This Amendment shall not extinguish the obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document or discharge or release the Lien or priority of any Collateral Document or any other security therefor. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the obligations outstanding under the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Documents or the other Credit Documents or a novation of the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document. The obligations outstanding under or of the Credit Agreement and instruments securing the same shall remain in full force and effect, except to any extent expressly modified hereby. Nothing implied in this Amendment or in any other document contemplated hereby shall be construed as a release or other discharge of any of the Loan Parties under any Credit Document from any of its obligations and liabilities as a borrower, guarantor, grantor or pledgor under any of the Credit Documents.

This Amendment shall not extinguish the obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the Credit Agreement or discharge or release the priority of any Security Document. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the Obligations outstanding under the Credit Agreement or any Security Document, which shall remain in full force and effect, except as modified hereby. Nothing expressed or implied in this Amendment or any other document contemplated hereby shall be construed as a release or other discharge of any Loan Party under any Loan Document from any of its obligations and liabilities thereunder.

SECTION # No Novation. Neither this Agreement nor the execution, delivery or effectiveness of the Amendment shall extinguish the obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the Amended Credit Agreement or the Credit Agreement or discharge or release the Lien or priority of any Reaffirmed Document or any other security therefor. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the obligations outstanding under the Amended Credit Agreement or the Credit Agreement or instruments securing the same, which shall remain in full force and effect, except to any extent modified hereby or by instruments executed concurrently herewith. Nothing implied in this Agreement, the Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement or in any other document contemplated hereby or thereby shall be construed as a release or other discharge of the Borrower or any Guarantor or any Grantor under any Reaffirmed Document from any of its obligations and liabilities under the Amended Credit Agreement or the Reaffirmed Documents. Each of the Amended Credit Agreement and the Reaffirmed Documents shall remain in full force and effect, until (as applicable) and except to any extent modified hereby or by the Amendment or in connection herewith or therewith.

Neither this Amendment nor the effectiveness of the amendments to the Credit Agreement effected hereby shall extinguish the obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the Credit Agreement. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of any of the obligations outstanding under the Credit Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect, except as modified hereby. Nothing expressed or implied in this Amendment or the Credit Agreement shall be construed as a release or other discharge of any of the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement from any of its obligations and liabilities thereunder, as amended hereby.

Effect of Amendment. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the [[Consenting Lenders:Organization]] or the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor 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 any other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances. This Amendment shall apply and be effective only with respect to the provisions of the Credit Agreement specifically referred to herein. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document, and the representations, warranties and agreements contained herein shall, for all purposes of the Credit Agreement, be deemed to be set forth in the Credit Agreement. Each Obligor agrees that all of its obligations, liabilities and indebtedness under each Loan Document, including guarantee obligations, shall remain in full force and effect, in accordance with applicable law, on a continuous basis after giving effect to this Amendment. On and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, any reference to the Credit Agreement contained in the Loan Documents shall mean the Credit Agreement as modified hereby. This Amendment shall not extinguish any payment obligation outstanding under the Credit Agreement or discharge or release the Lien or priority of any Loan Document or any other security therefor or any guarantee thereof. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the obligations outstanding under the Credit Agreement or instruments guaranteeing or securing the same, which shall remain in full force and effect, except as modified hereby or by instruments executed concurrently herewith. Nothing expressed or implied in this Amendment or any other document contemplated hereby shall be construed as a release or other discharge of any Loan Party under any Loan Document from any of its obligations and liabilities thereunder.

Each Credit Party hereby acknowledges that it has read this Amendment and consents to the terms hereof and further hereby affirms, confirms, represents, warrants and agrees that # notwithstanding the effectiveness of this Amendment, the obligations of such Credit Party under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party shall not be impaired and each of the Loan Documents to which such Credit Party is a party is, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby confirmed and ratified in all respects, in each case, as amended hereby; # after giving effect to this Amendment, # neither the amendment of the Credit Agreement (by this Amendment) nor the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment or any other Loan Document shall impair the validity, effectiveness or priority of the Liens granted pursuant to the Security Documents (as in effect immediately prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Collateral Documents”) and such Liens shall continue unimpaired with the same priority to secure repayment of all the Obligations, whether heretofore or hereafter incurred, and # in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor, its Subsidiary Guaranty, as and to the extent provided therein, shall continue in full force and effect in respect of the Obligations under the Credit Agreement, this Amendment and the other Loan Documents; # neither the modification of the Credit Agreement (by this Amendment) nor the execution, delivery, performance or effectiveness of this Amendment requires any new filings be made or other actions taken to perfect or maintain the perfection of such Liens; and # the position of the Lenders with respect to such Liens, the Collateral (as defined in the Collateral Documents) in which a security interest was granted pursuant to the Security Documents, and the ability of the Administrative Agent to realize upon such Liens pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents have not been adversely affected in any material respect by modification of the Credit Agreement effectuated pursuant to this Amendment or by the execution, delivery, performance or effectiveness of this Amendment.