AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

Exhibit (k)(10)

AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

AMENDMENT NO. 5 (this “Amendment”), dated as of December 6, 2013, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2008, by and among Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Borrower”), the Banks party thereto, and State Street Bank and Trust Company, as agent for the Banks (in such capacity, the “Agent”), as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of December 11, 2009, Amendment No. 2, dated as of December 10, 2010, Amendment No. 3, dated as of December 9, 2011, and Amendment No. 4, dated as of December 7, 2012 (as the same may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).

RECITALS

I. Capitalized terms used herein and not herein defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.

II. The Borrower desires to amend the Credit Agreement upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, and all of the Banks and the Agent are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

Accordingly, in consideration of the Recitals and the covenants, conditions and agreements hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. The defined term “Applicable Fee Rate” contained in SECTION 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“Applicable Fee Rate” means 0.125%.

2. The defined term “LIBOR Offered Rate” contained in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“LIBOR Offered Rate” means, with respect to any LIBOR Loan for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on the Reuters “LIBOR01” screen displaying interest rates for dollar deposits in the London interbank market (or on any successor or substitute page on such screen) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time two LIBOR Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits in the London interbank market with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period, provided that in the event such rate does not appear on such screen (or on any successor or substitute page on such screen or otherwise on such screen), the “LIBOR Offered Rate” with respect to such LIBOR Loan during such Interest Period shall be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly available service for displaying interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market as may be reasonably selected by the Agent or, in the absence of such availability, by reference to the rate at which dollar deposits of $1,000,000 in immediately available funds for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal office of

the Agent to leading banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two LIBOR Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

3. The defined term “Overnight LIBOR Rate” contained in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“Overnight LIBOR Rate” means, as of any day, the rate appearing on the Reuters “LIBOR01” screen displaying interest rates for dollar deposits in the London interbank market (or on any successor or substitute page on such screen) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, as the rate for dollar deposits in the London interbank market with a maturity of one LIBOR Business Day, provided that in the event such rate does not appear on such screen (or on any successor or substitute page on such screen or otherwise on such screen), the “Overnight LIBOR Rate” shall be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly available service for displaying interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market as may be reasonably selected by the Agent or, in the absence of such availability, by reference to the rate at which dollar deposits of $1,000,000 in immediately available funds for a term of one LIBOR Business Day are offered by the principal office of the Agent to leading banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, provided further that in the event such day is not a LIBOR Business Day, then Overnight LIBOR Rate shall be such rate as in effect on the immediately preceding LIBOR Business Day.

4. The defined term “Termination Date” contained in SECTION 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“Termination Date” means December 5, 2014, or such earlier date on which the Commitments terminate or are terminated pursuant to the terms hereof.

5. Section 2.07 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

(a) On and following the date of Amendment No. 4 to this Agreement, the Borrower shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the Agent for the account of each Bank a commitment fee equal to the excess, if any, of such Bank’s Commitment Amount over the outstanding principal balance of such Bank’s loans multiplied by (i) prior to the date of Amendment No. 5 to this Agreement, the Applicable Fee Rate (as defined in this Agreement as in effect prior to such Amendment), and (ii) on and following the date of Amendment No. 5 to this Agreement, the Applicable Fee Rate.

6. Section 8.01(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (a) inserting the words “liquidity or” immediately before the phrase “capital adequacy” in each of the first two instances in which such phrase appears in such Section, and (b) inserting the words “liquidity and” immediately before the phrase “capital adequacy” in the third instance in which such phrase appears in such Section.

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7. Paragraphs 1 through 6 of this Amendment shall not be effective until each of the following conditions are satisfied (the date, if any, on which such conditions shall have first been satisfied being referred to herein as the “Amendment Effective Date”):

(a) the Agent shall have received from the Borrower and each Bank either (i) a counterpart of this Amendment executed on behalf of such party, or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Amendment) that each such party has executed a counterpart of this Amendment;

(b) the Agent shall have received from the Borrower a manually signed certificate from the Secretary of the Borrower, in all respects satisfactory to the Agent, (i) certifying as to the incumbency of authorized persons of the Borrower executing this Amendment, (ii) attaching true, complete and correct copies of the resolutions duly adopted by the board of trustees of the Borrower approving this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, all of which are in full force and effect on the date hereof, (iii) attaching a true, complete and correct copy of the Pricing Procedures, as in effect on the date hereof and (iv) certifying that the Borrower’s Charter Documents, Prospectus, statement of additional information, registration statement, investment management agreement between the Borrower and the Investment Adviser and Custody Agreement have not been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified since December 11, 2009 or, if so, attaching true, complete and correct copies of each such amendment, supplement or modification;

(c) the Agent and the Banks shall have received written opinion(s) from counsel to the Borrower in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent; and

(d) the Borrower shall have paid all out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred by the Agent (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agent) in connection herewith.

8. The Borrower (a) reaffirms and admits the validity and enforceability of each Loan Document and all of its obligations thereunder, (b) agrees and admits that it has no defense to or offset against any such obligation, and (c) represents and warrants that, as of the date of execution and delivery hereof by the Borrower (i) no Default has occurred and is continuing, and (ii) the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true on and as of the date hereof with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date).

9. In all other respects, the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect, and no amendment in respect of any term or condition of any Loan Document shall be deemed to be an amendment in respect of any other term or condition contained in any Loan Document.

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10. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. It shall not be necessary in making proof of this Amendment to produce or account for more than one counterpart signed by the party to be charged.

11. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 5 to the Credit Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

CREDIT SUISSE HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
By:		/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Credit Agreement

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as a Bank and as the Agent
By:		/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President