Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect with respect to any Loan Party; or any Loan Party other than the Administrative Agent or one of the Lenders contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document; or

Ratification of Loan Documents. This Amendment shall be incorporated into and deemed a part of the Loan Agreement. Except as expressly set forth herein, all of the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement and Loan Documents are hereby ratified and confirmed and continue unchanged and in full force and effect. All references to the Loan Agreement shall mean the Loan Agreement as modified by this Amendment.

Enforceability of Loan Documents. This Amendment is, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is or will be a party, when delivered hereunder, will be, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person, enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by principles of equity.

Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of the Borrower owed to the Borrower or Subsidiary of the Borrower, which Indebtedness shall # in the case of Indebtedness owed to a Credit Party, constitute "Collateral" under the Collateral Agreement, # in the case of Indebtedness owed by a Credit Party to a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary shall be unsecured and if such Indebtedness is evidenced by a note or other written agreement, shall be subordinated to the Obligations on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and # be otherwise permitted under the provisions of Section 9.2(c), (i) or (j);

Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on [Schedule 7.02] and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder and the direct or any contingent obligor with respect thereto is not changed, as a result of or in connection with such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension;

Executed Loan and Other Documents. This Agreement shall have been duly authorized and executed by the Borrower or other Persons, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Other Defaults Under Loan Documents. The Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in [Sections 9.1(a) or 9.1(d)]) or any other Loan Document and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the earlier to occur of # the Borrower obtaining knowledge thereof and # the date that notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or any Lender; or

Credit Agreement and Loan Documents. The Lender (or its counsel) shall have received # from each party hereto either # a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or # written evidence satisfactory to the Lender (which may include fax or other electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement and # duly executed copies of the Loan Documents and such other certificates, documents, instruments and agreements as the Lender shall reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including a written opinion of the Borrower’s counsel, addressed to the Lender in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender.

Section # Authorization to Execute Other Loan Documents. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute on behalf of all Lenders all Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the Collateral Documents and any subordination agreements) other than this Agreement.

Authority. Such Loan Party has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment, and to perform its obligations hereunder, under the Loan Agreement (as amended or modified hereby) and under the other Loan Documents to which it is a party. The execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of this Amendment have been duly approved by all necessary corporate action and no other corporate proceedings are necessary to consummate such transactions.