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Confidentiality. The Agent and each Lender agrees to keep confidential any information provided by the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries, or their respective representatives, or agents, hereunder or under any other Loan Document, to maintain procedures with respect to such information substantially comparable to those applied by the Agent and each Lender in respect of other non-public information, and not to use such information for any purpose other than in connection with the Revolving Loans or in connection with other financial accommodations being provided or to be provided by the Agent and any Lender to any Borrower; provided that the Agent and each Lender may disclose such information # to the extent required by applicable law, # to any Agent-Related Persons or to counsel for the Agent or Lenders or to their respective accountants, # to bank examiners and auditors and appropriate government examining authorities, # to any actual or prospective participant in the Agent or Lenders’ interest in its Revolving Loans and other rights or obligations hereunder, provided that each such actual or prospective participant has agreed in writing, that it will comply with the restrictions contained in this [Section 13.25] to the same extent as if it were the Agent or a Lender and that such written agreement provides that # it can be relied upon by the Borrowers and # such information will be used by such prospective participant only in its evaluation of its participation in the credit facility, # in connection with the enforcement of any Borrower’s Obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or # in connection with any litigation relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.

Confidentiality. Agent and each individually (and not jointly or jointly and severally) agree that material, non-public information regarding Borrower and its Subsidiaries, their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans shall be treated by Agent and the in a confidential manner, and shall not be disclosed by Agent and the to Persons who are not parties to this Agreement, except: # to attorneys for and other advisors, accountants, auditors, and consultants to any member of the Lender Group, so long as such other attorneys, advisors, accountants, auditors, and consultants are informed as to the confidential nature of such information and are instructed to treat such information as confidential or are otherwise obligated to maintain the confidentiality of such information, # to Subsidiaries and Affiliates of any member of the Lender Group (including the Bank Product Providers), provided that any such Subsidiary or Affiliate shall have agreed to receive such information hereunder subject to the terms of this Section 11.10, # as may be required by statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, regulation or any Governmental Authority (other than any state, federal or foreign authority or examiner regulating banks or banking); provided that Agent or any such Lender shall notify Borrower of such requirement prior to any disclosure of such information to a party that Agent or such Lender reasonably believes may not keep such information confidential and shall reasonably cooperate with Borrower in any lawful effort by Borrower to prevent or limit such disclosure or otherwise protect the confidentiality of such information, # as may be agreed to in advance by Borrower or its Subsidiaries or as requested or required by any Governmental Authority pursuant to any subpoena or other legal process; provided that Agent or any such Lender shall notify Borrower of such requirement prior to any disclosure of such information to a party that Agent or such Lender reasonably believes may not keep such information confidential and shall reasonably cooperate with Borrower in any lawful effort by Borrower to prevent or limit such disclosure or otherwise protect the confidentiality of such information, # as requested or required by any state, federal or foreign authority or examiner regulating banks or banking, # as to any such information that is or becomes generally available to the public (other than as a result of prohibited disclosure by Agent or the ), # in connection with any assignment, prospective assignment, sale, prospective sale, participation or prospective participations, or pledge or prospective pledge of any Lender’s interest under this Agreement, provided that any such assignee, prospective assignee, purchaser, prospective purchaser, participant, prospective participant, pledgee, or prospective pledgee shall have agreed in writing to receive such information hereunder subject to the terms of this Section, and # in connection with any litigation or other adversary proceeding involving parties hereto which such litigation or adversary proceeding involves claims related to the rights or duties of such parties under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. The provisions of this Section 11.10 shall survive for 2 years after the payment in full of the Obligations.

Confidentiality. Each Agent, each Lender and each L/C Issuer agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed # to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents, advisors (including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors) and representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); # to the extent requested by any regulatory authority (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners); # to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; # to any other party to this Agreement; # in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, any suit, any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder; # subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this [Section 11.07], to # any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or # any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the obligations of the Loan Parties; # with the consent of the Borrowers; # to the extent such Information # becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this [Section 11.07] or # becomes available to each Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Borrowers; or # to any rating agency when required by it (it being understood that, prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any Information relating to the Loan Parties received by it from such Lender). In addition, each Agent and may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to each Agent and in connection with the administration, settlement and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments, and the Credit Extensions. “Information” means all information received from any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary relating to any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary or their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to any Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of information received from any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this [Section 11.07] shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

Agent and Lenders each individually (and not jointly or jointly and severally) agree that material, non-public information regarding Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans (“Confidential Information”) shall be treated by Agent and the Lenders in a confidential manner, and shall not be disclosed by Agent and the Lenders to Persons who are not parties to this Agreement, except: # to attorneys for and other advisors, accountants, auditors, and consultants to any member of the Lender Group and to employees, directors and officers of any member of the Lender Group (the Persons in this clause (i), “Lender Group Representatives”) on a “need to know” basis in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and on a confidential basis, # to Subsidiaries and Affiliates of any member of the Lender Group (including the Bank Product Providers), provided that any such Subsidiary or Affiliate shall have agreed to receive such information hereunder subject to the terms of this Section 17.9, # as may be required by regulatory authorities so long as such authorities are informed of the confidential nature of such information, # as may be required by statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation; provided that # prior to any disclosure under this clause (iv), the disclosing party agrees to provide Borrowers with prior notice thereof, to the extent that it is practicable to do so and to the extent that the disclosing party is permitted to provide such prior notice to Borrowers pursuant to the terms of the applicable statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation and # any disclosure under this clause (iv) shall be limited to the portion of the Confidential Information as may be required by such statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation, # as may be agreed to in advance in writing by Borrowers, # as requested or required by any Governmental Authority pursuant to any subpoena or other legal process, provided, that, # prior to any disclosure under this clause (iv) the disclosing party agrees to provide Borrowers with prior written notice thereof, to the extent that it is practicable to do so and to the extent that the disclosing party is permitted to provide such prior written notice to Borrowers pursuant to the terms of the subpoena or other legal process and # any disclosure under this clause (iv) shall be limited to the portion of the Confidential Information as may be required by such Governmental Authority pursuant to such subpoena or other legal process, # as to any such information that is or becomes generally available to the public (other than as a result of prohibited disclosure by Agent or the Lenders or the Lender Group Representatives), # in connection with any assignment, participation or pledge of any Lender’s interest under this Agreement, provided that prior to receipt of Confidential Information any such assignee, participant, or pledgee shall have agreed in writing to receive such Confidential Information either subject to the terms of this Section 17.9 or pursuant to confidentiality requirements substantially similar to those contained in this Section 17.9 (and such Person may disclose such Confidential Information to Persons employed or engaged by them as described in [clause (i) above]), # in connection with any litigation or other adversary proceeding involving parties hereto which such litigation or adversary proceeding involves claims related to the rights or duties of such parties under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided, that, prior to any disclosure to any Person (other than any Loan Party, Agent, any Lender, any of their respective Affiliates, or their respective counsel) under this clause (ix) with respect to litigation involving any Person (other than any Borrower, Agent, any Lender, any of their respective Affiliates, or their respective counsel), the disclosing party agrees to provide Borrowers with prior written notice thereof, and # in connection with, and to the extent reasonably necessary for, the exercise of any secured creditor remedy under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document.

Confidentiality. Each Agent, each and each L/C Issuer agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed # to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents, advisors (including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors) and representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); # to the extent requested by any regulatory authority (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners); # to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; # to any other party to this Agreement; # in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, any suit, any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder; # subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this [Section 11.07], to # any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or # any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the obligations of the Loan Parties; # with the consent of the Borrowers; # to the extent such Information # becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this [Section 11.07] or # becomes available to each Agent, any , any L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Borrowers; or # to any rating agency when required by it (it being understood that, prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any Information relating to the Loan Parties received by it from such ). In addition, each Agent and the may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to each Agent and the in connection with the administration, settlement and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments, and the Credit Extensions. “Information” means all information received from any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary relating to any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary or their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to any Agent, any or any L/C Issuer on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of information received from any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this [Section 11.07] shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

14.12Confidentiality. Each of Agent, Lenders and Issuing Bank shall maintain the confidentiality of all Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed # to its Affiliates, and to its and their partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives (provided such Persons are informed of the confidential nature of the Information and instructed to keep it confidential); # to the extent requested by any Governmental Authority or self-regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it or its Affiliates; # to the extent required by Applicable Law or by any subpoena or other legal process; # to any other party hereto; # in connection with any action or proceeding relating to any Loan Documents or Obligations; # subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as this Section, to any Transferee or any actual or prospective party (or its advisors) to any Bank Product; # with the consent of Borrower Agent; or # to the extent such Information # becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or # is available to Agent, any Lender, Issuing Bank or any of their Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Borrowers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Agent and Lenders may publish or disseminate general information concerning this credit facility for league table, tombstone and advertising purposes, and may use Borrowers’ logos, trademarks or product photographs in advertising materials. As used herein, “Information” means all information received from a Borrower or its Domestic Subsidiaries relating to it or its business that is identified as confidential when delivered. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information pursuant to this Section shall be deemed to have complied if it exercises a degree of care similar to that which it accords its own confidential information. Each of Agent, Lenders and Issuing Bank acknowledges that # Information may include material non-public information; # it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information; and # it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with Applicable Law.

Each of the Lenders, each Issuing Bank and each of the Agents agrees (and agrees to cause each of its respective Affiliates) to use all information provided to it by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrowers or their Restricted Subsidiaries under the Loan Documents or otherwise in connection with the Transactions solely for the purposes of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and shall not publish, disclose or otherwise divulge such information (other than information that # has become generally available to the public other than as a result of an unauthorized disclosure by such party; # has been independently developed by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent without violating this Section 10.16; or # was available to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent from a third party having, to such Person’s knowledge, no obligations of confidentiality to Holdings, any Borrower or any other Loan Party) and shall not reveal the same other than to its directors, trustees, officers, employees and advisors with a need to know or to any Person that approves or administers the Revolving Facility on behalf of such Lender or any numbering, administration or settlement service providers (so long as each such Person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 10.16), except:

Agent and Lenders each individually (and not jointly or jointly and severally) agree that material, non-public information regarding Parent and its Subsidiaries, their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans ("Confidential Information") shall be treated by Agent and the Lenders in a confidential manner, and shall not be disclosed by Agent and the Lenders to Persons who are not parties to this Agreement, except: # to attorneys' for and other advisors, accountants, auditors, and consultants to any member of the Lender Group and to employees, directors and officers of any member of the Lender Group (the Persons in this clause (i), "Lender Group Representatives") on a "need to know" basis in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and on a confidential basis, # to Subsidiaries and Affiliates of any member of the Lender Group (including the Bank Product Providers), provided that any such Subsidiary or Affiliate shall have agreed to receive such information hereunder subject to the terms of this [Section 17.9], # as may be required by regulatory authorities so long as such authorities are informed of the confidential nature of such information, # as may be required by statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation; provided that # prior to any disclosure under this clause (iv), the disclosing party agrees to provide Borrower with prior notice thereof, to the extent that it is practicable to do so and to the extent that the disclosing party is permitted to provide such prior notice to Borrower pursuant to the terms of the applicable statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation and # any disclosure under this clause (iv) shall be limited to the portion of the Confidential Information as may be required by such statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation, # as may be agreed to in advance in writing by Borrower, # as requested or required by any Governmental Authority pursuant to any subpoena or other legal process, provided, that, # prior to any disclosure under this clause (vi) the disclosing party agrees to provide Borrower with prior written notice thereof, to the extent that it is practicable to do so and to the extent that the disclosing party is permitted to provide such prior written notice to Borrower pursuant to the terms of the subpoena or other legal process and # any disclosure under this clause (vi) shall be limited to the portion of the Confidential Information as may be required by such Governmental Authority pursuant to such subpoena or other legal process, # as to any such information that is or becomes generally available to the public (other than as a result of prohibited disclosure by Agent or the Lenders or the Lender Group Representatives), # in connection with any assignment, participation or pledge of any Lender's interest under this Agreement, provided that prior to receipt of Confidential Information any such assignee, participant, or pledgee shall have agreed in writing to receive such Confidential Information hereunder subject to the terms of this Section, # in connection with any litigation or other adversary proceeding involving parties hereto which such litigation or adversary proceeding involves claims related to the rights or duties of such parties under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided, that, prior to any disclosure to any Person (other than any Loan Party, Agent, any Lender, any of their respective Affiliates, or their respective counsel) under this [clause (ix)] with respect to litigation involving any Person (other than Borrower, Agent, any Lender, any of their respective Affiliates, or their respective counsel), the disclosing party agrees to provide Borrower with prior written notice thereof, and # in connection with, and to the extent reasonably necessary for, the exercise of any secured creditor remedy under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document.

Section #07Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of each Agent, each Lender and each L/C Issuer agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed: # to its Affiliates, its auditors and its Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential in accordance with the terms herein); # to the extent required or requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners); # to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; # to any other party hereto; # to the extent necessary in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder; # subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 11.07, to # any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or any Eligible Assignee invited to be a Lender pursuant to Section 2.14 or Section 2.15, or # any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to any Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder; # on a confidential basis to # any rating agency in connection with rating [[Released U.K. Borrowers:Organization]] or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided hereunder; # the provider of any Platform or other electronic delivery service used by any Agent, any L/C Issuer, or any Swing Line Lender to deliver Borrower Materials or notices to the Lenders, or # the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the application, issuance, publishing and monitoring of CUSIP numbers or other market identifiers with respect to the credit facilities provided hereunder; # with the consent of [[Released U.K. Borrowers:Organization]]; or # to the extent such Information # becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 11.07, # becomes available to any Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than [[Released U.K. Borrowers:Organization]] which is authorized to disclose such Information, or # is independently discovered or developed by a party hereto without utilizing any Information received from [[Released U.K. Borrowers:Organization]] or violating the terms of this Section 11.07. In the case of clause (b) (except disclosure to governmental banking regulatory authorities) or clause (c) of this paragraph, the applicable Agent, Lender, or L/C Issuer shall, to the extent practicable and legally permissible, provide prompt written notice to [[Released U.K. Borrowers:Organization]] so that [[Released U.K. Borrowers:Organization]] may have the opportunity to contest such disclosure and such Agent, Lender, or L/C Issuer shall use reasonable efforts within Law to maintain the confidentiality of such Information. In addition, the Agents and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the Commitments.

Agent and Lenders each individually (and not jointly or jointly and severally) agree that material, non-public information regarding the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans (“Confidential Information”) shall be treated by Agent and the Lenders in a confidential manner, and shall not be disclosed by Agent and the Lenders to Persons who are not parties to this Agreement, except: # to attorneys for and other advisors, accountants, auditors, and consultants to any member of the Lender Group and to employees, directors and officers of any member of the Lender Group (the Persons in this clause (i), “Lender Group Representatives”) on a “need to know” basis in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and on a confidential basis, # to Subsidiaries and Affiliates of any member of the Lender Group (including the Bank Product Providers); provided, that any such Subsidiary or Affiliate shall have agreed to receive such information hereunder subject to the terms of this [Section 17.9], # as may be required by regulatory authorities so long as such authorities are informed of the confidential nature of such information, # as may be required by statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation; provided, that # prior to any disclosure under this [clause (iv)], the disclosing party agrees to provide Borrowers with prior notice thereof, to the extent that it is practicable to do so and to the extent that the disclosing party is permitted to provide such prior notice to Borrowers pursuant to the terms of the applicable statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation and # any disclosure under this [clause (iv)] shall be limited to the portion of the Confidential Information as may be required by such statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation, # as may be agreed to in advance in writing by Borrowers, # as requested or required by any Governmental Authority pursuant to any subpoena or other legal process; provided, that # prior to any disclosure under this [clause (vi)] the disclosing party agrees to provide Borrowers with prior written notice thereof, to the extent that it is practicable to do so and to the extent that the disclosing party is permitted to provide such prior written notice to Borrowers pursuant to the terms of the subpoena or other legal process and # any disclosure under this [clause (vi)] shall be limited to the portion of the Confidential Information as may be required by such Governmental Authority pursuant to such subpoena or other legal process, # as to any such information that is or becomes generally available to the public (other than as a result of prohibited disclosure by Agent or the Lenders or the Lender Group Representatives), # in connection with any actual or proposed assignment, participation or pledge of any Lender’s interest under this Agreement; provided, that prior to receipt of Confidential Information any such assignee, participant, or pledgee shall have agreed in writing to receive such Confidential Information either subject to the terms of this [Section 17.9] or pursuant to confidentiality requirements substantially similar to those contained in this [Section 17.9] (and such Person may disclose such Confidential Information to Persons employed or engaged by

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