5- guarantee of the Guaranteed Obligations (including, without limitation, the Term B-8 Loans) under the Guaranty and (iii) its grant of Liens on the Collateral to secure the Obligations (including, without limitation, the Obligations with respect to...

Exhibit 10.1 AMENDMENT AGREEMENT NO. 9 AMENDMENT AGREEMENT NO. 9, dated as of April 9, 2024 (this βAmendmentβ), by and among AVIENT CORPORATION (formerly known as POLYONE CORPORATION), an Ohio corporation (the βBorrowerβ), the other Loan Parties party hereto, the existing Lenders (the βExisting Lendersβ) under, and as defined in, the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined) party hereto, and CITIBANK, N.A. (βCitibankβ), as the administrative agent (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ) and as the Amendment No. 9 Additional Term Lender (as defined below). RECITALS: WHEREAS, reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2015 (as amended by Amendment Agreement No. 1, dated as of June 15, 2016, Amendment Agreement No. 2, dated as of August 3, 2016, Amendment Agreement No. 3, dated as of January 24, 2017, Amendment Agreement No. 4, dated as of August 15, 2017, Amendment Agreement No. 5, dated as of April 11, 2018, Amendment Agreement No. 6, dated as of November 9, 2018, Amendment Agreement No. 7, dated as of August 29, 2022, the LIBOR Transition Amendment, dated as of September 8, 2022, Amendment Agreement No. 8, dated as of August 16, 2023, and as the same may be otherwise amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, extended, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ; the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment, the βAmended Credit Agreementβ), by and among the Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Citibank in its capacity as Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement (capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Amended Credit Agreement or, if applicable, the Credit Agreement); WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto desire to amend the Credit Agreement pursuant to amendments authorized by Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement to create the Term B-8 Loans the proceeds of which will be used to repay in full the outstanding principal amount of the Term B-7 Loans in accordance with Section 2.03(b)(ii) of the Credit Agreement; WHEREAS, upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each Term B-7 Lender that shall have executed and delivered a consent to this Amendment substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (an βAmendment No. 9 Consentβ) indicating the βCashless Settlement Optionβ with re- spect to its existing Term B-7 Loans (each, a βTerm B-8 Cashless Option Lenderβ) shall be deemed to have exchanged all of its Term B-7 Loans for Term B-8 Loans, in the same aggregate principal amount as such Lenderβs Term B-7 Loans, as of the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date and prior to giving effect to this Amendment, and such Lenders shall thereafter become Term B- 8 Lenders in accordance with the provisions hereof; -2- WHEREAS, upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, (i) the Amendment No. 9 Additional Term Lender will make Additional Term B-8 Loans to the Borrower, the proceeds of which will be used by the Borrower to repay in full the outstanding principal amount of Term B- 7 Loans that are not exchanged for Term B-8 Loans as well as to prepay Term B-7 Loans from Lenders that execute and deliver an Amendment No. 9 Consent indicating the βPost-Closing Settlement Optionβ (each, a βTerm B-8 Post-Closing Option Lenderβ), and the Borrower shall pay to each Lender all accrued and unpaid interest through, but not including, the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date with respect to such Term B-7 Loans; WHEREAS, the Lenders that have executed Amendment No. 9 Consents hereto constitute the Required Lenders and hereby consent to certain other amendments and consents as set forth herein; and WHEREAS, Citibank, N.A., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citizens Capital Markets, Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., U.S. Bank National Association, Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc. and Truist Securities, Inc. are acting as joint lead arrangers and bookrunners for this Amendment and the Term B-8 Loans (the βAmendment No. 9 Arrangersβ). NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows: Section 1. Amendment. Effective on the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Amended Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit B hereto. Section 2. Waiver of Breakage Reimbursement. The Lenders party hereto waive the payment of any breakage loss or expense under Section 3.05 of the Credit Agreement in connection with the exchange of Term B-7 Loans into Term B-8 Loans. Section 3. Credit Agreement Governs. Except as set forth in this Amendment, the Term B-8 Loans shall otherwise be subject to the provisions, including any provisions restricting the rights, or regarding the obligations, of the Loan Parties or any provisions regarding the rights of the Lenders, of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and, from and after the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date, each reference to a βLoanβ or βLoansβ in the Credit Agreement, as in effect on the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date, shall be deemed to include the Term B-8 Loans, each reference to a βCommitmentβ shall be deemed to include the βTerm B-8 Commitmentβ and each reference to a βLenderβ or βLendersβ in the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to include the Term B-8 Lenders, and other related terms will have correlative meanings mutatis mutandis. -3- Section 4. Conditions to Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Amendment and the obligations of the Term B-8 Lenders to make the Term B-8 Loans shall become effective on the first Business Day on which the following conditions are satisfied or waived (the βAmendment No. 9 Effective Dateβ): (i) the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received counterparts of this Amendment or Amendment No. 9 Consent that, when taken together, bear the signatures of (A) each Term B-8 Cashless Option Lender and each Term B-8 Post- Closing Option Lender, (B) the Administrative Agent, (C) the Amendment No. 9 Additional Term Lender, (D) the Borrower and (E) each Guarantor; (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received a notice of Borrowing for the Additional Term B-8 Loans (whether in writing or by telephone) in accordance with the Credit Agreement; (iii) the Administrative Agentβs receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles or electronic copies (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified: (A) a favorable opinion of Xxxxx Day, counsel for the Loan Parties, in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Amendment No. 9 Arrangers; (B) a certificate from a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party dated as of the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date, and attaching the documents referred to in clause (C) below; (C) the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) resolutions of the Board of Directors and/or similar governing bodies of each Loan Party approving and authorizing (a) the execution, delivery and performance of the Amendment (and any agreements relating thereto) to which it is a party and (b) in the case of the Borrower, the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder, certified as of the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date by its secretary, an assistant secretary or a Responsible Officer as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment and (ii) a good standing certificate as of a recent date from the applicable Governmental Authority of each Loan Partyβs jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation; (D) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment and the borrowing of or exchange into the Term B-8 Loans and to the application of any proceeds therefrom (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist and (ii) all of the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects at such time (unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in -4- which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); (E) the Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower an Officerβs Certificate certifying as to compliance with the preceding clause (D); (F) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate attesting to the Solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, after giv- ing effect to the Amendment No. 9 Transactions, from the Borrowerβs chief xxxxx- cial officer or treasurer; and (G) the representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in Section 5 below shall be true and correct in all material respects; (iv) the fees in the amounts previously agreed in writing by Citibank to be re- ceived on the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date and all reasonable and documented or in- voiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and dis- bursements of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, as counsel to the Amendment No. 9 Arrang- ers and the Administrative Agent) incurred in connection with the transactions contem- plated hereby for which invoices have been presented at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date shall, upon the Borrowing of the Term B-8 Loans, have been, or will be substantially simultaneously, paid in full; and (v) each of the Administrative Agent and the Amendment No. 9 Additional Term Lender shall have received a βLife-of-Loanβ flood determination notice for each real property encumbered by a Mortgage and if such real property is located in a special flood hazard area, (x) a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the Borrower and (y) evidence of insurance as required by the Credit Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to each of the Administrative Agent and the Amendment No. 9 Additional Term Lender. Section 5. Representations and Warranties. By its execution of this Amendment, each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the Term B-8 Lenders and the Lenders that the representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in Article V of the Credit Agreement or in any other Loan Documents are, after giving effect to this Amendment, true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date (unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date). Section 6. Acknowledgments and Affirmations of the Loan Parties. Each Loan Party hereby expressly acknowledges the terms of this Amendment and confirms and reaffirms, as of the date hereof, (i) the covenants and agreements contained in each Loan Document to which it is a party, including, in each case, such covenants and agreements as in effect immediately after giving effect to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (ii) its

-5- guarantee of the Guaranteed Obligations (including, without limitation, the Term B-8 Loans) under the Guaranty and (iii) its grant of Liens on the Collateral to secure the Obligations (including, without limitation, the Obligations with respect to the Term B-8 Loans) pursuant to the Collateral Documents; provided that, on and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Guaranty and in each of the other Loan Documents to βthe Credit Agreementβ, βthereunderβ, βthereofβ or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Documents to which such Loan Party is a party and all of the Collateral described therein do, and shall continue to secure, payment of all of the Obligations. Section 7. Amendment, Modification and Waiver. This Amendment may not be amended, modified or waived except in accordance with Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement. Section 8. Effectiveness of This Amendment. The provisions of this Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to effectiveness set forth in Section 4 of this Amendment. Section 9. Liens Unimpaired. After giving effect to this Amendment, neither the mod- ification of the Credit Agreement effected pursuant to this Amendment nor the execution, deliv- ery, performance or effectiveness of this Amendment impairs the validity, effectiveness or prior- ity of the Liens granted pursuant to any Loan Document. This Amendment shall not constitute a novation of the Credit Agreement or any of the Loan Documents. Section 10. Mortgaged Properties. Within ninety (90) days after the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date, unless waived or extended by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, with respect to each real property encumbered by a Mortgage, the Administrative Agent shall have received, with respect to the existing Mortgages, either the items listed in paragraph (a) or the items listed in paragraph (b), in each case, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent: (a) an opinion or email confirmation from local counsel in each jurisdiction where a Mortgaged Property is located, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administra- tive Agent, to the effect that: (i) the recording of the existing Mortgage is the only filing or recording nec- xxxxxx to give constructive notice to third parties of the lien created by such Mortgage as security for the Obligations, including the Obligations evidenced by the Credit Agree- ment as amended by this Amendment and the other documents executed in connection therewith, for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and (ii) no other documents, instruments, filings, recordings, re-recordings, re-fil- ings or other actions, including, without limitation, the payment of any mortgage record- ing taxes or similar taxes, are necessary or appropriate under applicable law in order to maintain the continued enforceability, validity or priority of the lien created by such Mortgage as security for the Obligations, including the Obligations evidenced by the -6- Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment and the other documents executed in connection therewith, for the benefit of the Secured Parties; or (b) with respect to each existing Mortgage, the following, in each case in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent: (i) an amendment to the existing Mortgage (the βMortgage Amendmentβ) to reflect the matters set forth in this Amendment, duly executed and acknowledged by the applicable Loan Party, and in form for recording in the recording office where such Mortgage was recorded, together with such certificates, affidavits, questionnaires or returns as shall be required in connection with the recording or filing thereof under applicable law; (ii) a favorable opinion, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties covering, among other things, the due authorization, execution, delivery and enforceability of the applicable Mortgage as amended by the Mortgage Amendment (such opinion may take assumptions for any matters addressed in the local counsel opinion originally delivered in connection with the Mortgage); (iii) an ALTA 11-06 endorsement to the existing title policy or other title product reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, along with a title search of the real property to show that as of the date of such endorsement that the real property subject to the lien of such Mortgage is free and clear of all defects and encumbrances except those Liens permitted under the Amended Credit Agreement; (iv) evidence of payment by the Borrower of all search and examination charges escrow charges and related charges, mortgage recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the recording of the Mortgage Amendment referred to above; and (v) such affidavits, certificates, information and instruments of indemnification as shall be required to induce the title insurance company to issue the endorsement to the title policy contemplated in this Section 10 and evidence of payment of all applicable title insurance premiums, search and examination charges, mortgage recording taxes and related charges required for the issuance of the endorsement to the title policy contemplated in this Section 10. The Administrative Agent xxxxxx agrees that, with respect to Section 10(b)(ii), the forms of opinion previously delivered in connection with the existing Mortgage are acceptable to the Administrative Agent. Section 11. Other. This Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both -7- written and verbal, among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of any party under, the Credit Agreement, nor alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. It is understood and agreed that each reference in each Loan Document to the Credit Agreement, whether direct or indirect, shall hereafter be deemed to be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment. (i) This Amendment may not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument or instruments in writing signed and delivered on behalf of each of the parties hereto. This Amendment shall constitute a βLoan Documentβ for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents. (ii) THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SECTIONS 10.13 AND 10.14 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS AMENDMENT AND SHALL APPLY MUTATIS MUTANDIS HERETO. SECTION 10.07 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT IS HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS AMENDMENT AND SHALL APPLY MUTATIS MUTANDIS HERETO AND BE BINDING UPON THE AMENDMENT NO. 9 ARRANGERS. (iii) Any term or provision of this Amendment which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Amendment or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Amendment in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Amendment is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as would be enforceable. (iv) This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. The words βexecution,β βsigned,β βsignature,β and words of like import in this Amendment, shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. -2- (v) Section 10.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis, and each reference to a βLead Arrangerβ or βLead Arrangersβ in such Section 10.04 shall be deemed to include the Amendment No. 9 Arrangers. [signature pages follow]

[Amendment No. 9 Signature Page] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Amendment as of the date first written above. AVIENT CORPORATION BY: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xx Xxxxx Name: Xxxxxxxx Xx Xxxxx Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Investor Relations AVIENT COLORANTS USA LLC AVIENT PROTECTIVE MATERIALS LLC CUBIC TECH CORPORATION GLASFORMS, INC. PLASTICOMP, INC. BY: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Title: Assistant Treasurer AVIENT INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION FIBER-LINE MANAGEMENT INC. BY: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Title: Treasurer CHROMATICS, INC. COLORMATRIX GROUP, INC. COLORMATRIX HOLDINGS, INC. FIBER-LINE, LLC GSDI SPECIALTY DISPERSIONS, INC. NEU SPECIALTY ENGINEERED MATERIALS, LLC RUTLAND HOLDING COMPANY RUTLAND INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY SILCOTEC, INC. THE COLORMATRIX CORPORATION BY: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xx Xxxxx Name: Xxxxxxxx Xx Xxxxx Title: Treasurer [Amendment No. 9 Signature Page] Consented to by: CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx Title: Vice President [Amendment No. 9 Signature Page] CITIBANK, N.A., as Amendment No. 9 Additional Term Lender By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx Title: Vice President [Consents on File with Administrative Agent]

EXHIBIT A CONSENT TO AMENDMENT NO. 9 CONSENT (this βConsentβ) to Amendment Agreement No. 9 (βAmendmentβ) to the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2015 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, extended, refinanced or otherwise modified prior to the date of the Amendment, the βCredit Agreementβ), by and among Avient Corporation (f/k/a PolyOne Corporation), an Ohio corporation (the βBorrowerβ), the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto (each a βLenderβ and, collectively, the βLendersβ), Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ), and Citibank, N.A., as the Amendment No. 9 Additional Term Lender. Capitalized terms used in this Consent but not defined in this Consent have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement (as amended by the Amendment). Existing Lenders of Term B-7 Loans. The undersigned Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves the Amendment and consents as follows (check ONE option for the Term B-7 Loans held by such Lender): Cashless Settlement Option to convert 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Term B-7 Loans held by such Lender (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Amendment No. 9 Arrangers) into a Term B-8 Loan in a like principal amount. Post-Closing Settlement Option to have 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Term B-7 Loans held by such Lender prepaid on the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date and purchase by assignment the principal amount of Term B-8 Loans committed to separately by the undersigned (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Amendment No. 9 Arrangers). IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Consent to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer as of ______, 2024. ________________________________________, as a Lender (type name of the legal entity) By: Name: Title: If a second signature is necessary: By: Name: Title: Name of Fund Manager (if any):__________________ EXHIBIT B AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT [To be Attached] EXHIBIT B TO AMENDMENT NO. 89 Term B-78 Published CUSIP Number: 73179YAM9YAN7 CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of November 12, 2015 (as amended by Amendment Agreement No. 1, dated as of June 15, 2016, Amendment Agreement No. 2, dated as of August 3, 2016, Amendment Agreement No. 3, dated as of January 24, 2017, Amendment Agreement No. 4, dated as of August 15, 2017, Amendment Agreement No. 5, dated as of April 11, 2018, Amendment Agreement No. 6, dated as of November 9, 2018, Amendment Agreement No. 7, dated as of August 29, 2022, the LIBOR Transition Amendment, dated as of September 8, 2022 and2022, Amendment Agreement No. 8, dated as of August 16, 2023 and Amendment Agreement No. 9, dated as of April 9, 2024) among AVIENT CORPORATION (f/k/a POLYONE CORPORATION), as the Borrower, CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and The Lenders Party Hereto CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. XXXXX FARGO SECURITIES LLC XXXXXXX XXXXX BANK USA HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC. XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. LLC, as Joint-Lead Arrangers and Joint-Book Managers XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC. CITIBANK, N.A. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Amendment No. 8 Arrangers and XXXXXXXXX FINANCE LLC KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS INC. SUNTRUST XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX, INC., as Co-Managers -vi- TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS ............................................................................. 1 1.01 Defined Terms ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions ........................................................................................................... 5455 1.03 Accounting Terms. ............................................................................................................................... 55 1.04 Rounding .............................................................................................................................................. 56 1.05 Times of Day ........................................................................................................................................ 56 1.06 Currency Equivalents Generally .......................................................................................................... 56 1.07 Rates ................................................................................................................................................. 5657 1.08 Limited Condition Transactions ....................................................................................................... 5657 1.09 Compliance with Certain Sections ................................................................................................... 5758 1.10 Divisions .............................................................................................................................................. 58 ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS.......................................................... 5859 2.01 The Loans ......................................................................................................................................... 5859 2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans. ....................................................................... 60 2.03 Prepayments. ........................................................................................................................................ 61 2.04 Termination or Reduction of Commitments......................................................................................... 63 2.05 Repayment of Loans ........................................................................................................................ 6364 2.06 Interest. ............................................................................................................................................. 6364 2.07 Fees. ..................................................................................................................................................... 64 2.08 Computation of Interest and Fees ..................................................................................................... 6465 2.09 Evidence of Debt .............................................................................................................................. 6465 2.10 Payments Generally; Administrative Agentβs Clawback. .................................................................... 65 2.11 Sharing of Payments by Lenders .......................................................................................................... 67 2.12 Defaulting Lenders. .......................................................................................................................... 6768 2.13 Extensions of Loans. ........................................................................................................................ 6869 2.14 Increase in Commitments. ................................................................................................................ 7071 2.15 Refinancing Term Loans. ..................................................................................................................... 73 ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY ................................................................ 76 3.01 Taxes. ................................................................................................................................................... 76 3.02 Illegality ............................................................................................................................................... 79 3.03 Inability to Determine Rates ................................................................................................................ 80 3.04 Increased Costs..................................................................................................................................... 80

CREDIT AGREEMENT This CREDIT AGREEMENT (βAgreementβ) is entered into as of November 12, 2015, among AVIENT CORPORATION (formerly known as PolyOne Corporation), an Ohio corporation (the βBorrowerβ), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the βLendersβ and individually, a βLenderβ), and CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent. PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS: The Borrower has requested that the Lenders extend credit to the Borrower in the form of Initial Loans (as defined below) on the Closing Date (as defined below), the proceeds of which will be used to, among other things, finance an offer (the βOfferβ) to purchase for cash any and all of the 2020 Notes (as defined below) and the redemption of any remaining 2020 Notes, to redeem the 2015 Notes (as defined below), to repay certain indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement (as defined below), to pay related fees and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing and for general corporate purposes, and the Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below: β2015 Notesβ means the 7.50% Debentures due 2015 issued by the Borrower. β2020 Notesβ means the 7.375% Senior Notes due 2020 issued by the Borrower. β2025 Notesβ means the 5.750% Senior Notes due 2025 issued by the Borrower. β2030 Notesβ means the 7.125% Senior Notes due 2030 issued by the Borrower. βABL Agentβ means the administrative agent under the ABL Facility. βABL Credit Agreementβ means the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2019, among the Borrower, Avient Canada ULC, formerly known as PolyOne Canada ULC, a British Columbia unlimited liability company, PolyOne S.a.r.l., a Luxembourg entity, NEU Specialty Engineered Materials, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company, certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, Xxxxx Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as administrative agent thereunder, and the other agents and lenders party thereto as it may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, modified, renewed, replaced or refinanced on or prior to the date hereof and thereafter, in accordance with the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement. βABL Facilityβ means the commitments, secured loans made and letters of credit issued under the ABL Loan Documents. βABL Intercreditor Agreementβ means the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of November 12, 2015, between the Administrative Agent and the ABL Agent and acknowledged by the Borrower, as -2- amended, restated, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the terms of such ABL Intercreditor Agreement. βABL Lenderβ means a lender under the ABL Credit Agreement. βABL Loan Documentsβ means the βLoan Documentsβ (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement). βAcquired Debtβ means Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date and Debt assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets, in each case pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition, which Debt existed at the time of such Permitted Acquisition and was not created in contemplation of such event. βAcquisitionβ has the meaning specified in the definition of βPermitted Acquisition.β βAdditional Commitmentsβ has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a). βAdditional Commitments Effective Dateβ has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b). βAdditional Credit Extension Amendmentβ means an amendment to this Agreement (which may, at the option of the Administrative Agent in consultation with Borrower, be in the form of an amendment and restatement of this Agreement) providing for any Extension pursuant to Section 2.13, Additional Commitments pursuant to Section 2.14 and/or Refinancing Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.15, which shall be consistent with the applicable provisions of this Agreement and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the parties thereto; provided that at no time shall there be more than five different Classes of Loans outstanding at any time. Each Additional Credit Extension Amendment shall be executed by Administrative Agent, Borrower and the other parties specified in the applicable Section of this Agreement (but not any other Lender not specified in the applicable Section of this Agreement), but shall not effect any amendments that would require the consent of each affected Lender or all Lenders pursuant to the proviso in Section 10.01. Any Additional Credit Extension Amendment may include conditions for delivery of opinions of counsel and other documentation consistent with the conditions in Section 4.01 and certificates confirming the satisfaction of any applicable conditions precedent, all to the extent reasonably requested by Administrative Agent or the other parties to such Additional Credit Extension Amendment. In addition, any Additional Credit Extension Amendment with respect to any Additional Commitments pursuant to Section 2.14 and/or Refinancing Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.15 shall require the satisfaction of each of the following conditions prior to the establishment of such Additional Commitments or the Incurrence of such Refinancing Term Loans: (a) (i) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom and (ii) all of the representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects at such time (unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date), in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), assuming the relevant Additional Term Loans or Refinancing Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to the full amount of Additional Commitments or Refinancing Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, then provided had been incurred and after giving effect to the use of proceeds thereof; provided that, with respect to any Additional Term Loans and Additional Commitments that are established to finance a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder that is not subject to a financing condition, (x) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom as of the -3- time of the signing of the definitive documentation relating to such Permitted Acquisition or Investment and no Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or (f) or (g) shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of Incurrence of such Additional Term Loans and (y) clause (ii) above may, at the option of the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Additional Commitments, be subject to customary βSunGardβ limitations; (b) the delivery by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of an Officerβs Certificate certifying as to compliance with the preceding clause (a); (c) if requested by the Administrative Agent, the delivery by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of an acknowledgement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and executed by each Guarantor (which may be included as part of the Additional Credit Extension Amendment), acknowledging that such Additional Commitments and Additional Term Loans or Refinancing Term Loan Commitment and Refinancing Term Loans, as the case may be, shall constitute (and be included in the definition of) βGuaranteed Obligationsβ under the Guaranty; (d) if requested by the Administrative Agent, the delivery by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent of an opinion or opinions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and dated such date, covering such of the matters set forth in the opinions of counsel delivered to the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.01 as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, and such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated thereby as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; and (e) the delivery by the Borrower and the other Loan Party to the Administrative Agent of such other Officerβs Certificates, board of director resolutions and evidence of good standing as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. βAdditional Term B-1 Commitmentβ means, with respect to the Additional Term B-1 Lender, the commitment of such Additional Term B-1 Lender to make Additional Term B-1 Loans on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, in an amount equal to $32,348,925.01. βAdditional Term B-1 Lenderβ means Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as a Lender of Additional Term B-1 Loans. βAdditional Term B-1 Loanβ means a Term Loan that is made pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(ii) on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date. βAdditional Term B-2 Commitmentβ means, with respect to the Additional Term B-2 Lender, the commitment of such Additional Term B-2 Lender to make Additional Term B-2 Loans on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, in an amount equal to $51,178,425.21. βAdditional Term B-2 Lenderβ means Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as a Lender of Additional Term B-2 Loans. βAdditional Term B-2 Loanβ means a Term Loan that is made pursuant to Section 2.01(c)(ii) on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date. -4- βAdditional Term B-3 Commitmentβ means, with respect to the Additional Term B-3 Lender, the commitment of such Additional Term B-3 Lender to make Additional Term B-3 Loans on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, in an amount equal to $21,886,678. βAdditional Term B-3 Lenderβ means Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as a Lender of Additional Term B-3 Loans. βAdditional Term B-3 Loanβ means a Term Loan that is made pursuant to Section 2.01(d)(ii) on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date. βAdditional Term B-4 Commitmentβ means, with respect to the Additional Term B-4 Lender, the commitment of such Additional Term B-4 Lender to make Additional Term B-4 Loans on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, in an amount equal to $25,018,458.96. βAdditional Term B-4 Lenderβ means SunTrust Bank, in its capacity as a Lender of Additional Term B-4 Loans. βAdditional Term B-4 Loanβ means a Term Loan that is made pursuant to Section 2.01(e)(ii) on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date. βAdditional Term B-5 Commitmentβ means, with respect to the Additional Term B-5 Lender, the commitment of such Additional Term B-5 Lender to make Additional Term B-5 Loans on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, in an amount equal to $175,441,063.84. βAdditional Term B-5 Lenderβ means Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as a Lender of Additional Term B-5 Loans. βAdditional Term B-5 Loanβ means a Term Loan that is made pursuant to Section 2.01(f)(ii) on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date. βAdditional Term B-7 Commitmentβ means, with respect to the Amendment No. 8 Additional Term Lender, the commitment of such Amendment No. 8 Additional Term Lender to make Additional Term B-7 Loans on the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date, in an amount equal to $122,178,018.25. βAdditional Term B-7 Loanβ means a Term Loan that is made pursuant to Section 2.01(h)(ii) on the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date. βAdditional Term B-8 Commitmentβ means, with respect to the Amendment No. 9 Additional Term Lender, the commitment of such Amendment No. 9 Additional Term Lender to make Additional Term B-8 Loans on the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date, in an amount equal to $45,192,262.31. βAdditional Term B-8 Loanβ means a Term Loan that is made pursuant to Section 2.01(i)(ii) on the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date. βAdditional Term Loansβ has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a). βAdjusted Term SOFRβ means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (a) Term SOFR for such calculation plus (b) the Term SOFR Adjustment; provided that if Adjusted Term SOFR as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, then Adjusted Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.

-9- βAsset Acquisitionβ means: (a) an Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary, or shall be merged with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; or (b) the acquisition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the assets of any Person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person, any division or line of business of such Person or any other properties or assets of such Person other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices. βAsset Saleβ means any transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition (including, without limitation, dispositions pursuant to any consolidation, merger or division) by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any Person (other than to the Borrower or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries) in any single transaction or series of related transactions of: (i) Equity Interests in a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directorsβ qualifying shares or shares or interests required to be held by foreign nationals pursuant to local law); or (ii) any other property or assets (other than in the normal course of business, including any sale or other disposition of obsolete or permanently retired equipment); provided, however, that the term βAsset Saleβ shall exclude: (a) any asset disposition permitted by Section 7.04 that constitutes a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) any transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition of property or assets, the gross proceeds of which (exclusive of indemnities) do not exceed in any one or related series of transactions the greater of $60.0 million and 1.0% of the Borrowerβs Consolidated Total Assets; (c) sales or other dispositions of cash or Cash Equivalents; (d) sales of interests in or assets of Unrestricted Subsidiaries; (e) the sale and leaseback of any assets within 90 days of the acquisition thereof; (f) the disposition of assets that, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, are no longer used or useful in the business of such entity; (g) a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is otherwise permitted by this Agreement; (h) any trade-in of equipment in exchange for other equipment; provided that, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary receives equipment having a Fair Market Value equal to or greater than the equipment being traded in; (i) the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets between the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person to the extent that the Related Business Assets received by the -10- Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries are of equivalent or greater Fair Market Value than the Related Business Assets transferred; (j) the creation of a Lien (but not the sale or other disposition of the property subject to such Lien); (k) leases or subleases in the ordinary course of business to third persons not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; (l) any disposition by a Subsidiary to the Borrower or by the Borrower or a Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor of such property is a Loan Party (i) the transferee thereof must be a Loan Party or (ii) to the extent such transaction constitutes an Investment, such transaction is a Permitted Investment or is otherwise permitted under Section 7.05; (m) dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (n) licensing or sublicensing of intellectual property or other general intangibles in accordance with industry practice in the ordinary course of business; (o) any transfer of accounts receivable, or a fractional undivided interest therein, by a Receivable Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Transaction; (p) any release of any intangible claims or rights in connection with a lawsuit, dispute or other controversy; (q) sales of accounts receivable to a Receivable Subsidiary pursuant to a Qualified Receivables Transaction for the Fair Market Value thereof; including cash or other financial accommodation, such as the provision of letters of credit by such Receivable Subsidiary on behalf of or for the benefit of the transferor of such accounts receivable (for the purposes of this clause (q), Purchase Money Notes will be deemed to be cash); or (r) foreclosures on assets to the extent they would not otherwise result in a Default or Event of Default. For purposes of this definition, any series of related transactions that, if effected as a single transaction, would constitute an Asset Sale shall be deemed to be a single Asset Sale effected when the last such transaction which is a part thereof is effected. βAssignee Groupβ means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor. βAssignment and Assumptionβ means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Xxxxxx and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent. βAttributable Debtβ means, in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the rate of interest implicit in such transaction) of the total -11- obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended). βAudited Financial Statementsβ means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholdersβ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto. βAvailable Tenorβ means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (x) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of βInterest Periodβ pursuant to Section 3.07(d). βBail-In Actionβ means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution. βBail-In Legislationβ means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time that is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings). βBank Productβ means, any one or more of the following financial products or accommodations extended to any Loan Party by a Bank Product Provider: (a) credit cards, (b) credit card processing services, (c) debit cards, (d) stored value cards, (e) purchase cards (including so-called βprocurement cardsβ or βP-cardsβ), (f) Cash Management Services, or (g) transactions under Hedge Agreements. βBank Product Obligationsβ means all obligations of any Loan Party pursuant to any Bank Product. βBank Product Providerβ means any Person that is the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates in its capacity as a party to any Bank Product or Hedge Agreement. βBase Rateβ shall mean, at any time, the highest of (i) the Prime Lending Rate at such time, (ii) 1/2 of 1% per annum in excess of the overnight Federal Funds Rate at such time and (iii) Adjusted Term SOFR for a one-month tenor in effect on such day plus 1.00%; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of Term B-78 Loans, the βBase Rateβ shall in no event be less than 1.500.50%. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Lending Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR shall be effective as of the opening of business on the day of such change in the Prime Lending Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR, respectively. βBase Rate Loanβ means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate. -12- βBase Rate Term SOFR Determination Dayβ has the meaning specified in the definition of βTerm SOFRβ. βBenchmarkβ means, initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then βBenchmarkβ means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 3.07(a). βBenchmark Replacementβ means, with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then- prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if such Benchmark Replacement (as so determined and after giving effect to any applicable spread adjustments) would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. βBenchmark Replacement Adjustmentβ means, with respect to any replacement of the then- current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time. βBenchmark Replacement Dateβ means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark: (a) in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of βBenchmark Transition Event,β the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or (b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of βBenchmark Transition Event,β the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date. For the avoidance of doubt, the βBenchmark Replacement Dateβ will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

-13- βBenchmark Transition Eventβ means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark: (a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); (b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or (c) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative. For the avoidance of doubt, a βBenchmark Transition Eventβ will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof). βBenchmark Transition Start Dateβ means, in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (a) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (b) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication). βBenchmark Unavailability Periodβ means, the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 3.07 and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 3.07. βBeneficial Ownership Certificationβ means any certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation. βBeneficial Ownership Regulationβ means 31 CFR Β§ 1010.230. βBenefit Planβ means any of (a) an βemployee benefit planβ (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a βplanβ as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets -14- include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such βemployee benefit planβ or βplanβ. βBoard of Directorsβ means (i) with respect to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, its board of directors or any duly authorized committee thereof; (ii) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of such corporation or any duly authorized committee thereof; and (iii) with respect to any other entity, the board of directors or similar body of the general partner or managers of such entity or any duly authorized committee thereof. βBorrowerβ has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto. βBorrower Materialsβ has the meaning specified in Section 6.02. βBorrowingβ means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans of the same Type and, in the case of SOFR Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01. βBusiness Dayβ means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, the state where the Administrative Agentβs Office is located. βCapital Lease Obligationsβ means any obligation of a Person under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP; and the amount of Debt represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations determined in accordance with GAAP. βCash Equivalentsβ means any of the following Investments: (i) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition; (ii) time deposits in and certificates of deposit of any Eligible Bank, provided that such Investments have a maturity date not more than two years after date of acquisition and that the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of all such Investments is one year or less from the respective dates of acquisition; (iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 180 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (i) above entered into with any Eligible Bank; (iv) direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, provided that such Investments mature, or are subject to tender at the option of the holder thereof, within 365 days after the date of acquisition and, at the time of acquisition, have a rating of at least A from S&P or A-2 from Xxxxxβx (or an equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency); (v) commercial paper of any Person other than an Affiliate of the Borrower and other than structured investment vehicles, provided that such Investments have one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or Xxxxxβx and mature within 180 days after the date of acquisition; (vi) overnight and demand deposits in and bankersβ acceptances of any Eligible Bank and demand deposits in any bank or trust company to the extent insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation against the Bank Insurance Fund; (vii) money market funds substantially all of the assets of which comprise Investments of the types described in clauses (i) through (vi); and (viii) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above or funds equivalent to those referred to in clause (vii) above denominated in U.S. dollars, Euros or any other foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to in such clauses and customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in jurisdictions outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Restricted Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction, all as determined in good faith by the Borrower. βEligible Bankβ means a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender or such other bank or trust -15- company that (i) is licensed, chartered or organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or Canada, or any state, territory, province or possession thereof, (ii) as of the time of the making or acquisition of an Investment in such bank or trust company, has combined capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and (iii) the senior Debt of which is rated at least βA-2β by Xxxxxβx or at least βAβ by S&P. βCash Management Servicesβ means any cash management or related services including treasury, depository, return items, overdraft, controlled disbursement, merchant store value cards, e-payables services, electronic funds transfer, interstate depository network, automatic clearing house transfer (including the Automated Clearing House processing of electronic funds transfers through the direct Federal Reserve Fedline system) and other cash management arrangements. βCashless Option Lenderβ means each Lender that has executed and delivered a Consent to Amendment No. 1 indicating the βCashless Settlement Option.β βCERCLAβ means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980. βCFCβ means a Person that is a controlled foreign corporation under Section 957 of the Code. βCFC Holdcoβ means any Subsidiary that holds no material assets other than capital stock of one or more Subsidiaries that are CFCs or other CFC Holdcos. βChange in Lawβ means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a βChange in Law,β regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued. βChange of Controlβ means: (1) the Borrower becomes aware (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) that any βpersonβ or βgroupβ (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) is or becomes the ultimate βbeneficial ownerβ (as such term is used in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that for purposes of this clause (1) such person or group shall be deemed to have βbeneficial ownershipβ of all shares that any such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Interests in the Borrower, or (2) the Borrower sells, conveys, transfers or leases (either in one transaction or a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of its assets to, or merges or consolidates with, a Person other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than a merger or -16- consolidation where (A) the Voting Interests of the Borrower outstanding immediately prior to such transaction are converted into or exchanged for Voting Interests of the surviving or transferee Person constituting a majority of the outstanding Voting Interests of such surviving or transferee Person (immediately after giving effect to such issuance) and (B) immediately after such transaction, no βpersonβ or βgroupβ (as such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner of 50% or more of the voting power of the Voting Interests of the surviving or transferee Person. βCitiβ means Citibank, N.A. and its successors. βClassβ means (i) with respect to any Commitment, its character as a commitment to make or otherwise fund Initial Loans, Term B-1 Loans, Term B-2 Loans, Term B-3 Loans, Term B-4 Loans, Term B-5 Loans, Term B-6 Loans, Term B-7 Loans, Term B-8 Loans, Additional Term Loans, Extended Term Loans and/or additional Refinancing Term Loans (whether established by way of new Commitments or by way of conversion or extension of existing Commitments or Loans) designated as a βClassβ in an Additional Credit Extension Amendment and (ii) with respect to any Loans, its character as Initial Loans, Term B-1 Loans, Term B-2 Loans, Term B-3 Loans, Term B-4 Loans, Term B-5 Loans, Term B-6 Loans, Term B-7 Loans, Term B-8 Loans, Additional Term Loans, Extended Term Loans and/or additional Refinancing Term Loans (whether made pursuant to new Commitments or by way of conversion or extension of existing Loans) designated as a βClassβ in an Additional Credit Extension Amendment. Commitments or Loans that have different Maturity Dates, pricing (other than upfront fees) or other terms shall be designated separate Classes; provided that at no time shall there be more than five different Classes of Loans outstanding at any time. βClosing Dateβ means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01. βCo-Managersβ means Xxxxxxxxx Finance LLC, KeyBank Capital Markets Inc. and SunTrust Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Inc., in their capacity as co-managers. βCodeβ means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. βCollateralβ means all of the βCollateralβ and βMortgaged Propertyβ referred to in the Collateral Documents and all of the other property that is or is intended under the terms of the Collateral Documents to be subject to Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. βCollateral Documentsβ means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, Security Agreement Supplements, the Mortgages, any Intercreditor Agreement, each of the mortgages, collateral assignments, intellectual property security agreement supplements, security agreements, pledge agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.13, and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. βCommitmentβ means, as to each Lender, its obligation to make Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01 or Section 2.13 through 2.15 in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lenderβs name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption βCommitmentβ or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption or Additional Credit Extension Amendment pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

-21- amount of Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges of such Person for the Four Quarter Period. βConsolidated Net Incomeβ means, with respect to any Person for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period as determined in accordance with GAAP, adjusted, to the extent included in calculating such net income, by: (A) excluding, without duplication (i) all extraordinary gains or losses (net of fees and expenses relating to the transaction giving rise thereto), income, expenses or charges; (ii) the portion of net income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries allocable to minority interest in unconsolidated Persons or Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the extent that cash dividends or distributions have not actually been received by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated Net Income shall be increased in amounts equal to the amounts of cash actually received; (iii) gains or losses in respect of any Asset Sales by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (net of fees and expenses relating to the transaction giving rise thereto), on an after-tax basis; (iv) the net income (loss) from any disposed or discontinued operations or any net gains or losses on disposed or discontinued operations, on an after-tax basis; (v) solely for purposes of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 7.06(a)(iii), the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor) or such Person to the extent that the declaration of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulations applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated Net Income shall be increased in amounts equal to the amounts of cash actually received; (vi) any gain or loss realized as a result of the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles; (vii) any fees and expenses paid in connection with the Transactions; (viii) non-cash compensation expense Incurred with any issuance of equity interests to an employee of such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary; (ix) any net after-tax gains or losses attributable to the early extinguishment or conversion of Debt; (x) any non-cash impairment charges or asset write-off or write-down resulting from the application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 or Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 or -22- any related subsequent Statement of Financial Accounting Standards or Accounting Standards Codification; (xi) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 or any related subsequent Statement of Financial Accounting Standards or Accounting Standards Codification; (xii) accruals and reserves that are established within twelve (12) months after the closing of any acquisition that are so required to be established as a result of such acquisition in accordance with GAAP not to exceed $10.0 million in any calendar year; (xiii) any fees, expenses, charges or Integration Costs Incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Asset Sale, disposition, Incurrence or repayment of Debt, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument, and including, in each case, any such transaction undertaken but not completed, and any charges or non-recurring merger or acquisition costs Incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful; (xiv) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting from currency translation gains or losses related to currency remeasurements of Debt (including any net gain or loss resulting from obligations under Hedging Obligations for currency exchange risk) and any foreign currency translation gains or losses; (xv) any accruals and reserves that are established for expenses and losses, in respect of equity-based awards compensation expense (provided that if any such non- cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall reduce Consolidated Net Income to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period); (xvi) any expenses, charges or losses that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Permitted Investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement, to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement and only to the extent that such amount is in fact indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 days); and (xvii) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 days), expenses, charges or losses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption; and (A) including, without duplication, dividends and distributions from joint ventures actually received in cash by the Borrower. -23- βConsolidated Non-cash Chargesβ means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization (including amortization of goodwill, other intangibles, deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses) and other non-cash expenses of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding any such charges constituting an extraordinary item or loss and excluding any such charges constituting an extraordinary item or loss or any charge which requires an accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period). βConsolidated Secured Leverage Ratioβ means, with respect to any Person, the ratio of (A) the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of all Debt secured by Liens less unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries at the Transaction Date giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio and (y) the Reserved Indebtedness Amount as of such date to be secured by Liens of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries to (B) the aggregate amount of Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges of such Person for the Four Quarter Period. In addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, this ratio shall be calculated by the Borrower after giving effect (i) to the cost of any compensation, remuneration or other benefit paid or provided to any employee, consultant, Affiliate or equity owner of the entity involved in any Asset Acquisition to the extent such costs are eliminated or reduced (or public announcement has been made of the intent to eliminate or reduce such costs) prior to the date of such calculation and not replaced; and (ii) on a pro forma basis for the period of such calculation, to any Asset Sales or other dispositions or Asset Acquisitions, Investments, mergers, consolidations, discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) or designations of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary occurring during the Four Quarter Period or any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such Asset Sale or other disposition or Asset Acquisition (including the Incurrence or assumption of any such Acquired Debt), Investment, merger, consolidation, disposed operation or designation occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period. For purposes of this definition, pro forma calculations shall be made by the Borrower in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act, except that such pro forma calculations may also include Synergies and Cost of Synergies calculated by the Borrower as set forth in the definition of βConsolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges.β βConsolidated Total Assetsβ of any Person as of any date means the total assets of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which an internal consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries is available, all calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. βControlβ means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. βControllingβ and βControlledβ have meanings correlative thereto. βCosts of Synergiesβ has the meaning specified in the definition of βConsolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges.β βCovered Partyβ has the meaning specified in Section 10.22. βCredit Dateβ means the date of a Credit Extension. βCredit Extensionβ means a Borrowing. -24- βCustomary Term A Loansβ means any term loans that are syndicated primarily to Persons regulated as banks in the primary syndication thereof, that, when made, have scheduled amortization of at least 2.5% per year prior to maturity, and that contain other provisions customary for βterm A loans,β as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent. βDebtβ means at any time (without duplication), with respect to any Person, whether recourse is to all or a portion of the assets of such Person, or non-recourse, the following: (i) all indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed or for the deferred purchase price of property, excluding (A) any trade payables or other current liabilities incurred in the normal course of business and (B) earnouts or similar obligations unless and until such amounts are earned; (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments; (iii) all reimbursement obligations of such Person with respect to letters of credit (other than letters of credit that are secured by cash or Cash Equivalents), bankersβ acceptances or similar facilities (excluding obligations in respect of letters of credit or bankersβ acceptances issued in respect of trade payables) issued for the account of such Person; provided that such obligations shall not constitute Debt except to the extent drawn and not repaid within five Business Days; (iv) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property or assets acquired by such Person; (v) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person; (vi) the maximum fixed redemption or repurchase price of Redeemable Equity Interests in such Person at the time of determination; (vii) any Swap Contracts and Hedging Obligations of such Person at the time of determination; (viii) Attributable Debt with respect to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction to which such Person is a party; and (ix) all obligations of the types referred to in clauses (i) through (viii) of this definition of another Person, the payment of which, in either case, (A) such Person has Guaranteed or (B) is secured by (or the holder of such Debt or the recipient of such dividends or other distributions has an existing right, whether contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon the property or other assets of such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Debt. For purposes of the foregoing: (a) the maximum fixed repurchase price of any Redeemable Equity Interests that do not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Redeemable Equity Interests as if such Redeemable Equity Interests were repurchased on any date on which Debt shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that, if such Redeemable Equity Interests are not then permitted to be repurchased, the repurchase price shall be the book value of such Redeemable Equity Interests; (b) the amount outstanding at any time of any Debt issued with original issue discount shall be the principal amount of such Debt less the remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Debt at such time as determined in conformity with GAAP, but such Debt shall be deemed Incurred only as of the date of original issuance thereof; (c) the amount of any Debt described in clause (vii) is the net amount payable (after giving effect to permitted set off) if such Swap Contracts or Hedging Obligations are terminated at that time due to default of such Person; (d) the amount of any Debt described in clause (ix)(A) above shall be the maximum liability under any such Guarantee; (e) the amount of any Debt described in clause (ix)(B) above shall be the lesser of (I) the maximum amount of the obligations so secured and (II) the Fair Market Value of such property or other assets; and (f) interest, fees, premium, and expenses and additional payments, if any, will not constitute Debt. For purposes of determining any particular amount of Debt, Guarantees, Liens, obligations with respect to letters of credit and other obligations supporting Debt otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount will not be included. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term βDebtβ will exclude (a) any endorsements for collection or deposits in the ordinary course of business, (b) any realization of a Permitted Lien, (c) Debt that has been defeased or satisfied in accordance with the terms of the documents governing such Debt, (d) in connection with the purchase by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any business, (x) customary indemnification obligations and (y) post-closing payment adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment is otherwise contingent; provided, however, that, at the time of closing, the amount of any such

-29- βFair Market Valueβ means, with respect to the consideration received or paid in any transaction or series of transactions, the fair market value thereof as determined in good faith by the Borrower. In the case of a transaction between the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, on the one hand, and a Receivable Subsidiary, on the other hand, if the Borrower determines in its sole discretion that such determination is appropriate, a determination as to Fair Market Value may be made at the commencement of the transaction and be applicable to all dealings between the Receivable Subsidiary and the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary during the course of such transaction. βFASB ASCβ means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board. βFATCAβ means current Sections 1471-1474 of the Code (and any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any regulations promulgated thereunder, published administrative guidance issued pursuant thereto, any agreement entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (or any amended or successor version described above), and any applicable intergovernmental agreements implementing the foregoing. βFCPAβ means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended. βFederal Funds Rateβ means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Citi on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent. βFixed Amountsβ has the meaning specified in Section 1.09. βFlood Insurance Lawsβ means, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statue thereto, (iii) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (iv) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (v) the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto. βFloorβ means, with respect to Term B-78 Loans, a rate of interest equal to 0.50%. βForeign Lenderβ means any Lender that is not a βUnited States personβ as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code. βForeign Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary. βFour Quarter Periodβ has the meaning specified in the definition of βConsolidated Fixed Charge Leverage Ratio.β βFRBβ means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States. -30- βFundβ means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities. βGAAPβ means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied, as set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, which are in effect as of the Closing Date; provided, that all calculations relative to liabilities shall be made without giving effect to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159. βGovernmental Authorityβ means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state, local, provincial or otherwise, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank). βGuaranteeβ means, as applied to any Debt of another Person, (i) a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the normal course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner, of any part or all of such Debt, (ii) any direct or indirect obligation, contingent or otherwise, of a Person guaranteeing or having the effect of guaranteeing the Debt of any other Person in any manner and (iii) an agreement of a Person, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, the practical effect of which is to assure in any way the payment (or payment of damages in the event of non-payment) of all or any part of such Debt of another Person (and βGuaranteedβ and βGuaranteeingβ shall have meanings that correspond to the foregoing); provided, however, that the term βGuaranteeβ shall not include a contractual commitment by one Person to invest in another Person for so long as such Investment is reasonably expected to constitute a Permitted Investment. βGuarantorsβ means, collectively, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower listed on Schedule 1.01(a) and each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that shall execute and deliver a guaranty or guaranty supplement pursuant to Section 6.13. βGuarantyβ means, collectively, the Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Secured Parties, together with each other guaranty and guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to Section 6.13. βHazardous Materialsβ means all substances, materials or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, and infectious or medical wastes. βHedge Agreementβ means any one or more of the following extended to any Loan Party by a Bank Product Provider: (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross- currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives -31- Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a βMaster Agreementβ), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement; sometimes being collectively referred to herein as βHedge Agreements.β βHedging Obligationsβ of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any interest rate agreement, currency agreement or commodity agreement, excluding commodity agreements relating to raw materials used in the ordinary course of the Borrowerβs business. βIllegality Noticeβ has the meaning specified in Section 3.02. βImmaterial Subsidiaryβ means as of any date of determination, any Subsidiary that (i) did not, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended, have assets with a value in excess of three percent (3%) of total assets or revenues representing in excess of three percent (3%) of total revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case, on a consolidated basis as of such date and (ii) taken together with all Immaterial Subsidiaries as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended, did not have assets with a value in excess of seven and one-half percent (7.5%) of total assets or revenues representing in excess of seven and one-half percent (7.5%) of total revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case, on a consolidated basis as of such date. βIncremental Capβ means, at any date of determination and with respect to the proposed incurrence of any Incremental Debt, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the greater of (x) $725,000,000 and (y) an amount equal to 100% of Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges for the Four Quarter Period, in each case minus any Incremental Debt and any increase in the commitments under any Specified Credit Facilities previously Incurred in reliance on this clause (i) after the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date plus (ii) an amount such that on a pro forma basis, the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements have been or were required to have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 would be less than or equal to 3.25 to 1.00 (provided that for purposes of calculating the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio, (x) any Incremental Debt shall be treated as if it were secured, regardless of whether such Debt is actually secured and (y) the proceeds of such Incremental Debt shall not be netted from Debt), plus (iii) the amount of any voluntary prepayments of the Loans (excluding prepayments financed with the Incurrence of Debt); provided that for purposes of determining the ability to Incur Debt under the Incremental Cap (including Section 7.02(b) with respect to commitment increases after the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date under any Specified Credit Facility), any revolving commitments Incurred in reliance on the Incremental Cap shall be deemed fully drawn on the date of determination of the Incremental Cap. βIncremental Debtβ means any Additional Term Loans or Incremental Equivalent Debt. βIncremental Equivalent Debtβ means Debt issued in accordance with Section 2.14(d) consisting of one or more series of pari passu notes or pari passu loans, junior lien notes or junior lien loans, subordinated notes or subordinated loans or unsecured notes or unsecured loans, in each case, issued in a public offering, Rule 144A or other private placement transaction, a bridge facility in lieu of the foregoing, or secured or unsecured mezzanine Debt or debt securities, in each case, subject to the terms set forth in Section 2.14(e). βIncurβ means, with respect to any Debt or other obligation of any Person, to create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise), assume, Guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of such Debt or other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of any such Debt or other obligation on the balance sheet of such Person; provided, however, that a change in GAAP or an interpretation thereunder that results in an obligation of such Person that exists at such time becoming -32- Debt shall not be deemed an Incurrence of such Debt. Debt otherwise Incurred by a Person before it becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower shall be deemed to be Incurred at the time at which such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower. βIncurrence,β βIncurred,β βIncurrableβ and βIncurringβ shall have meanings that correspond to the foregoing. A Guarantee by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of Debt Incurred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, shall not be a separate Incurrence of Debt. In addition, the following shall not be deemed a separate Incurrence of Debt: (1) amortization of debt discount or accretion of principal with respect to a non- interest-bearing or other discount security; (2) the payment of regularly scheduled interest in the form of additional Debt of the same instrument or the payment of regularly scheduled dividends on Equity Interests in the form of additional Equity Interests of the same class and with the same terms; (3) the obligation to pay a premium in respect of Debt arising in connection with the issuance of a notice of redemption or making of a mandatory offer to purchase such Debt; and (4) unrealized losses or charges in respect of Hedging Obligations. βIncurrence-Based Amountsβ has the meaning specified in Section 1.09. βIndemnified Taxesβ means all Taxes other than Excluded Taxes. βIndemniteeβ has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b). βInformationβ has the meaning specified in Section 10.07. βInitial Loansβ has the meaning specified in Section 2.01. βIntegration Costsβ means, with respect to any acquisition, all costs relating to the integration of the acquired business or operations into the Borrowerβs, including labor costs, consulting fees, travel costs and any other expenses relating to the integration process. βIntellectual Property Security Agreementβ has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a)(v). βIntercompany Subordination Agreementβ means the Intercompany Subordination Agreement to be executed and delivered by each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party. βIntercreditor Agreementβ means (i) the ABL Intercreditor Agreement or (ii) any other customary intercreditor agreement that is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and entered into by, the Administrative Agent, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the terms of such intercreditor agreements. βInterest Payment Dateβ means, (a) as to any SOFR Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Facility; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a SOFR Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date of the Facility.

-33- βInterest Periodβ means, as to each SOFR Loan, the period commencing on the date of such Loan or Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, three or six months thereafter (in each case, subject to the availability thereof), as specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice; provided that: (a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day; (b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; (c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date; and (d) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 3.07(d) shall be available for specification in such Committed Loan Notice. βInvestmentβ by any Person means any direct or indirect loan, advance, guarantee for the benefit of (or other extension of credit) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property or assets to another Person or any other payments for property or services for the account or use of another Person) another Person, including, without limitation, the following: (i) the purchase or acquisition of any Equity Interest or other evidence of beneficial ownership in another Person; (ii) the purchase, acquisition or Guarantee of the Debt of another Person; and (iii) the purchase or acquisition of the business or assets of another Person substantially as an entirety but shall exclude: (a) accounts receivable and other extensions of trade credit in accordance with the Borrowerβs customary practices; (b) the acquisition of property and assets from suppliers and other vendors in the normal course of business; and (c) prepaid expenses and workersβ compensation, utility, lease and similar deposits in the normal course of business. βInvoluntary Dispositionβ means any involuntary loss, damage or destruction of property, or any involuntary condemnation, seizure or taking, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, or confiscation or requisition of use of property. βIRSβ means the United States Internal Revenue Service. βJoint Ventureβ means any Person in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary owns any Equity Interests other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary. βJudgment Currencyβ has the meaning specified in Section 10.18. βJunior Debtβ means any Subordinated Debt. βLatest Maturity Dateβ means, as of any date of determination, the latest Maturity Date of any then existing Loans. βLawsβ means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed -34- duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law. βLCT Electionβ has the meaning specified in Section 1.08. βLCT Test Dateβ has the meaning specified in Section 1.08. βLead Arrangersβ mean Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. LLC, in their capacity as the joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunning managers. βLenderβ means at any time, (a) on or prior to the Closing Date, any Lender that has a Commitment at such time and (b) at any time after the Closing Date, any Lender that holds Loans or Commitments at such time. βLending Officeβ means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Xxxxxxβs Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. βLIBOR Transition Amendmentβ means that certain LIBOR Transition Amendment to this Agreement, dated as of September 8, 2022. βLienβ means, with respect to any property or other asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure Debt, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security interest, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge, easement, encumbrance, preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such property or other asset (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing). βLimited Condition Transactionβ means (1) any Investment or Acquisition (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other business combination or the acquisition of Equity Interests or otherwise and which may include, for the avoidance of doubt, a transaction that may constitute a Change of Control), whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third-party financing, (2) any redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Debt requiring irrevocable notice in advance of such redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment, (3) any Restricted Payment requiring irrevocable notice in advance thereof and (4) any Asset Sale or a disposition excluded from the definition of βAsset Sale.β βLoan Documentsβ means, collectively, (a) this Agreement, (b) the Notes, (c) the Guaranty, (d) the Collateral Documents, (e) any Intercreditor Agreement, (f) the Perfection Certificate, (g) the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, (h) Amendment No. 1, (i) Amendment No. 2 to this Agreement, dated as of August 3, 2016, (j) Amendment No. 3, (k) Amendment No. 4, (l) Amendment No. 5, (m) Amendment No. 6, (n) Amendment No. 7, (o) the LIBOR Transition Amendment and, (p) Amendment No. 8.8 and (q) Amendment No. 9. βLoan Partiesβ means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor. βLoansβ means the Initial Loans, the Term B-1 Loans, the Term B-2 Loans, the Term B-3 Loans, the Term B-4 Loans, the Term B-5 Loans, the Term B-6 Loans, the Term B-7 Loans, the Term B-8 Loans, the Additional Term Loans, the Extended Term Loans and any additional Refinancing Term Loans. -35- βMaster Agreementβ has the meaning specified in the definition of βSwap Agreement.β βMaterial Adverse Effectβ means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under the Loan Documents, taken as a whole, or of the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party. βMaterial Real Propertyβ means fee owned real property with a fair market value in excess of $20,000,000 acquired after the Closing Date; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, on and after the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, the real property located at Avon Lake, County of Lorain, Ohio shall not constitute Material Real Property. βMaturity Dateβ means (i) November 12, 2022 with respect to the Initial Loans, (ii) the Term B-1 Maturity Date with respect to the Term B-1 Loans, (iii) the Term B-2 Maturity Date with respect to the Term B-2 Loans, (iv) the Term B-3 Maturity Date with respect to the Term B-3 Loans, (v) the Term B-4 Maturity Date with respect to the Term B-4 Loans, (vi) the Term B-5 Maturity Date with respect to the Term B-5 Loans, (vii) the Term B-6 Maturity Date with respect to the Term B-6 Loans, (vii) the Term B- 7 Maturity Date with respect to the Term B-7 Loans and (viii, (viii) the Term B-8 Maturity Date with respect to the Term B-8 Loans and (ix) with respect to any other Loans, the date specified as the maturity date for such Loans in the Additional Credit Extension Amendment related to such Loans; provided, however, that, in any such case, if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day. βMaximum Rateβ has the meaning specified in Section 10.09. βMoodyβsβ means Xxxxxβx Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business. βMortgage Policyβ has the meaning specified in Schedule 6.18. βMortgaged Propertyβ means the real property that is owned by any Loan Party on the Closing Date listed on Schedule 1.01(b) and any Material Real Property acquired after the Closing Date. βMortgagesβ means, individually and collectively, one or more mortgages, deeds of trust, or deeds to secure debt (as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time), executed and delivered by the applicable Loan Party in favor of the Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that at any time encumber any Mortgaged Property. βMultiemployer Planβ means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions. βMultiple Employer Planβ means a Pension Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors (including the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA. -36- βNet Cash Proceedsβ means, with respect to any Disposition or issuance of Debt of any Person, cash and Cash Equivalents received, net of (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of such Person incurred in connection with such a sale, including, without limitation, all legal, accounting, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred and all federal, state, foreign and local taxes arising in connection with such Disposition or issuance of Debt that are paid or required to be accrued as a liability under GAAP by such Person; (ii)(x) all payments made by such Person on any Debt that is secured by a Lien on any Collateral that is pari passu with the Liens on such Collateral securing the Obligations in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or with respect to such Collateral (provided that such amount shall not exceed the product of (I) the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds multiplied by (II) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of such Debt secured by a Lien on the Collateral ranking pari passu to the Liens on such Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) and with respect to which such a requirement to make such payment and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Debt and the outstanding principal amount of Loans) or that must, in order to obtain a necessary consent to such transaction or by applicable law, be repaid to any other Person (other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof) in connection with such Disposition or issuance of Debt, (y) all payments made by such Person on Revolving Loan Debt (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (as in effect on the Closing Date)) from the proceeds of Revolving Loan Priority Collateral (as defined in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (as in effect on the Closing Date)) or as otherwise set forth in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement (as in effect on the Closing Date) and (z) all other payments made by such Person on any Debt that is secured by a Lien on any Collateral subject to a Disposition that was permitted to be incurred under Section 7.01 and that is senior to the Liens on such Collateral securing the Obligations if such payment is required in accordance with the terms of any such Lien upon or with respect to such Collateral; (iii) all contractually required distributions and other payments made to minority interest holders in Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person as a result of such transaction; (iv) the deduction of appropriate amounts provided by the seller as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the property disposed of in such Disposition and retained by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Disposition, including, without limitation, pension and other post- employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Disposition; and (v) payments of unassumed liabilities (not constituting Debt) relating to the property sold at the time of, or within 30 days after, the date of such sale; provided, however, that (a) in the event that any consideration for an Asset Sale (which would otherwise constitute Net Cash Proceeds) is required by (I) contract to be held in escrow pending determination of whether a purchase price adjustment will be made or (II) GAAP to be reserved against other liabilities in connection with such Disposition, such consideration (or any portion thereof) shall become Net Cash Proceeds only at such time as it is released to such Person from escrow or otherwise; and (b) any non-cash consideration received in connection with any transaction subsequently converted to cash shall become Net Cash Proceeds only at such time as it is so converted. βNon-Consenting Lenderβ means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver, amendment, modification or termination that (a) requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 10.01 and (b) has been approved by the Required Lenders. βNon-Exchanging Lenderβ means each Lender holding Initial Loans on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date that (i) did not execute and deliver a Consent on or prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date or (ii) is a Post-Closing Option Lender. βNon-Loan Partyβ means, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Loan Party that is not a Loan Party.

-37- βNon-Recourse Receivable Subsidiary Debtβ has the meaning specified in clause (4) of the definition of βReceivable Subsidiary.β βNoteβ means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Lender, evidencing Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B. βNPLβ means the National Priorities List under CERCLA. βObligationsβ means (a) for purposes of this Agreement, all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Loan Party as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding, (b) for purposes of the Collateral Documents and each Guaranty, (x) all βObligationsβ as defined in clause (a) above, (y) all Bank Product Obligations and (z) all Secured Hedge Obligations and (c) obligations of the Loan Parties to pay, discharge and satisfy the Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no circumstances shall Excluded Swap Obligations constitute Obligations of any Guarantor described in the definition thereof. βOFACβ means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department. βOfficerβ means, with respect to any Person, the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief operating officer, the chief financial officer, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the controller, the secretary or any vice president of such Person. βOfficerβs Certificateβ means a certificate signed by the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief operating officer, the chief financial officer, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the controller, the secretary or any vice president of the Borrower. βOrganization Documentsβ means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity. βOther Taxesβ means all present or future stamp, recording or documentary Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes, similar charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, registration or enforcement of, receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document. βOutstanding Amountβ means, on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Loans occurring on such date. βParticipantβ has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(d). -38- βPatriot Actβ has the meaning specified in Section 5.18. βPayment Recipientβ has the meaning specified in Section 9.12(a). βPBGCβ means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. βPension Funding Rulesβ means the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in Sections 412 and 430 of the Code and Sections 302 and 303 of ERISA. βPension Planβ means any βemployee pension benefit planβ (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) (including a Multiple Employer Plan but excluding a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the Pension Funding Rules. βPerfection Certificateβ shall mean that certain perfection certificate dated November 12, 2015, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, executed and delivered by each Loan Party in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and each other Perfection Certificate (which shall be substantially in the form of the Perfection Certificate with such modifications as are reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) executed and delivered by the applicable Loan Party in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of each Security Agreement Supplement executed in accordance with Section 3.5 of the Security Agreement, in each case, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. βPeriodic Term SOFR Determination Dayβ has the meaning specified in the definition of βTerm SOFRβ. βPermitted Acquisitionsβ means the purchase or other acquisition by a Person or its Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the assets of (or any division or business line of) any other Person (other than a Subsidiary), or the purchase or other acquisition (whether by means of a merger, consolidation, or otherwise) by a Person or its Subsidiaries of all (other than directorsβ qualifying shares) of the Equity Interests of any other Person (other than a Subsidiary) (any such transaction an βAcquisitionβ); provided that: (a) as of the date of any such Acquisition after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall exist or have occurred and be continuing, provided that, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition that is not subject to a financing condition, such condition shall be satisfied if (x) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom as of the time of the signing of the definitive documentation relating to such Acquisition and (y) no Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or (f) or (g) shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of consummation of such Acquisition, (b) any such newly-created or acquired Subsidiary shall comply with the requirements of Section 6.13 within the time periods set forth therein (including after giving effect to any extensions granted by the Administrative Agent as set forth therein), (c) in the case of any Acquisition that involves aggregate consideration in excess of $50,000,000, the Administrative Agent shall have received not less than five Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of the proposed Acquisition (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion) prior written notice of the proposed -39- Acquisition, and including the (i) parties to such Acquisition, (ii) the proposed date and amount of the Acquisition, (iii) description of the assets or shares to be acquired and (iv) the total purchase price for the assets to be purchased and the terms of payment of such purchase price), and (d) in the case of any Acquisition involving cash consideration in excess of $50,000,000, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which any such purchase or other acquisition is to be consummated, a certificate of a Responsible Officer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, certifying that all of the requirements set forth in this definition of Permitted Acquisition have been satisfied or will be satisfied on or prior to the consummation of such purchase or other acquisition. βPermitted Bond Hedge Transactionβ means any call or capped call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) relating to the Borrowerβs common stock (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of the Borrower) purchased by the Borrower in connection with the issuance of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness. βPermitted Businessβ means any business similar in nature to any business conducted by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and any business reasonably ancillary, incidental, complementary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of, the business conducted by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, in each case, as determined in good faith by the Borrower. βPermitted Convertible Indebtednessβ means Debt of the Borrower that (i) has no scheduled principal amortization prior to maturity, (ii) has a scheduled maturity date not earlier than 91 days following the Latest Maturity Date then in effect and (iii) is convertible into shares of common stock of the Borrower (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of the Parent Borrower) (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock or such other securities). βPermitted Encumbrancesβ has the meaning specified in the Mortgages. βPermitted Investmentsβ means: (a) Investments in existence on the Closing Date and any extensions or replacements thereof on terms no less favorable and in amounts no greater than exist on the Closing Date; provided that any Investments in existence on the Closing Date by any Loan Party in any Person that is not a Loan Party in excess of $20,000,000 shall be set forth on Schedule 7.06; (b) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents; (c) Investments in property and other assets in the ordinary course of business, that are owned or used by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the normal course of business; (d) prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection, lease, utility, workersβ compensation, performance and other similar deposits provided to third parties in the ordinary course of business; (e) Investments by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; -40- (f) Permitted Acquisitions; (g) Swap Contracts and Hedging Obligations; (h) receivables owing to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and advances to suppliers, in each case if created, acquired or made in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; (i) Investments received in settlement of obligations owed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and as a result of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or upon the foreclosure or enforcement of any Lien in favor of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; (j) Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted under this definition, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $350.0 million and (y) 6.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at any one time outstanding; (k) loans (and Guarantees of third-party loans) and advances to officers, directors and employees of the Borrower and Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding, for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes; (l) Investments the payment for which consists solely of Equity Interests of the Borrower; (m) any Investment in any Person to the extent such Investment represents the non- cash portion of the consideration received in connection with an Asset Sale consummated in compliance with Section 7.05 or any other disposition of property or assets not constituting an Asset Sale; (n) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (o) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Debt of the Borrower or a Guarantor of Debt otherwise permitted by Section 7.02; (p) any Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Receivable Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivable Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction, so long as any Investment in a Receivable Subsidiary is in the form of a Purchase Money Note or an Investment in Equity Interests; (q) loans or advances to customers or suppliers in the ordinary course of business; and (r) Investments in any Person made in exchange for, out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Equity Interests of the Borrower (other than Redeemable Equity Interests). βPermitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debtβ has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(c). βPermitted Liensβ has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.

-41- βPermitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debtβ has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(c). βPermitted Unsecured Refinancing Debtβ has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(c). βPermitted Warrant Transactionβ means any call option, warrant or right to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) relating to the Borrowerβs common stock (or other securities or property following a merger event or other change of the common stock of the Borrower) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock) sold by the Borrower substantially concurrently with any purchase by the Borrower of a Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction. βPersonβ means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity. βPlanβ means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan but excluding a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan), maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees. βPlatformβ has the meaning specified in Section 6.02. βPledged Debtβ mean all Intercompany Notes from time to time owed to a Pledgor (as such term is defined in the Security Agreement) that are required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement. βPledged Securitiesβ has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement. βPost-Closing Option Lenderβ means each Lender that executed and delivered a Consent to Amendment No. 1 indicating the βPost-Closing Settlement Optionβ. βPreferred Interests,β as applied to the Equity Interests in any Person, means Equity Interests in such Person of any class or classes (however designated) that rank prior, as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such Person, to shares of Common Interests in such Person. βPrime Lending Rateβ shall mean the rate which the Administrative Agent publicly announces from time to time as its prime lending rate, the Prime Lending Rate to change when and as such prime lending rate changes. The Prime Lending Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer by the Administrative Agent, which may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime Lending Rate. βpro forma basisβ means, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant hereunder, that all Specified Transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or covenant, and giving effect to any cost savings, expenses and other items projected by the Borrower in good faith which would otherwise be accounted for as an adjustment pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which are reasonably factually supportable and certified by a Responsible Officer. βPro Forma Financial Statementsβ has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a)(ix). -42- βProjectionsβ means the Borrowerβs forecasted (a) balance sheets, (b) profit and loss statements, and (c) cash flow statements, all prepared on a basis consistent with the Borrowerβs historical financial statements, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of underlying assumptions. βPTEβ means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time. βPublic Lenderβ has the meaning specified in Section 6.02. βPurchase Money Debtβ means Debt: (i) Incurred to finance the purchase or construction (including additions and improvements thereto) of any assets (other than Equity Interests) of such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary; and (ii) that is secured by a Lien on such assets where the lenderβs sole security is to the assets so purchased or constructed; and in either case that does not exceed 100% of the cost and to the extent the purchase or construction prices for such assets are or should be included in βaddition to property, plant or equipmentβ in accordance with GAAP. βPurchase Money Noteβ means a promissory note of a Receivable Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, which note must be repaid from cash available to the Receivable Subsidiary, other than amounts required to be established as reserves pursuant to agreements, amounts paid to investors in respect of interest, principal and other amounts owing to such investors and amounts paid in connection with the purchase of newly generated receivables. The repayment of a Purchase Money Note may be subordinated to the repayment of other liabilities of the Receivable Subsidiary on terms determined in good faith by the Borrower to be substantially consistent with market practice in connection with Qualified Receivables Transactions. βPurchasing Borrower Partyβ means the Borrower or any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Borrower. βQFC Credit Supportβ has the meaning specified in Section 10.22. βQualified Equity Interestsβ in any Person means a class of Equity Interests other than Redeemable Equity Interests. βQualified Receivables Transactionβ means any transaction or series of transactions entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary transfers to (a) a Receivable Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivable Subsidiary), or grants a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all Guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with an accounts receivable financing transaction; provided such transaction is on market terms as determined in good faith by the Borrower at the time the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into such transaction. -43- βQuarterly Payment Dateβ means the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December. βReceivable Subsidiaryβ means a Subsidiary of the Borrower: (1) that is formed solely for the purpose of, and that engages in no activities other than activities in connection with, financing accounts receivable of the Borrower and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that βaccounts receivableβ includes providing letters of credit on behalf of or for the benefit of the Borrower and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries; (2) that is designated by the Board of Directors as a Receivable Subsidiary pursuant to an Officerβs Certificate that is delivered to the Administrative Agent; (3) that is either (a) a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) an Unrestricted Subsidiary; (4) no portion of the Debt or any other obligation (contingent or otherwise) of which (a) is at any time Guaranteed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (excluding Guarantees of obligations (other than any Guarantee of Debt) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (b) is at any time recourse to or obligates the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any way, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (c) subjects any asset of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings (such Debt, βNon-Recourse Receivable Subsidiary Debtβ); (5) with which neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than (a) contracts, agreements, arrangements and understandings entered into in the ordinary course of business on terms no less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might reasonably be expected to be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Borrower, (b) fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing accounts receivable in connection with such a Qualified Receivables Transaction as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Borrower and (c) any Purchase Money Note issued by such Receivable Subsidiary to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or any letters of credit provided by such Receivable Subsidiary on behalf of or for the benefit of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; and (6) with respect to which neither the Borrower nor any other Restricted Subsidiary has any obligation (a) to subscribe for additional shares of Equity Interests therein or make any additional capital contribution or similar payment or transfer thereto except in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction or (b) to maintain or preserve the solvency or any balance sheet term, financial condition, level of income or results of operations thereof. βRedeemable Equity Interestsβ in any Person means any equity security of such Person that by its terms (or by terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or otherwise (including the passage of time or the happening of an event), is required to be redeemed, is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof in whole or in part (including by operation of a sinking fund), or is convertible or exchangeable for Debt of such Person at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, at any time prior to the Latest Maturity Date of the Loans then outstanding; provided that only the portion of such equity security which is required to be redeemed, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof before such date will be deemed to be -44- Redeemable Equity Interests. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any equity security that would constitute Redeemable Equity Interests solely because the holders of the equity security have the right to require the Borrower to repurchase such equity security upon the occurrence of a Change of Control or an Asset Sale will not constitute Redeemable Equity Interests if the terms of such equity security provide that the Borrower may not repurchase or redeem any such equity security pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 7.06. The amount of Redeemable Equity Interests deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Agreement will be the maximum amount that the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Redeemable Equity Interests or portion thereof, exclusive of accrued dividends. βRefinanced Term Loansβ has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(c). βRefinancing Debtβ means Debt arising after the date hereof issued in exchange for, or the proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, replace or substitute for other Debt to the extent permitted hereunder so long as: (a) the Refinancing Debt shall have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity and a final maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity and the final maturity, respectively, of the Debt being extended, refinanced, replaced, or substituted for, (b) the Refinancing Debt shall rank in right of payment no more senior than, and be at least as subordinated (if already subordinated) to, the Obligations as the Debt being extended, refinanced, replaced or substituted for, (c) the Refinancing Debt will not have any obligors other than the Loan Parties who were not obligors in respect of the Debt being extended, refinanced, replaced or substituted for, (d) such Debt shall be at rates and with fees or other charges that do not exceed the then applicable market rates, and (e) the principal amount of such Refinancing Debt shall not exceed the principal amount of the Debt so extended, refinanced, replaced or substituted for plus any accrued interest, premiums, fees, costs and expenses related thereto (including any original issue discount or upfront fees). βRefinancing Equivalent Debtβ has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(c). βRefinancing Term Effective Dateβ has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(b). βRefinancing Term Lenderβ has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(b). βRefinancing Term Loansβ has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a). βRegisterβ has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c). βRelated Business Assetsβ means assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Permitted Business; provided that any assets received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for assets transferred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person unless, upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.

-45- βRelated Partiesβ means, with respect to any Person, such Personβs Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and of such Personβs Affiliates. βReleaseβ means any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the Environment or within, from or into any building, structure, facility or fixture. βRelevant Governmental Bodyβ means the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto. βReplacement Rateβ has the meaning specified in Section 3.03(a)(ii). βReportable Eventβ means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived. βRepricing Transactionβ shall mean (i) the incurrence by the Borrower of any Debt (a) with a Weighted Average Yield that is less than the Weighted Average Yield for the Term B-78 Loans being refinanced and (b) the proceeds of which are used substantially concurrently to prepay (or, in the case of a conversion, deemed to prepay or replace), in whole or in part, outstanding principal of Term B-78 Loans or (ii) any transaction, the primary purposes (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) of which is the effective reduction in the Weighted Average Yield for the Term B-78 Loans. Any determination by the Administrative Agent with respect to Weighted Average Yield shall be conclusive and binding on all Lenders holding the Term B-78 Loans. βRequired Lendersβ means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of (x) the Loans outstanding on such date on such date plus (y) the aggregate amount of unused Commitments outstanding on such date; provided that the portion of any Loans or Commitments held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders. βReserved Indebtedness Amountβ has the meaning specified in Section 7.02. βResolution Authorityβ means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority. βResponsible Officerβ means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of a Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party. βRestricted Paymentβ means any of the following: (a) any dividend or other distribution declared and paid on the Equity Interests in the Borrower or on the Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that are held by, or declared and paid to, any Person other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than (i) dividends, distributions or payments made solely in Qualified Equity Interests in the Borrower and (ii) dividends or distributions payable to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or to other holders of Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary on a pro rata basis); -46- (b) any payment made by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to purchase, redeem, acquire or retire any Equity Interests in the Borrower (including the conversion into, or exchange for, Debt, of any Equity Interests) other than any such Equity Interests owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a payment made solely in Qualified Equity Interests in the Borrower); (c) any payment made by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a payment made solely in Qualified Equity Interests in the Borrower) to redeem, repurchase, defease (including an in substance or legal defeasance) or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including pursuant to mandatory repurchase covenants), prior to any scheduled maturity, scheduled sinking fund or mandatory redemption payment, Junior Debt of the Borrower or any Guarantor except payments of principal and interest in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case, within one year of the due date thereof; (d) any Investment by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in any Person, other than a Permitted Investment; (e) any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary. βRestricted Subsidiaryβ means each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. βRevolving Loan Debtβ shall have the meaning specified in the ABL Intercreditor Agreement. βSale and Leaseback Transactionβ means any direct or indirect arrangement pursuant to which property is sold or transferred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and is thereafter leased back as a capital lease by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary. βSanctionsβ means any economic or trade sanctions (including without limitation any country or list based sanctions) imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the United States government, including without limitation OFAC and the U.S. Department of State, the Canadian government, the United National Security Council, the European Union or the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. βSanctioned Entityβ means (a) a country or a government of a country, (b) an agency of the government of a country, (c) an organization directly or indirectly controlled by a country or its government, or (d) a Person resident in or determined to be resident in a country, in each case, that is subject to a country sanctions program administered and enforced by the United States government, including without limitation OFAC and the U.S. Department of State, the Canadian government, the United National Security Council, the European Union or the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. βSanctioned Personβ means any person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals or other lists of sanctioned persons maintained by OFAC or a person owned or controlled by one or more such persons, or any person named on any analogous list maintained by the U.S. Department of State, the Canadian government, the United National Security Council, the European Union or the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. βS&Pβ means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business. -47- βSECβ means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions. βSecured Hedge Obligationsβ means any and all obligations or liabilities, whether absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, of any Loan Party arising under, owing pursuant to, or existing in respect of Hedge Agreements entered into with one or more of the Bank Product Providers. βSecured Partiesβ means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Bank Product Providers, each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.05, and the other Persons the Obligations owing to which are or are purported to be secured by the Collateral under the terms of the Collateral Documents. βSecurity Agreementβ has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a)(iii). βSecurity Agreement Supplementβ has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement. βSOFRβ means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator. βSOFR Administratorβ means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate). βSOFR Borrowingβ means, as to any Borrowing, the SOFR Loans comprising such Borrowing. βSOFR Loanβ means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Adjusted Term SOFR, other than pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition of βBase Rateβ. βSolventβ and βSolvencyβ mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, taking into account any right of reimbursement, contribution or similar right available to such Person from other Persons, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Personβs ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Personβs property would constitute an unreasonably small capital, and (e) such Person is able to pay its debts and liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability. βSpecified Credit Facilitiesβ means one or more credit facilities (including the ABL Facility) or commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks or other lenders or investors providing for revolving loans, the issuance of letters of credit or bankersβ acceptances, securitization financings or similar facilities; provided that the foregoing shall not include any term loans or similar credit facilities that are placed primarily with institutional lenders or any debt securities. βSpecified Transactionβ means any Incurrence or repayment of Debt (other than for working capital purposes) or Investment that results in a Person becoming a Subsidiary or any Asset Sale that -48- results in a Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, or any Investment constituting an Acquisition, in each case not in the ordinary course of business. βSpot Rateβ has the meaning specified in Section 1.06. βStandard Securitization Undertakingsβ means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary which are reasonably customary in an accounts receivable securitization transaction as determined in good faith by the Borrower, including Guarantees by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any of the foregoing obligations of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary. βStated Maturityβ means, with respect to any Debt, the date specified in such Debt as the fixed date on which the payment of principal of such Debt is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase or repayment of such Debt at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency). βSubordinated Debtβ means any Debt that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations. βSubsidiaryβ of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a βSubsidiaryβ or to βSubsidiariesβ shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower. βSupported QFCβ has the meaning specified in Section 10.22. βSwap Contractβ means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, any fuel price caps and fuel price collar or floor agreements and similar agreements or arrangements designed to protect against or manage fluctuations in fuel prices and any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a βMaster Agreementβ), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement. βSynergiesβ has the meaning specified in the definition of βConsolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges.β βSynthetic Lease Obligationβ means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property (including Sale and Leaseback Transactions), in each case, creating obligations that do not

-49- appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the application of any Debtor Relief Laws to such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment). βTaxesβ means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, similar fees or other similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto. βTerm B-1 Commitmentβ means the Additional Term B-1 Commitment and the Term B-1 Exchange Commitments. After giving effect to Amendment No. 1, on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Term B-1 Commitments shall be $548,624,999.97. βTerm B-1 Exchange Commitmentβ means the agreement of a Lender to exchange its Initial Loans for an equal aggregate principal amount of Term B-1 Loans on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, as evidenced by such Lender executing and delivering its Consent and indicating the βCashless Settlement Option.β βTerm B-1 Lenderβ means, collectively, (i) on the Term B-1 Effective Date, each Lender that executes and delivers a Consent and indicates the βCashless Settlement Optionβ prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, (ii) on the Term B-1 Effective Date, the Additional Term B-1 Lender and (iii) thereafter, each Lender with an outstanding Term B-1 Loan. βTerm B-1 Loanβ means, collectively, (i) Initial Loans exchanged for a like principal amount of Term B-1 Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(i) and (ii) each Additional Term B-1 Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(ii), in each case on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date. βTerm B-1 Maturity Dateβ means November 12, 2022; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the Term B-1 Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day. βTerm B-2 Commitmentβ means the Additional Term B-2 Commitment and the Term B-2 Exchange Commitments. After giving effect to Amendment No. 3, on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Term B-2 Commitments shall be $644,000,925. βTerm B-2 Exchange Commitmentβ means the agreement of a Lender to exchange its Term B-1 Loans for an equal aggregate principal amount of Term B- 2 Loans on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, as evidenced by such Lender executing and delivering its Amendment No. 3 Consent and indicating the βCashless Settlement Option.β βTerm B-2 Lenderβ means, collectively, (i) on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, each Lender that executes and delivers an Amendment No. 3 Consent and indicates the βCashless Settlement Optionβ prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, (ii) on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, the Additional Term B-2 Lender and (iii) thereafter, each Lender with an outstanding Term B-2 Loan. βTerm B-2 Loanβ means, collectively, (i) Term B-1 Loans exchanged for a like principal amount of Term B-2 Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(c)(i) and (ii) each Additional Term B-2 Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(c)(ii), in each case on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date. βTerm B-2 Maturity Dateβ means November 12, 2022; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the Term B-2 Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day. -50- βTerm B-3 Commitmentβ means the Additional Term B-3 Commitment and the Term B-3 Exchange Commitments. After giving effect to Amendment No. 4, on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Term B-3 Commitments shall be $640,748,413. βTerm B-3 Exchange Commitmentβ means the agreement of a Lender to exchange its Term B-2 Loans for an equal aggregate principal amount of Term B-3 Loans on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, as evidenced by such Lender executing and delivering its Amendment No. 4 Consent and indicating the βCashless Settlement Option.β βTerm B-3 Lenderβ means, collectively, (i) on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, each Lender that executes and delivers an Amendment No. 4 Consent and indicates the βCashless Settlement Optionβ prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, (ii) on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, the Additional Term B-3 Lender and (iii) thereafter, each Lender with an outstanding Term B-3 Loan. βTerm B-3 Loanβ means, collectively, (i) Term B-2 Loans exchanged for a like principal amount of Term B-3 Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(d)(i) and (ii) each Additional Term B-3 Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(d)(ii), in each case on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date. βTerm B-3 Maturity Dateβ means November 12, 2022; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the Term B-3 Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day. βTerm B-4 Commitmentβ means the Additional Term B-4 Commitment and the Term B-4 Exchange Commitments. After giving effect to Amendment No. 5, on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Term B-4 Commitments shall be $635,869,644.98. βTerm B-4 Exchange Commitmentβ means the agreement of a Lender to exchange its Term B-3 Loans for an equal aggregate principal amount of Term B-4 Loans on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, as evidenced by such Lender executing and delivering its Amendment No. 5 Consent and indicating the βCashless Settlement Option.β βTerm B-4 Lenderβ means, collectively, (i) on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, each Lender that executes and delivers an Amendment No. 5 Consent and indicates the βCashless Settlement Optionβ prior to the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, (ii) on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, the Additional Term B-4 Lender and (iii) thereafter, each Lender with an outstanding Term B-4 Loan. βTerm B-4 Loanβ means, collectively, (i) Term B-3 Loans exchanged for a like principal amount of Term B-4 Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(e)(i) and (ii) each Additional Term B-4 Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(e)(ii), in each case on the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date. βTerm B-4 Maturity Dateβ means November 12, 2022; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the Term B-4 Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day. βTerm B-5 Commitmentβ means the Additional Term B-5 Commitment and the Term B-5 Exchange Commitments. After giving effect to Amendment No. 6, on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Term B-5 Commitments shall be $632,617,132.97. βTerm B-5 Exchange Commitmentβ means the agreement of a Lender to exchange its Term B-4 Loans for an equal aggregate principal amount of Term B-5 Loans on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, as evidenced by such Lender executing and delivering its Amendment No. 6 Consent and indicating the βCashless Settlement Optionβ. -51- βTerm B-5 Lenderβ means, collectively, (i) on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, each Lender that executes and delivers an Amendment No. 6 Consent and indicates the βCashless Settlement Optionβ prior to the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, (ii) on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date, the Additional Term B-5 Lender and (iii) thereafter, each Lender with an outstanding Term B-5 Loan. βTerm B-5 Loanβ means, collectively, (i) Term B-4 Loans exchanged for a like principal amount of Term B-5 Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(f)(i) and (ii) each Additional Term B-5 Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(f)(ii), in each case on the Amendment No. 6 Effective Date. βTerm B-5 Maturity Dateβ means January 30, 2026; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the Term B-5 Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day. βTerm B-6 Commitmentβ each Term B-6 Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(g) on the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date. After giving effect to Amendment No. 7, on the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Term B-6 Commitments shall be $575,000,000. βTerm B-6 Lenderβ means (a) on the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date, any Lender that has a Term B-6 Commitment at such time and (b) at any time after the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date, any Lender that holds Term B-6 Loans or Term B-6 Commitments at such time. βTerm B-6 Loanβ means each Term B-6 Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(g) on the Amendment No. 7 Effective Date. βTerm B-6 Maturity Dateβ means August 29, 2029; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the Term B-6 Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day. βTerm B-7 Cashless Option Lenderβ means each Term B-5 Lender or Term B-6 Lender, as applicable, that has executed and delivered an Amendment No. 8 Consent indicating the βCashless Settlement Option.β βTerm B-7 Commitmentβ means the Additional Term B-7 Commitment and the Term B-7 Exchange Commitments. After giving effect to Amendment No. 8, on the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Term B-7 Commitments shall be $731,597,036.98. βTerm B-7 Exchange Commitmentβ means the agreement of a Lender to exchange its Term B-5 Loans or Term B-6 Loans, as applicable, for an equal aggregate principal amount of Term B-7 Loans on the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date, as evidenced by such Lender executing and delivering its Amendment No. 8 Consent and indicating the βCashless Settlement Option.β βTerm B-7 Lenderβ means, collectively, (i) on the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date, each Term B-5 Lender or Term B-6 Lender, as applicable, that executes and delivers an Amendment No. 8 Consent and indicates the βCashless Settlement Optionβ prior to the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date, (ii) on the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date, the Amendment No. 8 Additional Term Lender and (iii) thereafter, each Lender with an outstanding Term B-7 Loan. βTerm B-7 Loanβ means, collectively, (i) Term B-5 Loans or Term B-6 Loans, as applicable, exchanged for a like principal amount of Term B-7 Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(h)(i) and (ii) each Additional Term B-7 Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(h)(ii), in each case on the Amendment No. 8 Effective Date. -52- βTerm B-7 Maturity Dateβ means August 29, 2029; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the Term B-7 Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day. βTerm B-7 Post-Closing Option Lenderβ means each Term B-5 Lender and Term B-6 Lender that executed and delivered an Amendment No. 8 Consent indicating the βPost-Closing Settlement Option.β βTerm B-8 Cashless Option Lenderβ means each Term B-7 Lender that has executed and delivered an Amendment No. 9 Consent indicating the βCashless Settlement Option.β βTerm B-8 Commitmentβ means the Additional Term B-8 Commitment and the Term B-8 Exchange Commitments. After giving effect to Amendment No. 9, on the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Term B-8 Commitments shall be $726,110,058.99. βTerm B-8 Exchange Commitmentβ means the agreement of a Lender to exchange its Term B-7 Loans, for an equal aggregate principal amount of Term B-8 Loans on the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date, as evidenced by such Lender executing and delivering its Amendment No. 9 Consent and indicating the βCashless Settlement Option.β βTerm B-8 Lenderβ means, collectively, (i) on the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date, each Term B-7 Lender that executes and delivers an Amendment No. 9 Consent and indicates the βCashless Settlement Optionβ prior to the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date, (ii) on the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date, the Amendment No. 9 Additional Term Lender and (iii) thereafter, each Lender with an outstanding Term B-8 Loan. βTerm B-8 Loanβ means, collectively, (i) Term B-7 Loans exchanged for a like principal amount of Term B-8 Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(h)(i) and (ii) each Additional Term B-8 Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(h)(ii), in each case on the Amendment No. 9 Effective Date. βTerm B-8 Maturity Dateβ means August 29, 2029; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the Term B-8 Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day. βTerm B-8 Post-Closing Option Lenderβ means each Term B-7 Lender that executed and delivered an Amendment No. 9 Consent indicating the βPost-Closing Settlement Option.β βTerm SOFRβ means, (a) for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, the βPeriodic Term SOFR Determination Dayβ) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day, and (b) for any calculation with respect to an Base Rate Loan on any day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day (such day, the βBase Rate Term SOFR Determination

-53- Dayβ) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day. βTerm SOFR Adjustmentβ means a percentage equal to zero. βTerm SOFR Administratorβ means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion). βTerm SOFR Reference Rateβ means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR. βThreshold Amountβ means $75,000,000. βTransaction Dateβ has the meaning specified in the definition of βConsolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio,β βConsolidated Leverage Ratioβ or βConsolidated Secured Leverage Ratio,β as the context may require. βTransactionsβ means, collectively, (a) the entering into by the Loan Parties and their applicable Subsidiaries of the Loan Documents to which they are or are intended to be a party, (b) the funding of the Initial Loans, (c) the Offer and the redemption of the 2020 Notes, (d) the satisfaction and discharge of the 2015 Notes, (e) the repayment of indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement on the Closing Date and (f) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the foregoing. βTypeβ means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a SOFR Loan. βUCCβ means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, βUCCβ means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non- perfection or priority. βUK Bribery Actβ means the United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010, as amended. βUK Financial Institutionβ means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms. βUK Resolution Authorityβ means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution. -54- βUnadjusted Benchmark Replacementβ means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment. βUnited Statesβ and βU.S.β mean the United States of America. βUnrestricted Subsidiaryβ means (a) any Subsidiary designated as such by an Officerβs Certificate where neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) provides credit support for, or Guarantee of, any Debt of such Subsidiary or any Subsidiary of such Subsidiary (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument evidencing such Debt, but excluding in the case of a Receivable Subsidiary any Standard Securitization Undertakings and further excluding other Debt under which the lender has recourse to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or to any of their assets that does not exceed $15.0 million in the aggregate), provided that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may pledge Equity Interests or property or assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary on a non-recourse basis as long as the pledgee has no claim whatsoever against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than to obtain that pledged Equity Interests or property or assets, or (ii) is directly or indirectly liable for any Debt of such Subsidiary or any Subsidiary of such Subsidiary (except in the case of a Receivable Subsidiary any Standard Securitization Undertakings); provided further, in each case of (i) and (ii), that immediately after giving effect to such designation, either (I) the Subsidiary would have total assets of $1,000 or less or (II) the Borrower could make a Restricted Payment at the time of designation in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of such Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.06 and such amount is thereafter treated as a Restricted Payment for the purpose of calculating the amount available for Restricted Payments thereunder, and (b) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. An Unrestricted Subsidiary may be designated as a Restricted Subsidiary for purposes of this agreement if (i) all the Debt of such Unrestricted Subsidiary could be Incurred pursuant to Section 7.02 and (ii) all the Liens on the property and assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary could be Incurred pursuant to Section 7.01. βU.S. Special Resolution Regimesβ has the meaning specified in Section 10.22. βU.S. Government Securities Business Dayβ means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities. βVoting Interestsβ means, with respect to any Person, securities of any class or classes of Equity Interests in such Person entitling the holders thereof generally to vote on the election of members of the Board of Directors or comparable body of such Person. βWeighted Average Life to Maturityβ means, when applied to any Debt at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Debt. -55- βWeighted Average Yieldβ means with respect to any Loan, on any date of determination, the weighted average yield to maturity, in each case, based on the interest rate applicable to such Loan on such date and giving effect to all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount payable with respect to such Loan; provided, that βWeighted Average Yieldβ shall not include arrangement fees, structuring fees, underwriting fees or similar fees paid to arrangers for such Loan. βWholly Owned Subsidiaryβ means any Person 100% of whose Equity Interests are at the time owned by the Borrower directly or indirectly through other Persons 100% of whose Equity Interests are at the time owned, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower. βWrite-Down and Conversion Powersβ means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers. 1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document: (a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words βinclude,β βincludesβ and βincludingβ shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase βwithout limitation.β The word βwillβ shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word βshall.β Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Personβs successors and assigns, (iii) the words βherein,β βhereofβ and βhereunder,β and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Preliminary Statements, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Preliminary Statements, Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law, rule or regulation shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law, rule or regulation and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law, rule or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words βassetβ and βpropertyβ shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. (b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word βfromβ means βfrom and includingβ; the words βtoβ and βuntilβ each mean βto but excludingβ; and the word βthroughβ means βto and including.β -56- (c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document. 1.03 Accounting Terms. (a) Generally. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, all liabilities related to operating leases, as defined by FASB ASC 842 (or any successor provision), are excluded from the definition of Debt and payments related to operating leases are not included in Consolidated Interest Expense in part or in whole. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded. (c) Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio, covenant or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. No consent or amendment fee shall be required to be paid to any Lender in connection with an amendment contemplated by this Section 1.03(c). 1.04 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number). 1.05 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable). 1.06 Currency Equivalents Generally. Any amount specified in this Agreement (other than in Articles II and IX) or any of the other Loan Documents to be in Dollars shall also include the equivalent of such amount in any currency other than Dollars, such equivalent amount thereof in the applicable currency to be determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (as defined below) for the purchase of such currency with Dollars. For purposes of this Section 1.06, the βSpot Rateβ for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the Spot Rate for the purchase by such Person of such

-109- January 1, 2010 and ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the date of such proposed Restricted Payment, plus (B) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds (including the Fair Market Value of property other than cash) received by the Borrower subsequent to September 24, 2010 either (i) as a contribution to its common equity capital or (ii) from the issuance and sale (other than to a Subsidiary) of its Qualified Equity Interests, including Qualified Equity Interests issued upon the conversion or exchange of Debt or Redeemable Equity Interests of the Borrower, and from the exercise of options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Qualified Equity Interests (other than, in each case, Equity Interests or Debt sold to a Subsidiary of the Borrower), plus (C) to the extent not otherwise included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for such period, 100% of the net reduction in Investments (other than Permitted Investments and Investments made pursuant to Section 7.06(b)(xi)) made on and after September 24, 2010 in any Person other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary resulting from dividends, repayment of loans or advances or other transfers of assets, in each case to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, plus (D) to the extent that any Investment (other than Permitted Investments or Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries) that was made on and after September 24, 2010 is sold for cash or otherwise disposed of, liquidated or repaid for cash or other assets, the lesser of (i) the initial amount of such Investment, or (ii) to the extent not otherwise included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for such period, the net cash return of capital or net Fair Market Value of return of capital with respect to such Investment, less the cost of any such disposition or liquidation, plus (E) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Borrower designated as such on and after the Closing Date is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, the lesser of (i) the Fair Market Value of the Borrowerβs Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation or (ii) such Fair Market Value as of the date on which such Subsidiary was originally designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus (F) 100% of any dividends or interest payments received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary on and after September 24, 2010 from an Unrestricted Subsidiary or other Investment (other than a Permitted Investment), to the extent such dividends or interest payments were not otherwise included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for such period; and (b) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make the following additional Restricted Payments: (i) the payment of any dividend on Equity Interests in the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary within 60 days after declaration thereof if at the declaration date such payment was permitted by Section 7.06(a); -110- (ii) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of any Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower by conversion into, or by or in exchange for, Qualified Equity Interests, or out of net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) of other Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower; provided that the amount of any net proceeds that are utilized for such Restricted Payment will be excluded from Section 7.06(a)(iii)(B); (iii) the retirement of any shares of Redeemable Equity Interests by conversion into, or by exchange for, shares of Redeemable Equity Interests, or out of the net proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower) of other shares of Redeemable Equity Interests; (iv) the redemption, defeasance, repurchase or acquisition or retirement for value of any Debt of the Borrower or a Guarantor that is subordinate in right of payment or security to the Obligations out of the net cash proceeds of a substantially concurrent issue and sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower) of (x) new subordinated Debt of the Borrower or such Guarantor, as the case may be, Incurred in accordance with this Agreement or (y) of Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower; provided that the amount of any net proceeds that are utilized for such Restricted Payment will be excluded from Section 7.06(a)(iii)(B); (v) the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests in the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower (or any payments to a direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower for the purposes of permitting any such repurchase) held by employees or former employees of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (or their estates or beneficiaries under their estates) upon death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or alteration of employment status or pursuant to the terms of any agreement under which such Equity Interests were issued; provided that the aggregate cash consideration paid for such purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of such Equity Interests does not exceed $10.0 million in any calendar year, provided, further, that any unused amounts in any calendar year may be carried forward to one or more future periods subject to a maximum aggregate amount of repurchases made pursuant to this clause (v) not to exceed $15.0 million in any calendar year; provided, however, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed (A) the cash proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower (to the extent contributed to the Borrower) to employees of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that occurs after the Closing Date; provided, however, that the amount of such cash proceeds utilized for any such repurchase, retirement, other acquisition or dividend will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 7.06(a)(iii); plus (B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date (provided, however, that the Borrower may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase contemplated by the proviso of this clause (v) in any calendar year and, to the extent any payment described under this clause (v) is made by delivery of Debt and not in cash, such payment shall be deemed to occur only when, and to the extent, the obligor on such Debt makes payments with respect to such Debt); -111- (vi) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur (A) upon the exercise of stock options, warrants or similar rights to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock options or warrants, (B) as a result of common shares utilized to satisfy tax withholding obligations upon exercise of stock options or vesting of other equity awards or (C) upon the cancellation of stock options, warrants or other equity awards; (vii) cash payments in lieu of issuance of fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for the Equity Interests of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; (viii) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Redeemable Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary issued or Incurred in compliance with Section 7.02 to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of βConsolidated Fixed Chargesβ; (ix) purchase or acquire shares of the Borrowerβs Equity Interests in open-market purchases for matching contributions to any employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries pursuant to any employee stock purchase plan, deferred compensation plan or other benefit plan; (x) [reserved]; payments or deliveries required by the terms of, and otherwise in connection with the performance of the Borrowerβs and its Restricted Subsidiariesβ obligations under, any Permitted Warrant Transaction (including, without limitation, making payments and/or deliveries due upon exercise and settlement or termination thereof); (xi) to the extent no payment Default under this Agreement or the ABL Facility or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or will occur as a consequence thereof, other Restricted Payments not in excess of the greater of (x) $200.0 million and (y) 3.5% of Consolidated Total Assets (in each case to the extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income net of, with respect to any Restricted Payment that constitutes an Investment in any particular Person made in reliance on this clause, the return thereon received after the Closing Date as a result of any sale for cash or Cash Equivalents, repayment, redemption, liquidating distribution or other realization for cash or Cash Equivalents, not to exceed the amount of Investments made after the Closing Date in such Person in reliance on this clause); (xii) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, acquisition or retirement for nominal value of common stock or preferred stock purchase rights in each case issued in connection with any shareholder rights plan that may be adopted by the Borrower; (xiii) the repurchase or other acquisition of shares of, or options to purchase shares of, common stock of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any share repurchase plan approved by the Borrowerβs Board of Directors; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of such repurchases shall not exceed $25.0 million in any twelve- month period; (xiv) the making by the Borrower of quarterly dividend payments in respect of common stock of the Borrower of no more than $0.25 per share; and -112- (xv) to the extent no Default in any payment in respect of principal or interest under this Agreement, the ABL Credit Agreement or any Debt in excess of the Threshold Amount or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or will occur as a consequence thereof, other Restricted Payments; provided that the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall not be in excess of 3.50 to 1.00 on a pro forma basis immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment. If the Borrower makes a Restricted Payment which, at the time of the making of such Restricted Payment, in the good faith determination of the Borrower, would be permitted under the requirements of this Agreement, such Restricted Payment shall be deemed to have been made in compliance with this Agreement notwithstanding any subsequent adjustment made in good faith to the Borrowerβs financial statements affecting Consolidated Net Income. If any Person in which an Investment is made, which Investment constitutes a Restricted Payment when made, thereafter becomes a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with this Agreement, all such Investments previously made in such Person shall no longer be counted as Restricted Payments for purposes of calculating the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 7.06(b), in each case to the extent such Investments would otherwise be so counted. If the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers, conveys, sells, leases or otherwise disposes of an Investment in accordance with Section 7.05, which Investment was originally included in the aggregate amount expended or declared for all Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of βRestricted Payment,β the aggregate amount expended or declared for all Restricted Payments shall be reduced by the lesser of (i) the net cash proceeds from the transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition of such Investment or (ii) the amount of the original Investment, in each case, to the extent originally included in the aggregate amount expended or declared for all Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of βRestricted Payment.β For purposes of this Section 7.06, if a particular Restricted Payment involves a non-cash payment, including a distribution of assets, then such Restricted Payment shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the cash portion of such Restricted Payment, if any, plus an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the non-cash portion of such Restricted Payment. For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.06, in the event that a Restricted Payment or Investment meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Restricted Payments described in clauses (i) through (xv) above or clauses (a) through (r) of the definition of βPermitted Investmentsβ or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, the Borrower will be entitled to classify such Restricted Payment or Investment (or portion thereof) on the date of its payment or date of determination or later reclassify such Restricted Payment or Investment (or portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 7.06 or the definition of βPermitted Investmentsβ and/or one or more of the exceptions contained in the definition of βPermitted Investmentsβ as of the date of such reclassification. 7.07 Change in Nature of Business. Engage in any business other than a Permitted Business. 7.08 Transactions with Affiliates. Directly or indirectly, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction or series of related transactions, contract, agreement, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Borrower (each of the foregoing, an βAffiliate Transactionβ) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $5.0 million, unless:

-145- be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York or of the United States or any other state of the United States): (a) In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a βCovered Partyβ) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. (b) As used in this Section 10.22, the following terms have the following meanings: βBHC Act Affiliateβ of a party means an βaffiliateβ (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party. βCovered Entityβ means any of the following: (i) a βcovered entityβ as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. Β§ 252.82(b) (ii) a βcovered bankβ as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. Β§ 47.3(b); or (iii) a βcovered FSIβ as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. Β§ 382.2(b). βDefault Rightβ has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. βQFCβ has the meaning assigned to the term βqualified financial contractβ in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D). [Signature Pages Omitted.]