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• Intercreditor Agreement Governs Each Lender and Agent (a) hereby agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement any other intercreditor agreement or subordination agreement entered into pursuant to the terms hereof, (b) hereby authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to enter into the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and each other intercreditor agreement or subordination agreement and any other intercreditor agreement or subordination agreement entered into pursuant to the terms hereof and to subject the Liens securing the Secured Obligations to the provisions thereof and (c) hereby authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to enter into the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and any other intercreditor agreement or subordination agreement that includes, or to amend the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement any then existing intercreditor agreement or subordination agreement to provide for, the terms described in the definition of the terms “Permitted First Priority Replacement Debt” or “Permitted Second Priority Replacement Debt” or other “First Lien Senior Secured Note” or the Collateral Agent, as applicable or as otherwise provided for by the terms of this Agreement; provided that in each case, such intercreditor agreement is substantially consistent with the terms set forth on Exhibit K-1 or K-2 annexed hereto together with (A) any immaterial changes and (B) changes implementing additional extensions of credit permitted under this Agreement, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent (it being understood that junior Liens are not required to be pari passu with other junior Liens, and that Indebtedness secured by junior Liens may secured by Liens that are pari passu with, or junior in priority to, other Liens that are junior to the Liens securing the Obligations).

• Intercreditor Agreements Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, this Agreement will be subject to the terms and provisions of the ABL/Bond Intercreditor Agreement and any other applicable Customary Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the ABL/Bond Intercreditor Agreement or any other such Customary Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of each Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent is authorized to, and the Administrative Agent agrees that with respect to any applicable secured Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Agreement, upon request by the Borrower, it shall, enter into the ABL/Bond Intercreditor Agreement and any other Customary Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof. The Lenders authorize the Administrative Agent to (a) enter into the ABL/Bond Intercreditor Agreement, and any other such Customary Intercreditor Agreement, (b) bind the Lenders on the terms set forth in the ABL/Bond Intercreditor Agreement and such Customary Intercreditor Agreement and (c) perform and observe its obligations under the ABL/Bond Intercreditor Agreement and any such Customary Intercreditor Agreement.

• Intercreditor Agreement Each Person that is secured hereunder, by accepting the benefits of the security provided hereby, (i) agrees (or is deemed to agree) that it will be bound by, and will take no actions contrary to, the provisions of any applicable Intercreditor Agreement; provided that such provisions are not in conflict with this Agreement, and (ii) authorizes (or is deemed to authorize) and instructs (or is deemed to instruct) the Collateral Trustee on behalf of such Person to enter into, and perform under, any applicable Intercreditor Agreement on terms that do not conflict with this Agreement. At the direction of the Company pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, the Collateral Trustee agrees to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement or amendments or joinders to any Intercreditor Agreement, without the consent of any Priority Lien Secured Party, to add additional Indebtedness as Priority Lien Debt (to the extent permitted to be incurred and secured by the applicable Priority Lien Documents) and add other parties (or any authorized agent or trustee therefor) holding such Indebtedness thereto and to establish that the Lien on any Collateral securing such Indebtedness ranks equally with the Liens on such Collateral securing the other Priority Lien Debt then outstanding, subject to the terms of this Agreement, including Section 3.4. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, to the extent that any Lien on any Collateral is perfected by the possession or control of such Collateral (including control over any account in which Collateral is held), and if such Collateral (or any such account) is in fact in the possession or under the control of an agent or bailee of the Collateral Trustee (including any Priority Lien Representative or its agents or bailees), the perfection actions and related deliverables described in this Agreement or the other Security Documents (i.e., the Security Documents other than the Security Document giving rise to such Lien, perfection and control) shall not be required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, to the extent of any conflict between this Agreement and any Intercreditor Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

• Accession to the Intercreditor Agreement The Additional Grantor (a) hereby accedes and becomes a party to the Intercreditor Agreement as a “Grantor”, (b) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and (c) acknowledges and agrees that the Additional Grantor shall have the rights and obligations specified under the Intercreditor Agreement with respect to a “Grantor”, and shall be subject to and bound by the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement.

• Execution of Collateral Documents The Lenders hereby empower and authorize the Agent to execute and deliver to the Borrower on their behalf the Collateral Documents and all related financing statements and any financing statements, agreements, documents or instruments as shall be necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of the Collateral Documents.

• Amendments to Security Documents Except to the extent otherwise expressly set forth in the Guarantee and Security Agreement or the other Loan Documents, no Security Document nor any provision thereof may be waived, amended or modified, nor may the Liens granted under the Guarantee and Security Agreement be spread to secure any additional obligations (excluding (x) any increase in the Loans and Letters of Credit hereunder pursuant to a Commitment Increase under Section 2.08(e), (y) any increase in any Other Secured Indebtedness or Shorter Term Secured Indebtedness permitted hereunder and (z) the spreading of such Liens to any Designated Indebtedness or Hedging Agreement Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Security Agreement) as provided for in the Guarantee and Security Agreement), except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower, and by the Collateral Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that, (i) except as otherwise expressly permitted by the Loan Documents, without the written consent of each Lender and each Issuing Bank, no such agreement shall release all or substantially all of the Obligors from their respective obligations under the Security Documents and (ii) except as otherwise expressly permitted by the Loan Documents, without the written consent of each Lender and each Issuing Bank, no such agreement shall release all or substantially all of the collateral security or otherwise terminate all or substantially all of the Liens under the Security Documents, alter the relative priorities of the obligations entitled to the Liens created under the Security Documents (except in connection with securing additional obligations equally and ratably with the Loans and other obligations hereunder) with respect to all or substantially all of the collateral security provided thereby, except that no such consent shall be required, and the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized (and so agrees with the Borrower) to direct the Collateral Agent under the Guarantee and Security Agreement to, and in addition to the rights of such parties under the Guarantee and Security Agreement, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent under the Guarantee and Security Agreement may, (1) release any Lien covering property (and to release any such guarantor) that is the subject of either a disposition of property not prohibited hereunder (including, without limitation, any property subject to a participation or repurchase transaction) or a disposition to which the Required Lenders or the required number or percentage of Lenders have consented (and such Lien shall be released automatically (A) to the extent provided in Section 10.03 of the Guarantee and Security Agreement and (B) to the extent permitted hereunder in connection with any property becoming subject to a participation or repurchase transaction), and (2) release from the Guarantee and Security Agreement any “Subsidiary Guarantor” (and any property of such Subsidiary Guarantor) that is designated as a “Designated Subsidiary” or becomes an Excluded Asset or an Immaterial Subsidiary in accordance with this Agreement or is otherwise no longer required to be a “Subsidiary Guarantor” (including, without limitation, because it ceases to be consolidated on the Borrower’s financial statements), so long as immediately after giving effect to any such release under this clause (2) and any Concurrent Transactions, (A) the Covered Debt Amount does not exceed the Borrowing Base and the Borrower delivers a certificate of a Financial Officer to such effect to the Administrative Agent, (B) either (I) the amount of any excess availability under the Borrowing Base immediately prior to such release is not diminished as a result of such release or (II) the Adjusted Gross Borrowing Base immediately after giving effect to such release is at least 110% of the Covered Debt Amount and (C) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

• ABL Intercreditor Agreement Each Lender hereunder (a) acknowledges that it has received a copy of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, (b) consents to the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, (c) agrees that it will be bound by the provisions of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement as if it were a signatory thereto and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and (d) authorizes and instructs the Agent to enter into the ABL Intercreditor Agreement as Collateral Agent and on behalf of such Lender, and any documents relating thereto and (e) agrees that no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Agent as a result of any action taken by the Agent pursuant to this Section or the ABL Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender hereby further irrevocably authorizes and directs the Agent (i) to take such actions as shall be required to release Liens on the Collateral in accordance with the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement and (ii) to enter into such amendments, supplements or other modifications to the ABL Intercreditor Agreement in connection with any extension, renewal, refinancing or replacement of any Obligations and any Indebtedness incurred under the ABL Documents as are reasonably acceptable to the Agent to give effect thereto, in each case on behalf of such Lender and without any further consent, authorization or other action by and on behalf of such Lender.

• Amendments to the Credit Agreement (a) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement, Definitions, is hereby amended by adding the following definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order:

• Terms Defined in the Intercreditor Agreement For all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Intercreditor Agreement:

• Intercreditor Provisions (a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Liens and security interests granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder or the application of proceeds (including insurance and condemnation proceeds) of any Collateral, in each case, are subject to the limitations and provisions of any applicable Intercreditor Agreement to the extent provided therein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of such applicable Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of such applicable Intercreditor Agreement shall govern. (b) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or any other Security Document, to the extent that the provisions of this Agreement (or any other Security Document) require the delivery of, or granting of control over, or giving notice with respect to, any Collateral in respect of which any other lenders or other secured parties (or representatives thereof) have a security interest therein that is senior priority relative to the security interest of the Collateral Agent pursuant to any Intercreditor Agreement, then until the obligations to such lenders or other secured parties (or representatives thereof) secured by such security interests (excluding contingent obligations as to which no claim has been made or which are otherwise not due) shall have been paid in full in cash and all commitments of such lenders or other secured parties (or representatives thereof) shall have been terminated, delivery of such Collateral (or control or notice with respect thereto) may instead be made to the applicable lender or other secured party (or representative thereof), to be held in accordance with the applicable Intercreditor Agreements, and any Grantor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such delivery, control or notice shall be deemed satisfied by such delivery to such lender or other secured party (or representative thereof). Furthermore, at all times prior to the obligations to such lenders or other secured parties (or representatives thereof) secured by such security interests (excluding contingent obligations as to which no claim has been made or which are otherwise not due) having been paid in full in cash and all commitments of such lenders or other secured parties (or representatives thereof) having been terminated, the Collateral Agent is authorized by the parties hereto to effect transfers of such Collateral at any time in its possession (and any “control” or similar agreements with respect to such Collateral) to the applicable lender or other secured party or representative thereof in accordance with the applicable Intercreditor Agreements.