This Amendment is a Loan Document. The Loan Agreement as amended by this Amendment is hereby ratified, approved, confirmed, and continued in each and every respect, and the parties hereto agree that the Loan Agreement remains in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to release, terminate or act as a novation of, in whole or in part, any Loan Document or any guaranty, lien, mortgage, deed, debenture, indenture, pledge or security interest granted pursuant thereto. All references to the Loan Agreement in each of the Loan Documents and in any other document or instrument shall hereafter be deemed to refer to the Loan Agreement as amended hereby. The Loan Documents shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, except as provided in this Amendment or in any agreement executed and delivered by the Lender in connection herewith, and the Loan Documents are hereby ratified, confirmed, and continued in full force and effect in all respects. This Amendment shall not be construed as a waiver or amendment of any other provision of the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents or for any purpose, except as expressly set forth herein, or a consent to any other, further or future action on the part of the Borrower or the other Credit Parties that would require the waiver or consent of the Lender.

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.

Ratification of Existing 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 Existing 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.

This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Documents, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.

This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Documents, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.

Amended Terms. On and after the Amendment Effective Date, all references to the Loan Agreement in each of the Loan Documents shall hereafter mean the Loan Agreement as amended by this Amendment. Except as specifically amended hereby or otherwise agreed, the Loan Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect according to its terms.

REAFFIRMATION. Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents are hereby ratified and confirmed and continue unchanged and in full force and effect. This Amendment shall be deemed incorporated into and made a part of the Loan Agreement, and all references to the Loan Agreement in any Loan Document (including the Loan Agreement) shall mean the Loan Agreement as modified by this Amendment. The Loan Documents and this Amendment shall be construed as integrated and complementary of each other, and as augmenting and not restricting Agent’s and/or Lender’s rights, remedies and security. If, after applying the foregoing, an inconsistency still exists, the provisions of this Amendment shall control. Each Loan Party hereby also confirms and ratifies in all respects the Lender Debt outstanding under the Loan Documents, and acknowledges that the Loan Documents shall continue in full force and effect as therein written except as amended hereby and that no claims, counterclaims, offsets or defenses arising out of or with respect to the Lender Debt under the Loan Documents exist. Each Loan Party hereby confirms that all security interests at any time granted by it to Agent continue in full force and effect and secure and shall continue to secure the Lender Debt, so long as any such liabilities or obligations remain outstanding and that all property subject thereto remain free and clear of any liens or encumbrances other than Permitted Liens. Nothing herein contained is intended to in any manner impair or limit the validity, priority and extent of Agent’s existing security interest in and liens upon the Collateral.

The Credit Agreement as specifically amended by this Amendment, is and shall continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed. This Amendment shall be a “Loan Document” for purposes of the definition thereof in the Existing Credit Agreement.

Reaffirmation of Loan Documents. All of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall, except as expressly amended and modified hereby, remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and affirmed by the Company, as amended. This Amendment is a Loan Document. Following the Amendment Effective Date, any reference to the Credit Agreement in the Loan Documents shall mean the Credit Agreement as amended or supplemented hereby. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle the Company to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents in similar or different circumstances.

Except as specifically amended by this Amendment and the documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed by the Borrower in all respects.