all references to “Default” and “Event of Default” shall be deemed to be references to a Default and an Event of Default, respectively; and

1.06Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

SECTION # Cross-References. References in this Amendment to any Article or Section are, unless otherwise specified, to such Article or Section of this Amendment.

references in this Services Agreement to Articles, Sections and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Schedules to, this Services Agreement;

All references to the Merger Agreement (including “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereby” and “this Agreement”) shall refer to the Merger Agreement as amended by this Amendment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, references to the date of the Merger Agreement (as amended hereby) and references in the Merger Agreement to “the date hereof,” “the date of this Agreement” and terms of similar import shall in all instances continue to refer to July 29, 2016.

Unless otherwise specified, references to this Agreement or any other document referred to herein or therein shall be construed as references to such document as the same may be amended, varied, supplemented or novated from time to time.

For purposes of this Section 2(m), references to “Employer” in the ESP with respect to any Participant means the Company or an Affiliate employing such Participant and references to “Covered Executive” in the ESP mean the Participant.

[Section 4] of the Arranger Fee Letter relating to the Alternate Transaction Fee by replacing references in such section to “within 12 months after the date hereof” with references to “prior to August 4, 2018” in lieu thereof;

Allstate shall provide employment references in accordance with Allstate policy governing the same, provided that [[Person A:Person]] directs all requests for such references to Harriet Harty, Executive Vice President, Human Resources at Allstate’s Home Office (“[[Person B:Person]]”).

67 SECTION 1.05 References to Agreements, Laws, Etc.