Common use of The Agents Clause in Contracts

The Agents. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein provided. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agent, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institution. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, JPMCB is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent, and JPMEL is hereby appointed to act as London Agent, on behalf of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank. Each of the Lenders, each assignee of any such Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or assignee or such Issuing Bank and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent the Agents by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the London Agent are hereby expressly authorized by the LendersLenders and each Issuing Bank, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments in respect of LC Disbursements and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender or Issuing Bank its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower the Company of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower the Company or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents as received by such the Administrative Agent. None Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if all applicable mandatory prepayments under Section 2.10(c) shall have been made or arrangements therefor satisfactory to the Administrative Agent shall have been entered into, the Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized to release any Guarantor from its obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, in the event that all the capital stock of such Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of to a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company in a transaction permitted by Section 6.03. With respect to any Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the Agents nor and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of their Related Parties business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Agent shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) no Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Agent is required to exercise upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, no Agent shall have any duty to disclose, and no Agent shall be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Lenders Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the institution serving as such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be not taken by any it with the consent or at the request of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02) or in the absence of its or his or her own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Company or a Lender, or and no Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation herein made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewithherewith or therewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning (iii) the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the termscovenants, conditionsagreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein, covenants (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or agreements contained genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not , other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be responsible delivered to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreementssuch Agent. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on upon, and shall not incur any instrument liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or document other writing believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or persons. None of by telephone and believed by it to be made by the Agents nor proper Person, and shall not incur any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewithliability for relying thereon. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall be under apply to any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant such sub-agent and to the provisions Related Parties of each Agent and any Loan Document unless it such sub-agent, and shall be requested apply to their respective activities in writing to do so by connection with the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion syndication of the Lenders revolving credit facility provided for herein as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to well as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and activities as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedAgent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentin this paragraph, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank Banks and Borrowerthe Company. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Required Lenders shall have the right right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Required Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing BankBanks, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank. Upon the acceptance of any its appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor banksuccessor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an the Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Persons named in the heading of this Agreement are hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent and Canadian Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks. Each of the Lenders, each assignee of any Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or assignee or Issuing Bank and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent the Agents by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the Canadian Administrative Agent are hereby expressly authorized by the LendersLenders and the Issuing Banks, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender or Issuing Bank its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower the Company of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower the Company or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents as received by such the Administrative Agent. None Without limiting the generality of the Agents nor foregoing, the Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement in the event that all the capital stock of their Related Parties such Guarantor shall be liable sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of to a Person other than the Lenders as such for any action taken Company or omitted to be taken an Affiliate of the Company in a transaction not prohibited by any this Agreement. It is understood and agreed that the use of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation term “agent” herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such any other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required herebysimilar term) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge with reference to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein provided. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agent, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institution. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the retiring Canadian Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect arising under agency doctrine of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting applicable law. Instead such term is used as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties matter of the Collateral Agentmarket custom, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other is intended to create or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documentsreflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunderunder this Agreement, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent the Agents and its their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently Agent under the Loan Documents and without reliance any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and their duties under the Loan Documents shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Agent shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) no Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that such Agent is required to exercise upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents); provided that such Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, no Agent shall have any duty to disclose, and no Agent shall be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the institution serving as Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other Lender and based on number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as such documents and information Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as it has deemed appropriate, made provided in Section 10.02) or in the absence of its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreementgross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any No Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by a Borrower, and no Agent shall be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized responsible for or have any duty to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to ascertain or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral inquire into (i) upon termination any statement, warranty or expiration of the Commitments and payment representation made in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or disposition permitted other document delivered hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same termsor thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) subject to Section 9.08the performance or observance of any of the covenants, if approvedagreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of which such Subsidiary any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Party ceases Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases other writing believed by it to be a Subsidiary as a result genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and in good faith believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, each Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Bank unless such Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. In taking any discretionary action hereunder, or in determining whether any provision hereof is applicable to any event, transaction or circumstance, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, but shall not be required (unless required by any other express provision hereof) to, communicate such proposed action or determination to the Lenders prior to taking or making the same, and shall be entitled (subject to any otherwise applicable requirement of Section 10.02(b)), in the absence of any contrary communication received from any Lender within a reasonable period of time specified in such communication from the Administrative Agent, to assume that such proposed action or determination is satisfactory to such Lender. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this Agreementparagraph, neither any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lead Arranger nor Lenders, the Syndication AgentIssuing Banks and the Company. Upon any such resignation, in such respective capacitiesthe Company shall have the right, with the consent of the Required Lenders (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor; provided, that if a Default has occurred and is continuing, the Required Lenders, and not the Company, shall have any obligationsthe right, duties in consultation with the Company, to appoint such successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Company (or, if applicable, the Required Lenders) and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York or responsibilitiesToronto or London, as applicable, or shall incur an Affiliate of any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Documentsuch bank. In Upon the event that Citibank, N.A. or any acceptance of its Affiliates appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be or become an indenture trustee under discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (Company to a successor Agent shall be the same as amendedthose payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After the Agent’s resignation hereunder, the “Trust Indenture Act”) provisions of this Article and Section 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any securities issued actions taken or guaranteed omitted to be taken by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity them while it was acting as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture ActAgent.

The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Chase is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent and CAF Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each Lender of the Lenders hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or holder and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such Agent the Agents by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documentsprovisions hereof, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the LendersLenders and the CAF Agent, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and the CAF Agent all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders and the CAF Agent hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender and the CAF Agent its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower the Borrowers of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement as received by such the Administrative Agent. None of the Agents nor No Agent or any of their Related Parties its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from for its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party the Borrowers of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Documentthis Agreement. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent The Agents may deem and treat the Lender which makes any Loan as the holder of the indebtedness resulting therefrom for all purposes hereof until it shall have received notice from such Lender, given as provided herein, of the transfer thereof. The Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Required Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent of the Agents shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor No Agent or any of their Related Parties its directors, officers, employees or agents shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties Borrowers on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by the other Agent or any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to the other Agent or any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender Lender, the other Agent or the Loan Parties any Borrower of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewithherewith. Each Agent of the Agents may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties agents or any sub-agent appointed by it employees and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent neither of the Agents shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document this Agreement unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedRequired Lenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentbelow, any either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, Lenders and the Issuing Bank and BorrowerBorrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) successor Agent acceptable to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)the Borrowers. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Required Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing BankLenders, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New YorkAgent, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an any Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 8.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent of the Agents, in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent each of the Agents and its their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender agrees (i) to reimburse the Agents, on demand, in the amount of its pro rata share (based on its Commitment hereunder or, if the Commitments shall have been terminated, the amount of its outstanding Loans) of any expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders in its role as Agent, including counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, which shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrowers and (ii) to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Agents and any of its directors, officers, employees or agents, on demand, in the amount of such pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by it under this Agreement to the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrowers; provided that no Lender shall be liable to any Agent for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents. Each Lender agrees that any allocation made in good faith by the Agents of expenses or other amounts referred to in this paragraph between this Agreement and the Facility B Credit Agreement shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contraryNeither Bank of America, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise N.A. nor Citibank, N.A. shall, by virtue of its designation as "Co-Syndication Agent", nor shall The Bank of New York, by virtue of its designation as "Documentation Agent", have any right duties, liabilities, obligations or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted responsibilities under this Agreement other than as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted Lender hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Persons named in the heading of this Agreement are hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent and Canadian Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks. Each of the Lenders, each assignee of any Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or assignee or Issuing Bank and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent the Agents by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the Canadian Administrative Agent are hereby expressly authorized by the LendersLenders and the Issuing Banks, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender or Issuing Bank its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower the Company of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower the Company or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents as received by such the Administrative Agent. None Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement in the event that all the capital stock of such Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of to a Person other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company in a transaction not prohibited by this Agreement. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the Agents nor and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of their Related Parties business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Agent shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) no Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that such Agent is required to exercise upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances provided in Section 10.02) and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, no Agent shall have any duty to disclose, and no Agent shall be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Lenders Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the institution serving as such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be not taken by any it with the consent or at the request of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02) or in the absence of its or his or her own gross negligence negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by a Borrower, or and no Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation herein made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewithherewith or therewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning (iii) the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the termscovenants, conditionsagreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein, covenants (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or agreements contained genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not , other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be responsible delivered to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreementssuch Agent. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on upon, and shall not incur any instrument liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or document other writing believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or persons. None of by telephone and in good faith believed by it to be made by the Agents nor proper Person, and shall not incur any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewithliability for relying thereon. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall be under any duty apply to take their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. In taking any discretionary action permitted hereunder, or in determining whether any provision hereof is applicable to any event, transaction or circumstance, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, but shall not be taken required (unless required by it pursuant any other express provision hereof) to, communicate such proposed action or determination to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it Lenders prior to taking or making the same, and shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations entitled (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and any otherwise applicable requirement of Section 10.02(b)), in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect absence of any Security Document as though set forth contrary communication received from any Lender within a reasonable period of time specified in full therein and all of such communication from the powersAdministrative Agent, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedassume that such proposed action or determination is satisfactory to such Lender. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentin this paragraph, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank Banks and Borrowerthe Company. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders Company shall have the right to appoint a successorright, subject (so long as no Default or Event with the consent of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval the Required Lenders (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor; provided, that if a Default has occurred and is continuing, the Required Lenders, and not the Company, shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint such successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Required Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing BankBanks, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New YorkYork or Toronto or London, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 as applicable, or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank. Upon the acceptance of any its appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor banksuccessor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an the Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges It is agreed that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Syndication Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documentsshall, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent such, have no duties or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party responsibilities under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Actthis Agreement.

The Agents. Each Lender Bank agrees with each Agent as follows: (a) The Carolinas Bank is hereby appointed Agent hereunder and under the Triarc Pledge Agreement, and the Florida Bank is hereby appointed Agent hereunder and under the Pechiney Pledge Agreement. Each of the Banks irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes the Agents to act as the agents agent of such Person under this Agreement Bank for the purposes of enforcing the rights and remedies of the Banks in respect of the Collateral and the other Loan Security Documents, . Each Agent agrees to act as such upon the express conditions contained in this Section. (b) Each Agent shall have and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to may exercise such powers and perform such duties hereunder as are expressly specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms of this Agreement hereof and the other Loan Documentsapplicable Security Document, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision The Agents shall have no implied duties to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have Banks or any duties other person or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth hereinentity, or any fiduciary relationship obligation to take any action hereunder or under any other Financing Document, except any action specifically provided by this Agreement and the Security Documents to be taken by such Agent. (c) The Banks agree to reimburse and indemnify each Agent ratably in proportion to the Obligations owed under the Credit Agreements (i) for any amounts not reimbursed by a Borrower for which an Agent is entitled to reimbursement by a Borrower under any Financing Document, (ii) for any other expenses incurred by an Agent on behalf of the Banks, in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration and enforcement of this Agreement or any PersonSecurity Document, and no implied covenants(iii) for any liabilities, functionsobligations, responsibilitieslosses, dutiesdamages, obligations penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or liabilities shall disbursements of any kind and nature whatsoever which may be read into imposed on, incurred by or asserted against an Agent in any way relating to or arising out of a Security Document, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the transactions contemplated hereby or the enforcement of any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower terms hereof or of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all noticessuch other documents, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties PROVIDED that no Bank shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except the foregoing to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted they arise from its or his or her own the gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents misconduct of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders either Agent. (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required herebyd) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein provided. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agent, any Either Agent may resign at any time by notifying giving written notice thereof to the Lenders, Banks and the Issuing Bank and BorrowerBorrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders Banks shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent mayappoint, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing BankBanks, appoint a successor Agent. Such successor Agent which shall be an affiliate of a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 Bank or an Affiliate Eligible Institution (as defined in each Credit Agreement) that owns all or part of any such bank or financial institutionthe Obligations. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bankAgent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunderhereunder and under the applicable Security Documents. After an any retiring Agent’s 's resignation hereunderhereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The Agents. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein provided. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agent, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank Lenders and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing BankLenders, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institution. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The Agents. Citicorp North America, Inc. is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any such Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes each of the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms and provisions hereof and of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Each Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenderseach Secured Party, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders Secured Parties all payments of principal of and interest on the LoansObligations, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders Secured Parties hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender Secured Party its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative such Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent; (d) to enter into the Security Documents on behalf of the Secured Parties; and (e) to claim all Obligations owed to any Secured Party against Borrower in its own name for the purpose of any Security Documents. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. Without limiting the foregoing, the Lenders acknowledge that the Collateral Agent will use commercially reasonable efforts to substantially comply with the requirements of the Arizona Blind Trust Act, with respect to Mortgaged Properties located in Arizona, pursuant to advice of Arizona local counsel to Borrower. However, the Collateral Agent will in no event be liable to the Lenders for non-compliance with the Arizona Blind Trust Act or for any consequences therefrom. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person Person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedLenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentbelow, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks, the LC Facility Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the LC Facility Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 500.0 million or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the CGMI and JPMSI, as Joint Lead Arranger Arrangers, nor the JPMCB as Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Chase Bank of Texas, National Association is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent and Chase is hereby appointed to act as CAF Agent, on behalf of the Lenders. Each Lender of the Lenders hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or holder and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such Agent the Agents by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documentsprovisions hereof, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the LendersLenders and the CAF Agent, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative CAF No Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from for its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party the Borrowers of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Documentthis Agreement. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent The Agents may deem and treat the Lender which makes any Loan as the holder of the indebtedness resulting therefrom for all purposes hereof until it shall have received notice from such Lender, given as provided herein, of the transfer thereof. The Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Required Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent of the Agents shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor No Agent or any of their Related Parties its directors, officers, employees or agents shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties Borrowers on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by the other Agent or any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to the other Agent or any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender Lender, the other Agent or the Loan Parties any Borrower of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewithherewith. Each Agent of the Agents may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties agents or any sub-agent appointed by it employees and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent the Agents shall be under any no duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document this Agreement unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedRequired Lenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentbelow, any either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, Lenders and the Issuing Bank and BorrowerBorrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) successor Agent acceptable to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)the Borrowers. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Required Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institution. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent of the Agents, in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent each of the Agents and its their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender agrees (i) to reimburse the Agents, on demand, in the amount of its pro rata share (based on its Commitment hereunder or, if the Commitments shall have been terminated, the amount of its outstanding Loans) of any expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders in its role as Agent, including counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, which shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrowers and (i) to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Agents and any of its directors, officers, employees or agents, on demand, in the amount of such pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by it under this Agreement to the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrowers; provided that no Lender shall be liable to any Agent for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents. Each Lender agrees that any allocation made in good faith by the Agents of expenses or other amounts referred to in this paragraph between this Agreement and the Facility B Credit Agreement shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, The Chase Manhattan Bank is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints of the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Lenders and each assignee of any such Person Lender, hereby irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, of the Agents to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms and provisions hereof and of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Each Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower any of the Borrowers of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative such Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. None of the Agents Neither Agent nor any of their its Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from for its or his or her own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Required Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents Neither any Agent nor any of their its Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no neither Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedRequired Lenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentbelow, any either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and Borrowerthe Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Required Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 10.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower CCSC or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any either Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any either Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of enter into the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in such Lender and to exercise its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) rights and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Actperform its obligations thereunder.

The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Chase Bank of Texas, National Association is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent and Chase is hereby appointed to act as CAF Agent, on behalf of the Lenders. Each Lender of the Lenders hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or holder and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such Agent the Agents by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documentsprovisions hereof, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the LendersLenders and the CAF Agent, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and the CAF Agent all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders and the CAF Agent hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender and the CAF Agent its proper share of each payment so received; (ba) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower the Borrowers of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower No Agent or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from for its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party the Borrowers of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Documentthis Agreement. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent The Agents may deem and treat the Lender which makes any Loan as the holder of the indebtedness resulting therefrom for all purposes hereof until it shall have received notice from such Lender, given as provided herein, of the transfer thereof. The Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Required Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent of the Agents shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor No Agent or any of their Related Parties its directors, officers, employees or agents shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties Borrowers on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by the other Agent or any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to the other Agent or any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender Lender, the other Agent or the Loan Parties any Borrower of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewithherewith. Each Agent of the Agents may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties agents or any sub-agent appointed by it employees and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent the Agents shall be under any no duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document this Agreement unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedRequired Lenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentbelow, any either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, Lenders and the Issuing Bank and BorrowerBorrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) successor Agent acceptable to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)the Borrowers. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Required Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing BankLenders, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New YorkAgent, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent of the Agents, in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent each of the Agents and its their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender agrees (i) to reimburse the Agents, on demand, in the amount of its pro rata share (based on its Commitment hereunder or, if the Commitments shall have been terminated, the amount of its outstanding Loans) of any expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders in its role as Agent, including counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, which shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrowers and (i) to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Agents and any of its directors, officers, employees or agents, on demand, in the amount of such pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by it under this Agreement to the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrowers; provided that no Lender shall be liable to any Agent for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents. Each Lender agrees that any allocation made in good faith by the Agents of expenses or other amounts referred to in this paragraph between this Agreement and the Facility A Credit Agreement shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The Agents. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Agents as the agents of such Person Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person Lender irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Lender that holds Term B Loans or has Term B Commitments and each Qualified Counterparty (in each case, in its capacity as such) hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Collateral Agent as an agent of such Person under this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which the Collateral Agent is a party. In addition, without hereby limiting any implied authority, each Lender hereby expressly authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to enter into the Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party as its agent. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any PersonLender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower any of the Borrowers of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative such Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful 138 misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby)Lenders. The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “"Collateral Estate”") under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein provided. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agent, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and Borrowerthe Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If 139 no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 500.0 million or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 10.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The Agents. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates (a) Certain Duties and appoints Responsibilities of the Agents: (1) the Agents as the agents of undertake to perform such Person under this Agreement duties and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform only such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere specifically set forth in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any PersonIndenture, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, covenants or obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist Indenture against any Agent. The Administrative No Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for under any action taken fiduciary duty or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconductother obligation towards, or be responsible have any relationship of agency or trust, for or with any statement, warranty or representation herein or person other than the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or Issuer. The Paying Agent shall not be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning payments to any holder of a Note if under any laws or regulations affecting the Paying Agent, such payment is not permitted; (2) no provision of this Indenture shall require an Agent to take any action or fail to take any action that may cause it to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of its duties hereunder or in the termsexercise of any of its rights or powers, conditions, covenants if it believes in its absolute discretion that repayment of such funds or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to it; (3) the Agents may rely and shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, acting or refraining from actingacting upon any resolution, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, note, other evidence of indebtedness or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument paper or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent presented by the proper person party or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or parties including but not limited to any Lender on account of instruction provided to it by the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or Issuer or, as the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewithcase may be, the Trustee. Each Agent may execute refrain, without liability, from acting under any and all duties hereunder instructions that it determines, in its sole discretion, are equivocal, unclear or conflicting. Except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed as required by it and law, the Agents shall be entitled to rely upon treat the advice Holder of legal counsel selected by it with respect to any Note as the absolute owner thereof for all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for required to obtain any proof thereof or as to the identity of the bearer or holder; (4) the Agents may consult with counsel and the written advice (including by email) of such counsel and any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken taken, suffered or suffered omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon; (5) The rights, powers, duties and obligations and actions of each Agent under this Indenture are several and not joint or joint and several; (6) The Issuer and the Agents acknowledge and agree that in the event of a Default or Event of Default, the Trustee may, by it notice in writing to the Issuer and the Agents, require that the Agents act as agents of, and take instructions exclusively from, the Trustee. Prior to receiving such written notice from the Trustee, the Agents shall be the agents of the Issuer and need have no concern for the interests of the Holders; (7) Any obligation the Agents may have to publish a notice to Holders of Global Notes on behalf of the Issuer will be met upon delivery of the notice to Euroclear and/or Clearstream, as applicable, if and so long as any Notes are represented by one or more Global Notes and ownership of book-entry interests therein are shown on the records of Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable; (8) In the event that instructions given to any Agent are not reasonably clear, then such Agent shall be entitled to seek clarification from the Issuer by written request promptly and in any event within one Business Day of receipt by such Agent of such instructions. If an Agent has sought clarification in accordance with this clause (8), then such Agent shall be entitled to take no action until such clarification is provided, and shall not incur any liability for not taking any action pending receipt of such clarification; (9) The Issuer hereby authorizes and directs the Paying Agent to make from funds so paid to the Paying Agent payment of all amounts due on the Notes in accordance with the advice terms of such counselthe Notes and this Indenture. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no No Agent shall be required to make any payment under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted this Indenture unless and until it has received the full amount to be taken by paid in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. To the extent that an Agent has made a payment for which it pursuant to did not receive the full amount, the Issuer will reimburse the Agent the full amount of any shortfall. If any payment provided hereunder is made late but otherwise in accordance with the provisions of any Loan Document unless it hereof, the Paying Agent shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent nevertheless make payments in respect of any Security Document the Notes as though set forth in full therein and all aforesaid following receipt by the Paying Agent of the powers, remedies and rights necessary funds; (10) The Agents shall act solely as agents of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein provided. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agent, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower Issuer and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after no fiduciary or other obligation towards, or have any relationship of agency or trust, for or with any Person other than the retiring Issuer, except as expressly stated elsewhere in this Indenture; (11) The Issuer shall notify each Agent gives notice of its resignation, then in the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall event that it determines that any payment to be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institution. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as made by an Agent hereunder by under the Notes is a payment which could be subject to FATCA Withholding if such payment were made to a successor bank, such successor shall succeed recipient that is generally unable to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged receive payments free from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral AgentFATCA Withholding, and the term “Collateral Agent” means extent to which the relevant payment is so treated; provided, however, that the Issuer’s obligation under this clause (11) shall apply only to the extent that such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part payments are so treated by virtue of such former Collateral Agent or any characteristics of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignationIssuer, the retiring Collateral Agent shallNotes, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent or both; (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. 12) In the event that the Issuer determines in its sole discretion that deduction or withholding for or on account of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender Tax will be required by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or Applicable Law in connection with any sale payment due to any of the Agents on any Notes, then the Issuer will be entitled to redirect or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent reorganize any such payment in any way that it sees fit in order that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on payment may be made without such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized deduction or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16withholding; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree provided that any such redirected or reorganized payment or property received in satisfaction is made through a recognized institution of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) international standing and which is applied otherwise made in accordance with this Indenture and the Loan Documents Applicable Law. The Issuer will promptly notify the Agents and the Trustee of any such redirection or reorganization. To the extent the Trustee or the Paying Agent is required to withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of any Tax, the Issuer shall be deemed give notice thereof to be exempt from the requirements Paying Agent and the Trustee as soon as it becomes aware of such requirement and shall give to the Paying Agent and Trustee such information as the Paying Agent or Trustee requires to enable it to make such deduction or withholding; (13) For the purposes of this Section 311 of 7.13(a), the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.following definitions apply:

The Agents. SECTION 8.01. The Agents. Citicorp North America, Inc. is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any such Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes each of the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms and provisions hereof and of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Each Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower any of the Borrowers of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative such Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedLenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentbelow, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and Borrowerthe Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 500.0 million or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the CSFB and DBTCA as Co-Syndication Agents, CSFB and CGMI, as Joint Lead Arranger Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, nor the Syndication CoBank, as Documentation Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Persons named in the heading of this Agreement are hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent and London Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders, each assignee of any Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent the Agents by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the London Agent are hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower the Company of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower the Company or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents as received by such the Administrative Agent. None Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement in the event that all the capital stock of such Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of to a Person other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company in a transaction not prohibited by Section 6.04. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the Agents nor and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of their Related Parties business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Agent shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) no Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that such Agent is required to exercise upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, no Agent shall have any duty to disclose, and no Agent shall be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Lenders Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the institution serving as such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be not taken by any it with the consent or at the request of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02) or in the absence of its or his or her own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by a Borrower (in which case such Agent shall give written notice to each other Lender), or and no Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation herein made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewithherewith or therewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning (iii) the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the termscovenants, conditionsagreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein, covenants (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or agreements contained genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not , other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be responsible delivered to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreementssuch Agent. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on upon, and shall not incur any instrument liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or document other writing believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or persons. None of by telephone and in good faith believed by it to be made by the Agents nor proper Person, and shall not incur any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewithliability for relying thereon. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall be under any duty apply to take their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. In taking any discretionary action permitted hereunder, or in determining whether any provision hereof is applicable to any event, transaction or circumstance, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, but shall not be taken required (unless required by it pursuant any other express provision hereof) to, communicate such proposed action or determination to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it Lenders prior to taking or making the same, and shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations entitled (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and any otherwise applicable requirement of Section 10.02(b)), in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect absence of any Security Document as though set forth contrary communication received from any Lender within a reasonable period of time specified in full therein and all of such communication from the powersAdministrative Agent, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedassume that such proposed action or determination is satisfactory to such Lender. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentin this paragraph, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, Lenders and the Issuing Bank and BorrowerCompany. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successorright, subject with (so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) to Borrower’s approval the consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Required Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing BankLenders, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New YorkYork or London, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 as applicable, or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank. Upon the acceptance of any its appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor banksuccessor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an the Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice Each Lender agrees (a) to reimburse the Agents, on demand, in the amount of its pro rata share (based on the amount of its Loans and available Commitments hereunder) of any expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders by the Agents, including counsel fees and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement compensation of agents and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent that shall succeed to not have been reimbursed by the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without Company or any other or further act or deed Loan Party and (b) to indemnify and hold harmless each Agent and any of its Related Parties, on demand, in the part amount of such former Collateral pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in its capacity as Agent or any of the parties them in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions other Loan Document or action taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent or any of them under this Agreement and the or any other Loan Documents. With respect Document, to the Loans made extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as the Company or any other Loan Party; provided that no Lender shall be liable to an Agent shall or any such other indemnified Person for any portion of such liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary of its directors, officers, employees or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agentagents. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to The institutions named as Syndication Agent and as Co- Documentation Agents in the contraryheading of this Agreement shall not, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise in their capacities as such, have any duties or responsibilities of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted kind under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The Agents. Each Lender of the Lenders hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Agents Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, Administrative Agent to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documentshereof, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein provided. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agent, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institution. Upon the acceptance of any appointment serving as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower any Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an AgentAgent hereunder. Each Lender acknowledges The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that it hasthe Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, independently if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders), and without reliance upon (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it has deemed appropriatewith the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, made if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders) or in the absence of its own credit analysis gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and decision until written notice thereof is given to enter the Administrative Agent by Parent, any Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will(i) any statement, independently and without reliance upon any Agent warranty or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions representation made in taking or not taking action under or based upon in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Credit Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold the contents of any certificate, report or to be sold as part of other document delivered under any Credit Document or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same termstherewith, (iii) subject to Section 9.08the performance or observance of any of the covenants, if approvedagreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Document, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement Credit Document or any other Loan Document. In agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect satisfaction of any securities issued condition set forth in Article IV or guaranteed by any Loan Partyelsewhere herein, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction other than to confirm receipt of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture ActAgent.

The Agents. Citicorp North America, Inc. is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders and Citicorp North America, Inc. accepts such appointments. Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any such Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement Administrative Agent and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, Collateral Agent to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms and provisions hereof and of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and to promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent it has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agentit. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their No Agent or its Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedLenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentbelow, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after af- ter the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the none of CGMI, as Lead Arranger Arranger, nor the Bank of America, N.A., CIBC World Markets Corp., Suntrust Bank and UBS Securities LLC, as Co-Syndication Agent, Agents in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (i) GSCP is hereby appointed to act as the Syndication Agent, and (ii) Chase is hereby appointed to act as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders and the Fronting Bank (for purposes of this Article VIII, the Syndication Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are referred to collectively as the "Agents"). Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any such Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action actions on its behalf under of such Lender or assignee or the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents Fronting Bank and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such Agent the Agents by the terms and provisions hereof and of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the LendersLenders and the Fronting Bank, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and the Fronting Bank all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments in respect of Letter of Credit Disbursements and all other amounts due to the Lenders and the Fronting Bank hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender or the Fronting Bank its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Borrower of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agents are hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents. In the event that any party other than the Lenders and the Agents shall participate in all or any portion of the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents, all rights and remedies in respect of such Collateral shall be controlled by the Collateral Agent. The Syndication Agent, without consent of or notice to any party hereto, may assign any and all of its rights or obligations hereunder to any of its Affiliates. As of the Closing Date, all the obligations of the Syndication Agent, shall terminate. Chase Securities Inc. shall have no obligations under this Agreement. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from for its or his or her own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by the Borrower or any other Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent The Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Required Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of Neither the Agents nor any of their Related Parties respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall have any responsibility to the Borrower or any other Loan Parties Party on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender or the Fronting Bank of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender or the Fronting Bank on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Fronting Bank or the Borrower or any other Loan Parties Party of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent of the Agents may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties agents or any sub-agent appointed by it employees and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent none of the Agents shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document this Agreement unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby)Required Lenders. The Collateral Agent hereby agrees Lenders further acknowledge and agree that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein provided. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agent, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institution. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as make any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed determination to be bound made by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party it hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf in good faith, such Agent shall have no liability in respect of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of such determination to any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Actperson.

The Agents. Each Lender Citicorp North America, Inc. is hereby irrevocably designates appointed to act as Administrative Agent and appoints Collateral Agent on behalf of the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement First Lien Lenders and the other Loan Documents, Term C Lenders. Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any such Person Lender, hereby irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, of the Agents to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms and provisions hereof and of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Each Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to any of the Borrower of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative such Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite First Lien Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedFirst Lien Lenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentbelow, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and Borrowerthe Borrower (it being understood that Citicorp North America Inc. may resign from its role as Agent for the First Lien Lenders or as Agent for the Term C Lenders, or both). Upon any such resignation, the Requisite First Lien Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, except that upon any resignation of an Agent for the Term C Lenders, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite First Lien Lenders and approved by Borrower or the Requisite Lenders, as applicable, and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 500.0 million or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the of SSBI or DBSI, each as a Joint Lead Arranger Arranger, in such capacity, nor the DBSI, as Syndication Agent, in such respective capacitiesor JPMorgan, as Documentation Agent, or SunTrust Bank, as Co-Documentation Agent, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The Agents. Each Lender of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Agents as its agents and authorizes the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, Agents to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent the Agents by the terms hereof and of this Agreement and the other Loan Credit Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding The bank or banks serving as the Agents hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in their capacity as Lenders or Issuing Banks as any provision other Lender or Issuing Bank and may exercise the same as though they were not Agents, and such bank or banks and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if they were not Agents hereunder. The Agents shall not have any duties or responsibilities, obligations except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by Without limiting the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, generality of the foregoing (a) the Agents shall not be subject to receive on behalf any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of the Lenders all payments of principal of whether a Default has occurred and interest on the Loansis continuing, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to give notice on behalf of each of take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Lenders Agents are required to Borrower of any Default specified exercise in this Agreement of which writing by the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; Majority Lenders, and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Agents shall not have any duty to distribute disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to each Lender copies of all noticesdisclose, financial statements and other materials delivered any information communicated to the Agents by or on behalf of relating to the Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such AgentSubsidiary. None of the The Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall not be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be not taken by any them with the consent or at the request of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its Majority Lenders or his the Lenders, as the case may be, or her in the absence of their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. In addition, the Agents shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Agents by the Borrower or a Lender or Issuing Bank, and the Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation herein made in or in connection with any Credit Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewithherewith or therewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning (iii) the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the termscovenants, conditionsagreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to (iv) the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability enforceability, effectiveness or effectiveness genuineness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein or therein, other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion than to confirm receipt of the Lenders as may be items expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall to be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge delivered to the contrary, Agents. The Agents shall be entitled to rely on upon, and shall not incur any instrument liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or document other writing believed by it in good faith them to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person Person. The Agents also may rely upon any statement made to them orally or persons. None of by telephone and believed by them to be made by the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it proper Person, and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it them with respect to all matters arising hereunder reasonable care, and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith not taken by it them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent Agents may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Agents. The Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall be under apply to any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant such sub-agent and to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion Affiliates of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds Agents and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all any such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedsub-agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentbelow, any either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, Lenders and the Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Majority Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to successor with the Borrower’s approval written consent (which shall not to be unreasonably withheld or delayeddelayed and shall not be required from the Borrower if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Majority Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders Lenders, with the Borrower’s written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and the Issuing Bankshall not be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution an Affiliate thereof, in each case with a net worth of at least $1,000,000,000 and an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institution. Upon the acceptance of any its appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor banksuccessor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 9.03 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender or Issuing Bank and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender or Issuing Bank and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan DocumentAgreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein any other provision contained herein, (a) each Lender and each Issuing Bank acknowledges that the Administrative Agent is not acting as an agent of the Borrower and that the Borrower will not be responsible for acts or failures to act on the part of the Administrative Agent and (b) none of the Syndication Agents, Documentation Agents, Senior Managing Agents or Managing Agents shall, in its capacity as such, have any responsibilities, fiduciary or otherwise, to the contraryBorrower, to any Lender or to any other Person under this Agreement or the other Credit Documents. Without prejudice to the provisions of this Article VIII, each Lender also acknowledges that and Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Lien Collateral Agent (and security interest granted any successor acting as Collateral Agent) to act as the Person holding the power of attorney (in such capacity, the “fondé de pouvoir”) of the Lenders and Issuing Banks as contemplated under Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec, and to enter into, to take and to hold on their behalf, and for their benefit, any hypothec, and to exercise such powers and duties which are conferred upon the fondé de pouvoir under any hypothec. Moreover, without prejudice to such appointment and authorization to act as the Person holding the power of attorney as aforesaid, each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent (and any successor acting as Collateral Agent) (in such capacity, the “Custodian”) to act as agent and custodian for and on behalf of the Lenders and Issuing Banks to hold and to be the sole registered holder of any debenture which may be issued under any hypothec, the whole notwithstanding Section 32 of the Act Respecting the Special Powers of Legal Persons (Quebec) or any other applicable law. In this respect, (i) the Custodian shall keep a record indicating the names and addresses of, and the pro rata portion of the obligations and indebtedness secured by any pledge of any such debenture and owing to each Lender and Issuing Bank and (ii) each Lender and Issuing Bank will be entitled to the benefits of any charged property covered by any hypothec and will participate in the proceeds of realization of any such charged property, the whole in accordance with the terms hereof. Each of the fondé de pouvoir and the Custodian shall (a) have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise, except as may be otherwise specifically restricted by the terms hereof, all rights and remedies given to fondé de pouvoir and the Custodian (as applicable) with respect to the charged property under any hypothec, any debenture or pledge thereof relating to any hypothec, applicable laws or otherwise, (b) benefit from and be subject to all provisions hereof with respect to the Collateral Agent pursuant mutatis mutandis, including, without limitation, all such provisions with respect to the Security Documents liability or responsibility to and the exercise of any right or remedy indemnification by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject Lenders or the Issuing Banks, and (c) be entitled to the provisions delegate from time to time any of the Intercreditor Agreementits powers or duties under any hypothec, any debenture or pledge thereof relating to any hypothec, applicable laws or otherwise and on such terms and conditions as it may determine from time to time. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Any Person who becomes a Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have agreed consented to be bound and confirmed: (y) the fondé de pouvoir as the Person holding the power of attorney as aforesaid and to have ratified, as of the date it becomes a Lender or Issuing Bank, all actions taken by the terms fondé de pouvoir in such capacity, and conditions (z) the Custodian as the agent and custodian as aforesaid and to have ratified, as of such agreement. The Lenders and the date it becomes a Lender or Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held Bank, all actions taken by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, Custodian in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Actcapacity.

The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each Agent is hereby appointed to act as Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each Lender of the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, Administrative Agent to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documentsprovisions hereof, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and Issuing Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments Loans and the LC Disbursements and all other amounts due to the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender and Issuing Lender its proper share of each payment so received; , (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower the Borrowers of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; hereunder and (c) to distribute to each Lender and Issuing Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of any Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such the Administrative Agent. None of the Agents Neither any Agent nor any of their Related Parties its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from for its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party Borrower of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Documentthis Agreement. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each None of the Agents or the Borrowers shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and no provision in the Loan Documents and no course of dealing between the parties hereto shall be deemed to create any fiduciary duty owing to any Agent, any Lender, any Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any of their respective Affiliates, by any party hereto. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Required Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders. Each The Administrative Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person Person or personsPersons. None of Neither the Agents nor any of their Related Parties directors, officers, employees or agents shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties any Borrower on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender or Issuing Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender or Issuing Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach [[3890129]] by any other Agent, any other Lender or the Loan Parties Issuing Lender or any Borrower of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewithherewith. Each The Administrative Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties agents or any sub-agent appointed by it employees and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders and the Issuing Lenders hereby acknowledge that no the Administrative Agent shall be under any no duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document this Agreement unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedRequired Lenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided below and subject to below, the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agent, any Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank Lenders and Borrowerthe Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint from the Lenders a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Required Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing BankLenders, appoint from the Lenders a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank, which successor shall be acceptable to Viacom (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld). Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Administrative Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 9.5 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Administrative Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it them and their LC Exposure hereunder, each Agent the Agents in its their individual capacity and not as an Agent Agents shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it they were not an AgentAgents, and such Agent the Agents and its Affiliates their affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower the Borrowers or any Subsidiary of their respective Subsidiaries or other any Affiliate thereof as if it they were not an AgentAgents. Each Lender and Issuing Lender agrees (i) to reimburse the Administrative Agent in the amount of its pro rata share (based on its Total Facility Percentage or, after the date on which the Loans shall have been paid in full, based on its Total Facility Percentage immediately prior to such date) of any reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders or the Issuing Lenders by the Administrative Agent, including reasonable counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing Lenders, which shall not have been reimbursed by or on behalf of any Borrower and (ii) to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and any of its directors, officers, employees or agents, [[3890129]] in the amount of such pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in its capacity as Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by it under this Agreement, to the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by or on behalf of Viacom; provided, that no Lender or Issuing Lender shall be liable to the Administrative Agent or any such director, officer, employee or agent for any portion of such liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents. Each Lender and Issuing Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender or Issuing Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and Issuing Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender or Issuing Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan DocumentAgreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions None of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security DocumentsDocumentation Agents, the terms of Syndication Agents, the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver Joint Lead Arrangers, the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making Joint Bookrunners or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, managing agent shall have any obligationsduties, duties liabilities or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party responsibilities hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Actsuch.

The Agents. Each Lender of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Agents as its agents and authorizes the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, Agents to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent the Agents by the terms hereof and of this Agreement and the other Loan Credit Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding The bank or banks serving as the Agents hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in their capacity as Lenders or Issuing Banks as any provision other Lender or Issuing Bank and may exercise the same as though they were not Agents, and such bank or banks and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if they were not Agents hereunder. The Agents shall not have any duties or responsibilities, obligations except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by Without limiting the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, generality of the foregoing (a) the Agents shall not be subject to receive on behalf any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of the Lenders all payments of principal of whether a Default has occurred and interest on the Loansis continuing, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to give notice on behalf of each of take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Lenders Agents are required to Borrower of any Default specified exercise in this Agreement of which writing by the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; Majority Lenders, and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Agents shall not have any duty to distribute disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to each Lender copies of all noticesdisclose, financial statements and other materials delivered any information communicated to the Agents by or on behalf of relating to the Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such AgentSubsidiary. None of the The Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall not be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be not taken by any them with the consent or at the request of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its Majority Lenders or his the Lenders, as the case may be, or her in the absence of their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. In addition, the Agents shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Agents by the Borrower or a Lender or Issuing Bank, and the Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation herein made in or in connection with any Credit Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewithherewith or therewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning (iii) the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the termscovenants, conditionsagreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to (iv) the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability enforceability, effectiveness or effectiveness genuineness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein or therein, other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion than to confirm receipt of the Lenders as may be items expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall to be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge delivered to the contrary, Agents. The Agents shall be entitled to rely on upon, and shall not incur any instrument liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or document other writing believed by it in good faith them to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person Person. The Agents also may rely upon any statement made to them orally or persons. None of by telephone and believed by them to be made by the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it proper Person, and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it them with respect to all matters arising hereunder reasonable care, and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith not taken by it them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent Agents may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Agents. The Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall be under apply to any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant such sub-agent and to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion Affiliates of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds Agents and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all any such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedsub-agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentbelow, any either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, Lenders and the Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Majority Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to successor with the Borrower’s approval written consent (which shall not to be unreasonably withheld or delayeddelayed and shall not be required from the Borrower if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Section 7.01 has occurred and is continuing). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Majority Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders Lenders, with the Borrower’s written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and the Issuing Bankshall not be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (h) or (i) of Section 7.01 has occurred and is continuing), appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution an Affiliate thereof, in each case with a net worth of at least $1,000,000,000 and an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institution. Upon the acceptance of any its appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor banksuccessor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 9.03 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender or Issuing Bank and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender or Issuing Bank and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan DocumentAgreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein any other provision contained herein, (a) each Lender and each Issuing Bank acknowledges that the Administrative Agent is not acting as an agent of the Borrower and that the Borrower will not be responsible for acts or failures to act on the part of the Administrative Agent and (b) none of the Arrangers, Syndication Agents, Documentation Agents, Senior Managing Agents or Managing Agents shall, in its capacity as such, have any responsibilities, fiduciary or otherwise, to the contraryBorrower, to any Lender or to any other Person under this Agreement or the other Credit Documents. Without prejudice to the provisions of this Article VIII, each Lender also acknowledges that and Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Lien Collateral Agent (and security interest granted any successor acting as Collateral Agent) to act as the Person holding the power of attorney (in such capacity, the “fondé de pouvoir”) of the Lenders and Issuing Banks as contemplated under Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec, and to enter into, to take and to hold on their behalf, and for their benefit, any hypothec, and to exercise such powers and duties which are conferred upon the fondé de pouvoir under any hypothec. Moreover, without prejudice to such appointment and authorization to act as the Person holding the power of attorney as aforesaid, each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent (and any successor acting as Collateral Agent) (in such capacity, the “Custodian”) to act as agent and custodian for and on behalf of the Lenders and Issuing Banks to hold and to be the sole registered holder of any debenture which may be issued under any hypothec, the whole notwithstanding Section 32 of the Act Respecting the Special Powers of Legal Persons (Quebec) or any other applicable law. In this respect, (i) the Custodian shall keep a record indicating the names and addresses of, and the pro rata portion of the obligations and indebtedness secured by any pledge of any such debenture and owing to each Lender and Issuing Bank and (ii) each Lender and Issuing Bank will be entitled to the benefits of any charged property covered by any hypothec and will participate in the proceeds of realization of any such charged property, the whole in accordance with the terms hereof. Each of the fondé de pouvoir and the Custodian shall (a) have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise, except as may be otherwise specifically restricted by the terms hereof, all rights and remedies given to the fondé de pouvoir and the Custodian (as applicable) with respect to the charged property under any hypothec, any debenture or pledge thereof relating to any hypothec, applicable laws or otherwise, (b) benefit from and be subject to all provisions hereof with respect to the Collateral Agent pursuant mutatis mutandis, including, without limitation, all such provisions with respect to the Security Documents liability or responsibility to and the exercise of any right or remedy indemnification by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject Lenders or the Issuing Banks, and (c) be entitled to the provisions delegate from time to time any of the Intercreditor Agreementits powers or duties under any hypothec, any debenture or pledge thereof relating to any hypothec, applicable laws or otherwise and on such terms and conditions as it may determine from time to time. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Any Person who becomes a Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have agreed consented to be bound and confirmed: (y) the fondé de pouvoir as the Person holding the power of attorney as aforesaid and to have ratified, as of the date it becomes a Lender or Issuing Bank, all actions taken by the terms fondé de pouvoir in such capacity, and conditions (z) the Custodian as the agent and custodian as aforesaid and to have ratified, as of such agreement. The Lenders and the date it becomes a Lender or Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held Bank, all actions taken by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, Custodian in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Actcapacity.

The Agents. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates appoints and appoints authorizes (a) the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties discretion under this Agreement as are expressly delegated to such the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documentshereof, together with such other powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto, and (b) the Documentation Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under this Agreement as are delegated to the Documentation Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding As to any provision to matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement (including, without limitation, enforcement or collection of the contrary elsewhere in this AgreementNotes), no the Administrative Agent shall have not be required to exercise any duties discretion or responsibilitiestake any action, except those expressly set forth herein, but shall be required to act or any fiduciary relationship with any Personto refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Lenders, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities such instructions shall be read into binding upon all Lenders and all holders of Notes; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that exposes the Administrative Agent to personal liability or that is contrary to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agentapplicable law. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) agrees to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute give to each Lender its proper share prompt notice of each payment so received; (b) notice given to give notice on behalf it by the Borrower or any of each its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of the Lenders to Borrower of any Default specified in this Agreement of which Agreement. . Neither the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. None of the Agents Documentation Agent nor any of their Related Parties its respective directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of it or them under or in connection with this Agreement, except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from for its or his or her their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents Administrative Agent and the Documentation Agent: (i) may treat the payee of any document delivered Note as the holder thereof until the Administrative Agent receives and accepts an Assignment and Acceptance entered into by the Lender that is the payee of such Note, as assignor, and an Eligible Assignee, as assignee, as provided in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders Section 8.07; (ii) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the due executionBorrower), genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any independent public accountants and other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel experts selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that , accountants or experts; (iii) make no Agent warranty or representation to any Lender and shall not be under responsible to any Lender for any statements, warranties or representations (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with this Agreement; (iv) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action permitted ascertain or to be taken by it pursuant inquire as to the provisions performance or observance of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its rightterms, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing covenants or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein provided. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agent, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institution. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or to inspect the parties to this Agreement or any holders property (including the books and records) of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries; (v) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon value of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement instrument or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien pursuant hereto; and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (avi) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, no liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of this Agreement by acting upon any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder notice, consent, certificate or under any other Loan Document instrument or writing (which may be by telecopier, telegram or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.telex) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed believed by it to be exempt from genuine and signed or sent by the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Actproper party or parties.

The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, JPMCB is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent, JPM Toronto is hereby appointed to act as Canadian Agent and JPMEL is hereby appointed to act as London Agent, on behalf of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank. Each of the Lenders, each assignee of any such Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or assignee or such Issuing Bank and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent the Agents by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the Canadian Agent and the London Agent are hereby expressly authorized by the LendersLenders and each Issuing Bank, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments in respect of LC Disbursements and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender or Issuing Bank its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower the Company of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower the Company or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents as received by such the Administrative Agent. None Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if all applicable mandatory prepayments under Section 2.10(c) shall have been made or arrangements therefor satisfactory to the Administrative Agent shall have been entered into, the Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized to release any Guarantor from its obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, in the event that all the capital stock of such Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of to a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company in a transaction permitted by Section 6.03. With respect to any Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the Agents nor and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of their Related Parties business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Agent shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) no Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Agent is required to exercise upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, no Agent shall have any duty to disclose, and no Agent shall be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Lenders Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the institution serving as such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be not taken by any it with the consent or at the request of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02) or in the absence of its or his or her own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Company or a Lender, or and no Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation herein made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewithherewith or therewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning (iii) the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the termscovenants, conditionsagreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein, covenants (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or agreements contained genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not , other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be responsible delivered to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreementssuch Agent. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on upon, and shall not incur any instrument liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or document other writing believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or persons. None of by telephone and believed by it to be made by the Agents nor proper Person, and shall not incur any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewithliability for relying thereon. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall be under apply to any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant such sub-agent and to the provisions Related Parties of each Agent and any Loan Document unless it such sub-agent, and shall be requested apply to their respective activities in writing to do so by connection with the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion syndication of the Lenders revolving credit facility provided for herein as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to well as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and activities as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedAgent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentin this paragraph, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank Banks and Borrowerthe Company. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Required Lenders shall have the right right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Required Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing BankBanks, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank. Upon the acceptance of any its appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor banksuccessor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an the Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The Agents. Citicorp North America, Inc. is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent and the U.S. Collateral Agent on behalf of the U.S. Lenders, and Citibank International plc is hereby appointed to act as the U.K. Administrative Agent and Citicorp Trustee Company Limited is hereby appointed to act as the Euro Collateral Agent on behalf of the Revolving Euro Lenders. Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any such Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes each of the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms and provisions hereof and of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision Each Agent (it being understood that with respect to the contrary elsewhere in this AgreementEuro Collateral Agent, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those only to the extent expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent in the Euro Intercreditor Agreement) is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, and all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower any of the Borrowers of any Default or Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative such Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedLenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentbelow, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and Borrowerthe Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 500.0 million or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 10.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower Crown Holdings or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent pursuant Agents to enter into the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the U.S. Intercreditor Agreement and the Security DocumentsEuro Intercreditor Agreement, the terms of Receivables Intercreditor Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Sharing Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions Security Document on behalf of such agreementLender and to exercise its rights and perform its obligations thereunder. The Each of the Revolving Euro Lenders and further agrees to supply the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the U.K. Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale information required by it in order to calculate the Mandatory Cost in accordance with Exhibit U in respect of Eurocurrency Borrowings denominated in Pounds Sterling or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunderEuros. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither none of the Term B Arranger, Joint Lead Arranger nor Arrangers, the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents or the Senior Managing Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or and shall incur any no liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In Each of the event Lenders represents to the Agents only that Citibank, N.A. or any neither the execution and delivery of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, Security Documents by the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, Administrative Agent and the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or U.K. Administrative Agent on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as such Lender nor the performance thereof by the Administrative Agent and the U.K. Administrative Agent on behalf of such Lender will conflict with or create a default or violation under (a) such Lender’s organizational documents, (b) any other agreement, instrument or document that such Lender is a party to or (c) any applicable law, rule, regulation, order, decree or judgment. Each Revolving Euro Lender and any New Term Euro Lender appoints and designates the Collateral U.K. Administrative Agent as the Person holding the power of attorney (“fondé de pouvoir”) within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec for the purposes of the hypothecary security to be granted by each of CROWN Metal Packaging Canada LP, CROWN Metal Packaging Canada Inc. and 3079939 Nova Scotia Company/3079939 Compagnie de la Nouvelle Ecosse pursuant to those deeds of hypothec in the Province of Quebec and, in such capacity, the U.K. Administrative Agent shall hold the hypothecs granted in the Province of Quebec for the benefit of the Revolving Euro Lenders and any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate New Term Euro Lenders and shall act as their agent in the exercise of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed rights conferred thereunder. Each Lender further acknowledges that the first issue of 25% Collateral Demand Mortgage Debentures to be exempt issued pursuant to the Deed of Hypothec may be purchased from the requirements grantor of such hypothec by CROWN Metal Packaging Canada LP, CROWN Metal Packaging Canada Inc. or 3079939 Nova Scotia Company/3079939 Compagnie de la Nouvelle Ecosse by underwriting, purchase, subscription or otherwise notwithstanding the terms of Section 311 32 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) respecting the Special Power of the Trust Indenture ActLegal Persons (Quebec).

The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each Agent is hereby appointed to act as Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each Lender of the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, Administrative Agent to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documentsprovisions hereof, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments Loans and the LC Disbursements and all other amounts due to the Lenders and Issuing Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender and Issuing Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower Westinghouse of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender and Issuing Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party Westinghouse pursuant to this Agreement as received by such the Administrative Agent. None of the Agents Neither any Agent nor any of their Related Parties its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from for its or his or her own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party Westinghouse of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Documentthis Agreement. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein provided. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agent, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institution. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each Agent is hereby appointed to act as Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each Lender of the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, Administrative Agent to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documentsprovisions hereof, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and Issuing Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments Loans and the LC Disbursements and all other amounts due to the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender and Issuing Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower the Borrowers of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender and Issuing Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of any Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such the Administrative Agent. None of the Agents Neither any Agent nor any of their Related Parties its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from for its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party Borrower of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Documentthis Agreement. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Required Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders. Each The Administrative Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person Person or personsPersons. None of Neither the Agents nor any of their Related Parties directors, officers, employees or agents shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties any Borrower on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender or Issuing Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender or Issuing Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Agent, any other Lender or the Loan Parties Issuing Lender or any Borrower of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewithherewith. Each The Administrative Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties agents or any sub-agent appointed by it employees and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders and the Issuing Lenders hereby acknowledge that no the Administrative Agent shall be under any no duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document this Agreement unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedRequired Lenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided below and subject to below, the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agent, any Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank Lenders and Borrowerthe Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint from the Lenders a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Required Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing BankLenders, appoint from the Lenders a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank, which successor shall be acceptable to Viacom (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld). Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Administrative Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 9.5 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Administrative Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it them and their LC Exposure hereunder, each Agent the Agents in its their individual capacity and not as an Agent Agents shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it they were not an AgentAgents, and such Agent the Agents and its Affiliates their affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower the Borrowers or any Subsidiary of their respective Subsidiaries or other any Affiliate thereof as if it they were not an AgentAgents. Each Lender and Issuing Lender agrees (i) to reimburse the Administrative Agent in the amount of its pro rata share (based on its Total Facility Percentage or, after the date on which the Loans shall have been paid in full, based on its Total Facility Percentage immediately prior to such date) of any reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders or the Issuing Lenders by the Administrative Agent, including reasonable counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing Lenders, which shall not have been reimbursed by or on behalf of any Borrower and (ii) to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and any of its directors, officers, employees or agents, in the amount of such pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in its capacity as Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by it under this Agreement, to the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by or on behalf of Viacom; provided, that no Lender or Issuing Lender shall be liable to the Administrative Agent or any such director, officer, employee or agent for any portion of such liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents. Each Lender and Issuing Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender or Issuing Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and Issuing Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender or Issuing Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan DocumentAgreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to Neither the contraryCo-Documentation Agents, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, the Joint Lead Arrangers nor any managing agent shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party responsibilities hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Actsuch.

The Agents. Each Lender of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Agents as its agents and authorizes the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, Agents to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent the Agents by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision In addition, to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreementextent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, no Agent each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby grants to the Agents any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s behalf. The Agents shall not have any duties or responsibilities, obligations except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other in the Loan Document or otherwise exist against any AgentDocuments. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by Without limiting the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authoritygenerality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to receive on behalf any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Agents are required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on as shall be necessary under the Loanscircumstances as provided in Section 9.02), all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to distribute disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to each Lender copies of all noticesdisclose, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of any information relating to the Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. None of the Agents nor Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by them or any of their Related Parties Affiliates in any capacity. The Agents shall not be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be not taken by any them with the consent or at the request of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its Required Lenders (or his such other number or her percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of their own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. Each Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, or and the Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation herein made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection herewiththerewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning (iii) the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the termscovenants, conditions, covenants agreements or agreements contained other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to , (iv) the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability enforceability, effectiveness or effectiveness genuineness of this Agreement any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Documents or Document, other instruments or agreementsthan to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on upon, and shall not incur any instrument liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or document other writing believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or persons. None of by telephone and believed by it to be made by the Agents nor proper Person, and shall not incur any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewithliability for relying thereon. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by it. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through its respective Related Parties. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs and the provisions of Section 9.03 shall apply to any Loan Document unless it such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall be requested apply to their respective activities in writing to do so by connection with the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion syndication of the Lenders credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. Any Person serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that exercise the same as though it holds were not an Agent, and will hold all of such Person and its rightAffiliates may accept deposits from, title and interest in, lend money to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth generally engage in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit any kind of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance business with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedhereunder. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentin this paragraph, any each Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Required Lenders (in the case of a resignation by the Administrative Agent) or the Administrative Agent (in the case of a resignation by the London Agent) shall have the right to appoint a successorright, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to with the Borrower’s approval consent (which consent shall not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing BankBanks, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New YorkYork (in the case of a resignation by the Administrative Agent), having a combined capital and surplus bank with an office in London (in the case of at least $500,000,000 a resignation by the London Agent) or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank. Upon the acceptance of any its appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor banksuccessor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any either Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any either Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or Agreement, any other Loan Document, Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges The parties agree that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions none of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement Co-Lead Arrangers and the Security DocumentsJoint Bookrunners, the terms of Syndication Agent or the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized Co-Documentation Agents referred to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation cover page of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agentshall, in such respective capacitiesits capacity as such, shall have any obligationspowers, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, responsibilities under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the Each Lender acknowledges that in no event that Citibank, N.A. or shall any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) Obligations in respect of any securities issued Hedging Agreement, cash management services or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received “Card Programs” (as defined in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or Agreement), in each case provided by an Affiliate of Citibanka Lender, constitute Obligations for the purpose of any Security Document governed by the laws of The United Kingdom unless the documents evidencing such Hedging Agreement, cash management services or Card Programs, as applicable, contain the following language: “We [name of hedging counterparty, cash management provider or Card Programs provider] hereby confirm that by entering into this [insert name of contract], we intend to be party to the Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) dated February 16, 2005, between, among others, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Security Trustee (the “Security Trustee”), and the Secured Parties named therein, and (a) undertake to perform all the obligations expressed in the Trust Agreement to be assumed by a Secured Party and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents (b) agree that we shall be deemed to be exempt from bound by all the requirements of Section 311 provisions of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of Agreement, as if we had been an original party thereto. We further agree that the Trust Indenture ActSecurity Trustee may rely upon our undertaking and agreement given herein.”

The Agents. Each Lender (a) For convenience of administration and to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Chemical is hereby irrevocably designates appointed as Administrative Agent, FTX Collateral Agent and appoints FRP Collateral Agent for the Agents as the agents of such Person Banks under this Agreement and the Security Agreements and Chase is hereby appointed as the Documentary Agent for the Banks under this Agreement. None of the Agents shall have any duties or responsibilities with respect hereto except those expressly set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents. Each Bank, and each such Person subsequent holder of any Promissory Note by its acceptance thereof, hereby irrevocably appoints and expressly authorizes each Agentthe Agents, in such capacitywithout hereby limiting any implied authority, to take such action as the Agents may deem appropriate on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties under this Agreement as are expressly specifically delegated to such Agent Person by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documentshereof, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the LendersBanks, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders Banks all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders Banks hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender Bank its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders Banks to Borrower the Borrowers of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunderhereunder or as directed by the Required Banks; and (c) to distribute to each Lender Bank copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement as received by such the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agents are hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the collateral under the Security Agreements and the rights of the secured parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Agreements. Each of the Agent and the Collateral Agents may exercise any of its duties hereunder by or through their respective agents, officers or employees. In addition, each Bank hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Collateral Agents to enter, on behalf of each of them, into the FTX Intercreditor Agreement (in the case of the FTX Collateral Agent) and the Security Agreements as contemplated pursuant to this Agreement. (b) None of the Agents nor or any of their Related Parties respective directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from for its or his or her own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by the Borrowers or any Loan Party other party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders Banks or the holders of the Notes for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Promissory Note as the owner thereof for all purposes hereof until it shall in all cases be fully protected in actinghave received from the payee of such Promissory Note notice, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders given as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay transfer thereof in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein provided. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agent, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institution. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act9.

The Agents. SECTION 8.01. The Agents. Citicorp North America, Inc. is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any such Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes each of the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms and provisions hereof and of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Each Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Borrower of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative such Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent, (d) to enter into the Security Documents on behalf of the Lenders and (e) to claim all Obligations owed to any Lender against the Borrower in its own name for the purpose of any Security Documents. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedLenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentbelow, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 500.0 million or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 10.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the CGMI, as a Lead Arranger nor the Syndication AgentArranger, in such respective capacitiescapacity, nor CGMI or Banc One, as Syndication Agents, or RFC, as Documentation Agent, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or and shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, The JPMorgan Chase Bank is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints of the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Lenders and each assignee of any such Person Lender, hereby irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, of the Agents to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms and provisions hereof and of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Each Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower any of the Borrowers of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative such Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. None of the Agents Neither Agent nor any of their its Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from for its or his or her own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Required Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents Neither any Agent nor any of their its Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no neither Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedRequired Lenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentbelow, any either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and Borrowerthe Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Required Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 10.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower CCSC or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any either Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any either Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of enter into the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in such Lender and to exercise its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) rights and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Actperform its obligations thereunder.

The Agents. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Agents as the agents of such Person Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person Lender irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Lender that holds Term B-1 Loans or has Term B-1 Commitments and each Qualified Counterparty (in each case, in its capacity as such) hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Collateral Agent as an agent of such Person under this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which the Collateral Agent is a party. In addition, without hereby limiting any implied authority, each Lender hereby expressly authorizes and directs the Collateral Agent to enter into each Loan Document to which it is a party as its agent. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any PersonLender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Borrower of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative such Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby)Lenders. The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein provided. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agent, any The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, having combined capital and surplus of at least $500 million, or Event an Affiliate of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 sixty (60) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, may on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be a bank or financial institution with an office discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such bank collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or financial institutionthrough the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the Issuing Bank directly, until such time as the Requisite Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of any a successor’s appointment as an Administrative Agent hereunder by such a successor bankhereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunderhereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). After an the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunderhereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Section 8.01 and Section 9.05 Article VIII shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as an Administrative Agent. The Collateral Any resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as Swingline Lender and, if Bank of America is then an Issuing Bank, Bank of America in its capacity as Issuing Bank. Upon the Lenders acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) such successor shall succeed to and Borrower. If become vested with all of the Collateral Agent rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Swingline Lender and, if Bank of America is then an Issuing Bank, Bank of America in its capacity as Issuing Bank, (b) the retiring Swingline Lender and, if Bank of America is then an Issuing Bank, Bank of America in its capacity as Issuing Bank, shall resign as the Collateral Agent be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (c) if Bank of America is then an Issuing Bank, the Requisite Lenders successor Issuing Bank shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent issue letters of credit in substitution for the LendersLetters of Credit, whereupon if any, outstanding at the time of such successor agent shall succeed succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the rights, powers and duties retiring Issuing Bank to effectively assume the obligations of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation Issuing Bank with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture ActCredit.

The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each Agent is hereby appointed to act as Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each Lender of the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, Administrative Agent to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documentsprovisions hereof, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and Issuing Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments Loans and the LC Disbursements and all other amounts due to the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender and Issuing Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower the Borrowers of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender and Issuing Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of any Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such the Administrative Agent. None of the Agents Neither any Agent nor any of their Related Parties its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from for its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party Borrower of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Documentthis Agreement. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Required Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders. Each The Administrative Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person Person or personsPersons. None of Neither the Agents nor any of their Related Parties directors, officers, employees or agents shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties any Borrower on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender or Issuing Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender or Issuing Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Agent, any other Lender or the Loan Parties Issuing Lender or any Borrower of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewithherewith. Each The Administrative Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties agents or any sub-agent appointed by it employees and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders and the Issuing Lenders hereby acknowledge that no the Administrative Agent shall be under any no duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant 60 to the provisions of any Loan Document this Agreement unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedRequired Lenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided below and subject to below, the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agent, any Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank Lenders and Borrowerthe Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint from the Lenders a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Required Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing BankLenders, appoint from the Lenders a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank, which successor shall be acceptable to Viacom (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld). Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Administrative Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an the Administrative Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 9.5 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Administrative Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it them and their LC Exposure hereunder, each Agent the Agents in its their individual capacity and not as an Agent Agents shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it they were not an AgentAgents, and such Agent the Agents and its Affiliates their affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower the Borrowers or any Subsidiary of their respective Subsidiaries or other any Affiliate thereof as if it they were not an AgentAgents. Each Lender and Issuing Lender agrees (i) to reimburse the Administrative Agent in the amount of its pro rata share (based on its Total Facility Percentage or, after the date on which the Loans shall have been paid in full, based on its Total Facility Percentage immediately prior to such date) of any reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders or the Issuing Lenders by the Administrative Agent, including reasonable counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing Lenders, which shall not have been reimbursed by or on behalf of any Borrower and (ii) to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and any of its directors, officers, employees or agents, in the amount of such pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in its capacity as Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by it under this Agreement, to the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by or on behalf of Viacom; provided, that no Lender or Issuing Lender shall be liable to the Administrative Agent or any such director, officer, employee or agent for any portion of such liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents. Each Lender and Issuing Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender or Issuing Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and Issuing Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender or Issuing Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan DocumentAgreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to Neither the contraryCo-Documentation Agents, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, the Joint Lead Arrangers nor any managing agent shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party responsibilities hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Actsuch.

The Agents. SECTION 8.01. The Agents. Citicorp North America, Inc. is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any such Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes each of the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms and provisions hereof and of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Each Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to any of the Borrower of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative such Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedLenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentbelow, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 500.0 million or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 10.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the CGMI and Harris, as Joint Lead Arranger Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, nor the Syndication Harris, ▇▇ ▇▇▇dication Agent, nor CIBC and Rabobank, as Co-Document▇▇▇▇▇ Agents, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The Agents. Each Lender of the Lenders hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Agents Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, Administrative Agent to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documentshereof, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein provided. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agent, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institution. Upon the acceptance of any appointment serving as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower any Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an AgentAgent hereunder. Each Lender acknowledges The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that it hasthe Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or, independently if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders), and without reliance upon (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Company that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it has deemed appropriatewith the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or, made if so specified by this Agreement, all the Lenders) or in the absence of its own credit analysis gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and decision until written notice thereof is given to enter the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will(i) any statement, independently and without reliance upon any Agent warranty or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions representation made in taking or not taking action under or based upon in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Credit Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold the contents of any certificate, report or to be sold as part of other document delivered under any Credit Document or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same termstherewith, (iii) subject to Section 9.08the performance or observance of any of the covenants, if approvedagreements or other terms or conditions set forth in the Credit Document, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement Credit Document or any other Loan Document. In agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect satisfaction of any securities issued condition set forth in Article IV or guaranteed by any Loan Partyelsewhere herein, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction other than to confirm receipt of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture ActAgent.

The Agents. Each Lender of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably designates and appoints each of the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement Administrative Agent and the other Loan Documents, Collateral Agent as its agent and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, Agent to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent the Agents by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding Any person serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any provision other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to the contrary elsewhere and generally engage in this Agreementany kind of business with GrafTech, no a Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent hereunder. The Agents shall not have any duties or responsibilities, obligations except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other in the Loan Document or otherwise exist against any AgentDocuments. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by Without limiting the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authoritygenerality of the foregoing, (a) the Agents shall not be subject to receive on behalf any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Agents are required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on as shall be necessary under the Loanscircumstances as provided in Section 9.02), all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any [[NYCORP:3461068v7:3124W: 04/23/2014--12:33 AM]] duty to distribute disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to each Lender copies of all noticesdisclose, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of any information relating to GrafTech, a Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. None of the Agents nor other Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by any bank serving as Agent or any of their Related Parties its Affiliates in any capacity. The Agents shall not be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be not taken by any them with the consent or at the request of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its Required Lenders (or his such other number or her percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of their own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. The Agents shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Agents by GrafTech, a Borrower or a Lender, and the Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation herein made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection herewiththerewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning (iii) the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the termscovenants, conditions, covenants agreements or agreements contained other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agents. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on upon, and shall not incur any instrument liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or document other writing believed by it in good faith them to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person person. The Agents also may rely upon any statement made to them orally or persons. None of by telephone and believed by them to be made by the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it proper person, and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for a Borrower or GrafTech), independent accountants and other experts selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder them, and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith not taken by it them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent Agents may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by them. The Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall be under apply to any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant such sub-agent and to the provisions Related Parties of each Agent and any Loan Document unless it such sub-agent, and shall be requested apply to their respective activities in writing to do so by connection with the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion syndication of the Lenders credit facilities provided for herein as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to well as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and activities as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedAgent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor to an Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentin this paragraph, any such Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank Banks and Borrowerthe Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successorright, subject (so long as with, if no Default or Event of Default is shall have occurred and be continuing) to Borrower’s approval , the consent of the Borrowers (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Required Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring resigning [[NYCORP:3461068v7:3124W: 04/23/2014--12:33 AM]] Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring resigning Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing BankBanks, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution Lender with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionLender. Upon the acceptance of any its appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bankpredecessor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent resigning Agent, and the retiring resigning Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After an any Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such resigning Agent, its benefit sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it any of them while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to the contrarythis Agreement or to an Assignment and Assumption or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Lender also acknowledges that Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Lien and security interest granted Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Restatement Effective Date. Except with respect to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender in accordance with Section 9.08 or with respect to a Lender’s right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or remedy to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions Agents on behalf of the Intercreditor AgreementSecured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In the event of a foreclosure by an Agent on any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, an Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition, and the Security Documentssuch Agent, the terms as agent for and representative of the Intercreditor Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations under this Agreement shall govern as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties at such sale or other disposition. [[NYCORP:3461068v7:3124W: 04/23/2014--12:33 AM]] In furtherance of the foregoing and control. The not in limitation thereof, no Interest/Exchange Rate Protection Agreement or Commodity Rate Protection Agreement the obligations under which constitute Obligations will create (or be deemed to create) in favor of any Secured Party that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver or of the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in obligations of any Loan at Party under any time Loan Document. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such agreement shall be deemed to have appointed the Administrative Agent to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreementLoan Documents as a Secured Party thereunder, subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph. The Agents shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of either Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall either Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders and for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct Collateral. In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or any LC Disbursement shall then be due and the Collateral Agent (payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrowers or Guarantors) shall be entitled and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree):empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise: (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by file and prove a claim for the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, LC Exposure and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination file such other documents as may be necessary or expiration advisable in order to have the claims of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized Administrative Agent allowed in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16judicial proceeding; and (b) to release collect and receive any Guarantor from its obligations under monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the Guarantee Agreement if same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such Person ceases proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each other Secured Party to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything make such payments to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication AgentAdministrative Agent and, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under such payments directly to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amendedLenders, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of Issuing Banks or the other Secured Parties, to pay to the Administrative Agent any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Partyamount due to it, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent Agent, under the Loan Documents. The Lenders identified on the cover of this Agreement as the “Co-Syndication Agents”, the entities identified on the cover of this Agreement as the “Joint-Lead Arrangers”, the Lenders identified on the cover of this Agreement as the [[NYCORP:3461068v7:3124W: 04/23/2014--12:33 AM]] “Documentation Agents” and the Arrangers shall have no rights, powers, obligations, liabilities, responsibilities or duties under this Agreement other than, in the Collateral Agent for the benefit case of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. such Lenders, those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, such persons shall not have or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Acthave a fiduciary relationship with any Lender.

The Agents. SECTION 8.01. THE AGENTS. Citicorp North America, Inc. is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each Lender that holds First Lien Term Loans or has First Lien Term Commitments and each holder of any Related Hedging Obligations and each person holding Overdraft Obligations (in each case, in its capacity as such) hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Agents First Lien Collateral Agent as the agents an agent of such Person person under this Agreement and the each other Loan DocumentsDocument to which the First Lien Collateral Agent is a party. Each Lender that holds Second Lien Term Loans or has Second Lien Term Commitments (in each case, in its capacity as such) hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Second Lien Collateral Agent as an agent of such person under this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which the Second Lien Collateral Agent is a party. Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any such Person Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, of the Agents to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms and provisions hereof and of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Each Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to any of the Borrower of any Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative such Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such Agent. In addition, without hereby limiting any implied authority, each First Lien Lender hereby expressly authorizes and directs the First Lien Collateral Agent to enter into the Collateral Sharing Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party as its agent, each Second Lien Lender hereby expressly authorizes and directs the Second Lien Collateral Agent to enter into the Collateral Sharing Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party as its agent, and each Lender agrees to be bound by the terms of the Collateral Sharing Agreement and such other Loan Documents as if it were directly a party thereto. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedLenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentbelow, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders (with the consent of the Borrower, not to be unreasonably withheld) shall have the right to appoint a successor; PROVIDED, subject HOWEVER, that until such time as all First Lien Obligations have been paid in full in cash or Cash Equivalents, no such successor Agent shall be appointed without the approval of the Required First Lien Lenders (so long as no Default or Event with the consent of Default is continuing) to the Borrower’s approval (, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayedwithheld). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower or the Required First Lien Lenders, as the case may be, and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent maymay (with the consent of the Borrower, not to be unreasonably withheld), on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 500.0 million or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the any Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent. In addition, Agents and such Agent and its their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it any were not an AgentAgents. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the CGMI, as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner, nor the Citicorp North America, Inc., as Syndication Agent, nor Citicorp North America, Inc., as Documentation Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Persons named in the heading of this Agreement are hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent and Canadian Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks. Each of the Lenders, each assignee of any Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or assignee or Issuing Bank and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent the Agents by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is and, to the extent expressly provided herein, the Canadian Administrative Agent are hereby expressly authorized by the LendersLenders and the Issuing Banks, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender or Issuing Bank its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower the Company of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower the Company or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents as received by such the Administrative Agent. None Without limiting the generality of the Agents nor foregoing, the Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement in the event that all the capital stock of their Related Parties such Guarantor shall be liable sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of to a Person other than the Lenders as such for any action taken Company or omitted to be taken an Affiliate of the Company in a transaction not prohibited by any this Agreement. It is understood and agreed that the use of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation term "agent" herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such any other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required herebysimilar term) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge with reference to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein provided. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agent, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institution. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the retiring Canadian Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect arising under agency doctrine of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting applicable law. Instead such term is used as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties matter of the Collateral Agentmarket custom, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other is intended to create or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documentsreflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunderunder this Agreement, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent the Agents and its their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently Agent under the Loan Documents and without reliance any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and their duties under the Loan Documents shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Agent shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) no Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that such Agent is required to exercise upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents); provided that such Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, no Agent shall have any duty to disclose, and no Agent shall be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the institution serving as Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other Lender and based on number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as such documents and information Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as it has deemed appropriate, made provided in Section 10.02) or in the absence of its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreementgross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any No Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to such Agent by a Borrower, and no Agent shall be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized responsible for or have any duty to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to ascertain or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral inquire into (i) upon termination any statement, warranty or expiration of the Commitments and payment representation made in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or disposition permitted other document delivered hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same termsor thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) subject to Section 9.08the performance or observance of any of the covenants, if approvedagreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of which such Subsidiary any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Party ceases Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower delivered to such Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases other writing believed by it to be a Subsidiary as a result genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and in good faith believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, each Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Bank unless such Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for any Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. In taking any discretionary action hereunder, or in determining whether any provision hereof is applicable to any event, transaction or circumstance, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, but shall not be required (unless required by any other express provision hereof) to, communicate such proposed action or determination to the Lenders prior to taking or making the same, and shall be entitled (subject to any otherwise applicable requirement of Section 10.02(b)), in the absence of any contrary communication received from any Lender within a reasonable period of time specified in such communication from the Administrative Agent, to assume that such proposed action or determination is satisfactory to such Lender. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided in this Agreementparagraph, neither any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lead Arranger nor Lenders, the Syndication AgentIssuing Banks and the Company. Upon any such resignation, in such respective capacitiesthe Company shall have the right, with the consent of the Required Lenders (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor; provided, that if a Default has occurred and is continuing, the Required Lenders, and not the Company, shall have any obligationsthe right, duties in consultation with the Company, to appoint such successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Company (or, if applicable, the Required Lenders) and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York or responsibilitiesToronto or London, as applicable, or shall incur an Affiliate of any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Documentsuch bank. In Upon the event that Citibank, N.A. or any acceptance of its Affiliates appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be or become an indenture trustee under discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (Company to a successor Agent shall be the same as amendedthose payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After the Agent's resignation hereunder, the “Trust Indenture Act”) provisions of this Article and Section 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any securities issued actions taken or guaranteed omitted to be taken by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity them while it was acting as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture ActAgent.

The Agents. Each Lender In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, The Chase Manhattan Bank is hereby irrevocably designates appointed to act as Administrative Agent and appoints the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Collateral Agent, in each case on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks. Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any such capacityLender and each Issuing Bank, hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agents to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or assignee or Issuing Bank and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such Agent the Agents by the terms and provisions hereof and of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the LendersLenders and the Issuing Banks, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments in respect of L/C Disbursements and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender or the applicable Issuing Bank its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower the Borrowers of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; (c) pursuant to Section 5.13, request the Parent Borrower to exercise all remedies under the Franchise Agreement (including Governance Remedies); and (cd) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower the Borrowers or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents as received by such the Administrative Agent. None Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents. The Borrowers agree that the Administrative Agent may designate prior to the Closing Date any other Lender with the title co-agent and that any such co-agent shall not be obligated to perform any duties in such capacity as a co-agent. Neither the Agents nor any of their Related Parties respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from for its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other Documents, instruments or agreements. Each Agent The Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Required Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of Neither the Agents nor any of their Related Parties respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall have any responsibility to the Borrowers or any other Loan Parties Party on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender or any Issuing Bank of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender or any Issuing Bank on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or Issuing Bank or the Borrowers or any other Loan Parties Party of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent of the Agents may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties agents or any sub-agent appointed by it employees and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent none of the Agents shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document this Agreement unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedRequired Lenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentbelow, any Agent of the Agents may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, Lenders and the Issuing Bank and BorrowerBorrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders Required Lenders, with the consent of the Parent Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or provided the consent of the Parent Borrower shall not be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Required Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing BankLenders, appoint a successor Agent Agent, with the consent of the Parent Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having that is a Lender and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank, provided the consent of the Parent Borrower shall not be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an the Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent the Agents and its their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender agrees (a) to reimburse the Agents, on demand, in the amount of its pro rata share (based on its aggregate Commitments hereunder) of any expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders by the Agents, including counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, that shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party and (b) to indemnify and hold harmless each Agent and any of its directors, officers, employees or agents, on demand, in the amount of such pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in its capacity as Agent or any of them in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any action taken or omitted by it or any of them under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, to the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party, provided that no Lender shall be liable to an Agent or any such other indemnified person for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to Neither the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Syndication Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, Documentation Agent shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party responsibilities hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Actsuch.

The Agents. In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each Agent is hereby appointed to act as Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each Lender of the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders hereby irrevocably designates and appoints authorizes the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, Administrative Agent to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documentsprovisions hereof, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments Loans and the LC Disbursements and all other amounts due to the Lenders and Issuing Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender and Issuing Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to Borrower the Borrowers of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender and Issuing Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of any Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such the Administrative Agent. None of the Agents 58 54 Neither any Agent nor any of their Related Parties its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from for its or his or her own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party Borrower of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Documentthis Agreement. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Required Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be or, when expressly required hereby, all the Lenders) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders. Each The Administrative Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person Person or personsPersons. None of Neither the Agents nor any of their Related Parties directors, officers, employees or agents shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties any Borrower on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender or Issuing Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender or Issuing Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Agent, any other Lender or the Loan Parties Issuing Lender or any Borrower of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewithherewith. Each The Administrative Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties agents or any sub-agent appointed by it employees and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders and the Issuing Lenders hereby acknowledge that no the Administrative Agent shall be under any no duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document this Agreement unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedRequired Lenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided below and subject to below, the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agent, any Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank Lenders and Borrowerthe Borrowers. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint from the Lenders a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Required Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing BankLenders, appoint from the Lenders a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionbank, which successor shall be acceptable to CBS (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld). Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Administrative Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an the Administrative Agent’s 's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 9.5 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Administrative Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.

The Agents. Each Lender 31 28 In order to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, The Chase Manhattan Bank is hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Agents appointed to act as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan DocumentsAdministrative Agent, and each such Person Chase Manhattan International Limited is hereby appointed to act as London Agent, on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, Agent to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly specifically delegated to such Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documentsprovisions hereof, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is Agents are hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; . The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (ba) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Borrower of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (cb) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such the Administrative Agent. None of the Agents nor any Neither Agent, and none of their Related Parties directors, officers, employees or agents, shall be liable to the Lenders any Lender as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from for its or his or her own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party the Borrower of any of the terms, conditionsconditions (except delivery to the Administrative Agent of the items required by Article IV to be delivered to it), covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Documentthis Agreement. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent The Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Required Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent The Agents shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it them in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person Person or personsPersons. None of the Agents nor any Neither Agent, and none of their Related Parties directors, officers, employees or agents, shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties Borrower on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties Borrower of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewithherewith. Each Agent The Agents may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties agents or any sub-agent appointed by it employees and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it them with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it them in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent the Agents shall be under any no duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it them pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document this Agreement unless it they shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedRequired Lenders. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent or London Agent, as the case may be, as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentbelow, any either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, Lenders and the Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Required Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing BankLenders, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, or London, as the case may be, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institution500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.32 29

The Agents. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints As used in this Section 10, the term “Agents” or “Agent” shall mean each of the Agents as well as the agents Administrative Agent, acting in such respective capacities. The rights and relationships of such Person under this Agreement each Agent and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, Banks shall be subject to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere set forth in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any AgentSection 10. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice take such action on behalf of each of the Lenders Banks and to Borrower exercise all such powers as are hereunder and in related documents delegated to the Administrative Agent, together with such powers as are reasonably incident thereto, provided that no duties or responsibilities not expressly assumed herein or therein shall be implied to have been assumed by the Administrative Agent. The relationship between the Administrative Agent and each of any Default specified the Banks is that of an independent contractor. The use of the term “Administrative Agent” is for convenience only and is used to describe, as a form of convention, the independent contractual relationship between the Administrative Agent and each of the Banks. Nothing contained in this Agreement of which shall be construed to create an agency, trust or other fiduciary relationship between the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with and any of the Banks. The Administrative Agent may exercise its agency hereunder; powers and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered execute its duties by or on behalf through employees or agents and shall be entitled to take, and to rely on, advice of Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant counsel concerning all matters pertaining to its rights and duties under this Agreement Agreement. The Administrative Agent may utilize the services of such Persons as received the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion may reasonably determine, and all reasonable fees and expenses of such Persons shall be paid by such Agentthe Borrower. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties respective shareholders, directors, officers or employees nor any other Person assisting them in their duties nor any agent or employee thereof, shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any waiver, consent or approval given or any action taken taken, or omitted to be taken taken, in good faith by any of it or them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconducthereunder, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required responsible for the consequences of any oversight or error of judgment whatsoever, except that each Agent or such other Person, as the case may be, may be liable for losses due to its willful misconduct or gross negligence. The Agents shall not be responsible for the execution or validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any instrument at any time constituting, or intended to constitute, collateral security for the Obligations, or for the value of any such collateral security or for the validity, enforceability or collectability of any such amounts owing with respect hereto, or for any recitals or statements, warranties or representations herein or made in any certificate or instrument hereafter furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower, or be bound to ascertain or inquire as to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained herein or in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible instrument at any time constituting, or intended to the Lenders constitute, collateral security for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreementsObligations. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no No Agent shall be under bound to ascertain whether any duty notice, consent, waiver or request delivered to take it by the Borrower or any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant Bank or its assignee shall have been duly authorized or is true, accurate and complete. No Agent has made or now makes any representations or warranties, express or implied, nor does either Agent assume any liability to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein provided. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph Banks with respect to the Collateral Agentcreditworthiness or financial condition of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. Except for notices, any reports and other documents and information expressly required to be furnished to the Banks by the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lendershereunder, the Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders no Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Bank with any credit or other information concerning any Person which may come into the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institution. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part possession of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agentaffiliates. Each Lender Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender Bank, and based on upon such information and documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that If in the opinion of the Administrative Agent the distribution of any amount received in its capacity as Administrative Agent hereunder might involve it willin a violation of law, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on it may refrain from making such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue distribution until its right to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or such distribution shall have been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction. If a court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge that any other Loan Documentamount received and distributed by the Administrative Agent is to be repaid, each Person to whom any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein such distribution shall have been made shall either repay to the contraryAdministrative Agent its proportionate share of the amount so adjudged to be repaid or shall pay over the same in such manner and to such Persons as shall be determined by such court. With respect to obligations of the Borrower hereunder, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted a payment to the Collateral Administrative Agent pursuant to for the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions account of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time Banks shall be deemed to have agreed be a payment to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreementBanks. The Lenders Banks agree, ratably in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages, to indemnify and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct hold harmless the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent its affiliates from and against any and all claims, actions and suits (and whether groundless or otherwise), losses, damages, costs, expenses (including any expenses for which the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held its affiliates has not been reimbursed by the Collateral Agent under Borrower as required by Section 11 hereof), and liabilities of every nature and character arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated or evidenced hereby, or the Administrative Agent’s or its affiliates’ actions taken hereunder, except to the extent that any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the same shall be directly caused by the Administrative Agent’s or its affiliates’ willful misconduct or gross negligence. In their respective individual capacities, each of the Banks serving as an Agent shall have the same obligations and the same rights, powers and privileges with respect to their Commitments and payment in full the Loans made by them hereunder as they would have were they not also acting as Agents. None of all Obligations (the Agents, other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration Administrative Agent, shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or termination of all Letters of Credit (duty under this Agreement in such capacity, other than Letters those applicable to all Banks as Banks. Without limiting any of Credit the foregoing provisions of this Section 10, the Banks and each Agent hereby agree that the Administrative Agent shall not be obliged to make available to any Person any sum which the Administrative Agent is expecting to receive for the account of that Person until the Administrative Agent has determined that it has received that sum. The Administrative Agent may, however, disburse funds prior to determining that the sums which the Administrative Agent expects to receive have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j))finally and unconditionally paid to the Administrative Agent, (ii) that is sold or if the Administrative Agent wishes to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder do so. If and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event Administrative Agent does disburse funds and it later becomes apparent that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or did not then receive a payment in an amount equal to the Collateral sum paid out, then any Person to whom the Administrative Agent for made the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibankfunds available shall, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt on demand from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.Administrative Agent:

The Agents. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints In order to expedite the Agents as the agents of such Person under transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Bank of America is hereby appointed to act as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and each such Person assignee of any Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, the Administrative Agent to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents such Lender or assignee and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, and by the Borrower with respect to clause (c) below, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Borrower of any Default or Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents as received by such the Administrative Agent. None of In order to expedite the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken transactions contemplated by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its or his or her own gross negligence or willful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein provided. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agent, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institution. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then effective automatically upon the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among occurrence of any Collateral and Guarantee Trigger Event, Bank of America is hereby appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder and under the Lenders a successor agent other Loan Documents for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the LendersLoan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, whereupon any “Obligations” under and as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement and any applicable Senior Notes Indenture Secured Obligations, together with such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In connection therewith, the Collateral Agent and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Article for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Collateral Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article and Article X (as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto and all references to the Administrative Agent in this Article shall, where applicable, be read as including a reference to the Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lenders expressly authorize the Collateral Agent to execute any and all documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the term “rights of the Lenders with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Collateral Agent” means Documents and acknowledge and agree that any such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as action by the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without bind the Lenders. Each of the Lenders and each assignee of any other or further act or deed Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such actions on the part behalf of such former Collateral Agent Lender or any of the parties assignee and to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those terms of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each the Person serving as the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, and such Agent Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliate Affiliates thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent. The Agents shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing: (a) the Agents shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing; (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, is required to exercise upon receipt of notice in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02); provided, that, no Agent shall be required to take any action that, in its reasonable opinion or the reasonable opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any debtor relief law; and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agents shall not have any duty to disclose, or be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the institution serving as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent or any of their respective Affiliates in any capacity. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to it by the Borrower (in which case the applicable Agent shall give written notice to each Lender), and no Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agents and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as an Agent. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that such Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents. Subject to the conditions set forth herein, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld and except during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, when no consent shall be required), to appoint a successor. If no successor to a retiring Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation (for purposes of this paragraph, the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank; provided, that, whether or not a successor shall have been appointed, the Agent’s resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor and, during the Collateral and Guarantee Period with respect to the Collateral Agent, upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable in order to continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the Collateral Documents, the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, discretion, privileges, and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent and such retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After any Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as an Agent. Each Lender agrees (a) to reimburse each Agent, on demand, in the amount of its pro rata share (based on the amount of its Loans and available Commitments hereunder) of any expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders by such Agent, including counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders, that shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrower and (b) to indemnify and hold harmless the Agents and their respective Related Parties, on demand, in the amount of such pro rata share, from and against any and all liabilities, Taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in its capacity as an Agent or any of them in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or action taken or omitted by it or any of them under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, to the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by the Borrower; provided, that, no Lender shall be liable to any Agent or any such other indemnified Person for any portion of such liabilities, Taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are determined to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent, any of its Related Parties or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent Agent, the Arrangers or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent Agent, the Arrangers or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to Each Lender represents and warrants that (i) the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Loan Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility and (ii) it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the Intercreditor ordinary course and is entering into this Agreement as a Lender for the purpose of making, acquiring or holding commercial loans and providing other facilities set forth herein as may be applicable to such Lender, and not for the Security Documentspurpose of purchasing, the terms acquiring or holding any other type of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement financial instrument, and each Lender by agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing. Each Lender represents and warrants that it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to make, acquire and/or hold commercial loans and to provide other facilities set forth herein, as may be applicable to such Lender, and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to make, acquire and/or hold such commercial loans or purchasing an interest to provide such other facilities, is experienced in making, acquiring or holding such commercial loans or providing such other facilities. None of the Lenders identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement or elsewhere herein as a “lead arranger”, “bookrunner” or “syndication agent” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan at Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any time Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be deemed entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise: (a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid by the Loan Parties in respect of the Loans and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions claims of such agreement. The the Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Collateral Agent (Lenders and the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) Lenders and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (iiAdministrative Agent) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under against the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on allowed in such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16judicial proceeding; and and (b) to release collect and receive any Guarantor from its obligations under monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the Guarantee Agreement if same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such Person ceases judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything make such payments to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication AgentAdministrative Agent and, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or shall consent to the Collateral making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibankreasonable compensation, N.A.) expenses, disbursements and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 advances of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trust Indenture Act.Administrative Agent hereunder. 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The Agents. Each Lender of the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Agents as its agents and authorizes the agents of such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, Agents to take such action actions on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent the Agents by the terms hereof and of this Agreement and the other Loan Credit Documents, together with such other actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding The bank or banks serving as the Agents hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in their capacity as Lenders or Issuing Banks as any provision other Lender or Issuing Bank and may exercise the same as though they were not Agents, and such bank or banks and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if they were not Agents hereunder. The Agents shall not have any duties or responsibilities, obligations except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by Without limiting the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, generality of the foregoing (a) the Agents shall not be subject to receive on behalf any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of the Lenders all payments of principal of whether a Default has occurred and interest on the Loansis continuing, all payments and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) the Agents shall not have any duty to give notice on behalf of each of take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Lenders Agents are required to Borrower of any Default specified exercise in this Agreement of which writing by the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunder; Majority Lenders, and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Agents shall not have any duty to distribute disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to each Lender copies of all noticesdisclose, financial statements and other materials delivered any information communicated to the Agents by or on behalf of relating to the Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such AgentSubsidiary. None of the The Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall not be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be not taken by any them with the consent or at the request of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from its Majority Lenders or his the Lenders, as the case may be, or her in the absence of their own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct. In addition, the Agents shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Agents by the Borrower or a Lender or Issuing Bank, and the Agents shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation herein made in or in connection with any Credit Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewithherewith or therewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning (iii) the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of the termscovenants, conditionsagreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to (iv) the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability enforceability, effectiveness or effectiveness genuineness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents agreement, instrument or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in actingdocument, or refraining from acting(v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein or therein, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion than to confirm receipt of the Lenders as may be items expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall to be binding on all the Lenders. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge delivered to the contrary, Agents. The Agents shall be entitled to rely on upon, and shall not incur any instrument liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or document other writing believed by it in good faith them to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person Person. The Agents also may rely upon any statement made to them orally or persons. None of by telephone and believed by them to be made by the Agents nor any of their Related Parties shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties or any sub-agent appointed by it proper Person, and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Agents may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it them with respect to all matters arising hereunder reasonable care, and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith not taken by it them in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent Agents may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Agents. The Agents and any such sub-agent may perform any and all their duties and exercise their rights and powers through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall be under apply to any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant such sub-agent and to the provisions of any Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders (or such other proportion Affiliates of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds Agents and will hold all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all any such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate for the benefit of the Secured Parties, for the enforcement of the payment of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and in the respective Security Documents) and as security for the performance of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of this Agreement and each of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement may be exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Security Document as though set forth in full therein and all of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time as herein and therein providedsub-agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentbelow, any either Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, Lenders and the Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Majority Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor, subject (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to successor with the Borrower’s approval written consent (which shall not to be unreasonably withheld or delayeddelayed and shall not be required from the Borrower if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Majority Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders Lenders, with the Borrower’s written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and the Issuing Bankshall not be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), appoint a successor Agent which shall be a bank or financial institution an Affiliate thereof, in each case with a net worth of at least $1,000,000,000 and an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institution. Upon the acceptance of any its appointment as an Agent hereunder by such a successor banksuccessor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article and Section 9.05 9.03 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it hereunder, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender or Issuing Bank and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender or Issuing Bank and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan DocumentAgreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein any other provision contained herein, (a) each Lender and each Issuing Bank acknowledges that the Administrative Agent is not acting as an agent of the Borrower and that the Borrower will not be responsible for acts or failures to act on the part of the Administrative Agent and (b) neither the Syndication Agent nor any of the Documentation Agents shall, in its capacity as such, have any responsibilities under this Agreement or the other Credit Documents. Without prejudice to the contraryprovisions of this Article VIII, each Lender also acknowledges that and Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Lien Collateral Agent (and security interest granted any successor acting as Collateral Agent) to act as the person holding the power of attorney (in such capacity, the “fondé de pouvoir”) of the Lenders and Issuing Banks as contemplated under Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec, and to enter into, to take and to hold on their behalf, and for their benefit, any hypothec, and to exercise such powers and duties which are conferred upon the fondé de pouvoir under any hypothec. Moreover, without prejudice to such appointment and authorization to act as the person holding the power of attorney as aforesaid, each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent (and any successor acting as Collateral Agent) (in such capacity, the “Custodian”) to act as agent and custodian for and on behalf of the Lenders and Issuing Banks to hold and to be the sole registered holder of any debenture which may be issued under any hypothec, the whole notwithstanding Section 32 of the Act Respecting the Special Powers of Legal Persons (Quebec) or any other applicable law. In this respect, (i) the Custodian shall keep a record indicating the names and addresses of, and the pro rata portion of the obligations and indebtedness secured by any pledge of any such debenture and owing to each Lender and Issuing Bank, and (ii) each Lender and Issuing Bank will be entitled to the benefits of any charged property covered by any hypothec and will participate in the proceeds of realization of any such charged property, the whole in accordance with the terms hereof. Each of the fondé de pouvoir and the Custodian shall (a) have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise, except as may be otherwise specifically restricted by the terms hereof, all rights and remedies given to fondé de pouvoir and the Custodian (as applicable) with respect to the charged property under any hypothec, any debenture or pledge thereof relating to any hypothec, applicable laws or otherwise, (b) benefit from and be subject to all provisions hereof with respect to the Collateral Agent pursuant mutatis mutandis, including, without limitation, all such provisions with respect to the Security Documents liability or responsibility to and the exercise of any right or remedy indemnification by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject Lenders or the Issuing Banks, and (c) be entitled to the provisions delegate from time to time any of the Intercreditor Agreementits powers or duties under any hypothec, any debenture or pledge thereof relating to any hypothec, applicable laws or otherwise and on such terms and conditions as it may determine from time to time. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Any person who becomes a Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have agreed consented to be bound and confirmed: (y) the fondé de pouvoir as the person holding the power of attorney as aforesaid and to have ratified, as of the date it becomes a Lender or Issuing Bank, all actions taken by the terms fondé de pouvoir in such capacity, (z) the Custodian as the agent and conditions custodian as aforesaid and to have ratified, as of such agreement. The Lenders and the date it becomes a Lender or Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held Bank, all actions taken by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, Custodian in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Actcapacity.

The Agents. Each Lender (a) For convenience of administration and to expedite the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Chase is hereby irrevocably designates appointed as Administrative Agent and appoints Documentary Agent and Hibernia is appointed Co-Agent for the Lenders under this Agreement. None of the Agents as the agents of such Person under this Agreement and or Co- Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities with respect hereto except those expressly set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents. Each Lender and its successors and permitted assigns hereby irrevocably appoints and expressly authorizes the Agents, and each such Person irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacitywithout hereby limiting any implied authority, to take such action as the Agents may deem appropriate on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties under this Agreement as are expressly specifically delegated to such Agent Person by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documentshereof, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by the Lenders, without hereby limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all payments Loans and all other amounts due to the Lenders hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each Lender its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders to the Borrower of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with its agency hereunderhereunder or as directed by the Required Lenders; and (c) to distribute to each Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other materials delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement as received by such the Administrative Agent. The Co-Agent is hereby expressly authorized to assist the Administrative Agent as requested by the Administrative Agent. (b) None of the Agents nor or any of their Related Parties respective directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable to the Lenders as such for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them except to the extent finally judicially determined to have resulted from for its or his or her own gross negligence or willful wilful misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance or observance by the Borrower or any Loan Party other party of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders for the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or agreements. Each Agent The Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by the Requisite Required Lenders (or such other proportion of the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby) and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be binding on all the LendersLenders and each successor or permitted assign. Each Agent shall, in the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person Person or personsPersons. None of the Agents nor any of their Related Parties respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall have any responsibility to the Loan Parties Borrower or any other party on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any Lender of any of its obligations hereunder or to any Lender on account of the failure of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender or the Loan Parties Borrower or any other party of any of their respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent of the Agents may execute any and all duties hereunder by or through any of its Related Parties agents or any sub-agent appointed by it employees and shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel. The Lenders hereby acknowledge that no Agent none of the Agents shall be under any duty to take any discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document this Agreement unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Requisite Lenders Required Lenders. (c) To the extent that any Agent shall not be reimbursed by the Borrower for any costs, liabilities or expenses incurred in such other proportion of capacity, each Lender agrees (i) to reimburse the Lenders as may be expressly required hereby). The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that it holds and will hold all Agents, on demand (in the amount of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Security Documents and the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent thereunder whether now existing or hereafter arising (all such right, title and interest being hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral Estate”Applicable Percentage hereunder) under and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and the Collateral Agent further agrees that it will hold such Collateral Estate of any expenses incurred for the benefit of the Secured PartiesLenders by the Agents, including counsel fees and compensation of agents and employees paid for the enforcement services rendered on behalf of the payment Lenders and (ii) to indemnify and hold harmless each Agent and any of all Secured Obligations (subject to the limitations and priorities set forth herein and its directors, officers, employees or agents, on demand, in the respective Security Documents) amount of such Applicable Percentage, from and against any and all liabilities, taxes, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against it in its capacity as security for the performance Agent or any of and compliance with the covenants and conditions them in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement and each or any other Loan Document or any action taken or omitted by it or any of the Security Documents. All of the powers, remedies and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth in them under this Agreement may or any other Loan Document; provided, however, that no Lender shall be exercised liable to an Agent for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Agent or of its directors, officers, employees or agents. (d) With respect to the Loans made by the Collateral it hereunder, each Agent in respect of its individual capacity and not as Agent shall have the same rights and powers as any Security Document other Lender and may exercise the same as though set forth in full therein it were not an Agent, and all of the powersAgents and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, remedies lend money to and rights of the Collateral Agent as set forth generally engage in any Security Document may be exercised from time to time kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as herein and therein provided. if it were not an Agent. (e) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below and subject to the next succeeding paragraph with respect to the Collateral Agentbelow, any Agent may resign at any time by notifying giving written notice thereof to the Lenders, Lenders and the Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successorappoint, subject and the Borrower shall have the right to approve (so long as no Default or Event of Default is continuing) to Borrower’s such approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)) a successor Administrative Agent or Documentary Agent, as the case may be. If no successor Agent or Documentary Agent, as the case may be, shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and approved by Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives Agent's giving of notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent Person may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing BankLenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent or Documentary Agent, as the case may be, which shall be a bank or financial institution Lender with an office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 or an Affiliate of any such bank or financial institutionLender. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as an Administrative Agent or Documentary Agent hereunder by such a successor bankAdministrative Agent or Documentary Agent, as the case may be, such successor Administrative Agent or Documentary Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent Agent, and the retiring Agent shall from and after such date be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After an any such retiring Agent’s 's resignation hereunderhereunder as Administrative Agent or Documentary Agent, as applicable, the provisions of this Section 8.01 Article VIII and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as an Agent. The Collateral Agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and Borrower. If the Collateral Agent shall resign as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Requisite Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Collateral Agent, and the term “Collateral Agent” means such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and such former Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Collateral Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent shall, in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Collateral Agent (which successor agent shall be a financial institution of nationally-recognized standing that, in the ordinary course of business, performs functions equivalent to those of the Collateral Agent hereunder), and the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall become effective upon such appointment. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation as the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.01 9.04 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Collateral Administrative Agent under or Documentary Agent, as applicable. (f) The Administrative Agent and the Documentary Agent shall be responsible for supervising the preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect agreements and instruments contemplated hereby, any amendment or modification thereto and the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. (g) The obligations of the Administrative Agent and the Documentary Agent shall be separate and several and neither of them shall be responsible or liable for the acts or omissions of the other, except, to the Loans made by it hereunderextent that any such Agent serves in more than one agent capacity, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as an such Agent shall have be responsible for the same rights acts and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and omissions relating to each such Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Holdco, Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Agent. agency function. (h) Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Lender also acknowledges that the Lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent thereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. The Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreement and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement. The Lenders and the Issuing Bank irrevocably authorize and instruct the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are authorized to and hereby agree): (a) to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document on any property and to return any Pledged Collateral (i) upon termination or expiration of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not then due and payable) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit which have been collateralized in a manner set forth in Section 2.06(j)), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale or disposition permitted hereunder and under the Loan Documents, to the extent that the Lien of the Second Lien Secured Parties on such property is released on the same terms, (iii) subject to Section 9.08, if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders or (iv) owned by any Subsidiary Loan Party upon the consummation of any transaction permitted under this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.16; and (b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Lead Arranger nor the Syndication Agent, in such respective capacities, shall have any obligations, duties or responsibilities, or shall incur any liabilities, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. In the event that Citibank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates shall be or become an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the “Trust Indenture Act”) in respect of any securities issued or guaranteed by any Loan Party, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any payment or property received in satisfaction of or in respect of any Obligation of such Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or on behalf of Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any Secured Party under any Loan Document (other than Citibank N.A. or an Affiliate of Citibank, N.A.) and which is applied in accordance with the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be exempt from the requirements of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 311(b)(3) of the Trust Indenture Act.