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LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

Security Agreement

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT | Document Parties: GENERAL MOTORS CORP | ANNUNCIATA CORPORATION | ARGONAUT HOLDINGS, INC | GM APO HOLDINGS, LLC | GM EUROMETALS, INC | GM FINANCE CO HOLDINGS LLC | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC | GM GLOBAL TOOLING COMPANY, INC | GM LAAM HOLDINGS, LLC | GM PREFERRED FINANCE CO HOLDINGS LLC | GM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | GM-DI LEASING CORPORATION | ONSTAR, LLC | RIVERFRONT HOLDINGS, INC | SATURN CORPORATION | SATURN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION You are currently viewing:
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GENERAL MOTORS CORP | ANNUNCIATA CORPORATION | ARGONAUT HOLDINGS, INC | GM APO HOLDINGS, LLC | GM EUROMETALS, INC | GM FINANCE CO HOLDINGS LLC | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC | GM GLOBAL TOOLING COMPANY, INC | GM LAAM HOLDINGS, LLC | GM PREFERRED FINANCE CO HOLDINGS LLC | GM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | GM-DI LEASING CORPORATION | ONSTAR, LLC | RIVERFRONT HOLDINGS, INC | SATURN CORPORATION | SATURN DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION

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Title: LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 1/7/2009
Industry: Auto and Truck Manufacturers     Sector: Consumer Cyclical

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, Parties: general motors corp , annunciata corporation , argonaut holdings  inc , gm apo holdings  llc , gm eurometals  inc , gm finance co holdings llc , gm global technology operations  inc , gm global tooling company  inc , gm laam holdings  llc , gm preferred finance co holdings llc , gm technologies  llc , gm-di leasing corporation , onstar  llc , riverfront holdings  inc , saturn corporation , saturn distribution corporation
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Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

 

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

By and Between

The Borrower Listed on Appendix A

as Borrower

and

THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

as Lender

Dated as of December 31, 2008

 

*** Portions of this exhibit have been omitted under a request for confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and filed separately with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS

 

 

1

 

1.01 Certain Defined Terms

 

 

1

 

1.02 Interpretation

 

 

21

 

1.03 Accounting Terms and Determinations

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2. ADVANCES, NOTE AND PAYMENTS

 

 

22

 

2.01 Advances

 

 

22

 

2.02 The Note

 

 

22

 

2.03 Procedure for Borrowing

 

 

22

 

2.04 Limitation on Types of Advances; Illegality

 

 

23

 

2.05 Repayment of the Advances; Interest

 

 

23

 

2.06 Optional Prepayments

 

 

24

 

2.07 Mandatory Prepayments

 

 

24

 

2.08 Requirements of Law

 

 

25

 

2.09 Use of Proceeds

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3. PAYMENTS; COMPUTATIONS; TAXES

 

 

26

 

3.01 Payments

 

 

26

 

3.02 Computations

 

 

26

 

3.03 US Taxes

 

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 4. COLLATERAL SECURITY

 

 

29

 

4.01 Collateral; Security Interest

 

 

29

 

4.02 UCC Matters; Further Assurances

 

 

30

 

4.03 Changes in Locations, Name, etc

 

 

30

 

4.04 Lender’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

31

 

4.05 Performance by the Lender of the Borrower’s Obligations

 

 

32

 

4.06 Proceeds

 

 

32

 

4.07 Remedies

 

 

32

 

4.08 Continuing Liability of the Borrower

 

 

33

 

4.09 Limitation on Duties Regarding Preservation of Facility Collateral

 

 

33

 

4.10 Powers Coupled with an Interest

 

 

34

 

4.11 Release of Security Interest Upon Satisfaction of all Obligations

 

 

34

 

4.12 Partial Release of Facility Collateral

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

 

35

 

5.01 Initial Advance

 

 

35

 

5.02 Initial and Subsequent Advances

 

 

38

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

 

39

 

6.01 Existence

 

 

39

 

6.02 Financial Condition

 

 

39

 

6.03 Litigation

 

 

40

 

6.04 No Breach

 

 

40

 

6.05 Action, Binding Obligations

 

 

40

 

6.06 Approvals

 

 

40

 

6.07 Taxes

 

 

40

 

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6.08 Investment Company Act

 

 

41

 

6.09 No Default

 

 

41

 

6.10 Chief Executive Office; Chief Operating Office

 

 

41

 

6.11 Location of Books and Records

 

 

41

 

6.12 True and Complete Disclosure

 

 

41

 

6.13 Material Agreements

 

 

41

 

6.14 ERISA

 

 

41

 

6.15 Expense Policy

 

 

41

 

6.16 Subsidiaries

 

 

41

 

6.17 Capitalization

 

 

42

 

6.18 Fraudulent Conveyance

 

 

42

 

6.19 USA PATRIOT Act

 

 

42

 

6.20 Embargoed Person

 

 

42

 

6.21 Borrowing for Own Benefit

 

 

43

 

6.22 Indebtedness

 

 

43

 

6.23 Labor Matters

 

 

43

 

6.24 Survival of Representations and Warranties

 

 

43

 

6.25 Representations Concerning the Facility Collateral

 

 

44

 

6.26 Intellectual Property

 

 

44

 

6.27 JV Agreements

 

 

45

 

6.28 Senior Lien Assets

 

 

45

 

6.29 Excluded Collateral

 

 

45

 

6.30 Mortgaged Real Property

 

 

45

 

6.31 Additional Representations and Warranties

 

 

46

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 7. AFFIRMATIVE AND FINANCIAL COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES

 

 

46

 

7.01 Financial Statements

 

 

46

 

7.02 Reporting Requirements

 

 

48

 

7.03 Financial Covenants

 

 

49

 

7.04 Existence, Etc

 

 

49

 

7.05 Use of Proceeds

 

 

50

 

7.06 Maintenance of Property; Insurance

 

 

50

 

7.07 Further Identification of Facility Collateral

 

 

50

 

7.08 Defense of Title

 

 

51

 

7.09 Preservation of Facility Collateral

 

 

51

 

7.10 Maintenance of Papers, Records and Files

 

 

51

 

7.11 Maintenance of Licenses

 

 

51

 

7.12 Payment of Obligations

 

 

51

 

7.13 OFAC

 

 

52

 

7.14 Investment Company

 

 

52

 

7.15 Due Diligence

 

 

52

 

7.16 Further Assurances

 

 

52

 

7.17 Executive Privileges and Compensation

 

 

53

 

7.18 Asset Divestiture

 

 

54

 

7.19 Restrictions on Expenses

 

 

54

 

7.20 Restructuring Plan; Restructuring Targets

 

 

54

 

7.21 Term Sheet Requirements

 

 

55

 

7.22 Restructuring Plan Report

 

 

55

 

7.23 President’s Designee Review/Certification

 

 

55

 

7.24 Required Distributions

 

 

56

 

7.25 Provide Additional Information

 

 

56

 

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7.26 Material Transaction

 

 

56

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 8. NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES

 

 

56

 

8.01 Prohibition of Fundamental Changes

 

 

56

 

8.02 Lines of Business

 

 

56

 

8.03 Transactions with Affiliates

 

 

56

 

8.04 Limitation on Liens

 

 

57

 

8.05 Limitation on Distributions

 

 

57

 

8.06 No Amendment or Waiver

 

 

57

 

8.07 Prohibition of Certain Prepayments

 

 

57

 

8.08 Change of Fiscal Year

 

 

57

 

8.09 Limitation on Negative Pledge Clauses

 

 

57

 

8.10 Limitations on Indebtedness

 

 

57

 

8.11 Limitations on Investments

 

 

58

 

8.12 ERISA

 

 

58

 

8.13 Action Adverse to the Facility Collateral

 

 

58

 

8.14 Limitation on Sale of Assets

 

 

58

 

8.15 Restrictions on Pension Plans

 

 

58

 

8.16 JV Agreements

 

 

59

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 9. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; TERMINATION EVENTS

 

 

59

 

9.01 Events of Default

 

 

59

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 10. REMEDIES

 

 

61

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

63

 

11.01 Waiver

 

 

63

 

11.02 Notices

 

 

63

 

11.03 Indemnification and Expenses

 

 

63

 

11.04 Amendments

 

 

64

 

11.05 Successors and Assigns

 

 

64

 

11.06 Survival

 

 

64

 

11.07 Captions

 

 

65

 

11.08 Counterparts and Facsimile

 

 

65

 

11.09 Loan Agreement Constitutes Security Agreement

 

 

65

 

11.10 Governing Law

 

 

65

 

11.11 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS

 

 

65

 

11.12 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

 

 

66

 

11.13 Acknowledgments

 

 

66

 

11.14 Hypothecation or Pledge of Facility Collateral

 

 

66

 

11.15 Assignments; Participations

 

 

66

 

11.16 Periodic Due Diligence Review

 

 

67

 

11.17 Set-Off

 

 

68

 

11.18 Reliance

 

 

68

 

11.19 Reimbursement

 

 

68

 

11.20 Waiver Of Redemption And Deficiency Rights

 

 

69

 

11.21 Single Agreement

 

 

69

 

11.22 Severability

 

 

69

 

11.23 Entire Agreement

 

 

69

 

11.24 Appendix A

 

 

69

 

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SCHEDULES

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1.1

 

List of Pledgors

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1.2

 

List of Guarantors

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 6.03

 

Litigation

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 6.10

 

Chief Executive Office, Chief Operating Office

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 6.13

 

Existing Agreements

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 6.16

 

Subsidiaries

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 6.17

 

Ownership of Loan Parties

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 6.22

 

Existing Indebtedness

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 6.25

 

Filing Jurisdictions and Offices

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 6.26

 

Intellectual Property

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 6.27

 

JV Agreements

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 6.28

 

Facility Collateral Subject to a Senior Lien

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 6.29

 

Excluded Collateral

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 6.30

 

Excluded Real Property

 

 

 

 

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Form of Note

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

Acknowledgment and Consent

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

Form of Notice of Borrowing

 

 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

Form of Confidentiality Agreement

 

 

 

EXHIBIT E

 

Form of Compliance Certificate

 

 

 

EXHIBIT F

 

Form of Exemption Certificate

 

 

 

EXHIBIT G-1

 

Form of Waiver for the Loan Parties

 

 

 

EXHIBIT G-2

 

Form of Waiver from SEOs to Lender

 

 

 

EXHIBIT G-3

 

Form of Consent and Waiver of SEOs to Loan Parties

 

 

 

EXHIBIT G-4

 

Form of Waiver of Senior Employees to Lender

 

 

 

EXHIBIT G-5

 

Form of Consent and Waiver of Senior Employees to Loan Parties

 

 

 

APPENDICES

 

 

 

 

 

APPENDIX A

 

Supplement to Loan and Security Agreement

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LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

          LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of December 31, 2008, between the Borrower set forth on Appendix A (the “ Borrower ”) and THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (the “ Lender ”).

RECITALS

          The Borrower wishes to obtain financing from time to time to restore liquidity to its business, and to restore stability to the domestic automobile industry in the United States, and the Lender has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of this Loan Agreement, to provide such financing to the Borrower.

          The financing provided hereunder will be used in a manner that (A) enables the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to develop a viable and competitive business that minimizes adverse effects on the environment; (B) enhances the ability and the capacity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to pursue the timely and aggressive production of energy-efficient advanced technology vehicles; (C) preserves and promotes the jobs of American workers employed directly by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and in related industries; (D) safeguards the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to provide retirement and health care benefits for their retirees and their dependents; and (E) stimulates manufacturing and sales of automobiles produced by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

          Accordingly, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

           SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS .

           1.01 Certain Defined Terms . Subject to the amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications in Section 1.01 of Appendix A, as used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings (all terms defined in this Section 1.01 or in other provisions of this Loan Agreement in the singular to have the same meanings when used in the plural and vice versa):

          “ Account Control Agreement ” shall mean one or more account control agreements among the Lender, the applicable Loan Parties and each bank party thereto, in form and substance acceptable to the Lender, to be entered into with respect to each Facility Account, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

          “ Acknowledgement and Consent ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.01(r) hereof.

          “ Advance ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).

          “ Affiliate ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this Loan Agreement, “control” (together with the correlative meanings of “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means possession, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

          “ After Acquired Real Property ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.16(b) hereof.

 


 

          “ Applicable Law ” shall mean, with reference to any Person, all laws (including common law), statutes, regulations, ordinances, treaties, judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs and orders of any court, governmental agency or authority and rules, regulations, orders, directives, licenses and permits of any Governmental Authority applicable to such Person or its property or in respect of its operations.

          “ Bankruptcy Code ” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time.

          “ Bankruptcy Exceptions ” shall mean limitations on, or exceptions to, the enforceability of an agreement against a Person due to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or the application of general equitable principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity.

          “ Benefit Plan ” shall mean any employee benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(3) of ERISA and any other plan, arrangement or agreement which provides for compensation, benefits, fringe benefits or other remuneration to any employee, former employee, individual independent contractor or director, including without limitation, any bonus, incentive, supplemental retirement plan, golden parachute, employment, individual consulting, change of control, bonus or retention agreement, whether provided directly or indirectly by any Loan Party or otherwise.

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

          “ Bond Exchange ” shall mean the conversion of existing public debt into equity, debt and/or cash as contemplated in Section 7.20(c).

          “ Business Day ” shall mean any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, (ii) a Federal holiday or other day on which banks in New York, New York or the District of Columbia are permitted to close, or (iii) a day on which trading in securities on the New York Stock Exchange or any other major securities exchange in the United States is not conducted.

          “ Capital Lease Obligations ” shall mean, for any Person, all obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) Property to the extent such obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and, for purposes of this Loan Agreement, the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof, determined in accordance with GAAP.

          “ Cash Equivalents ” shall mean (a) U.S. dollars, or money in other currencies received in the ordinary course of business, (b) securities with maturities of one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. Government or any agency thereof, (c) securities with maturities of one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision, taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least A by S&P or A by Moody’s, (d) demand deposit, certificates of deposit and time deposits with maturities of one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition and overnight bank deposits of any commercial bank, supranational bank or trust company having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000, (e) repurchase obligations with respect to securities of the types (but not necessarily maturity) described in clauses (b) and (c) above, having a term of not more than ninety (90) days, of banks (or bank holding companies) or subsidiaries of such banks (or bank holding companies) and non-bank broker-dealers listed on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s list of primary and other reporting

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dealers (“ Repo Counterparties ”), which Repo Counterparties have capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating in excess of $500,000,000 (or the foreign equivalent thereof) and which Repo Counterparties or their parents (if the Repo Counterparties are not rated) will at the time of the transaction be rated “A-1” by S&P (or such similar equivalent rating) or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization, (f) commercial paper rated at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s and in either case maturing within one (1) year after the day of acquisition, (g) short-term marketable securities of comparable credit quality, (h) shares of money market mutual or similar funds which invest at least 95% in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (g) of this definition, and (i) in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, substantially similar investments, of comparable credit quality, denominated in the currency of any jurisdiction in which such Person conducts business.

          “ Certification Deadline ” shall mean March 31, 2009 or such later date (not to exceed thirty (30) days after March 31, 2009) as determined by the President’s Designee in his or her sole discretion.

          “ Change of Control ” shall mean with respect to the Borrower, the acquisition, after the Effective Date, by any other Person, or two or more other Persons acting in concert other than the Permitted Investors, the Lender or any Affiliate of the Lender, of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of outstanding shares of voting stock of the Borrower at any time if after giving effect to such acquisition such Person or Persons owns twenty percent (20%) or more of such outstanding voting stock.

          “ Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

          “ Collateral ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(a) hereof.

          “ Collateral Substitution ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07.

          “ Compensation Reductions ” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, the reduction of the total amount of compensation, including wages and benefits, paid to its United States employees so that, by no later than December 31, 2009, the average of such total amount, per hour and per person, is an amount that is competitive with the average total amount of such compensation, as certified by the Secretary of the United States Department of Labor, paid per hour and per person to employees of Nissan Motor Company, Toyota Motor Corporation, or American Honda Motor Company whose site of employment is in the United States.

          “ Consolidated ” refers to the consolidation of accounts in accordance with GAAP.

          “ Contractual Obligation ” shall mean, as to any Person, any material provision 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 or any material provision of any security issued by such Person.

          “ Controlled Affiliate ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.19.

          “ Controlled Foreign Subsidiary ” shall mean any Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of the Code. For this purpose, a “controlled foreign corporation” includes any Subsidiary (i) classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, substantially all of the assets of which consist of stock of one or more controlled foreign corporations, or (ii) classified

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as a partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, any assets of which consist of stock of one or more controlled foreign corporations.

          “ Copyright Licenses ” shall mean all licenses, contracts or other agreements, whether written or oral, naming a Loan Party as licensee or licensor and providing for the grant of any right to reproduce, publicly display, publicly perform, distribute, create derivative works of or otherwise exploit any works covered by any Copyright (including, without limitation, all Copyright Licenses set forth in Schedule 6.26 hereto).

          “ Copyrights ” shall mean all domestic and foreign copyrights, whether registered or unregistered, including, without limitation, all copyright rights throughout the universe (whether now or hereafter arising) in any and all media (whether now or hereafter developed), in and to all original works of authorship (including, without limitation, all marketing materials created by or on behalf of any Loan Party) , acquired or owned by a Loan Party (including, without limitation, all copyrights described in Schedule 6.26 hereto), all applications, registrations and recordings thereof (including, without limitation, applications, registrations and recordings in the United States Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof), and all reissues, renewals, restorations, extensions or revisions thereof.

          “ Default ” shall mean an event that with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would become an Event of Default.

          “ Disposition ” shall mean with respect to any Property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof (other than (i) exclusive Licenses that do not materially impair the relevant Loan Party’s ability to use or exploit the relevant Intellectual Property as it has been used or exploited by the Loan Parties as of the Effective Date or (ii) nonexclusive Licenses); and the terms “ Dispose ” and “ Disposed of ” shall have correlative meanings.

          “ Dollars ” or “ $ ” shall mean lawful currency of the United States.

          “ Domestic Subsidiary ” shall mean any Subsidiary that is organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia.

          “ Due Diligence Review ” shall mean the performance by or on behalf of the Lender of any or all of the reviews permitted under Section 11.16, as desired by the Lender from time to time.

          “ EESA ” shall mean the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, Public Law No: 110-343, effective as of October 3, 2008, as amended from time to time.

          “ Effective Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Appendix A.

          “ EISA ” shall mean the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-140; 42 U.S.C. 17013), as amended.

          “ Electronic Transmission ” shall mean the delivery of information by electronic mail, facsimile or other electronic format acceptable to the Lender. An Electronic Transmission shall be considered written notice for all purposes hereof.

          “ Environmental Indemnity ” shall mean that certain Environmental Indemnity Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, executed by the applicable Loan Parties in connection with the Advances for

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the benefit of Lender, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

          “ Equity Interests ” shall mean any and all equity interests, including any shares of stock, membership or partnership interests, participations or other equivalents whether certificated or uncertificated (however designated) of a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or any other entity, and any and all similar ownership interests in a Person and any and all warrants or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

          “ Equity Pledge Agreement ” shall mean that certain pledge agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by each Pledgor in favor of the Lender.

          “ ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

          “ ERISA Affiliate ” shall mean any corporation or trade or business or other entity, whether or not incorporated, that is a member of any group of organizations (i) described in Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code of which any Loan Party is a member or (ii) which is under common control with any Loan Party within the meaning of section 4001 of ERISA.

          “ ERISA Event ” shall mean (i) any Reportable Event or a determination that a Plan is “at risk” (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA); (ii) the incurrence by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its respective ERISA Affiliates from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (iii) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to the intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (iv) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; or (v) the occurrence of a nonexempt “prohibited transaction” with respect to which the Borrower, the other Loan Parties or their ERISA Affiliates is a “disqualified person” (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) or with respect to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate could otherwise be liable.

          “ Event of Default ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.01.

          “ Excluded Collateral ” shall mean any Property to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein (a) is prohibited by any Applicable Law, or requires a consent pursuant to Applicable Law that has not been obtained from any Governmental Authority, or (b) is contractually prohibited, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of any contract (except to the extent that such contract or the related prohibitive provisions therein are ineffective under the New York Uniform Commercial Code or other Applicable Law) or requires a consent from any other Person (other than the Borrower or any of its Affiliates) that has not been obtained, (c) in the case of any investment property (as such term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code), is prohibited under any applicable organizational, constitutive, shareholder or similar agreement (except to the extent that such agreement or the related prohibitive provisions therein are ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other Applicable Law), or (d) is Property of any of the following types:

          (i) motor vehicles situated in a jurisdiction in which the perfection of a security interest is excluded from the Uniform Commercial Code;

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          (ii) voting Equity Interests in any Controlled Foreign Subsidiary, to the extent (but only to the extent) required to prevent the Collateral from including more than 65% of all voting Equity Interests in such Controlled Foreign Subsidiary;

          (iii) any Equity Interests owned by the Borrower or other Loan Party in any Excluded Subsidiary;

          (iv) assets that give rise to tax-exempt interest income within the meaning of Section 265(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time;

          (v) any Property, including any debt or Equity Interest and any manufacturing plant or facility which is located within the continental United States, to the extent that the grant of a security interest therein to secure the Obligations will result in a lien, or an obligation to grant a lien, in such Property to secure any other obligation;

          (vi) any “intent to use” United States trademark application for which a statement of use has not been filed;

          (vii) any Property that is subject to a purchase option granted to any dealer of the Borrower’s or any Loan Parties’ products with respect to the related dealership Properties;

          (viii) any Property (including any tangible embodiments of Intellectual Property that may be affixed to or embodied in any Property), including any Equity Interest, to the extent that the Borrower or any other Loan Party has assigned, pledged, or otherwise granted a security interest in or with respect to such Property to secure any indebtedness or any other obligations, including any Senior Lien Loan, prior to the Effective Date, to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein is contractually prohibited, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of any contract, or requires a consent from any other Person (other than the Borrower or any of its Affiliates) that has not been obtained;

          (ix) any Property of the Borrower or any Loan Party acquired with (a) funds obtained from the Government of the United States, including proceeds of any loan obtained under Section 136 of the EISA or (b) under any other government programs or using other government funds, including proceeds of government loans, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or Cooperative Research and Development Agreements, to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein is contractually prohibited, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of any contract or precludes eligibility for funding described in clauses (a) or (b) above or requires a consent from any other Person (other than the Borrower or any of its Affiliates) that has not been obtained;

          (x) any Property, including cash and cash equivalents, (x) pledged or deposited in connection with insurance, including worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance or other types of social security or pension benefits, (y) pledged or deposited to secure the performance of bids, tenders, statutory obligations, and surety, appeal, customs or performance bonds and similar obligations, or (z) pledged or deposited to secure reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit issued to support any obligations or liabilities described in clauses (x) or (y) above; and

          (xi) to the extent not otherwise included, all proceeds, including cash proceeds (as each such term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code), and products of Excluded Collateral, in whatever form, including cash or cash equivalents.

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          “ Excluded Subsidiary ” shall have the meaning set forth in Appendix A.

          “ Excluded Taxes ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.03(a).

          “ Executive Order ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.20.

          “ Existing Agreements ” shall mean the agreements of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in effect on the Effective Date and any extensions, renewals and replacements thereof so long as any such extension, renewal and replacement could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the rights and remedies of the Lender under any of the Loan Documents.

          “ Expense Policy ” shall mean the Borrower’s comprehensive written policy on corporate expenses maintained and implemented in accordance with Section 7.19.

          “ Expiration Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Appendix A.

          “ Facility Account ” shall have the meaning set forth in Appendix A.

          “ Facility Collateral ” shall mean collectively, (i) the Collateral pledged hereunder, (ii) the Collateral (as defined in the Equity Pledge Agreement) pledged to the Lender under the Equity Pledge Agreement, (iii) the Collateral (as defined in the Intellectual Property Pledge Agreement), pledged to the Lender under the Intellectual Property Agreement, (iv) the Guaranty Collateral (as defined in the Guaranty), pledged to the Lender under the Guaranty, and (v) any other collateral security pledged to Lender under any other Loan Document, including without limitation each Mortgage; provided that Facility Collateral shall exclude any Property constituting Excluded Collateral.

          “ Foreign Subsidiary ” shall mean any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

          “ Funding Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Appendix A.

          “ GAAP ” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States.

          “ Governmental Authority ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof, any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and any court or arbitrator having jurisdiction over such Person, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its properties.

          “ Guarantee ” shall mean, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person or in any manner providing for the payment of any Indebtedness of any other Person or otherwise protecting the holder of such Indebtedness against loss (whether by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, or to take-or-pay or otherwise), provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include (i) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) obligations to make servicing advances for delinquent taxes and insurance, or other obligations in respect of a mortgaged property, to the extent required by the Lender. The amount of any Guarantee of a Person shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation 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 such Person in good faith. The terms “Guarantee” and “Guaranteed” used as verbs shall have correlative meanings.

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          “ Guarantors ” shall mean those Persons listed on Schedule 1.2 .

          “ Guaranty ” shall mean that certain Guaranty and Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by each Guarantor in favor of the Lender guarantying the Obligations of the Borrower.

          “ Hedging Agreement ” means any (i) interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement or other agreement designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or (ii) foreign exchange forward contract, currency swap agreement or other agreement designed to protect against fluctuations in foreign exchange rates or (iii) commodity or raw material futures contract or other agreement designed to protect against fluctuations in raw material prices.

          “ Indebtedness ” shall mean, for any Person: (a) obligations created, issued or incurred by such Person for borrowed money (whether by loan, the issuance and sale of debt securities or the sale of Property to another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to repurchase such Property from such Person); (b) obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase or acquisition price of Property or services; (c) indebtedness of others of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of this definition secured by a Lien on the Property of such Person, whether or not the respective indebtedness so secured has been assumed by such Person; (d) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Person in respect of letters of credit or similar instruments issued or accepted by banks and other financial institutions for the account of such Person; (e) Capital Lease Obligations of such Person; (f) obligations of such Person under repurchase agreements or like arrangements; (g) indebtedness of others of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of this definition Guaranteed by such Person; (h) all obligations of such Person incurred in connection with the acquisition or carrying of fixed assets by such Person; (i) indebtedness of general partnerships of which such Person is a general partner unless the terms of such indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor; and (j) any other indebtedness of such Person evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument.

          “ Individual Property ” shall mean each parcel of real property, the improvements thereon and all personal property owned by the applicable Loan Party and encumbered by a Mortgage, together with all rights pertaining to such real property, improvements and personal property, as more particularly described in Article 1 of each Mortgage and referred to therein as the “Property”.

          “ Intellectual Property ” shall mean all Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights owned by any Loan Party, and all rights under any Licenses to which a Loan Party is a party .

          “ Intellectual Property Pledge Agreement ” shall mean that certain Intellectual Property Pledge Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among each Loan Party and the Lender.

          “ Interest Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Appendix A.

          “ Interest Period ” shall mean, with respect to any Advance, (i) initially, the period commencing on the Funding Date with respect to such Advance and ending on the calendar day prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, and (ii) thereafter, each period commencing on an Interest Payment Date and ending on the calendar day prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Interest Period may end after the Maturity Date.

          “ Investment ” shall mean any advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guaranty or otherwise) or capital contribution to, or purchase of any Equity Interests, bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities of, or any assets constituting a business unit of, or any other similar investment in, any Person.

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          “ Investment Company Act ” shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time, including all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

          “ Joint Venture ” shall mean any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement between any Loan Party or one of its Subsidiaries and independent third parties which are not Subsidiaries of a Loan Party.

          “ JV Agreement ” shall mean each partnership or limited liability company agreement (or similar agreement) between a Loan Party or one of its Subsidiaries and the relevant JV Partner as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, in accordance with the terms hereof.

          “ JV Partner ” shall mean each Person party to a JV Agreement that is not a Loan Party or one of its Subsidiaries.

          “ Labor Modifications ” shall mean, collectively, the Compensation Reductions, the Severance Rationalization and the Work Rule Modifications.

          “ Lender ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble hereof.

          “ LIBOR ” shall mean with respect to each Advance, the greater of (a) the LIBOR Floor and (b) the rate (adjusted for statutory reserve requirements for eurocurrency liabilities) for eurodollar deposits for a period equal to three months appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page or if such rate ceases to appear on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page, on any other service providing comparable rate quotations at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time. LIBOR shall be determined on the Effective Date and reset on each Interest Payment Date.

          “ LIBOR Floor ” shall have the meaning set forth in Appendix A.

          “ Licenses ” shall mean the Copyright Licenses, the Trademark Licenses and the Patent Licenses.

          “ Lien ” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or other charge or encumbrance (in the nature of a security interest and other than licenses of Intellectual Property), including the lien or retained security title of a conditional vendor, upon or with respect to any property or assets.

          “ Loan Agreement ” shall mean this Loan and Security Agreement, as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

          “ Loan Documents ” shall mean the documents set forth on Appendix A, together with all other such documentation entered into in connection with the transactions contemplated under such documents and to fully evidence and secure the Borrower’s Obligations hereunder.

          “ Loan Parties ” shall mean the Borrower, the Guarantors, and the Pledgors, and “Loan Party” shall mean each of them.

          “ Mandatory Prepayment ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.07.

          “ Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Loan Parties and their

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Subsidiaries (taken as a whole), (b) the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform any of their obligations under any of the Loan Documents to which they are a party, (c) the validity or enforceability in any material respect of any of the Loan Documents to which they are a party, (d) the rights and remedies of the Lender under any of the Loan Documents, or (e) the Facility Collateral (taken as a whole).

          “ Maturity Date ” shall mean the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date, (ii) the date specified in Section 2.05(a)(ii), or (iii) the occurrence of an Event of Default, at the option of the Lender.

          “ Maximum Loan Amount ” shall have the meaning set forth in Appendix A.

          “ Moody’s ” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

          “ Mortgage ” shall mean, with respect to each Individual Property, that certain Mortgage (or Deed of Trust or Deed to Secure Debt, as applicable), Assignment of Leases and Rents, and Security Agreement or similar agreement, executed and delivered by a Loan Party as security for the Advances and encumbering such Individual Property, as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

          “ Multiemployer Plan ” shall mean a multiemployer plan defined as such in Section 3(37) of ERISA to which contributions are required to be made by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate or to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate may have any direct or indirect liability or obligation contingent or otherwise.

          “ Net Proceeds ” shall mean, with respect to any event, (a) the cash proceeds received in respect of such event including (i) any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but excluding any interest payments), but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar payments, net of (b) the sum of (i) all reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid to third parties (other than Affiliates) in connection with such event, (ii) in the case of a Disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction or a casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding), the amount of all payments required to be made as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than the Advances) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event and (iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable, including under any tax sharing arrangements) and the amount of any reserves established to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, in each case that are directly attributable to such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith by a Responsible Person).

          “ Non-Excluded Taxes ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.03(a).

          “ Note ” shall mean the promissory note provided for by Section 2.02(a) for the Advances and any promissory note delivered in substitution or exchange therefor, in each case as the same shall be modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time.

          “ Obligations ” shall mean (a) all of the Borrower’s obligations to repay the Advances on the Maturity Date, to pay interest on an Interest Payment Date and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to the Lender, or any other Person arising under, or in connection with, the Loan Documents, whether now existing or hereafter arising; (b) any and all sums paid by the Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents in order to preserve any Facility Collateral or the interest of the Lender therein;

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(c) in the event of any proceeding for the collection or enforcement of any of the Borrower’s obligations or liabilities referred to in clause (a), the reasonable expenses of retaking, holding, collecting, preparing for sale, selling or otherwise disposing of or realizing on any Facility Collateral, or of any exercise by the Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents, including without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements and court costs; and (d) all of the Borrower’s indemnity obligations to the Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents.

          “ OFAC ” shall mean the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.

          “ Other Taxes ” shall mean any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document (excluding, in each case, amounts imposed on an assignment, a grant of a participation or other transfer of an interest in an Advance or Loan Document), except pursuant to Section 3.03.

          “ Patent Licenses ” shall mean all licenses, contracts or other agreements, whether written or oral, naming a Loan Party as licensee or licensor and providing for the grant of any right to manufacture, use, lease, or sell any invention, design, idea, concept, method, technique, or process covered by any Patent (including, without limitation, all Patent Licenses set forth in Schedule 6.26 hereto).

          “ Patents ” shall mean all domestic and foreign letters patent, design patents, utility patents, industrial designs, and all intellectual property rights in inventions, trade secrets, ideas, concepts, methods, techniques, processes, proprietary information, technology, know-how, formulae, and other general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter acquired or owned by a Loan Party (including, without limitation, all domestic and foreign letters patent, design patents, utility patents, industrial designs, inventions, trade secrets, ideas, concepts, methods, techniques, processes, proprietary information, technology, know-how and formulae described in Schedule 6.26 hereto), all applications, registrations and recordings thereof (including, without limitation, applications, registrations and recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or in any similar office or agency of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof), and all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations in part and extensions or renewals thereof.

          “ PBGC ” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.

          “ Permitted Capped Call ” shall mean any capped call, ratio capped call or other similar derivative transaction entered into by a Loan Party on or before the Effective Date.

          “ Permitted Indebtedness ” shall mean any of the following:

          (i) Indebtedness created under any Loan Document;

          (ii) purchase money Indebtedness for real property, improvements thereto or equipment or personal property hereafter acquired (or, in the case of improvements, constructed) by, or Capitalized Lease Obligations of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

          (iii) trade payables, if any, in the ordinary course of its business;

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          (iv) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof;

          (v) Indebtedness incurred after the date hereof under Existing Agreements;

          (vi) intercompany Indebtedness of a Loan Party in the ordinary course of business; provided that , the right to receive any repayment of such Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness meeting the criteria of clauses (iv) or (v) above, or any extensions, renewals, exchanges or replacements thereof) shall be subordinated to the Lender’s rights to receive repayment of the Obligations;

          (vii) Indebtedness consisting of loans made, or guaranteed, by any Specified Governmental Authority;

          (viii) Indebtedness existing at the time any Person merges with or into or becomes a Loan Party and not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person merging with or into or becoming a Loan Party; provided that any such merger shall comply with Section 8.01;

          (ix) Hedging Agreements not entered into for speculative purposes;

          (x) other unsecured Indebtedness of the Loan Parties incurred in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Indebtedness shall not mature, and there shall be no scheduled principal payments due under such Indebtedness, prior to the date that is six (6) months after the Maturity Date;

          (xi) Indebtedness with respect to (x) letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances and similar instruments issued in the ordinary course of business, including letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances and similar instruments in respect of the financing of insurance premiums, customs, stay, performance, bid, surety or appeal bonds and similar obligations, completion guaranties, “take or pay” obligations in supply agreements, reimbursement obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, indemnification, adjustment of purchase price and similar obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business or assets , and sales contracts, coverage of long-term counterparty risk in respect of insurance companies, purchasing and supply agreements, rental deposits, judicial appeals and service contracts and (y) appeal, bid, performance, surety, customs or similar bonds issued for the account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

          (xii) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with cash management and deposit accounts and operations, netting services, employee credit card programs and similar arrangements and Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business, provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five (5) Business Days of its incurrence;

          (xiii) any guarantee by any Loan Party of Permitted Indebtedness;

          (xiv) Indebtedness entered into under Section 136 of EISA;

          (xv) any extensions, renewals, exchanges or replacements of Indebtedness of the kind in clauses (i), (iv), (v), (vii), (viii), (xiv), (xv) and (xvii) of this definition to the extent (a) the principal amount of or commitment for such Indebtedness is not increased (except by an

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amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with such extension, renewals or replacement), (b) neither the final maturity nor the weighted average life to maturity of such Indebtedness is decreased and (c) such Indebtedness, if subordinated in right of payment to the Lender of the Indebtedness under this Loan Agreement, remains so subordinated on terms no less favorable to the Lender;

          (xvi) other Indebtedness not incurred under any other clause of this definition in an amount not to exceed an aggregate principal balance of $100,000,000 outstanding at any one time; and

          (xvii) any other Permitted Indebtedness set forth on Appendix A.

          “ Permitted Investments ” shall mean any of the following:

          (i) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;

          (ii) any Investment by a Loan Party in the Borrower or another Loan Party or a Pledged Entity that is a Domestic Subsidiary;

          (iii) any Investment by a Loan Party in any Domestic Subsidiary that is neither a Loan Party nor a Pledged Entity, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;

          (iv) Investments in Foreign Subsidiaries, only (A) prior to the Certification Deadline, in accordance with Appendix A, or (B) from and after the Certification Deadline, pursuant to a Restructuring Plan that has been approved by the President’s Designee;

          (v) any Investment existing on the Effective Date or made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Effective Date or an investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing on the Effective Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment is not increased through such extension, modification or renewal;

          (vi) any Investment acquired solely in exchange for Equity Interests of the Borrower;

          (vii) Investments in Joint Ventures in an aggregate amount, taken together with all other Investments made in reliance on this clause, not to exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding plus the aggregate cash distributions received by the Borrower and the Loan Parties from Joint Ventures after the Effective Date;

          (viii) Investments in Joint Ventures to the extent funded by grants from, Investments in the Borrower and the Subsidiaries by, or Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries guaranteed by, any Specified Governmental Authority and required to be so invested by the terms of the related arrangements with such Specified Governmental Authority;

          (ix) any Investment otherwise permitted under the Loan Agreement;

          (x) Investments in Indebtedness of, or Investments guaranteed by, Specified Governmental Authorities, in connection with industrial revenue, municipal, pollution control, development or other bonds or similar financing arrangements;

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          (xi) any Permitted Capped Call;

          (xii) Trade Credit;

          (xiii) to the extent not otherwise addressed in this definition, Investments in the ordinary course of such Loan Party’s business if the value of such Investments do not exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding for all Loan Parties;

          (xiv) Investments not in the ordinary course of such Loan Party’s business or if the value of such Investment exceeds $100,000,000, and, in each case, such Loan Party has provided at least twenty (20) days’ prior written notice to the President’s Designee of such Investments and the details thereof (or such lesser time as may be agreed by the President’s Designee), and the President’s Designee has not notified such Loan Party that he or she has determined that such Investment would be inconsistent with, or detrimental to, the long-term viability of such Loan Party;

          (xv) loans and advances to directors, officers and employees in the ordinary course of business (including for travel, entertainment and relocation expenses consistent with the Expense Policy);

          (xvi) Investments (i) received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction of delinquent accounts and disputes with customers or suppliers in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) acquired as a result of foreclosure of a Lien securing an Investment or the transfer of the assets subject to such Lien in lieu of foreclosure;

          (xvii) Investments constituting non-cash consideration useful in the operation of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and acquired in connection with a Disposition permitted by this Loan Agreement;

          (xviii) commercial transactions in the ordinary course of business with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent such transactions would constitute an Investment;

          (xix) conveyance of Facility Collateral in an arms length transaction to a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party or an Affiliate of the Borrower for non-cash consideration consisting of Trade Credit or other Property to become Facility Collateral having a fair market value equal to or greater than the fair market value of the conveyed Facility Collateral; and

          (xx) Investments in dealerships in the ordinary course of business; and

          (xxi) any other Permitted Investment set forth in Appendix A.

For the avoidance of doubt, no Investment may be made in a Foreign Subsidiary other than in accordance with subclauses (iv) and (xii) of this definition.

          “ Permitted Liens ” shall mean, with respect to any Property of the Borrower or any Loan Party:

          (i) Liens created under the Loan Documents;

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          (ii) Liens on Property of a Loan Party existing on the date hereof (including Liens on Property of a Loan Party pursuant to Existing Agreements; provided that such Liens shall secure only those obligations that they secure on the date hereof);

          (iii) any Lien existing on any Property prior to the acquisition thereof by a Loan Party or existing on any Property of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Loan Party, as the case may be; provided that (x) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Loan Party, (y) such Lien does not apply to any other Property or assets of a Loan Party, and (z) such Lien secures only those obligations that it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Loan Party, as the case may be; Liens for taxes and utility charges not yet due or that are being contested in compliance with Section 6.07;

          (iv) Liens for taxes and utility charges not yet due or that are being contested in compliance with Section 6.07;

          (v) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not due and payable or that are being contested in compliance with Section 7.12;

          (vi) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit that encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and the proceeds thereof;

          (vii) Liens securing Hedging Agreements permitted hereunder;

          (viii) Liens created in the ordinary course of business in favor of banks and other financial institutions over balances of any accounts held at such banks or financial institutions or over investment property held in a securities account, as the case may be, to facilitate the operation of cash pooling, cash management or interest set-off arrangements;

          (ix) customary Liens in favor of trustees and escrow agents, and netting and set-off rights, banker’s liens and the like in favor of counterparties to financial obligations and instruments, including, without limitation, Hedging Agreements;

          (x) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred under Section 136 of EISA;

          (xi) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workmen’s compensation, unemployment or other insurance and other social security laws or regulations;

          (xii) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, or to secure the payment of import or customs duties, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

          (xiii) zoning restrictions, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions on use of real property and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount and do not materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

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          (xiv) purchase money security interests in real property, improvements thereto or equipment hereafter acquired (or, in the case of improvements, constructed) by a Loan Party, including pursuant to Capital Lease Obligations; provided that (w) such security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.10, (x) such security interests are incurred, and the Indebtedness secured thereby is created, within 90 days after such acquisition (or construction), (y) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the lesser of the cost or the fair market value of such real property, improvements or equipment at the time of such acquisition (or construction) and (z) such security interests do not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

          (xv) judgment Liens securing judgments not constituting an Event of Default under Section 9.01(g);

          (xvi) any Lien consisting of rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority by statutory provision;

          (xvii) Liens securing Indebtedness described in clause (vi) or clause (vii) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness;

          (xviii) pledges or deposits made to secure reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit issued to support any obligations or liabilities described in clauses (xi) or (xii) of this definition;

          (xix) other Liens created or assumed in the ordinary course of business of a Loan Party; provided that the obligations secured by all such Liens shall not exceed the principal amount of $50,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; and

          (xx) any other Permitted Lien set forth on Appendix A.

          “ Person ” shall mean any individual, corporation, company, voluntary association, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association or government (or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof).

          “ Plan ” shall mean an employee benefit or other plan covered by Title IV of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan which is sponsored, established, contributed to or maintained by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate, or for which any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates could have any liability, whether actual or contingent (whether pursuant to section 4069 of ERISA or otherwise) or to which any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates previously maintained or contributed to during the six years prior to the Effective Date.

          “ Plan Completion Certification ” shall mean the certification of the President’s Designee delivered in accordance with Section 7.23.

          “ Pledged Entity ” shall mean a Subsidiary of a Loan Party whose Equity Interests are Pledged Equity pursuant to the Equity Pledge Agreement.

          “ Pledged Equity ” shall mean all of the Equity Interests of a Pledged Entity (or such lesser amount as may be required pursuant to the Pledge Limitation (as defined in the Equity Pledge Agreement)), together with all ownership certificates, options or rights of any nature whatsoever which may be issued, granted or pledged by the owners of such interests to the Lender while this Loan Agreement is in effect.

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          “ Pledgors ” shall mean the Persons set forth on Schedule 1.1 hereof.

          “ Post-Closing Letter Agreement ” shall mean that certain Post-Closing Letter Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Borrower and the Lender.

          “ Post-Default Rate ” shall mean, in respect of any principal of any Advance or any other amount under this Loan Agreement, the Note or any other Loan Document that is not paid when due to the Lender (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or mandatory prepayment or otherwise), a rate per annum during the period from and including the due date to but excluding the date on which such amount is paid in full equal to 5.00% per annum, plus (x) the interest rate otherwise applicable to such Advance or other amount, or (y) if no interest rate is otherwise applicable, the sum of (i) LIBOR plus (ii) the Spread Amount.

          “ Prepayment Event ” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:

          (i) the Disposition of any Facility Collateral to any Person other than to any Loan Party or Pledged Entity;

          (ii) the incurrence by any Loan Party of any Indebtedness (other than the incurrence of Indebtedness that constitutes Permitted Indebtedness) or any equity or other capital raises (other than (x) contributions of indemnity payments received by the Borrower and required to be applied to satisfy (or reimburse a payment made in respect of) obligations and liabilities of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (y) the proceeds of the Advances), either public or private, whether in connection with a primary securities offering, a business combination of any kind, or otherwise; or

          (iii) the Disposition of unencumbered assets of the Borrower other than in the ordinary course of business (including aircraft divestments).

          “ President’s Designee ” shall mean (i) one or more officers from the Executive Branch appointed by the President to monitor and oversee the restructuring of the U.S. domestic automobile industry and (ii) if no such officer has been appointed, the Secretary of the Treasury.

          “ proceeds ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term under the Uniform Commercial Code.

          “ Prohibited Jurisdiction ” shall mean, any country or jurisdiction, from time to time, that is the subject of a prohibition order (or any similar order or directive), sanctions or restrictions promulgated or administered by any Governmental Authority of the United States.

          “ Prohibited Person ” shall mean any Person:

     (i) listed in the Annex to (the “ Annex ”), or otherwise subject to the provisions of the Executive Order;

     (ii) that is owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any person or entity that is listed to the Annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order;

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     (iii) with whom the Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any terrorism or money laundering law, including the Executive Order;

     (iv) who commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined in the Executive Order;

     (v) that is named as a “specially designated national and blocked person” on the most current list published by the OFAC at its official website, http://www.treas.gov.ofac/t11sdn.pdf or at any replacement website or other replacement official publication of such list; or

     (vi) who is an Affiliate of or affiliated with a Person listed above.

          “ Property ” shall mean any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible.

          “ Records ” shall mean all books, instruments, agreements, customer lists, credit files, computer files, storage media, tapes, disks, cards, software, data, computer programs, printouts and other computer materials and records generated by other media for the storage of information maintained by any Person with respect to the business and operations of the Loan Parties and the Facility Collateral.

          “ Relevant Companies ” shall have the meaning set forth in Appendix A.

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

          “ Requirement of Law ” shall mean as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

          “ Responsible Person ” shall mean, as to any Person, the chief executive officer or, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer of such Person, an individual so designated from time to time by such Person’s board of directors or, in the event any such officer is unavailable at any time he or she is required to take any action hereunder, Responsible Person shall mean any officer authorized to act on such officer’s behalf as demonstrated by a certificate of corporate resolution (or equivalent); provided that the Lender is notified in writing of the identity of such Responsible Person.

          “ Restricted Payments ” shall mean with respect to any Person, collectively, all direct or indirect dividends or other distributions of any nature (cash, securities, assets or otherwise) on, and all payments for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance or retirement or other acquisition for value of, any class of Equity Interests issued by such Person, whether such securities are now or may hereafter be authorized or outstanding, and any distribution in respect of any of the foregoing, whether directly or indirectly.

          “ Restructuring Plan ” shall mean the plan to achieve and sustain the long-term viability, international competitiveness and energy efficiency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries required by Section 7.20.

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          “ Restructuring Plan Report ” shall mean the report to be submitted by the Borrower to the President’s Designee in accordance with Section 7.22.

          “ Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page ” shall mean the display page currently so designated on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as may replace that page on that service for the purpose of displaying comparable rates or prices).

          “ S&P ” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.

          “ Senior Employee ” shall mean, with respect to the Loan Parties collectively, any of the twenty-five (25) most highly compensated employees (including the SEOs).

          “ Senior Lien ” shall mean the Lien granted to or for the benefit of a Senior Lien Lender on Facility Collateral pursuant to a Senior Lien Loan Agreement that is senior in priority to the Lien thereon granted to Lender hereunder or under any other Loan Documents and in effect as of the Effective Date.

          “ Senior Lien Lender ” shall mean the lenders under the Senior Lien Loan Agreements, together with their successors and assigns.

          “ Senior Lien Loan Agreements ” shall mean those certain loan agreements identified as such on Schedule 6.22 in effect as of the Effective Date between any Loan Party and a Senior Lien Lender.

          “ Senior Lien Loans ” shall mean those certain loans made by Senior Lien Lender to a Loan Party pursuant to the Senior Lien Loan Agreements, which are secured by Senior Liens.

          “ SEO ” shall mean a senior executive officer within the meaning of section 111(b)(3) of EESA and any interpretation of the United States Department of the Treasury thereunder, including the rules set forth in 31 C.F.R. Part 30.

          “ Severance Rationalization ” shall mean elimination of the payment of any compensation or benefits to U.S. employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries who have been fired, laid-off, furloughed, or idled, other than customary severance pay.

          “ Specified Governmental Authority ” shall mean any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof or any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and any quasi-governmental entity, including any international organization or agency.

          “ Spread Amount ” shall have the meaning set forth in Appendix A.

          “ Subsidiary ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership or other entity of which at least a majority of the securities or other ownership interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions of such corporation, partnership or other entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time securities or other ownership interests of any other class or classes of such corporation, partnership or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

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          “ supporting obligations ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term under the Uniform Commercial Code.

          “ Termination Event ” shall mean if the President’s Designee shall not have issued the Plan Completion Certification by the Certification Deadline.

          “ Trade Credit ” shall mean accounts receivable, trade credit or other advances extended to, or investment made in, customers or suppliers, including intercompany, in the ordinary course of business.

          “ Trademark Licenses ” shall mean all licenses, contracts or other agreements, whether written or oral, naming any Loan Party as licensor or licensee and providing for the grant of any right concerning any Trademark, together with any goodwill connected with and symbolized by any such trademark licenses, contracts or agreements and the right to prepare for sale or lease and sell or lease any and all Inventory now or hereafter owned by any Loan Party and now or hereafter covered by such licenses (including, without limitation, all Trademark Licenses described in Schedule 6.26 hereto).

          “ Trademarks ” shall mean all domestic and foreign trademarks, service marks, collective marks, certification marks, trade dress, trade names, business names, d/b/a’s, Internet domain names, trade styles, designs, logos and other source or business identifiers and all general intangibles of like nature, now or hereafter owned, adopted or acquired by any Loan Party (including, without limitation, all domestic and foreign trademarks, service marks, collective marks, certification marks, trade dress, trade names, business names, d/b/a’s, Internet domain names, trade styles, designs, logos and other source or business identifiers described in Schedule 6.26 hereto), all applications, registrations and recordings thereof (including, without limitation, applications, registrations and recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any state thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof), and all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof, together with all goodwill of the business symbolized by such marks.

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

          “ Union ” shall mean the leadership of each major United States labor organization that represents the employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

          “ United States ” or “ U.S. ” shall mean the United States of America.

          “ VEBA ” shall mean a voluntary employees’ beneficiary association authorized under Section 501(c)(9) of the Code.

          “ VEBA Modifications ” shall mean provision that not less than one-half of the value of each future payment or contribution made by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or any of them to the VEBA account (or similar account) of a labor organization representing their employees (or as otherwise provided in Appendix A) shall be made in the form of the stock of the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries, and the total value of any such payment or contribution shall not exceed the amount of any such payment or contribution that was required for such time period under the collective bargaining agreement that applied as of the date set forth in Appendix A.

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          “ Work Rule Modifications ” shall mean application of work rules for the U.S. employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, beginning not later than December 31, 2009, in a manner that is competitive with the work rules for employees of Nissan Motor Company, Toyota Motor Corporation, or American Honda Motor Company whose site of employment is in the United States.

           1.02 Interpretation . The following rules of this Section 1.02 apply unless the context requires otherwise. A gender includes all genders. Where a word or phrase is defined, its other grammatical forms have a corresponding meaning. A reference to a subsection, Section, Appendix, Annex or Exhibit is, unless otherwise specified, a reference to a Section of, or annex or exhibit to, this Loan Agreement. A reference to a party to this Loan Agreement or another agreement or document includes the party’s successors and permitted substitutes or assigns. A reference to an agreement or document (including any Loan Document) is to the agreement or document as amended, restated, modified, novated, supplemented or replaced, except to the extent prohibited thereby or by any Loan Document and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. A reference to legislation or to a provision of legislation includes a modification or re-enactment of it, a legislative provision substituted for it and a regulation or statutory instrument issued under it. A reference to writing includes a facsimile transmission and any means of reproducing words in a tangible and permanently visible form. A reference to conduct includes, without limitation, an omission, statement or undertaking, whether or not in writing. The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereunder” and similar words refer to this Loan Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Loan Agreement. The term “including” is not limiting and means “including without limitation”. 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”.

          Except where otherwise provided in this Loan Agreement, any determination, consent, approval, statement or certificate made or confirmed in writing with notice to the Borrower by the Lender or an authorized officer of the Lender provided for in this Loan Agreement is conclusive and binds the parties in the absence of manifest error. A reference to an agreement includes a security interest, guarantee, agreement or legally enforceable arrangement whether or not in writing related to such agreement.

          A reference to a document includes an agreement (as so defined) in writing or a certificate, notice, instrument or document, or any information recorded in computer disk form. Where a Loan Party is required to provide any document to the Lender under the terms of this Loan Agreement, the relevant document shall be provided in writing or printed form unless the Lender requests otherwise. At the request of the Lender, the document shall be provided in computer disk form or both printed and computer disk form.

          This Loan Agreement is hereby modified where indicated in Appendix A hereto.

          This Loan Agreement is the result of negotiations among, and has been reviewed by counsel to, the Lender and the Loan Parties, and is the product of all parties. In the interpretation of this Loan Agreement, no rule of construction shall apply to disadvantage one party on the ground that such party proposed or was involved in the preparation of any particular provision of this Loan Agreement or this Loan Agreement itself. Except where otherwise expressly stated, the Lender may give or withhold, or give conditionally, approvals and consents and may form opinions and make determinations at its absolute discretion. Any requirement of good faith, discretion or judgment by the Lender shall not be construed to require the Lender to request or await receipt of information or documentation not immediately available from or with respect to the Borrower, any other Loan Party, any other Person, or the Facility Collateral themselves.

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        1.03 Accounting Terms and Determinations . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, and all financial statements and certificates and reports as to financial matters required to be delivered to the Lender hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP.

        SECTION 2. ADVANCES, NOTE AND PAYMENTS.

        2.01 Advances.

          (a) Subject to fulfillment of the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 5.01 and 5.02 hereof, and provided that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing hereunder, the Lender agrees, on the terms and conditions of this Loan Agreement, to make loans (individually, an “ Advance ”; collectively, the “ Advances ”) to the Borrower in Dollars, on each Funding Date in an aggregate principal amount up to but not exceeding the Maximum Loan Amount.

          (b) The Advances made on each Funding Date shall be in an amount as set forth in Section 2.01(b) of Appendix A.

          (c) Each Advance shall be a term loan and no amounts of any Advance repaid may be reborrowed hereunder.

          (d) Lender shall have no obligation to make an Advance when any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

          (e) Without limiting any other provision of this Loan Agreement, the obligation of the Lender to fund any Advance is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Lender) of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.

        2.02 The Note .

          (a) Subject to the amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications in Section 2.02(a) of Appendix A, the Advances made by the Lender shall be evidenced by a single promissory note of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the “ Note ”), dated the date hereof, payable to the Lender in a principal amount equal to the amount of the Maximum Loan Amount as originally in effect and otherwise duly completed. The Lender shall have the right to have its Note subdivided, by exchange for promissory notes of lesser denominations or otherwise.

          (b) The date, amount and interest rate of each Advance made by the Lender to the Borrower, and each payment made on account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by the Lender on its books and, prior to any transfer of the Note, noted by the Lender on the grid attached to the Note or any continuation thereof; provided , that the failure of the Lender to make any such recordation or notation shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower to make a payment when due of any amount owing hereunder or under the Note in respect of the Advances.

        2.03 Procedure for Borrowing .

          (a) The Borrower may request a borrowing to be made on a Funding Date, by delivering to the Lender an irrevocable Notice of Borrowing substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto (a “ Notice of Borrowing ”), appropriately completed, which Notice of Borrowing must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. (Washington, D.C. time) two (2) Business Days prior to the requested

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Funding Date (other than the Notice of Borrowing for the Advance to be made on the Effective Date, which Notice must be received no later than 3:00 p.m. (Washington D.C. time) on the Effective Date).

          (b) Upon the Borrower’s request for a borrowing pursuant to Section 2.03(a), the Lender shall, assuming all conditions precedent set forth in this Section 2.03 and in Sections 5.01 and 5.02 have been met, and provided no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, not later than 5:00 p.m. (Washington, D.C. time) on the requested Funding Date, make an Advance in an amount for each Funding Date as set forth in Section 2.01(b) of Appendix A. Subject to the foregoing, the Lender shall deliver the Advance to the Borrower in immediately available funds, via wire transfer (pursuant to the wire transfer instructions set forth in Section 2.03(b) of Appendix A).

        2.04 Limitation on Types of Advances; Illegality . Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if, on or prior to the determination of LIBOR:

          (a) the Lender determines, which determination shall be conclusive, that quotations of interest rates for the relevant deposits referred to in the definition of “LIBOR” in Section 1.01 hereof are not being provided in the relevant amounts or for the relevant maturities for purposes of determining rates of interest for Advances as provided herein; or

          (b) the Lender determines, which determination shall be conclusive, that the Spread Amount plus the relevant rate of interest referred to in the definition of “LIBOR” in Section 1.01 hereof upon the basis of which the rate of interest for Advances is to be determined is not likely adequately to cover the cost to the Lender of making or maintaining Advances; or

          (c) it becomes unlawful for the Lender to make or maintain Advances hereunder using LIBOR;

then the Lender shall give the Borrower prompt notice thereof and, so long as such condition remains in effect, the Borrower shall pay interest on all outstanding Advances at a rate per annum as determined by the Lender taking into account the cost to the Lender of making and maintaining the Advances.

        2.05 Repayment of the Advances; Interest .

          (a) On the Maturity Date, the Borrower shall repay to the Lender the aggregate principal amount of all Advances then outstanding under the Note, together with all interest thereon and fees and out-of-pocket expenses of the Lender accruing under this Loan Agreement; provided that , if a Termination Event shall have occurred, all such amounts shall become due and payable on the thirtieth (30th) day after the Certification Deadline without any further action on the part of the Lender, except as may otherwise be provided in Section 2.05(a)(ii) of Appendix A.

          (b) Each Advance shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus the Spread Amount, payable in arrears (i) on each Interest Payment Date in respect of the previous Interest Period, (ii) on the Maturity Date and (iii) on payment or prepayment of an Advance in whole or in part, in the amount of interest accrued on the amount paid or prepaid, provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraphs (c) or (d) of this Section shall be payable from time to time on demand.

          (c) If all or a portion of any Advance, any interest payable on any Advance or any fee or other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Post

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Default Rate, in each case from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment).

          (d) Upon the occurrence and continuance of any Default or Event of Default, at the option of the Lender, all Advances, any fee or other amount payable hereunder shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Post Default Rate, in each case from the date of such Default or Event of Default until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment).

        2.06 Optional Prepayments .

          (a) The Advances are prepayable without premium or penalty, in whole or in part at any time, in accordance herewith and subject to clause (b) below. Any amounts prepaid shall be applied (i) first, to pay any fees and indemnity obligations owed to the Lender, (ii) second, to pay accrued and unpaid interest and (iii) third, to repay the outstanding principal amount of any Advances until paid in full. Amounts repaid may not be reborrowed. If the Borrower intends to prepay an Advance in whole or in part from any source, the Borrower shall give two (2) Business Days’ prior written notice thereof to the Lender. If such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. Partial prepayments shall be in an aggregate principal amount of at least $100,000,000 and in integral multiples of $50,000,000 thereafter.

          (b) In connection with each prepayment, other than on an Interest Payment Date, the Borrower shall indemnify the Lender and hold the Lender harmless from any actual loss or expense which the Lender may sustain or incur arising from (i) the re-employment of funds obtained by the Lender to maintain the Advances hereunder or (ii) fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained, in either case, which actual loss or expense shall be equal to an amount equal to the excess, as reasonably determined by the Lender, of (x) its cost of obtaining funds for such Advance for the period from the date of such payment through the next Interest Payment Date over (y) the amount of interest likely to be realized by the Lender in redeploying the funds not utilized by reason of such payment for such period. This Section 2.06 shall survive termination of this Loan Agreement and payment of the Note.

          (c) Notwithstanding the Borrower’s right to prepay the Advances pursuant to this Section 2.06, in no event will the Lender’s Lien on any of the Facility Collateral be released upon any such prepayment until payment in full of all Advances and the satisfaction of all other Obligations.

        2.07 Mandatory Prepayments . In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of any Loan Party in respect of any Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall, within one (1) Business Day after such Net Proceeds are received by the applicable Loan Party, prepay the Advances, in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Proceeds (a “ Mandatory Prepayment ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the applicable Loan Party shall not be required to make a Mandatory Prepayment arising in connection with a Disposition of Facility Collateral in the ordinary course of business if such Loan Party reinvests 100% of the Net Proceeds from such Disposition within twenty (20) days of the Disposition in Property that becomes, upon the purchase thereof, subject to a Lien in favor of the Lender having the same priority as the Lender’s Lien on the Facility Collateral so Disposed (a “ Collateral Substitution ”). Upon receiving any Mandatory Prepayment in connection with the Disposition of Facility Collateral, the Lender shall release its Lien thereon in accordance with Section 4.12. Unless and until all Advances have been paid in full and all other Obligations have been satisfied, the Lender shall not be required to release its Lien on any Facility Collateral other than Facility Collateral for which the Disposition thereof gave rise to such Mandatory Prepayment. The Borrower’s

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obligation under this Section 2.07 to prepay Advances with any such Net Proceeds may be modified as provided in Section 2.07 of Appendix A.

        2.08 Requirements of Law .

          (a) If any Requirement of Law (other than with respect to any amendment made to the Lender’s certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational or governing documents) or any change in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by the Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof:

     (i) shall subject the Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Loan Agreement, the Note or any Advance made by it (excluding net income taxes) or change the basis of taxation of payments to the Lender in respect thereof ( provided that , this clause (i) shall not apply to any withholding taxes, Excluded Taxes or taxes covered by Section 3.03);

     (ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory advance or similar requirement against assets held by deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of Advances or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by any office of the Lender which is not otherwise included in the determination of LIBOR hereunder;

     (iii) shall impose on the Lender any other condition;

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to the Lender, by an amount which the Lender deems to be material, of making, continuing or maintaining any Advance or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay the Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Lender for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable thereafter incurred.

          (b) If the Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law (other than with respect to any amendment made to the Lender’s certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational or governing documents) regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by the Lender or any Person controlling the Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the Lender’s or such Person’s capital as a consequence of any obligations hereunder to a level below that which the Lender or such Person (taking into consideration the Lender’s or such Person’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by the Lender to be material, then from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly pay to the Lender such additional amount or amounts as will thereafter compensate the Lender for such reduction.

          (c) If the Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this subsection, it shall promptly notify the Borrower of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled. A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this subsection submitted by the Lender to the Borrower shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.

        2.09 Use of Proceeds

       The Borrower shall utilize the proceeds from the Advances as set forth in Section 2.09 of Appendix A.

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           SECTION 3. PAYMENTS; COMPUTATIONS; TAXES .

           3.01 Payments . Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, all payments of principal, interest and other amounts to be made by the Borrower under the Loan Documents, shall be made in Dollars, in immediately available funds, without deduction, set-off or counterclaim, to the Lender at the account set forth in Section 3.01 of Appendix A not later than 5:00 p.m. (Washington, D.C. time), on the date on which such payment shall be due. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Lender, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. The Borrower acknowledges that it has no rights of withdrawal from the foregoing account.

           3.02 Computations . Interest on the Advances shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which payable.

           3.03 US Taxes .

             (a) Except as required by Applicable Law, all payments made by the Borrower under this Loan Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future income, or Other Taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding net or overall gross income taxes or net or overall gross profit taxes, franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net or overall gross income taxes) and branch profit taxes imposed on the Lender as a result of a present or former connection between the Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from the Lender’s having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document). If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“ Non-Excluded Taxes ”) or any Other Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the Lender hereunder, the amounts so payable to the Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Loan Agreement; provided , however , that the Borrower shall not be required to increase any such amounts payable to the Lender with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes that are (i) attributable to the Lender’s failure to comply with the requirements of paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section 3.03, (ii) backup withholding taxes, imposed under Section 3406 of the Code, (iii) taxes imposed by way of withholding on net or gross income, but not excluding such taxes arising as a result of a change in Applicable Law occurring after (A) the date that such Person became a party to this Loan Agreement, or (B) with respect to an assignment, acquisition, grant of a participation the effective date of such assignment, acquisition, participation or appointment, except to the extent that such Person’s predecessor was entitled to such amounts, or (C) with respect to the designation of a new lending office, the effective date of such designation, except to the extent such Person was entitled to receive such amounts with respect to its previous lending office; and (iv) taxes resulting from such Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct (collectively, and together with the taxes excluded by the first sentence of this Section 3.03(a), “ Excluded Taxes ”).

             (b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law.

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          (c) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by the Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter, the Borrower shall send to the Lender, a certified copy of an original official receipt received by the Borrower showing payment thereof (or if an official receipt is not available, such other evidence of payment as shall be satisfactory to such Lender). If the Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes required to be paid by the Borrower under this Section 3.03 when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Lender the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify the Lender for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the Lender as a result of any such failure. The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Loan Agreement and the payment of the Advances and all other amounts payable hereunder.

          (d) If the Lender (or Participant or the Lender’s assignee) is not a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “ Non-U.S. Lender ”), such Person shall deliver to the Borrower (and, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) two original copies of either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, Form W-8ECI and/or Form W-8IMY, or, in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest” a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit F and a Form W-8BEN, and/or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, U.S. federal withholding tax on all payments by the Borrower under this Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Such forms shall be delivered by each Non-U.S. Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Loan Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant or the Lender’s assignee, on or before the date such Participant purchases the related participation, or Lender’s assignee takes its assignment, as the case may be). In addition, each Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon (i) the obsolescence, expiration or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Non-U.S. Lender and (ii) the written request of the Borrower. If the Lender (or a Participant or the Lender’s assignee) is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, it shall deliver a duly executed and properly completed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 to the Borrower at the time(s) and in the manner(s) described above with respect to the other forms referenced in this clause (d) above certifying that such person is exempt from United States backup withholding tax on payments made hereunder under the Loan Documents; provided , however , that if the Lender is an “exempt recipient” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations section 1.6049-4(c), it shall not be required to provide a Form W-9 except to the extent required under Treasury Regulations section 1.1441-1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, the Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this paragraph that it is not legally able to deliver.

          (e) If the Lender is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S. withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Loan Agreement then the Lender shall deliver to the Borrower, at the time or times prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by Applicable Law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, provided that the Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would not materially prejudice the legal position of the Lender.

          (f) If the Lender determines that it has received a refund, credit, or other reduction of taxes in respect of any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Borrower, which refund, credit or other reduction is directly attributable to any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Borrower, the Lender shall within sixty (60) days from the date of actual receipt of such refund or the

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filing of the tax return in which such credit or other reduction results in a lower tax payment, pay over such refund or the amount of such tax reduction to the Borrower (but only to the extent of Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Borrower), net of all out of pocket expenses of such Person, and without interest (other than interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Loan Agreement, upon the request of the Lender, the Borrower agrees to repay any amount paid over to the Borrower pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence (plus penalties, interest, or other charges) if such Person is required to repay such amount to the taxing Governmental Authority.

          (g)  Real Property Taxes .

     (i) If any law is enacted or adopted or amended after the date of this Loan Agreement which deducts the principal amount of Advances then outstanding, the interest thereon or the fees and out-of-pocket expenses accruing under this Loan Agreement (collectively, the “ Debt ”) from the value of an Individual Property and the effect is that a tax is imposed, either directly or indirectly, on the Debt or the Lender’s interest in an Individual Property (the “ Real Property Tax ”), the Borrower will pay or cause to be paid the Real Property Tax, with interest and penalties thereon, if any. If the Lender is advised by counsel chosen by it that the payment of Real Property Tax by the Borrower or such other Person would be unlawful or taxable to the Lender or provide the basis for a defense of usury, then Lender shall pay such Real Property Tax to the extent required by Applicable Law, and each Loan Party agrees to pay as and when billed by the Lender such Real Property Tax plus all of the reasonable out-of pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Lender in connection therewith. If any Loan Party fails to pay when due any costs, expenses or other amounts payable by it under this Section 3.03(g)(i), including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel the Borrower shall remain liable for any such payments by the Lender and such amounts shall accrue interest at the Post-Default Rate. No such payment by the Lender shall be deemed a waiver of any of its rights under the Loan Documents.

     (ii) Neither the Borrower nor any Loan Party shall claim or demand or be entitled to any credit or credits on account of the Debt for any part of the real estate and personal property taxes, assessments, impositions and any other charges now or hereafter levied or assessed or imposed against any Individual Property or part thereof, and no deduction shall otherwise be made or claimed from the assessed value of an Individual Property, or any part thereof, for real estate tax purposes by reason of any Mortgage or other Loan Document or the Debt. If such claim, credit or deduction shall be required by Applicable Law and may not be legally waived by the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party with respect to any Individual Property (each such Individual Property, a “ Specially Taxed Property ”), and Lender is required by Applicable Law to pay any tax with regard to a Specially Taxed Property, then Lender shall pay such tax, and each Loan Party agrees to pay as and when billed by the Lender the amount of such tax plus all of the reasonable out-of pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Lender in connection therewith. If any Loan Party fails to pay when due any costs, expenses or other amounts payable by it under this Section 3.03(g)(ii), including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel the Borrower shall remain liable for any such payments by the Lender and such amounts shall accrue interest at the Post-Default Rate. No such payment by the Lender shall be deemed a waiver of any of its rights under the Loan.

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        SECTION 4. COLLATERAL SECURITY .

        4.01 Collateral; Security Interest .

          (a) Subject to any amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications in Section 4.01 of Appendix A, as security for the prompt and complete payment when due of the Obligations and the performance by the Borrower of all the covenants and obligations to be performed by it pursuant to this Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Borrower hereby mortgages, pledges and grants to the Lender a Lien on and security interest in all of its rights, title and interest in and to all personal property and real property wherever located and whether now or hereafter existing and whether now owned or hereafter acquired, of every kind and description, tangible or intangible, including without limitation, the following, whether now or hereafter existing and wherever located:

     (i) all Intellectual Property as well as royalties therefrom;

     (ii) each Individual Property;

     (iii) all cash and Cash Equivalents, and all other property from time to time deposited in any account or deposit account and the monies and property in the possession or under the control of Lender or any affiliate, representative, agent or correspondent of Lender related to the foregoing;

     (iv) all other tangible and intangible personal property of the Borrower (whether or not subject to the Uniform Commercial Code), including, without limitation, all bank and other accounts and all cash and all investments therein, all rights to receive cash and investments, including without limitation, state, Federal or local tax refunds, intercompany debt, all proceeds, products, offspring, accessions, rents, profits, income, benefits, substitutions and replacements of and to any of the property of the Borrower described in the preceding clauses of this Section 4.01(a) (including, without limitation, any proceeds of insurance thereon and all causes of action, claims and warranties now or hereafter held by the Borrower in respect of any of the items listed above), and all books, correspondence, files and other Records in the possession or under the control of the Borrower or any other Person from time to time acting for the Borrower that at any time evidence or contain information relating to any of the property described in the preceding clauses of this Section 4.01(a) or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection or realization thereof;

     (v) all rights, title and interest of the Borrower (but not any of the obligations, liabilities or indemnifications of the Borrower) in, to and under the Loan Documents;

     (vi) all “accounts,” “chattel paper,” “commercial tort claims,” “deposit accounts,” “documents,” “equipment,” “general intangibles” (including without limitation, uncertificated Equity Interests), “goods,” “instruments,” “inventory,” “investment property,” “letter of credit rights,” and “securities’ accounts,” as each of those terms is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code;

     (vii) and all products and proceeds relating to or constituting any or all of the foregoing (clauses (i) through (vii) collectively, the “ Collateral ”);

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in each case howsoever the Borrower’s interest therein may arise or appear (whether by ownership, security interest, claim or otherwise), provided that , notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the term “Collateral” and each other term used in the definition thereof shall not include, and the Borrower is not pledging or granting a security interest in, any Property to the extent that such Property constitutes Excluded Collateral; provided further that if and when, and to the extent that, any Property ceases to be Excluded Collateral, the Borrower hereby grants to the Lender, and at all times from and after such date, the Lender shall have, a first priority or junior priority, as applicable, Lien in and on such Property (subject to Permitted Liens) and the Borrower shall cooperate in all respects to ensure the prompt perfection of the Lender’s security interest therein.

     The Liens granted to Lender hereinabove shall be first priority Liens on all of the Collateral (subject to Permitted Liens and to the extent legally and contractually permissible); provided that , with respect to the Collateral which is subject to a Senior Lien, as set forth on Schedule 6.28 , the Lien shall be of junior priority (subject to Permitted Liens and to the extent legally and contractually permissible).

     The Obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents constitute recourse obligations of the Borrower, and therefore, their satisfaction is not limited to payments from the Facility Collateral.

             (b) With respect to each right to payment or performance included in the Collateral from time to time, the Lien granted therein includes a continuing security interest in (i) any supporting obligation that supports such payment or performance and (ii) any Lien that (A) secures such right to payment or performance or (B) secures any such supporting obligation.

           4.02 UCC Matters; Further Assurances . The Borrower, shall, at all times on and after the date hereof, and at its expense, cause Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and continuation statements to be filed in all applicable jurisdictions as required to continue the perfection of the security interests created by this Loan Agreement. The Borrower shall, from time to time, at its expense and in such manner and form as the Lender may reasonably require, execute, deliver, file and record any other statement, continuation statement, specific assignment or other instrument or document and take any other action that may be necessary, or that the Lender, may reasonably request, to create, evidence, preserve, perfect or validate the security interests created hereunder or to enable the Lender to exercise and enforce its rights hereunder with respect to any of the Facility Collateral. To the extent contemplated in the Post-Closing Letter Agreement, the Borrower agrees that, if the grant of a security interest in any Property to Lender requires a consent to such grant from any other Person (other than the Borrower or any of its Affiliates), the Borrower shall use its best efforts to procure such consent. Further, the Borrower agrees that if any Excluded Collateral should, at any time following the Effective Date, become Collateral on which the Lender is permitted to take a Lien, the Borrower shall so notify the Lender and cooperate with and shall take all steps as may be reasonably required by the Lender to enable and continue the perfection of the Lender’s security interests therein and shall comply with the provisions of Section 7.16 hereof in connection therewith, to the extent applicable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower shall: upon the request of the Lender, execute and file such Uniform Commercial Code financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto or assignments thereof, Mortgages, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or appropriate or as the Lender may request. The Borrower hereby authorizes the Lender to file one or more Uniform Commercial Code financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto and assignments thereof, relative to all or any of the Collateral now existing or hereafter arising without the signature of the Borrower where permitted by law. A carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Loan Agreement or any financing statement covering the Collateral or any part thereof shall be sufficient as a financing statement.

           4.03 Changes in Locations, Name, etc. If the Borrower shall (i) change the location of its chief executive office/chief place of business from that specified in Section 6.10 hereof, (ii) change

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its name, identity or corporate structure (or the equivalent) or change the location where it maintains records with respect to the Collateral, or (iii) reincorporate or reorganize under the laws of another jurisdiction, it shall give the Lender written notice thereof not later than ten (10) days after such event occurs, and shall deliver to the Lender all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and amendments as the Lender shall request and taken all other actions deemed reasonably necessary by the Lender to continue its perfected status in the Collateral with the same or better priority.

        4.04 Lender’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact .

          (a) The Borrower hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Lender and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of the Borrower and in the name of the Borrower or in its own name, from time to time in the Lender’s discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Loan Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Loan Agreement, which the Borrower is required to do hereunder but has failed to do within the time limits required, including without limitation, to protect, preserve and realize upon the Collateral, to file such financing statements relating to the Collateral as the Lender at its option deems appropriate, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower hereby gives the Lender the power and right, on behalf of the Borrower, without assent by, but with notice to, the Borrower, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, to do the following:

     (i) in the name of the Borrower or its own name, or otherwise, to take possession of and endorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due under any insurance policies or with respect to any of the Collateral and to file any claim or to take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Lender for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;

     (ii) to pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral; and

     (iii) (A) to direct any party liable for any payment under any Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Lender or as the Lender shall direct; (B) to ask or demand for, collect, receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (C) to sign and endorse any invoices, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (D) to commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any part thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral; (E) to defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against the Borrower with respect to any Collateral; (F) to settle, compromise or adjust any suit, action or proceeding described in clause (E) above and, in connection therewith, to give such discharges or releases as the Lender may deem appropriate; and (G) in connection with its exercise of its remedies hereunder pursuant to Sections 4.07 or 10, generally, to sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Lender were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and to do, at the Lender’s option and the Borrower’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Lender deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and

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the Lender’s Liens thereon and to effect the intent of this Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, all as fully and effectively as the Borrower might do.

The Borrower hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable.

             (b) The Borrower also authorizes the Lender, at any time and from time to time, to execute, in connection with the sale provided for in Section 4.07 hereof, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral.

             (c) The powers conferred on the Lender are solely to protect the Lender’s interests in the Collateral and subject to Applicable Law shall not impose any duty upon the Lender to exercise any such powers. The Lender shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Lender nor any of its officers, directors, agents or employees shall be responsible to the Borrower for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

           4.05 Performance by the Lender of the Borrower’s Obligations . If the Borrower fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained in the Loan Documents, the Lender may itself perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement, and the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Lender incurred in connection with such performance or compliance, together with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the Post-Default Rate, shall be payable by the Borrower to the Lender on demand and shall constitute Obligations.

           4.06 Proceeds . If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, (a) all proceeds of Facility Collateral received by the Borrower consisting of cash, checks and Cash Equivalents shall be held by the Borrower in trust for the Lender, segregated from other funds of the Borrower, and shall forthwith upon receipt by the Borrower be turned over to the Lender in the exact form received by the Borrower (duly endorsed by the Borrower to the Lender, if required), and (b) any and all such proceeds received by the Borrower will be applied by the Lender against, the Obligations (whether matured or unmatured), such application to be in such order as the Lender shall elect. For purposes hereof, proceeds shall include, but not be limited to, all principal and interest payments, royalty payments, license fees, all prepayments and payoffs, all dividends and distributions, insurance claims, condemnation awards, sale proceeds, rents and any other income and all other amounts received with respect to the Facility Collateral and upon the liquidation of any Facility Collateral, all such proceeds received by the Lender will be distributed by the Lender in such order as the Lender shall elect. Any balance of such proceeds remaining after the Obligations shall have been paid in full and this Loan Agreement shall have been terminated shall be promptly paid over to the Borrower or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.

           4.07 Remedies . If a Default or Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Lender may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to it in this Loan Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code, at law and in equity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lender, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon the Borrower or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, presentments, protests, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Facility Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Facility Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels

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or as an entirety at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of the Lender or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions and at prices that are consistent with the prevailing market for similar collateral as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. The Lender shall act in good faith to obtain the best execution possible under prevailing market conditions. The Lender shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Facility Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in the Borrower, which right or equity is hereby waived and released. The Borrower further agrees, at the Lender’s request, to assemble the Facility Collateral and make it available to the Lender at places which the Lender shall reasonably select, whether at the Borrower’s premises or elsewhere. The Lender shall apply the net proceeds of any such collection, recovery, receipt, appropriation, realization or sale, after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred therein or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of the Facility Collateral or in any way relating to the Facility Collateral or the rights of the Lender hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Obligations, in such order as the Lender may elect, and only after such application and after the payment by the Lender of any other amount required or permitted by any provision of law, including, without limitation, Section 9-504(1)(c) of the Uniform Commercial Code, need the Lender account for the surplus, if any, to the Borrower. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Loan Party waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against the Lender arising out of the exercise by the Lender of any of its rights hereunder. If any notice of a proposed sale or other Disposition of Facility Collateral shall be required by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least ten (10) days before such sale or other Disposition. The Borrower shall remain liable for any deficiency (plus accrued interest thereon) if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Facility Collateral are insufficient to pay the Obligations and the reasonable fees and disbursements incurred by the Lender, including reasonable fees and expenses of any attorneys employed by the Lender to collect such deficiency. Because the Borrower recognizes that the Lender may not be able to purchase or sell all of the Facility Collateral on a particular Business Day, or in a transaction with the same purchaser, or in the same manner because the market for such Facility Collateral may not be liquid, the Borrower agrees that liquidation of the Facility Collateral does not require a public purchase or sale and that a good faith private purchase or sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. Accordingly, the Lender may elect, in its sole discretion, the time and manner of liquidating any Facility Collateral and nothing contained herein shall (i) obligate the Lender to liquidate any Facility Collateral on the occurrence of an Event of Default or to liquidate all Facility Collateral in the same manner or on the same Business Day or (ii) constitute a waiver of any of the Lender’s rights or remedies.

           4.08 Continuing Liability of the Borrower . The security interests described above are granted as security only and shall not subject the Lender or any of its assigns to, or transfer or in any way affect or modify, any obligation, liability or indemnity of the Borrower with respect to, any of the Facility Collateral or any transaction relating thereto. None of the Lender or its assigns shall be required or obligated in any manner to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by it or the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any such obligation, or to make any payment or present or file any claim, or to take any action to collect or enforce any performance or the payment of any amount thereunder to which any such Person may be entitled at any time.

           4.09 Limitation on Duties Regarding Preservation of Facility Collateral . The Lender’s duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Facility Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Lender deals with similar property for its own account. Neither the Lender nor any of its directors, officers or employees shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon all or any part of the Facility Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any

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obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Facility Collateral upon the request of the Borrower or otherwise.

        4.10 Powers Coupled with an Interest . All authorizations and agencies herein contained with respect to the Facility Collateral are irrevocable and powers coupled with an interest.

        4.11 Release of Security Interest Upon Satisfaction of all Obligations . Upon termination of this Loan Agreement and repayment to the Lender of all Obligations and the performance of all obligations under the Loan Documents, the Lender shall release its security interest in any remaining Facility Collateral; provided that if any payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or a trustee or similar officer for the Borrower or any substantial part of its Property, or otherwise, this Loan Agreement, all rights hereunder and the Liens created hereby shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, until such payments have been made.

        4.12 Partial Release of Facility Collateral . Provided that no Event of Default shall then exist, the Lender shall, in connection with any Disposition of any Facility Collateral permitted under this Loan Agreement (other than dispositions of Facility Collateral between and among Loan Parties and Pledged Entities), release from the Lien of the Loan Documents the portion of the Facility Collateral Disposed of, upon the applicable Loan Parties’ satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

          (a) the Borrower shall provide the Lender with at least ten (10) Business Days prior written notice of its request to obtain a release of such Facility Collateral;

          (b) except in the case of a Collateral Substitution or as otherwise permitted in Appendix A, the Lender shall have received a wire transfer of immediately available federal funds in the amount of the proceeds of the Disposition, together with (i) all accrued and unpaid interest on the amount of principal being prepaid through and including the prepayment date; and (ii) all other sums then due and owing under this Loan Agreement, the Note or the other Loan Documents in connection with a partial prepayment;

          (c) the Borrower shall submit to the Lender, not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the date of such release, a release of Lien (and related Loan Documents) for such Facility Collateral for execution by Lender. Such release shall be in a form that would be satisfactory to a prudent institutional lender. In addition, the Borrower shall provide all other documentation the Lender reasonably requires to be delivered by the Borrower in connection with such release, together with a certificate of a Responsible Person of the Borrower certifying that (i) such documentation is in compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law, and (ii) the release will not impair or otherwise adversely affect the Liens, security interests and other rights of the Lender under the Loan Documents not being released (or as to the parties to the Loan Documents and property subject to the Loan Documents not being released); and

          (d) the Lender shall have received payment of all the Lender’s reasonable, third party costs and expenses, including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements incurred in connection with the release of such Facility Collateral from the Lien of the Loan Documents and the review and approval of the documents and information required to be delivered in connection therewith.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Lien of the Lender on Facility Collateral (i) shall be automatically released upon the Disposition of Facility Collateral consisting of current assets Disposed of in the ordinary course of business and (ii) other than as provided in clause (i) above, shall not be released in

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connection with the Disposition of Facility Collateral between and among Loan Parties and Pledged Entities unless the Net Proceeds of such Disposition have been applied in accordance with Section 2.07.

        SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT .

        5.01 Initial Advance . Subject to the amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications in Section 5.01 of Appendix A and the terms and provisions of the Post-Closing Letter Agreement (which may permit the delivery or satisfaction of certain of the following items after the funding of the initial Advance), the obligation of the Lender to make the initial Advance hereunder is subject to the satisfaction, immediately prior to or concurrently with the making of such Advance, of the following conditions precedent or waiver of such conditions precedent by the Lender:

          (a)  Loan Agreement . The Lender shall have received this Loan Agreement, duly executed and delivered by a Responsible Person of the Borrower.

          (b)  Additional Loan Documents . The Lender shall have received the following documents, each of which shall be satisfactory to the Lender in form and substance:

     (i) Note . The original Note, duly completed and executed; and

     (ii) Loan Documents . Each additional Loan Document (including the Post-Closing Letter Agreement), duly executed and delivered by a Responsible Person of each of the parties thereto.

          (c)  Notice of Borrowing . The Lender shall have received a duly executed Notice of Borrowing.

          (d)  Organizational Documents . The Lender shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Person of each Loan Party attesting to the validity of a good standing certificate and certified copies of the charter and by-laws (or equivalent documents) of such Person and of all corporate or other authority for such Person with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents and each other document to be delivered by such Person from time to time in connection herewith (and the Lender may conclusively rely on such certificate until it receives notice in writing from the relevant Loan Party to the contrary).

          (e)  Incumbency Certificate . The Lender shall have received an incumbency certificate of a secretary or assistant secretary of each Loan Party certifying the names, true signatures and titles of such Person’s representatives duly authorized to request an Advance hereunder, if applicable, and to execute the Loan Documents and the other documents to be delivered in connection therewith.

          (f)  Other Certificates . The Lender shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Person of each Loan Party certifying that as of the Effective Date each of the representations and warranties set forth in this Loan Agreement are true and accurate in all material respects (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date) and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

          (g)  Legal Opinion . A legal opinion of (i) in-house counsel to the Loan Parties, (ii) U.S. counsel to the Loan Parties, and (iii) applicable local foreign counsel to the Loan Parties, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender.

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          (h) Facility Collateral . The Lender’s interests in the Facility Collateral shall be perfected and of first priority in accordance with Applicable Law (except to the extent the interests will be perfected on a post-closing basis, as may be agreed to by the Lender), and shall be subject to no Liens other than those created hereunder and Permitted Liens.

          (i) Filings, Registrations, Recordings . Any documents (including, without limitation, financing statements, patent and trademark lien filings and Mortgages) required to be filed, registered or recorded in order to perfect the Lender’s security interest in the Facility Collateral, shall have been properly prepared and executed for filing (including the applicable county(ies) if the Lender determines such filings are necessary in its reasonable discretion), registration or recording in each office in each jurisdiction in which such filings, registrations and recordations are required to perfect such first-priority security interest (or junior lien, with respect to any portion of the Facility Collateral subject to a Senior Lien or other Permitted Liens).

          (j) Searches . The Lender shall have received the results of a recent lien search in each of the jurisdictions in which Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or other filings or recordations should be made to evidence or perfect security interests in the Facility Collateral, and such search shall reveal no liens on any of the Facility Collateral, except for Permitted Liens, and shall in all cases be satisfactory to the Lender.

          (k) Lien Releases . With respect to the Facility Collateral on which the Lender will have a first priority security interest, evidence that all then-existing Liens thereon (except Permitted Liens) have been released or will be released simultaneously with the funding of the initial Advance.

          (l) Lien Consents . With respect to Facility Collateral subject to a Senior Lien, either (i) the Lender and the applicable Senior Lien Lender shall have entered into an intercreditor agreement, in form and substance satisfactor


 
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