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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT | Document Parties: 4TH WALL MANAGEMENT LLC | ADVENTURE VENDING INC | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | CELLCARDS LLC | COIN-OP FACTORY INC | COINSTAR ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES INC | COINSTAR E-PAYMENT SERVICES INC | COINSTAR INTERNATIONAL, INC | COINSTAR, INC | COLUMBIA STATE BANK | ENTERTAINMENT VENDING MANAGEMENT, LLC | GROUPEX FINANCIAL CORPORATION | HSBC BANK USA, NA | ILLINOIS, LLC | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA | KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | MORGAN STANLEY BANK, NA | REDBOX AUTOMATED RETAIL, LLC | SESAME HOLDINGS, INC | SOUTHWEST ENTERTAINMENT VENDING INC | STATE BANK OF INDIA, LOS ANGELES AGENCY | UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. | WELLS FARGO BANK, NA You are currently viewing:
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4TH WALL MANAGEMENT LLC | ADVENTURE VENDING INC | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | CELLCARDS LLC | COIN-OP FACTORY INC | COINSTAR ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES INC | COINSTAR E-PAYMENT SERVICES INC | COINSTAR INTERNATIONAL, INC | COINSTAR, INC | COLUMBIA STATE BANK | ENTERTAINMENT VENDING MANAGEMENT, LLC | GROUPEX FINANCIAL CORPORATION | HSBC BANK USA, NA | ILLINOIS, LLC | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA | KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | MORGAN STANLEY BANK, NA | REDBOX AUTOMATED RETAIL, LLC | SESAME HOLDINGS, INC | SOUTHWEST ENTERTAINMENT VENDING INC | STATE BANK OF INDIA, LOS ANGELES AGENCY | UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. | WELLS FARGO BANK, NA

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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 5/1/2009
Industry: Scientific and Technical Instr.     Sector: Technology

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, Parties: 4th wall management llc , adventure vending inc , bank of america  n.a. , cellcards llc , coin-op factory inc , coinstar entertainment services inc , coinstar e-payment services inc , coinstar international  inc , coinstar  inc , columbia state bank , entertainment vending management  llc , groupex financial corporation , hsbc bank usa  na , illinois  llc , jpmorgan chase bank  na , keybank national association  us bank national association , morgan stanley bank  na , redbox automated retail  llc , sesame holdings  inc , southwest entertainment vending inc , state bank of india  los angeles agency , union bank of california  n.a. , wells fargo bank  na
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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

PUBLISHED CUSIP NO. (REVOLVING FACILITY) 19259TAD6
PUBLISHED CUSIP NO. (TERM FACILITY) [                      ]

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of November 20, 2007 and Amended and Restated as of April 29, 2009

among

COINSTAR, INC.,
as the Borrower,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender
and
L/C Issuer,

and

The Other Lenders Party Hereto

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. ,
as Syndication Agent
for the Revolving Facility

KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Co-Documentation Agents
for the Revolving Facility

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
and
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers
for the Revolving Facility

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Managers
for the Term Facility

 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Section

 

Page

ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

 

 

1

 

1.01 Defined Terms

 

 

1

 

1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions

 

 

25

 

1.03 Accounting Terms

 

 

26

 

1.04 Rounding

 

 

26

 

1.05 Times of Day

 

 

26

 

1.06 Letter of Credit Amounts

 

 

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II. THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

 

 

27

 

2.01 Committed Loans

 

 

27

 

2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans

 

 

27

 

2.03 Letters of Credit

 

 

29

 

2.04 Swing Line Loans

 

 

39

 

2.05 Prepayments

 

 

42

 

2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments

 

 

43

 

2.07 Repayment of Loans

 

 

43

 

2.08 Interest

 

 

43

 

2.09 Fees

 

 

44

 

2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rate

 

 

45

 

2.11 Evidence of Debt

 

 

45

 

2.12 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback

 

 

46

 

2.13 Sharing of Payments by Lenders

 

 

48

 

2.14 Increase in Term Commitments

 

 

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III. TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

 

 

49

 

3.01 Taxes

 

 

49

 

3.02 Illegality

 

 

51

 

3.03 Inability to Determine Rates

 

 

52

 

3.04 Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans

 

 

52

 

3.05 Compensation for Losses

 

 

54

 

3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

 

 

54

 

3.07 Survival

 

 

55

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

 

 

55

 

4.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension

 

 

55

 

4.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions

 

 

55

 

4.03 Effectiveness of Amendment and Restatement

 

 

55

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

 

56

 

5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power

 

 

56

 

5.02 Authorization; No Contravention

 

 

56

 

5.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents

 

 

56

 

5.04 Binding Effect

 

 

57

 

5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect

 

 

57

 

5.06 Litigation

 

 

57

 

5.07 No Default

 

 

57

 

5.08 Ownership of Property; Liens

 

 

58

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Section

 

Page

5.09 Environmental Compliance

 

 

58

 

5.10 Insurance

 

 

58

 

5.11 Taxes

 

 

58

 

5.12 ERISA Compliance

 

 

58

 

5.13 Subsidiaries; Equity Interests

 

 

59

 

5.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act

 

 

59

 

5.15 Disclosure

 

 

59

 

5.16 Compliance with Laws

 

 

60

 

5.17 Taxpayer Identification Number

 

 

60

 

5.18 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc

 

 

60

 

5.19 Solvency

 

 

60

 

5.20 Automatic Coin Counting Machines

 

 

60

 

5.21 Collateral Documents

 

 

61

 

5.22 GroupEx Acquisition

 

 

61

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

 

61

 

6.01 Financial Statements

 

 

61

 

6.02 Certificates; Other Information

 

 

62

 

6.03 Notices

 

 

64

 

6.04 Payment of Obligations

 

 

64

 

6.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc

 

 

64

 

6.06 Maintenance of Properties

 

 

65

 

6.07 Maintenance of Insurance

 

 

65

 

6.08 Compliance with Laws

 

 

65

 

6.09 Books and Records

 

 

65

 

6.10 Inspection Rights

 

 

65

 

6.11 Use of Proceeds

 

 

65

 

6.12 Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security

 

 

66

 

6.13 Further Assurances

 

 

67

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

 

68

 

7.01 Liens

 

 

68

 

7.02 Investments

 

 

69

 

7.03 Indebtedness

 

 

70

 

7.04 Fundamental Changes

 

 

72

 

7.05 Dispositions

 

 

72

 

7.06 Restricted Payments

 

 

73

 

7.07 Change in Nature of Business

 

 

74

 

7.08 Transactions with Affiliates

 

 

74

 

7.09 Burdensome Agreements

 

 

74

 

7.10 Use of Proceeds

 

 

74

 

7.11 Optional Payments of other Indebtedness

 

 

75

 

7.12 Financial Covenants

 

 

75

 

7.13 Capital Expenditures

 

 

75

 

7.14 GroupEx Acquisition

 

 

75

 

7.15 Amendment of Certain Agreements

 

 

76

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

 

 

76

 

8.01 Events of Default

 

 

76

 

8.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default

 

 

78

 

8.03 Application of Funds

 

 

78

 

ii 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Section

 

Page

ARTICLE IX. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

 

 

79

 

9.01 Appointment and Authority

 

 

79

 

9.02 Rights as a Lender

 

 

80

 

9.03 Exculpatory Provisions

 

 

80

 

9.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent

 

 

81

 

9.05 Delegation of Duties

 

 

81

 

9.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent

 

 

82

 

9.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders

 

 

82

 

9.08 No Other Duties, Etc

 

 

83

 

9.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim

 

 

83

 

9.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters

 

 

83

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

84

 

10.01 Amendments, Etc

 

 

84

 

10.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication

 

 

86

 

10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

 

 

88

 

10.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver

 

 

88

 

10.05 Payments Set Aside

 

 

90

 

10.06 Successors and Assigns

 

 

90

 

10.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality

 

 

94

 

10.08 Right of Setoff

 

 

95

 

10.09 Interest Rate Limitation

 

 

95

 

10.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness

 

 

96

 

10.11 Survival of Representations and Warranties

 

 

96

 

10.12 Severability

 

 

96

 

10.13 Replacement of Lenders

 

 

96

 

10.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc

 

 

97

 

10.15 Waiver of Jury Trial

 

 

98

 

10.16 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility

 

 

98

 

10.17 USA PATRIOT Act Notice

 

 

99

 

10.18 Joinder

 

 

99

 

10.19 ENTIRE AGREEMENT

 

 

99

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

 

S-1

 

iii

 


 

SCHEDULES

 

 

 

1.01

 

Existing Letters of Credit

2.01(a)

 

Revolving Commitments and Applicable Percentages

2.01(b)

 

Term Commitments

5.06

 

Litigation

5.09

 

Environmental Matters

5.13

 

Subsidiaries; Other Equity Investments

5.18

 

Intellectual Property Matters

7.01

 

Existing Liens

7.02

 

Existing Investments

7.03

 

Existing Indebtedness

10.02

 

Administrative Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for Notices

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

 

 

Form of

 

 

 

A-1

 

Committed Revolving Loan Notice

A-2

 

Committed Term Loan Notice

B

 

Swing Line Loan Notice

C-1

 

Revolving Note

C-2

 

Term Note

D

 

Compliance Certificate

E

 

Assignment and Assumption

F

 

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

G

 

Opinion Matters

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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

     This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) is entered into as of April 29, 2009, among COINSTAR, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “ Lenders ” and individually, a “ Lender ”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.

     The Borrower, certain of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender, and the Administrative Agent have heretofore entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of November 20, 2007 (as heretofore amended or modified, the “ Original Agreement ”), pursuant to which certain of the Lenders provide revolving credit loans, the Swing Line Lender provides swing line loans, and the L/C Issuer issues (and the Lenders purchase participations in) letters of credit from time to time.

     The Borrower has requested that the Original Agreement be amended in certain respects and, in order to do so, that the Original Agreement be amended and restated in its entirety, and the Lenders, the Swing Line Lender, the L/C Issuer, and the Administrative Agent are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

     In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree that the Original Agreement is amended, restated, ratified and confirmed to read in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

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

     “ Administrative Agent ” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

     “ Administrative Agent’s Fee Letter ” means the Fee Letter dated October 4, 2007 between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

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

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

     “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

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     “ Aggregate Commitments ” means the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and Aggregate Term Commitments.

     “ Aggregate Revolving Commitments ” means the Commitments of the Revolving Lenders.

     “ Aggregate Term Commitments ” means the Commitments of the Term Lenders.

     “ Agreement ” means this Credit Agreement.

     “ Amendment and Restatement Effective Date ” means April 29, 2009.

     “ Applicable Percentage ” means with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments represented by such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment at such time. If the commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02 or if the Aggregate Revolving Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Revolving Lender shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Revolving Lender most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Revolving Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Revolving Lender on Schedule 2.01(a) or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Revolving Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.

     “ Applicable Rate ” means (a) in respect of the Revolving Facility, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(b) :

Applicable Rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pricing

 

Consolidated

 

Commitment

 

Eurodollar

 

Letter of

 

Base Rate

Level

 

Leverage Ratio

 

Fee

 

Rate +

 

Credit Fee

 

+

1

 

£ 1.50 to 1.00

 

0.50

 

2.50

 

2.50

 

1.50

2

 

>1.50 to 1.00 but
£ 2.00 to 1.00

 

0.50

 

2.75

 

2.75

 

1.75

3

 

>2.00 to 1.00 but
£ 2.50 to 1.00

 

0.50

 

3.00

 

3.00

 

2.00

4

 

>2.50 to 1.00 but
£ 3.00 to 1.00

 

0.50

 

3.25

 

3.25

 

2.25

5

 

>3.00 to 1.00

 

0.50

 

3.50

 

3.50

 

2.50

     and (b) in respect of the Term Facility, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(b) :

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Pricing

 

Consolidated

 

Eurodollar

 

Base Rate

Level

 

Leverage Ratio

 

Rate +

 

+

1

 

£ 1.50 to 1.00

 

3.75

 

2.75

2

 

>1.50 to 1.00 but
£ 2.00 to 1.00

 

4.00

 

3.00

3

 

>2.00 to 1.00 but
£ 2.50 to 1.00

 

4.25

 

3.25

4

 

>2.50 to 1.00 but
£ 3.00 to 1.00

 

4.50

 

3.50

5

 

>3.00 to 1.00

 

4.75

 

3.75

     Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(b) ; provided that, if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then Pricing Level 5 shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered until the first Business Day immediately following the date such Compliance Certificate is delivered ( provided that, the foregoing shall not operate as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default that may exist as a result of the failure to timely deliver such Compliance Certificate); and provided , further , that, notwithstanding the Consolidated Leverage Ratio that may be set forth in any Compliance Certificate delivered prior to such time, (x) in respect of the Revolving Facility, Pricing Level 1 or 2 shall not apply from the Closing Date until the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(b) for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2008, (y) in respect of the Revolving Facility, Pricing Level 5 shall apply from February 12, 2009 until the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(b) for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2009, and (z) in respect of the Term Facility, Pricing Level 4 shall apply from April 29, 2009 until the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(b) for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2009. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, the determination of the Applicable Rate for any period shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.10(b) .

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

     “ Arrangers ” means Banc of America Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., in their capacities as joint lead arrangers and joint book managers.

     “ Arrangers’ Fee Letter ” means the Fee Letter dated October 4, 2007 among the Borrower and the Arrangers.

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

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     “ 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 10.06(b) ), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

     “ Attributable Indebtedness ” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any capital lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.

     “ Audited Financial Statements ” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.

     “ Availability Period ” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date with respect to the Revolving Facility, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06 , and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02 .

     “ Bank of America ” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.

     “ Base Rate " means, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate” and (c) the Eurodollar Rate that would be in effect for a one-month Interest Period if such Interest Period began and was in effect on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

     “ Base Rate Committed Loan ” means a Committed Loan that is a Base Rate Loan.

     “ Base Rate Loan ” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

     “ Borrower ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

     “ Borrower Materials ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02 .

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

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     “ Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

     “ Capital Lease Obligations ” means, as to any Person, 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, for the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.

     “ Cash Collateralize ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g) .

     “ Cash Management Agreement ” means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer, automated clearinghouse and other cash management arrangements made or entered into at any time, or in effect at any time, whether directly or indirectly, and whether as a result of assignment or transfer or otherwise, between the Borrower or any Subsidiary and any Cash Management Bank.

     “ Cash Management Bank ” means a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that is a party to a Cash Management Agreement, in its capacity as party to such Cash Management Agreement; provided , however that if such Person ceases to be a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, such Person shall no longer be a “Cash Management Bank.”

     “ Change in Law ” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority.

     “ Change of Control ” means an event or series of events by which:

     (a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an “ option right ”)), directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the equity securities of the Borrower entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower on a fully-diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right);

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     (b) during any period of 24 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Borrower cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body; or

     (c) a “Change of Control” (or any other defined term having a similar purpose) as defined in any agreement pursuant to which Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.03(h) in a principal amount of at least $50,000,000 may be issued.

     “ Closing Date ” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 were satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01 , which was November 20, 2007.

     “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time.

     “ Coinstar Installation Agreements ” means any and all contracts, agreements or other arrangements of the Borrower or any Subsidiary concerning the placement or operation of automated coin counting machines in a supermarket or other retail location of a third party and the payments to such third party in connection therewith.

     “ Collateral ” means all of the “ Collateral ” and “ Mortgaged Property ” referred to in the Collateral Documents and all of the other property that is or is intended under the terms of the Collateral Documents to be subject to Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

     “ Collateral Documents ” means, collectively, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, any Mortgages, each of the documents delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.12 , and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

     “ Commitment ” means a Term Commitment or a Revolving Commitment, as the context may require.

     “ Committed Borrowing ” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Committed Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by the applicable Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a) or 2.01(b) , as applicable.

     “ Committed Loan ” means a Committed Revolving Loan or Committed Term Loan, as the context may require.

     “ Committed Loan Notice ” means a notice of (a) a Committed Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar

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Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a) , which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 or A-2 , as applicable.

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

     “ Committed Term Loan ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b) .

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

     “ Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus , without duplication and to the extent reflected as a charge in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (a) income tax expense, (b) interest expense, amortization or writeoff of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness (including the Loans), (c) depreciation and amortization expense (including, but not limited to, those with respect to any Placement Fee), (d) amortization of intangibles (including, but not limited to, goodwill) and organization costs, (e) non-cash expenses resulting from the grant of stock options to employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the required treatment of such stock options under GAAP, (f) any non-cash expenses or losses (including, without limitation, any non-consolidated, non-cash equity interest losses in joint ventures) and (g) any extraordinary losses under GAAP (including, whether or not otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, losses on the sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of business) and minus , without duplication (a) to the extent included in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (i) interest income, (ii) any extraordinary income or gains under GAAP (including, whether or not otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, gains on the sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of business) and (iii) income tax credits (to the extent not netted from income tax expense) and (b) any cash payments made during such period in respect of items described in clause (f) above subsequent to the fiscal quarter in which the relevant non-cash expenses or losses were reflected as a charge in the statement of Consolidated Net Income, all as determined on a consolidated basis. For the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a “ Reference Period ”) pursuant to any determination of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, (i) if at any time during such Reference Period the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition, the Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of such Material Disposition for such Reference Period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such Reference Period and (ii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in clause (a) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income, if during such Reference Period the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have made a Material Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Material Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Reference Period. As used in this definition, “Material Acquisition” means any acquisition of property or series of related acquisitions of property that (a) constitutes assets comprising all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business or constitutes all or substantially all of the common stock of a Person and (b) involves the payment of consideration by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in excess of the Threshold Amount; and “Material Disposition” means any

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Disposition of property or series of related Dispositions of property that yields gross proceeds to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $10,000,000.

     “ Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four prior fiscal quarters ending on such date to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period.

     “ Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, for any period, total cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under Swap Contracts (excluding any costs and payments necessary in order to terminate any Swap Contract) in respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP).

     “ Consolidated Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended.

     “ Consolidated Net Income ” means, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded (a) the income (or deficit) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) the income (or deficit) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower) in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in the form of cash dividends or similar cash distributions and (c) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any Contractual Obligation (other than under any Loan Document) or Law applicable to such Subsidiary.

     “ Consolidated Total Debt ” means, at any date, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but in any event, excluding obligations for undrawn amounts under outstanding letters of credit and contingent reimbursement obligations under surety bonds.

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

     “ 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.

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

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

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

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

     “ Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the Committed Loans, participations in L/C Obligations or participations in Swing Line Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder unless such failure has been cured, (b) has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute or unless such failure has been cured, or (c) has been deemed insolvent or become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.

     “ Disposition ” or “ Dispose ” means the sale, transfer, or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction, but excluding any license or operating lease) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.

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

     “ Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States.

     “ Eligible Assignee ” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 10.06(b)(iii) , (v) and (vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 10.06(b)(iii) ).

     “ Eligible Cash Equivalents ” means any of the following types of Investments:

     (a) readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than 360 days from the date of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof;

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     (b) time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i)(A) is a Lender or (B) is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated as described in clause (c) of this definition and (iii) has combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000, in each case with maturities of not more than 90 days from the date of acquisition thereof;

     (c) commercial paper issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America and rated at least “Prime-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or at least “A-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P, in each case with maturities of not more than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof; and

     (d) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which are administered by financial institutions that have the highest rating obtainable from either Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poors Ratings Group, and the portfolios of which are limited solely to Investments of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a) , (b) and (c) of this definition.

     “ Environmental Laws ” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

     “ Environmental Liability ” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

     “ Equity Interests ” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member

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or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

     “ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended and in effect from time to time.

     “ ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).

     “ ERISA Event ” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

     “ Eurodollar Rate ” means, for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“ BBA LIBOR ”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period. If such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “Eurodollar Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by Bank of America and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

     “ Eurodollar Rate Loan ” means a Committed Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate.

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

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     “ Excluded Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Foreign Subsidiary in respect of which either (a) the pledge of all of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary as Collateral or (b) the guaranteeing by such Subsidiary of the Obligations could reasonably be expected to result in adverse tax consequences to the Borrower.

     “ Excluded Property ” means (a) money not in the possession of the Administrative Agent (other than proceeds of any of the Collateral) and (b) Equity Interests of any Loan Party in a Subsidiary that is not wholly-owned by Loan Parties.

     “ Excluded Taxes ” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 10.13 ), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with Section 3.01(e) , except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a) .

     “ Existing Credit Agreement ” means that certain Credit Agreement dated as of July 7, 2004, among the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and a syndicate of lenders, as amended.

     “ Existing Letters of Credit ” means the Letters of Credit issued under the Existing Credit Agreement (if any) described on Schedule 1.01 .

     “ Facility ” means the Term Facility or the Revolving Facility, as the context may require.

     “ Federal Funds Rate ” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

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     “ Fee Letters ” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent’s Fee Letter and the Arrangers’ Fee Letter.

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

     “ Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

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

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

     “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.

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

     “ GroupEx ” means GroupEx Financial Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

     “ Guarantee ” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether

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or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable outstanding amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

     “ Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ” means the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement made by Borrower and the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit F .

     “ Guarantors ” means, collectively, all material wholly-owned Subsidiaries (other than Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries) of the Borrower that are parties to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

     “ 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.

     “ Impacted Lender ” means a Defaulting Lender or a Lender (a) as to which an entity that controls such Lender has become insolvent or become subject to a bankruptcy or other similar proceeding or (b) which has defaulted in fulfilling, and continues to remain in default in fulfilling, its obligations under one or more other credit facilities.

     “ Increase Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14 .

     “ Indebtedness ” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

     (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

     (b) all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;

     (c) net obligations of such Person under all Swap Contracts;

     (d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business);

     (e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under

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conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

     (f) capital leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations;

     (g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Equity Interest in such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; and

     (h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.

     For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any general partnership or limited partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is non-recourse to such Person by contract or operation of law. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of any capital lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.

     “ Indemnified Taxes ” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

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

     “ Information ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07 .

     “ Interest Payment Date ” means, (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the applicable Maturity Date; provided , however , that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the applicable Maturity Date.

     “ Interest Period ” means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice; provided that:

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

     (ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar

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month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

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

     “ Investment ” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of capital stock or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

     “ IP Rights ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.18 .

     “ IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

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

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

     “ Laws ” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

     “ L/C Advance ” means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, such Revolving Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.

     “ L/C Borrowing ” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Committed Borrowing.

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

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     “ L/C Issuer ” means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder; provided that another Lender may be the issuer of a particular Letter of Credit under the circumstances set forth in Section 2.02(a)(iii)(B) .

     “ L/C Obligations ” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06 . For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

     “ Lender ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and, as the context requires, means or includes a Revolving Lender, a Term Lender or the Swing Line Lender.

     “ Lender Swap Contracts ” means all Swap Contracts made or entered into at any time, or in effect at any time, whether directly or indirectly, and whether as a result of assignment or transfer or otherwise, between the Borrower or any Subsidiary and any Lender Swap Provider.

     “ Lender Swap Provider ” means any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that is a party to a Swap Contract with the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in its capacity as party to such Swap Contract; provided , however , that in the event that such Person ceases to be a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, such Person shall no longer be a “Lender Swap Provider.”

     “ Lending Office ” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

     “ Letter of Credit ” means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder and shall include the Existing Letters of Credit.

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

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

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

     “ Letter of Credit Sublimit ” means an amount equal to $50,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.

     “ Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or

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preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

     “ Loan ” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II in the form of a Committed Loan or a Swing Line Loan.

     “ Loan Documents ” means this Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, each Fee Letter, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, and each other Collateral Document.

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

     “ Material Adverse Effect ” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, assets, properties, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party (other than an adverse change in the financial condition of one or more Guarantors so long as there has been no material adverse effect upon the financial condition of the Borrower or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole); or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.

     “ Material Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary) whose consolidated assets or revenues as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal year or for such fiscal year, as the case may be, exceeded 10% of the consolidated assets or revenues of the Borrower as of the end of such fiscal year or for such fiscal year, as the case may be.

     “ Maturity Date ” means (a) with respect to the Revolving Facility, November 20, 2012 and (b) with respect to the Term Facility, April 29, 2011.

     “ Mortgage ” means each of the mortgages and deeds of trust made by any Loan Party in favor of, or for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in a form which is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (with such changes thereto as shall be advisable under the law of the jurisdiction in which such mortgage or deed of trust is to be recorded).

     “ Multiemployer Plan ” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.

     “ Note ” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 or C-2 , as applicable.

     “ Obligations ” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption),

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absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising; provided , that all references to the “ Obligations ” in the Collateral Documents shall, in addition to the foregoing, also include all present and future indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to any Lender Swap Contract or any Cash Management Agreement; in each case including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.

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

     “ Original Agreement ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble hereto.

     “ Other Taxes ” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

     “ Outstanding Amount ” means (i) with respect to Committed Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Committed Loans and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (ii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.

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

     “ PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

     “ Pension Plan ” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five plan years.

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     “ Permitted Acquisition ” means an acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets or of the assets constituting a line of business or greater than 50% of the Equity Interests of any Person where (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date such Permitted Acquisition is consummated, before or after giving effect thereto, (b) the business acquired (or Person acquired) is principally engaged in the same line of business (or a business reasonably incidental or complementary thereto) as the Borrower, (c) for any acquisition for which the fair market value of the consideration to be paid (including the amount of any Indebtedness or other obligations or liabilities assumed or acquired, but excluding any Equity Interests of the Borrower issued in connection therewith (other than any Equity Interests that any Loan Party is or, upon the passage of time or the occurrence of any event, may become obligated to redeem, purchase, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect thereof)) exceeds the Threshold Amount, the Borrower shall have demonstrated to the Administrative Agent compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 7.12 (i) on a pro forma basis (calculated for the relevant period set forth in Section 7.12 as of the date of such acquisition as if such acquisition had occurred on the first day of the relevant period), for the most recent full fiscal quarter immediately preceding such consummation date for which the relevant financial information has been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 and (ii) on a projected basis, for each of the four fiscal quarters following the quarter referred to in the preceding clause (i) , (d) for any acquisition for which the fair market value of the consideration to be paid (including the amount of any Indebtedness or other obligations or liabilities assumed or acquired, but excluding any Equity Interests of the Borrower issued in connection therewith (other than any Equity Interests that any Loan Party is or, upon the passage of time or the occurrence of any event, may become obligated to redeem, purchase, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect thereof)) exceeds the Threshold Amount, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent for itself and for distribution to each Lender copies of the most recent audited financial statements (or if unavailable, the most recent unaudited financial statements) of the acquired Person together with such other information that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, (e) the fair market value of the consideration paid (including the amount of any Indebtedness or other obligations or liabilities assumed or acquired, but excluding any Equity Interests of the Borrower issued in connection therewith (other than any Equity Interests that any Loan Party is or, upon the passage of time or the occurrence of any event, may become obligated to redeem, purchase, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect thereof)) in connection with such Permitted Acquisition together with that for other Permitted Acquisitions during the same fiscal year of the Borrower (excluding the acquisition of GroupEx), shall not be in excess of 50% of Consolidated EBITDA for the previous four fiscal quarters (the “ Annual Permitted Acquisitions Amount ”); provided that, for any acquisition for which the fair market value of the consideration to be paid (including the amount of any Indebtedness or other obligations or liabilities assumed or acquired, but excluding any Equity Interests of the Borrower issued in connection therewith (other than any Equity Interests that any Loan Party is or, upon the passage of time or the occurrence of any event, may become obligated to redeem, purchase, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect thereof)) exceeds the Threshold Amount, a Responsible Officer of the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Pro Forma Compliance Certificate; provided , further, that the acquisition of GroupEx shall be deemed to be a Permitted Acquisition but shall not otherwise be subject to the requirements and limitations of this definition; provided , further, that for the Borrower’s 2009 fiscal year, an acquisition, or acquisitions, of all or substantially all of the assets or of the assets constituting a

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line of business or of greater than 50% of the Equity Interests of any Person shall be deemed to be a Permitted Acquisition even if clauses (c) , (d) , and/or (e) above are not satisfied, so long as the fair market value of the consideration to be paid in connection with all such acquisitions (including the amount of any Indebtedness or other obligations or liabilities assumed or acquired, but excluding any Equity Interests of the Borrower issued in connection therewith (other than any Equity Interests that any Loan Party is or, upon the passage of time or the occurrence of any event, may become obligated to redeem, purchase, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect thereof)) does not exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate. “Pro Forma Compliance Certificate” means a certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying as to the accuracy of clauses (a) through (e) above and providing a detailed computation of compliance with clause (c) above.

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

     “ Placement Fees ” means the upfront fees paid by the Borrower to certain vendors in consideration for the placement of its coin-operated amusement vending equipment at the retail locations owned or operated by such vendors.

     “ Plan ” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.

     “ Platform ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02 .

     “ Public Lender ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02 .

     “ Redbox ” means Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

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

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

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

     “ Request for Credit Extension ” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Committed Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.

     “ Required Lenders ” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the Aggregate Commitments or, if the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02 , Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C

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Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition); provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

     “ Responsible Officer ” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer of a Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

     “ Restricted Payment ” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to the Borrower’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof).

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

     “ Revolving Facility ” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Commitments at such time or, if the Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Commitments have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02 , the Total Outstandings under the Revolving Facility at such time.

     “ Revolving Lender ” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Commitment at such time or, if such Revolving Commitment has been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02 , any Lender that holds Total Outstandings under the Revolving Facility (with such Lender’s risk participations and funded participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition).

     “ Risk Participation Cash Collateral ” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the pledge and deposit with or delivery to the Administrative Agent of, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer, as collateral, cash or deposit account balances in an amount equal to (a) the Applicable Percentage of each Impacted Lender times (b) the amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit, pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders).

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

     “ Secured Parties ” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Lender Swap Providers, the Cash Management Banks and the other Persons the Obligations owing to which are or are purported to be secured by the Collateral under the terms of the Collateral Documents.

     “ Solvent ” and “ Solvency ” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital, and (e) such Person is able to pay its debts and liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability, taking into account rights of contribution, subrogation and reimbursement with respect to such contingent liabilities.

     “ Subsidiary ” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

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

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a “ Master Agreement ”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

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

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

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

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

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

     “ Swing Line Sublimit ” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $25,000,000 and (b) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.

     “ Synthetic Lease Obligation ” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).

     “ Taxes ” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

     “ Term Commitment ” means, as to each Term Lender, its obligation to make a Committed Term Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b) in a principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Term Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01(b) under the caption “Term Commitment”, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

     “ Term Facility ” means, at any time, (a) on or prior to the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Term Commitments at such time and (b) thereafter, the aggregate principal amount of the Committed Term Loans of all Term Lenders outstanding at such time.

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     “ Term Lender ” means (a) at any time on or prior to the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date, any Lender that has a Term Commitment at such time and (b) at any time after the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date, any Lender that holds Committed Term Loans at such time.

     “ Threshold Amount ” means $15,000,000.

     “ Total Outstandings ” means (a) in respect of the Revolving Facility, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Committed Revolving Loans, all Swing Line Loans and all L/C Obligations and (b) in respect of the Term Facility, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Committed Term Loans.

     “ Type ” means, with respect to a Committed Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.

     “ UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “ UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.

     “ Unfunded Pension Liability ” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.

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

     “ Unreimbursed Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i) .

      1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

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

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references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (vi) the words “ asset ” and “ property ” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (viii) any reference to any currency or amount shall be a reference to the lawful currency of the United States or amount of such currency, as the case may be.

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

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

      1.03 Accounting Terms. (a) Generally . All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.

     (b)  Changes in GAAP . If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

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

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

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

ARTICLE II.
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

      2.01 Committed Loans. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “ Committed Revolving Loan ”) to the Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided , however , that after giving effect to any Committed Borrowing, (i) the Total Outstandings in respect of the Revolving Facility shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Revolving Loans of any Revolving Lender, plus such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Within the limits of each Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(a) , prepay under Section 2.05 , and reborrow under this Section 2.01(a) . Committed Revolving Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.

     (b) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term Lender severally agrees to make a single loan (a “ Committed Term Loan ”) to the Borrower on the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date or on the Increase Effective Date, as applicable, in an amount not to exceed such Term Lender’s Commitment. Each Committed Borrowing shall consist of Committed Term Loans made simultaneously by the applicable Term Lenders. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(b) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Committed Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans as further provided herein.

      2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans.

     (a) Each Committed Borrowing, each conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Committed Loans, and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Committed Loans. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Each Borrowing of, conversion

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to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $2,500,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(c) , each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Committed Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Committed Borrowing, a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Committed Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Committed Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Committed Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Committed Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Committed Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.

     (b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its share of the applicable Committed Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a Committed Borrowing, each applicable Lender shall make the amount of its Committed Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 12:00 noon on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01 ), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided , however , that, if such Borrowing is in respect of the Revolving Facility and on the date the Committed Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing, first , shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second , shall be made available to the Borrower as provided above.

     (c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan. During the existence of an Event of Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders.

     (d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative

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Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in Bank of America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.

     (e) After giving effect to all Committed Borrowings, all conversions of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Committed Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than 10 Interest Periods in effect with respect to Committed Revolving Loans or more than 5 Interest Periods in effect with respect to Committed Term Loans.

      2.03 Letters of Credit .

     (a)  The Letter of Credit Commitment .

     (i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03 , (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Total Outstandings in respect of the Revolving Facility shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Revolving Loans of any Revolving Lender, plus such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. All Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto, and from and after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.

     (ii) The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit, if:

     (A) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii) , the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Revolving Lenders then having more than 50% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments have approved such expiry date; or

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     (B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date.

     (iii) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

     (A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

     (B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally; provided that another Revolving Lender reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, agree to issue such Letter of Credit subject to the other terms and conditions of this Section 2.03 ;

     (C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $50,000;

     (D) such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars;

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

     (F) a default of any Revolving Lender’s obligation to fund under Section 2.03(c) exists or any Revolving Lender is an Impacted Lender, unless the L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements satisfactory to it (including, without limitation, arrangements for the provision of Risk Participation Cash Collateral) with the Borrower or such Revolving Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s risk with respect to such Revolving Lender; provided, that, if the Borrower provides Risk Participation Cash Collateral with respect to a Letter of Credit requested to be issued hereunder, the L/C Issuer shall not be entitled to rely on this clause as justification for not issuing such Letter of Credit. To the extent that the Borrower provides Risk Participation Cash Collateral, the Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer, a security interest in all cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing

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solely as security for the purposes described under Section 2.03(c)(ii) hereof. Such Risk Participation Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts with the Administrative Agent; provided that (1) in the event that any Revolving Lender, on account of whom such Risk Participation Cash Collateral was delivered, shall no longer be an Impacted Lender, the Administrative Agent shall return to the pledgor such portion of Risk Participation Cash Collateral attributable to such Revolving Lender, (2) in the event that any Revolving Lender, on account of whom such Risk Participation Cash Collateral was delivered, shall have its Revolving Commitment reduced, the Administrative Agent shall return to the pledgor such portion of the Risk Participation Cash Collateral attributable to such Revolving Lender in proportion to the amount by which such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment is so reduced, and (3) in the event that the applicable Letter of Credit, on account of which such Risk Participation Cash Collateral was delivered, expires or is drawn upon, and such drawing has been reimbursed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall return to the pledgor such portion of the Risk Participation Cash Collateral attributable to such expired Letter of Credit or such reimbursed drawing, as applicable.

     (iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.

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

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

     (b)  Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit .

     (i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed

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issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; and (H) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.

     (ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

     (iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer shall issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “ Auto-Extension Letter of Credit ”); provided that (A) any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “ Non-Extension Notice Date ”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued and (B) the ultimate expiry date shall not extend beyond the Letter of Credit Expiration Date. Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of

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such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided , however , that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Revolving Lenders then having more than 50% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (or if the commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02 , the Revolving Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Total Outstandings in respect of the Revolving Facility) have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.

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

     (c)  Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations .

     (i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an “ Honor Date ”), the Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “ Unreimbursed Amount ”), and the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Committed Borrowing under the Revolving Facility of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

     (ii) Each Revolving Lender (including the Lender acting as L/C Issuer) shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an

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amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 12:00 noon on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii) , each Revolving Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Committed Loan to the Borrower in such amount; provided , that if any Impacted Lender shall fail to make such funds available, any Risk Participation Cash Collateral delivered on account of such Impacted Lender for the respective Letter of Credit shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the reimbursement of the L/C Issuer as required hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer. If at any time after the L/C Issuer has been reimbursed hereunder for any portion of any Letter of Credit with the proceeds of Risk Participation Collateral and the Administrative Agent subsequently receives from the Impacted Lender such Impacted Lender’s L/C Advance (or portion thereof) in respect of such payment in accordance with this Section 2.03(c)(ii) , the Administrative Agent shall distribute to the Borrower the proceeds of such L/C Advance (or portion thereof) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.

     (iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Revolving Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03 .

     (iv) Until each Revolving Lender funds its Committed Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.

     (v) Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Committed Revolving Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c) , shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided , however , that each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Committed Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

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     (vi) If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii) , the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Revolving Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Revolving Lender’s Committed Revolving Loan included in the relevant Committed Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

     (d)  Repayment of Participations .

     (i) At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Lender such Revolving Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c) , if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Revolving Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.

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

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

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

     (ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

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

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

     (v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

     The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will immediately notify the L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid; provided that such noncompliance is not the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the L/C Issuer.

     (f)  Role of L/C Issuer . Each Revolving Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Revolving Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Lenders or the Revolving Lenders then having more than 50% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (or if the obligation of the commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been

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terminated pursuant to Section 8.02 , the Revolving Lenders or the Revolving Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Total Outstandings in respect of the Revolving Facility), as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided , however , that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e) ; provided , however , that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by the L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.

     (g)  Cash Collateral . Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (i) if the L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations. Sections 2.05 and 8.02(c) set forth certain additional requirements to deliver Cash Collateral hereunder. For purposes of this Section 2.03 , Section 2.05 and Section 8.02(c) , “ Cash Collateralize ” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Secured Parties, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Revolving Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Secured Parties, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, and to the extent permitted by law, interest bearing, deposit accounts at Bank of America.

     (h)  Applicability of ISP . Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), the rules of the ISP shall apply to each Letter of Credit.

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     (i)  Letter of Credit Fees . The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage a Letter of Credit fee (the “ Letter of Credit Fee ”) equal to the Applicable Rate times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06 . Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) due and payable on the tenth Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand and (ii) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request of the Revolving Lenders then having more than 50% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments (or if the commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02 , the Revolving Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of the Total Outstandings in respect of the Revolving Facility), while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.

     (j)  Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer . The Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit, at the rate per annum specified in the Administrative Agent’s Fee Letter, computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the tenth Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06 . In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.

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

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

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      2.04 Swing Line Loans.

     (a)  The Swing Line . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04 , to make loans (each such loan, a “ Swing Line Loan ”) to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in respect of the Revolving Facility in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Committed Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided , however , that should any Revolving Lender become a Defaulting Lender or an Impacted Lender, all Swing Line Loans shall be made at the sole and absolute discretion of the Swing Line Lender, and after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Revolving Loans of any Revolving Lender, plus such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and provided , further , that the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04 , prepay under Section 2.05 , and reborrow under this Section 2.04 . Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.

     (b)  Borrowing Procedures . Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. If the Swing Line Lender is required or shall elect, as may be the case, to fund a requested Swing Line Loan, not later than 2:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Notice, the Swing Line Lender shall make available to the Borrower at its office by crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of the Swing Line Lender in an amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount of such Swing Line Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Swing Line Lender is not required, and accordingly elects not to fund a requested Swing Line Loan for any reason, the Swing Line Lender shall promptly,

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and in any event not later than 2:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Notice, notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of such election.

     (c)  Refinancing of Swing Line Loans .

     (i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Lender make a Base Rate Committed Loan in an amount equal to such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02 , without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 . The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after


 
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