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• Conditions to the Distribution (a) The consummation of the Distribution will be subject to the satisfaction, or waiver by Parent in its sole and absolute discretion, of the following conditions: (i) The SEC shall have declared effective the Form 10; no order suspending the effectiveness of the Form 10 shall be in effect; and no proceedings for such purposes shall have been instituted or threatened by the SEC. (ii) The Information Statement shall have been mailed to Parent’s unitholders or, in connection with the delivery of a notice of Internet availability of the Information Statement to such holders, posted on the Internet. (iii) The transfer of the Transferred Assets (other than any Delayed Transferred Asset) and Assumed Liabilities (other than any Delayed Assumed Liability) contemplated to be transferred from Parent to SpinCo on or prior to the Distribution shall have occurred as contemplated by Section 2.1, and the transfer of the Retained Assets (other than any Delayed Retained Asset) and Retained Liabilities (other than any Delayed Retained Liability) contemplated to be transferred from SpinCo to Parent on or prior to the Distribution Date shall have occurred as contemplated by Section 2.1. (iv) The actions and filings necessary or appropriate under applicable U.S. federal, U.S. state or other securities Laws or blue sky Laws and the rules and regulations thereunder and the NYSE rules shall have been taken or made, and, where applicable, have become effective or been accepted. (v) Each of the Ancillary Agreements shall have been duly executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto. (vi) No order, injunction or decree issued by any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the Separation, the Distribution or any of the transactions related thereto shall be in effect. (vii) The SpinCo Common Units to be distributed to the Parent unitholders in the Distribution shall have been accepted for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of distribution. (viii) The Retained Cash of five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be held by Parent as of the Effective Time, and Parent’s net working capital (including the Retained Cash) as of the Effective Time shall be no less than five million dollars ($5,000,000). (ix) Parent shall have received (or shall receive simultaneously with the Distribution) the Specified Payment, the Indebtedness Payment and the proceeds from the SpinCo Cash Transfer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Merger Agreement. (x) Each of the conditions to the party’s obligations to effect the Merger set forth in Section 8.1 (other than Section 8.1(a)(viii) and Section 8.1(a)(ix)), Section 8.2, and Section 8.3 of the Merger Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived. (b) The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of Parent, Parent GP and the GP Board and shall not give rise to or create any duty on the part of Parent, Parent GP or the GP Board to waive or not waive any such condition or in any way limit Parent’s right to terminate this Agreement as set forth in Article IX or alter the consequences of any such termination from those specified in Article IX. Any determination made by the GP Board prior to the Distribution concerning the satisfaction or waiver of any or all of the conditions set forth in Section 3.3(a) shall be conclusive and binding on the Parties. If Parent waives any material condition, it shall promptly issue a press release disclosing such fact and file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC describing such waiver.

• Conditions to the Closing On or before the Closing Date, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trust Depositor each of the documents, certificates and other items as follows: (a) The List of Contracts, certified by the Chairman of the Board, President or any Vice President of the Seller together with an Assignment substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto. (b) A certificate of an officer of the Seller substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto. (c) An opinion of counsel for the Seller substantially in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters (and including as an addressee thereof each Rating Agency). (d) A letter or letters from Ernst & Young LLP, or another nationally recognized accounting firm, addressed to the Seller, the Trust Depositor and the Underwriters and stating that such firm has reviewed a sample of the Contracts and performed specific procedures for such sample with respect to certain contract terms and identifying those Contracts which do not so conform. (e) Copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Seller or of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Seller approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder, certified in each case by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Seller. (f) Officially certified recent evidence of due incorporation and good standing of the Seller under the laws of Nevada. (g) A UCC financing statement naming the Seller as debtor, naming the Trust Depositor and the Trust as assignor secured parties, naming the Indenture Trustee as secured party and identifying the Contract Assets as collateral, in proper form for filing with the appropriate office in Nevada; a UCC financing statement naming the Trust Depositor as debtor, naming the Trust as assignor secured party, naming the Indenture Trustee as secured party and identifying the Trust Corpus as collateral, in proper form for filing with the appropriate office in Nevada; and a UCC financing statement naming the Trust as debtor, naming the Indenture Trustee, as secured party and identifying the Collateral as collateral, in proper form for filing with the appropriate office in Delaware. (h) An Officer’s Certificate from the Seller certifying that the Seller, on or prior to the Closing Date, has indicated in its computer files, in accordance with its customary standards, policies and procedures, that the Contracts have been conveyed to the Trust Depositor pursuant to this Agreement. (i) The documents, certificates and other items described in Section 2.02 of the Sale and Servicing Agreement, to the extent not already described above.

• Conditions to the Closing Date The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to make LC Credit Extensions hereunder shall become effective on the first date when each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02): (a) The Administrative Agent shall have received the following, each of which shall be originals, telecopies or electronic copies (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, each dated a date on or prior to the Closing Date and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers: (i) executed counterparts of this Agreement from the Borrower; (ii) a promissory note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender requesting three Business Days in advance a promissory note evidencing the Loan provided by such Lender; (iii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of the Borrower as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party or is to be a party; (iv) a certificate of good standing for the Borrower from its jurisdiction of organization; (v) a certificate signed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower certifying (A) as to the solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) after giving effect to the Transaction and the incurrence of all Indebtedness related thereto, (B) as to the Debt Rating then in effect and (C) that the conditions specified in Section 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied; (vi) a favorable opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel to the Borrower, and the general counsel of the Borrower, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form set forth on Exhibit C and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and (vii) evidence that the Existing Credit Agreement has been, or concurrently with the Closing Date is being, terminated and all Liens securing obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement have been, or concurrently with the Closing Date are being released (the “Refinancing”). (b) The Borrower shall have received not less than $1,000.0 million in gross cash proceeds from the sale of the Senior Notes. (c) All accrued fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers (including the fees and expenses of counsels for the Administrative Agent, the U.S. Lead Arrangers and the Nordic Lead Arrangers and local and special counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers) shall have been paid. The Borrower shall have paid all items then due and payable under the Fee Letter. (d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.03 hereof.

• Conditions to the Seller’s Obligations At the Closing, the Buyer shall deliver: (i) certified copies of the resolutions duly adopted by the Buyer’s board of directors (or its equivalent governing body) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby to which it is a party, and the consummation of all transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; (ii) a certificate of an authorized officer of the Buyer in the form set forth in Exhibit E, dated as of the Closing, stating that: (i) all of the representations and warranties set forth in Article VI that are qualified as to materiality or words of similar import are true and correct in all respects, and those not so qualified are true and correct in all material respects, in each case as of the Closing (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct as of such earlier date), and (ii) to the Buyer’s knowledge, no action or proceeding before any court or Governmental Authority is pending or threatened wherein an unfavorable judgment, decree or order which would prevent the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, declare unlawful the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or would reasonably be expected to cause such transactions to be rescinded; (iii) the Estimated Purchase Price as contemplated in Section 1.02 above; and (iv) such other documents reasonably requested by the Representative for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

• Conditions to Closing of the Company The Company’s obligation to sell the Securities at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to its satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions:

• CONDITIONS TO THE DEALER MANAGER’S OBLIGATIONS The Dealer Manager’s obligations hereunder shall be subject to the following conditions, and if all such conditions are not satisfied or waived by the Dealer Manager on or before the applicable date set forth below or at any time thereafter until the Termination Date (as defined in Section 10(a)), then the Dealer Manager is not obligated hereunder and no funds shall be released (1) from the Escrow Account if the Dealer Manager provides notice to this effect to the Company and the Escrow Agent, and (2) from the Deposit Account if the Dealer Manager provides notice to this effect to the Company and the Depository Bank: (a) The representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Advisor contained in this Agreement hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects and the Company and the Advisor shall have complied with their covenants, agreements and obligations contained in this Agreement in all material respects. (b) The Registration Statement shall have become effective and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued by the Commission and, to the best knowledge of the Company and the Advisor, no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted, threatened or contemplated by the Commission; and any request by the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Dealer Manager. (c) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any amendment or any supplement thereto, shall not contain any untrue statement of material fact, or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein in light of the circumstances under which they are made, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. (d) On the initial Effective Date and at or prior to the fifth business day following the Effective Date of each post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement that includes or incorporates by reference the audited financial statements for the preceding fiscal year, the Dealer Manager reserves the right to receive from Gxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, or other such independent registered public accountants for the Company, (i) a letter, dated the applicable date, addressed to the Dealer Manager, in form and substance satisfactory to the Dealer Manager, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountant’s “comfort letters” to placement agents or dealer managers, delivered according to Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72 (or any successor bulletin), with respect to the audited financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and (ii) confirming that they are (A) independent registered public accountants as required by the Securities Act, and (B) in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. (e) At or prior to the fifth business day following (i) the request by the Dealer Manager in connection with any third party due diligence investigation, and (ii) the Effective Date of each post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement (other than post-effective amendments filed solely pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act and other than the post-effective amendments referred to in Section 4(d) ), the Dealer Manager shall have received from Gxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP or such other independent public or certified public accountants for the Company, a letter, dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Dealer Manager, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the most recent letter furnished pursuant to Section 4(d), except that the specified date referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business days prior to the date of the letter furnished pursuant to this Section 4(e). (f) On the Effective Date the Dealer Manager shall have received the opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP acting as counsel for the Company, and a supplemental “negative assurances” letter from such counsel, dated as of the Effective Date, and in the form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Dealer Manager. (g) At or prior to the Effective Date and at or prior to the fifth business day following the effective date of each post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement (other than post-effective amendments filed solely pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act), the Dealer Manager shall have received a written certificate executed by the Chief Executive Officer or President of the Company and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated as of the applicable date, to the effect that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Company and the Advisor set forth in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects with the same force and effect as though expressly made on and as of the applicable date; and (ii) the Company and the Advisor have complied in all material respects with all the agreements hereunder and satisfied all the conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the applicable date.

• CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATIONS AT CLOSING The obligations of the Company to the Purchasers under this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment or waiver, on or before the Closing, of each of the following conditions:

• CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS TO SELL The obligation of the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Note to the Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date of each of the following conditions thereto, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion: a. The Buyer shall have executed this Agreement and delivered the same to the Company. b. The Buyer shall have delivered the Purchase Price in accordance with Section 1(b) above. c. The representations and warranties of the Buyer shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date), and the Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date. d. No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

• Conditions to Obligation of the Sellers The obligation of the Sellers to proceed with Closing and consummate the transactions to be performed by them in connection with the Closing is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions (any or all of which may be waived in writing by Sellers): (i) the representations and warranties of the Buyer and the Parent set forth in (S) 3B and (S) 4B above shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date; (ii) the Buyer and the Parent shall have performed and complied with all of their covenants hereunder in all material respects through the Closing; (iii) no action, suit, or proceeding shall be pending or threatened before any court or quasi-judicial or administrative agency of any federal, state, local, or foreign jurisdiction or before any arbitrator wherein an unfavorable injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, or charge would (A) prevent consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (B) cause any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be rescinded following consummation, (C) affect adversely the right of the Sellers to own the Parent Shares, or (D) affect adversely in any material respect the right of the Buyer to own its assets and to operate its businesses (and no such injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, or charge shall be in effect); (iv) the Buyer and the Parent shall have delivered to the Seller certificates to the effect that each of the conditions specified above in (S) 6(B)(i)-(iii) is satisfied in all respects; (v) the Buyer and the Parent shall have delivered to the Seller certified resolutions of their respective Boards of Directors, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all documents, instruments and agreements contemplated herein to be executed by the Buyer and Parent, respectively; (vi) the Buyer shall have (a) obtained the full and final releases of Xxxxxxx'x guarantee of the CitiBank Debt or (b) paid in full the CitiBank Debt; (vii) the Buyer shall have received from Senior Lender approval to fund this transaction under its acquisition line; (viii) the Buyer shall have caused the Company to enter into the Xxxxxxx Employment Agreement; (ix) the Sellers shall have received from counsel to the Buyer an opinion in the form of EXHIBIT F-2 hereto and reasonably acceptable to both the Buyer and the Sellers, addressed to the Sellers, and dated as of the Closing Date containing such assumptions and qualifications as may be reasonably acceptable to the Seller's legal counsel; (x) the Buyer shall have entered into the Shareholders' Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Sellers; (xi) the Buyer shall have entered into the Pledge Agreement with the Seller; and (xii) all actions to be taken by the Buyer in connection with consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and all certificates, opinions, instruments, and other documents required to effect the transactions contemplated hereby will be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Seller.

• CONDITIONS TO COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING The Company’s obligation to complete the sale and issuance of the Securities and deliver Securities to each Purchaser, individually, as set forth in the Schedule of Purchasers at the Closing shall be subject to the following conditions to the extent not waived by the Company: