“Dealer” means # any nationally recognized independent dealer in the related Reference Obligation chosen by the Calculation Agent or its designated Affiliate, # any Approved Buyer or other entity designated by the Calculation Agent and having a credit standing acceptable to [[Organization A:Organization]] and # any Approved Buyer designated by [[Organization B:Organization]] pursuant to Clause 4(b).

“Liquidity Calculation” shall mean a calculation by Borrowing Agent of the Quarterly Liquidity of Borrowers using Agent’s on-line Collateral monitoring system and including both a schedule of the amount of Qualified Cash as of the end of each Business Day during the applicable fiscal quarter and the amount owing to Borrowers’ trade creditors which are 60 days or more past due as of the end of such quarter, executed by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Controller of the Borrowing Agent and delivered to the Agent, appropriately completed, by which such officer shall certify to Agent the Quarterly Liquidity and calculation thereof as of the date of such certificate.

related Calculation Period Start Date to but excluding the Maturity Date), and # for purposes of calculating the fees of the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Administrator, the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the first Calculation Period Start Date following the Effective Date and each successive quarterly period from and including a Calculation Period Start Date to but excluding the immediately succeeding Calculation Period Start Date (or, in the case of the last Calculation Period, if the last Calculation Period does not end on the fifth calendar day of February, May, August and November of each year, the period from and including the related Calculation Period Start Date to but excluding the Maturity Date).

Each calculation by the Administrative Agent of LIBOR shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

Disputes Regarding Calculations. (a) If any Party disagrees with the calculation made by the Valuation Agent, such Party shall:

Credit Agreement: Credit Agreement dated as of May 5, 2023 among Illinois Tool Works Inc., the [[Organization A:Organization]] party thereto, and ​, London Branch, as Agent.

Transfer Agent Instructions. The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its Transfer Agent (the “Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions”) to credit shares to the applicable balance accounts at DTC, registered in the name of each Buyer or its respective nominee(s), for the Common Shares in such amounts as specified by the Buyer prior to the Closing Date. The Company represents and warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section ‎5(b) will be given by the Company to its Transfer Agent with respect to the Securities, and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company, as applicable, to the extent provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to a Buyer. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section ‎5(b) will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section ‎5(b), that a Buyer shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required. The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion referred to in the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions to the Transfer Agent at the Closing. Any fees (with respect to the Transfer Agent, counsel to the Company or otherwise) associated with the issuance of such opinions or the removal of any legends on any of the Securities shall be borne by the Company.

Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint, on behalf of the Borrowers and the Lenders, a successor Administrative Agent. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent’s giving notice of resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may appoint, on behalf of the Borrowers and the Lenders, a successor Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, each such successor Administrative Agent shall be subject to approval by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Such successor Administrative Agent shall be a commercial bank having capital and retained earnings of at least $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this [Article XI] shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.

Administrative Agent Data. The Administrative Agent hereby agrees to provide promptly, and in any event within three Business Days, following its receipt of a written request therefor by the Borrower, an updated Bank Price Deck.

Liability of Agent. None of the Agent-Related Persons shall # be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or # be responsible in any manner to any of the ​ for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of Borrower, or any officer or director thereof, contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for any failure of Borrower or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the books or properties of Borrower or the books or records or properties of any of Borrower’s Subsidiaries or Affiliates.