Continuing Effectiveness, etc. Except to the extent expressly set forth herein, all of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents remain unchanged and in full force and effect. Upon the effectiveness hereof, all references to the Credit Agreement set forth in any other agreement or instrument shall, unless otherwise specifically provided, be references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

executed counterparts of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement.

Confirmation. The provisions of the Credit Agreement and each Loan Document shall remain in full force and effect following the Effective Date.

this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

Continued Effectiveness of the Financing Agreement and Other Loan Documents. Each Loan Party hereby # acknowledges and consents to this Amendment, # confirms and agrees that the Financing Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party is, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects except that on and after the Eighth Amendment Effective Date all references in any such Loan Document to "the Financing Agreement", the "Agreement", "thereto", "thereof", "thereunder" or words of like import referring to the Financing Agreement shall mean the Financing Agreement as amended by this Amendment, and # confirms and agrees that to the extent that any such Loan Document purports to assign or pledge to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or to grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in or Lien on, any Collateral as security for the Obligations of the Loan Parties from time to time existing in respect of the Financing Agreement (as amended hereby) and the other Loan Documents, such pledge, assignment and/or grant of the security interest or Lien is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. This Agreement does not and shall not affect any of the obligations of the Loan Parties, other than as expressly provided herein, including, without limitation, the Loan Parties' obligations to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of Financing Agreement, or the obligations of the Loan Parties under any Loan Document to which they are a party, all of which obligations shall remain in full force and effect. Except as expressly provided herein, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Agents, any Issuing Lender or any Lender under the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document. The amendment of the Financing Agreement pursuant to this Amendment and all other Loan Documents amended and/or executed and delivered in connection with this Amendment do not constitute a novation of the Financing Agreement and the other Loan Documents as in effect prior to the Eighth Amendment Effective Date.

Except to the extent amended hereby, the Credit Agreement and all of the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and each is hereby ratified and confirmed.

Except as modified herein, all other terms and conditions in the Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, and in full force and effect.

The provisions of this section shall survive payment in full of the Secured Obligations, full performance of all the terms of this Amendment and the other Loan Documents.

Enforceability of Loan Documents. This Amendment, the Financing Agreement as amended by this Amendment, and each other Loan Document to which any Obligor is a party, when delivered hereunder, will be, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Obligor party thereto, enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally.