Subsidiary against an Indemnitee for a material breach in
bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Company or such Borrowing Subsidiary
has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to the effect
that such a material breach in bad faith has occurred. Without limiting the provisions of Section 2.15(c), this Section 10.03(c) shall
not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.
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(d)
To the extent that the Company fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent under paragraph (b)
or (c) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s pro rata share (determined
as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the
unreimbursed loss, liability, cost or expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent. For purposes
hereof, a Lender’s “pro rata share” shall be determined based upon its share of the sum (without duplication) of the
total Exposures and unused Commitments at the time.
(e)
All amounts due under this Section shall be payable within 15 Business Days after receipt by the Company of a reasonably detailed
invoice therefor.
SECTION
10.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except
that neither the Company nor any Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by any Borrower without such consent 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 and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b)
Any Lender may 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 Commitments and the Loans or other amounts at the time owing to it); provided that (i) the Administrative
Agent (except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or a Related Fund of a Lender) and the Company (except
in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or a Related Fund of a Lender or if an Event of Default has occurred
and, except in the case of an Event of Default under Sections (a), (b), (g) or (h) of Article VII of this Agreement, has been continuing
for 30 days) must each give their prior written consent to such assignment (which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned
or delayed), (ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or a Related Fund of any Lender or an assignment
of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments and outstanding Loans, the Commitments and outstanding Loans
of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such
assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than US$10,000,000 unless each of the Company and the Administrative
Agent otherwise consent, (iii) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and
Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of US$3,500 and (iv) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; provided further that (x) any consent of the Company
otherwise required under this paragraph shall not be required if an Event of Default referred to in clause (g), (h) or (i) of Article
VII has occurred and is continuing, (y) the Company shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object
thereto by
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written notice to the Administrative Agent
within 10 Business Days after having received notice thereof and (z) no assignment shall be made to any Person other than an Eligible
Assignee. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section, from and after the effective date
specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned
by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder
shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement
(and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement,
such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 10.03).
Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be
treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph
(e) of this Section. The Borrowers shall not be responsible under Section 2.13 or 2.15 for any increased costs incurred by a Lender as
a result of an assignment under this Section to an Affiliate of such Lender unless such Lender is legally required to make such assignment.
(c)
The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of each Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in The City
of New York a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses
of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time
to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all
purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Company and
any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d)
Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s
completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred
to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative
Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be
effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been made in compliance with this Agreement as provided in this paragraph.
(e)
Any Lender may, without the consent of any Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more Eligible Assignees
(a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including
all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this
Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance
of such obligations and (iii) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly
with such Lender in connection
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with such Lender’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender
shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement;
provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree
to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (vi) of the first proviso to Section 10.02(b) that
affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (f) of this Section, each Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled
to the benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.14 and 2.15 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment
pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section.
(f)
A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.13 or 2.15 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 so provides and is made with the Company’s prior written consent. A Participant shall not be entitled to the benefits
of Section 2.15 unless the Company is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the
benefit of the Borrowers, to comply with Section 2.15(f) as though it were a Lender.
(g)
Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure
obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other applicable central
bank or, in the case of a Lender that is an investment fund, to the trustee under the indenture to which such fund is a party, and this
Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of
a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender
as a party hereto.
(h)
Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain
a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s
interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (the “Participant Register”);
provided that 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 or Loans or its other obligations
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that
such Commitment, Loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The
entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded
in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining
a Participant Register.
SECTION
10.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrowers herein or in any other
Loan Document or in the
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certificates or other instruments delivered
in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other
parties hereto or thereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and any other Loan Document and the making of
any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent
or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended
hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any
other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or
terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15, 10.03 and 10.12 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force
and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans and the Commitments or the
termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.
SECTION
10.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. (a) This Agreement
may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original,
but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any separate letter
agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent and any provisions in any commitment letter executed and delivered
by the Borrower in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby that by the express terms of such commitment letter survive the
execution or effectiveness of this Agreement, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and
supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided
in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the
Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties
hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
(b)
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of (x) this Agreement, (y) any other Loan Document and/or (z) any document,
amendment, approval, consent, information, notice (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any notice delivered pursuant to Section 10.01),
certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or the transactions
contemplated hereby and/or thereby (each an “Ancillary Document”) that is an Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy,
emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery
of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement, such other Loan Document or such Ancillary Document, as applicable. The words “execution,”
“signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement, any
other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records
in any electronic form (including deliveries by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual
executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature,
physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based
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recordkeeping system, as the case may be; provided
that nothing herein shall require the Administrative Agent to accept Electronic Signatures in any form or format without its prior written
consent and pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided, further, without limiting the foregoing, (i) to the extent
the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept any Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders shall be entitled
to rely on such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrowers without further verification thereof and without
any obligation to review the appearance or form of any such Electronic Signature and (ii) upon the request of the Administrative Agent
or any Lender, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the Borrowers hereby (A) agree that, for all purposes, including without limitation, in connection with any workout,
restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and the Borrowers,
Electronic Signatures transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed
signature page and/or any electronic images of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall have the same
legal effect, validity and enforceability as any paper original, (B) agree that the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders may,
at its option, create one or more copies of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document in the form of an imaged
electronic record in any format, which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the
original paper document (and all such electronic records shall be considered an original for all purposes and shall have the same legal
effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record), (C) waive any argument, defense or right to contest the legal effect, validity
or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document based solely on the lack of paper original
copies of this Agreement, such other Loan Document and/or such Ancillary Document, respectively, including with respect to any signature
pages thereto and (D) waive any claim against any Lender-Related Person for any Liabilities arising solely from the Administrative
Agent’s and/or any Lender’s reliance on or use of Electronic Signatures and/or transmissions by telecopy, emailed pdf. or
any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page, including any Liabilities arising as a result
of the failure of the Borrowers to use any available security measures in connection with the execution, delivery or transmission of any
Electronic Signature.
SECTION
10.07. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall,
as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction
shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION
10.08. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates
is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits
(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final and in whatever currency denominated) at any time held and other obligations
at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower against any of and all the
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obligations of such Borrower now or hereafter
existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement
and although such obligations may be unmatured. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Administrative Agent after any such set-off
and application made by such Lender; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity
of such set-off and application. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including
other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.
SECTION
10.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a)
This Agreement and any other Loan Document and any claims, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise
and whether at law or in equity) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be construed
in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
(b)
Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of
the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan and of the United States District Court of the Southern
District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to any Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York
State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action
or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by
law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise
have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement against any Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c)
Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any
objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in
any such court.
(d)
Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 10.01.
Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other
manner permitted by law.
SECTION
10.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT
IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
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PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT
OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT,
TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY AND WHETHER AT LAW OR IN EQUITY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY
OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE
THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION
10.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only,
are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION
10.12. Confidentiality. (a) The Administrative Agent and each Lender
agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its
Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other
advisors (including service providers engaged by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the administration and management
of the Loan Documents and the Commitments), to Related Funds’ directors and officers and to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty
in swap agreements (it being understood that each Person to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of
such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority
(including any self-regulatory authority) having jurisdiction over such Lender, (iii) to the extent required by applicable laws or
regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other party to this Agreement, (v) to the extent required or advisable
in the judgment of counsel in connection with any suit, action or proceeding relating to the enforcement of rights of the Administrative
Agent or the Lenders against the Borrowers under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions
substantially the same as those of this Section, to (A) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant
in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (B) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap,
derivative or insurance transaction or any credit insurance provider relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (vii) with the consent
of the Company or (viii) to the extent such Information (A) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of
this Section of which the Administrative Agent or such Lender is aware or (B) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Company other than as a result of a breach of this Section of which the
Administrative Agent or such Lender is aware. For the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information
received from the Company relating to the Company or its business, other than (i) any such information that is available to the Administrative
Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Company other than as a result of a breach
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of this Section of which the Administrative
Agent or such Lender is aware and (ii) customary information with respect to the terms of the credit facility established under this Agreement
routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry. Any Person
required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation
to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would
accord to its own confidential information.
For the avoidance of doubt,
nothing in this Section 10.12 shall prohibit any Person from voluntarily disclosing or providing any Information within the scope of this
confidentiality provision to any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory organization (any such entity, a “Regulatory Authority”)
to the extent that any such prohibition on disclosure set forth in this Section 10.12 shall be prohibited by the laws or regulations applicable
to such Regulatory Authority.
(b)
Each Lender acknowledges that Information furnished to it pursuant to this Agreement may include material non-public information
concerning the Company and its Related Parties or the Company’s securities, and confirms that it has developed compliance procedures
regarding the use of material non-public information and that it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with those
procedures and applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws.
(c)
All information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by the Company, the Subsidiaries or the Administrative
Agent pursuant to, or in the course of administering, this Agreement will be syndicate-level information, which may contain material non-public
information about the Company, the Subsidiaries and their Related Parties or the Company’s securities. Accordingly, each Lender
represents to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that it has identified in its Administrative Questionnaire a credit contact who
may receive information that may contain material non-public information in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law,
including Federal and state securities laws.
SECTION
10.13. Conversion of Currencies. (a) If, for the purpose of obtaining
judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum owing hereunder in one currency into another currency, each party hereto agrees,
to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking
procedures in the relevant jurisdiction the first currency could be purchased with such other currency on the Business Day immediately
preceding the day on which final judgment is given.
(b)
The obligations of each Borrower in respect of any sum due to any party hereto or any holder of the obligations owing hereunder
(the “Applicable Creditor”) shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”)
other than the currency in which such sum is stated to be due hereunder (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only
to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by the Applicable Creditor of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment
Currency, the Applicable
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Creditor may, in accordance with normal banking
procedures in the relevant jurisdiction, purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of the Agreement Currency
so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency, such Borrower agrees, as a separate
obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Applicable Creditor against such loss. The obligations of the Borrowers
contained in this Section 10.13 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of all other amounts owing hereunder.
SECTION
10.14. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable
to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively
the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted
for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable
in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to
the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the
operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans shall be increased
(but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate,
shall have been received by such Lender.
SECTION
10.15. Certain Notices. Each Lender hereby notifies each Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act
(Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Patriot Act”) and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation,
it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Borrower, which information includes the name and address
of such Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify such Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act and the
Beneficial Ownership Regulation. Each Borrower agrees to provide the Lenders, upon request, with all documentation and other information
required to be obtained by the Lenders pursuant to applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations,
including the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
SECTION
10.16. No Fiduciary Relationship. Each Borrower, on behalf of itself and the Subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with
all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, each Borrower, the Subsidiaries and
their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business
relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders
or their Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications. Each Borrower,
on behalf of itself, the Subsidiaries and its and their respective Affiliates, waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, any claims that such Borrower, the Subsidiaries or such Affiliates may have against the Administrative Agent, any Person identified
on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement or elsewhere herein as a “syndication agent” or “documentation
agent”, any Lender or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing in respect of any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.
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SECTION 10.17. Acknowledgement
of and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. (a) 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:
(i)
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
(ii)
the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable, (A) a reduction in full or in part or cancelation
of any such liability, (B) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such
Affected Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and
that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (C) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down
and Conversion Powers of any applicable Resolution Authority.
(b)
The following terms shall for purposes of this Section have the meanings set forth below:
“Affected Financial
Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Action”
means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected
Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation”
means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which
is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act
2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution
of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration
or other insolvency proceedings).
“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
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described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition
and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country”
means any member state 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.
“EU Bail-In Legislation
Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in
effect from time to time.
“Resolution Authority”
means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“UK Financial Institution”
means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom
Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated
by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates
of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority”
means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first written
above.
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.,
By:
/s/ Kristin Walle
Name:
Kristin Walle
Title:
Corporate Treasurer
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually and as Administrative Agent
By:
/s/ Ryan Zimmerman
Name:
Ryan Zimmerman
Title:
Executive Director
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
By:
/s/ Dylan Honza
Name:
Dylan Honza
Title:
Director
BNP Paribas, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Nicolas Doche
Name:
Nicolas Doche
Title:
Director
By:
/s/ Valentin Detry
Name:
Valentin Detry
Title:
Vice President
[Signature Page to ADP 364-Day Credit Agreement]
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Kelvyn Correa
Name:
Kelvyn Correa
Title:
Director
By:
/s/ Alison Lugo
Name:
Alison Lugo
Title:
Vice President
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Tracy L. Moosbrugger
Name:
Tracy L. Moosbrugger
Title:
Managing Director
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Nicholas Sibayan
Name:
Nicholas Sibayan
Title:
Vice President
MUFG Bank, LTD., as a Lender
By:
/s/ Matthew Eastman
Name:
Matthew Eastman
Title:
Vice President
PNC Bank, National Association, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Brendan Saldana
Name:
Brendan Saldana
Title:
Vice President
Royal Bank of Canada, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Zeeshan Boolani
Name:
Zeeshan Boolani
Title:
Director, Corporate Client Group – Finance
[Signature Page to ADP 364-Day Credit Agreement]
Bank of Montreal, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Ravinder Bhuller
Name:
Ravinder Bhuller
Title:
Director
By:
/s/ Geoffrey Keating
Name:
Geoffrey Keating
Title:
Managing Director
ING Bank N.V., Dublin Branch, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Louise Gough
Name:
Louise Gough
Title:
Director
By:
/s/ Rory Fitzgerald
Name:
Rory Fitzgerald
Title:
Director
U.S. Bank National Association, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Joseph Howard
Name:
Joseph Howard
Title:
Vice President
FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Michael Barnett
Name:
Michael Barnett
Title:
Senior Vice President
MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By:
/s/ Michael King
Name:
Michael King
Title:
Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to ADP 364-Day Credit Agreement]
INTESA SANPAOLO S.P.A., NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Alessandro Toigo
Alessandro Toigo
Managing Director
By:
/s/ Fabio Della Malva
Fabio Della Malva
Managing Director
HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as a Lender
By:
/s/ Agnieszka Granat
Name:
Agnieszka Granat
Title:
Director, Institutional Client Group
The Northern Trust Company, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Andrew D. Holtz
Name:
Andrew D. Holtz
Title:
Senior Vice President
The Bank of Nova Scotia, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Arun Vaidyanathan
Name:
Arun Vaidyanathan
Title:
Director
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Thomas J. Tarasovich, Jr.
Name:
Thomas J. Tarasovich, Jr.
Title:
Senior Vice President
[Signature Page to ADP 364-Day Credit Agreement]
SVENSKA HANDELSBANKEN AB (PUBL), NEW YORK BRANCH as a Lender
By:
/s/ Ulrika Drinkall
Name:
Ulrika Drinkall
Title:
Vice President
By:
/s/ Jonathan Kylmänen
Name:
Jonathan Kylmänen
Title:
Senior Vice President
The Huntington National Bank, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Michelle Frederick
Name:
Michelle Frederick
Title:
Director
TD Bank, N.A., as a Lender
By:
/s/ David H Schryver
Name:
David H Schryver
Title:
Vice President
BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Varbin Staykoff
Name:
Varbin Staykoff
Title:
Senior Director
By:
/s/ Elke Videgain
Name:
Elke Videgain
Title:
Vice President
BOKF, NA dba Bank of Oklahoma, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Dylan Harden
Name:
Dylan Harden
Title:
Assistant Vice President
[Signature Page to ADP 364-Day Credit Agreement]
FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Stephen Agnew-Miller
Name:
Stephen Agnew-Miller
Title:
Vice President
[Signature Page to ADP 364-Day Credit Agreement]
EX-10.2 — EXHIBIT 10.2
EX-10.2
Filename: eh260799361_ex1002.htm · Sequence: 3
EXHIBIT 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
US$3,500,000,000
FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
June 26, 2026,
among
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.
The BORROWING SUBSIDIARIES
referred to herein
The LENDERS Party Hereto
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
BNP PARIBAS
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
as Syndication Agents
BARCLAYS BANK PLC and
MUFG BANK, LTD.,
as Documentation Agents
_________________________
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms
1
SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings
29
SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally
29
SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP
29
SECTION 1.05. Exchange Rates
30
SECTION 1.06. Divisions
30
SECTION 1.07. Interest Rates; Benchmark Notification
30
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01. Commitments
31
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings
31
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings
33
SECTION 2.04. [Reserved.]
34
SECTION 2.05. [Reserved.]
34
SECTION 2.06. Funding of Borrowings
34
SECTION 2.07. Repayment of Borrowings; Evidence of Debt
34
SECTION 2.08. Interest Elections
35
SECTION 2.09. Termination, Reduction, Increase and Extension of Commitments
37
SECTION 2.10. Prepayment of Loans
40
SECTION 2.11. Fees
41
SECTION 2.12. Interest
41
SECTION 2.13. Alternate Rate of Interest
42
SECTION 2.14. Increased Costs
46
SECTION 2.15. Break Funding Payments
47
SECTION 2.16. Taxes
47
SECTION 2.17. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs
49
SECTION 2.18. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
50
SECTION 2.19. Designation of Borrowing Subsidiaries
51
SECTION 2.20. Defaulting Lenders
52
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers
53
SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability
53
SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts
53
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SECTION 3.04. Financial Position; No Material Adverse Change
53
SECTION 3.05. Properties
54
SECTION 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters
54
SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements
54
SECTION 3.08. Federal Reserve Regulations
54
SECTION 3.09. Investment Company Status
55
SECTION 3.10. Taxes
55
SECTION 3.11. ERISA
55
SECTION 3.12. Disclosure
55
SECTION 3.13. Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions
55
SECTION 3.14. Affected Financial Institution
55
SECTION 3.15. Outbound Investment Rules
55
ARTICLE IV
Conditions
SECTION 4.01. Effective Date
56
SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event
57
SECTION 4.03. Initial Credit Event for each Borrowing Subsidiary
57
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information
58
SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events
59
SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business
59
SECTION 5.04. Payment of Taxes
59
SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties
60
SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights
60
SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws
60
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds
60
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
SECTION 6.01. Liens
60
SECTION 6.02. Sale and Leaseback Transactions
61
SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes
62
SECTION 6.04. Outbound Investment Rules
62
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
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ARTICLE VIII
The Administrative Agent
ARTICLE IX
Guarantee
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
SECTION 10.01. Notices
72
SECTION 10.02. Waivers; Amendments
73
SECTION 10.03. Limitation of Liability; Expenses; Indemnity
74
SECTION 10.04. Successors and Assigns
76
SECTION 10.05. Survival
78
SECTION 10.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
79
SECTION 10.07. Severability
80
SECTION 10.08. Right of Setoff
80
SECTION 10.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
80
SECTION 10.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
81
SECTION 10.11. Headings
81
SECTION 10.12. Confidentiality
81
SECTION 10.13. Conversion of Currencies
83
SECTION 10.14. Interest Rate Limitation
83
SECTION 10.15. Certain Notices
83
SECTION 10.16. No Fiduciary Relationship
84
SECTION 10.17. Acknowledgement of and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions
84
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SCHEDULES:
Schedule 2.01
— Lenders and Commitments
Schedule 6.01
— Liens
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A
— Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B-1
— Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement
Exhibit B-2
— Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Termination
Exhibit C
— Form of Promissory Note
Exhibit D
— Form of Opinion of Chief Legal Officer of the Company
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FIVE-YEAR CREDIT
AGREEMENT dated as of June 26, 2026 (this “Agreement”), among AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC., a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”); the BORROWING SUBSIDIARIES from time to time party hereto (the Company and the Borrowing Subsidiaries
being collectively called the “Borrowers”); the LENDERS from time to time party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent.
The Company has requested
that the Lenders (such term and each other capitalized term used and not otherwise defined herein having the meaning assigned to it in
Article I) extend credit in the form of (a) US Tranche Commitments under which the Company and the US Borrowing Subsidiaries may obtain
US Tranche Loans in US Dollars in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in the aggregate US Tranche
Exposures exceeding US$2,936,300,000, (b) Canadian Tranche Commitments under which the Canadian Borrowing Subsidiaries may obtain Canadian
Tranche Loans in Canadian Dollars, and the Company and the US Borrowing Subsidiaries may obtain Canadian Tranche Loans in US Dollars,
in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in the aggregate Canadian Tranche Exposures exceeding US$325,700,000
and (c) Euro Tranche Commitments under which the Company, the US Borrowing Subsidiaries and the Euro Borrowing Subsidiaries may obtain
Euro Tranche Loans in Euros and US Dollars in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in the aggregate
Euro Tranche Exposures exceeding US$238,000,000. The Company has also requested that the Lenders provide a procedure pursuant to which
the Borrowers may obtain Loans on an uncommitted basis from individual Lenders on terms to be negotiated at the time such Loans are requested.
The proceeds of borrowings hereunder are to be used for general corporate purposes of the Borrowers and their subsidiaries, including
the refinancing of any indebtedness outstanding under the Company’s 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of June 27, 2025 and
its Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of June 28, 2024 (together, the “Existing Credit Agreements”) or under
the Company’s Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of June 27, 2025.
The Lenders are willing to
establish the credit facilities referred to in the preceding paragraph upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
SECTION
1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“ABR”,
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bear interest at
a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
“Adjusted Term CORRA
Rate” means, for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Term CORRA Rate for such Interest Period,
plus (b) (i) 0.29547% for a one month Interest Period or (ii) 0.32138% for a three month Interest Period; provided that if the Adjusted
Term CORRA Rate as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of
calculating such rate.
“Administrative
Agent” means JPMCB, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, or any successor in such capacity. Unless
the context requires otherwise, the term “Administrative Agent” shall include any Affiliate of JPMCB through which JPMCB shall
perform any of its obligations in such capacity hereunder.
“Administrative
Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower or any Lender,
as the context requires.
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or
is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Agreed Currencies”
means US Dollars and each Designated Foreign Currency.
“Agreement Currency”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.13(b).
“Alternate Base
Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the
NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1% and (c) the Term SOFR Rate for a one month Interest Period as published two U.S.
Government Securities Business Days prior to such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus
1%; provided that for the purpose of this definition, the Term SOFR Rate for any day shall be based on the Term SOFR Reference Rate at
approximately 5:00 a.m. Chicago time on such day (or any amended publication time for the Term SOFR Reference Rate, as specified by the
CME Term SOFR Administrator in the Term SOFR Reference Rate methodology). Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the
Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Term SOFR Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime
Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Term SOFR Rate, respectively. If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant
to Section 2.13 (for the avoidance of doubt, only until the Benchmark Replacement has been determined pursuant to Section 2.13(b)), then
the Alternate Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above.
For the avoidance of doubt, if the Alternate Base Rate as determined pursuant to the foregoing would be less than 0.00%, such rate shall
be deemed to be 0.00%.
“Ancillary Document”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.06(b).
“Anti-Corruption
Laws” means the FCPA and other laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries concerning or relating
to bribery or corruption.
“Applicable Rate”
means, for any day, with respect to (a) any commitment fee payable hereunder, the rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Commitment
Fee
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Rate”, (b) any Term Benchmark Loan hereunder,
the rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Term Benchmark Spread”, (c) any ABR Loan hereunder, the Applicable Rate
for Term Benchmark Loans minus 1% per annum (but in no event shall the Applicable Rate for any ABR Loan be less than 0% per annum) and
(d) any Canadian Base Rate Loan hereunder, the Applicable Rate for Term Benchmark Loans minus 1% per annum (but in no event shall the
Applicable Rate for any Canadian Base Rate Loan be less than 0% per annum), in each case based on the Ratings:
Ratings:
Commitment Fee
Rate
(basis points)
Term Benchmark Spread:
(basis points)
Category 1
Greater than or equal
to A1 / A+ / A+
4.0
62.5
Category 2
Less than A1 / A+ / A+ and greater than or equal
to A2 / A / A
7.0
75.0
Category 3
Less than A2 / A / A and greater than or equal
to A3 / A- / A-
8.0
87.5
Category 4
Less than A3 / A- /A-
10.0
112.5
For purposes of the foregoing,
(a) (i) if three Ratings are in effect, then either (x) if two of the three Ratings are in the same Category, such Category shall apply
or (y) if all three of the Ratings are in different Categories, then the Category corresponding to the middle Rating shall apply, (ii)
if only two Ratings are in effect or deemed to be in effect, the applicable Category shall be based on the higher of the two Ratings unless
the Ratings differ by two or more Categories, in which case the applicable Category shall be one level above that corresponding to the
lower Rating, (iii) if there is only one Rating in effect, then the applicable Category shall be determined by reference to the actual
Rating and a deemed Category 4 Rating and in accordance with clause (ii) above, and (iv) if no Ratings are in effect then Category 4 shall
apply; and (b) if the Ratings established or deemed to have been established by Fitch, Moody’s and S&P shall be changed (other
than as a result of a change in the rating system of Fitch, Moody’s or S&P), such change shall be effective as of the date on
which it is first publicly announced by Fitch, Moody’s or S&P. Each change in the Applicable Rate on account of a change
in the Ratings shall apply during the period commencing on the date that is three
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Business Days after the effective date of such
change and ending on the date that is two Business Days after the effective date of the next such change.
If the rating system of Fitch,
Moody’s or S&P shall change, or if any such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations,
the Company and the Required Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the
unavailability of ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Commitment Fee Rate and the
Term Benchmark Spread shall be determined by reference to the rating most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.
“Arranger”
means each of JPMCB, BofA Securities, Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.,
each in its capacity as joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner for the credit facility established hereunder.
“Assignment and
Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose
consent is required by Section 10.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form
approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Attributable Debt”
means, with respect to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, the present value (discounted at the rate set forth or implicit in the terms
of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts
required to be paid on account of taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance, assessments, utilities, operating and labor costs and other
items which do not constitute payments for property rights) during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback
Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended). In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee
upon payment of a penalty, the Attributable Debt shall be the lesser of the Attributable Debt determined assuming termination upon the
first date such lease may be terminated (in which case the Attributable Debt shall also include the amount of the penalty, but no rent
shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated) or the Attributable
Debt determined assuming no such termination.
“Availability Period”
means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of
the Commitments.
“Available Tenor”
means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark for any Agreed Currency, as applicable, any tenor
for such Benchmark (or component thereof) or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof),
as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period for any term rate or otherwise, for determining
any frequency of making payments of interest calculated pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance
of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to clause (e)
of Section 2.13.
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“Bankruptcy Event”
means, with respect to any Person, that such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver,
conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation
of its business or custodian appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in
furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy
Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental
Authority or instrumentality thereof. If, however, such ownership interest results in or provides such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction
of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permits such Person (or
such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person,
such ownership interest will constitute a Bankruptcy Event. Nothing in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement shall require any
Person to disclose any information that it would be prohibited from disclosing under applicable law or regulation.
“Benchmark”
means, initially, (i) with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan denominated in US Dollars, the Term SOFR Rate, (ii) with respect to any
Term Benchmark Loan denominated in Euros, the EURIBOR Rate, and (iii) with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan denominated in Canadian
Dollars, the Term CORRA Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event, and the related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred
with respect to the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that
such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to clause (b) of Section 2.13.
“Benchmark Replacement”
means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent
for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date; provided that, in the case of any Loan denominated in a Designated Foreign Currency, “Benchmark
Replacement” shall mean the alternative set forth in (2) below:
(1) the Daily Simple SOFR;
or
(2) the sum of: (a) the alternate
benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Company as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark for
the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or
the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention
for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for syndicated credit facilities denominated in the applicable
Agreed Currency at such time in the United States and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
If the Benchmark Replacement
as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor
for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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“Benchmark Replacement
Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for
any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or
method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero), that has been selected
by the Administrative Agent and the Company for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation
of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the
applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or (ii)
any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread
adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for syndicated credit facilities
denominated in the applicable Agreed Currency at such time.
“Benchmark Replacement
Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement and/or any Term Benchmark Loan, any technical, administrative
or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Alternate Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,”
the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency
of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices,
length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that
the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Company, reasonably determines may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation
of such Benchmark and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market
practice (or, if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively
feasible or if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark exists,
in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Company, reasonably determines is reasonably
necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Benchmark Replacement
Date” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to such then-current
Benchmark:
(1) in the case of clause
(1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication
of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the
calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
or
(2) in the case of clause
(3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component
used in the calculation thereof) has been or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or component thereof)
have been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to
be no longer representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent
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statement or publication referenced in such
clause (3) and even if such Benchmark (or component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark
(or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt,
(i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect
of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination
and (ii) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to
any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors
of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition
Event” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such then-current
Benchmark:
(1) a public statement or
publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation
thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component
thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator
that will continue to provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of
such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
(2) a public statement or
publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the
calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, the Bank of Canada, the central bank for
the Agreed Currency applicable to such Benchmark, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or
such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or
an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), in each case,
which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide such Benchmark (or such
component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently
or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to
provide such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such
component thereof); or
(3) a public statement or
publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the
calculation thereof) announcing that such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or, if such Benchmark is a term rate, all Available Tenors
of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.
For the avoidance of doubt,
a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement
or publication of information
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set forth above has occurred with respect to
each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Unavailability
Period” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date
pursuant to clauses (1) or (2) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current
Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.13 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark
Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section
2.13.
“Beneficial Ownership
Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership or control as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership
Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Benefit Plan”
means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan”
as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes
of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“Board”
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
“Borrower”
means the Company or any Borrowing Subsidiary.
“Borrowing”
means Loans (including Contract Loans) of the same Class, Type and currency, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the
case of Term Benchmark Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“Borrowing Minimum”
means (a) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, US$5,000,000 and (b) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in any Designated
Foreign Currency, 5,000,000 units of the applicable Designated Foreign Currency.
“Borrowing Multiple”
means (a) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, US$1,000,000 and (b) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in any Designated
Foreign Currency, 1,000,000 units of such currency.
“Borrowing Request”
means a request by a Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.
“Borrowing Subsidiary”
means a US Borrowing Subsidiary, a Canadian Borrowing Subsidiary or a Euro Borrowing Subsidiary.
“Borrowing Subsidiary
Agreement” means a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1.
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“Borrowing Subsidiary
Termination” means a Borrowing Subsidiary Termination substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2.
“Business Day”
means any day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are open for business in New York City or Chicago; provided,
that (a) when used in connection with Loans referencing the Term SOFR Rate and any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements
or payments of such Loans referencing the Term SOFR Rate, or any other dealings of such Loans referencing the Term SOFR Rate, the term
“Business Day” shall also include any such day that is only an U.S. Government Securities Business Day, (b) when used in connection
with a Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are
not open for dealings in deposits in Toronto, and (c) when used in connection with a Loan denominated in Euros, the term “Business
Day” shall also exclude any days on which the TARGET payment system is not open for the settlement of payments in Euros.
“Calculation Date”
means the last Business Day of each calendar month.
“Canadian Base Rate”
means, for any day, the rate of interest per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 or 1%) equal to the greater of (a)
the interest rate per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch, as its reference rate in
effect on such day at its principal office in Toronto for determining interest rates applicable to commercial loans denominated in Canadian
Dollars in Canada (each change in such reference rate being effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as
being effective) and (b) the Adjusted Term CORRA Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day plus 1% per annum (provided that
clause (b) shall not be applicable during any period in which Adjusted Term CORRA is unavailable, unascertainable or illegal).
For purposes of clause (b) above, the Adjusted Term CORRA Rate on any day shall be based on the applicable Screen Rate. For the avoidance
of doubt, if the Canadian Base Rate as determined pursuant to the foregoing would be less than 0.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be
0.00%.
“Canadian Borrowing
Subsidiary” means any Canadian Subsidiary that has been designated as such pursuant to Section 2.19 and that has not ceased
to be a Canadian Borrowing Subsidiary as provided in such Section.
“Canadian Dollars”
or “C$” means the lawful money of Canada.
“Canadian Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary that is incorporated or otherwise organized under the laws of Canada or any province thereof.
“Canadian Tranche
Borrowing” means a borrowing comprised of Canadian Tranche Loans.
“Canadian Tranche
Commitment” means, with respect to each Canadian Tranche Lender, the commitment of such Canadian Tranche Lender to make Canadian
Tranche Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(b), expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Canadian Tranche Lender’s
Canadian Tranche Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09
and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender
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pursuant to Section 10.04. The initial
amount of each Canadian Tranche Lender’s Canadian Tranche Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and
Assumption pursuant to which such Canadian Tranche Lender shall have assumed its Canadian Tranche Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate
amount of the Canadian Tranche Commitments on the date hereof is US$325,700,000.
“Canadian Tranche
Exposure” means, at any time, as to any Lender, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Canadian Tranche Loans
of such Lender denominated in US Dollars outstanding at such time and (b) the US Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of
the Canadian Tranche Loans of such Lender denominated in Canadian Dollars outstanding at such time.
“Canadian Tranche
Lender” mean a Lender with a Canadian Tranche Commitment.
“Canadian Tranche
Loan” means a Loan made by a Canadian Tranche Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(b). Each Canadian Tranche Loan denominated in
US Dollars shall be a Term Benchmark Loan or an ABR Loan, and each Canadian Tranche Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars shall be a Term
Benchmark Loan or a Canadian Base Rate Loan.
“Capital Lease Obligations”
of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the
right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as
capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof
determined in accordance with GAAP.
“CBR Loan”
means a Loan that bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Central Bank Rate.
“CBR Spread”
means the Applicable Rate, applicable to such Loan that is replaced by a CBR Loan.
“Central Bank Rate”
means, the greater of (I)(A) for any Loan denominated in Euro, one of the following three rates as may be selected by the Administrative
Agent in its reasonable discretion: (1) the fixed rate for the main refinancing operations of the European Central Bank (or any successor
thereto), or, if that rate is not published, the minimum bid rate for the main refinancing operations of the European Central Bank (or
any successor thereto), each as published by the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto) from time to time, (2) the rate for
the marginal lending facility of the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto), as published by the European Central Bank (or any
successor thereto) from time to time or (3) the rate for the deposit facility of the central banking system of the Participating Member
States, as published by the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto) from time to time, plus (B) the applicable Central Bank Rate
Adjustment and (II) the Floor.
“Central Bank Rate
Adjustment” means, for any day, for any Loan denominated in Euro, a rate equal to the difference (which may be a positive or
negative value or zero) of (i) the average of the EURIBOR Rate for the five most recent Business Days preceding such day for
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which the EURIBOR Screen Rate was available
(excluding, from such averaging, the highest and the lowest EURIBOR Rate applicable during such period of five Business Days) minus (ii)
the Central Bank Rate in respect of Euro in effect on the last Business Day in such period. For purposes of this definition, (x) the term
Central Bank Rate shall be determined disregarding clause (B) of the definition of such term and (y) the EURIBOR Rate on any day shall
be based on the EURIBOR Screen Rate, on such day at approximately the time referred to in the definition of such term for deposits in
Euros for a maturity of one month.
“Change in Law”
means (a) the adoption of any law, rule, regulation or treaty after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation
or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date
of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company
with any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after
the date of this Agreement; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no act, event or circumstance referred
to in clause (a), (b) or (c) of this definition shall be deemed to have occurred prior to the date of this Agreement as a result of the
applicable law, rule, regulation, treaty, interpretation, application, request, guideline or directive having been adopted, made or issued
under the general authority of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or Basel III as promulgated by the Basel
Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities.
“Class”,
when used in reference to (a) any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are US Tranche
Loans, Euro Tranche Loans, Canadian Tranche Loans or Contract Loans and (b) any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a US
Tranche Commitment, a Euro Tranche Commitment or a Canadian Tranche Commitment.
“CME Term SOFR Administrator”
means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited as administrator of the forward-looking term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
(or a successor administrator).
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Commitment”
means a US Tranche Commitment, a Euro Tranche Commitment or a Canadian Tranche Commitment.
“Company”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the heading of this Agreement.
“Consenting Lender”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(e).
“Consolidated Net
Worth” means the shareholders’ equity of the Company, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Contract Loan”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.02(e).
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“Contract Loan Exposure”
means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Contract Loans of such
Lender denominated in US Dollars and (b) the aggregate of the US Dollar Equivalents of the principal amounts of the outstanding Contract
Loans of such Lender denominated in Designated Foreign Currencies.
“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.
“Corresponding Tenor” with
respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately
the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
“Daily Simple SOFR”
means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal to SOFR for the day (such day “SOFR Determination
Date”) that is five U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is a U.S. Government Securities
Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (ii) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the U.S. Government Securities
Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s
Website; provided that if the Daily Simple SOFR as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be
equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from
and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Company. If by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second
U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately following any SOFR Determination Date, SOFR in respect of such SOFR Determination
Date has not been published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Daily Simple
SOFR has not occurred, then SOFR for such SOFR Determination Date will be SOFR as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government
Securities Business Day for which such SOFR was published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website.
“Declining Lender”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(e).
“Default”
means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or
waived, constitute an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender”
means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its
Loans or (ii) pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in
the case of clause (i) above, it notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of its good faith determination
that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b)
has notified the Company, any other Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that
it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding
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obligations under this Agreement (unless such
writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on its good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically
identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a Loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under
other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by the Administrative
Agent, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer thereof that it will comply with its obligations
(and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting
Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon the receipt by the Administrative Agent of such certification in form and substance satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event or a Bail-In Action (as defined in Section 10.17).
“Designated Foreign
Currency” means the Canadian Dollar, the Euro and any additional currency determined after the Effective Date by mutual agreement
of the Borrower, each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent; provided that each such currency is a lawful currency that is
readily available, freely transferable and not restricted and able to be converted into US Dollars.
“Effective Date”
means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 10.02).
“Electronic Signature”
means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with
the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.
“Eligible Assignee”
means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender and (c) any other Person, other than, in each case, (i) a natural person (or a holding
company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person), (ii) a Defaulting Lender,
(iii) the Company or any of its Affiliates or (iv) a Sanctioned Person.
“EMU Legislation”
means the legislative measures of the European Union for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of the Euro in one or more member
states.
“Environmental Laws”
means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued,
promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural
resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters.
“Environmental Liability”
means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties
or indemnities), of any of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation
of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials,
(c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment
or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of
the foregoing.
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“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ERISA Affiliate”
means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Company, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b)
or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA Event”
means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to
a Plan (other than an event for which the 30 day notice period is waived); (b) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding
standard (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, in each case whether or not
waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum
funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of
ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator
of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence
by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer
Plan; (g) the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is,
or is expected to be, insolvent, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or in endangered or critical status, within the meaning of Section
305 of ERISA; or (h) a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4)
of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4) of the Code).
“EURIBOR Rate”
means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing in Euros for any Interest Period, the EURIBOR Screen Rate two TARGET Days prior to
the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that if the EURIBOR Rate, determined as set forth above, would be less than
the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of calculating such rate.
“EURIBOR Screen
Rate” means the euro interbank offered rate administered by the European Money Markets Institute (or any other person which
takes over the administration of that rate) for the relevant period displayed (before any correction, recalculation or republication by
the administrator) on page EURIBOR01 of the Thomson Reuters screen (or any replacement Thomson Reuters page which displays that rate)
or on the appropriate page of such other information service which publishes that rate from time to time in place of Thomson Reuters as
published at approximately 11:00 a.m. Brussels time two TARGET days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period. If such page or
service ceases to be available, the Administrative Agent may specify another page or service displaying the relevant rate.
“Euro”
or “€” means the single currency of the European Union as constituted by the Treaty on European Union and as
referred to in the EMU Legislation.
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“Euro Borrowing
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that has been designated as such pursuant to Section 2.19 and that has not ceased to be a Euro
Borrowing Subsidiary as provided in such Section.
“Euro Tranche Borrowing”
means a Borrowing comprised of Euro Tranche Loans.
“Euro Tranche Commitment”
means, with respect to each Euro Tranche Lender, the commitment of such Euro Tranche Lender to make Euro Tranche Loans pursuant to Section
2.01(c), expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Euro Tranche Lender’s Euro Tranche Exposure hereunder,
as such commitment may be (a) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09 and (b) reduced or increased from time
to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.04. The initial amount of each Euro Tranche Lender’s
Euro Tranche Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which Euro Tranche Lender
shall have assumed its Euro Tranche Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Euro Tranche Commitments on the date hereof
is US$238,000,000.
“Euro Tranche Exposure”
means, at any time, as to any Lender, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Euro Tranche Loans of such Lender denominated
in US Dollars outstanding at such time and (b) the US Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of the Euro Tranche Loans of
such Lender denominated in Euros outstanding at such time.
“Euro Tranche Lender”
mean a Lender with a Euro Tranche Commitment.
“Euro Tranche Loan”
means a Loan made by a Euro Tranche Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(c). Each Euro Tranche Loan denominated in US Dollars shall be a Term
Benchmark Loan or an ABR Loan, and each Euro Tranche Loan denominated in Euros shall be a Term Benchmark Loan.
“Event of Default”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
“Exchange Rate”
means on any day, for purposes of determining the US Dollar Equivalent of any other currency, the rate at which such other currency may
be exchanged into US Dollars, as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such day on the Reuters World Currency Page
for the applicable currency or currencies. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters World Currency Page, the Exchange
Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by
the Administrative Agent and the Company, or, in the absence of such agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average
of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of the
applicable currencies are then being conducted, at or about 10:00 a.m., local time, on such date for the purchase of US Dollars with
such other currency for delivery two Business Days later; provided that if at the time of any such determination, for any
reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent, after consultation with the Company, may use any
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reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine
such rate, and such determination shall be presumed correct absent manifest error.
“Excluded Taxes”
means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any Obligation
hereunder, (a) income or franchise Taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America (or any political
subdivision thereof), or by the jurisdiction under which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office or any lending office
from which it makes Loans hereunder is located, (b) any branch profit Taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar Tax
imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (a) above, (c) in the case of a US Tranche Lender or Euro Tranche Lender (other
than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Company under Section 2.18(b)), any withholding Tax that is imposed by the United States
of America (or any political subdivision thereof) on payments by a Borrower from an office within such jurisdiction to the extent
such Tax is in effect and would apply as of the date such US Tranche Lender or Euro Tranche Lender becomes a party to this Agreement or
relates to payments received by a new lending office designated by such US Tranche Lender or Euro Tranche Lender and is in effect and
would apply at the time such lending office is designated, (d) in the case of a Canadian Tranche Lender (other than an assignee pursuant
to a request by the Company under Section 2.18(b)), any withholding Tax that is imposed (i) by Canada (or any province or other political
subdivision therein) on payments by a Canadian Borrowing Subsidiary from an office within such jurisdiction or (ii) by the United States
of America (or any political subdivision thereof) on payments by the Company from an office within such jurisdiction, in either case to
the extent such Tax is in effect and would apply as of the date such Canadian Tranche Lender becomes a party to this Agreement or relates
to payments received by a new lending office designated by such Canadian Tranche Lender and is in effect and would apply at the time such
lending office is designated, (e) any withholding Taxes imposed by the United States of America pursuant to FATCA, and (f) any withholding
Tax that is attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.16(f), except, in the case of clause (c) or
(d) above, to the extent that (i) such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office
(or assignment), to receive additional amounts with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 2.16 or (ii) such withholding
Tax shall have resulted from the making of any payment to a location other than the office designated by the Administrative Agent or such
Lender for the receipt of payments of the applicable type.
“Existing Credit
Agreements” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory statement.
“Existing Maturity
Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(e).
“Exposure”
means, with respect to any Lender at any time, such Lender’s US Tranche Exposure, Canadian Tranche Exposure, Euro Tranche Exposure
and Contract Loan Exposure at such time.
“Extension Date”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(e).
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“FATCA”
means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively
comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof.
“FCPA”
means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.
“Federal Funds Effective
Rate” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depository
institutions, as determined in such manner as shall be set forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time, and published on the
next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate
as so determined would be less than 0.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 0.00% for purposes of this Agreement.
“Financial Officer”
means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Company.
“Fitch”
means Fitch Ratings Inc.
“Floor”
means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification,
amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to the Term SOFR Rate, the Daily Simple SOFR, the EURIBOR Rate, the
Adjusted Term CORRA Rate or the Central Bank Rate, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, the initial Floor for each of the Term SOFR
Rate, the Daily Simple SOFR, the EURIBOR Rate, the Adjusted Term CORRA Rate or the Central Bank Rate shall be 0.00%.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
“Governmental Authority”
means any nation or government, any federal, state, local or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government (including any applicable supranational
bodies such as, without limitation, the European Union, the European Central Bank, the Bank for International Settlements and the Basel
Committee on Banking Supervision or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).
“Guarantee”
of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing
or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”)
in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase
or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance
or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services
for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital,
equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay
such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or
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letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness
or obligation; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course
of business.
“Hazardous Materials”
means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum
or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes
and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Hedging Agreement”
means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest
or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.
“Increasing Lender”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(d)(i).
“Indebtedness”
of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances
of any kind, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations
of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other
title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred
purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (f) all
Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be
secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (g) all
Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (j) all obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness
of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor
as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such
Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
“Indemnified Taxes”
means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Initial Loans”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(d)(iv).
“Interest Election
Request” means a request by the relevant Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08.
“Interest Payment
Date” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan or Canadian Base Rate Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and
December, (b) with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan
is a part and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior
to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest
Period and (c)
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with respect to any Contract Loan, the date
or dates agreed upon by the relevant Borrower and the applicable Lender or, if no such dates shall have been agreed upon, the last day
of each March, June, September and December.
“Interest Period”
means, (a) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Dollars or Euros, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing
and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, three or six months thereafter (in each case,
subject to the availability for the Benchmark applicable to the relevant Loan or Commitment), as the Borrower may elect, (b) with respect
to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the
numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one or three months thereafter (subject to the availability for the Benchmark
applicable to the relevant Loan or Commitment), as the Borrower may elect, and (c) with respect to any Contract Loan, the period commencing
on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the date agreed upon by the relevant Borrower and the applicable Lender; provided that
(i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day unless, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar
month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Term
Benchmark Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding
day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest
Period and (iii) in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 2.13(e)
shall be available for any Borrowing. 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.
“JPMCB”
means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and its successors.
“Judgment Currency”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.13(b).
“Lender-Related
Person” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.03(a).
“Lenders”
means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01, any Increasing Lender that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to Section 2.09(d)
and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that shall
have ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
“Liabilities”
means any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), demands, damages or liabilities of any kind.
“Lien”
means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest
in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention
agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any
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of the foregoing) relating to such asset and
(c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
“Loan Documents”
means this Agreement, each Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement, each Borrowing Subsidiary Termination and each promissory note delivered pursuant
to this Agreement.
“Loans”
means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement.
“Local Time”
means (a) with respect to a Loan or Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, New York City time, (b) with respect to a Loan or Borrowing denominated
in Euro, London time and (c) with respect to a Loan or Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars, Toronto time.
“Material Adverse
Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations, prospects or condition, financial or otherwise,
of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Company to perform any of its obligations under this
Agreement or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under this Agreement.
“Material Indebtedness”
means Indebtedness (other than the Loans), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of the Company and its Subsidiaries
in an aggregate principal amount exceeding US$250,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount”
of the obligations of any Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount
(giving effect to any netting agreements) that such Borrower or Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated
at such time.
“Material Subsidiary”
means (a) any Subsidiary that is a Borrower, (b) any Subsidiary that directly or indirectly owns or Controls any Material Subsidiary and
(c) any other Subsidiary (i) the consolidated revenues of which for the most recent period of four fiscal quarters of the Company
for which audited financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 were greater than 10% of the Company’s consolidated
revenues for such period or (ii) the consolidated assets of which as of the end of such period were greater than 10% of the Company’s
consolidated assets as of such date; provided that if at any time the aggregate consolidated revenues or assets of all Subsidiaries
that are not Material Subsidiaries for or at the end of any period of four fiscal quarters exceeds 10% of the Company’s consolidated
revenues for such period or 10% of the Company’s consolidated assets as of the end of such period, the Company shall (or, in the
event the Company has failed to do so within 10 days, the Administrative Agent may) designate sufficient Subsidiaries as “Material
Subsidiaries” to eliminate such excess, and such designated Subsidiaries shall for all purposes of this Agreement constitute Material
Subsidiaries. For purposes of making the determinations required by this definition, revenues and assets of foreign Subsidiaries shall
be converted into US Dollars at the rates used in preparing the consolidated balance sheet of the Company included in the applicable financial
statements.
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“Maturity Date”
means June 26, 2031, as such date may be extended pursuant to Section 2.09(e).
“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Ratings or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Multiemployer Plan”
means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Notice of Illegality”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19.
“NYFRB”
means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
“NYFRB Rate”
means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate
in effect on such day (or for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if
none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate for a federal funds
transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m. on such day received by the Administrative Agent from a federal funds broker of recognized standing selected
by it; provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid rates as so determined be less than 0.00%, such rate shall be deemed
to be 0.00% for purposes of this Agreement.
“NYFRB’s Website”
means the website of the NYFRB at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.
“Obligations”
means the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency
of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding)
on the Loans made to any Borrower, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or
otherwise and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct,
contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership
or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrowers under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents.
“Other Taxes”
means any and all present or future recording, stamp, documentary, excise, transfer, sales, property or similar taxes, charges or 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.
“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.
“Overnight Bank
Funding Rate” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight eurodollar transactions denominated
in US Dollars by
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U.S.-managed banking offices of depository
institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on the NYFRB’s Website from time to time, and
published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate.
“Participant”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(e).
“Participant Register”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(h).
“Participating Member
State” means any member state of the European Union that has the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation
of the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
“Patriot Act”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.15.
“Payment”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VIII.
“Payment Notice”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VIII.
“PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Permitted Encumbrances”
means:
(a) Liens imposed
by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
(b) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary
course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in good faith;
(c) pledges and deposits
made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security
laws or regulations;
(d) deposits to secure
the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations
of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e) judgment liens;
and
(f) easements, zoning
restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that
do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary
conduct of business of any of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries;
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provided that the term “Permitted
Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness or any Lien in favor of the PBGC.
“Person”
means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental
Authority or other entity.
“Plan”
means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412
of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which any of the Borrowers or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were
terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Prime Rate”
means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal
ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release
H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar
rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by
the Administrative Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced
or quoted as being effective.
“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.
“Ratings”
means, at any time, the Company’s issuer rating by Fitch, the Company’s issuer rating by Moody’s and the Company’s
issuer rating by S&P at such time.
“Reference Time”
with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is the Term SOFR Rate, 5:00 a.m. (Chicago time)
on the day that is two U.S. Government Securities Business Days preceding the date of such setting, (2) if such Benchmark is the EURIBOR
Rate, 11:00 a.m. Brussels time two TARGET Days preceding the date of such setting, (3) if such Benchmark is the Term CORRA Rate, 1:00
p.m. Toronto local time on the day that is two Business Days preceding the date of such setting or (4) if such Benchmark is not the Term
SOFR Rate, EURIBOR Rate or Term CORRA Rate, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“Register”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04.
“Related Fund”
means, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that invests in bank loans, any other fund that invests in bank loans and is managed
by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
“Related Parties”
means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, trustees,
agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Relevant Governmental
Body” means (a) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated in U.S. Dollars, the Board and/or the
NYFRB, or
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a committee officially endorsed or convened by the
Board and/or the NYFRB or, in each case, any successor thereto and (b) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Loans denominated
in any Designated Foreign Currency, (i) the central bank for the currency in which such Benchmark Replacement is denominated or any central
bank or other supervisor which is responsible for supervising either (1) such Benchmark Replacement or (2) the administrator of such Benchmark
Replacement or (ii) any working group or committee officially endorsed or convened by (1) the central bank for the currency in which such
Benchmark Replacement is denominated, (2) any central bank or other supervisor that is responsible for supervising either (A) such Benchmark
Replacement or (B) the administrator of such Benchmark Replacement, (3) a group of those central banks or other supervisors or (4) the
Financial Stability Board or any part thereof.
“Relevant Interbank
Market” means (a) with respect to Euros, the European interbank market, and (b) with respect to Canadian Dollars, the Toronto
interbank market.
“Request Date”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(e).
“Required Lenders”
means, at any time, Lenders having unused US Tranche Commitments, U.S. Tranche Exposures, unused Canadian Tranche Commitments, Canadian
Tranche Exposures, unused Euro Tranche Commitments and Euro Tranche Exposures with an aggregate US Dollar Equivalent representing more
than 50% of the aggregate US Dollar Equivalent of the total unused US Tranche Commitments, U.S. Tranche Exposures, unused Canadian Tranche
Commitments, Canadian Tranche Exposures, unused Euro Tranche Commitments and Euro Tranche Exposures at such time; provided that,
for purposes of declaring the Loans to be due and payable pursuant to Article VII, and for all purposes after the Loans become due and
payable pursuant to Article VII or the Commitments expire or terminate, the outstanding Contract Loans of the Lenders shall be included
in their respective US Tranche Exposures in determining the Required Lenders.
“Revolving Borrowing”
means a Borrowing comprised of US Tranche Loans, Canadian Tranche Loans or Euro Tranche Loans, in each case made pursuant to Section 2.01.
“Revolving Loan”
means any US Tranche Loan, Canadian Tranche Loan or Euro Tranche Loan.
“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Sale and Leaseback
Transaction” means any arrangement whereby the Company or a Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, shall sell or transfer any property,
real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property
or other property which it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.
“Sanction Laws”
means laws and executive orders of the United States of America, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or His Majesty’s
Treasury of
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the United Kingdom imposing economic or financial
sanctions, trade embargoes or similar restrictions, and regulations implementing such laws and executive orders.
“Sanctioned Country”
means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is the target of any Sanction Laws that are applicable to transactions with such
country or Persons operating, organized or resident therein generally (and not merely to transactions with specifically designated Persons
operating, organized or resident therein). On the Effective Date, the Sanctioned Countries are the Crimea Region of Ukraine, the so-called
Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Regions of Ukraine, Cuba,
Iran and North Korea.
“Sanctioned Person”
means any Person who is the target of any Sanction Laws, including (a) any Person on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked
Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of Treasury or on any other list maintained by any Governmental
Authority under applicable Sanction Laws, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country with whom the Company
is prohibited from doing business as a result of applicable Sanction Laws, or (c) any Person, to the Company’s knowledge, who is
owned or controlled by any Person or Persons described in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) (including, without limitation for purposes
of defining a Sanctioned Person, as ownership may be defined and/or established in and/or by any applicable laws, rules, regulations or
orders).
“Screen Rate”
means (a) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Dollars, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, (b) with respect to any Term
Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Euros, the EURIBOR Screen Rate or (c) with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Canadian
Dollars, Term CORRA, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Screen Rate, determined as provided above in this definition,
would be less than zero, the Screen Rate shall for all purposes of this Agreement be zero.
“SOFR”
means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator”
means the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Administrator’s
Website” means the NYFRB’s website, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight
financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“Statutory Reserves”
means, with respect to any currency, any reserve, liquid asset or similar requirements established by any Governmental Authority of the
United States or of the jurisdiction of such currency or any jurisdiction in which Loans in such currency are made to which banks in such
jurisdiction are subject for any category of deposits or liabilities customarily used to fund loans in such currency or by reference to
which interest rates applicable to Loans in such currency are determined.
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“Subsequent Borrowings”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(d)(iv).
“subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person, any entity with respect to which such Person alone owns, such Person or one or more of its subsidiaries
together own, or such Person and any Person Controlling such Person together own, in each case directly or indirectly, capital stock or
other equity interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of such corporation or
other entity or having a majority interest in the capital or profits of such corporation or other entity.
“Subsidiary”
means any subsidiary of the Company.
“T2” means
the real time gross settlement system operated by the Eurosystem, or any successor system.
“TARGET Day”
means any day on which T2 (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system, if any, determined by the
Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.
“Taxes”
means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“Term Benchmark”
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest
at a rate determined by reference to the Term SOFR Rate, the EURIBOR Rate or the Adjusted Term CORRA Rate.
“Term CORRA”
means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars, the Term CORRA Reference Rate for a tenor comparable
to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term CORRA Determination Day”) that is two Business
Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term CORRA Administrator; provided, however, that
if as of 1:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on any Periodic Term CORRA Determination Day the Term CORRA Reference Rate for the applicable tenor
has not been published by the Term CORRA Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term CORRA Reference Rate
has not occurred, then Term CORRA will be the Term CORRA Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term CORRA Administrator on
the first preceding Business Day for which such Term CORRA Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term CORRA Administrator
so long as such first preceding Business Day is not more than five Business Days prior to such Periodic Term CORRA Determination Day.
“Term CORRA Administrator”
means Candeal Benchmark Administration Services Inc., TSX Inc., or any successor administrator selected by the Administrative Agent in
its reasonable discretion.
“Term CORRA Rate”
means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest
Period, the Term CORRA Reference Rate at approximately 1:00 p.m., Toronto time, two Business Days
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prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period, as such rate is published by the Term CORRA Administrator.
“Term CORRA Reference
Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on CORRA.
“Term SOFR Determination
Day” has the meaning assigned to it under the definition of Term SOFR Reference Rate.
“Term SOFR Rate”
means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in US Dollars and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest
Period, the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m., Chicago time, two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the
commencement of such tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, as such rate is published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator;
provided that if the Term SOFR Rate as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the
Floor for purposes of this Agreement.
“Term SOFR Reference
Rate” means, for any day and time (such day, the “Term SOFR Determination Day”), with respect to any Term
Benchmark Borrowing denominated in US Dollars and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the rate per annum published
by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and identified by the Administrative Agent as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR. If by 5:00
pm (New York City time) on such Term SOFR Determination Day, the “Term SOFR Reference Rate” for the applicable tenor has not
been published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Rate has not occurred,
then the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Term SOFR Determination Day will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate as published in respect of
the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate was published by the CME Term SOFR
Administrator, so long as such first preceding Business Day is not more than five Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination
Day.
“Test Date”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.05.
“Tranche”
means a category of Commitments and extensions of credit thereunder. For purposes hereof, each of the following comprise a separate Tranche:
(i) the US Tranche Commitments and the US Tranche Loans, (ii) the Canadian Tranche Commitments and the Canadian Tranche Loans and
(iii) the Euro Tranche Commitments and the Euro Tranche Loans.
“Tranche Percentage”
means, with respect to any Lender and any Tranche, the percentage of the total Commitments of such Tranche represented by such Lender’s
Commitment of such Tranche.
“Transactions”
means the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and the other Borrowers of the Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans hereunder
and the use of the proceeds thereof.
“Type”,
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, is determined by
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reference to the Term SOFR Rate, the EURIBOR
Rate, the Adjusted Term CORRA Rate, the Alternate Base Rate or the Canadian Base Rate.
“Unadjusted Benchmark
Replacement” means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
“US Borrowing Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary that has been designated as such pursuant to Section 2.19 and that has not ceased to be a US Borrowing Subsidiary
as provided in such Section.
“US Dollar Equivalent”
means, on any date of determination, (a) with respect to any amount in US Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount in
Canadian Dollars or Euros, the equivalent in US Dollars of such amount, determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 1.05
using the Exchange Rates at the time in effect under the provisions of such Section.
“US Dollars”
or “US $” means the lawful money of the United States of America.
“U.S. Government
Securities Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry
and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes
of trading in United States government securities.
“U.S. Person”
means, for purposes of Sections 3.15 and 6.04 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.
“US Tranche Borrowing”
means a Borrowing comprised of US Tranche Loans.
“US Tranche Commitment”
means, with respect to each US Tranche Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make US Tranche Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(a)
expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such US Tranche Lender’s US Tranche Exposure hereunder, as such
commitment may be (a) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time
pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.04. The initial amount of each US Tranche Lender’s US Tranche
Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such US Tranche Lender shall have
assumed its US Tranche Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the US Tranche Commitments on the date hereof is US$2,936,300,000.
“US Tranche Exposure”
means, at any time, as to any Lender, the aggregate principal amount of the US Tranche Loans of such Lender outstanding at such time.
“US Tranche Lender”
means a Lender with a US Tranche Commitment.
“US Tranche Loan”
means a Loan made by a US Tranche Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(a). Each US Tranche Loan shall be a Term Benchmark Loan or an ABR Loan.
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“Withdrawal Liability”
means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are
defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Withholding Agent”
means any Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
SECTION
1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by
Class (e.g., a “US Tranche Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Term Benchmark Loan”) or by Class and Type
(e.g., a “Term Benchmark US Tranche Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g.,
a “US Tranche Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “US Tranche Term Benchmark Borrowing”) or by Class and Type
(e.g., a “Term Benchmark US Tranche Borrowing”).
SECTION
1.03. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without
limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.
Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be
construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
(subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any definition of or reference to
any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
(including by succession of comparable successor laws), (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s
successors and assigns, (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import
shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) all references herein to
Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this
Agreement, (f) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to
refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (g) any
definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor law).
SECTION
1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature
shall be construed in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided that if the Company notifies the Administrative
Agent that the Company requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof
in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company that the
Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before
or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect
and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended
in accordance herewith.
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SECTION 1.05. Exchange Rates.
(a) Not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on each Calculation Date, the Administrative Agent shall (i) determine
the Exchange Rates applicable to the determination of US Dollar Equivalents of amounts denominated in Canadian Dollars and Euro and (ii) give
written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Company. The Exchange Rates so determined shall become effective on the first Business
Day immediately following the relevant Calculation Date (a “Test Date”), shall remain effective until the next succeeding
Test Date, and shall for all purposes of this Agreement (other than Section 10.13 or any other provision expressly requiring the
use of a current Exchange Rate) be the Exchange Rates employed in the determination of US Dollar Equivalents.
(b) Not later than 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on each Test Date on which Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall (i) determine the aggregate
US Tranche Exposures, the aggregate Canadian Tranche Exposures and the aggregate Euro Tranche Exposures and (ii) notify the Lenders
and the Company of the results of such determination.
SECTION
1.06. 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), 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 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.
SECTION
1.07. Interest Rates; Benchmark Notification. The interest rate on a Loan may be derived from an interest rate benchmark
that may be discontinued or is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition
Event, Section 2.13(b) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The Administrative Agent does not warrant
or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission, performance or any
other matter related to any interest rate used in this Agreement, or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement
rate thereof, including without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement
reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the existing interest rate being replaced or
have the same volume or liquidity as did any existing interest rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability. The Administrative
Agent and its affiliates and/or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of any interest rate used
in this Agreement or any alternative, successor or alternative rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments
thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Company. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its
reasonable discretion to ascertain any interest rate used in this Agreement, any component thereof, or rates referenced in the definition
thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Company, any Lender or any other person
or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses
or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or
component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
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ARTICLE
II
The Credits
SECTION
2.01. Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each US Tranche Lender severally agrees to
make US Tranche Loans to the Company and the US Borrowing Subsidiaries from time to time during the Availability Period in US Dollars
in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) such Lender’s US Tranche Exposure exceeding
its US Tranche Commitment or (ii) the aggregate Exposures exceeding the aggregate Commitments.
(b) Subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein, each Canadian Tranche Lender severally agrees from time to time during the Availability Period (i) to
make Canadian Tranche Loans to the Canadian Borrowing Subsidiaries in Canadian Dollars and (ii) to make Canadian Tranche Loans to the
Company and the US Borrowing Subsidiaries in US Dollars, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result
in (i) such Lender’s Canadian Tranche Exposure exceeding its Canadian Tranche Commitment or (ii) the aggregate Exposures exceeding
the aggregate Commitments.
(c) Subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein, each Euro Tranche Lender severally agrees from time to time during the Availability Period to make Euro
Tranche Loans to the Company, the US Borrowing Subsidiaries and the Euro Borrowing Subsidiaries in Euros or US Dollars in an aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) such Lender’s Euro Tranche Exposure exceeding its Euro Tranche
Commitment or (ii) the aggregate Exposures exceeding the aggregate Commitments.
SECTION
2.02. Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each US Tranche Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of US Tranche Loans
made by the US Tranche Lenders (or their Affiliates as provided in paragraph (b) below) ratably in accordance with their respective US
Tranche Commitments. Each Canadian Tranche Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Canadian Tranche Loans made by the
Canadian Tranche Lenders (or their Affiliates as provided in paragraph (b) below) ratably in accordance with their respective Canadian
Tranche Commitments. Each Euro Tranche Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Euro Tranche Loans made by the Euro Tranche
Lenders (or their Affiliates as provided in paragraph (b) below) ratably in accordance with their respective Euro Tranche Commitments.
Each Contract Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in paragraph (e) below. The failure of any Lender to make
any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments
of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required hereunder.
(b) Subject to Section 2.13,
(i) each US Tranche Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Term Benchmark Loans or ABR Loans as the applicable Borrower may request
in accordance herewith; (ii) each Canadian Tranche Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of (A) in the case of a Canadian Tranche
Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars, Term Benchmark Loans or Canadian Base Rate Loans as the applicable Borrower may request in
accordance herewith, and (B) in the case of a Canadian Tranche Borrowing denominated in US
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Dollars, Term Benchmark Loans or ABR Loans,
as the applicable Borrower may request in accordance herewith and (iii) each Euro Tranche Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of
(A) in the case of a Euro Tranche Borrowing denominated in Euros, Term Benchmark Loans, and (B) in the case of a Euro Tranche Borrowing
denominated in US Dollars, Term Benchmark Loans or ABR Loans, as the applicable Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender
at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan, and in the case
of an Affiliate, the provisions of Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16 shall apply to such Affiliate to the same extent as to such Lender;
provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay such Loan in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrowers shall not be responsible
under Section 2.14 or 2.16 for any increased costs incurred by a Lender as a result of a change in the location from which such Lender
makes Loans unless such Lender is legally required to make such change.
(c) At the commencement of
each Interest Period for any Borrowing (other than a Borrowing comprised of Contract Loans), such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount
that is at least equal to the Borrowing Minimum and an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple; provided that an ABR Borrowing
denominated in US Dollars may be made in an aggregate amount that is equal to the aggregate available US Tranche Commitments, Canadian
Tranche Commitments or Euro Tranche Commitments, as the case may be, and a Canadian Base Rate Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars
may be made in an aggregate amount that is equal to the aggregate available Canadian Tranche Commitments. Borrowings of more than one
Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of (i) five
US Tranche Term Benchmark Borrowings outstanding, (ii) three Canadian Tranche Term Benchmark Borrowings outstanding and (iii) three Euro
Tranche Term Benchmark Borrowings outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, no Borrower shall be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest
Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.
(e) At any time, any Borrower
and any Lender may agree that such Lender will make a Loan (a “Contract Loan”) to the Borrower denominated in US Dollars,
Canadian Dollars or Euros and bearing interest at an agreed upon rate, for an interest period to be agreed upon and upon such other terms
as the applicable Borrower and Lender may agree (it being understood that a Contract Loan shall not be required to be in any particular
minimum amount); provided, that, (i) after giving effect to the making of any such Contract Loan, the aggregate Exposures shall
not exceed the aggregate Commitments and (ii) no such Loan shall be a Contract Loan unless the relevant Borrower and the applicable Lender
expressly agree at the time such Loan is made, and notify the Administrative Agent, that such Loan shall be a Contract Loan for purposes
of this Agreement. If the applicable Borrower and Lender shall, after any Contract Loan is made, agree that such Contract Loan shall no
longer be a Contract Loan hereunder and shall notify the Administrative Agent of such agreement, such Loan shall, as of the date of such
agreement, cease to be a Contract Loan or to be entitled to any further benefits under this Agreement. Contract Loans shall be deemed
Loans for all purposes under this Agreement. Each Borrower and Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of (i) the date,
principal amount, currency, maturity, interest rate, Interest Period and Interest Payment Dates of each
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Contract Loan made by such Lender to such Borrower
and (ii) the date and amount of any repayment or prepayment of any such Contract Loan.
SECTION
2.03. Requests for Borrowings. To request a Borrowing of a Type available hereunder, the applicable Borrower, or the Company
on behalf of the applicable Borrower, shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Term
Benchmark Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, three U.S. Government Securities Business Days
before the date of the proposed borrowing, (b) in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Euros or Canadian Dollars,
not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing, (c) in the case of a Canadian
Base Rate Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing and, (d) in the case of an
ABR Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall
be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request
in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the applicable Borrower, or by the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower.
Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i)
the Borrower requesting such Borrowing (or on whose behalf the Company is requesting such Borrowing);
(ii)
whether the requested Borrowing is to be a US Tranche Borrowing, a Canadian Tranche Borrowing or a Euro Tranche Borrowing;
(iii)
the currency and aggregate principal amount of the requested Borrowing;
(iv)
the date of the requested Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(v)
the Type of the requested Borrowing;
(vi)
in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated
by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and
(vii)
the location and number of the relevant Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the
requirements of Section 2.06.
If no currency is specified with respect to
any requested Term Benchmark Borrowing, then the relevant Borrower shall be deemed to have selected (i) in the case of a US Tranche Borrowing,
US Dollars, (ii) in the case of a Canadian Tranche Borrowing, Canadian Dollars, and (iii) in the case of a Euro Tranche Borrowing, Euros.
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be (i) in the case of a Borrowing denominated
in US Dollars, an ABR Borrowing, (ii) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars, a Canadian Base Rate Borrowing, and
(iii) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Euro, a Term Benchmark Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any
requested Term Benchmark Borrowing, then the relevant Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s
duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing
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Request in accordance with this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender that will make a Loan as part of the requested Borrowing of the details thereof and of the
amount of the Loan to be made by such Lender as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION
2.04. [Reserved.]
SECTION
2.05. [Reserved.]
SECTION
2.06. Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan (other than a Contract Loan) to be made by it hereunder
on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds in the applicable currency by 2:00 p.m., Local Time
(or if later, in the case of an ABR Borrowing, one hour after the Lenders shall have been notified of the applicable Borrowing Request),
to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the applicable Lenders. The Administrative
Agent will make such Loans available to the relevant Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account
of such Borrower maintained by the Administrative Agent (or another account specified by such Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request)
(i) in New York City, in the case of Loans denominated in US Dollars (ii) in London, in the case of Loans denominated in Euros and
(iii) in Toronto, in the case of Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars. Each Lender shall make each Contract Loan to be made by it hereunder
on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by the time and to the account agreed upon by the relevant
Borrower and the applicable Lender.
(b) Unless the Administrative
Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to
the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such
share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available
to the relevant Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing
available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent has made an amount corresponding to such share available to such Borrower,
then the applicable Lender and such Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding
amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to such Borrower to but excluding
the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the rate reasonably determined by the Administrative
Agent to be the cost to it of funding such amount or (ii) in the case of such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the subject
Loan. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included
in such Borrowing and the Administrative Agent shall return to such Borrower any amount (including interest) paid by such Borrower to
the Administrative Agent pursuant to this paragraph.
SECTION
2.07. Repayment of Borrowings; Evidence of Debt. (a) Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative
Agent for the accounts of the applicable Lenders unless otherwise specified in this Section 2.07, the then unpaid principal amount of
the Loans comprising each Borrowing of such Borrower on the Maturity Date. Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the
applicable Lender the then
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unpaid principal amount of each Contract Loan
on the date or dates agreed by such Borrower and such Lender. Each Borrower agrees to repay the principal amount of each Loan made to
such Borrower and the accrued interest thereon in the currency of such Loan.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain
in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the obligations of each Borrower to such Lender resulting from
the Loans made, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(c) The Administrative Agent
shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Borrowing made hereunder, the Class, Type and currency thereof
and the Interest Period applicable thereto and (ii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the
accounts of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the
accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and
amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such
accounts, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of any Borrower to repay the Loans made to it in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Any Lender may request
that Loans of any Class made by it to any Borrower be evidenced by a promissory note if it is the policy of such Lender to obtain promissory
notes in transactions comparable to those provided for herein or if such Lender has another business reason for requesting such a promissory
note. In such event, each applicable Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order
of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) in the form of Exhibit C hereto. Thereafter,
the Loans evidenced by each such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 10.04)
be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note
is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).
SECTION
2.08. Interest Elections. (a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request
and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. After the
initial Borrowings under any Tranche, the Borrowers may elect to convert and continue such Borrowings to or as other Borrowings under
such Tranche as provided in this Section. The Borrowers may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected
Borrowings, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowings,
and any Loans resulting from an election made with respect to any such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section, no Borrowing may be converted into or continued as a Borrowing with an Interest Period ending after
the Maturity Date. This Section shall not apply to Contract Loans, which may not be converted or continued.
(b) To make an election pursuant
to this Section, a Borrower, or the Company on its behalf, shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the
time and date that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were
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requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting
from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable
and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form
approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the relevant Borrower, or the Company on its behalf. Notwithstanding any contrary provision
herein, this Section shall not be construed to permit any Borrower to (i) change the currency of any Borrowing, (ii) elect an
Interest Period for Term Benchmark Loans that does not comply with Section 2.02(d) or (iii) convert any Borrowing to a Borrowing
not available under the Class of Commitments pursuant to which such Borrowing was made.
(c) Each telephonic and written
Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.03:
(i)
the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different
portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant
to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii)
the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii)
in the case of an election with respect to a US Tranche Borrowing, whether a Term Benchmark Borrowing or an ABR Borrowing is elected;
in the case of an election with respect to a Canadian Tranche Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars, whether a Term Benchmark Borrowing
or a Canadian Base Rate Borrowing is elected; and in the case of an election with respect to a Canadian Tranche Borrowing denominated
in US Dollars, whether a Term Benchmark Borrowing or an ABR Borrowing is elected; and
(iv)
in the case of an election of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such
election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; provided that no Term
Benchmark Borrowing may be elected with an Interest Period that would extend after the Maturity Date.
If any such Interest Election Request requests
a Term Benchmark Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period
of one month’s duration.
(d) Promptly following receipt
of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion
of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the relevant Borrower
fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Term Benchmark Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period, such Borrowing shall
(i) in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, be converted to an ABR Borrowing, (ii) in the case of a Term
Benchmark Borrowing
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denominated in Canadian Dollars, be converted
into a Canadian Base Rate Borrowing and (iii) in the case of any other Term Benchmark Borrowing, become due and payable on the last day
of such Interest Period.
(f) [Reserved.]
(g) The conversion or continuation
of any Borrowing shall not constitute a repayment of amounts outstanding or a new advance of funds hereunder.
SECTION
2.09. Termination, Reduction, Increase and Extension of Commitments. (a) Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall
terminate on the Maturity Date.
(b) The Company may at any
time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments of any Class; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments
of any Class shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum, (ii)
the Company shall not terminate or reduce the US Tranche Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the US Tranche
Loans in accordance with Section 2.10, aggregate US Tranche Exposures would exceed the aggregate US Tranche Commitments, (iii) the
Company shall not terminate or reduce the Canadian Tranche Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Canadian
Tranche Loans in accordance with Section 2.10, the aggregate Canadian Tranche Exposures would exceed the aggregate Canadian Tranche
Commitments, (iv) the Company shall not terminate or reduce the Euro Tranche Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent
prepayment of the Euro Tranche Loans in accordance with Section 2.10, the aggregate Euro Tranche Exposures would exceed the aggregate
Euro Tranche Commitments and (v) the Company shall not terminate or reduce any Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment
of Loans in accordance with Section 2.10, the aggregate Exposures would exceed the aggregate Commitments.
(c) The Company shall notify
the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments of any Class under paragraph (b) of this Section
at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying the effective date of such election.
Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the applicable Lenders of the contents thereof. Each
notice delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments
delivered by the Company may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such
notice may be revoked by the Company (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition
is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments of
any Class shall be made ratably among the applicable Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments of such Class.
(d) (i) The Company may on
one or more occasions, by written notice to the Administrative Agent and executed by the Company and one or more financial institutions
(any such financial institution referred to in this paragraph (d) being called an “Increasing Lender”),
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which may include any Lender, cause new Commitments
of any Tranche to be extended by the Increasing Lenders (or cause the Commitments of any Tranche of the Increasing Lenders to be increased,
as the case may be) in amounts set forth in such notice not to be less than (A) $10,000,000 for each Increasing Lender and (B) $25,000,000
for all Increasing Lenders under each such notice; provided that (x) at no time shall the aggregate amount of all extensions of
new Commitments and increases in existing Commitments effected pursuant to this paragraph (d) exceed $500,000,000, (y) each Increasing
Lender, if not already a Lender hereunder, shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the Company (which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and (z) each Increasing Lender, if not already a Lender hereunder, shall execute
all such documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Commitment or Commitments of such Increasing
Lender and/or its status as a Lender hereunder. The decision of any Lender to increase its Commitment shall be at the sole discretion
of such Lender.
(ii)
Extensions of new Commitments and increases in existing Commitments pursuant to this paragraph (d) shall become effective on the
date specified in the applicable notice delivered by the Company pursuant to subparagraph (i) above. Upon the effectiveness of such extensions
of new Commitments and/or increases in existing Commitments, (A) each Increasing Lender not already a Lender hereunder shall be deemed
to be a party to this Agreement and shall thereafter be entitled to all rights, benefits and privileges accorded a Lender hereunder and
subject to all obligations of a Lender hereunder and (B) Schedule 2.01 shall be deemed to have been amended to reflect the new Commitments
or the increases in the Commitments, as applicable, of each Increasing Lender as set forth in the applicable notice delivered by the Company.
(iii)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in the Commitments (or in any Commitment of any Lender) or extension of new Commitments
hereunder shall become effective under this paragraph (d) unless (A) on the date of such increase or extension, the conditions set forth
in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 shall be satisfied (without giving effect to the parenthetical in such paragraph (a)) and the
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the Company
and (B) the Administrative Agent shall have received documents consistent with those delivered pursuant to Section 4.01(b) and (c) as
to the corporate power and authority of the Borrowers to borrow hereunder after giving effect to such increase or extension.
(iv)
On the effective date of any extension of a new Commitment of any Tranche or increase in an existing Commitment of any Tranche
pursuant to this paragraph (d), (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans of such Tranche outstanding (the “Initial
Loans”) immediately prior to giving effect to such extension or increase shall be deemed to be repaid, (B) after the effectiveness
of such extension or increase, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have made new Revolving Borrowings of such Tranche (the “Subsequent
Borrowings”) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Loans and of the Types
and for the Interest Periods specified in a Borrowing Request delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.03, (C)
each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent in same day funds an amount equal to the difference, if positive, between (x) such Lender’s
Tranche Percentage (calculated after giving effect to any such extension or increase) of the Subsequent Borrowings and (y) such Lender’s
Tranche Percentage (calculated
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without giving effect to any such extension
or increase) of the Initial Loans, (D) after the Administrative Agent receives the funds specified in clause (C) above, the Administrative
Agent shall pay to each Lender the portion of such funds that is equal to the difference, if positive, between (x) such Lender’s
Tranche Percentage (calculated without giving effect to any such extension or increase) of the Initial Loans and (y) such Lender’s
Tranche Percentage (calculated after giving effect to any such extension or increase) of the amount of the Subsequent Borrowings, (E)
each Lender shall be deemed to hold its applicable Tranche Percentage of each Subsequent Borrowing (each calculated after giving effect
to any such extension or increase) and (F) each applicable Borrower shall pay each Lender any and all accrued but unpaid interest on the
Initial Loans. The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (A) above in respect of each Term Benchmark Loan shall be subject to the provisions
of Section 2.15 if the effective date of the extension of or increase in Commitments pursuant to this paragraph (d) occurs other than
on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto and breakage costs result.
(e) The Company may, from
time to time and by written notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly deliver a copy to each of the Lenders) given not
fewer than 30 days and not more than 120 days prior to any anniversary of the Effective Date, request that the Lenders extend the
Maturity Date and the Commitments for an additional period of one year (the date of any such request being called the “Request
Date”). Each Lender shall, by notice to the Company and the Administrative Agent given not later than the 20th day after the
date of the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the Company’s extension request, advise the Company whether or not it agrees
to the requested extension (each Lender agreeing to a requested extension being called a “Consenting Lender” and each
Lender declining to agree to a requested extension being called a “Declining Lender”). Any Lender that has not so advised
the Company and the Administrative Agent by such day shall be deemed to have declined to agree to such extension and shall be a Declining
Lender. If Lenders constituting the Required Lenders shall have agreed to an extension request, then the Maturity Date shall, as to the
Consenting Lenders, be extended to the first anniversary of the Maturity Date theretofore in effect. The decision of any Lender to agree
or withhold agreement to any extension request shall be at the sole discretion of such Lender. The Commitment of any Declining Lender
shall terminate on the Maturity Date for such Lender in effect immediately prior to giving effect to any such extension (such Maturity
Date being called the “Existing Maturity Date”). The principal amount of any outstanding Loans made by Declining Lenders,
together with any accrued interest thereon, and any accrued fees and other amounts payable to or for the accounts of such Declining Lenders
hereunder, shall be due and payable on the Existing Maturity Date, and on the Existing Maturity Date, each Borrower shall also make such
other prepayments of its Loans as shall be required in order that, after giving effect to the termination of the Commitments of, and all
payments to, Declining Lenders pursuant to this sentence, the aggregate Exposures shall not exceed the aggregate Commitments. Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the Company shall have the right, pursuant to Section 2.18(b), at any time prior to the Existing
Maturity Date, to replace any Declining Lender with a Lender or other financial institution that will agree to a request for the extension
of the Maturity Date, and any such replacement Lender shall for all purposes constitute a Consenting Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
no extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to this paragraph shall become effective unless (i) on the date of such increase or extension,
the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 shall be satisfied (without giving effect to the parenthetical in such
paragraph (a)) and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed
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by the President, a Vice President, or a Financial
Officer of the Company and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received documents consistent with those delivered pursuant to Section
4.01(b) and (c) as to the corporate power and authority of the Borrowers to borrow hereunder after giving effect to such extension.
SECTION
2.10. Prepayment of Loans. (a) Any Borrower, or the Company on behalf of any Borrower, shall have the right at any time
and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing of such Borrower in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph
(d) of this Section; provided that, unless the applicable Borrowers and Lenders shall have otherwise agreed at the time such Loans
were made, Contract Loans may be prepaid only with the consent of the Lenders making such Loans.
(b) If the aggregate Exposures
of any Class shall exceed the aggregate Commitments of such Class, then (i) on the last day of any Interest Period for any Term Benchmark
Borrowing of such Class and (ii) on any other date in the event ABR Borrowings or Canadian Base Rate Borrowings shall be outstanding under
such Class, the applicable Borrowers shall prepay Loans of such Class in an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the amount necessary
to eliminate such excess (after giving effect to any other prepayment of Loans on such day) and (B) the amount of the applicable
Borrowings referred to in clause (i) or (ii), as applicable. If, on any Test Date, the aggregate amount of the Exposures of any Class
shall exceed 105% of the aggregate Commitments of such Class, then the applicable Borrowers shall, not later than the next Business Day,
prepay one or more Borrowings of such Class in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to eliminate such excess.
(c) Prior to any optional
or mandatory prepayment of Borrowings, the applicable Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify
such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section.
(d) The applicable Borrower,
or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower, shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy or electronic
communication) of any prepayment of a Borrowing hereunder (i) in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, not
later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, three U.S. Government Securities Business Days before the date of such prepayment, (ii) in the case
of a Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Euros or Canadian Dollars, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, three Business
Days before the date of such prepayment and (iii) in the case of an ABR Borrowing or a Canadian Base Rate Borrowing, not later than
11:00 a.m., Local Time, one Business Day before the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the
prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of optional
prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.09(c),
then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.09(c). Promptly
following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the applicable Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial
prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as
provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing.
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Prepayments shall be accompanied by (i) accrued
interest to the extent required by Section 2.12 and (ii) break funding payments pursuant to Section 2.15.
SECTION
2.11. Fees. (a) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, in US Dollars, for the account of the office (or
Affiliate) of each Lender (except, in the case of any Defaulting Lender, as provided in Section 2.20) from which such Lender would make
Loans to the Company in US Dollars hereunder (which office or Affiliate shall be specified by each Canadian Tranche Lender and Euro Tranche
Lender in a notice delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the initial payment to such Lender under this paragraph), a commitment
fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily unused amount of the Commitment of such Lender during the period from and
including the date hereof to but excluding the date on which the last of such Commitments terminates. Accrued commitment fees shall be
payable in arrears on the fifteenth day after the last day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the first
such date to occur after the date hereof, and on the date on which all the Commitments shall have terminated and the Lenders shall have
no further Exposures. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number
of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). For purposes of computing commitment fees, a commitment of a Lender
shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the outstanding Loans of such Lender.
(b) [Reserved.]
(c) The Company agrees to
pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the
Company and the Administrative Agent.
(d) All fees payable hereunder
shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of commitment
fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
SECTION
2.12. Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable
Rate.
(b) The Loans comprising
each Canadian Base Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at the Canadian Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(c) The Loans comprising
each Term Benchmark Borrowing shall bear interest (i) in the case of a Term Benchmark Revolving Borrowing in US Dollars, at the Term
SOFR Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate, (ii) in the case of a Term Benchmark Revolving
Borrowing in Euros, at the EURIBOR Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate, or (iii) in
the case of a Term Benchmark Revolving Borrowing in Canadian Dollars, at the Adjusted Term CORRA Rate for the Interest Period in effect
for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(d) Each Contract Loan shall
bear interest at a rate per annum agreed upon between the applicable Borrower and Lender.
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(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee payable by any Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity,
upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to
(i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% per annum plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding
paragraphs of this Section, (ii) in the case of any other amount payable in US Dollars, 2% per annum plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans
as provided in paragraph (a) above and (iii) in the case of any other amount payable in Canadian Dollars, 2% plus the rate applicable
to Canadian Base Rate Loans as provided in paragraph (b) above.
(f) Accrued interest on each
Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph
(e) above shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR
Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the
date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Term Benchmark Loan prior to the end of the current
Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(g) All interest hereunder
shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Canadian Base Rate, the Term
CORRA Rate or the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis
of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including
the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Canadian Base Rate, Term SOFR Rate, EURIBOR Rate or Adjusted
Term CORRA Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION
2.13. Alternate Rate of Interest. (a) Subject to clauses (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this Section 2.13, if:
(i)
the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) (A) prior to the commencement
of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Term SOFR Rate,
the EURIBOR Rate or the Adjusted Term CORRA Rate (including because the applicable Screen Rate is not available or published on a current
basis) for the applicable Agreed Currency and such Interest Period or (B) at any time, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist
for ascertaining Daily Simple SOFR; or
(ii)
the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that would participate in such Borrowing that (A) prior to the commencement
of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Term SOFR Rate, the EURIBOR Rate or the Adjusted Term CORRA Rate for the applicable
Agreed Currency and such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their
Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period or (B) at any time, Daily Simple SOFR will not adequately and fairly reflect
the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing;
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then the Administrative Agent shall give notice
thereof to the applicable Borrower and the applicable Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until
(x) the Administrative Agent notifies the applicable Borrower and the applicable Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice
no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the Borrower delivers a new Interest Election Request in accordance with
the terms of Section 2.08 or a new Borrowing Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03, (A) for Loans denominated in US Dollars,
(1) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Term Benchmark
Borrowing and any Borrowing Request that requests a Term Benchmark Borrowing shall instead be deemed to be an Interest Election Request
or a Borrowing Request, as applicable, for (x) a Daily Simple SOFR Borrowing so long as Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of Section
2.13(a)(i) or (ii) above or (y) an ABR Borrowing if Daily Simple SOFR also is the subject of Section 2.13(a)(i) or (ii) above, (B) for
Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars, any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation
of any Borrowing as, a Term Benchmark Borrowing and any Borrowing Request that requests a Term Benchmark Borrowing shall instead be deemed
to be an Interest Election Request or a Borrowing Request, as applicable, for a Canadian Base Rate Borrowing and (C) for Loans denominated
Euros, any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Term Benchmark
Borrowing and any Borrowing Request that requests a Term Benchmark Borrowing shall be ineffective; provided that if the circumstances
giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then the other Types of Borrowings shall be permitted. Furthermore, if
any Term Benchmark Loan or Daily Simple SOFR Loan is outstanding on the date of the applicable Borrower’s receipt of the notice
from the Administrative Agent referred to in this Section 2.13(a) with respect to the Term SOFR Rate, Daily Simple SOFR, the EURIBOR Rate
or the Adjusted Term CORRA Rate, as applicable, then until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies the applicable Borrower and the applicable
Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the applicable
Borrower delivers a new Interest Election Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.08 or a new Borrowing Request in accordance
with the terms of Section 2.03, (A) for Loans denominated in US Dollars, (1) any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest
Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), be converted by the Administrative
Agent to, and shall constitute, (x) a Daily Simple SOFR Borrowing so long as Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of Section 2.13(a)(i)
or (ii) above or (y) an ABR Loan if Daily Simple SOFR also is the subject of Section 2.13(a)(i) or (ii) above, on such day and (2) any
Daily Simple SOFR Loan shall on and from such day be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, an ABR Loan, (B)
for Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars, any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan
(or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute,
a Canadian Base Rate Loan on such day and (C) for Loans denominated in Euros, any Term Benchmark Loan shall, on the last day of the Interest
Period applicable to such Loan, bear interest at the Central Bank Rate plus the CBR Spread; provided that, if the Administrative
Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate cannot be determined,
any outstanding affected Term Benchmark Loans denominated in Euros shall, at the Borrower’s election prior to such day: (1) be prepaid
by the Borrower on such day or (2) solely for the purpose of calculating the interest
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rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan,
such Term Benchmark Loan denominated in Euros shall be deemed to be a Term Benchmark Loan denominated in US Dollars and shall accrue interest
at the same interest rate applicable to Term Benchmark Loans denominated in US Dollars at such time.
(b) Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have
occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined
in accordance with clause (1) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” with respect to US Dollars for such Benchmark Replacement
Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark (including any related adjustments) for all purposes hereunder and under
any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or
consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance
with clause (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” with respect to any Agreed Currency for such Benchmark Replacement
Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any
Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement
is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement
from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
(c) Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent will have the right, in consultation with the Company,
to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other
Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action
or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(d) The Administrative Agent
will promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, (ii) the implementation of any
Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (iv) the removal or reinstatement of any
tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (e) below and (v) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination,
decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders), pursuant to this
Section 2.13, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event,
circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent
manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.13.
(e) Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement),
(i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Rate,
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EURIBOR Rate or Term CORRA Rate) and either
(A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time
as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark
has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is or will be no longer representative,
then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for any Benchmark settings at or after such time
to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is
subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no
longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement),
then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for all Benchmark settings at or after such time
to reinstate such previously removed tenor.
(f) Upon the Company’s
receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Company may revoke any request for a Borrowing of, conversion
to or continuation of Term Benchmark Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing
that, (x) the Company will be deemed to have converted any request for a Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in US Dollars into a request
for a Borrowing of or conversion to (A) a Daily Simple SOFR Borrowing so long as Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition
Event or (B) an ABR Borrowing if Daily Simple SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event, (y) the Company will be deemed to have
converted any request for a Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to
a Canadian Base Rate Borrowing or (z) any request for a Term Benchmark Borrowing denominated in Euros will be ineffective. During any
Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of
the Alternate Base Rate or Canadian Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will
not be used in any determination of the Alternate Base Rate or Canadian Base Rate, as applicable. Furthermore, if any Term Benchmark Loan
or Daily Simple SOFR Loan is outstanding on the date of the Company’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability
Period with respect to the Term SOFR Rate, Daily Simple SOFR, the EURIBOR Rate or the Adjusted Term CORRA Rate, as applicable, then until
such time as a Benchmark Replacement is implemented pursuant to this Section 2.13, (A) for Loans denominated in US Dollars (1) any Term
Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is
not a Business Day), be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, (x) a Daily Simple SOFR Loan so long as Daily
Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (y) an ABR Loan if Daily Simple SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition
Event, on such day and (2) any Daily Simple SOFR Loan shall on and from such day be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall
constitute, an ABR Loan, (B) for Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars, any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest
Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), be converted by the Administrative
Agent to, and shall constitute, a Canadian Base Rate Loan on such day, and (C) for Loans denominated in Euros, any Term Benchmark Loan
shall, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan, bear interest at the Central Bank Rate plus the CBR Spread; provided
that, if the Administrative Agent determines
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(which determination shall be conclusive and
binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate cannot be determined, any outstanding affected Term Benchmark Loans denominated
in Euros shall, at the Borrower’s election prior to such day: (i) be prepaid by the Borrower on such day or (ii) solely for the
purpose of calculating the interest rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan, such Term Benchmark Loan denominated in Euros shall be
deemed to be a Term Benchmark Loan denominated in US Dollars and shall accrue interest at the same interest rate applicable to Term Benchmark
Loans denominated in US Dollars at such time.
SECTION
2.14. Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law or the applicability of any Statutory Reserves 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 by, any Lender; or
(ii)
impose on any Lender or the applicable offshore interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Term Benchmark
Loans made by such Lender or participations therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall
be to increase the cost to such Lender of making, continuing, converting into or maintaining any Loan or to reduce the amount of any sum
received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Company will pay or cause the
other Borrowers to pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred
or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender reasonably
determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return
on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or
the Loans made by, such Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but
for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company
with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Company will pay or cause the other Borrowers to pay to such
Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for
any such reduction suffered.
(c) Each Lender shall determine
the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, as the case may be, as specified in
paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section using the methods customarily used by it for such purpose (and if such Lender uses more than
one such method, the method used hereunder shall be that which most accurately determines such amount or amounts). A certificate of a
Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, as the case may
be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, and an explanation in reasonable detail of the method and calculations
by which such amount shall have been determined, shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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The Company shall pay or cause the other Borrowers
to pay to such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 15 Business Days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure or delay on the
part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand
such compensation; provided that the Company shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased
costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise
to such increased costs or reductions and delivers a certificate with respect thereto as provided in paragraph (c) above; provided
further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred
to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION
2.15. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on
the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Term
Benchmark Loan to a Loan of a different Type or Interest Period other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto,
(c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless
of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.10(d) and is revoked in accordance therewith), or (d) the assignment or deemed
assignment of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by
the Company pursuant to Section 2.18, then, in any such event, the applicable Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss,
cost and expense attributable to such event. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled
to receive pursuant to this Section, and setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations used by such Lender to determine such amount
or amounts, shall be delivered to the applicable Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The applicable Borrower shall
pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 15 Business Days after receipt thereof.
SECTION
2.16. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any Borrower in respect of any Obligation hereunder or under any
other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that
if any Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall
be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under
this Section) the Administrative Agent or the applicable Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have
received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) such Borrower shall pay the
full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, the Borrowers
shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) The relevant Borrower
shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 15 Business Days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of
any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case
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may be, on or with respect to any payment by
or on account of any obligation of any Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising
therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted
by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability setting forth in reasonable detail
the circumstances giving rise thereto and the calculations used by such Lender to determine the amount thereof delivered to the Company
by a Lender, or by the Administrative Agent, on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) As soon as practicable
after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by any Borrower to a Governmental Authority, such Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy
of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Each Lender shall severally
indemnify the Administrative Agent for (i) any Taxes (but, in the case of any Indemnified Taxes, only to the extent that the relevant
Borrower has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the relevant
Borrower to do so) attributable to such Lender and (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions
of Section 10.04(h) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register, in each case that are paid or payable by the Administrative
Agent in connection with any Loan Document and any penalties, interest and 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. The indemnity under this
paragraph (e) shall be paid within 15 Business Days after the Administrative Agent delivers to the applicable Lender a certificate stating
the amount of Taxes so paid or payable by the Administrative Agent. Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable
absent manifest error.
(f) (i) Any Lender that
is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which a Borrower is located, or
any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Company (with a copy
to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed
by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Company as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate;
provided that such Lender has received written notice from the Company advising it of the availability of such exemption or reduction
and containing all applicable documentation.
(ii) If a payment
made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to United States 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 Withholding Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time
or times reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent, such documentation prescribed by
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applicable law (including as prescribed
by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent as may be
necessary for the Withholding Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied
with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA and, as necessary, to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.
Solely for purposes of this Section 2.16(f)(ii), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of
this Agreement.
SECTION
2.17. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs. (a) Except as agreed by the relevant Borrower and the
applicable Lenders with respect to Contract Loans, each Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under
any other Loan Document (whether of principal, interest or fees, or of amounts payable under Section 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16, or otherwise)
prior to 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts
received after such time (or any other applicable time agreed by the relevant Borrower and the applicable Lenders with respect to Contract
Loans) on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business
Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to such account as the Administrative Agent shall from
time to time specify in a notice delivered to the Company and the applicable Borrower; provided that payments to the applicable
Lenders in respect of Contract Loans and payments pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 10.03 shall be made directly to the Persons
entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the Persons specified therein (it being agreed that the
Borrowers will be deemed to have satisfied their obligations with respect to payments referred to in this proviso if they shall make such
payments to the persons entitled thereto in accordance with instructions provided by the Administrative Agent; the Administrative Agent
agrees to provide such instructions upon request, and no Borrower will be deemed to have failed to make such a payment if it shall transfer
such payment to an improper account or address as a result of the failure of the Administrative Agent to provide proper instructions).
The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any Lender or other Person promptly, in
accordance with customary banking practices, following receipt thereof at the appropriate lending office or other address specified by
such Lender or other Person. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for
the period of such extension. All payments hereunder of principal or interest in respect of any Loan shall be made in the currency of
such Loan; all other payments hereunder and under each other Loan Document shall be made in US Dollars. Any payment required to be made
by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if the Administrative Agent shall, at or
before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the
clearing or settlement system used by the Administrative Agent to make such payment. Any amount payable by the Administrative Agent to
one or more Lenders in the national currency of a member state of the European Union that has adopted the Euro as its lawful currency
shall be paid in Euros.
(b) If any Lender shall,
by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on its US Tranche
Loans,
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Canadian Tranche Loans or Euro Tranche Loans
resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its US Tranche Loans, Canadian Tranche Loans
and Euro Tranche Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater
proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the US Tranche Loans, Canadian Tranche Loans and Euro Tranche Loans
of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance
with the aggregate amount of their respective US Tranche Loans, Canadian Tranche Loans and Euro Tranche Loans and accrued interest thereon;
provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered,
such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the
provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by any Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the
express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation
in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the
provisions of this paragraph shall apply). Each Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so
under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Borrower
rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower
in the amount of such participation. Any purchaser of a participation under this paragraph shall have the benefit of Sections 2.14, 2.15
and 2.16 with respect to the participation purchased, but shall not be deemed by virtue of such purchase to have extended any Commitment
that it had not extended prior to such purchase.
(c) Unless the Administrative
Agent shall have received notice from the relevant Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due for the account of all or certain
of the Lenders hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Borrower has made
such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the applicable Lenders, as the
case may be, the amount due. In such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the applicable Lenders severally
agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each
day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at
a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry practices on interbank compensation.
(d) If any Lender shall fail
to make any payment required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement, then the Administrative Agent may,
in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by it for the account of such
Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations to the Administrative Agent until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
SECTION
2.18. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, or
if any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender
pursuant to Section 2.16, then such Lender shall consult with the Company regarding any actions that could be taken to reduce amounts
payable under such Sections and the costs of taking such
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actions and shall, at the request of the Company
following such consultations, 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 2.14 or 2.16, as the case may be,
in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to
such Lender. The Company hereby agrees to pay all reasonable, direct, out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection
with any such designation or assignment.
(b) If (i) any Lender
requests compensation under Section 2.14, (ii) or if any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or
any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, (iii) or if any Lender becomes a Defaulting
Lender, (iv) any Lender delivers a Notice of Illegality pursuant to Section 2.19 or (v) any Lender is a Declining Lender, then
the Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign
and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 10.04), all its interests,
rights and obligations under the 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 Company shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, (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,
from the assignee or the Company, (C) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from the delivery of a Notice of
Illegality under Section 2.19, it shall not be unlawful under Federal or applicable state or foreign law for the assignee to make
Loans or otherwise extend credit to or do business with the Subsidiary in respect of which such Notice of Illegality was delivered and
(D) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from the status of a Lender as a Declining Lender, the assignee shall
have agreed to the extended Maturity Date resulting from the applicable extension request. A Lender shall not be required to make any
such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the
Company to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
SECTION
2.19. Designation of Borrowing Subsidiaries. The Company may at any time and from time to time designate any Subsidiary
as a US Borrowing Subsidiary or a Euro Borrowing Subsidiary, or designate any Canadian Subsidiary as a Canadian Borrowing Subsidiary by
delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement executed by such Subsidiary and the Company. As soon as practicable
upon receipt thereof, the Administrative Agent will post a copy of such Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement to the Lenders. Each Borrowing
Subsidiary Agreement shall become effective on the date five Business Days after it has been posted by the Administrative Agent to the
Lenders (subject to the receipt by any Lender of any information reasonably requested by it not later than the third Business Day after
the posting of such Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement under the Patriot Act or other “know-your-customer” laws including, to
the extent such Subsidiary qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial
Ownership Certification in relation to such Subsidiary), unless prior thereto the Administrative Agent shall have received written
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notice from any Lender that it shall be unlawful
under Federal or applicable state or foreign law or prohibited under such Lender’s bona fide internal policies of general applicability
for such Lender to make Loans or otherwise extend credit to or do business with such Subsidiary (a “Notice of Illegality”),
in which case such Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement shall not become effective until such time as such Lender withdraws such Notice of Illegality
or ceases to be a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 2.18(b). Upon the effectiveness of a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement as provided
in the preceding sentence, the applicable Subsidiary shall for all purposes of this Agreement be a US Borrowing Subsidiary, a Euro Borrowing
Subsidiary or a Canadian Borrowing Subsidiary, as the case may be, and a party to this Agreement until the Company shall have executed
and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Borrowing Subsidiary Termination with respect to such Subsidiary, whereupon such Subsidiary
shall cease to be a US Borrowing Subsidiary, a Euro Borrowing Subsidiary or a Canadian Borrowing Subsidiary, as the case may be, and a
party to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, no Borrowing Subsidiary Termination will become effective as to any Borrowing
Subsidiary at a time when any principal of or interest on any Loan to such Borrowing Subsidiary shall be outstanding hereunder, provided
that such Borrowing Subsidiary Termination shall be effective to terminate the right of such Borrowing Subsidiary, as the case may be,
to make further Borrowings under this Agreement. As soon as practicable upon receipt of a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement, the Administrative
Agent shall send a copy thereof to each Lender.
SECTION
2.20. Defaulting Lenders. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting
Lender, then:
(i)
commitment fees shall cease to accrue on the unused portion of each Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.11(a);
(ii)
the Commitments and Exposures of such Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded for purposes of any determination of whether the Required
Lenders or other requisite Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other
modification pursuant to Section 10.02); provided that any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders
or each affected Lender shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
(b) In the event that the
Administrative Agent and the Company shall agree that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender
to be a Defaulting Lender, then on such date such Lender shall fund its Loans to each Borrower or purchase at par Exposures of the other
Lenders, in each case as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Exposures ratably
in accordance with its applicable Commitments. Such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender upon remedying all matters to the satisfaction
of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, including the funding of any Exposure
or the closing of the purchase of any Exposure necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Exposures ratably in accordance with its
applicable Commitments.
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ARTICLE
III
Representations and Warranties
The Company and each other
Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
SECTION
3.01. Organization; Powers. The Company and each of the Material Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business
as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification
is required.
SECTION
3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within the Company’s and each other Borrower’s corporate
powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and, if required, stockholder action. This Agreement has been duly executed
and delivered by the Company and each other Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of them, enforceable
in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’
rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION
3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration
or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and
effect and except as may be required under applicable securities laws and regulations, (b) will not violate any applicable law or
regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Company or any other Borrower or any order of any Governmental
Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or instrument governing Material Indebtedness
binding upon the Company or any Subsidiary or their assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the
Company or any Subsidiary, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Company or any Subsidiary
under any indenture, agreement or instrument governing Material Indebtedness .
SECTION
3.04. Financial Position; No Material Adverse Change. (a) The Company has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its
consolidated balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of and for the fiscal year ended June
30, 2025 (the “Annual Financial Statements”), reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public
accountants, certified by its chief financial officer as presenting fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results
of operations of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied,
and its consolidated balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of and for the fiscal quarters
ended September 30, 2025, December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2026 (collectively, the “Quarterly Financial Statements”),
certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations
of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in
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accordance with GAAP consistently applied,
subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes. The Annual Financial Statements and the Quarterly Financial
Statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Company and
the consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to, in the case of the Quarterly
Financial Statements, normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
(b) Since March 31,
2026, there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets, operations, prospects or condition, financial or otherwise, of
the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION
3.05. Properties. The Company and each Material Subsidiary has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real
and personal property material to its business, except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its
business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes and except where the failure to do so, individually
or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters. (a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or
Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company and its Subsidiaries
(i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably
be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that involve this Agreement or the
Transactions.
(b) Except with respect to
any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none
of the Company and the Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any
permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has
received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.
SECTION
3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. The Company and each Material Subsidiary is in compliance with all laws, regulations
and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding
upon it or its property, except where the failure to be in compliance, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.08. Federal Reserve Regulations. (a) Neither any Borrower nor any Subsidiary is engaged principally, or as a substantial
part of its activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock (within the meaning
of Regulation U).
(b) No part of the proceeds
of any Loan has been or will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase
or carry
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Margin Stock (as defined in Regulation U of
the Board) or to refinance Indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose, or in any manner or for any purpose that has resulted or
will result in a violation of Regulation T, U or X of the Board.
SECTION
3.09. Investment Company Status. Neither any Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries is an “investment company”
as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.
SECTION
3.10. Taxes. The Company and the Material Subsidiaries have timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports
required to have been filed and have paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by them, except (a) any Taxes
that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Company or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books
adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
3.11. ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such
ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed by more
than US$100,000,000 the fair market value of the assets of such Plan, and the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of
all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not,
as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed by more than US$100,000,000 the fair market value
of the assets of all such underfunded Plans.
SECTION
3.12. Disclosure. Neither the Confidential Information Memorandum nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates
or other information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation
of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement
of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
SECTION
3.13. Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. The Company has implemented and will maintain and enforce policies and procedures
that are in the Company’s judgment appropriate to ensure compliance by the Company, its Subsidiaries, and their directors, officers,
employees and agents with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanction Laws. None of the Company or any Subsidiary or, to the
knowledge of any Borrower, any of their directors, officers or employees, is a Sanctioned Person.
SECTION
3.14. Affected Financial Institution. No Borrower is an Affected Financial Institution (as defined in Section 10.17).
SECTION
3.15. Outbound Investment Rules. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a “covered foreign person”
as that term is used in the Outbound Investment Rules.
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Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
currently engages, or has any present intention to engage in the future, 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 the Company were a U.S. Person or (iii) any other activity that would cause the Administrative Agent or any Lender
to be in violation of the Outbound Investment Rules or cause the Administrative Agent or any Lender to be legally prohibited by the Outbound
Investment Rules from performing under this Agreement.
ARTICLE
IV
Conditions
SECTION
4.01. Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective on the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied
(or waived in accordance with Section 10.02):
(a) The Administrative
Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such
party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include transmission by emailed .pdf or any other electronic
means of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) The Administrative
Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date)
of David Kwon, Esq., Chief Legal Officer of the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit D, and covering such other matters relating
to the Company, this Agreement or the Transactions as the Required Lenders shall reasonably request. The Company hereby requests such
counsel to deliver such opinion.
(c) The Administrative
Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to
the organization, existence and good standing of the Borrowers, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating
to the Borrowers, this Agreement or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(d) The Administrative
Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer
of the Company, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 (without
giving effect to the parenthetical in such paragraph (a)).
(e) The Administrative
Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced,
reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Company hereunder.
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(f) The commitments
under the Existing Credit Agreements shall have been or shall simultaneously be terminated and the principal of and interest accrued on
all loans outstanding thereunder and all fees and other amounts accrued or owing thereunder shall have been or shall simultaneously be
paid in full.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company
and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations
of the Lenders to make Loans shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section
10.02) at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 26, 2026 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied
or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).
SECTION
4.02. Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing is subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The representations
and warranties of the Borrowers set forth in this Agreement (other than the representations set forth in Sections 3.04(b) and 3.06(a))
shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing.
(b) At the time of
and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each Borrowing shall be deemed to constitute
a representation and warranty by the Borrowers on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of
this Section.
SECTION
4.03. Initial Credit Event for each Borrowing Subsidiary. The obligation of each Lender to make Loans to any Borrowing Subsidiary
is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The Administrative
Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement of such Borrowing Subsidiary duly executed by all parties
thereto.
(b) The Administrative
Agent shall have received such documents, legal opinions and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request
relating to the formation, existence and good standing of such Borrowing Subsidiary, the authorization of the Transactions insofar as
they relate to such Borrowing Subsidiary and any other legal matters relating to such Borrowing Subsidiary, its Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement
or such Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
ARTICLE
V
Affirmative Covenants
Until the Commitments have
expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees and other amounts payable hereunder shall have
been paid in full, the Company and each other Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
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SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements
and Other Information. The Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent (for prompt distribution to the Lenders):
(a) within 90 days
after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’
equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous
fiscal year, all reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without
a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit)
to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results
of operations of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(b) within 45 days
after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, its consolidated balance sheet and related
statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed
portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or,
in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) concurrently
with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company certifying
as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to
be taken with respect thereto;
(d) promptly after
the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Company
or any of its subsidiaries with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the
functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Company to its shareholders generally, as
the case may be;
(e) promptly, but
not later than five Business Days after the publication of any change by Fitch, Moody’s or S&P in its Rating, notice of such
change; and
(f) promptly following
any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial position of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.
Reports required to be delivered pursuant to
subsections (a), (b) and (d) of this Section 5.01 shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which the Company posts such
reports on the
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Company’s website on the Internet at
www.adp.com or when such report is posted on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov; provided that the Company shall deliver paper
copies of the reports referred to in subsection (a), (b) and (d) of this Section 5.01 to the Administrative Agent or any Lender who requests
the Company to deliver such paper copies until written notice to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or
such Lender. Notices required to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section 5.01 shall be deemed to have been delivered on
the date on which the Company posts such information on the Internet at the website www.adp.com or when the publication is first made
available by means of Fitch, Moody’s or S&P’s (as the case may be) Internet subscription service. The Administrative Agent
shall promptly make available to each Lender a copy of the certificate to be delivered pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section 5.01
by posting such certificate on IntraLinks or by other similar means.
SECTION
5.02. Notices of Material Events. The Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice
(in any case within five Business Days) of the following:
(a) the occurrence of any Default;
(b) the filing or
commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Company
or any Subsidiary as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(c) any other development
that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall
be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Company setting forth the details of the event
or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION
5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business. The Company will, and will cause each other Borrower to, do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges
and franchises material to the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation,
liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03.
SECTION
5.04. Payment of Taxes. The Company will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, pay its Tax liabilities, that, if
not paid, could result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity
or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Company or such Subsidiary has set aside on
its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of
Properties. The Company will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, keep and maintain all property material to the conduct
of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
SECTION
5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights. The Company will keep proper books of record and account in which full, true
and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Company will permit any
representatives designated by the Administrative Agent, or by any Lender through the Administrative Agent, at reasonable times and upon
reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss
its affairs, finances and condition with its officers.
SECTION
5.07. Compliance with Laws. The Company will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations
and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property (including ERISA and environmental laws), except where the failure
to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company will
maintain and enforce policies and procedures that are in the Company’s judgment appropriate to ensure compliance by the Company,
its Subsidiaries, and their directors, officers, employees and agents with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanction Laws.
SECTION
5.08. Use of Proceeds. (a) The proceeds of the Loans will be used only for general corporate purposes, including the refinancing
of any indebtedness outstanding on the Effective Date under the Existing Credit Agreements or under the Company’s Five-Year Credit
Agreement dated as of June 27, 2025. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, to purchase or
carry Margin Stock (as defined in Regulation U of the Board) or to refinance Indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose, or in
any manner or for any purpose that will result in a violation of Regulation T, U or X of the Board.
(b) The proceeds of any Borrowing
will not directly or knowingly indirectly be used by the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries for the purpose of (i) making or furthering a
payment, a promise to pay or an offer of money or value to any Person in violation of applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, (ii) financing
any activity or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person or in any Sanctioned Country, to the extent such activities or transactions
would be prohibited by Sanction Laws if conducted by a corporation incorporated in the United States or (iii) carrying out any other transaction
that would result in the violation of any applicable Sanction Laws.
ARTICLE
VI
Negative Covenants
Until the Commitments have
expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees and other amounts payable hereunder have been paid in
full, the Company and each other Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION
6.01. Liens. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien
on any property or asset now
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owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign
or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect thereof, except:
(a) Permitted Encumbrances;
(b) any Lien on any
property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.01; provided that
(i) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of any of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries and (ii) such
Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do
not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
(c) any Lien existing
on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any
Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that (i) such
Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be,
(ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of any of the Company or any Subsidiary and (iii) such Lien shall
secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case
may be, and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
(d) Liens on fixed
or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Liens and the
Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction
or improvement, (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed
or capital assets and (iii) such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary;
(e) Liens on securities
deemed to exist under repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements entered into by the Company and the Subsidiaries; and
(f) other Liens not
expressly permitted by clauses (a) through (e) above; provided that the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding
obligations secured by Liens permitted under this clause (f) and (ii) the Attributable Debt permitted by Section 6.02(b) does not at any
time exceed 25% of Consolidated Net Worth. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company may treat obligations that appear on its consolidated
balance sheet arising from factoring or other financing arrangements pursuant to which it or any subsidiary sells accounts receivable
as being secured by a Lien for purposes of this Section 6.01(f).
SECTION
6.02. Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into
any Sale and Leaseback Transaction except:
(a) Sale and Leaseback
Transactions to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party as of the date hereof; and
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(b) other Sale and
Leaseback Transactions; provided that the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding obligations secured by Liens
permitted by Section 6.01(f) and (ii) the aggregate Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted by this
clause (b) does not at any time exceed 25% of Consolidated Net Worth.
SECTION
6.03. Fundamental Changes. Neither the Company nor any other Borrower will merge into or consolidate with any other Person,
or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction
or in a series of transactions and including by means of any merger or sale of capital stock or otherwise) all or substantially all of
its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after
giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such transaction, the Company or any Borrower
may merge or consolidate with any Person if (a) the Company or such Borrower, as the case may be, is the surviving Person or (b) the surviving
Person (i) is organized under the laws of The United States of America or, in the case of a merger or consolidation of a Borrower other
than the Company, the jurisdiction of organization of such Borrower, and (ii) assumes in writing all of the Company’s or such Borrower’s
obligations under this Agreement pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, such satisfaction to be
based solely upon the validity and enforceability of the assumption contained in such documentation.
SECTION
6.04. Outbound Investment Rules. The Company 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 the Company were a U.S. Person or (iii) any other activity that would
cause the Administrative Agent or any Lender to be in violation of the Outbound Investment Rules or cause the Administrative Agent or
any Lender to be legally prohibited by the Outbound Investment Rules from performing under this Agreement.
ARTICLE
VII
Events of Default
If any of the following events
(“Events of Default”) shall occur:
(a) the Company or
any other Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date
thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;
(b) the Company or
any other Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause
(a) of this
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Article) payable under this Agreement,
when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days;
(c) any representation
or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Company or any Borrower in or in connection with this Agreement or any amendment
or modification hereof or waiver hereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to
or in connection with this Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof or waiver hereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in
any material respect when made or deemed made;
(d) the Company or
any Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02, 5.03 (with respect
to the Company’s or such Borrower’s existence) or 5.08 or in Article VI;
(e) the Company or
any Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified
in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice
thereof from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the Company;
(f) the Company or
any Subsidiary shall default in the payment of any Material Indebtedness when and as due, or any event or condition shall occur that results
in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity; provided, that if the maturity of any Material Indebtedness
of a Person acquired directly or indirectly by the Company after the date hereof shall be accelerated by reason of such acquisition, no
Event of Default under this paragraph (f) shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to such Material Indebtedness so long as such
acceleration shall have been rescinded, or such Material Indebtedness shall have been repaid, within five Business Days following the
date of such acceleration;
(g) an involuntary
proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in
respect of the Company or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and,
in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering
any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(h) the Company or
any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or
other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent
to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (g) of this
Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official
for the Company or any Material Subsidiary or for a
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substantial part of its assets, (iv) file
an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment
for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or
(i) the Company or
any Material Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing its inability, or fail generally, to pay its debts as they become due;
then, and in every such event (other than an
event with respect to any Borrower described in clause (g) or (h) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance
of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Company, take either or
both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments
shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case
any principal or other amount not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the
principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of
the Borrowers accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers; and in case of any event with respect to any of the Borrowers described in clause
(g) or (h) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with
accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable,
without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers.
ARTICLE
VIII
The Administrative Agent
In order to expedite the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Person named in the heading of this Agreement is hereby appointed to act as Administrative
Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent
to take such actions on behalf of such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by
the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Administrative Agent
is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, and by the Borrowers with respect to clause
(c) below, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans and all other amounts due
to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice
on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Company of any Default or Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative
Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices,
financial statements and other materials delivered by the Company or any other Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents
as received by the Administrative Agent.
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With respect to the Loans
made by it hereunder, the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity and not as the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights
and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent
and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with any of the Borrowers or any
of their Subsidiaries or other Affiliates thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent
shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default
has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise
any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative
Agent is required to exercise upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders
as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents,
the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for the failure to disclose,
any information relating to any of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the institution serving
as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken
or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall
be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the
Administrative Agent by a Borrower (in which case the Administrative Agent shall give written notice to each other Lender), and the Administrative
Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made
in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered 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, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document
or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere
in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent. The motivations
of the Administrative Agent are commercial in nature and not to invest in the general performance or operations of the Company.
The Administrative Agent
shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement,
instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative
Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall
not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower),
independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance
with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
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The Administrative Agent
may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents, which may include any
of its branches or affiliates, appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any
and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding
paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall
apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities
as the Administrative Agent.
Subject to the appointment
and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying
the Lenders and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Company (not
to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and except during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, when no consent
shall be required), to appoint a successor. In addition, if the Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender due to it having had a receiver,
conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation
of its business or custodian appointed for it, the Required Lenders shall have the right, by notice in writing to the Company and the
Administrative Agent, to remove the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such and, with the consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed and except during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, when no consent shall be required),
to appoint a successor. If (a) no successor to a retiring Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and
shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then
the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an
office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank or (b) no successor to a removed Administrative Agent shall have
been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days following the issuance of a notice of removal, the removal
shall become effective on such 30th day and on such date the Required Lenders shall succeed as Administrative Agent to such
removed Administrative Agent. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor
shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent,
as the case may be, and such retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After
the Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal, as the case may be, hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.03
shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, as the case may be, its sub-agents and their
respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative
Agent.
Each Lender agrees (a) to
reimburse the Administrative Agent, on demand, in the amount of its pro rata share (based on the amount of its Loans and available Commitments
hereunder) of any expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders by the Administrative Agent, including counsel fees and compensation
of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, that shall not have been reimbursed by the Company or any
other Borrower and (b) to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and any of its Related Parties, on demand, in the
amount of such pro rata share, from and against any and all
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liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred
by or asserted against it in its capacity as Administrative Agent or any of them in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement
or any other Loan Document or action taken or omitted by it or any of them under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, to the extent
the same shall not have been reimbursed by the Company or any other Borrower; provided that no Lender shall be liable to the Administrative
Agent or any such other indemnified Person for any portion of such liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are determined to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of the Administrative Agent, and any of its Related Parties or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents.
Each Lender acknowledges
that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information
as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that
it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information
as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon
this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
None of the Lenders identified
on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement or elsewhere herein as a “syndication agent” or “documentation
agent” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable
to all Lenders as such.
Each Lender hereby agrees
that (x) if the Administrative Agent notifies such Lender that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion
that any funds received by such Lender from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (whether as a payment, prepayment or repayment
of principal, interest, fees or otherwise; individually and collectively, a “Payment”) were erroneously transmitted
to such Lender (whether or not known to such Lender), and demands the return of such Payment (or a portion thereof), such Lender shall
promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter (or such later date as the Administrative Agent, may, in its sole discretion,
specify in writing), return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand
was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon (except to the extent waived in writing by the Administrative Agent) in respect
of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid
to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect, and (y) to the extent permitted by applicable law, such Lender shall
not assert, and hereby waives, as to the Administrative Agent, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with
respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Payments received, including without limitation
any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender under
this paragraph or the following paragraph shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
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Each Lender hereby further
agrees that if it receives a Payment from the Administrative 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 sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect
to such Payment (a “Payment Notice”) or (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a Payment Notice, it shall be on
notice, in each such case, that an error has been made with respect to such Payment. Each Lender agrees that, in each such case,
or if it otherwise becomes aware a Payment (or portion thereof) may have been sent in error, such Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative
Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, it shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day
thereafter (or such later date as the Administrative Agent, may, in its sole discretion, specify in writing), return to the Administrative
Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest
thereon (except to the extent waived in writing by the Administrative Agent) in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment
(or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB
Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to
time in effect.
Each Borrower hereby agrees
that in the event an erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Lender that has received such erroneous Payment
(or portion thereof) for any reason, (x) the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Lender with respect to
such amount and (y) an erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by any Borrower,
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 Administrative Agent from any Borrower for the purpose of satisfying Obligations.
Each party’s obligations
under the preceding three paragraphs shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any transfer of rights
or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of
all Obligations under any Loan Document.
The Lenders acknowledge that
there may be a constant flow of information (including information which may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of the
Borrowers) between the Borrowers and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and its Affiliates, on the other
hand. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrowers or their Affiliates may provide information, including updates to previously provided
information to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and/or its Affiliates acting in different capacities, including as Lender, lead bank, arranger
or potential securities investor, independent of such entity’s role as administrative agent hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that
neither JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. nor its Affiliates shall be under any obligation to provide any of the foregoing information to them.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any other Loan Document, except for notices, reports and other documents
expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent herein or in any other Loan Document to which the Administrative
Agent is a party, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide, and shall not be liable for the failure
to provide, any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the Loans, the Lenders, the business, prospects,
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operations, property, financial and other condition
or creditworthiness of any of the Borrowers or any of their respective Affiliates that is communicated to, obtained by, or in the possession
of, the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity, including any information obtained by the Administrative Agent
in the course of communications among the Administrative Agent and any Borrower, any Affiliate thereof or any other Person. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any such information may (but shall not be required to) be shared by the Administrative Agent with one or more Lenders,
or any formal or informal committee or ad hoc group of such Lenders, including at the direction of a Borrower.
Each Lender (x) represents
and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender
party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and
their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Company or any Subsidiary, that at least
one of the following is and will be true: (i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42)
of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans or the Commitments, (ii) the transaction exemption set
forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional
asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class
exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions
involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers),
is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the
Commitments and this Agreement, (iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager”
(within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of
such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into,
participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections
(b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE
84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans,
the Commitments and this Agreement, or (iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative
Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
In addition, unless sub-clause
(i) in the immediately preceding paragraph is true with respect to a Lender or a Lender has provided another representation, warranty
and covenant as provided in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding paragraph, such Lender further (x) represents
and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender
party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and
their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Company or any Subsidiary, that none of
the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender
involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the
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Commitments and this Agreement (including in
connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents
related to hereto or thereto).
The Administrative Agent
and the Arrangers hereby inform the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give
advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest
in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect
to the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans or the Commitments for an amount
less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees,
arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent
fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees,
processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.
ARTICLE
IX
Guarantee
In order to induce the Lenders
to extend credit to the other Borrowers hereunder, the Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor
and not merely as a surety, the payment when and as due of the Obligations of such other Borrowers. The Company further agrees that the
due and punctual payment of such Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from
it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee hereunder notwithstanding any such extension or renewal of any such Obligation.
The Company waives presentment
to, demand of payment from and protest to any Borrower of any of the Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its obligations
and notice of protest for nonpayment. The obligations of the Company hereunder shall not be affected by (a) the failure of the Administrative
Agent or any Lender to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against any Borrower under the provisions of this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any of the Obligations; (c) any rescission,
waiver, amendment or modification of, or release from, any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
agreement; (d) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of any of the Obligations; or (e) any
other act, omission or delay to do any other act which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of the Company or otherwise
operate as a discharge of a guarantor as a matter of law or equity or which would impair or eliminate any right of the Company to subrogation.
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The Company further agrees
that its agreement hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due (whether or not any bankruptcy or similar proceeding shall have
stayed the accrual or collection of any of the Obligations or operated as a discharge thereof) and not merely of collection, and waives
any right to require that any resort be had by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to any balance of any deposit account or credit
on the books of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in favor of any Borrower or any other Person.
The obligations of the Company
hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, and shall not be subject to any
defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever, by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of
any of the Obligations, any impossibility in the performance of any of the Obligations or otherwise.
The Company further agrees
that its obligations hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part
thereof, of any Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the bankruptcy or
reorganization of any Borrower or otherwise.
In furtherance of the foregoing
and not in limitation of any other right which the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have at law or in equity against the Company
by virtue hereof, upon the failure of any other Borrower to pay any Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity,
by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, the Company hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in cash an amount equal
to the unpaid principal amount of such Obligations then due, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon. The Company
further agrees that if payment in respect of any Obligation shall be due in a currency other than US Dollars and/or at a place of payment
other than New York and if, by reason of any Change in Law, disruption of currency or foreign exchange markets, war or civil disturbance
or other event, payment of such Obligation in such currency or at such place of payment shall be impossible or, in the reasonable judgment
of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, not consistent with the protection of its rights or interests, then, at the election of the
Administrative Agent, the Company shall make payment of such Obligation in US Dollars (based upon the applicable Exchange Rate in effect
on the date of payment) and/or in New York, and shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender against any losses or reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses that it shall sustain as a result of such alternative payment.
Upon payment by the Company
of any sums as provided above, all rights of the Company against any Borrower arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation
or otherwise shall in all respects be subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior indefeasible payment in full of all the
Obligations owed by such Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
Nothing shall discharge or
satisfy the liability of the Company hereunder except the full performance and payment of the Obligations.
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ARTICLE
X
Miscellaneous
SECTION
10.01. Notices. (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone
(and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered
by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(i) if to any Borrower,
to Automatic Data Processing, Inc., One ADP Boulevard, MS #420, Roseland, NJ 07068-1728, Attention of Treasurer (Fax No. 973-974-3320),
with a copy to Automatic Data Processing, Inc., One ADP Boulevard, MS #450, Roseland, NJ 07068-1728, Attention of Chief Legal Officer
(Fax No. 973-974-3324);
(ii)
if to the Administrative Agent from a Borrower, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., at the address separately provided to the Company;
(iii)
if to the Administrative Agent from the Lenders, as set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire and as follows: (A) if such communication
relates to a Loan or Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, or does not relate to any particular Loan or Borrowing, to JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., 500 Stanton Christiana Rd., NCC2 / 2nd Floor, Newark, DE 19713, Attention: Jacob McNett, jacob.mcnett@jpmorgan.com; (B)
if such communication relates to a Loan or Borrowing in Canadian Dollars, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch, Funding Officer,
Royal Bank Plaza, Floor 18, Toronto, Canada M5J2J2, Attention of Matthew Reed; with a copy to the address set forth in clause (A) above
and (C) if such communication relates to a Loan or Borrowing in Euro, to J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, Wholesale Loan Operations, Floor
6, 25 Bank Street, London, E14 5JP; with a copy to the address set forth in clause (A) above; and
(iv)
if to any Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Any party hereto may change its address or
telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto or in the case of a Lender, to the
Administrative Agent and the Borrowers. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt. Notices delivered through IntraLinks or by other similar
means, to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).
(b) Notices and other communications
to the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereunder may be delivered or furnished by using an electronic platform pursuant
to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article
II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its
discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications
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pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided
that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
(c) Unless the Administrative
Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s
receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available,
return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), 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) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient,
such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.
SECTION
10.02. Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or
power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such
right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver
of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed
as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default
at the time.
(b) Subject to Section 2.13,
neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant
to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Company and the Required Lenders or by the Company and the Administrative
Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders or, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing
entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers that are parties thereto, in each case with the consent of the Required Lenders;
provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase any Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii)
reduce the principal amount of any Loan, reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written
consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby, (iii) postpone the date of any scheduled payment of the principal amount of any Loan,
or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled
date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby (provided that nothing shall
limit the right of each Borrower to extend the Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.09(e)), (iv) change Section 2.17(b) or (c) in
a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender (it being understood
that the addition of new tranches of loans or commitments that may
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be extended under this Agreement shall not
be deemed to alter such pro rata sharing of payments), (v) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required
Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders (or Lenders of any Class) required
to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent
of each Lender (or each Lender of such Class, as the case may be) (except, in each case, to provide for new tranches of loans or commitments
that may be extended under this Agreement), (vi) release the Company from, or limit or condition, its obligations under Article IX,
without the written consent of each Lender, (vii) change any provisions of any Loan Document in a manner that by its terms adversely affects
the rights in respect of payments due to Lenders with Commitments of any Class (or holding Obligations arising under such Commitments)
differently than those of Lenders with Commitments of any other Class (or holding Obligations arising under such Commitments) without
the written consent of Lenders holding a majority in interest of the outstanding Loans and unused Commitments of each adversely affected
Class or (viii) change Section 10.17 in any manner without the written consent of each Lender that is an Affected Financial Institution
(as defined in Section 10.17); provided further that (A) no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights
or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent and (B) any waiver, amendment or modification of this Agreement that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement
of the US Tranche Lenders (but not the Euro Tranche Lenders or the Canadian Tranche Lenders), the Euro Tranche Lenders (but
not the Canadian Tranche Lenders or the US Tranche Lenders), or the Canadian Tranche Lenders (but not the US Tranche Lenders or the Euro
Tranche Lenders) may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Company and the requisite percentage in
interest of the affected Class of Lenders. Notwithstanding anything else in this Section to the contrary, any amendment of the definition
of Applicable Rate pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of that definition in Section 1.01 of this Agreement shall not require the written
consent of each Lender affected thereby, but shall require the written consent of the Company and the Required Lenders.
SECTION
10.03. Limitation of Liability; Expenses; Indemnity. (a) Limitation of Liability. To the extent permitted by applicable
law (i) no Borrower shall assert, and each Borrower hereby waives, any claim against the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Syndication
Agent, any Documentation Agent and any Lender, and any Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called a
“Lender-Related Person”) for any Liabilities arising from the use by others of information or other materials (including,
without limitation, any personal data) obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including
the Internet), and (ii) no party hereto shall assert, and each such party hereby waives, any Liabilities against any other party hereto,
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
or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that, nothing in this Section 10.03 shall relieve
the Company or any other Borrower of any obligation it may have to indemnify an Indemnitee, as provided in Section 10.03(c), against any
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages asserted against such Indemnitee by a third party.
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(b) Expenses. The
Company shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including
the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for the Administrative Agent and such Affiliates (and, if the Administrative
Agent shall determine that it requires local counsel in any non-US jurisdiction, one counsel in that jurisdiction), in connection with
the syndication of the credit facility provided for herein, the preparation and administration of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents
or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby shall be consummated) and (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent
or any Lender, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent or any Lender, in
connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights under any Loan Document, including its rights under this Section, or in connection
with the Loans made, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of
such Loans.
(c) Indemnity. The
Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person
being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, liabilities, out-of-pocket
costs or expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted
against any Indemnitee (whether by a third party or by any Borrower) arising out of, in connection with or as a result of (i) any
transaction or proposed transaction (whether or not consummated) in which any proceeds of any Borrowing hereunder are applied or proposed
to be applied, directly or indirectly, by any of the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries, (ii) any Loan or the use of the proceeds therefrom
or (iii) the execution, delivery or performance by any of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries of the Loan Documents, or any actions or
omissions of a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection therewith; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee,
be available to the extent that such losses, liabilities, costs or expenses (x) shall be found by a final, non-appealable judgment of
a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from
a claim brought by the Company or any Borrowing Subsidiary against an Indemnitee for a material breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s
obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Company or such Borrowing Subsidiary has obtained a final and nonappealable
judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to the effect that such a material breach in bad
faith has occurred. Without limiting the provisions of Section 2.16(c), this Section 10.03(c) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other
than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.
(d) To the extent that the
Company fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent under paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section, each
Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable
unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed loss, liability, cost
or expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent. For purposes hereof, a Lender’s “pro
rata share” shall be determined based upon its share of the sum (without duplication) of the total Exposures and unused Commitments
at the time.
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(e) All amounts due under
this Section shall be payable within 15 Business Days after receipt by the Company of a reasonably detailed invoice therefor.
SECTION
10.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Company nor any Borrower may assign
or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment
or transfer by any Borrower without such consent 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 and, to the extent
expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Any Lender may 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
Commitments and the Loans or other amounts at the time owing to it); provided that (i) the Administrative Agent (except in
the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or a Related Fund of a Lender) and the Company (except in the case of
an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or a Related Fund of a Lender or if an Event of Default has occurred and, except in
the case of an Event of Default under Sections (a), (b), (g) or (h) of Article VII of this Agreement, has been continuing for 30 days)
must each give their prior written consent to such assignment (which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed),
(ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or a Related Fund of any Lender or an assignment of the
entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments and outstanding Loans, the US Dollar Equivalent of the Commitments
and outstanding Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption
with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than US$10,000,000 unless each of the Company
and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, (iii) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent
an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of US$3,500 and (iv) the assignee, if it shall not be
a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and provided further that (x) any consent
of the Company otherwise required under this paragraph shall not be required if an Event of Default referred to in clause (g), (h)
or (i) of Article VII has occurred and is continuing, (y) the Company shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless
it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after having received notice thereof and
(z) no assignment shall be made to any Person other than an Eligible Assignee. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to
paragraph (d) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder
shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations
of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment
and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of
the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 10.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of
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rights or obligations under this Agreement
that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in
such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (e) of this Section. The Borrowers shall not be responsible under Section 2.14
or 2.16 for any increased costs incurred by a Lender as a result of an assignment under this Section to an Affiliate of such Lender unless
such Lender is legally required to make such assignment.
(c) The Administrative Agent,
acting for this purpose as an agent of each Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in The City of New York a copy of each
Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment
of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).
The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose
name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding
notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Company and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from
time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Upon its receipt of a
duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative
Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b)
of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept
such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes
of this Agreement unless it has been made in compliance with this Agreement as provided in this paragraph.
(e) Any Lender may, without
the consent of any Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more Eligible Assignees (a “Participant”)
in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and
the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such
Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrowers,
the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide
that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision
of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the
Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (vi) of the first proviso to Section 10.02(b)
that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (f) of this Section, each Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled
to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment
pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section.
(f) A Participant shall not
be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.14 or 2.16 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive
with respect
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to the participation sold to such Participant,
unless the sale of the participation to such Participant so provides and is made with the Company’s prior written consent. A Participant
shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.16 unless the Company is notified of the participation sold to such Participant
and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrowers, to comply with Section 2.16(f) as though it were a Lender.
(g) Any Lender may at any
time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender,
including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other applicable central bank or, in the case of
a Lender that is an investment fund, to the trustee under the indenture to which such fund is a party, and this Section shall not apply
to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall
release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(h) Each Lender that sells
a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters
the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans
or other obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (the “Participant Register”); provided
that 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 or Loans or its other obligations under this Agreement
or any other Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan
or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant
Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant
Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance
of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant
Register.
SECTION
10.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrowers herein or in any other
Loan Document or in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto or thereto and shall survive the execution and delivery
of this Agreement and any other Loan Document and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party
or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect
representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal
of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding
and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 10.03 and 10.12 and Article VIII
shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment
of the Loans and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.
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SECTION 10.06. Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness. (a) This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts),
each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement,
the other Loan Documents, any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent and any provisions
in any commitment letter executed and delivered by the Borrower in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby that by the express
terms of such commitment letter survive the execution or effectiveness of this Agreement, constitute the entire contract among the parties
relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to
the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed
by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear
the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns.
(b)
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of (x) this Agreement, (y) any other Loan Document and/or (z) any document,
amendment, approval, consent, information, notice (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any notice delivered pursuant to Section 10.01),
certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or the transactions
contemplated hereby and/or thereby (each an “Ancillary Document”) that is an Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy,
emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery
of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement, such other Loan Document or such Ancillary Document, as applicable. The words “execution,”
“signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement, any
other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records
in any electronic form (including deliveries by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual
executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature,
physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be; provided that nothing herein shall
require the Administrative Agent to accept Electronic Signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent and pursuant
to procedures approved by it; provided, further, without limiting the foregoing, (i) to the extent the Administrative Agent
has agreed to accept any Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders shall be entitled to rely on such Electronic
Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrowers without further verification thereof and without any obligation to review
the appearance or form of any such Electronic Signature and (ii) upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any Electronic
Signature shall be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrowers
hereby (A) agree that, for all purposes, including without limitation, in connection with any workout, restructuring, enforcement of remedies,
bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and the Borrowers, Electronic Signatures transmitted
by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page and/or any electronic
images of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability
as any paper original, (B) agree that the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders may, at its option, create one or more copies
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of this Agreement, any other Loan Document
and/or any Ancillary Document in the form of an imaged electronic record in any format, which shall be deemed created in the ordinary
course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original paper document (and all such electronic records shall be considered an
original for all purposes and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record), (C) waive any argument,
defense or right to contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary
Document based solely on the lack of paper original copies of this Agreement, such other Loan Document and/or such Ancillary Document,
respectively, including with respect to any signature pages thereto and (D) waive any claim against any Lender-Related Person for any
Liabilities arising solely from the Administrative Agent’s and/or any Lender’s reliance on or use of Electronic Signatures
and/or transmissions by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature
page, including any Liabilities arising as a result of the failure of the Borrowers to use any available security measures in connection
with the execution, delivery or transmission of any Electronic Signature.
SECTION
10.07. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall,
as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction
shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION
10.08. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates
is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits
(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final and in whatever currency denominated) at any time held and other obligations
at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower against any of and all the obligations
of such Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall
have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Administrative
Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice
shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights
and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.
SECTION
10.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) This Agreement and any other Loan Document and any
claims, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise and whether at law or in equity) based upon,
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law
of the State of New York.
(b) Each party hereto hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State
of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York
sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating
to any Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
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and unconditionally agrees that all claims
in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in
such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may
be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other
Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement against any Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Each party hereto hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each party to this Agreement
irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 10.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any
other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION
10.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT
IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY AND WHETHER AT LAW
OR IN EQUITY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY
OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS
IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION
10.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only,
are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION
10.12. Confidentiality. (a) The Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information
(as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ directors,
officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (including service providers engaged by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender in connection with the administration and management of the Loan Documents and the Commitments), to Related Funds’
directors and officers and to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty in swap
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agreements (it being understood that each Person
to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information
confidential), (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority (including any self-regulatory authority) having jurisdiction
over such Lender, (iii) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv)
to any other party to this Agreement, (v) to the extent required or advisable in the judgment of counsel in connection with any suit,
action or proceeding relating to the enforcement of rights of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders against the Borrowers under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, (vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section,
to (A) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this
Agreement or (B) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap, derivative or insurance transaction or any credit
insurance provider relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (vii) with the consent of the Company or (viii) to the extent such
Information (A) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section of which the Administrative Agent or
such Lender is aware or (B) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source
other than the Company other than as a result of a breach of this Section of which the Administrative Agent or such Lender is aware. For
the purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Company relating to the Company or its
business, other than (i) any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior
to disclosure by the Company other than as a result of a breach of this Section of which the Administrative Agent or such Lender is aware
and (ii) customary information with respect to the terms of the credit facility established under this Agreement routinely provided by
arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry. Any Person required to maintain
the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such
Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own
confidential information.
For the avoidance of doubt,
nothing in this Section 10.12 shall prohibit any Person from voluntarily disclosing or providing any Information within the scope of this
confidentiality provision to any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory organization (any such entity, a “Regulatory Authority”)
to the extent that any such prohibition on disclosure set forth in this Section 10.12 shall be prohibited by the laws or regulations applicable
to such Regulatory Authority.
(b) Each Lender acknowledges
that Information furnished to it pursuant to this Agreement may include material non-public information concerning the Company and
its Related Parties or the Company’s securities, and confirms that it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material
non-public information and that it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with those procedures and applicable
law, including Federal and state securities laws.
(c) All information, including
requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by the Company, the Subsidiaries or the Administrative Agent pursuant to, or in the course
of administering, this Agreement will be syndicate-level information, which may contain material non-public information about the Company,
the Subsidiaries and their Related Parties or the
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Company’s securities. Accordingly, each
Lender represents to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that it has identified in its Administrative Questionnaire a credit contact
who may receive information that may contain material non-public information in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable
law, including Federal and state securities laws.
SECTION
10.13. Conversion of Currencies. (a) If, for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert
a sum owing hereunder in one currency into another currency, each party hereto agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do
so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction the
first currency could be purchased with such other currency on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which final judgment is
given.
(b) The obligations of each
Borrower in respect of any sum due to any party hereto or any holder of the obligations owing hereunder (the “Applicable Creditor”)
shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than the currency in which such sum
is stated to be due hereunder (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day
following receipt by the Applicable Creditor of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable Creditor may, in
accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction, purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency; if
the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency,
such Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Applicable Creditor against such
loss. The obligations of the Borrowers contained in this Section 10.13 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment
of all other amounts owing hereunder.
SECTION
10.14. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable
to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively
the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted
for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable
in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to
the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the
operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans shall be increased
(but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon (a) at the Federal Funds Effective
Rate in the case of US Dollar denominated amounts, (b) at the Canadian Base Rate in the case of Canadian dollar denominated amounts,
to the date of repayment, or (c) at a rate determined by the Administrative Agent to represent the applicable Lenders’ cost of funds
in the case of Euro denominated amounts, shall have been received by such Lender.
SECTION
10.15. Certain Notices. Each Lender hereby notifies each Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act
(Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Patriot Act”) and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation,
it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Borrower, which
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information includes the name and address of
such Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify such Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act and the Beneficial
Ownership Regulation. Each Borrower agrees to provide the Lenders, upon request, with all documentation and other information required
to be obtained by the Lenders pursuant to applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations,
including the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
SECTION
10.16. No Fiduciary Relationship. Each Borrower, on behalf of itself and the Subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with
all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, each Borrower, the Subsidiaries and
their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business
relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders
or their Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications. Each Borrower,
on behalf of itself, the Subsidiaries and its and their respective Affiliates, waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, any claims that such Borrower, the Subsidiaries or such Affiliates may have against the Administrative Agent, any Person identified
on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement or elsewhere herein as a “syndication agent” or “documentation
agent”, any Lender or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing in respect of any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.
SECTION
10.17. Acknowledgement of and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. (a) 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:
(i)
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
(ii)
the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable, (A) a reduction in full or in part or cancelation
of any such liability, (B) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such
Affected Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and
that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (C) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down
and Conversion Powers of any applicable Resolution Authority.
(b) The following terms shall
for purposes of this Section have the meanings set forth below:
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“Affected Financial
Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Action”
means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected
Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation”
means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which
is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act
2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution
of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration
or other insolvency proceedings).
“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 member state 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.
“EU Bail-In Legislation
Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in
effect from time to time.
“Resolution Authority”
means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“UK Financial Institution”
means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom
Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated
by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates
of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority”
means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
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“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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first written
above.
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING, INC.,
By:
/s/ Kristin Walle
Name:
Kristin Walle
Title:
Corporate Treasurer
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually and as Administrative Agent
By:
/s/ Ryan Zimmerman
Name:
Ryan Zimmerman
Title:
Executive Director
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
By:
/s/ Dylan Honza
Name:
Dylan Honza
Title:
Director
BNP Paribas, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Nicolas Doche
Name:
Nicolas Doche
Title:
Director
By:
/s/ Valentin Detry
Name:
Valentin Detry
Title:
Vice President
[Signature Page to ADP Five-Year Credit Agreement]
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Kelvyn Correa
Name:
Kelvyn Correa
Title:
Director
By:
/s/ Alison Lugo
Name:
Alison Lugo
Title:
Vice President
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Tracy L. Moosbrugger
Name:
Tracy L. Moosbrugger
Title:
Managing Director
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Nicholas Sibayan
Name:
Nicholas Sibayan
Title:
Vice President
MUFG Bank, LTD., as a Lender
By:
/s/ Matthew Eastman
Name:
Matthew Eastman
Title:
Vice President
PNC Bank, National Association, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Brendan Saldana
Name:
Brendan Saldana
Title:
Vice President
Royal Bank of Canada, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Zeeshan Boolani
Name:
Zeeshan Boolani
Title:
Director, Corporate Client Group - Finance
[Signature Page to ADP Five-Year Credit Agreement]
Bank of Montreal, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Ravinder Bhuller
Name:
Ravinder Bhuller
Title:
Director
By:
/s/ Geoffrey Keating
Name:
Geoffrey Keating
Title:
Managing Director
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Joseph Howard
Name:
Joseph Howard
Title:
Vice President
ING Bank N.V., Dublin Branch, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Louise Gough
Name:
Louise Gough
Title:
Director
By:
/s/ Rory Fitzgerald
Name:
Rory Fitzgerald
Title:
Director
FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Michael Barnett
Name:
Michael Barnett
Title:
Senior Vice President
MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By:
/s/ Michael King
Name:
Michael King
Title:
Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to ADP Five-Year Credit Agreement]
INTESA SANPAOLO S.P.A., NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Alessandro Toigo
Name:
Alessandro Toigo
Title:
Managing Director
By:
/s/ Fabio Della Malva
Name:
Fabio Della Malva
Title:
Managing Director
HSBC Bank plc, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Ben Locke
Name:
Ben Locke
Title:
Head of Speciality Finance
The Northern Trust Company as a Lender
By:
/s/ Andrew D. Holtz
Name:
Andrew D. Holtz
Title:
Senior Vice President
The Bank of Nova Scotia, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Arun Vaidyanathan
Name:
Arun Vaidyanathan
Title:
Director
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Thomas J. Tarasovich, Jr.
Name:
Thomas J. Tarasovich, Jr.
Title:
Senior Vice President
[Signature Page to ADP Five-Year Credit Agreement]
SVENSKA HANDELSBANKEN AB (PUBL), NEW YORK BRANCH as a Lender
By:
/s/ Ulrika Drinkall
Name:
Ulrika Drinkall
Title:
Vice President
By:
/s/ Jonathan Kylmänen
Name:
Jonathan Kylmänen
Title:
Senior Vice President
The Huntington National Bank, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Michelle Frederick
Name:
Michelle Frederick
Title:
Director
TD Bank, N.A., as a Lender
By:
/s/ David H Schryver
Name:
David H Schryver
Title:
Vice President
BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Varbin Staykoff
Name:
Varbin Staykoff
Title:
Senior Director
By:
/s/ Elke Videgain
Name:
Elke Videgain
Title:
Vice President
BOKF, NA dba Bank of Oklahoma, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Dylan Harden
Name:
Dylan Harden
Title:
Assistant Vice President
[Signature Page to ADP Five-Year Credit Agreement]
FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK, as a Lender
By:
/s/ Stephen Agnew-Miller
Name:
Stephen Agnew-Miller
Title:
Vice President
[Signature Page to ADP Five-Year Credit Agreement]
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