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.

Amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement. On the terms of this Amendment and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 below:

Amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement. Effective as of the Conforming Changes Amendment Effective Date, the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Existing Credit Agreement attached as Annex A hereto.

Execution of Credit Agreement; Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received # counterparts of this Agreement, executed by a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party and a duly authorized officer of each Lender, # for the account of each Lender requesting a Note, a Note executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, and # counterparts of any other Loan Document, executed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Loan Party and a duly authorized officer of each other Person party thereto.

Employment Agreement Supersedes Award Agreement. In the event a Participant is a party to an employment agreement with the Company or an Affiliate that provides for an annual incentive opportunity on terms more favorable to the Participant than the Participant’s Annual Incentive Award under this Plan, the employment agreement shall be controlling with respect to such Award and an employment agreement or modification to an employment agreement shall be deemed to modify the terms of any pre-existing Annual Incentive Award only if the terms of the employment agreement expressly so provide.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding among the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof. The express terms hereof control and supersede any course of performance or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof. This Agreement may not be modified or amended other than by an agreement in writing.

Purchase Agreement. By its acceptance of this Note, each party agrees to be bound by the applicable terms of the Purchase Agreement.

Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes and contains the entire agreement and understanding by and between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes any and all prior negotiations, agreements or understandings relating thereto.

Entire Agreement. The Award Terms and the Plan embody the entire understanding and agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and no promise, condition, representation or warranty, express or implied, not stated or incorporated by reference herein, shall bind either party hereto.

Complete Agreement. This Agreement embodies the complete agreement and understanding among the parties and supersedes and preempts any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.