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• Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Amendment This Amendment shall become effective when, and only when, each of the conditions below has been complied with to the satisfaction of the Agent and the Lenders and the documents required below have been delivered to the Agent and the Lenders: (a) Counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by Borrower, Guarantors and Lenders; (b) A copy of the resolutions approving this Amendment, and authorizing the transactions contemplated herein duly adopted by the Managers of Borrower, accompanied by a certificate of the duly authorized Secretary of Borrower, certifying that such copy is a true and correct copy of the resolutions duly adopted by the Managers of Borrower, and that such resolutions constitute all the resolutions adopted with respect to such transactions, and have not been amended, modified or revoked in any respect and are in full force and effect as of the date hereof; (c) A copy of the resolutions approving this Amendment, and authorizing the transactions contemplated herein duly adopted by the Board of Directors or Members of each Guarantor, as the case may be, accompanied by a certificate of the duly authorized Secretary of such Guarantor, certifying that such copy is a true and correct copy of the resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors or Members of such Guarantor, and that such resolutions constitute all the resolutions adopted with respect to such transactions, and have not been amended, modified or revoked in any respect and are in full force and effect as of the date hereof; (d) Payment of all fees (to be determined)required to be paid to the Lenders in connection with this Amendment; (e) Payment by Borrower of the fees and expenses of counsel to Lenders in connection with the preparation and negotiation of this Amendment and all documents and instruments contemplated hereby; and (f) The execution and delivery of such additional documents and instruments which the Agent and its counsel may deem necessary to effectuate this Amendment or any document executed and delivered to Lenders in connection herewith or therewith.

• Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Agreement Section 3.1 The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to (i) the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3.2 of this Agreement and (ii) that Agent shall have received a duly executed counterpart of this Agreement from Borrower and all Lenders. Section 3.2 The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions: (a) Agent shall have received a reaffirmation of guaranty from HHG in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A; (b) Borrower shall have paid all fees and other amounts due and payable by it under the Loan Agreement, including to the extent invoiced, fees, costs and expenses owing to Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, under any other Financing Agreement or under the Fee Letter; and (c) Agent shall have received a Secretary’s Certificate of the Borrower and HHG certifying the passage and continued effectiveness of resolutions from the Borrower and HHG approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the incumbency of the officers executing this Agreement and the documents delivered in connection therewith, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. (d) The Agent shall have received, for the account of each Incremental Lender, the payment of a commitment fee equal to 5.0% of each Incremental Lender’s Incremental Commitment. (e) The representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects. (f) Each Incremental Lender which is not also an Existing Lender shall have received from Borrower all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the Patriot Act. (g) Agent and the Incremental Lenders shall have received the following legal opinions and documents: (x) executed legal opinions of Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxx LLP, special counsel to the Borrower and HHG, and Ice Xxxxxx, special Indiana counsel to the Borrower and HHG, as required by Section 2.3(c)(iii) of the Loan Agreement (including an opinion as to no conflicts with Indebtedness), (y) a certificate executed by a senior officer of the Borrower and HHG certifying that all of the conditions precedent to the making of the Loans set forth in Section 4.2 of the Loan Agreement shall be satisfied as of the date of the increase in the Maximum Credit contemplated by this Agreement, both before and after giving effect to such increase, and (z) all other documents reasonably requested by the Agent in connection with this Agreement, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.

• Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness This Agreement (including the Commitments of the Lenders and the obligations of the Borrower hereunder) shall become effective if, on or before April 15, 2011, all of the following conditions precedent have been satisfied: (a) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence, satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that the Borrower has paid (or will pay with the proceeds of the initial Credit Extensions) all amounts then payable by the Borrower under the Existing Credit Facility and that all commitments to make extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder have been (or concurrently with the initial Advances will be) terminated; (b) the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of each party hereto or (ii) written evidence (which may include electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that each party hereto has signed a counterpart of this Agreement and each of the following documents, each dated a date reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent: (i) Certified copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors or equivalent managing body of the Borrower approving the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and of all documents evidencing other necessary organizational action of the Borrower with respect to this Agreement and the documents contemplated hereby; (ii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Borrower certifying (A) the names and true signatures of the officers of the Borrower authorized to sign this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder; (B) that attached thereto are true and correct copies of the organizational documents of the Borrower, in each case in effect on such date; and (C) that attached thereto are true and correct copies of all governmental and regulatory authorizations and approvals required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the documents contemplated hereby; (iii) A certificate signed by either the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer or treasurer of the Borrower stating that (A) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are correct on and as of the date of such certificate as though made on and as of such date and (B) no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such certificate; and (iv) A favorable opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Borrower, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and (c) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence, satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that the Borrower has paid (or will pay with the proceeds of the initial Credit Extensions) all fees and, to the extent billed, expenses payable by the Borrower hereunder on the Effective Date (including amounts then payable to the Joint Active Lead Arrangers and the Agents). Promptly upon the occurrence thereof, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower, the Lenders and the LC Issuers as to the Effective Date.

• Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Agreement This Agreement shall become effective on and as of the date hereof (the “Effective Date”), provided that the following conditions precedent have been satisfied on such date: (a) There shall have occurred (i) no Material Adverse Change since December 31, 2018, except as shall have been disclosed or contemplated in the SEC Reports, and (ii) no material adverse change in the primary or secondary loan syndication markets or capital markets generally that makes it impracticable to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents. (b) The Lenders shall have been given such access, as such Lenders have reasonably requested, to the management, records, books of account, contracts and properties of the Borrower and its Significant Subsidiaries as they shall have requested. (c) All governmental and third party consents, authorizations and approvals necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained (without the imposition of any conditions that are not acceptable to the Lenders) and shall remain in effect, and no law or regulation shall be applicable in the reasonable judgment of the Agents that restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents. (d) The Borrower shall have notified each Lender and the Agent in writing as to the proposed Effective Date. (e) The Borrower shall have paid all accrued fees and reasonable expenses due and payable to the Agents, the Lenders and the Arrangers on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursements or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder. (f) Each of the Agent and the Lenders shall have received (i) all documentation and other information that it reasonably requested from the Borrower (such request to be made not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the Effective Date) in order to comply with its obligations under the applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “PATRIOT Act”) and (ii) to the extent the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, at least five days prior to the Effective Date, the Agent and any Lender that has requested a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower shall have received such Beneficial Ownership Certification. (g) On the Effective Date, the following statements shall be true and the Agent shall have received for the account of each Lender a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, signed on behalf of the Borrower by a duly authorized Financial Officer of the Borrower, dated the Effective Date, stating, among other things, that: (i) The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are correct on and as of the Effective Date, and (ii) No event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a Default. (h) The Agent shall have received on or before the Effective Date the following, each dated such day, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and (except for any Notes requested by the Lenders) in sufficient copies for each Lender: (i) Counterpart signature pages of this Agreement, executed by each of the parties hereto. (ii) Notes, if any, to the order of each Lender requesting the issuance of a Note as of the Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.16. (iii) Certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Borrower approving each Loan Document to which it is a party, and of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to each Loan Document to which it is a party. (iv) A certificate of the Corporate Secretary or an Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Borrower certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of the Borrower authorized to sign each Loan Document to which it is a party and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or thereunder. (v) Favorable opinion letters of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, the Associate General Counsel of DTE Energy, and Hunton Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel to the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibits E-1 and E-2, respectively, hereto.

• Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Amendment This Amendment shall become effective upon the satisfaction in full or waiver by all Lenders of the following conditions precedent (the first date upon which all such conditions shall have been satisfied being herein called the “Amendment Effective Date”):

• Conditions Precedent to Effective Date The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent: (a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals, facsimiles or PDFs (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower: (i) executed counterparts of this Agreement satisfying the requirements of Section 11.10; (ii) a customary certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Borrower attaching copies of its certificate of incorporation and by-laws as in effect on the Effective Date, a good standing certificate for it from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware dated as of a recent date and resolutions of its Board of Directors authorizing execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party; and (iii) a customary incumbency certificate in respect of each of the officers of the Borrower who are authorized to sign this Agreement and the other Loan Documents on its behalf and who will, until replaced by another officer or officers duly authorized for that purpose, act as its representative for the purposes of signing documents and giving notices and other communications in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. (b) All fees required by the Loan Documents to be paid (including fees payable on or prior to the Effective Date pursuant to the Fee Letters) by the Borrower, and all invoiced expenses (including Attorney Costs) required to be paid by the Borrower, to the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers or any Lender prior to the Effective Date shall have been paid, to the extent that such invoices have been presented to the Borrower at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Effective Date. (c) The Arrangers shall have received all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the USA PATRIOT Act, in each case that has been requested in writing prior to the Effective Date. (d) The representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in ARTICLE V (other than Section 5.14) or any other Loan Document shall be true and correct on and as of the Effective Date and there shall be no Default hereunder, and the Borrower shall have delivered a certificate from a Responsible Officer certifying to the satisfaction of the condition precedent in this clause (d). (e) The Borrower shall have received (x) a copy of the fully executed Purchase Agreement, (y) a copy of the Business Combination Agreement, and (z) a copy of the Offer Announcement, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders.

• Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Section 2.01 Section 2.01 of this Agreement shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “Effective Date”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied (or waived by the appropriate party or parties): (a) The Liquidity Provider shall have received on or before the Closing Date each of the following, and in the case of each document delivered pursuant to paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii), each in form and substance satisfactory to the Liquidity Provider: (i) This Agreement and the Fee Letter duly executed on behalf of the Borrower and, in the case of the Fee Letter, American; (ii) The Intercreditor Agreement duly executed on behalf of each of the parties thereto (other than the Liquidity Provider); (iii) Fully executed copies of each of the Operative Agreements executed and delivered on or before the Closing Date (other than this Agreement, the Fee Letter and the Intercreditor Agreement); (iv) A copy of the Prospectus Supplement and specimen copies of the Class A Certificates; (v) An executed copy of each opinion (other than the negative assurance letter of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, special counsel to American, and the opinion and the negative assurance letter of Milbank, Tweed, Xxxxxx & XxXxxx LLP, special counsel to the Underwriters) delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (in the case of each such opinion, either addressed to the Liquidity Provider or accompanied by a letter from the counsel rendering such opinion to the effect that the Liquidity Provider is entitled to rely on such opinion as of its date as if it were addressed to the Liquidity Provider); (vi) An executed copy of each document, instrument, certificate and opinion delivered on or before the Closing Date pursuant to the Class A Trust Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and the other Operative Agreements (in the case of each such opinion, either addressed to the Liquidity Provider or accompanied by a letter from the counsel rendering such opinion to the effect that the Liquidity Provider is entitled to rely on such opinion as of its date as if it were addressed to the Liquidity Provider); (vii) An agreement from American, pursuant to which (x) American agrees to provide copies of quarterly financial statements and audited annual financial statements to the Liquidity Provider (which American may provide in an electronic format by electronic mail or making such available over the internet) and (y) American agrees to allow the Liquidity Provider to discuss the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements with officers and employees of American; and (viii) Such documentation as the Liquidity Provider may reasonably request five (5) or more Business Days prior to the Closing Date in order to satisfy its “know your customer” policies. (b) On and as of the Effective Date no event shall have occurred and be continuing, or would result from the entering into of this Agreement or the making of any Advance, which constitutes a Liquidity Event of Default. (c) The Liquidity Provider shall have received payment in full of the fees and other sums required to be paid to or for the account of the Liquidity Provider on or prior to the Effective Date pursuant to the Fee Letter. (d) All conditions precedent to the issuance of the Certificates under the Trust Agreements shall have been satisfied or waived, all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the other Liquidity Facilities, if any, shall have been satisfied or waived, and all conditions precedent to the purchase of the Class A Certificates by the Underwriters under the Underwriting Agreement shall have been satisfied (unless any of such conditions precedent under the Underwriting Agreement shall have been waived by the Underwriters). (e) The Borrower and American shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date signed by a duly authorized representative of the Liquidity Provider, certifying that all conditions precedent specified in this Section 4.01 have been satisfied or waived by the Liquidity Provider.

• Conditions to Effectiveness of Agreement The effectiveness of this Agreement, the obligations of each Extending Lender to convert its existing Revolving Credit Commitments into Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined in the Restated Credit Agreement) under the Restated Credit Agreement, the obligations of each New Lender to make available Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined in the Restated Credit Agreement), and the amendment and restatement of the Original Credit Agreement as the Restated Credit Agreement are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions (the date on which such conditions are satisfied, the “Restatement Date”): (a) The Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Agreement, executed and delivered by (i) the Borrower, (ii) each other Loan Party, (iii) each Existing Lender, (iv) each New Lender, (v) the L/C Issuer, (vi) the Swing Line Lender and (vii) the Required Secured Parties. (b) All of the conditions precedent set forth in Article IV of the Restated Credit Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived. (c) The Borrower shall have paid all amounts due and payable as of the Restatement Date to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Loan Documents. (d) Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Restated Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Restated Credit Agreement) shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Restatement Date as if made on and as of such date except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly refer to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); provided that any representation or warranty that is qualified as to materiality, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language is true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates. (e) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the Restatement Date.

• Conditions to Effectiveness of Extension Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) no more than two (2) extensions of each Maturity Date shall be permitted hereunder and (y) any extension of any Maturity Date pursuant to this Section 2.25 shall not be effective with respect to any Extending Lender unless: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the applicable Extension Date and immediately after giving effect thereto; (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (or in all respects if such representation is qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) on and as of the applicable Extension Date and after giving effect thereto, as though made on and as of such date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date); and (iii) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Company signed by a Financial Officer of the Company (A) certifying the accuracy of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) and (B) certifying and attaching the resolutions, if any are otherwise required, adopted by each Borrower approving or consenting to such extension.

• Conditions to Effectiveness of Extensions As a condition precedent to such extension, the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (i) a certificate of each Borrower dated as of the Effective Date signed by a Responsible Officer of such Borrower (x) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such extension and (y) in the case of the Company, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such extension, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article V and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (provided, that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representation or warranty that already is qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects (provided, that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representation or warranty that already is qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.19, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01, and (B) no Default exists and (ii)(x) upon the reasonable request of any Revolving Credit Lender made at least 3 days prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall have provided to such Lender, and such Lender shall be reasonably satisfied with, the documentation and other information so requested in connection with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Act, in each case at least 2 days prior to the Effective Date and (y) at least 2 days prior to the Effective Date, any Loan Party that qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation shall have delivered, to each Revolving Credit Lender that so requests, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Loan Party. In addition, on the Maturity Date of each Non-Extending Lender, the Borrowers shall prepay any Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on such date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent necessary to keep outstanding Revolving Credit Loans ratable with any revised Applicable Percentages of the respective Lenders effective as of such date.