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On one or more occasions after the Closing Date, the Borrower may obtain, from any Lender or any other bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor that agrees to provide any portion of Refinancing Term Loans pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment in accordance with this [Section 2.13] (each, an “Additional Refinancing Lender”) (provided that # the Administrative Agent shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Lender’s or Additional Refinancing Lender’s making such Refinancing Term Loans to the extent such consent, if any, would be required under [Section 10.07(b)] for an assignment of Loans to such Lender or Additional Refinancing Lender, # any Affiliated Lender providing any Refinancing Term Loans shall be subject to the same restrictions set forth in [Section 10.07(k)] as they would otherwise be subject to with respect to any purchase by or assignment to such Affiliated Lender of Term Loans), Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of all or any portion of any Class of Term Loans then outstanding under this Agreement, in the form of Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Term Commitments pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment; provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this [Section 2.13] or otherwise, the Refinancing Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis) in any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of Term Loans hereunder, as specified in the applicable Refinancing Amendment.

At any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower may obtain, from any Lender or any other bank, financial institution or other lender or investor that agrees to provide any portion of Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment in accordance with this [Section 2.262.27] (each, an “Additional Refinancing Lender”) (provided that solely with respect to Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments, the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender, if applicable, shall have consented (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to such Additional Refinancing Lender’s providing such Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments to the extent such consent, if any, would be required under [Section 10.6(b)] for an assignment of Revolving Credit Commitments to such Additional Refinancing Lender), Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness under this Agreement in respect of all or any portion of any Class, as selected by the Borrower, of Incremental Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Commitments in respect thereof) then outstanding under this Agreement, in the form of Refinancing Term Loans Commitments, Refinancing Term Loans, Refinancing Revolving Credit Commitments, or Refinancing Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this [Section 2.262.27] or otherwise, # the

Section # Refinancing Amendments. (a) On one or more occasions after the Closing Date, the Borrowers may obtain, from any Lender or any other bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor that agrees to provide any portion of Refinancing Term Loans or Other Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment in accordance with this Section 2.15 (each, an “Additional Refinancing Lender”) (provided that # solely with respect to Other Revolving Credit Commitments, the Administrative Agent, each Swing Line Lender and each L/C Issuer, if applicable, shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Lender’s or Additional Refinancing Lender’s providing such Other Revolving Credit Commitments to the extent such consent, if any, would be required under Section 10.07(b) for an assignment of Revolving Credit Commitments to such Lender or Additional Refinancing Lender, # with respect to Refinancing Term Loans, any Affiliated Lender providing Refinancing Term Loans shall be subject to the same restrictions set forth in [Section 10.07(l)] as they would otherwise be subject to with respect to any purchase by or assignment to such Affiliated Lender of Term Loans and # Affiliated may not provide Other Revolving Credit Commitments), Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of all or any portion of any Class, as selected by the Lead Borrower in its sole discretion, of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Commitments in respect thereof) then outstanding under this Agreement, in the form of Refinancing Term Loans, Refinancing Term Commitments, Other Revolving Credit Commitments, or Other Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment; provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.15 or otherwise, # the borrowing and repayment (except for # payments of interest and fees at different rates on Other Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings), # repayments required upon the maturity date of the Other Revolving Credit Commitments and # repayment made in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments (subject to clause (3) below)) of Loans with respect to Other Revolving Credit Commitments after the date of obtaining any Other Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments, # subject to the provisions of [Section 2.03(n)] and [Section 2.04(g)] to the extent dealing with Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit which mature or expire after a maturity date when there exist Other Revolving Credit Commitments with a longer maturity date, all Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit shall be participated on a pro rata basis by all with Commitments in accordance with their percentage of the Commitments in respect of Revolving

Section # Refinancing Amendments. (a) On one or more occasions after the Closing Date, the Borrower may obtain, from any Lender or any other bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor that agrees to provide any portion of Refinancing Term Loans or Other Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment in accordance with this ‎Section 2.15 (each, an “Additional Refinancing Lender”) (provided that # solely with respect to Other Revolving Credit Commitments, the Administrative Agent, each Swing Line Lender and each L/C Issuer, if applicable, shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Lender’s or Additional Refinancing Lender’s providing such Other Revolving Credit Commitments to the extent such consent, if any, would be required under [Section 10.07(b)] for an assignment of Revolving Credit Commitments to such Lender or Additional Refinancing Lender, # with respect to Refinancing Term Loans, any Affiliated Lender providing Refinancing Term Loans shall be subject to the same restrictions set forth in ‎[Section 10.07(l)] as they would otherwise be subject to with respect to any purchase by or assignment to such Affiliated Lender of Term Loans and # Affiliated may not provide Other Revolving Credit Commitments), Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of all or any portion of any Class, as selected by the Borrower in its sole discretion, of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Commitments in respect thereof) then outstanding under this Agreement, in the form of Refinancing Term Loans, Refinancing Term Commitments, Other Revolving Credit Commitments, or Other Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment; provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this ‎Section 2.15 or otherwise, # the borrowing and repayment (except for # payments of interest and fees at different rates on Other Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings), # repayments required upon the maturity date of the Other Revolving Credit Commitments and # repayment made in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments (subject to clause ‎(3) below)) of Loans with respect to Other Revolving Credit Commitments after the date of obtaining any Other Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Credit Commitments, # subject to the provisions of ‎[Section 2.03(n)] and ‎Section 2.04(g) to the extent dealing with Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit which mature or expire after a maturity date when there exist Other Revolving Credit Commitments with a longer maturity date, all Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit shall be participated on a pro rata basis by all with Commitments in accordance with their percentage of the Commitments in respect of Revolving Credit Loans (and except as provided in ‎[Section 2.03(n)] and ‎Section 2.04(g), without giving effect to changes thereto on an earlier maturity date with respect to Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit theretofore incurred or issued), # the permanent repayment of Revolving Credit Loans with respect to, and termination of, Other Revolving Credit Commitments after the date of obtaining any Other Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Commitments in respect of Revolving Credit Loans, except that the Borrower shall be permitted to permanently repay and terminate commitments of any such Class on a better than a pro rata basis as compared to any other Class with a later maturity date than such Class and # assignments and participations of Other Revolving Credit Commitments and Other Revolving Credit Loans shall be governed by the same assignment and participation provisions applicable to Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans.

At any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower may obtain, from any Lender on a pro rata basis (based on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans or Revolving Commitments then outstanding) or, to the extent declined by an existing Lender after having five (5) Business Days to respond after written notice from the Agent (which shall be redeemed rejected if not received at the end of such five (5) Business Days period), any new lender (provided that if Administrative Agent would have consent rights with respect to such new lender under ‎[Section 11.04] herein were such new lender to take an assignment of Loans or Commitments hereunder, then such new lender shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Borrower) (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no new lender shall be a Loan Party or an Affiliate of a Loan Party) (each such new lender being an “Additional Lender”) Refinancing Term Loans, Refinancing Term Loan Commitments, Refinancing Revolving Loans or Refinancing Revolving Loan Commitments in exchange for, or to extend, renew, replace or refinance, in respect of all of the Term Loans or Revolving Loans then outstanding under this Agreement (which will be deemed to include any then-outstanding New Term Loans under any New Term Loan Commitments) and any then-outstanding Refinancing Term Loans in the form of Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Term Commitments or any then-outstanding Refinancing Revolving Loans in the form of Refinancing Revolving Loans or Refinancing Revolving Loan Commitments in each case, pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment, together with any applicable intercreditor agreement or other customary subordination agreement (“Refinanced Debt”); provided, that # such extending, renewing or refinancing Indebtedness shall be unsecured or, to the extent secured, shall rank pari passu or junior in right of payment and of security with the other Loans and Commitments hereunder, # such Indebtedness shall not mature or have scheduled amortization or payments of principal prior to the date that is 91 days after the Final Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred, # such Indebtedness does not have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or less than that of the Refinanced Debt and does not have mandatory prepayment or redemption provisions (other than customary asset sale, similar events and change of control offers) that would result in a mandatory prepayment or redemption of such Indebtedness prior to the date that is 91 days after the Final Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred, # such Refinanced Debt shall be repaid, defeased or satisfied and discharged, and all accrued interest, fees and premiums (if any) in connection therewith shall be paid, on the date that such Indebtedness is issued, incurred or obtained, (v) (x) such Indebtedness, to the extent secured, shall be secured only by the Collateral, or be guaranteed by any person other than the Guarantors under the outstanding Loans, # if such Indebtedness being refinanced is unsecured, such Refinanced Debt shall be unsecured, and # if such Indebtedness being refinanced is subordinated with respect to the Obligations, such Refinanced Debt shall be subordinated at least to the same extent as such Indebtedness being refinanced, # the liens securing such Indebtedness shall not be of higher priority than the lien securing the applicable Refinanced Debt, # the other terms of such Indebtedness (other than pricing, interest rate margins, rate floors, discounts, fees, premiums and prepayment or redemption provisions) shall be substantially similar to, or (taken as a whole) no more favorable to the [[Organization B:Organization]] providing such Indebtedness than those applicable to the Loans or Revolving Commitments being refinanced or replaced (except for covenants and other provisions applicable only to the periods after the Final Maturity Date), # such Indebtedness will, to the extent permitted by clauses # to (vi), have such pricing, interest rate margins, rate floors, discounts, fees, premiums and prepayment or redemption provisions and terms as may be agreed by the Borrower and the [[Organization B:Organization]] thereof; # will, to the extent in the form of Refinancing Revolving Loans or Refinancing Revolving Loan Commitments, participate in the payment, borrowing, participation and commitment reduction provisions herein on a pro rata basis with any all then-outstanding Revolving Loans and Revolving Commitments; # subject to the provisions of [Section 2.17(k)], all Letters of Credit shall be participated on a pro rata basis by all [[Organization B:Organization]] with Commitments in accordance with their percentage of the Revolving Commitments (and except as provided in [Sections 2.17(k)], without giving effect to changes thereto on an earlier maturity date with respect to Letters of Credit theretofore incurred or issued); and # any Additional Lender shall execute and deliver an acknowledgment to the Agreement Among [[Organization B:Organization]], such acknowledgment to be in a customary form or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent. The effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment shall be subject to, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of board resolutions, officers’ certificates and/or reaffirmation agreements consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Refinancing Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Refinanced Debt incurred pursuant thereto (including any amendments necessary to treat the Loans and Commitments subject thereto as Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Loans) and any Indebtedness being replaced or refinanced with such Refinanced Debt shall be deemed permanently reduced and satisfied in all respects. Any Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any other [[Organization B:Organization]], effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section.

At any time after the Effective Date, the Borrowers may obtain, from any Lender or any Additional Lender, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of # all or any portion of any Class of Term Loans then outstanding under this Agreement (which for purposes of this clause (a) will be deemed to include any then outstanding Other Term Loans) or # all or any portion of the Revolving Loans (or unused Revolving Commitments) under this Agreement (which for purposes of this clause (b) will be deemed to include any then outstanding Other Revolving Loans and Other Revolving Commitments), in the form of # Other Term Loans or Other Term Commitments or # Other Revolving Loans or Other Revolving Commitments, as the case may be, in each case pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment; provided that the Net Proceeds of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall be applied, substantially concurrently with the incurrence thereof, to the prepayment of outstanding Term Loans or reduction of Revolving Commitments being so refinanced, as the case may be; provided further that the terms and conditions applicable to such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness may provide for any additional or different financial or other covenants or other provisions that are agreed between the Borrowers and the Lenders thereof and applicable only during periods after the Latest Maturity Date that is in effect on the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is issued, incurred or obtained. Each Class of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred under this [Section 2.21] shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is # not less than $10,000,000 in the case of Other Term Loans or $10,000,000 in the case of Other Revolving Loans and # an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (in each case unless the applicable Borrower and the Administrate Agent otherwise agree). Any Refinancing Amendment may provide for the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrowers, or the provision to the Borrowers of Swingline Loans, pursuant to any Other Revolving Commitments established thereby, in each case on terms substantially equivalent to the terms applicable to Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under the Revolving Commitments. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each applicable Lender as to the effectiveness of each Refinancing Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant thereto (including any amendments necessary to treat the Loans and Commitments subject thereto as Other Term Loans, Other Revolving Loans, Other Revolving Commitments and/or Other Term Commitments). Any Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers, to effect the provisions of this Section. In addition, if so provided in the relevant Refinancing Amendment and with the consent of each Issuing Bank, participations in Letters of Credit expiring on or after the Revolving Maturity Date shall be reallocated from Lenders holding Revolving Commitments to Lenders holding extended revolving commitments in accordance with the terms of such Refinancing Amendment; provided, however, that such participation interests shall, upon receipt thereof by the relevant Lenders holding Revolving Commitments, be deemed to be participation interests in respect of such Revolving Commitments and the terms of such participation interests (including, without limitation, the commission applicable thereto) shall be adjusted accordingly.

The Refinancing Term Loans shall be established pursuant to an amendment to this Agreement among Holdings, the Borrower and the Refinancing Term providing such Refinancing Term Loans (a “Refinancing Term Loan Amendment”) which shall be consistent with the provisions set forth in paragraph # above. Each Refinancing Term Loan Amendment shall be binding on the (including the Refinancing ), the Administrative Agent, the Loan Parties party thereto and the other parties hereto. Upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Refinancing Term Loan Amendment is permitted under the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall be permitted, and is hereby authorized, to enter into such amendments with the Borrower to effect the foregoing. Any Refinancing Term Loan made by a Term Lender pursuant to a Refinancing Term Loan Amendment shall be deemed a “Term Loan” for all purposes of this Agreement and each Lender with a Refinancing Term Loan shall become a Lender with respect to such Refinancing Term Loans and all matters relating thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, at no time shall there be Term Loans (including Refinancing Term Loans and Extended Term Loans) which have more than five different scheduled final maturity dates or shall there be more than five different “Term Loan Facilities”.

The Borrower may approach any Lender or any other Person that would be an Eligible Assignee to provide all or a portion of the Refinancing Term Loans (a “Refinancing Term Lender”); provided any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of the Refinancing Term Loans may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a Refinancing Term Loan. Any Refinancing Term Loans made on any Refinancing Effective Date shall be designated a series (a “Refinancing Term Loan Series”) of Refinancing Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement and the selection of Refinancing Term shall be subject to any consent that would be required pursuant to [Section 9.07(b)] hereof; provided that any Refinancing Term Loans may, to the extent provided in the applicable Refinancing Term Loan Amendment, be designated as an increase in any previously established Refinancing Term Loan Series of Refinancing Term Loans made to the Borrower.

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