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• Agreements and Commitments As of the date of this Agreement the Company is not a party or subject to any oral or written executory contract or, to the extent expressly enumerated in paragraphs below, commitment, that is material to the Company, its financial condition, business or prospects, including but not limited to the following: (a) Any contract, commitment, letter agreement or purchase order providing for payments by or to the Company in an aggregate amount of (i) $10,000 or more in the Ordinary Course or (ii) $5,000 or more not in the Ordinary Course; (b) Any license agreement under which the Company is licensor (except for any nonexclusive software license granted by the Company to customers in the Ordinary Course); or under which the Company is licensee (except for standard "shrink wrap" licenses for off-the-shelf software products with a license fee or purchase price of under $5,000 per copy or seat); (c) Any material agreement by the Company to encumber, transfer or sell rights in or with respect to any material item of the Company Intellectual Property (as defined in Section 3.11 hereof), excluding non-exclusive software licenses; (d) Any agreement for the sale or lease of real or tangible personal property involving more than $10,000 per year; (e) Any dealer, distributor, sales representative, original equipment manufacturer, value-added remarketer or other agreement for the distribution of the Company's products; (f) Any franchise agreement; (g) Any stock redemption or agreement obligating the Company to purchase its capital stock; (h) Any joint venture contract or arrangement or any other agreement that involves a sharing of profits with other persons or the payment of royalties to any other person, excluding non-exclusive software licenses; (i) Any instrument evidencing indebtedness for borrowed money by way of direct loan, sale of debt securities, purchase money obligation, conditional sale, guarantee or otherwise, except for trade indebtedness or any advance to any employee of the Company incurred or made in the Ordinary Course, and except as disclosed in the Company Financial Statements; (j) Any contract containing covenants purporting to limit the Company's freedom to compete in any line of business, market or industry and/or in any geographic area; or (k) Any contract for the employment of any officer, employee or consultant of the Company or any other type of contract or commitment with any officer, employee or consultant of the Company that is not immediately terminable by the Company without cost or other liability. All agreements, obligations and commitments disclosed in Item 3.10, Item 3.11, Item 3.14.3 or Item 3.14.6 as required by Section 3.10, Section 3.11, Section 3.14.3 or Section 3.14.6, as the case may be, are valid and in full force and effect, except where the failure to be such would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Neither the Company nor to Shareholder's knowledge any other party is in breach of or default under any material term of any such agreement, obligation or commitment nor has such other party threatened such a breach or default. The Company is not a party to any contract or arrangement that Shareholder believes will have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The Company does not have liability for renegotiation of government contracts or subcontracts that can reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

• Objectives and Commitments 7.1 The Objectives of the Parties to this Agreement are: (a) to promote fair, cooperative and productive workplace relations in the building and construction industry; (b) to provide a detailed set of agreed employment benefits, conditions, rights and obligations; (c) to explore the potential for innovation and new technologies; (d) to consider any benefits of alternative hours of work; (e) to support the establishment of consultative bodies to consider the impact of climate change on the working conditions in the industry; (f) to establish practices that support opportunities for a diversified workforce; (g) to support the implementation of highest possible levels of OHS practices, procedures and training; (h) to ensure that fair and equitable employment practices are applied in the workplace; (i) to improve efficiency in the workplace; (j) to provide for the establishment and observance of an effective disputes settlement procedure that involves Employees and their representatives, when requested, at the earliest stage of any dispute or potential dispute. 7.2 The Parties to this Agreement commit themselves to ensuring that: (a) The efficiency measures contained in this Agreement are implemented and lead to real gains in productivity. (b) The principles of industry modernisation are realised during the life of this Agreement (in accordance with Part 11). (c) Productivity gains will not be achieved at the expense of health and safety standards. (d) The disputes settlement procedures provided herein are strictly adhered to. (e) Employment should wherever possible be full time and on going.

• Contracts and Commitments (a) Except (1) for Company Franchise Agreements and (2) as set forth on Schedule 3.09 of the Disclosure Schedules, none of the Acquired Companies is a party to or bound by any executory: (i) bonus, pension, profit sharing, retirement or other form of deferred compensation plan or Contract; (ii) Contract or indenture relating to Indebtedness or to mortgaging, pledging or otherwise placing a Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any portion of the assets of the Acquired Companies; (iii) guaranty of any obligation for Indebtedness or other guaranty involving more than $100,000; (iv) lease or Contract under which it is lessee of, or holds or operates any personal property owned by any other party, for which the annual rental exceeds $100,000; (v) lease or Contract under which it is lessor of or permits any third party to hold or operate any of its personal property, for which the annual rental exceeds $100,000; (vi) other than in respect of blanket purchase orders that do not obligate the Company to purchase a minimum amount, Contract or group of related Contracts with the same party for the purchase by any Acquired Company of products or services which provided for annual payments in excess of $100,000 during the trailing twelve-month period ending on the date of the Latest Balance Sheet; (vii) Contract relating to any future disposition or acquisition of material stock, assets or properties by any Acquired Company, or any merger or business combination with respect to or involving any Acquired Company (other than this Agreement); (viii) Contract requiring any Acquired Company to purchase its total requirements of any product or services from a third party or that contain “take or pay” provisions; (ix) broker, distributor, dealer, manufacturer’s representative, agency, sales promotion, market research, marketing consulting or advertising Contract involving more than $100,000 annually; (x) material license or Contract relating to (i) the use by any Acquired Company of any third-party Intellectual Property or (ii) the use of any Company Intellectual Property other than non-exclusive licenses granted to distributors in the ordinary course of business; (xi) Contract which limits or prohibits or purports to limit or prohibit any Acquired Company from competing or freely engaging in any line of business or with any Person or anywhere in the world or during any period of time or containing any exclusivity, most favored nations, non-solicitation or similar provisions; (xii) other than with respect to any of the Company’s Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 3.04 of the Disclosure Schedules, Contract that provides for any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement by any Acquired Company; (xiii) Contract between or among any Acquired Company on the one hand and any Affiliate of any Acquired Company (other than the Company or its Subsidiaries) on the other hand; (xiv) employment agreement or contract with an independent contractor or consultant (or similar arrangement) to which an Acquired Company is a party and which is not cancellable without material penalty or without more than thirty (30) days’ notice; (xv) collective bargaining agreement or Contract with any union, works council or labor organization; or (xvi) any other Contract, the absence of which would cause a Material Adverse Effect. (b) The Company either has supplied Purchaser with, or has given Purchaser access to, a true and correct copy of all Contracts listed on Schedule 3.09 of the Disclosure Schedules (the “Material Contracts”), together with all material amendments, modifications and supplements thereto. (c) With respect to each Material Contract: (i) such contract is a valid and binding agreement of an Acquired Company, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy Laws, other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights and general principles of equity affecting the availability of specific performance and other equitable remedies; (ii) none of the Acquired Companies, as applicable, is in material breach or default, nor has any Acquired Company taken any action which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a material breach or default, or permit termination, modification or acceleration, as applicable, under such contract; and (iii) to the Company’s knowledge, no other party is in material breach or default under such contract.

• Additional Commitments The Parties may negotiate commitments with respect to measures affecting trade in services not subject to scheduling under Article 106 (National Treatment) or Article 107 (Market Access), including those regarding qualifications, standards or licensing matters. Such commitments shall be inscribed in a Party's Schedule.

• Additional Commitment Lenders The Borrower shall have the right to replace each Non-Extending Lender with, and add as “Lenders” under this Agreement in place thereof, one or more Eligible Assignees (each, an “Additional Commitment Lender”) as provided in Section 10.13; provided that each of such Additional Commitment Lenders shall enter into an Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Additional Commitment Lender shall, effective as of the Existing Maturity Date, undertake a Commitment (and, if any such Additional Commitment Lender is already a Lender, its Commitment shall be in addition to such Lender’s Commitment hereunder on such date).

• No Commitments Any commitment or transaction by Company (including, without limitation, any borrowing or capital expenditure) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

• Incremental Commitments (a) The Company may from time to time notify the Administrative Agent that certain of the Lenders designated by the Company and/or that additional lenders shall be added to this Agreement as Incremental Lenders with Commitments for the purpose of increasing the existing Commitments under the Facility (a “Commitment Increase”) by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Loan Activation Notice signed by such Lenders or such additional lenders and specifying (i) the respective Incremental Commitments of such Incremental Lenders and (ii) the applicable Commitment Increase Date; provided, that after giving effect to such Commitment Increase (including the incurrence of any Incremental Loans on the applicable Commitment Increase Date and use of proceeds thereof) (x) no Default or Event of Default shall be continuing and (y) the sum of the Total Commitments then in effect (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Incremental Commitments) shall not exceed $2 billion. (b) Each Incremental Lender that is a signatory to an Incremental Loan Activation Notice severally agrees, on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make revolving credit loans (each, an “Incremental Loan”) to the Company and/or the applicable Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time on or after the Commitment Increase Date specified in such Incremental Loan Activation Notice in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time up to but not exceeding the amount of the Incremental Commitment of such Incremental Lender specified in such Incremental Loan Activation Notice, subject to the terms of this Agreement and the applicable Incremental Loan Activation Notice. Nothing in this Section 2.27 shall be construed to obligate any Lender to execute an Incremental Loan Activation Notice. (c) On any Commitment Increase Date, in the event any Loans under the Facility are then outstanding, (i) each relevant Incremental Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine are necessary in order to cause, after giving effect to such increased Commitments and the application of such amounts to prepay Loans under the Facility of other relevant Lenders, the Loans under the Facility to be held ratably by all Lenders with Commitments in the Facility in accordance with such Commitments after giving effect to such increase, (ii) the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall be deemed to have prepaid and reborrowed all outstanding Loans under this Agreement and (iii) the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall pay to the relevant Lenders the amounts, if any, payable under Section 2.22 as a result of such prepayment.

• Extensions of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, pursuant to one or more offers (each, an “Extension Offer”) made from time to time by the Borrower to all Lenders of any Class of Term Loans or any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments, in each case on a pro rata basis (based on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the respective Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments of the applicable Class) and on the same terms to each such Lender, the Borrower is hereby permitted to consummate from time to time transactions with individual Lenders that accept the terms contained in such Extension Offers to extend the maturity date of each such Lender’s Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments of the applicable Class and otherwise modify the terms of such Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to the terms of the relevant Extension Offer (including, without limitation, by increasing the interest rate or fees payable in respect of such Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings), modifying the amortization schedule in respect of such Lender’s Term Loans and/or modifying any prepayment premium or call protection in respect of such Lender’s Term Loans) (each, an “Extension,” and each group of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, in each case as so extended, as well as the original Term Loans and the original Revolving Credit Commitments (in each case not so extended), being a separate Class of Term Loans from the Class of Term Loans from which they were converted, and any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined below) shall constitute a separate Class of Revolving Credit Commitments from the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments from which they were converted, it being understood that an Extension may be in the form of an increase in the amount of any outstanding Class of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments otherwise satisfying the criteria set forth below), so long as the following terms are satisfied: (i) except as to interest rates, fees and final maturity (which shall be determined by the Borrower and set forth in the relevant Extension Offer), the Revolving Credit Commitment of any Revolving Credit Lender that agrees to an extension with respect to such Revolving Credit Commitment extended pursuant to an Extension (an “Extended Revolving Credit Commitment”), and the related outstandings, shall be a Revolving Credit Commitment (or related outstandings, as the case may be) with the same terms as the original Class of Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings); provided that at no time shall there be Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder (including Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and any original Revolving Credit Commitments) which have more than three different maturity dates, (ii) except as to interest rates, fees, amortization, final maturity date, premium, required prepayment dates and participation in prepayments (which shall, subject to immediately succeeding clauses (iii), (iv) and (v), be determined by the Borrower and set forth in the relevant Extension Offer), the Term Loans of any Term Lender that agrees to an extension with respect to such Term Loans extended pursuant to any Extension (“Extended Term Loans”) shall have the same terms as the Class of Term Loans subject to such Extension Offer, (iii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Extended Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans extended thereby, and the maturity of any Extended Term Loans shall not be shorter than the maturity of the Term Loans extended thereby, (iv) any Extended Term Loans may participate (x) on a pro rata basis, greater than pro rata or a less than pro rata basis in any voluntary repayments or prepayments hereunder and (y) on a pro rata basis or a less than pro rata basis (but not greater than a pro rata basis) in any mandatory repayments or prepayments hereunder, in each case as specified in the respective Extension Offer, (v) if the aggregate principal amount of the Class of Term Loans (calculated on the face amount thereof) or Revolving Credit Commitments, as the case may be, in respect of which Term Lenders or Revolving Credit Lenders, as the case may be, shall have accepted the relevant Extension Offer shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class, as the case may be, offered to be extended by the Borrower pursuant to such Extension Offer, then the Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class, as the case may be, of such Term Lenders or Revolving Credit Lenders, as the case may be, shall be extended ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts (but not to exceed actual holdings of record) with respect to which such Term Lenders or Revolving Credit Lenders, as the case may be, have accepted such Extension Offer, (vi) all documentation in respect of such Extension shall be consistent with the foregoing, and (vii) any applicable Minimum Extension Condition shall be satisfied unless waived by the Borrower and no Lender shall be obligated to extend its Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments unless it so agrees. (b) With respect to all Extensions consummated by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.15, (i) such Extensions shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory payments or prepayments for purposes of Section 2.05 and (ii) no Extension Offer is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment, provided that the Borrower may at its election specify as a condition (a “Minimum Extension Condition”) to consummating any such Extension that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Extension Offer in the Borrower’s sole discretion and may be waived by the Borrower) of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments (as applicable) of any or all applicable Classes be tendered. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the transactions contemplated by this Section 2.15 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees or premium in respect of any Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments on the such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Offer) and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Sections 2.05, 2.12 and 2.13) or any other Loan Document that may otherwise prohibit any such Extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Section 2.15. (c) No consent of any Lender or the Administrative Agent shall be required to effectuate any Extension, other than (A) the consent of each Lender agreeing to such Extension with respect to one or more of its Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments (or a portion thereof) and (B) with respect to any Extension of any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments, the consent of the relevant L/C Issuer (if such L/C Issuer is being requested to issue letters of credit with respect to the Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments). All Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and all obligations in respect thereof shall be Loan Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with all other applicable Loan Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize and direct the Administrative Agent to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Borrower as may be necessary in order to establish new Classes in respect of Revolving Credit Commitments or Term Loans so extended and such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in connection with the establishment of such new Classes, in each case on terms consistent with this Section 2.15 (and to the extent any such amendment is consistent with the terms of this Section 2.15 (as reasonably determined by the Borrower), the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have consented to such amendment, and no such consent of the Administrative Agent shall be necessary to have such amendment become effective). (d) In connection with any Extension, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior written notice thereof, and shall agree to such procedures (including, without limitation, regarding timing, rounding and other adjustments and to ensure reasonable administrative management of the credit facilities hereunder after such Extension), if any, as may be established by, or acceptable to, the Administrative Agent, in each case acting reasonably to accomplish the purposes of this Section 2.15; provided that, failure to give such notice shall in no way affect the effectiveness of any amendment entered into to effectuate such Extension in accordance with this Section 2.15.

• Commitments (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender (acting through any of its branches or affiliates) severally, but not jointly, agrees to make Loans (other than Swingline Loans which shall be governed by Section 2.09) in U.S. dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (ii) the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow the Loans. (b) On the terms and conditions set forth herein, upon the Effective Date (i) the Pre-Petition Loans held by the Pre-Petition Lenders which are also Lenders (or Affiliates of Lenders) hereunder shall be automatically substituted and exchanged for (and repaid by) Loans hereunder on a dollar-for-dollar basis (and such Pre-Petition Loans shall be deemed refinanced on the Effective Date, and shall constitute and be deemed to be Loans hereunder as of such date) and (ii) the DIP Loans held by the DIP Lenders which are also Lenders (or Affiliates of Lenders) hereunder shall be automatically substituted and exchanged for (and repaid by) Loans hereunder on a dollar-for-dollar basis (and such DIP Loans shall be deemed refinanced on the Effective Date, and shall constitute and shall be deemed to be Loans for all purposes hereunder and under the other Loan Documents as of such date) (the loans in clause (i) and clause (ii) collectively, the “Existing Loans”). Without limiting the foregoing, such Existing Loans shall be allocated among the Lenders based on each Lender’s Applicable Percentage. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that on the Effective Date, any accrued and unpaid interest (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, the Specified Default Interest (as defined in the Prepackaged Plan) and fees due in respect of the DIP Loans, the Pre-Petition Loans and the Existing Letters of Credit) shall be deemed to constitute Indebtedness.

• Revolving Commitments (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit loans (“Revolving Loans”) to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the Commitment Period, at such times as the Borrower may request in accordance with Section 2.2, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding which, when added to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding, does not exceed the amount of such Lender’s Commitment; provided, however, that (i) no Revolving Loan shall be made to the extent the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans would exceed the Total Commitments, (ii) no Borrowing Base A Loans shall be made to the extent that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Borrowing Base A Loans would exceed the aggregate Loan Value of the Pledged Eligible Assets (including the Pledged Eligible Assets referred to in Section 2.2(a)(ii) with respect to such Revolving Loan) and (iii) no Borrowing Base B Loans shall be made to the extent that the aggregate amount of all Borrowing Base B Loans would exceed the Borrowing Base B Limit; provided further that Borrowing Base B Loans may not be borrowed on any date in any rolling period of 90 consecutive days if Borrowing Base B Loans have already been outstanding for 30 days during such period. During the Commitment Period, the Borrower may borrow, prepay the Revolving Loans in whole or in part, and reborrow, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. (b) The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Revolving Loans on the Termination Date. (c) The failure of any Lender to make any Revolving Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Revolving Loans as required.