Effect on the Credit Agreement; Ratification. Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed. By its acceptance hereof, the Borrower hereby ratifies and confirms each Loan Document to which it is a party in all respects, after giving effect to the amendments set forth herein.

Effect on Credit Agreement. Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

Ratification. 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.

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.

The Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, is in all respects ratified, approved and confirmed, and shall, as so amended, remain in full force and effect. From and after the date that the amendments herein described take effect, all reference to the "Agreement" in the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents, shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

SECTION # Ratification. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Credit Agreement and all documents, instruments and agreements related thereto, including, but not limited to the Security Documents, are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document.

Except as specifically amended by this Amendment and the documents executed and delivered in connection herewith, the Credit Agreement, the Collateral 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.

References to Credit Agreement and Ratification. Each reference to the Credit Agreement that is made in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement are confirmed and ratified and shall remain in full force and effect and be unaffected hereby. This Amendment is a Loan Document.

Except as specifically amended pursuant to this Amendment, the Credit Agreement and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

Except as specifically amended above, the Credit Agreement and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith (including, without limitation, all of the Loan Documents) shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.