CREDIT AGREEMENT among DBR LAND LLC, as Borrower DBR REIT LLC, DBR DESERT LLC, DBR REEVES LLC, DELAWARE BASIN RANCHES INC., HH OPERATING, LLC, DBR SOLAR LLC and PECOS RENEWABLES LLC, as Guarantors THE OTHER GUARANTORS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO...

Exhibit 10.7

CREDIT AGREEMENT

among

DBR LAND LLC,

as Borrower

DBR REIT LLC, DBR DESERT LLC, DBR ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLC, DELAWARE BASIN RANCHES

INC., HH OPERATING, LLC, DBR SOLAR LLC and PECOS RENEWABLES LLC, as

Guarantors

THE OTHER GUARANTORS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

TEXAS CAPITAL BANK,

as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer

TCBI SECURITIES, INC.,

as Joint Lead Arranger and Sole Book Runner

▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK, N.A.,

as Joint Lead Arranger

and

CAPITAL FARM CREDIT, ACA,

as Title Agent

DATED AS OF JULY 3, 2023

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), dated as of July 3, 2023, is by and among DBR LAND LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Borrower”), DBR REIT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“DBR REIT”), as a Guarantor, DBR DESERT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“DBR Desert”), as a Guarantor, DBR ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“DBR ▇▇▇▇▇▇”), as a Guarantor, DELAWARE BASIN RANCHES INC., a Texas corporation (“DBRI”), as a Guarantor, HH OPERATING, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“HH Operating”), as a Guarantor, DBR SOLAR LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“DBR Solar”), as a Guarantor, PECOS RENEWABLES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Pecos Renewables”), as a Guarantor, each of the other Guarantors from time to time party hereto, the lenders from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and each, individually, a “Lender”), and TEXAS CAPITAL BANK, a Texas state bank, as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer.

RECITALS

▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ has requested that the Lenders extend credit to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as described in this Agreement. The Lenders are willing to make such credit available to Borrower upon and subject to the provisions, terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1.

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, all exhibits, appendices and schedules hereto and in any note, certificate, report or other Loan Document made or delivered pursuant to this Agreement, the following terms will have the meanings given such terms in this Article 1 or in the provision, section or recital referred to below:

“Account” means an account, as defined in the UCC.

“Account Control Agreement” means a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, which grants Administrative Agent “control” (within the meaning of Section 8.106 or Section 9.104 of the UCC, as applicable, in the applicable jurisdiction) over any Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account maintained by any Loan Party, in each case, among Administrative Agent, the applicable Loan Party and the applicable financial institution at which such Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account is maintained.

“Acquisition” means the acquisition by any Person of (a) a majority of the Equity Interests of another Person, (b) all or substantially all of the assets of another Person or (c) all or substantially all of a business unit or line of business of another Person, in each case (i) whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such other Person and (ii) whether in one (1) transaction or a series of related transactions.

“Acquisition Consideration” means the consideration given by Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for an Acquisition, including but not limited to the sum of (without duplication) (a) the fair market value of any cash, Property (excluding Equity Interests) or services given, plus (b) the amount of any Debt assumed, incurred or guaranteed (to the extent not otherwise included) in connection with such Acquisition by Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“Additional Guarantor” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.12.

“Adjusted Term SOFR” 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.

“Administrative Agent” means Texas Capital Bank, in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, until the appointment of a successor administrative agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and, thereafter, means such successor administrative agent.

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by Administrative Agent.

“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.

“Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one (1) or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person.

“Affiliate Material Agreement” means a Material Agreement under which a non-Loan Party Affiliate of any Loan Party is a counterparty.

“Affiliated Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.5.

“Agent Parties” means, collectively, Administrative Agent and its Related Parties.

“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto, and includes all schedules, exhibits and appendices attached or otherwise identified therewith.

“Anti-Corruption Laws” means all state or federal Laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Loan Parties or any of their controlled or controlling Affiliates from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including the FCPA and the Bank Secrecy Act, and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions.

“Anti-Terrorism Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.21.

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“Applicable Margin” means the applicable percentages per annum set forth below, based upon the Leverage Ratio, as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.1(c):

Prior to the consummation of a Qualified IPO:

On the date a Qualified IPO is consummated and at all times thereafter:

Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(c); provided that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then upon the request of the Required Lenders, Pricing Level 1 shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and shall remain in effect until the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered. The Applicable Margin from the Closing Date through the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(c) in respect of the first full fiscal quarter of Borrower ending after the Closing Date shall be determined based upon Pricing Level 4.

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If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of Borrower or for any other reason, Borrower or the Required Lenders determine that (i) the Leverage Ratio as calculated by Borrower as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper calculation of the Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for such period, Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, promptly on demand by Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, automatically and without further action by Administrative Agent, any Lender or L/C Issuer), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of Administrative Agent, any Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, including the rights available under Article 2 or under Article 9.

“Applicable Percentage” means (a) in respect of the Term Loan Facility, with respect to any Term Loan Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the aggregate Term Loan Commitments represented by such Term Loan Lender’s Term Loan Commitment at such time (or, at any time after the Closing Date, the Outstanding Amount of such Term Loan Lender’s Term Loans at such time), and (b) in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments represented by such Revolving Credit ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time; provided that if the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated pursuant to the terms hereof, then the Applicable Percentage of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be determined based upon the Applicable Percentage of such Revolving Credit Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof.

“Applicable Rate” means (a) in the case of a Base Rate Loan, the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; and (b) in the case of a Term SOFR Loan, Adjusted Term SOFR plus the Applicable Margin.

“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

“Arranger” means TCBI Securities, Inc., in its capacity as sole lead arranger and sole book runner.

“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.8), and accepted by Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by Administrative Agent.

“Authorized Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.11(d)(iii).

“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” means a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions.

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“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement 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 “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 3.3(b)(iv).

“Bail-In Action” 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.

“Bail-In Legislation” 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 which 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).

“Bank Product Agreements” means those certain agreements entered into from time to time between any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and a Bank Product Provider in connection with any of the Bank Products, including without limitation, Hedge Agreements.

“Bank Product Obligations” means all obligations, liabilities, contingent reimbursement obligations, fees, and expenses owing by any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any Bank Product Provider pursuant to or evidenced by the Bank Product Agreements and irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including all such amounts that any Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary is obligated to reimburse to any Bank Product Provider as a result of such Bank Product Provider purchasing participations or executing indemnities or reimbursement obligations with respect to the Bank Products provided to any Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the Bank Product Agreements. For the avoidance of doubt, the Bank Product Obligations arising under any Hedge Agreement shall be determined by the Hedge Termination Value thereof.

“Bank Product Provider” means any Person that is a party to a Bank Product Agreement with or provides Bank Products to any Loan Party or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries that entered into such Bank Product Agreement or provided such Bank Product while such Person was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, whether or not such Person at any time cease to be a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, as the case may be.

“Bank Products” means any service provided to, facility extended to, or transaction entered into with, any Loan Party by any Bank Product Provider consisting of (a) Deposit Accounts, (b) cash management 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

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system) and other cash management arrangements maintained with any Bank Product Provider, (c) debit cards, stored value cards, and credit cards (including commercial credit cards (including so-called “procurement cards” or “P-cards”)) and debit card and credit card processing services or (d) Hedge Agreements.

“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate of interest per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Prime Rate for such day; (b) the sum of the Federal Funds Rate for such day plus one half of one percent (0.5%); and (c) Adjusted Term SOFR for a one month tenor for such day plus one percent (1.00%); provided, however, if the Base Rate as determined pursuant to the foregoing shall be less than one percent (1.00%), such rate shall be deemed one percent (1.00%) for purposes of this Agreement. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR shall be effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR, respectively.

“Base Rate Borrowing” means, as to any Borrowing, the Base Rate Loans comprising such Borrowing.

“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest based on the Base Rate.

“Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Term SOFR”.

“Benchmark” 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 “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 3.3(b)(i).

“Benchmark Rate Borrowing” means, as to any Borrowing, the Benchmark Rate Loans comprising such Borrowing.

“Benchmark Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest based on the then existing Benchmark (initially, Adjusted Term SOFR).

“Benchmark Replacement” means with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:

(a) the sum of: (i) Daily Simple SOFR and (ii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; or

(b) the sum of: (i) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark giving due consideration to (A) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant

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Governmental Body or (B) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for the then-current Benchmark for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time and (ii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, (a) with respect to Daily Simple SOFR, 0.11448%, and (b) with respect to any other replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and Available Tenor for any setting of such 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 (i) 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 and/or (ii) 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.

“Benchmark Replacement Date” 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 “Benchmark Transition Event”, 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 “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) have 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 “Benchmark Replacement Date” 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).

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“Benchmark Transition Event” 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 Board of Governors, 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 “Benchmark Transition Event” 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).

“Benchmark Unavailability Period” 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 3.3(b) 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 3.3(b).

“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. §1010.230.

“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code to

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which Section 4975 of the Code applies, and (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulations or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.

“Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

“Borrower” means the Person identified as such in the introductory paragraph hereto, and its successors and assigns to the extent permitted by Section 11.8.

“Borrowing” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing or a Term Loan Borrowing, as the context may require.

“Borrowing Request” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing Request or a Term Loan Borrowing Request, as applicable.

“Business Day” means for all purposes, a weekday, Monday through Friday, except a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in Dallas, Texas are authorized or required by Law to be closed. Unless otherwise provided, the term “days” when used herein means calendar days.

“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of L/C Issuer or the Revolving Credit Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations or obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders to fund participations in respect of L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances or, if Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

“Cash Equivalents” means assets described in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of Section 7.5.

“Cash Interest Expense” means, for any Person for any Test Period, total interest expense in respect of all outstanding Funded Debt actually paid or that is payable by such Person during such Test Period, including, without limitation, all discounts and all net costs under Hedge Agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent such costs are allocable to such Test Period, but excluding interest expense not payable in cash (and it being understood and agreed that underwriting fees, structuring fees, arrangement fees, upfront fees, fronting fees, other fees similar to the foregoing shall not be included in the calculation of Cash Interest Expense), all as determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Casualty Event” means any loss, casualty or other insured damage to, or any nationalization, taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any Property of the Loan Parties or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries.

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“Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(a) prior to a Qualified IPO, the Permitted Holders, on a collective basis, shall (i) cease to beneficially own and control, directly or indirectly, Equity Interests of the Borrower representing more than 50% of the aggregate voting power and economic interests represented by all issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower or (ii) cease to Control the Borrower;

(b) after a Qualified IPO, any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Permitted Holders, shall beneficially own and control, directly or indirectly, Equity Interests of the Borrower representing at least 30% of the aggregate ordinary voting power and economic interests represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower; or

(c) at any time, Holdings shall cease to directly own and control the entirety of all issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower and to Control the Borrower; provided that a transaction in which the Borrower becomes a Subsidiary of another Person shall not constitute a Change in Control if (i) such Person is the New Parent, (ii) immediately following such transaction, the New Parent directly owns 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower and Controls the Borrower and (iii) the New Parent executes and delivers to the Administrative Agent a pledge agreement in the form of the Pledge Agreement contemporaneously with or immediately following such transaction.

“Change in Law” 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, (i) the ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or the implementation thereof and (ii) 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 or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, implemented, adopted or issued.

“Closing Date” means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.1 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 11.10.

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

“Collateral” means, collectively, all of the Property of Borrower and the other Loan Parties in which Liens are granted and/or purported to be granted pursuant to the Security Documents to secure the Obligations or any part thereof, other than Excluded Assets.

“Commercial Operation Date” means the date on which a Material Project is substantially complete and commercially operable.

“Commitment” means a Term Loan Commitment or a Revolving Credit Commitment, as the context may require.

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“Commitment Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c).

“Commodity Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

“Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of Borrower pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to Administrative Agent, any Lender, or L/C Issuer by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 11.11(d), including through the Platform.

“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, or in any other form agreed to by Borrower and Administrative Agent, prepared by and certified by a Responsible Officer of Borrower.

“Conforming Changes” means, with respect to the use, administration of or any conventions associated with Term SOFR or any Benchmark Replacement, as applicable, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definitions of “Base Rate”, “Business Day”, “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition), “U.S. Government Securities Business Day”, or the timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).

“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means the total assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower is available as of that date, minus all goodwill, tradenames, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangible assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries reflected on such balance sheet, as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. For the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated Net Tangible Assets shall not include any assets attributable to Unrestricted Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures or which constitute Excluded Contribution Assets.

“Constituent Documents” means (a) in the case of a corporation, its articles or certificate of incorporation and bylaws; (b) in the case of a general partnership, its partnership agreement;

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(c) in the case of a limited partnership, its certificate of limited partnership or certificate of formation, as applicable, and partnership agreement; (d) in the case of a trust, its trust agreement; (e) in the case of a joint venture, its joint venture agreement; (f) in the case of a limited liability company, its articles of organization, operating agreement, regulations and/or other organizational and governance documents and agreements; and (g) in the case of any other entity, its organizational and governance documents and agreements.

“Control” 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. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

“Covered Entity” means any of the following: (a) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (b) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (c) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

“Covered Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.30.

“Credit Extension” means each of (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.

“Cure Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4.

“Cure Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4.

“Cure Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4.

“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for business loans; provided, that if Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for Administrative Agent, then Administrative Agent may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.

“Daily Simple SOFR Loan” means a Loan bearing interest based on Daily Simple SOFR.

“DBR Desert” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

“DBR ▇▇▇▇▇▇” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

“DBR REIT” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

“DBR Solar” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

“DBRI” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

“Debt” means, of any Person as of any date of determination (without duplication): (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money; (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by

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bonds, notes, debentures, or other similar instruments (excluding, for avoidance of doubt, obligations of the type described in clause (l) below); (c) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of Property or services, except (i) accounts payable of such Person arising in the ordinary course of business that (A) are not past due by more than ninety (90) days or (B) are being disputed in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued, and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been established and (ii) earn-out and other contingent consideration obligations that have not been fully earned by the payee of such obligations; (d) all Finance Lease Obligations of such Person; (e) all Debt or other obligations of others Guaranteed by such Person; (f) all obligations secured by a Lien existing on Property owned by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed by such Person or are non-recourse to the credit of such Person; (g) [Reserved]; (h) any repurchase obligation or repurchase liability of a Person with respect to Accounts, chattel paper or notes receivable sold by such Person; (i) any liability under a sale and leaseback transaction that is not a Finance Lease Obligation; (j) any obligation under any so called “synthetic leases”, calculated as the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Finance Lease Obligation; (k) [Reserved]; (l) all payment and reimbursement obligations of such Person (whether contingent or otherwise) in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, surety or other bonds and similar instruments; (m) all liabilities of such Person in respect of unfunded vested benefits under any Plan in excess of $500,000; (n) all net Hedge Obligations of such Person, valued at the Hedge Termination Value thereof; and (o) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests.

For all purposes, the Debt of any Person shall include the Debt of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Debt is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. The amount of any Debt of any Person for purposes of clause (f) that is expressly made non-recourse or limited-recourse (limited solely to the assets securing such Debt) to such Person shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate principal amount of such Debt and (ii) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith.

“Debt Service” means, for any Person for any period, the sum of (a) all regularly scheduled principal payments of Funded Debt (other than regularly scheduled payments of principal that pay such Funded Debt in full) and (b) all Cash Interest Expense that are paid or payable during such period, in respect of all Funded Debt of such Person.

“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, or any other applicable Law, domestic or foreign, as now or hereafter in effect, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, arrangement or composition, extension or adjustment of debts, or similar Laws affecting the rights of creditors.

“Deeds” means any deed or other real property instruments vesting fee title.

“Default” means an Event of Default or the occurrence of an event or condition which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default.

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“Default Interest Rate” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Margin applicable to a Base Rate Loan plus (iii) two percent (2%) per annum; provided, however, that with respect to a Benchmark Rate Loan, the Default Interest Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Margin) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus two percent (2%) per annum, and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Margin plus two percent (2%) per annum; provided, however, in no event shall the Default Interest Rate exceed the Maximum Rate.

“Default Right” 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.

“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 11.22(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder, unless such failure to fund is the result of a condition precedent to such funding obligation not being satisfied, and such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent of same, or (ii) pay to Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or any Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit) within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified Borrower, Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by Administrative Agent or Borrower, to confirm in writing to Administrative Agent and Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by Administrative Agent and Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 11.22(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to Borrower and each Lender.

“Deposit Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

“Disposition” means any sale, lease, sub-lease, license, transfer, assignment, conveyance, release, loss or other disposition, or the entry into any contract the performance of which would result in any of the foregoing, of any interest in Property, or of any interest in a Subsidiary that owns Property, in any transaction or event or series of transactions or events (including pursuant to a division), and “Dispose” has the correlative meaning thereto.

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“Disqualified Equity Interest” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, (c) provides for scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Debt or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date; provided that if such Equity Interests are issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of employees of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because they may be required to be repurchased by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability.

“Distributable Free Cash Flow Amount” means, as of any date of determination, the remainder of (a) Free Cash Flow for the Test Period most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(b), minus (b) the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.4(e) during the three most recently completed Free Cash Flow Usage Periods and the then current Free Cash Flow Usage Period.

“Dollars” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States of America.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the Laws of any political subdivision of the U.S.

“EBITDA” means, for any Person for any Test Period, an amount, determined on a consolidated basis for such Person and its subsidiaries, equal to:

(a)  Net Income; plus

(b)  without duplication, the sum of the following to the extent deducted in the calculation of Net Income: (i) interest expense; (ii) tax expense based on income, profits, losses or capital; (iii) depreciation; (iv) amortization; (v) unusual and non-recurring losses determined in accordance with GAAP; (vi) other non-recurring expenses reducing such Net Income which do not represent a cash item in such Test Period or any future period; (vii) losses on the sale of assets (other than inventory in the ordinary course of business) or resulting from the termination of hedging transactions, and unrealized net losses in the marked-to-market value of any Hedging Agreement; (viii) any reasonable fees and out-of-pocket cost and expenses in connection with any waivers, amendments or maintenance (or similar actions) of the Loans and the Loan Documents, in each case, not related to the closing of the Loan Documents on or in connection with the Closing

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Date, including administrative agency fees paid to the Administrative Agent, amendment, consent, waiver and similar fees paid to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and the reimbursement of costs, fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders as required hereunder; (ix) any reasonable fees, costs and expenses relating to the transactions contemplated hereunder or the consummation of any other transaction permitted under the Loan Documents (or any transaction proposed and not consummated), including equity issuances, investments, acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations, mergers, option buyouts, or the incurrence or repayment of indebtedness, audits or similar transactions, provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (ix) shall not exceed $2,000,000 in any four (4) fiscal quarter period; (x) any reasonable fees, costs and expenses, including audit expenses, relating to the Qualified IPO; (xi) the amount of any earn-out and other contingent consideration obligations in connection with any acquisition or other investment that are paid or accrued; (xii) to the extent actually received in cash by the Borrower or any other Loan Party (and attributable to and not exceeding such Loan Party’s proportionate share of equity earnings of such Person), equity earnings of any Unrestricted Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures; (xiii) all other non-cash loss, expense or charges and other non-operating expenses determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding any non-cash loss, charge or expense (A) that is an accrual of a reserve for a cash expenditure or payment to be made, or anticipated to be made, in a future period or (B) relating to a write-down, write off or reserve with respect to accounts and inventory, in each case for such period; (xiv) the amount of any Permitted Tax Distributions made during such period; and (xv) (A) extraordinary losses and unusual or non-recurring costs, charges or expenses (including any unusual or non-recurring operating expenses attributable to the implementation of cost savings initiatives or any extraordinary losses and unusual or non-recurring charges or expenses attributable to legal and judgment settlements and costs and expenses in respect of contract acquisition costs and structured bonus payments in connection with contract acquisitions, synthetic joint ventures or otherwise), severance, relocations costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans and (B) restructuring charges, accruals or reserves (including restructuring costs related to acquisitions and to closure or consolidation of facilities) and other related charges, provided that the aggregate amount of restructuring charges, accruals or reserves and other related charges added back pursuant to this clause (xv), together with amounts of Material Project EBITDA Adjustments for such period, shall not exceed 20% of EBITDA for such period (calculated without giving effect to any such charges, accruals, reserves, cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies); and provided further, that the aggregate amount of add-backs pursuant to clauses (viii) through (x), (xii) and (xv) preceding shall not exceed 20% of EBITDA for such period (calculated before giving effect to any such add-backs); minus

(c)  without duplication, the sum of the following to the extent included in the calculation of Net Income: (i) income Tax credits; (ii) unusual and non-recurring gains determined in accordance with GAAP; (iii) gains on the sale of assets (other than inventory in the ordinary course of business) or resulting from the termination of hedging transactions, and unrealized net gains in the marked-to-market value of any Hedging Agreement; (iv) all non-recurring, non-cash items increasing Net Income, but excluding any non-cash gains that represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash items in any prior period (other than any such accruals or cash reserves that have been added back to Net Income in calculating EBITDA in accordance with this definition); (v) any cash payments made during such period in respect of non-cash charges described in clause (b)(vi) taken in a prior period and (vi) proceeds of or other income received from any Excluded Contribution Assets.

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For purposes of calculating EBITDA for any Test Period, if during such Test Period such Person shall have consummated a Material Acquisition or a Material Disposition, EBITDA for such Test Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Material Acquisition or Material Disposition, as the case maybe, occurred on the first day of such Test Period; provided that (A) all such pro forma calculations shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (B) no such pro forma adjustments shall be allowed unless the Administrative Agent shall have received such written documentation no later than five Business Days prior to the relevant calculation date, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, supporting such pro forma adjustments. EBITDA shall be increased by the amount of any Material Project EBITDA Adjustments in respect of any Material Project of the Loan Parties applicable to the previous four-fiscal quarter period.

“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

“Electronic Record” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 15 U.S.C. 7006.

“Electronic Signature” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 15 U.S.C. 7006.

“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.8(b)(iii), (v) and (vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.8(b)(iii)).

“Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, and local Laws, regulations, judicial decisions, orders, decrees, rules, permits, licenses, and other governmental restrictions and requirements pertaining to human health (to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials) or the environment, including, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq., the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. §6901 et seq., the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §1251 et seq., the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §7401 et seq., the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. §11001 et seq., the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. §5101 et seq., the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. §2601 et seq., the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. §2701 et seq., the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42

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U.S.C. §300f et seq., the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. §651 et seq., the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. §136 et seq., the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. §1531 et seq., the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. §4321 et seq., the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. §407, all similar state statutes and local ordinances, and all regulations promulgated under any of those statutes, and all administrative and judicial actions respecting such legislation, all as amended from time to time.

“Environmental Liabilities” means, as to any Person, all liabilities, obligations, responsibilities, Remedial Actions, losses, damages, punitive damages, consequential damages, treble damages, costs, and expenses (including, without limitation, all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, expert and consulting fees and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any claim or demand, by any Person, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute, including any Environmental Law, permit, order or agreement with any Governmental Authority or other Person, arising from environmental, health or safety conditions or the Release or threatened Release of a Hazardous Material into the environment, resulting from the past, present, or future operations of such Person or its Affiliates.

“Equity Interests” means, as to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“ERISA Affiliate” means any corporation or trade or business which is a member of the same controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code) as a Loan Party, is under common control (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code) with a Loan Party, or is otherwise considered a single employer with a Loan Party pursuant to Sections 414(m) or (o) of the Code, for purposes of the provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA.

“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Plan, (b) a withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations which is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA, (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan, (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Plan, the treatment of a Plan or Multiemployer Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (e) the occurrence of an event or condition which might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds

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under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (f) the imposition of any liability to the PBGC under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate, (g) the failure of any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate to meet any funding obligations with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or (h) a Plan becomes subject to the at-risk requirements in Section 303 of ERISA or Section 430 of the Code or is in endangered or critical status under Section 305 of ERISA or Section 432 of the Code.

“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.15(a).

“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.15(d).

“Erroneous Payment Impacted Class” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.15(d).

“Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.15(d).

“Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.15(d).

“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.

“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

“Excluded Accounts” shall mean (i) segregated deposit accounts constituting (and the balance of which consists solely of funds set aside in connection with) payroll accounts and accounts dedicated to the payment of accrued employee benefits, medical, dental and employee benefits claims to employees of any Loan Party, provided that any such account is styled in the depository bank’s records in a manner that evidences such limited purpose, (ii) deposit accounts containing cash or other property with an aggregate value of less than $500,000, other than accounts that are subject to an Account Control Agreement, (iii) deposit accounts which are used solely as an escrow account or as a fiduciary or trust account that is contractually obligated to be segregated from the other assets of the Loan Parties, in each case, for the benefit of unaffiliated third parties, provided that any such account is styled in the depository bank’s records in a manner that evidences such fiduciary, escrow or trust purpose, and (iv) cash collateral accounts subject to Liens that are permitted pursuant to Sections 7.2(e), (j), (q) and (s).

“Excluded Assets” means (i) commercial tort claims where the amount of damages expected to be claimed is less than $1,000,000 in the aggregate, (ii) any “intent to use” applications for trademark or service mark registrations filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, unless and until an “Amendment to Allege Use” or a “Statement of Use” under Section 1(c) or Section 1(d) of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Act has been filed, solely to the extent that such a grant of a security interest therein prior to such filing would impair the validity or enforceability of any registration that issues from such “intent-to-use” application under federal law; provided, however, to the extent that such applicable Law is no longer in effect, then such trademark application shall cease to be an “Excluded Asset” and shall automatically be subject to the Lien and security interests granted under the Security Documents, (iii) Equity Interests held by any Loan Party in any Subsidiary during the time that such entity constitutes an Unrestricted Subsidiary and in any

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Joint Venture, (iv) any “building” (as defined in the applicable Flood Insurance Regulation) or “manufactured (mobile) home” (as defined in the applicable Flood Insurance Regulation) located on real property, (v) any Excluded Accounts and (vi) any Excluded Contracts; provided, that (a) any proceeds received by any Loan Party from the sale, transfer or other disposition of Excluded Assets shall constitute Collateral unless any assets or property constituting such proceeds are themselves subject to the exclusions set forth above or otherwise constitute Excluded Assets and (b) any cash received by any Loan Party from any Excluded Assets shall constitute Collateral.

“Excluded Contract” shall mean any contract (and any contract rights arising thereunder) to which any of the Loan Parties is a party on the date hereof or which is entered into by any Loan Party after the date hereof (and the provisions of which are not agreed to by a Loan Party for the purposes of excluding such contract from the Lien granted under the Security Agreement), in any case to the extent (but only to the extent) that a Loan Party is prohibited from granting a security interest in, pledge of, or charge, mortgage or other Lien upon any such property by reason of (a) a negative pledge, anti-assignment provision or other contractual restriction in existence on the date hereof or, as to contracts entered into after the date hereof, the provisions of which are entered in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice and not agreed to by a Loan Party for the purposes of excluding such contract from the Lien granted hereunder, or (b) applicable requirement of Law to which such Loan Party or such property is subject; provided, however, to the extent that (i) either of the prohibitions discussed in clause (a) or (b) above is ineffective or subsequently rendered ineffective under Sections 9.406, 9.407, 9.408 or 9.409 of the UCC or under any applicable Law or is otherwise no longer in effect or enforceable, or (ii) the applicable Loan Party has obtained the consent of the other parties to such Excluded Contract to the creation of a Lien on and security interest in, such Excluded Contract, then such contract (and any contract rights arising thereunder) shall cease to be an “Excluded Contract” and shall automatically be subject to the Lien and security interests granted by and the terms and provisions of the Security Agreement as “Collateral”.

“Excluded Contribution Assets” means any asset (including cash and capital contributions consisting of cash) that is used or useful in, or Equity Interests of any Person engaged in, the business of the Loan Parties, in each case, received by the Borrower since the Closing Date from (a) the issuance or sale of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) or that of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower (to the extent contributed as common equity to the Borrower) and/or (b) contributions to its common equity, in each case, only to the extent such asset or Equity Interest is subsequently contributed to an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a Joint Venture in accordance with the terms hereof within thirty (30) days after the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Qualified Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be; provided that, (i) no proceeds of any Cure Amounts nor amounts required to be paid in respect of the Obligations pursuant to Section 2.8(d)(ii) shall constitute Excluded Contribution Assets and (ii) any assets shall cease to be Excluded Contribution Assets if such assets are no longer permitted to be invested pursuant to Section 7.5(o).

“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Loan Party of, or the grant by such Loan Party of a Lien to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any

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thereof) by virtue of such Loan Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (determined after giving effect to any “keepwell, support or other agreement” for the benefit of such Loan Party and any and all Guarantees of such Loan Party’s Swap Obligations by Borrower or any other Loan Party) at the time the Guarantee of such Loan Party, or a grant by such Loan Party of a Lien, becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one (1) swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or Lien is or becomes excluded in accordance with the first sentence of this definition.

“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the Laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a Law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in such Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by Borrower under Section 3.6(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.4, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.4(g) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

“Existing Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated as of October 14, 2021 between DBRI and Capital Farm Credit, ACA, an agricultural credit association, as agent/nominee for Capital Farm Credit, FLCA, a federal land credit association and federally chartered instrumentality of the United States, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

“Extraordinary Receipt” means any cash received by or paid to or for the account of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of a Loan Party not in the ordinary course of business, including in connection with Casualty Events, Tax refunds, pension plan reversions, proceeds of insurance, condemnation awards (and payments in lieu thereof), indemnity payments and any purchase price adjustments.

“Facility” means the Term Loan Facility or the Revolving Credit Facility, as the context may require.

“FASB ASC” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and

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any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.

“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, on the Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that (a) if the day for which such rate is to be determined 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 such rate is not so published for any day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by Administrative Agent; provided, however, if the Federal Funds Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.

“Fee Letter” means the separate fee letter dated as of May 16, 2023, between Borrower, the Arranger and Texas Capital Bank and any other fee letter among Borrower and Administrative Agent, Arranger and/or Texas Capital Bank concerning fees to be paid by Borrower in connection with this Agreement, including any amendments, restatements, supplements or modifications thereof. By its execution of this Agreement, each Lender acknowledges and agrees that Administrative Agent, Arranger and/or Texas Capital Bank may elect to treat as confidential and not share with Lenders any Fee Letters executed from time to time in connection with this Agreement.

“Finance Lease Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, the amount of Debt under a lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a finance lease on the balance sheet of that Person; provided that, notwithstanding any changes adopted or required to be adopted by Borrower as a result of any actual or proposed update to accounting standards, including, in particular, Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-02 Leases (Topic 842), only Debt under leases that would be classified as capital leases under GAAP prior to the implementation of such updated accounting standards (including, in particular, Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-02 Leases (Topic 842)) and regardless whether or not such leases was in effect prior to or after such implementation shall constitute Finance Lease Obligations.

“Financial Covenants” means the covenants set forth in Sections 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3.

“Flood Insurance Regulations” means (a) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, (b) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, (c) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (amending 42 USC 4001 et seq.), (d) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 and (e) the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, in each case as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and including any regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Floor” means a rate of interest equal to 0.00%.

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“Foreign Lender” means (a) if Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which Borrower is resident for Tax purposes.

“Fraudulent Transfer Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.14.

“Free Cash Flow” means with respect to the Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, for any Test Period, without duplication and on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, an amount calculated as:

(a) (i) EBITDA for such period (without giving effect to any Cure Amounts or adjustments for Material Acquisitions, Material Dispositions or Material Project EBITDA Adjustments under the definition thereof), minus (ii) Cash Interest Expense for such period, minus (iii) mandatory principal payments made or required to be made in respect of any Debt incurred or made by the Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries during such period, minus (iv) the amount of all maintenance capital expenditures for such period, minus (v) the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments made pursuant to Sections 7.4(c) and (d) during such period; plus

(b) any amounts that were permitted to be distributed during the three most recently completed Free Cash Flow Usage Periods and the then current Free Cash Flow Usage Period under Sections 7.4(e) (and which amounts were not subsequently distributed by the Borrower pursuant to Sections 7.4(e)).

“Free Cash Flow Usage Certificate” means a certificate of a Responsible Officer in substantially the form of Exhibit I hereto, (a) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations of Free Cash Flow for the Test Period most recently ended, (b) certifying as to (and specifying in reasonable detail) the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.4(e) during the three most recently completed Free Cash Flow Usage Periods and the then current Free Cash Flow Usage Period, (iii) setting forth a reasonably detailed description of the proposed Restricted Payment or investment, as applicable and (iv) certifying that after giving effect to such Restricted Payment or investment, as applicable, Distributable Free Cash Flow Amount will be greater than or equal to $0.

“Free Cash Flow Usage Period” means, as of any date of determination, the period commencing on the most recent date on which financial statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.1(b) and ending on (but not including) the date that financial statements are next delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.1(b).

“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Revolving Credit Lender that is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

“Fund” 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.

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“Funded Debt” means, as to any Person, without duplication, all Debt of such Person pursuant to clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (l) of the definition of “Debt” (and to the extent applicable to each of the foregoing, clause (e)), in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles, applied on a consistent basis, as set forth in opinions of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and/or in statements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and/or their respective successors and which are applicable in the circumstances as of the date in question.

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America or any other nation, or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank, tribal body 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), and any group or body charged with setting financial accounting or regulatory capital rules or standards (including, without limitation, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).

“Guarantee” by any Person means any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of any other Person as well as any obligation or liability, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation or liability (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to operate Property, to take-or-pay, or to maintain net worth or working capital or other financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (b) entered into for the purpose of indemnifying or assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Debt or other obligation or liability of the payment thereof or to protect the obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The terms “Guarantee” and “Guaranteed” used as a verb have a corresponding meaning.

“Guarantor Joinder Agreement” means a Guarantor Joinder Agreement in the form of Exhibit H hereto.

“Guarantors” means, collectively, DBR REIT, DBR Desert, DBR ▇▇▇▇▇▇, DBRI, HH Operating, DBR Solar, Pecos Renewables and each other Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) of Borrower that Guarantees the Obligations pursuant to a Guaranty, and other each Person who from time to time Guarantees all or any part of the Obligations under the Loan Documents, including any Person who becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to a Guarantor Joinder Agreement, and including with respect to Obligations under any Bank Product Agreement to which a Loan Party (other than Borrower) is a party, Borrower, and “Guarantor” means any one of the Guarantors.

“Guaranty” means, collectively, the guaranty made by the Loan Parties party to this Agreement pursuant to Article 12 and each other written guaranty executed by one or more of the Guarantors in favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

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“Hazardous Material” means any substance, product, waste, pollutant, material, chemical, contaminant, constituent, or other material which is or becomes regulated under any Environmental Law, including, without limitation, any petroleum and petroleum byproducts, natural gas, natural gas liquids, liquefied natural gas or synthetic gas usable for fuel (or mixture of natural gas and such synthetic gas), polychlorinated biphenyls, lead and lead-based paint, radon, radioactive materials, flammables and explosives, and mold. “Hazardous Material” shall include, without limitation, any hazardous or toxic substance, material or waste or any chemical, element, compound or mixture which is: (i) asbestos and asbestos-containing materials; (ii) designated as a “pollutant” or “toxic pollutant” pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Paragraph 1251 et seq.); (iii) defined as a “solid or hazardous waste” pursuant to the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. Paragraph 6901 et seq.); (iv) defined as “hazardous substances” pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. Paragraph 9601 et seq.); (v) listed in the United States Department of Transportation Table (49 CFR 172.101) or by the Environmental Protection Agency as hazardous substances (40 CFR part 302); (vi) chemicals, elements, compounds, mixtures, substances, materials or wastes otherwise regulated under any applicable federal, state or local Environmental Laws; (vii) polychlorinated biphenyls; (viii) “pesticides” as defined in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 136 et seq.; (ix) “contaminant” as defined in the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f et seq.; (x) “extremely hazardous substances” as defined in the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 11001 et seq.; (xi) “hazardous materials” as defined in the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. §§ 5101 et seq.; (xii) “hazardous air pollutants” as defined in the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq.; and (xiii) “oil” as defined in the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. §§ 2701 et seq.

“Hedge Obligations” means, at any time with respect to any Person, all indebtedness, liabilities, and obligations of such Person under or in connection with any Hedge Agreement, whether actual or contingent, due or to become due and existing or arising from time to time.

“Hedge Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Hedge Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedge Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Hedge Agreements have been closed out and settlement amounts, early termination amounts or termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such settlement amounts, early termination amounts or termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Hedge Agreements, as determined based upon one or more commercially reasonable mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any dealer which is a party to such Hedge Agreement or any other recognized dealer in such Hedge Agreements (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

“Hedging Agreement” or “Hedge Agreement” means (a) any and all interest 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

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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, (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 and annexes, a “Master Agreement”), (c) any and all Master Agreements and any and all related confirmations and (d) any other agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

“HH Operating” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

“Historical Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(u).

“Holdings” means (a) as of the Closing Date, DBR Land Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and (b) on and after any transfer date contemplated by clause (c) of the definition of “Change in Control”, New Parent.

“Honor Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(c)(i).

“Hydrocarbon Interests” means all rights, titles, interests and estates now or hereafter acquired in and to oil and gas leases, oil, gas and mineral leases, or other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon leases, mineral fee interests, overriding royalty and royalty interests, net profit interests and production payment interests, including any reserved or residual interests of whatever nature. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all references in this Agreement to “Hydrocarbon Interests” refer to Hydrocarbon Interests owned at the time in question by the Loan Parties.

“Hydrocarbons” means oil, gas, coal seam gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline, condensate, distillate and all other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons produced or to be produced in conjunction therewith from a well bore and all products, by-products and other substances derived therefrom or the processing thereof, including natural gas liquids, and all other minerals and substances produced in conjunction with such substances, including, sulfur, geothermal steam, water, carbon dioxide, helium and any and all minerals, ores or substances of value and the products and proceeds therefrom.

“Immaterial Subsidiary” means, on any date, any Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower (other than DBRI or, if applicable from time to time, any other Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower that owns Equity Interests in DBRI) which, as of the last day of the most recently ended period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending on such date contributed less than 2.5% of EBITDA of Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as calculated for such period or 2.5% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as calculated for such date; provided that, as of the last day of such period, the combined EBITDA attributable to all Immaterial Subsidiaries shall not exceed 5% of EBITDA of Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period as determined in accordance with GAAP or 5% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (each of EBITDA and Consolidated Net Tangible Assets to be determined after eliminating intercompany obligations).

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“Increase Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9(c).

“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of Borrower or any other Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.

“Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.26.

“Intellectual Property” means all copyrights, copyrightable works, patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, brand names, trade dress, slogans, logos and internet domain names and uniform resource locators, and the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing, and other types of intellectual or industrial property rights and foreign equivalent or counterpart rights and forms of protection of a similar or analogous nature to any of the foregoing or having similar effect in any jurisdiction throughout the world, and registrations and applications for registration of any of the foregoing, and all documentation and embodiments of the foregoing, in whatever form, now owned or hereafter acquired.

“Interest Period” means with respect to any Term SOFR Loan, the period commencing on the date such Loan becomes a Term SOFR Loan (whether by the making of a Loan or its continuation or conversion) and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one (1), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter (in each case subject to the availability of Term SOFR for such period), as Borrower may elect; provided, that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (b) any Interest Period pertaining to a Term SOFR Loan that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period and (c) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 3.3(b)(iv) and not thereafter reinstated pursuant to such Section shall be available for specification in any Borrowing Request or notice of continuation or conversion thereof.

“Interest Rate” means the rate equal to the lesser of (a) the Maximum Rate and (b) the Applicable Rate.

“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

“ISDA Definitions” means the 2006 ISDA Definitions published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or any successor thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time, or any successor definitional booklet for interest rate derivatives published from time to time by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. or such successor thereto.

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“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

“Issuer Documents” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by L/C Issuer and Borrower (or any Restricted Subsidiary) or in favor of L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.

“Joint Venture” means any joint venture organized as corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association or other corporate entity of any Loan Party (other than a Subsidiary), in each case, to the extent formed or acquired, and funded, in a manner not otherwise prohibited by Section 7.3 or Section 7.5(e).

“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, such Revolving Credit Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.

“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed by Borrower on the date when made or refinanced as a Revolving Credit Borrowing.

“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.

“L/C Issuer” means Texas Capital Bank in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.

“L/C Obligations” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.4. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state, provincial 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 duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

“Lender” and “Lenders” have the meanings set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto, and shall include L/C Issuer, and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereunder, as the context may require.

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“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify Borrower and Administrative Agent.

“Letter of Credit” means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder providing for the payment of cash upon the honoring of a presentation thereunder.

“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by L/C Issuer.

“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility.

“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).

“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means, at any time, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $5,000,000 and (b) the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments at such time. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Commitments.

“Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) (i) all Funded Debt of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as of such date, minus (ii) the lesser of $10,000,000 or the amount of unrestricted cash of the Loan Parties that is held in accounts maintained at Texas Capital Bank (or any other financial institution to the extent such account is subject to an Account Control Agreement) on such date, to (b) EBITDA of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, for the most recently ended Test Period.

“Lien” means, as to any Property of any Person, (a) any lien, mortgage, security interest, Tax lien, pledge, charge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, preference, priority, or other encumbrance of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or title retention agreement), whether arising by contract, operation of law, or otherwise, affecting such Property and (b) the signing or filing of a financing statement which names the Person as debtor or the signing of any security agreement or the signing of any document authorizing a secured party to file any financing statement which names such Person as debtor.

“Limited Perfection Collateral” means (a) equipment evidenced by certificates of title, (b) commercial tort claims, intellectual property, letter of credit rights and chattel paper, (c) any property of immaterial value (as determined by the Borrower with the consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld)), and (d) any other property as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower have agreed in writing that the costs of perfecting a security interest in such Collateral is excessive in relation to the value of the security interest afforded thereby.

“Liquidity” means, as of any date, the sum of (a) the unrestricted cash of the Loan Parties held in accounts maintained at Texas Capital Bank (or any other financial institution to the extent such account is subject to an Account Control Agreement) on such date, plus (b) provided that all conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.2 are then satisfied, the amount (if any) of unused Revolving Credit Commitments that are available to be drawn on such date.

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“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to Borrower under Article 2 in the form of a Revolving Credit Loan or a Term Loan.

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Guaranty, the Security Documents, the Notes, the Issuer Documents, each Fee Letter, and all other promissory notes, security agreements, intercreditor agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, assignments, letters of credit, guaranties, and other instruments, documents, certificates and agreements executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or the Security Documents; provided that the term “Loan Documents” shall not include any Bank Product Agreement.

“Loan Party” means Borrower and each Guarantor.

“Management Stockholders” means the members of management (including any family members, heirs or descendants of any such members, the trustees of any bona fide trusts of which any of the foregoing are the sole beneficiaries and grantors, and any trust or other Person established for estate planning purpose that are controlled by, and established for the sole benefit of, any of the foregoing) of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries who are investors in Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof.

“Material Acquisition” means any acquisition of Property or series of related acquisitions of Property that involves the payment of Acquisition Consideration by the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries in excess of $5,000,000.

“Material Adverse Effect” means any act, event, condition, or circumstance which could materially and adversely affect (a) the operations, business, Properties, liabilities, or financial condition of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party; (c) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party; or (d) the rights and remedies available to, or conferred upon, Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party under any Loan Document.

“Material Agreement” means (i) the agreements listed on Schedule 5.27, and (ii) any other contract or agreement of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) involving a monetary liability of or payable to any such Person in an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000,000 in any twelve-month period, (b) governing any Material Debt or pursuant to which any Material Debt was incurred, or (c) the failure to renew, the breach, non-performance, or cancellation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

“Material Debt” means Debt (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit) of any one or more of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $5,000,000.

“Material Disposition” means any disposition of Property or series of related dispositions of Property that involves the payment of consideration to the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries in excess of $5,000,000.

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“Material Project” means any capital construction or expansion project (or series of related capital or expansion projects) of any Loan Party, the aggregate capital cost of which exceeds, or is reasonably expected by Borrower to exceed, $5,000,000.

“Material Project EBITDA Adjustments” means, with respect to each Material Project of a Loan Party:

(A) prior to the Commercial Operation Date of a Material Project (and including the fiscal quarter in which such Commercial Operation Date occurs) a percentage (based on the then-current completion percentage of such Material Project) of an amount determined by Borrower (and approved by Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld)) as the projected EBITDA attributable to such Material Project for the first 12-month period following the scheduled Commercial Operation Date of such Material Project (such amount to be determined based on customer contracts relating to such Material Project, the creditworthiness of the other parties to such contracts, projected revenues from such contracts, capital costs and expenses, scheduled Commercial Operation Date and other factors deemed reasonably appropriate by Administrative Agent) which may, at Borrower’s option, be added to actual EBITDA for the fiscal quarter in which construction or expansion of such Material Project commences and for each fiscal quarter thereafter until the Commercial Operation Date of such Material Project (including the fiscal quarter in which such Commercial Operation Date occurs, but without duplication of any actual EBITDA attributable to such Material Project following such Commercial Operation Date); provided that if the actual Commercial Operation Date does not occur by the scheduled Commercial Operation Date, the foregoing amount shall be reduced, for quarters ending after the scheduled Commercial Operation Date to (but excluding) the first full quarter after the actual Commercial Operation Date, by the following percentage amounts depending on the period of delay (based on the actual period of delay or then-estimated delay, whichever is longer): (i) 90 days or less, 0%, (ii) longer than 90 days, but not more than 180 days, 25%, (iii) longer than 180 days but not more than 270 days, 50%, (iv) longer than 270 days but not more than 365 days, 75%, and (v) longer than 365 days, 100%;

(B) beginning with the first full fiscal quarter following the Commercial Operation Date of such Material Project and for the two immediately succeeding fiscal quarters, an amount to be approved by Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) equal to the projected EBITDA attributable to such Material Project for the first full four fiscal quarter period following such Commercial Operation Date, which may be added to actual EBITDA for such applicable four fiscal quarter period (but net of any actual EBITDA attributable to such Material Project following such Commercial Operation Date).

Notwithstanding the foregoing:

(a)  no such additions shall be allowed with respect to any Material Project unless:

(i) not later than 10 days (or such shorter time period as may be agreed by Administrative Agent) prior to the delivery of a Compliance Certificate required by the terms and provisions of Section 6.1(c) if Material Project EBITDA Adjustments will be made to EBITDA, Borrower shall have delivered to

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Administrative Agent a proposed determination of Material Project EBITDA Adjustments setting forth (i) the scheduled Commercial Operation Date for such Material Project and (ii) projections of EBITDA attributable to such Material Project, along with a reasonably detailed explanation of the basis therefor, and

(ii) prior to the date such Compliance Certificate is required to be delivered, Administrative Agent shall have approved such projections and shall have received such other information and documentation as Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent; and

(b) the aggregate amount of all Material Project EBITDA Adjustments during any period, when added to all EBITDA add-backs made pursuant to clause (b)(xv) of the definition thereof, shall be limited to 20% of the total actual EBITDA of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the previous four fiscal quarter period (which total actual EBITDA shall be determined without including any Material Project EBITDA Adjustments or other such add-backs).

“Material Real Estate” means any land or acreage leased or owned in fee simple with a fair market value exceeding $2,000,000 (determined on an individual basis).

“Maturity Date” means (a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, July 3, 2027, or such earlier date on which the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender terminates as provided in this Agreement, and (b) with respect to the Term Loan Facility, July 3, 2027; provided, however, that, in each case, if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next succeeding Business Day.

“Maximum Rate” means, at all times, the maximum rate of interest which may be charged, contracted for, taken, received or reserved by Lenders in accordance with applicable Texas Law (or applicable United States federal Law to the extent that such Law permits Lenders to charge, contract for, receive or reserve a greater amount of interest than under Texas Law). The Maximum Rate shall be calculated in a manner that takes into account any and all fees, payments, and other charges in respect of the Loan Documents that constitute interest under applicable Law. Each change in any interest rate provided for herein based upon the Maximum Rate resulting from a change in the Maximum Rate shall take effect without notice to Borrower at the time of such change in the Maximum Rate.

“Minimum Collateral Amount” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided to reduce or eliminate Fronting Exposure during the time that a Defaulting Lender exists, an amount equal to 105% of the Fronting Exposure of L/C Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time, (b) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.6(a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii), an amount equal to 105% of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, and (c) otherwise, an amount determined by Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer in their sole discretion.

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“Moody’s” means ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto that is a nationally-recognized rating agency.

“Mortgages” means, collectively, the mortgages or deeds of trust now or hereafter encumbering Borrower’s or any other Loan Party’s fee or leasehold estates in their respective Properties as described therein in favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties as security for the Obligations, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

“Multiemployer Plan” means a multiemployer plan defined as such in Section 3(37) of ERISA to which contributions are being made or have been made by, or for which there is an obligation to make contributions by or there is any liability, contingent or otherwise, with respect to a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate and which is covered by Title IV of ERISA.

“Net Cash Proceeds” means:

(a) with respect to any Disposition by any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any Extraordinary Receipt (other than in respect of a Casualty Event) received or paid to the account of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such transaction (including any cash or Cash Equivalents received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received), over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount of any Debt that is secured by the applicable asset and that is required to be repaid in connection with such transaction (other than Debt under the Loan Documents) and any reserves for adjustment in respect of the price relating to a Disposition, established in accordance with GAAP, (B) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such transaction including legal, accounting, investment banking and other professional fees directly related thereto, (C) Taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable within two years of the date of the relevant transaction as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangement) and (D) any cash payments made to satisfy obligations of any Loan Party from early termination of any Hedge Agreement that had been entered to mitigate risks associated with the asset(s) Disposed; provided that, if (1) reserves established pursuant to subclause (A) exceed the actual purchase price adjustment required to be paid in connection with such transactions, or (2) the amount of any estimated Taxes pursuant to subclause (C) exceeds the amount of Taxes actually required to be paid in cash in respect of such Disposition, in each case, the aggregate amount of such excess shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds;

(b) with respect to the sale or issuance of any Equity Interests by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of a Loan Party, or the incurrence or issuance of any Debt other than Debt permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.1, the excess of (i) the sum of the cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such transaction over (ii) the underwriting discounts and commissions, and other reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses, incurred and paid by the applicable Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary to non-Affiliates in connection therewith; and

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(c) with respect to any Casualty Event, an amount equal to: (a) any cash payments or proceeds received by any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) under any casualty insurance policies in respect of any covered loss thereunder, or (ii) as a result of the taking of any assets of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with such power under threat of such a taking, minus (b) (i) any actual and reasonable costs incurred by such Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the adjustment or settlement of any claims of such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary in respect thereof, and (ii) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with any sale of such assets as referred to in clause (b)(i) of this definition to the extent paid or payable to non-Affiliates, including income or gains taxes payable by such Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith during the tax period the cash payments or proceeds are received.

“Net Income” means, for any Person for any Test Period, the net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that Net Income shall exclude (to the extent otherwise provided therein) any income (or loss) for such Test Period of any other Person if such other Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except that Borrower’s equity in the net income of any such Person for such Test Period shall be included in Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Person during such Test Period to Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution. For the avoidance of doubt, Net Income shall not include (x) any net income attributable to Unrestricted Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures, except for dividends or similar distributions actually paid in cash as contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence or (y) net income of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary that is attributable to the ownership interests of a non-Loan Party.

“New Parent” shall mean a Subsidiary of Holdings created to directly hold the Equity Interests of the Borrower.

“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (a) requires the approval of all or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 11.10 and (b) has been approved by the Required Lenders.

“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.

“Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b)(iii).

“Non-Recourse Debt” means any Debt of any Unrestricted Subsidiary in respect of which the holder or holders thereof have no recourse (including by way of guaranty, support, security or indemnity) to Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or to any of their property (other than in respect of the Equity Interests of such Unrestricted Subsidiary), whether for principal, interest, fees, expenses or otherwise.

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“Notes” means, collectively, the Revolving Credit Notes and the Term Loan Notes, and “Note” means any one of the Notes.

“Obligations” means all obligations, indebtedness, and liabilities of Borrower and each other Loan Party to Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, each Lender and each other Secured Party now existing or hereafter arising, whether direct, indirect, related, unrelated, fixed, contingent, liquidated, unliquidated, joint, several, or joint and several, arising under or pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Bank Product Agreements, and all interest accruing thereon (including interest and fees accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding), and all attorneys’ fees and other expenses incurred in the enforcement or collection thereof and Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights; provided that, as to any Loan Party, the “Obligations” shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Loan Party.

“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.

“Oil and Gas Properties” means (a) all Hydrocarbon Interests, (b) all rights, titles and interests created by or arising under the terms of all present and future unitization, communitization or pooling arrangements (and all Properties covered and units created thereby) whether arising by contract or operation of law which now or hereafter include all or any part of the Hydrocarbon Interests, (c) all unsevered and unextracted Hydrocarbons in, under or attributable with respect to the Hydrocarbon Interests, (d) all tenements, hereditaments, appurtenances and Properties in any manner appertaining, belonging, affixed or incidental to the Hydrocarbon Interests, (e) all Properties, rights, titles, interests and estates described or referred to above, including any and all Property, real or personal, now owned or hereinafter acquired and situated upon, used, held for use or useful in connection with the operating, working or development of any of such Hydrocarbon Interests or Property (excluding drilling rigs, automotive equipment, rental equipment or other personal Property which may be on such premises for the purpose of drilling a well or for other similar temporary uses) and including any and all oil ▇▇▇▇▇, gas ▇▇▇▇▇, injection ▇▇▇▇▇ or other ▇▇▇▇▇ (or interests therein), (f) all present and future interests in saltwater disposal ▇▇▇▇▇ and all surface leases and fee interests related thereto and (g) all rights, remedies, powers and privileges with respect to any of the foregoing. Unless otherwise provided herein, “Oil and Gas Properties” means the Oil and Gas Properties of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

“Other Guaranties” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.11.

“Other Guarantors” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.11.

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“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 3.6).

“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans and the Term Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Revolving Credit Loans and Term Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date, and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of Unreimbursed Amounts.

“Owned Real Estate Support Documents” means, with respect to any real Property which is owned by any Loan Party in fee simple and only to the extent any Loan Party obtains any such documentation in its discretion (or otherwise has any such documentation on file), such mortgagee title insurance policies, surveys, environmental assessment reports, environmental questionnaires, flood hazard certifications, evidence of flood insurance, if required (with the understanding that the Collateral is intended to exclude such assets as may be necessary to mitigate or eliminate any such requirement), and other mortgage-related documents.

“Paid in Full” or “Payment in Full” means, (a) the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all outstanding Loans and L/C Obligations, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, (b) the termination, expiration, or cancellation and return of all outstanding Letters of Credit (or alternatively, with respect to each such Letter of Credit, the furnishing to Administrative Agent of a cash deposit, or at the discretion of Administrative Agent a backup standby letter of credit satisfactory to Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer, in an amount equal to 105% of the outstanding L/C Obligations as of the date of such payment), (c) the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the accrued and unpaid fees owing under the Loan Documents, (d) the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all reimbursable expenses and other Obligations (other than (i) contingent obligations for which no claim has been made and other obligations expressly stated to survive such payment and termination of this Agreement, and (ii) Hedge Obligations and other Bank Product Obligations with respect to the Lenders and their Affiliates for which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable counterparty to such Hedge Agreement have been made), together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, (e) the termination of all Commitments, and (f) the termination of all Bank Product Agreements (other than Bank Product Agreements for which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable counterparty to such Bank Product have been made).

“Participant” means any Person (other than (a) a natural Person, (b) a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural Person, (c) a Defaulting Lender, or (d) Borrower or any of Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries or any other Loan Party) to which a participation is sold by any Lender in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it).

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“Participant Register” means a register in the United States on which each Lender that sells a participation enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents.

“PATRIOT Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56, signed into law October 26, 2001).

“Payment Date” means (a) in respect of each Base Rate Loan, the first day of each and every calendar quarter during the term of this Agreement, upon prepayment of such Loan and the Maturity Date, (b) in respect of each Term SOFR Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Term SOFR Loan (or the day that is three (3) months after the first day of such Interest Period if such Interest Period has a length of more than three (3) months), upon prepayment of such Loan and the Maturity Date, and (c) in respect of each Daily Simple SOFR Loan, the first day of each and every calendar month during the term of this Agreement, upon prepayment of such Loan, and the Maturity Date.

“Payment Recipient” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.15(a).

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to all or any of its functions under ERISA.

“Pecos Renewables” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

“Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Term SOFR”.

“Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition by any Loan Party in a transaction that satisfies each of the following requirements:

(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either immediately prior to or immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition;

(b) both before and after giving effect to such Acquisition and the Loans (if any) requested to be made in connection therewith, each of the representations and warranties in the Loan Documents is true and correct in all material respects (without duplication of any applicable materiality qualification);

(c) the business acquired in connection with such Acquisition is (i) located in the United States, (ii) organized under applicable United States and state laws, and (iii) not engaged, directly or indirectly, in any line of business other than the businesses in which the Loan Parties are engaged on the Closing Date and any business activities that are substantially similar, related, or incidental thereto;

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(d) the Borrower shall be in compliance with all financial covenants set forth in Article 8 (calculated without any Leverage Step-Up) after giving pro forma effect to such Acquisition;

(e) if the EBITDA attributable to such Acquisition is needed to establish pro forma compliance pursuant to clause (d) preceding, then as soon as available but not less than five (5) Business Days prior to such Acquisition (or such shorter time period as Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion), the Borrower has provided the Administrative Agent a copy of all business and financial information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent including pro forma financial statements, statements of cash flow, and Revolving Credit Availability projections;

(f) if such Acquisition is an acquisition of the Equity Interests of a Person and the consideration thereof is funded using Loan proceeds, such Acquisition is structured so that the acquired Person shall become a Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower;

(g) if such Acquisition is an acquisition of assets, such Acquisition is structured so that a Loan Party shall acquire such assets;

(h) if such Acquisition is an acquisition of Equity Interests, such Acquisition will not result in any violation of Regulation U;

(i) if such Acquisition involves a merger or a consolidation involving the Borrower or any other Loan Party, such Borrower or such Loan Party, as applicable, shall be the surviving entity;

(j) no Loan Party shall, as a result of or in connection with any such Acquisition, assume or incur any direct or contingent liabilities (whether relating to environmental, tax, litigation, or other matters) that could have a Material Adverse Effect;

(k) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such Acquisition, the Financial Covenants shall be satisfied and Liquidity shall be not less than $5,000,000; and

(l) all actions required to be taken pursuant to Sections 6.12(b) and 6.13 as of the consummation of such Acquisition shall have been taken.

“Permitted Holders” means each of (a) Sponsor, (b) the Management Stockholders and (c) any Person with which one or more of the Persons described in clauses (a) and (b) form a “group” (within the meaning of Section 14(d) of the Exchange Act) so long as, in the case of this clause (c), the relevant Person or Persons beneficially own more than 50% of the relevant voting stock beneficially owned by the group; provided that, for purposes of calculating Permitted Holders for “Change in Control”, only up to 10% of the Equity Interests held by Management Stockholders (including pursuant to clause (c) above), shall be included.

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“Permitted Investments” means:

(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

(b) commercial paper having the highest rating, at the time of acquisition thereof, of S&P or ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ and in either case maturing within six months from the date of acquisition thereof;

(c) certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;

(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above; and

(e) mutual funds investing solely in any one or more of the Permitted Investments described in clauses (a) through (d) above.

“Permitted Liens” means those Liens permitted by Section 7.2.

“Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Person, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension of any Debt of such Person; provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Debt so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest, premium and penalties thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder, (b) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Debt permitted pursuant to Section 7.1(c), such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a weighted average life to maturity equal to or greater than the weighted average life to maturity of, the Debt being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended, and (c) at the time of incurrence thereof, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

“Permitted Tax Distributions” means, (a) with respect to any Person, for any taxable period after the Closing Date during which time such Person is a pass-through entity for income Tax purposes, any Restricted Payment to any holder of such Person’s stock or other Equity Interests in an amount equal to the product of (i) the combined maximum prevailing federal and highest state and local income tax rates applicable to any direct or indirect owner of stock or other Equity Interests of such Person (taking into account (A) the deductibility of state and local taxes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (B) the character of income and loss allocated as it affects the applicable tax rate, and (C) any applicable Medicare contribution tax on certain investment

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income under Section 1411 of the Code), and (ii) the aggregate amount of all items of income and gain, offset by the aggregate amount of all items of loss, deduction, and expense, allocated (or estimated to be allocable) to such an owner of stock or other Equity Interests of such Person (or such owner’s predecessor in interest) for U.S. federal income tax purposes for the relevant taxable period (or portion thereof) (but for all purposes excluding any and all allocations arising under Code Section 704(c)), less net taxable losses generated in a prior taxable period (to the extent such losses: (x) have not previously been taken into account hereunder to reduce the amount of a Permitted Tax Distribution, (y) are of a character that would allow them to be utilized to offset the income or gain allocable for such taxable period to the owners of stock or other Equity Interest of such Person, and (z) are not otherwise limited, disallowed or otherwise restricted from being utilized under applicable Law) and (b) without duplication of amounts distributed under clause (a) preceding, one or more Restricted Payments in the form of cash paid by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to Parent or, for so long as WaterBridge NDB LLC (“Parent”) is the parent company of Holdings, to Parent, to permit Parent or Holdings to pay franchise, gross receipts, or similar Taxes that are imposed by a Governmental Authority on Parent, Holdings, Borrower or its Subsidiaries that are directly attributable to the assets or operations of Borrower or its Subsidiaries and that are not paid directly by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as applicable.

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, association, company, partnership, joint venture, Governmental Authority, or other entity, and shall include such Person’s heirs, administrators, personal representatives, executors, successors and assigns.

“Plan” means any employee benefit or other plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, established or maintained by, or for which there is an obligation to make contributions by or there is any liability, contingent or otherwise with respect to Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to Section 412 of the Code.

“Plan Asset Regulations” means 29 CFR § 2510.3-101 et seq., as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, as amended from time to time.

“Platform” means Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system.

“Pledge Agreement” means that certain pledge agreement executed by Holdings in favor of the Administrative Agent in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, encumbering all outstanding Equity Interests issued by Borrower.

“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest published by The Wall Street Journal, from time to time, as the “U.S. Prime Rate”.

“Principal Office” means the principal office of Administrative Agent, presently located at the address set forth on Schedule 11.11.

“Prohibited Transaction” means any transaction set forth in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

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“Property” of a Person means any and all property, whether real, personal, tangible, intangible or mixed, of such Person, or any other assets owned, operated or leased by such Person, including Equity Interests and contract rights.

“PTE” 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.

“Purchase Money Debt” means Debt, the proceeds of which are used to finance the acquisition, lease, completion of construction, repair of, replacement, improvement to or installation of any Property; provided, however, that such Debt is incurred no later than ninety (90) days after such acquisition, leasing, completion, construction, repairment, replacement, improvement or installation.

“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).

“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.30.

“Qualified Acquisition” means a Permitted Acquisition for consideration in excess of $25,000,000 and for which Administrative Agent has received either (a) audited financial information for the target entity or assets or (b) a quality of earnings report or other third party verification acceptable to the Administrative Agent of financial information of the target entity or assets.

“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, at any time, each Loan Party with total assets exceeding $10,000,000 or that qualifies at such time as an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulation promulgated thereunder and can cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

“Qualified Equity Interest” means any Equity Interest that is not Disqualified Equity Interest.

“Qualified IPO” means the issuance by the Borrower, Holdings or any other direct or indirect holding company of Borrower of its common Equity Interests in a primary public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (other than a registration statement on Form S-8 or any successor form), which generates at least $100,000,000 in net proceeds to the issuer thereof.

“Recipient” means Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, or any Lender, as applicable.

“Register” means a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of and stated interest on the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time.

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“Related Indebtedness” means any and all indebtedness paid or payable by Borrower or any other Loan Party to Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to any Loan Document other than any Note.

“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, sub agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

“Release” means, as to any Person, any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, disbursement, leaching, or migration of Hazardous Materials into the indoor or outdoor environment or into or out of Property owned by such Person, including, without limitation, the movement of Hazardous Materials through or in the air, soil, surface water, ground water, or Property.

“Release Date” means the last to occur of the dates on which Liens securing the Obligations may be released pursuant to Section 10.9(a)(i)(A).

“Relevant Governmental Body” means the Board of Governors or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.

“Remedial Action” means all actions required under applicable Environmental Laws to (a) clean up, remove, treat, or otherwise address Hazardous Materials in the indoor or outdoor environment, (b) prevent the Release or threat of Release or minimize the further Release of Hazardous Materials so that they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment, or (c) perform pre-remedial studies and investigations and post-remedial monitoring and care.

“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043 of ERISA.

“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Total Credit Exposures representing more than 50% of the Total Credit Exposures of all Lenders; provided that, if one (1) Lender holds more than 50% but less than 100% of the Total Credit Exposures at such time, subject to the last sentence of Section 11.10, the Required Lenders shall be at least two Lenders. The Total Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining the Required Lenders at any time.

“Required Revolving Credit Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Revolving Credit Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of the (a) the Revolving Credit Exposure of all Revolving Credit Lenders (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations being deemed “held” by such Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of this definition) and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that, if one (1) Revolving Credit Lender holds more than 50% but less than 100% of the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposure and the unused Revolving Credit Commitments at such time, subject to the last sentence of Section 11.10, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall be at least two (2) Revolving Credit Lenders. The unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Revolving Credit Exposure of all Revolving Credit Lenders held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders.

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“Resignation Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.6(a).

“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.

“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, controller, executive vice president, vice president of finance, treasurer or general counsel of a Loan Party; solely for purposes of the delivery of incumbency certificates pursuant to Section 4.1, the president, the chief executive officer, the chief operating officer, the chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, general counsel, the treasurer, executive vice president or a vice president of the Borrower or such other representative of a Loan Party or any Person designated by a Responsible Officer to act on behalf of a Responsible Officer; provided that such designated Person may not designate any other Person to be a Responsible Officer. 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 Person and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

“Restricted Payment” means, collectively, (a) any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other Property) with respect to any Equity Interest of any Loan Party or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) any payment (whether in cash, securities or other Property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interest or on account of any return of capital to a Loan Party’s or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries’ stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof).

“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“Revolving Credit Availability” means, as of any date, the difference between (a) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders on such date less (b) the total Revolving Credit Exposure of the Revolving Credit Lenders on such date.

“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Term SOFR Loans, having the same Interest Period, made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.1(a).

“Revolving Credit Borrowing Request” means a writing, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, properly completed and signed by Borrower, requesting a Revolving Credit Borrowing.

“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit Loans to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(a) and (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s name on Schedule 2.1 under the caption “Revolving Credit Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption 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.

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“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, as to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of its Revolving Credit Loans and such Revolving Credit Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations at such time.

“Revolving Credit Facility” means the revolving credit facility provided for and governed by this Agreement.

“Revolving Credit Lender” means, (a) at any time prior to the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment at such time, and (b) at any time after the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, any Lender that has Revolving Credit Exposure at such time.

“Revolving Credit Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

“Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note made by Borrower in favor of a Revolving Credit Lender evidencing Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

“Revolving Facility Increase” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9(a).

“RICO” means the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act of 1970.

“Rights of Way” means any leases, easements, rights of way, servitudes, permits, licenses and other instruments and agreements (other than Deeds) vesting an ownership or other record title interest in real Property.

“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a S&P Global Inc. business and any successor thereto that is a nationally-recognized rating agency.

“Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself (or whose government is) the subject or target of any Sanctions (including, as of the Closing Date, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, the Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Crimea Regions of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).

“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC (including OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and OFAC’s Consolidated Non-SDN List), the U.S. Department of State or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons, in each case, to the extent dealings are prohibited or restricted with such Person under Sanctions or (d) any Person otherwise a target of Sanctions, including vessels and aircraft, that are designated under any Sanctions program.

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“Sanctions” means economic or financial sanctions, sectoral sanctions, secondary sanctions, trade embargoes and restrictions imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government (including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state or His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, or other relevant sanctions authority in which (a) any Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates is located or conducts business, (b) in which any of the proceeds of the Credit Extensions will be used, or (c) from which repayment of the Obligations will be derived.

“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor agency.

“Secured Parties” means the collective reference to Administrative Agent, each Lender, L/C Issuer, each Bank Product Provider, and any other Person the Obligations owing to which are, or are purported to be, secured by the Collateral under the terms of the Security Documents.

“Securities Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 of the UCC.

“Security Documents” means each and every Mortgage, security agreement, pledge agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, Account Control Agreement or other collateral security agreement required by or delivered to Administrative Agent from time to time that purport to create a Lien in favor of any of the Secured Parties to secure payment or performance of the Obligations or any portion thereof.

“SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.

“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, that the fair value of the assets of such Person (at fair valuation) is, on the date of determination, greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent and unliquidated liabilities) of such Person as of such date, that the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured, and that, as of such date, such Person will be able to pay all liabilities of such Person as such liabilities mature and such Person does not have unreasonably small capital with which to carry on its business. In computing the amount of contingent or unliquidated liabilities at any time, such liabilities will be computed at the amount which, in 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 discounted to present value at rates believed to be reasonable by such Person acting in good faith.

“Sponsor” means Five Point Energy Fund II LP, Five Point Energy Fund III LP, any of their respective Affiliates, and any fund or other Person managed or controlled directly or indirectly by Five Point Energy LLC or any of its Affiliates (other than portfolio companies).

“Subsidiary” of a Person (the “parent”) means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or

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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 parent. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Borrower.

“Supported QFC” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.30.

“Sureties” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.3(b).

“Swap Obligations” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

“Tax Return” means any return (including any information report), report, statement, schedule, notice, form, or other document or information filed with or submitted to, or required to be filed with or submitted to, any Governmental Authority in connection with the determination, assessment, collection, or payment of any Tax or in connection with the administration, implementation, or enforcement of any Tax.

“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

“Term Loan” means an advance made by any Term Loan Lender to the Borrower under Section 2.1(b).

“Term Loan Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term Loans made by each of the Term Loan Lenders pursuant to Section 2.1(b).

“Term Loan Borrowing Request” means a writing, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, properly completed and signed by Borrower, requesting a Term Loan Borrowing.

“Term Loan Commitment” means, as to each Term Loan Lender on the Closing Date, its obligation to make a Term Loan to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(b) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Term Loan Lender’s name on Schedule 2.1 under the caption “Term Loan Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term Loan Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

“Term Loan Facility” means the term loan facility provided for and governed by this Agreement.

“Term Loan Lender” means any Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment and/or that holds a Term Loan.

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“Term Loan Note” means a promissory note of Borrower payable to the order of a Term Loan Lender evidencing the Term Loan made by such Term Loan Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit F.

“Term SOFR” means:

(a) for any calculation with respect to a Term SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (such day, a “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) 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 a Base Rate Loan on any day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day (such day, a “Base Rate Term SOFR Determination Day”) 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.

“Term SOFR Adjustment” means, for any calculation, a percentage per annum equal to 0.10%.

“Term SOFR Administrator” 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).

“Term SOFR Borrowing” means, as to any Borrowing, the Term SOFR Loans comprising such Borrowing.

“Term SOFR Loan” means a Loan bearing interest based on Adjusted Term SOFR.

“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.

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“Test Period” means, at any time, the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ then last ended (in each case taken as one (1) accounting period) for which financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement; provided, that for purposes of the calculation of the applicable components of the Financial Covenants for the Test Period ending June 30, 2023, such amounts shall be annualized by taking the results of the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2023 and multiplying them by four (4); for the Test Period ending September 30, 2023, such amounts shall be annualized by taking the results of the two (2) consecutive fiscal quarters the last of which ends September 30, 2023, and multiplying them by two (2); and for the Test Period ending December 31, 2023, such amounts shall be annualized by taking the results of the three (3) consecutive fiscal quarters that last of which ends December 31, 2023 and multiplying them by four (4) and dividing them by three (3).

“Texas Capital Bank” means Texas Capital Bank and its successors and assigns.

“Total Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the unused Commitments, Revolving Credit Exposure and Outstanding Amount of the Term Loans of such Lender at such time.

“Transactions” means, collectively, the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans and other credit extensions, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder, and the payment of all fees and expenses payable in connection with the foregoing.

“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, refers to whether such Loan is a Base Rate Loan or a Term SOFR Loan, and, with respect to a Borrowing, refers to whether such Borrowing is a Base Rate Borrowing or a Term SOFR Borrowing.

“UCC” means Chapters 1 through 11 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code as in effect from time to time or the Uniform Commercial Code of any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the issue of perfection of security interests.

“UK Financial Institution” 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.

“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.

“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

“Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess, if any, of (a) the funding target as defined under Section 430(d) of the Code without regard to the special at-risk rules of Section 430(i) of the Code, over (b) the value of plan assets as defined under Section 430(g)(3)(A) of the Code determined as of the last day of each plan year, without regard to the averaging which may be allowed under Section 430(g)(3)(B) of the Code and reduced for any prefunding balance or funding standard carryover balance as defined and provided for in Section 430(f) of the Code.

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“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(c)(i).

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with, and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 6.17.

“U.S.” or “United States” means the United States of America.

“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” 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.

“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

“U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.30.

“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section 3.4(g)(ii)(B)(3).

“Wholly-Owned” means, with respect to a Subsidiary, that all of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary are, directly or indirectly, owned or controlled by Borrower and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries (except for directors’ qualifying shares or other shares required by applicable Law to be owned by a Person other than Borrower and/or one or more of its Wholly- Owned Subsidiaries).

“Withholding Agent” means each of the Loan Parties and Administrative Agent.

“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” 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.

Section 1.2 Accounting Matters.

(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

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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 described in Section 5.2, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any Financial Covenant) contained herein, Debt of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.

(b) Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth herein, and either Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, Administrative Agent, Lenders and 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) Borrower shall provide to Administrative Agent and 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.

Section 1.3  ERISA Matters. If, after the date hereof, there shall occur, with respect to ERISA, the adoption of any applicable Law, rule, or regulation, or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by the PBGC or any other Governmental Authority, then either Borrower or the Required Lenders may request a modification to this Agreement solely to preserve the original intent of this Agreement with respect to the provisions hereof applicable to ERISA, and the parties to this Agreement shall negotiate in good faith to complete such modification.

Section 1.4  Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

Section 1.5  Other Definitional Provisions. All definitions contained in this Agreement are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. The words “hereof”, “herein”, and “hereunder” and words of similar import referring to this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. Unless otherwise specified, all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear. Terms used herein that are defined in the UCC, unless otherwise defined herein, have the meanings specified in the UCC. Any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or

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otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document). Any reference to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such Law and any reference to any Law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such Law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. Words denoting gender shall be construed to include the masculine, feminine and neuter, when such construction is appropriate; specific enumeration shall not exclude the general but shall be construed as cumulative; the word “or” is not exclusive; the word “including” (in its various forms) means “including, without limitation”; in the computation of periods of time, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” mean “to but excluding”; and all references to money refer to the legal currency of the United States of America.

Section 1.6 Interpretative Provision. For purposes of Section 9.1, a breach of a Financial Covenant shall be deemed to have occurred as of any date of determination thereof by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, the Required Lenders or as of the last date of any specified measurement period, regardless of when the financial statements or the Compliance Certificate reflecting such breach are delivered to Administrative Agent. Unless otherwise expressly stated, if a Person may not take an action under this Agreement, then it may not take that action indirectly. For purposes of determining whether the Loan Parties comply with any exception to Section 7 where compliance with any such exception is based on a financial ratio or metric being satisfied as of a particular point in time, it is understood that (a) compliance shall be measured at the time when the relevant event is undertaken, as such financial ratios and metrics are intended to be “incurrence” tests and not “maintenance” tests and (b) correspondingly, any such ratio and metric shall only prohibit the Loan Parties from creating or incurring, as the case may be, any new, for example, Liens or Debt, but shall not result in any previously permitted, for example, Liens or Debt ceasing to be permitted hereunder.

Section 1.7 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to central time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

Section 1.8 Other Loan Documents. The other Loan Documents, including the Security Documents, contain representations, warranties, covenants, defaults and other provisions that are in addition to and not limited by, or a limitation of, similar provisions of this Agreement. Such provisions in such other Loan Documents may be different or more expansive than similar provisions of this Agreement and neither such differences nor such more expansive provisions shall be construed as a conflict.

Section 1.9 Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware Law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s Laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.

Section 1.10 Rates. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, (a) the continuation of,

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administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including the selection of such rate and any related spread or other adjustment or whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, the Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR, Term SOFR or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of the Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, Adjusted Term SOFR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Loan Parties. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain the Base Rate, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Term SOFR, Adjusted Term SOFR or any other Benchmark, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, in each case, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to any Loan Party, any Lender or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.

Section 1.11  Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by 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).

ARTICLE 2.

THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

Section 2.1 The Loans.

(a) Revolving Credit Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make one or more revolving credit loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) to Borrower from time to time from the Closing Date until five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility in an aggregate principal amount for such Revolving Credit Lender at any time outstanding up to but not exceeding the amount of such Revolving Credit ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Revolving Credit Commitment, provided that the Revolving Credit Exposure of all Revolving Credit Lenders shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders. Subject to the foregoing limitations, and the other terms and provisions of this Agreement, Borrower may borrow, repay, and reborrow Revolving Credit Loans hereunder.

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(b) Term Loan Borrowing. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Term Loan Lender severally agrees to make, on the Closing Date, a single Term Loan to Borrower in an amount equal to such Term Loan Lender’s Term Loan Commitment. The Term Loan Commitment of each Term Loan Lender shall automatically terminate immediately after the Term Loan Borrowing occurs on the Closing Date. Borrower may not borrow, repay, and reborrow the Term Loans.

(c) Borrowing Procedure. Each Borrowing, each conversion of a Borrowing from one Type to the other, and each continuation of a Term SOFR Borrowing shall be made upon Borrower’s irrevocable notice to Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. three U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the requested date of any Term SOFR Borrowing and on the requested date of any Base Rate Borrowing. Each telephonic notice by Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.1(c) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of a Term SOFR Borrowing shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $200,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Section 2.2(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to a Base Rate Borrowing shall be in a principal amount of $250,000 or a whole multiple of $50,000 in excess thereof; provided that a Base Rate Borrowing may be in an amount equal to the Revolving Credit Availability. Each Borrowing Request (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether Borrower is requesting a Borrowing, a conversion of Borrowings from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Borrowings, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Borrowings to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Borrowings to be borrowed or to which existing Borrowings are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If Borrower fails to specify a Type of Borrowing in a Borrowing Request or if Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Borrowings shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Borrowings. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Borrowings shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Term SOFR Borrowings. If Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of a Term SOFR Borrowing in any such Borrowing Request, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month.

(d) Funding. Following receipt of a Borrowing Request, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage of the applicable Borrowings, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by Borrower, Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Borrowings as described in Section 2.1(c). In the case of a Borrowing, each Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at Administrative Agent’s Principal Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Borrowing Request. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.2 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.1), Administrative Agent shall make all funds so

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received available to Borrower in like funds as received by Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the deposit account of the Borrower referenced in the Borrowing Request with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) Administrative Agent by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇; provided, however, that if, on the date the Borrowing Request with respect to such Borrowing is given by Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, shall be made available to Borrower as provided above.

(e) Continuations and Conversions. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Term SOFR Borrowing may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Term SOFR Borrowing. During the existence of a Default, (i) no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Term SOFR Borrowings without the consent of the Required Lenders and (ii) unless repaid, each Term SOFR Borrowing shall be converted to a Base Rate Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

(f) Notifications. Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Term SOFR Borrowings upon determination of such interest rate.

(g) Interest Periods. After giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Borrowings from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Borrowings as the same Type, there shall not be more than five (5) Interest Periods in effect with respect to Term SOFR Borrowings.

Section 2.2 Letters of Credit.

(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.

(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.2, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of Borrower for the general corporate purposes of it and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Revolving Credit Exposure of all Revolving Credit Lenders shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders, (y) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender shall not exceed such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so

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requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly Borrower may, during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.

(ii)  L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit, if:

(A) the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve (12) months after the date of issuance or last extension (without giving effect to any auto-extension provisions, if applicable), unless the L/C Issuer has approved such expiry date; or

(B) the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all Revolving Credit Lenders have approved such expiry date.

(iii) L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain L/C Issuer from issuing the Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon L/C Issuer with respect to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which L/C Issuer in good ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ material to it;

(B) the issuance of the Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;

(C) except as otherwise agreed by Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer, the Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $250,000;

(D) the Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars;

(E) any Revolving Credit Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with Borrower or such Revolving Credit Lender to eliminate L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to

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Section 11.22(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion;

(F)  the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 are not satisfied; or

(G) the Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder.

(iv) L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.

(v) L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to the Letter of Credit.

(vi) L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to Administrative Agent in Article 10 with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article 10 included L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to L/C Issuer.

(b)  Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto- Extension Letters of Credit.

(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ delivered to L/C Issuer (with a copy to Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application may be sent by facsimile, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by L/C Issuer, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to L/C Issuer. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by L/C Issuer and Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two (2) Business Days (or such later date and time as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the

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name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; and (H) such other matters as L/C Issuer may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as L/C Issuer may require. Additionally, Borrower shall furnish to L/C Issuer and Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as L/C Issuer or Administrative Agent may require.

(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, L/C Issuer will confirm with Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from Borrower and, if not, L/C Issuer will provide Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Credit Lender, Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one (1) Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article 4 shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of Borrower (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

(iii) If Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, L/C Issuer may, in its sole discretion, agree to issue an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit; provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each 12-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such 12-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by L/C Issuer, Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension (and the terms of the Auto-Extension Letter of Credit may permit L/C Issuer to refuse to extend such Letter of Credit) if (A) L/C Issuer has

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determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.2(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven (7) Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from Administrative Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender or Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.2 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.

(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, L/C Issuer will also deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

(c)  Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.

(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, L/C Issuer shall notify Borrower and Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an “Honor Date”), Borrower shall reimburse L/C Issuer through Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing. If ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ fails to so reimburse L/C Issuer by such time, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. In such event, Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, subject to the amount of the Revolving Credit Availability and the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 (other than the delivery of a Revolving Credit Borrowing Request). Any notice given by L/C Issuer or Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.2(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

(ii) Each Revolving Credit Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.2(c)(i) make funds available (and Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) for the account of L/C Issuer at Administrative Agent’s Principal Office in an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.2(c)(iii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Revolving Credit Loan (or, if the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 are not satisfied, an L/C Borrowing as further described in clause (iii) below) to Borrower in such amount. Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to L/C Issuer.

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(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing because the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Interest Rate. In such event, each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.2(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Revolving Credit Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.2.

(iv) Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.2(c) to reimburse L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of L/C Issuer.

(v) Each Revolving Credit ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.2(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Credit Lender may have against L/C Issuer, Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans (but not its obligation to fund its Applicable Percentage of L/C Advances) pursuant to this Section 2.2(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 (other than delivery by Borrower of a Revolving Credit Borrowing Request). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of Borrower to reimburse L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

(vi) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.2(c) by the time specified in Section 2.2(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Credit Lender (acting through Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate

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determined by L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Revolving Credit Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Loan included in the relevant Revolving Credit Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d)  Repayment of Participations.

(i) At any time after L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Revolving Credit Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.2(c), if Administrative Agent receives for the account of L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by Administrative Agent), Administrative Agent will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by Administrative Agent.

(ii) If any payment received by Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.2(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.24 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Revolving Credit Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of Revolving Credit Lenders under this clause (ii) shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of Borrower to reimburse L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:

(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;

(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

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(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;

(iv) waiver by L/C Issuer of any requirement that exists for L/C Issuer’s protection and not the protection of Borrower or any waiver by L/C Issuer which does not in fact materially prejudice Borrower;

(v) honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft;

(vi) any payment made by L/C Issuer in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the UCC or the ISP, as applicable;

(vii) any payment by L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or

(viii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s instructions or other irregularity, Borrower will immediately notify L/C Issuer. Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Revolving Credit Lender and Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Revolving Credit Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection

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herewith at the request or with the approval of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Person as found in a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. Borrower hereby assumes all risks of, and none of L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent, or any Lender or any of their respective Related Parties shall have any liability for, the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (viii) of Section 2.2(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, Borrower may have a claim against L/C Issuer, and L/C Issuer may be liable to Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by Borrower which Borrower proves were directly caused by L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit as found in a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason. L/C Issuer may send a Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.

(g) Applicability of ISP; Limitation of Liability. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by L/C Issuer and Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, L/C Issuer shall not be responsible to Borrower for, and L/C Issuer’s rights and remedies against Borrower shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of L/C Issuer required or permitted under any Law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Law or any order of a jurisdiction where L/C Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit or other Issuer Document chooses such Law or practice.

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(h) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer. Borrower shall pay directly to L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each standby Letter of Credit at the rate per annum separately agreed between Borrower and L/C Issuer, computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit and payable on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.4. In addition, Borrower shall pay directly to L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.

(i) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

(j) Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Restricted Subsidiary, or states that a Restricted Subsidiary is the “account party,” “applicant,” “instructing party,” or the like of or for such Letter of Credit, and without derogating from any rights of L/C Issuer against such Restricted Subsidiary, Borrower (i) shall be obligated to reimburse L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit as if such Letter of Credit had been issued solely for the account of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and (ii) irrevocably waives any and all defenses that might otherwise be available to it as a guarantor or surety of any or all of the obligations of such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Letter of Credit. Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Restricted Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of Borrower, and that Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Restricted Subsidiaries.

Section 2.3 Fees.

(a) Fees. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ agrees to pay to Administrative Agent and Arranger, for the account of Administrative Agent, Arranger and each Lender, as applicable, fees, in the amounts and on the dates set forth in the Fee Letter.

(b) Letter of Credit Fees. Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance, subject to Section 11.22, with its Applicable Percentage a Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each standby Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Margin for Term SOFR Loans times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.4. Letter of Credit Fees for

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each standby Letter of Credit shall be (i) due and payable in arrears on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance or renewal of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand and (ii) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. If there is any change in the Applicable Margin for Term SOFR Loans during any quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each standby Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Margin for Term SOFR Loans separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Margin for Term SOFR Loans was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Interest Rate.

(c) Commitment Fees. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ agrees to pay to Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance, subject to Section 11.22, with its Applicable Percentage a commitment fee (“Commitment Fees”) on the daily average unused amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Revolving Credit Lender for the period from and including the date of this Agreement to and including the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility (including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article 4 is not met), at a rate equal to the applicable amount set forth for Commitment Fees in the definition of Applicable Margin. For the purpose of calculating the Commitment Fees hereunder, the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed utilized by the amount of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations owing to such Revolving Credit Lender whether directly or by participation. Accrued Commitment Fees shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the first day of each April, July, October, and January during the term of this Agreement and on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility.

Section 2.4 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.

(a) General. All payments of principal, interest, and other amounts to be made by Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be made to Administrative Agent for the account of Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer or the pro rata accounts of the applicable Lenders, as applicable, at the Principal Office in Dollars and immediately available funds, without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim, at the time and in the manner provided herein. Payments by check or draft shall not constitute payment in immediately available funds until the required amount is actually received by Administrative Agent in full. Payments in immediately available funds received by Administrative Agent in the place designated for payment on a Business Day prior to 11:00 a.m. at such place of payment shall be credited prior to the close of business on the Business Day received, while payments received by Administrative Agent on a day other than a Business Day or after 11:00 a.m. on a Business Day shall not be credited until the next succeeding Business Day. If any payment of principal or interest required under the Loan Documents shall become due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, then such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day. Any such extension of time for payment shall be included in computing interest which has accrued and shall be payable in connection with such payment. Administrative Agent is hereby authorized upon notice to Borrower to charge the account of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ maintained with Administrative Agent for each payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder.

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(b) Funding by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender that such Lender will not make available to Administrative Agent such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s share of a Borrowing, Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with this Agreement and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and Borrower severally agree to pay to Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the applicable Borrowing. If Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to Borrower the amount of such interest paid by Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan. Any payment by Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to Administrative Agent.

(c) Payments by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless Administrative Agent shall have received notice from Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer or the applicable Lenders hereunder that Borrower will not make such payment, Administrative Agent may assume that Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to L/C Issuer or the applicable Lenders the amount due. In such event, if ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ has not in fact made such payment, then each of L/C Issuer and the applicable Lenders, as applicable, severally agrees to repay to Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to L/C Issuer or such Lender, with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

Section 2.5 Evidence of Debt.

(a) The Loans made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and by Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Lender or Administrative Agent may, in addition, request that such Loans be evidenced by the Notes. The Credit Extensions made by L/C Issuer shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by L/C Issuer and by Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made to Borrower and, with respect to Letters of Credit issued for the account of a Restricted Subsidiary, such

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Restricted Subsidiary and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by L/C Issuer or any Lender and the accounts and records of Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.

(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a) above, each Revolving Credit Lender and Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Revolving Credit Lender of participations in Letters of Credit. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Revolving Credit Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.

Section 2.6 Cash Collateral.

(a) Certain Credit Support Events. If (i) L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, (ii) as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, (iii) Borrower shall be required to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.8(c) or Section 9.2, or (iv) there shall exist a Revolving Credit Lender that is a Defaulting Lender, Borrower shall immediately (in the case of clause (iii) above) or within one (1) Business Day (in all other cases) following any request by Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer, provide Cash Collateral in an amount not less than the applicable Minimum Collateral Amount (determined in the case of Cash Collateral provided pursuant to clause (iv) above, after giving effect to Section 11.22(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

(b) Grant of Security Interest. Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such Cash Collateral and each Deposit Account in which such Cash Collateral is deposited, and all other Property so provided as Collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing (including all interest accruing thereon, if any), all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.6(c). If at any time Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount, Borrower will, promptly upon demand by Administrative Agent, pay or provide to Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency. All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in one or more blocked, non-interest bearing Deposit Accounts at Texas Capital Bank. Borrower shall pay on demand therefor from time to time all customary account opening, activity and other administrative fees and charges in connection with the maintenance and disbursement of Cash Collateral.

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(c) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.6 or Sections 2.2, 2.8(c), 9.2 or 11.22 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such Property as may otherwise be provided for herein.

(d) Release. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or to secure other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto, including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 11.8(b)(vii)) or (ii) the determination by Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) any such release shall be without prejudice to, and any disbursement or other transfer of Cash Collateral shall be and remain subject to, any other Lien conferred under the Loan Documents and the other applicable provisions of the Loan Documents, and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and L/C Issuer may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.

Section 2.7 Interest; Payment Terms.

(a) Revolving Credit Loans – Payment of Principal and Interest; Revolving Nature. The unpaid principal amount of each Borrowing of the Revolving Credit Loans shall, subject to the following sentence and Section 2.7(f), bear interest at the applicable Interest Rate. If at any time such rate of interest would exceed the Maximum Rate but for the provisions hereof limiting interest to the Maximum Rate, then any subsequent reduction shall not reduce the rate of interest on the Revolving Credit Loans below the Maximum Rate until the aggregate amount of interest accrued on the Revolving Credit Loans equals the aggregate amount of interest which would have accrued on the Revolving Credit Loans if the interest rate had not been limited by the Maximum Rate. All accrued but unpaid interest on the principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loans shall be payable on each Payment Date and on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility, provided that interest accruing at the Default Interest Rate pursuant to Section 2.7(f) shall be payable on demand. The then Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility. The unpaid principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loans at any time shall be the total amount advanced hereunder by Revolving Credit Lenders less the amount of principal payments made thereon by or for Borrower, which balance may be endorsed on the Revolving Credit Notes from time to time by Revolving Credit Lenders or otherwise noted in Revolving Credit Lenders’ and/or Administrative Agent’s records, which notations shall be, absent manifest error, conclusive evidence of the amounts owing hereunder from time to time.

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(b)  Term Loan – Payment of Principal and Interest.

(i) The unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans shall, subject to the following sentence and Section 2.7(f), bear interest at the applicable Interest Rate. If at any time such rate of interest shall exceed the Maximum Rate but for the provisions thereof limiting interest to the Maximum Rate, then any subsequent reduction shall not reduce the rate of interest on the Term Loans below the Maximum Rate until the aggregate amount of interest accrued on the Term Loans equals the aggregate amount of interest which would have accrued on the Term Loans if the interest rate had not been limited by the Maximum Rate. All accrued but unpaid interest on the principal balance of the Term Loans shall be payable by Borrower on each Payment Date and on the Maturity Date for the Term Loan Facility, provided that interest accruing at the Default Interest Rate pursuant to Section 2.7(f) shall be payable on demand.

(ii)  The principal balance of the Term Loans shall be due and payable (i) in equal quarterly installments, each in the amount of $5,000,000, on the first day of each calendar quarter during the term hereof, commencing October 1, 2023, and (ii) in one final installment on the Maturity Date for the Term Loan Facility in the amount of the then Outstanding Amount of the Term Loans and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon.

(c) Computation Period. Interest on the Loans and all other amounts payable by Borrower hereunder on a per annum basis shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day) unless such calculation would result in a usurious rate or to the extent such Loan bears interest based upon the Base Rate, in which case interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 365-day year or 366-day year, as the case may be. In computing the number of days during which interest accrues, the day on which funds are initially advanced shall be included regardless of the time of day such advance is made, and the day on which funds are repaid shall be included unless repayment is credited prior to the close of business on the Business Day received. Each determination by Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

(d) Unconditional Payment. Borrower is and shall be obligated to pay all principal, interest and any and all other amounts which become payable under any of the Loan Documents absolutely and unconditionally and without any abatement, postponement, diminution or deduction whatsoever and without any reduction for counterclaim or setoff whatsoever. If at any time any payment received by Administrative Agent hereunder shall be deemed by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been a voidable preference or fraudulent conveyance under any Debtor Relief Law, then the obligation to make such payment shall survive any cancellation or satisfaction of the Obligations under the Loan Documents and shall not be discharged or satisfied with any prior payment thereof or cancellation of such Obligations, but shall remain a valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof, and such payment shall be immediately due and payable upon demand.

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amounts of principal, L/C Borrowings, interest, fees and other amounts then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, to pay interest, fees and other amounts then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest, fees and other amounts then due to such parties, and (ii) second, to pay principal and L/C Borrowings then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal or L/C Borrowings, as applicable, then due to such parties. Remittances in payment of any part of the Obligations under the Loan Documents other than in the required amount in immediately available funds at the place where such Obligations are payable shall not, regardless of any receipt or credit issued therefor, constitute payment until the required amount is actually received by Administrative Agent in full in accordance herewith and shall be made and accepted subject to the condition that any check or draft may be handled for collection in accordance with the practice of the collecting bank or banks. Acceptance by Administrative Agent of any payment in an amount less than the full amount then due shall be deemed an acceptance on account only, and the failure to pay the entire amount then due shall be and continue to be a Default or Event of Default (as applicable).

(f) Default Interest Rate. For so long as any Event of Default exists under Section 9.1(a), (e) or (f), or with respect to any other Event of Default, at the election of the Required Lenders for so long as such Event of Default exists, regardless of whether or not there has been an acceleration of the Loans, and at all times after the maturity of the Loans (whether by acceleration or otherwise), and in addition to all other rights and remedies of Administrative Agent or Lenders hereunder, (A) interest shall accrue on the Outstanding Amount of the Loans at the Default Interest Rate and (B) interest shall accrue on all other outstanding Obligations at the Default Interest Rate, and, in each case, such accrued interest shall be immediately due and payable. All such interest shall continue to accrue on the Obligations after the filing by or against the Borrower of any petition seeking any relief in bankruptcy or under any Debtor Relief Law. Borrower acknowledges that it such accrued interest are reasonable estimates of the damages resulting from late payment or an Event of Default and do not constitute a penalty.

(g) Term SOFR Conforming Changes. In connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. The Administrative Agent shall consult with the Borrower on any such Conforming Changes, provided that such consultation shall not be construed as a consent or approval right on the part of the Borrower. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use or administration of Term SOFR.

Section 2.8  Voluntary Termination or Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments; Prepayments.

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the Revolving Credit Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. three (3) Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an amount of at least $2,500,000 or any whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof, (iii) Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Revolving Credit Exposure of all Revolving Credit Lenders would exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders, (iv) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit exceeds the amount of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, such sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess and (v) a notice of termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of the closing of other credit facilities or any other event, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date of termination or reduction) if such condition is not satisfied. Administrative Agent will promptly notify Revolving Credit Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments. Any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be applied to the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender according to its Applicable Percentage. All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

(b) Voluntary Prepayments. Subject to the conditions set forth below, Borrower shall have the right, at any time and from time to time upon at least three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice to Administrative Agent, to prepay the principal of the Term Loans or the Revolving Credit Loans in full or in part, without penalty or premium except as provided in Section 3.5. All prepayments of Term Loans under this Section 2.8(b) shall be applied to the remaining scheduled amortization payments of the Term Loans in inverse order of maturity. A notice of prepayment delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of the closing of other credit facilities or any other event, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date of prepayment) if such condition is not satisfied.

(c) Mandatory Prepayment of Revolving Credit Facility. If at any time the Revolving Credit Exposure of the Revolving Credit Lenders exceeds the Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders then in effect, then Borrower shall immediately prepay the entire amount of such excess to Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of the Revolving Credit Lenders, and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess. Each prepayment required by this Section 2.8(c) shall be applied, first, to any Base Rate Borrowings then outstanding, and, second, to any Term SOFR Borrowings then outstanding, and if more than one (1) Term SOFR Borrowing is then outstanding, to such Term SOFR Borrowings in such order as Borrower may direct, or if Borrower fails to so direct, as Administrative Agent shall elect.

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(d)  Mandatory Prepayment of Term Loans.

(i) If any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Disposes of any Property (other than any Disposition of any Property permitted by Section 7.8(a) through (h), (j) or (k)) which results in the realization by such Person of Net Cash Proceeds, Borrower shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds within three (3) Business Days of receipt thereof by such Person (such prepayments to be applied as set forth in clause (v) below); provided, however, that with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds realized under a Disposition described in this Section 2.8(d)(i), at the election of Borrower, and so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall result therefrom, such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in operating assets or other assets useful to its business so long as within 180 days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, such reinvestment shall have been consummated (as certified by Borrower in writing to Administrative Agent); and provided further, however, that (A) any Net Cash Proceeds not so reinvested within such 180-day period shall be immediately applied to the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in this Section 2.8(d)(i), and (B) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at any time that any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries receives or is holding any Net Cash Proceeds which have not yet been reinvested, such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied within three (3) Business Days following the first occurrence of such Event of Default to the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in this Section 2.8(d)(i).

(ii) Concurrently with the issuance by any Loan Party of any of its stock or other Equity Interests (other than to another Loan Party) prior to or as part of a Qualified IPO, Borrower shall prepay the Term Loans in the amount equal to the lesser of (A) the Net Cash Proceeds thereof or (B) the amount necessary to reduce the Leverage Ratio on a pro forma basis to not greater than 1.00 to 1.00, which prepayment shall be applied as set forth in clause (v) below. For avoidance of doubt, no prepayment shall be required under this clause (ii) with respect to Equity Interests issued after the consummation of a Qualified IPO.

(iii) Concurrently with the incurrence or issuance by any Loan Party of any Debt (other than Debt expressly permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to Section 7.1), Borrower shall prepay the Term Loans in an amount equal the Net Cash Proceeds thereof, which prepayment shall be applied as set forth in clause (v) below.

(iv) Upon any Extraordinary Receipt received by or paid to or for the account of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and not otherwise included in clause (i) of this Section 2.8(d), Borrower shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans equal to 100% of all Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom within one (1) Business Day of receipt thereof by such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary (such prepayments to be applied as set forth in clause (v) below); provided, however, that with respect to any proceeds of insurance, condemnation awards (or payments in lieu thereof) or indemnity payments, at the

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election of Borrower (as notified by Borrower to Administrative Agent on or prior to the date of receipt of such insurance proceeds, condemnation awards or indemnity payments), and so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary may apply within 180 days after the receipt of such cash proceeds to replace or repair the equipment, fixed assets or real Property (or invest in other assets useful to the business of the Loan Parties) in respect of which such cash proceeds were received; and provided further, however, that (A) any cash proceeds not so applied within such 180-day period shall be applied not later than three (3) Business Days following the expiration thereof to the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in this Section 2.8(d)(iv), and (B) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at any time that any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries receives or is holding any Net Cash Proceeds which have not yet been applied to replace or repair the equipment, fixed assets or real Property in respect of which such cash proceeds were received, such cash proceeds shall be applied within three (3) Business Days following the first occurrence of such Event of Default to the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in this Section 2.8(d)(iv).

(v) Upon the occurrence of any event triggering the prepayment requirement under clauses (i) through (iv) above, the Borrower shall deliver written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Lenders. Each prepayment of the Loans under this Section 2.8(d) shall be applied as follows: first, ratably between the Term Loans to the remaining scheduled amortization payments of the Term Loans in inverse order of maturity and second, to the extent of any excess, to repay the Revolving Credit Loans, without a corresponding reduction in the Revolving Credit Commitments.

(vi) If upon the repayment in full of all Term Loans, the Revolving Credit Commitment of Texas Capital Bank is not equal to or greater than the highest Revolving Credit Commitment held by any other Revolving Credit Lender, then Texas Capital Bank may request any or all of the other Lenders to sell and assign some or all of their respective Revolving Credit Commitments to Texas Capital Bank at such Lenders’ option in such amount(s) as Texas Capital Bank may designate in order for Texas Capital Bank’s resulting Revolving Credit Commitment to be not less than that of any other Revolving Credit Lender. Absent contrary written agreement among the affected parties (which shall not require the consent of any other Person), any such sale and assignment shall be made at par pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, and the affected parties shall work together in good faith to consummate such sale and assignment not later than ten (10) Business Days following Texas Capital Bank’s written notice to the applicable Revolving Credit Lender(s) under this clause (vi).

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of principal being so prepaid through and including the date of prepayment, plus any other sums which have become due to Lenders under the other Loan Documents on or before the date of prepayment, but which have not been fully paid.

Section 2.9 Uncommitted Increase in Revolving Credit Commitments.

(a) Request for Increase. So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred that is continuing, upon notice to Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), Borrower may from time to time, request an increase in the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments (a “Revolving Facility Increase”) by an amount (for all such requests) not exceeding the sum of (A) $50,000,000, plus (B) the amount, if any, of all prior principal repayments of Term Loans up to a maximum aggregate under this clause (B) of $50,000,000; provided that (i) any such request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000, (ii) Borrower may make a maximum of three such requests and (iii) no Lender shall be required or otherwise obligated to provide any portion of such Revolving Facility Increase. To achieve the full amount of a requested Revolving Facility Increase, and subject to the approval of Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer, Borrower may (I) request that one or more Lenders increase their Revolving Credit Commitment, (II) invite all Lenders to increase their respective Revolving Credit Commitment, and/or (III) invite additional Eligible Assignees to become Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and its counsel.

(b) Notification by Administrative Agent; Additional Revolving Credit Lenders. In the event the Borrower invites all Revolving Credit Lenders to increase their respective Revolving Credit Commitment, then at the time of sending such notice, Borrower (in consultation with Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Revolving Credit Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten (10) Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Revolving Credit Lenders). Each Revolving Credit Lender shall notify Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment and, if so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its Applicable Percentage of such requested increase. Any Revolving Credit Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment. Administrative Agent shall notify Borrower and each Lender of the Revolving Credit Lenders’ responses to each request made hereunder.

(c) Effective Date and Allocations. If the Revolving Credit Commitments are increased in accordance with this Section, Administrative Agent and Borrower shall determine the effective date (the “Increase Effective Date”) and the final allocation of such increase. Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and the Lenders of the details of the final allocation of such increase, the reallocation described in the immediately preceding sentence and the Increase Effective Date.

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(d) Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase. As conditions precedent to such increase, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall deliver to Administrative Agent:

(i) a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Increase Effective Date signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent, (A) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, (B) in the case of Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (1) the representations and warranties contained in Article 5 and the other Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of the Increase Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.9, the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.2 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.1, (2) no Default exists and (3) Borrower is and on a pro forma basis will be in compliance with all Financial Covenants (which shall be tested as though the increased availability were fully drawn on such date), and (C) certifying and attaching interim financial statements satisfactory to Administrative Agent and related calculations demonstrating the matters set forth in clause (B)(3) preceding; and

(ii) such other certificates and legal opinions as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Revolving Credit Lender providing a portion of such increase in connection with such Revolving Facility Increase.

(e) Pro Rata Treatment; Etc. On the Increase Effective Date, (i) any Lender increasing (or, in the case of any newly added Lender, extending) its Revolving Credit Commitment shall make available to Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as Administrative Agent shall determine, for the benefit of the other Lenders, as being required in order to cause, after giving effect to such increase or addition and the use of such amounts to make payments to such other Lenders, each Lender’s portion of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans of all the Lenders to equal its revised Applicable Percentage of such outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, and Administrative Agent shall make such other adjustments among the Lenders with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding and amounts of principal, interest, commitment fees and other amounts paid or payable with respect thereto as shall be necessary, in the opinion of Administrative Agent, in order to effect such reallocation and (ii) the Borrower shall be deemed to have repaid and reborrowed all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans as of the date of any increase (or addition) in the Revolving Credit Commitments (with such reborrowing to consist of the Types of Revolving Credit Loans, with related Interest Periods if applicable, specified in a notice delivered by the Borrower, in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.1(b)). The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be accompanied by payment of all accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, in respect of each Term SOFR Loan, shall be subject to the provisions of Section 3.5 if the deemed payment occurs other than on the last day of the related Interest Periods. Within a reasonable time after the effective date of any increase or addition, Administrative Agent shall, and is hereby authorized and directed to, revise Schedule 2.1 to reflect such increase or addition and shall distribute such revised Schedule 2.1 to each of the Lenders and the Borrower, whereupon such revised Schedule 2.1 shall replace the old Schedule 2.1 and become part of this Agreement.

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(f)  Conflicting Provisions. This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 11.10 or 11.23 to the contrary.

ARTICLE 3.

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND INDEMNITY

Section 3.1 Increased Costs.

(a)  Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender or L/C Issuer (except any reserve requirement reflected in Term SOFR);

(ii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or

(iii) impose on any Lender or L/C Issuer any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation in any such Loan or Letter of Credit;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan, or to increase the cost to such Lender, L/C Issuer or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, L/C Issuer or other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender, L/C Issuer or other Recipient, Borrower will pay to such Lender, L/C Issuer or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, L/C Issuer or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) Capital or Liquidity Requirements. If any Lender or L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by such Lender or the Letters of Credit issued by L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or L/C Issuer or such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s policies and the

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policies of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time Borrower will pay to such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in Sections 3.1(a) or (b) and delivered to Borrower, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Borrower shall pay such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 3.1 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation.

Section 3.2  Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law or regulation has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to Borrower through Administrative Agent, (a) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Term SOFR Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans shall be suspended, and (b) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by Administrative Agent without reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies Administrative Agent and Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (i) Borrower shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Term SOFR Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by Administrative Agent without reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loans and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon Adjusted Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR component thereof until Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon Adjusted Term SOFR. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

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Section 3.3 Changed Circumstances; Benchmark Replacement.

(a) Changed Circumstances. Subject to clause (b) below, if prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for any Benchmark Rate Borrowing,

(i) Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) in connection with any request for a Benchmark Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof or otherwise, that for any reason adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the applicable Benchmark for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Benchmark Rate Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Borrowing (provided that no Benchmark Transition Event shall have occurred at such time); or

(ii) Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the applicable Benchmark for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Benchmark Rate Loan will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding or maintaining their Benchmark Rate Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period,

then Administrative Agent will promptly so notify Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of Lenders to make or maintain Benchmark Rate Loans shall be suspended, and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Benchmark rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Benchmark rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Benchmark Rate Borrowings or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Base Rate Borrowing in the amount specified therein.

(b)  Benchmark Replacement Setting.

(i) Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (A) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (a) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (B) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without

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any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.

(ii) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

(iii) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. Administrative Agent will promptly notify Borrower and the Lenders of (A) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (B) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, (C) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (iv) below and (D) the commencement of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 3.3(b), including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 3.3(b).

(iv) Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (A) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Reference Rate) and either (1) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (2) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will not be representative, then Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (B) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (1) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (2) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then Administrative Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.

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(v) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Benchmark Rate Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Benchmark Rate Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of the Base Rate based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of the Base Rate.

Section 3.4 Taxes.

(a) Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section, the term “Lender” includes any L/C Issuer and the term “applicable Law” includes FATCA.

(b) Payment Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Law. If any applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.4) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

(c) Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law, or at the option of Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

(d) Indemnification by the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.4) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent), or by Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

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(e) Indemnification by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. Each Lender shall severally indemnify Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 11.8 relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by Administrative Agent to such Lender from any other source against any amount due to Administrative Agent under this Section 3.4(e).

(f) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 3.4, such Loan Party shall deliver to Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

(g)  Status of Lenders.

(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent as will enable Borrower or Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two (2) sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 3.4(g)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in such Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ is a U.S. Person,

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(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding Tax;

(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income Tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN (or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, if applicable) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such Tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN (or IRS Form W- 8BEN-E, if applicable) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such Tax treaty;

(2)  executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;

(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” related to any Loan Party described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W- 8BEN (or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, if applicable); or

(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN (or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, if applicable), a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2 or Exhibit G-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the

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portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Law to permit Borrower or Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent as may be necessary for Borrower and Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ has complied with such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify Borrower and Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(h) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 3.4 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.4), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 3.4 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such

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indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this Section 3.4(h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.4(h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 3.4(h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This Section 3.4(h) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax Returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

(i) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 3.4 shall survive the resignation or replacement of Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments, the expiration or cancellation of all Letters of Credit and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

Section 3.5  Compensation for Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent) from time to time, Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:

(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);

(b) any failure by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to lend any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by Borrower (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked by Borrower under the terms of this Agreement and is revoked in accordance herewith); or

(c) any assignment of a Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by Borrower pursuant to Section 3.6(b);

including any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof. Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.

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Section 3.6 Mitigation of Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.1, or requires Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.4, then such Lender shall (at the request of Borrower) use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.1 or Section 3.4, as the case may be, in the future, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.1, or if Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.4 and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different Lending Office in accordance with Section 3.6(a), or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, then Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 11.8), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 3.1 or Section 3.4) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that:

(i) Borrower shall have paid to Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 11.8;

(ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the Outstanding Amount of its Loans and L/C Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.5) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);

(iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.1 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.4, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;

(iv) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Law; and

(v) in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent.

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A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

Each party hereto agrees that (x) an assignment required pursuant to this Section 3.6 may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Administrative Agent and the assignee and (y) the Lender required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and shall be deemed to have consented to and be bound by the terms thereof; provided that, following the effectiveness of any such assignment, the other parties to such assignment agree to execute and deliver such documents necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the applicable Lender or Administrative Agent, provided, further that any such documents shall be without recourse to or warranty by the parties thereto.

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.6 to the contrary, (i) any Lender that acts as L/C Issuer may not be replaced hereunder at any time it has any Letters of Credit outstanding hereunder unless arrangements satisfactory to such Lender (including the furnishing of a backstop standby letter of credit in form and substance, and issued by an issuer, reasonably satisfactory to L/C Issuer or the depositing of cash collateral into a cash collateral account in amounts and pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to L/C Issuer) have been made with respect to such outstanding Letters of Credit and (ii) the Lender that acts as Administrative Agent may not be replaced hereunder except in accordance with the terms of Section 10.6.

Section 3.7  Survival. All of the obligations under this Article 3 shall survive termination of the Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder, and resignation of Administrative Agent.

ARTICLE 4.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

Section 4.1  Initial Extension of Credit. The obligation of the Lenders and L/C Issuer to make the initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to the conditions precedent that (i) the portion (if any) of the initial Credit Extension made pursuant to the Revolving Credit Facility may not exceed $25,000,000, and (ii) Administrative Agent shall have received all of the following, each dated (unless otherwise indicated or otherwise specified by Administrative Agent) the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent:

(a)  Credit Agreement. Counterparts of this Agreement executed by each party hereto;

(b)  Resolutions. Resolutions of the board of directors (or other governing body) of each Loan Party and Holdings (and, if the ultimately governing authority of such entities is itself an entity, then of its governing authority, and so forth until the relevant governing authority is comprised of natural persons) certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary (or a Responsible Officer or other custodian of records) of such Person which authorize the execution, delivery, and performance by such Person of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Person is or is to be a party;

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(c) Incumbency Certificate. A certificate of incumbency certified by a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party and of Holdings, certifying the names of the individuals or other Persons authorized to sign this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to which each Loan Party or Holdings is or is to be a party (including the certificates contemplated herein) on behalf of such Person together with specimen signatures of such individual Persons;

(d) Certificate Regarding Consents, Licenses and Approvals. A certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party and Holdings either (i) attaching copies of all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Person and the validity against such Person of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect, or (ii) stating that no such consents, licenses or approvals are so required;

(e) Closing Certificate. A certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.2(b), (c) and (d) have been satisfied;

(f) Solvency Certificate. A solvency certificate signed by the chief financial officer of Borrower (or another Responsible Officer of Borrower acceptable to Administrative Agent);

(g) Constituent Documents. The Constituent Documents and all amendments thereto for each Loan Party and Holdings, with the formation documents included in the Constituent Documents being certified as of a date acceptable to Administrative Agent by the appropriate government officials of the state of incorporation or organization of such Person, and all such Constituent Documents being accompanied by certificates that such copies are complete and correct, given by an authorized representative acceptable to Administrative Agent;

(h) Governmental Certificates. Certificates of the appropriate government officials of the state of incorporation or organization of each Loan Party and Holdings as to the existence and good standing of such Person as of a date reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent;

(i)  Notes. The Notes executed by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ in favor of each Lender requesting Notes;

(j)  Security Documents. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.15, the Security Documents executed by (i) Borrower and the other Loan Parties, including a security agreement pertaining to personal property of the Loan Parties and duly executed and notarized Mortgages encumbering all real property (including any Oil and Gas Properties) owned or leased by any Loan Party as of the Closing Date, in sufficient original counterparts to facilitate simultaneous recordation in all relevant jurisdictions, but in each case excluding Excluded Assets, and (ii) with respect to the Pledge Agreement, Holdings;

(k) Pledged Equity Interests; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes. (i) The certificates (if any) representing any Equity Interests pledged pursuant to the Security

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Documents as of the Closing Date, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof and (ii) each promissory note (if any) pledged to Administrative Agent pursuant to the Security Documents endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank) by the pledgor thereof;

(l) Financing Statements, etc. Each document (including any UCC financing statements reflecting the Loan Parties or Holdings, as debtors, and Administrative Agent, as secured party) required by the Security Documents or under applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than Permitted Liens that have priority over the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent under applicable Law), each of which shall, if applicable be in proper form for filing, registration or recordation;

(m) Lien Searches. The results of UCC, Tax lien and judgment lien searches showing all financing statements and other documents or instruments on file against each Loan Party and Holdings in the appropriate filing offices, such search to be as of a date reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and reflecting no Liens against any of the intended Collateral other than Liens being released or assigned to Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date and Permitted Liens;

(n) Opinions of Counsel. A favorable opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ & Case, legal counsel to the Loan Parties and Holdings, addressed to Administrative Agent, the Lenders and L/C Issuer and dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent, with respect to such matters as Administrative Agent may reasonably request;

(o) Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses. Evidence that the costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) referred to in Section 11.1, to the extent invoiced at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date, shall have been paid in full by Borrower or will be paid out of the proceeds of the Closing Date Loans;

(p) Legal Due Diligence. Administrative Agent and its counsel shall have completed all business, legal and regulatory due diligence (including review of Material Agreements), the results of which shall be satisfactory to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion;

(q) Material Agreements. A certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that true and complete copies of all Material Agreements have been provided to the Administrative Agent;

(r) KYC Information; Beneficial Ownership Information. Each of the Loan Parties and Holdings shall have provided to Administrative Agent and the Lenders at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date (i) the documentation and other information requested by Administrative Agent as it deems necessary in order to comply with requirements of any Anti-Corruption Laws and Anti-Terrorism Laws, including,

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without limitation, the PATRIOT Act and any applicable “know your customer” rules and regulations and (ii) to the extent Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to Borrower;

(s) Closing Fees. Evidence that (i) all fees required to be paid to Administrative Agent and Arranger on or before the Closing Date, and (ii) all fees required to be paid to the Lenders on or before the Closing Date, have been paid or will be paid out of the proceeds of the Closing Date Loans;

(t) Corporate Structure. The corporate structure, capital structure and other material debt instruments, material accounts and governing documents of Holdings, Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion;

(u) Financial Statements. (A) the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2022, and the related audited statements of income and retained earnings and cash flows for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, and (B) unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2023 and related unaudited interim statements of income and retained earnings (collectively, the “Historical Financial Statements”);

(v) Financial Projections. Pro forma consolidated financial statements for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and projections prepared by management of the Borrower for the first year following the Closing Date, such projections to include, on a monthly basis, an operating and capital budget, which shall be in form reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent;

(w) Payoff of Existing Indebtedness; Release of Liens. Evidence that all commitments under the Existing Credit Agreement have been or concurrently with the Closing Date are being terminated, and all outstanding amounts thereunder paid in full and all Liens securing obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement have been or concurrently with the Closing Date are being released pursuant to lien releases or other termination documents or assigned to Administrative Agent pursuant to assignment documents, in either case, satisfactory to Administrative Agent;

(x) Title Policy. With respect to surface real Property owned in fee by one or more Loan Parties and located in Loving County, Texas, Pecos County, Texas or Reeves County, Texas, a title commitment for a mortgagee title insurance policy in favor of Administrative Agent with respect thereto (or such portion thereof as Administrative Agent may agree), with coverage of not less than $50,000,000 and otherwise reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent and to Capital Farm Credit, ACA, with such policy to be issued pursuant to the commitment promptly following closing; and

(y) Additional Documentation. Such additional approvals, opinions, or documents as Administrative Agent or its legal counsel may reasonably request.

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For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions set forth in this Section 4.1, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or be acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

Section 4.2  All Extensions of Credit. The obligation of the Lenders (including L/C Issuer) to make any Credit Extension hereunder (including the initial Credit Extension) is subject to the following additional conditions precedent:

(a) Request for Credit Extension. Administrative Agent shall have received in accordance with this Agreement, as the case may be, a Revolving Credit Borrowing Request, Term Loan Borrowing Request, or Letter of Credit Application, as applicable, pursuant to Administrative Agent’s requirements and executed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower;

(b) No Default. No Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or would result from or after giving effect to such Credit Extension;

(c) Representations and Warranties. All of the representations and warranties of Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article 5 and in the other Loan Documents shall (i) with respect to representations and warranties that contain a materiality qualification, be true and correct in all respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing, and (ii) with respect to representations and warranties that do not contain a materiality qualification, be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing, in each case with the same force and effect as if such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (or in the case of such representations and warranties that contain a materiality qualification, in all respects) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 4.2, the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.2 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to Section 6.1(a) and (b), respectively; and

(d) Availability. With respect to any request for a Credit Extension under the Revolving Credit Commitments, after giving effect to the Credit Extension so requested, the total Revolving Credit Exposure of the Revolving Credit Lenders shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders in effect as of the date of such Credit Extension.

Each Credit Extension hereunder shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by Borrower that the conditions specified in this Section 4.2 have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.

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ARTICLE 5.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

To induce Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement, and to make Credit Extensions hereunder, Borrower and each other Loan Party represents and warrants to Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and the Lenders that:

Section 5.1 Entity Existence. Each Loan Party and each Restricted Subsidiary thereof (a) is duly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization; (b) has all requisite power and authority to own its assets and carry on its business as now being or as proposed to be conducted; and (c) is qualified to do business in all jurisdictions in which the nature of its business makes such qualification necessary. Each Loan Party has the power and authority to execute, deliver, and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is or may become a party.

Section 5.2  Financial Statements; Etc. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ has delivered the Historical Financial Statements to the Administrative Agent. Such financial statements are true and correct, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, and fairly and accurately present, on a consolidated basis, the financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the respective dates indicated therein and the results of operations for the respective periods indicated therein. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material contingent liabilities, liabilities for Taxes, unusual forward or long-term commitments, or unrealized or anticipated losses from any unfavorable commitments except as referred to or reflected in such financial statements. No Material Adverse Effect and no circumstance which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has occurred since the date of the financial statements referred to in this Section 5.2. All projections delivered by Borrower to Administrative Agent and the Lenders have been prepared in good faith, with care and diligence and using assumptions that are reasonable under the circumstances at the time such projections were prepared and delivered to Administrative Agent and the Lenders (it being understood that such projections and other information regarding future events are not to be viewed as fact and that actual results or developments during the period or periods covered may differ from the delivered projections and other prospective information and such differences may be material and that such projected financial information is not a guarantee of financial performance). Other than the Debt listed on Schedule 7.1 and Debt otherwise permitted by Section 7.1 or, in the case of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, Section 6.17(g), Borrower and each Subsidiary have no Debt.

Section 5.3  Action; No Breach. The execution, delivery, and performance by each Loan Party of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Person is or may become a party and compliance with the terms and provisions hereof and thereof have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of such Person and do not and will not (a) violate or conflict with, or result in a breach of, or require any consent under (i) the Constituent Documents of such Person (if such Person is not a natural Person), (ii) any applicable Law, rule, or regulation or any order, writ, injunction, or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator, or (iii) any Material Agreement to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its Properties is bound or subject, or (b) constitute a default under any such Material Agreement, or result in the creation

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or imposition of any Lien upon any of the revenues or assets of such Person, except in respect of clauses (a)(ii), (iii) and (b) above, where any such default, conflict or such Governmental Authority actions, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.4  Operation of Business. Each Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries possesses all licenses, permits, consents, authorizations, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, or rights thereto, necessary to conduct its respective businesses substantially as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted, and neither any Loan Party nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is in violation of any valid rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing, other than to the extent any failure to do so or violation could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.5  Litigation and Judgments. Except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.5 as of the Closing Date, there is no action, suit, investigation, or proceeding before or by any Governmental Authority or arbitrator pending, or to the knowledge of any Loan Party after a reasonable investigation, threatened against or affecting any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or against any of their Properties that could, if adversely determined, reasonably be expected to (i) result in liabilities of or economic loss to any Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary of a Loan Party in excess of $5,000,000 or (ii) have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no outstanding judgments against any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that would constitute an Event of Default under Section 9.1(m) or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Since the date hereof, there has been no adverse change in the status of any matter set forth on Schedule 5.5 that, taking into account the availability of any appeals, could reasonably be expected to increase materially the likelihood of a Material Adverse Effect resulting therefrom.

Section 5.6 Rights in Properties; Liens.

(a) Each Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries has (i) good, sufficient and legal title (in the case of fee interests in real Property), (ii) valid leasehold interests (in the case of leasehold interests in real or personal Property) and (iii) good title (in the case of all other personal Property), including the Properties reflected in the financial statements described in Section 5.2, in each case, subject to Permitted Liens, and none of the Properties of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is subject to any Lien, except Permitted Liens. No Loan Party maintains inventory or equipment (including without limitation grinders and vehicles) with aggregate value per location in excess of $5,000,000 at any third party leased location. All leases that individually or in the aggregate are material to the business or operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries are valid and subsisting and are in full force except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, no Loan Party owns any real property (including any Oil and Gas Property) in any county or parish other than Loving, Pecos and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Counties, Texas and Eddy County, New Mexico. The Mortgages executed and delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.1(j) contain accurate and complete legal descriptions of all real property interests owned by any Loan Party.

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(b) No material termination or suspension of any business or any operation of the Loan Parties due to an adverse change in the regulatory enforcement of the Loan Parties’ business which is conducted on its Properties has occurred, except matters in the aggregate which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) All Rights of Way and Deeds necessary for the conduct of the business of the Loan Parties are valid and subsisting, in full force and effect, and there exists no breach, default or event or circumstance that, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would give rise to a default under any such Rights of Way or Deeds that could reasonably be expected to materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Loan Parties taken as a whole or materially detract from the value or the use of the property of the Loan Parties. All rental and other payments due under any Rights of Way or Deeds by any Loan Party have been duly paid in accordance with the terms thereof, except to the extent such rental or other payments are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP or where the failure to pay could not reasonably be expect to materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Loan Parties taken as a whole or materially detract from the value or the use of the property of the Loan Parties.

(d) The rights and real and personal property presently owned, leased or licensed by the Loan Parties, including all Rights of Way and Deeds, include all rights and real and personal properties necessary to permit the Loan Parties to conduct their businesses in all material respects in the same way that a prudent owner and operator would inspect, operate, repair, and maintain similar property.

(e) No eminent domain proceeding or taking has been commenced or, to the knowledge of any of the Loan Parties, is contemplated with respect to all or any of its Material Real Estate.

(f) The Collateral does not include, and no Security Instrument encumbers, any “building” (as defined in the applicable Flood Insurance Regulation) or “manufactured (mobile) home” (as defined in the applicable Flood Insurance Regulation) located on real property owned or leased by any Loan Party.

Section 5.7  Enforceability. This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and the other Loan Documents to which any Loan Party is a party, when delivered, shall constitute legal, valid, and binding obligations of such Person, enforceable against such Person in accordance with their respective terms, except as limited by Debtor Relief Laws and general principles of equity.

Section 5.8  Approvals. No authorization, approval, or consent of, and no filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority or third party is or will be necessary for the execution, delivery, or performance by any Loan Party of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Person is or may become a party or the validity or enforceability thereof other than the recording and filing of the Security Documents and financing statements in connection therewith.

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Section 5.9  Taxes. Each of the Loan Parties and each of their Restricted Subsidiaries has filed on a timely basis all material Tax Returns required to be filed, including all income, franchise, employment, Property, and sales Tax Returns. Each such Tax Return is true, correct and complete in all material respects. Each of the Loan Parties and each of their Restricted Subsidiaries has paid all of its respective material liabilities for Taxes, assessments, governmental charges, and other levies that are due and payable (whether or not shown on any Tax Return), other than Taxes, if any, the payment of which is being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and reserves for the payment of which are being maintained in accordance with GAAP. No Loan Party knows of any pending investigation of any Loan Party or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries by any taxing authority or of any pending but unassessed material Tax liability of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. No material claim has ever been made or is expected to be made by any Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where any Loan Party or its Restricted Subsidiaries does not file Tax Returns that it is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. No Loan Party nor any of their Restricted Subsidiaries has given or been requested to give material waivers or extensions (or is or would be subject to a waiver or extension given by any other Person) of any statute of limitations relating to the payment of Taxes of a Loan Party or its Restricted Subsidiaries or for which any Loan Party or its Restricted Subsidiaries may be liable. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.9, no Loan Party nor any Restricted Subsidiary thereof is, or has been party to any Tax sharing agreement, Tax allocation agreement, Tax indemnity obligation or similar written or unwritten agreement, arrangement, understanding or practice with respect to Taxes, in each case other than as required by applicable Law.

Section 5.10  Use of Proceeds; Margin Securities. The proceeds of the Revolving Credit Borrowings shall be used by Borrower for working capital in the ordinary course of business and for other general corporate purposes. The proceeds of the Term Loans will be used by Borrower to refinance the indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement, to make the one-time cash distribution contemplated by Section 7.4(g), for working capital in the ordinary course of business and for other general corporate purposes. Neither any Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulations T, U, or X of the Board of Governors), and no part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used directly or indirectly to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person, or in any other manner that will result in any violation by any Person (including any Lender, any Arranger or Administrative Agent) of any Anti-Terrorism Laws, Anti- Corruption Laws or any Sanctions.

Section 5.11  ERISA. Each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification. No application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any Plan. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan. There has been no Prohibited Transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan. No

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ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur. No Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability. No Multiemployer Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA. No Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA). No Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Section 4201 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan. No Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA. No Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations), and neither the execution, delivery nor performance of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, including the making of any Loan and the issuance of any Letter of Credit hereunder, will give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

Section 5.12  Disclosure. No statement, information, report, representation, or warranty made by Borrower or any other Loan Party in this Agreement, in any other Loan Document or furnished to Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements herein or therein not materially misleading. There is no fact known to any Loan Party which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or which could in the future reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been disclosed in writing to Administrative Agent and each Lender. As of the Closing Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.

Section 5.13  Subsidiaries. As of the Closing Date, no Loan Party has any Subsidiaries other than those listed on Schedule 5.13 (and, if subsequent to the Closing Date, such additional Subsidiaries as have been formed or acquired in compliance with Section 6.13) and Schedule 5.13 sets forth the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of each Subsidiary, the percentage of the applicable Loan Party’s ownership interest in such Subsidiary, and an identification of each Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, an Unrestricted Subsidiary, a Joint Venture and/or an Immaterial Subsidiary. All of the outstanding capital stock or other Equity Interests of each Subsidiary described on Schedule 5.13 have been validly issued, are fully paid, and are nonassessable. There are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments of any nature relating to any Equity Interests of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary or, to the extent any Loan Party would have any liability related thereto, of any Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than as set forth in each such Loan Party’s Constituent Documents as certified to Administrative Agent and the Lenders on the Closing Date (or as they may be amended thereafter in accordance with Section 7.15)).

Section 5.14  Agreements; No Default. Neither any Loan Party nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party to any indenture, loan, or credit agreement, or to any lease or other agreement or instrument, or subject to any charter or corporate or other organizational restriction, in each case which could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither any Loan Party nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is in default in any material respect in the performance, observance, or fulfillment of any of the obligations,

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covenants, or conditions contained in (a) any Material Agreement or (b) any judgment, decree or order to which any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof is a party or by which any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties may be bound. No Default has occurred and is continuing.

Section 5.15  Compliance with Laws. No Loan Party nor any of their Restricted Subsidiaries is in violation in any material respect of any Law, rule, regulation, order, or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator.

Section 5.16 [Reserved].

Section 5.17  Regulated Entities. No Loan Party nor any of their Restricted Subsidiaries is (a) an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940 or (b) subject to regulation under any other federal or state statute, rule or regulation limiting its ability to incur Debt, pledge its assets or perform its obligations under the Loan Documents. No Loan Party is an Affected Financial Institution.

Section 5.18  Environmental Matters. Except where the failure to do so (or, as applicable, the occurrence or existence of such event, condition or circumstances) could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect:

(a) Each Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and all of their respective Properties, assets, and operations, are in compliance with all Environmental Laws. No Loan Party is aware of, nor has any Loan Party received notice of, any past, present, or future conditions, events, activities, practices, or incidents which may interfere with or prevent the compliance or continued compliance of each Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries with all Environmental Laws;

(b) Each Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries has obtained all permits, licenses, and authorizations that are required under applicable Environmental Laws, and all such permits are in good standing and each Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance with all of the terms and conditions of such permits;

(c) No Hazardous Materials exist on, about, or within, or have been used, generated, stored, transported, disposed of on, or Released from, any of the Properties or assets of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in violation of, or in a manner or to a location that could give rise to liability of a Loan Party under, any applicable Environmental Laws. The use which each Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries make and intend to make of their respective Properties and assets will not result in the use, generation, storage, transportation, accumulation, disposal, or Release of any Hazardous Material on, in, or from any of their Properties or assets in violation of, or in a manner that could give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Laws;

(d) Neither any Loan Party nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries nor any of their respective currently or previously owned or leased Properties or operations is subject to any outstanding or threatened order from or agreement with any Governmental Authority or other Person or subject to any judicial or docketed administrative proceeding with respect to (i) any failure to comply with Environmental Laws, (ii) any Remedial Action, or (iii) any Environmental Liabilities arising from a Release or threatened Release;

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(e) There are no conditions or circumstances associated with the currently or previously owned or leased Properties or operations of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any Environmental Liabilities;

(f) Neither any Loan Party nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a treatment, storage, or disposal facility requiring a permit under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., regulations thereunder or any comparable provision of state Law. Each Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable financial responsibility requirements of all Environmental Laws;

(g) Neither any Loan Party nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has filed or failed to file any notice required under applicable Environmental Law reporting a Release; and

(h) No Lien arising under any Environmental Law has attached to any Property or revenues of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Section 5.19  Intellectual Property. Each Loan Party and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all Intellectual Property necessary to conduct its business as currently conducted, and the use thereof does not infringe in any material respect upon the rights of any other Person.

Section 5.20 Anti-Corruption Laws; Sanctions; Etc.

(a) No Loan Party or Subsidiary of any Loan Party or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, any director, officer, employee, agent, or any controlled or controlling Affiliate of a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“person”) that is, or is owned 50 percent or more, individually or in the aggregate, directly or indirectly or controlled by any person that: (i) is a Sanctioned Person or is currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, or (ii) is located, organized or resident, or has assets, in a Sanctioned Country.

(b) The Loan Parties, their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and employees and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, agents, are in compliance with all applicable Sanctions and with the FCPA and any other applicable Anti-Corruption Law. Borrower and its Subsidiaries have instituted and maintain policies and procedures as the Loan Parties reasonably deem appropriate in light of their business and international activities (if any) designed to ensure continued compliance with applicable Sanctions, the FCPA and any other applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.

Section 5.21  PATRIOT Act. The Loan Parties, each of their Subsidiaries, and each of their Affiliates are in compliance with (a) the Trading with the Enemy Act, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B Chapter V, as amended), and all other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, (b) the PATRIOT Act, and (c) all other federal or state Laws relating to “know your customer” (collectively, the “Anti-Terrorism Laws”).

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Section 5.22  Insurance. The Properties of each Loan Party and their Restricted Subsidiaries are insured in respect of general casualty and general liability insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of any Loan Party, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried in conformity with prudent industry practice by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar Properties in localities where such Loan Party or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary operates.

Section 5.23  Solvency. After giving effect to the Transactions and each Credit Extension made hereunder, the Loan Parties are Solvent on a consolidated basis and have not entered into any transaction with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud a creditor.

Section 5.24  Security Documents. Subject to Section 6.15, the provisions of the Security Documents are effective to create in favor of Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a legal, valid and enforceable Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) on all right, title and interest of the respective Loan Parties party thereto in the Collateral. Except for filings completed prior to the Closing Date and as contemplated hereby and by the Security Documents, no filing or other action will be necessary to perfect such Liens in Collateral.

Section 5.25  Businesses. Borrower is presently engaged directly or through its Restricted Subsidiaries in the business of land and resource management.

Section 5.26  Labor Matters. Except where the occurrence of any such event could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (a) there are no strikes, work stoppages or other labor controversies pending, or to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened against any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) the hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law dealing with such matters and (c) all payments due from any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, or for which any claim may be made against any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary.

Section 5.27  Material Agreements. Schedule 5.27 sets forth a complete and correct list of all Material Agreements of each Loan Party and each Restricted Subsidiary thereof in effect as of the Closing Date. No Loan Party nor any Restricted Subsidiary thereof (nor, to its knowledge, any other party thereto) is in breach of or in default under any Material Agreement in any material respect.

Section 5.28  Affiliate Transactions. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.28, as of the Closing Date, there are no existing agreements between any Loan Party and any of the officers, members, managers, directors, stockholders, parents, holders of other Equity Interests, employees or Affiliates of any Loan Party, other than Constituent Documents of the Loan Parties as certified to the Administrative Agent, employment agreements, indemnity and expense reimbursement arrangements, and other similar standard and customary internal matters.

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Section 5.29 Qualified ECP Guarantor. Each Loan Party is a Qualified ECP Guarantor, after giving effect to Section 11.29.

ARTICLE 6.

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Each Loan Party covenants and agrees that until the Obligations have been Paid in Full and no Lender has any Commitment hereunder:

Section 6.1 Reporting Requirements. Borrower will furnish, or cause to be furnished, to Administrative Agent (with copies for each Lender upon Administrative Agent’s request):

(a) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any event within one hundred twenty (120) days after the last day of each fiscal year of Borrower, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, a copy of the annual audit report of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such fiscal year then ended containing, on a consolidated basis, balance sheets and statements of income, retained earnings, and cash flow as of the end of such fiscal year and for the 12-month period then ended, in each case setting forth in comparative form the figures for the preceding fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and audited and certified by Deloitte or other independent certified public accountants of recognized standing reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, to the effect that such report has been prepared in accordance with GAAP and without a “going concern” or like qualification, exception or explanation and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit. The financial statements under this clause (a) and under clause (b) below shall either exclude the financial condition and results of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, or shall include such detail as is reasonably necessary to distinguish the financial condition and results of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, from that of all Unrestricted Subsidiaries, on the other hand;

(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the last day of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Borrower, beginning with the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2023, a copy of an unaudited financial report of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, containing, on a consolidated basis, balance sheets and statements of income, retained earnings, and cash flow, in each case setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period of the preceding fiscal year, all in reasonable detail certified by a Responsible Officer of Borrower to have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and to fairly and accurately present in all material respects (subject to year-end audit adjustments) the financial condition and results of operations of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated and consolidating basis, as of the dates and for the periods indicated therein;

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(c) Compliance Certificate. No later than five (5) Business Days following delivery of each of the financial statements referred to in Sections 6.1(a) and 6.1(b), a Compliance Certificate (i) stating that to the best of the knowledge of the Responsible Officer executing same, no Default has occurred and is continuing, or if a Default has occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof and the action which is proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) showing in reasonable detail the calculations demonstrating compliance with the covenants set forth in Article 8 (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the audited financial statements most recently delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a) above and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate, (iv) specifying any change in the identity of the Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year or fiscal quarter from the Subsidiaries identified to the Lenders on the Closing Date or as of the most recent fiscal year or fiscal quarter, as the case may be (and specifying each such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, Unrestricted Subsidiary, Loan Party or Immaterial Subsidiary), (v) solely in the case of the annual Compliance Certificate, (A) stating whether any material amendment or modification to any Material Agreement has been entered into since the date of the Closing Date or last-delivered annual Compliance Certificate (or whether any Material Agreement has terminated or expired or any new Material Agreement has been entered into as of such date) and providing any such material amendments or modifications or new Material Agreements (if any) to the Administrative Agent and (B) either certification that no Loan Party’s insurance coverage has changed in any material respect from that previously delivered to Administrative Agent, or a description of any such change together with certificates evidencing the updated policy or policies, (vi) attaching copies of any management letters or written reports submitted to Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by independent certified public accountants with respect to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, prospects, or Properties of Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such fiscal quarter, (vii) setting forth details of (A) all actions, suits, and proceedings before any Governmental Authority or arbitrator affecting any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which, if determined adversely to such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary, could reasonably be expected to (x) result in liabilities of such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary in excess of $5,000,000 or (y) have a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) any adverse change in the status of any actions, suits, and proceedings before any Governmental Authority or arbitrator that, taking into account the availability of any appeals, could reasonably be expected to increase materially the likelihood of a Material Adverse Effect resulting therefrom, to the extent arising in such fiscal quarter, (viii) describing any new or terminated Affiliate Material Agreement entered into or terminated in such fiscal quarter and (ix) attaching copies of any amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification to any of the Constituent Documents of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such fiscal quarter. For any financial statements delivered electronically by a Responsible Officer in satisfaction of the reporting requirements set forth in clause (a) or (b) preceding that are not accompanied by the required Compliance Certificate, that Responsible Officer shall nevertheless be deemed to have certified the factual matters described in this clause (c) with respect to such financial statements; however, such deemed certification shall not excuse or be construed as a waiver of Borrower’s obligation to deliver the required Compliance Certificate;

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(d) Projections. As soon as practicable and in any event not later than 45 days following the end of each fiscal year, projections for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the following fiscal year that include, on a monthly basis, an operating and capital budget;

(e)  [Reserved];

(f)  [Reserved];

(g) Notice of Default. As soon as possible and in any event within five (5) days after the occurrence of any Default, a written notice setting forth the details of such Default and the action that the applicable Loan Party has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto;

(h) ERISA Reports. Promptly after the filing or receipt thereof, copies of all reports, including annual reports, and notices which any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate files with or receives from the PBGC, the IRS, or the U.S. Department of Labor under ERISA; as soon as possible and in any event within five (5) days after any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know that any ERISA Event or Prohibited Transaction has occurred with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, a certificate of the chief financial officer of the applicable Loan Party setting forth the details as to such ERISA Event or Prohibited Transaction and the action that the applicable Loan Party proposes to take with respect thereto; annually, a copy of the notice described in Section 101(f) of ERISA that any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate files or receives with respect to a Plan or Multiemployer Plan;

(i) Reports to Other Creditors. Promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any statement or report furnished to any other party pursuant to the terms of any indenture, loan, or credit or similar agreement and not otherwise required to be furnished to Administrative Agent pursuant to any other clause of this Section 6.1;

(j) Updates to Security Document Schedules. Concurrently with the delivery of the Compliance Certificate delivered in connection with the financial statements pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) and (b), updates to all Schedules to the Security Documents to the extent that information contained in such Schedules has become inaccurate or incomplete since delivery thereof and such Schedules are required to be updated from time to time pursuant to the terms of the applicable Security Document;

(k) Insurance. Within thirty (30) days after each request reasonably made by Administrative Agent, certificates of insurance from the insurance companies insuring Borrower or the other Loan Parties, describing the insurance coverage required hereunder;

(l) Notice of Material Adverse Effect and Change in Beneficial Owners. As soon as possible and in any event within five (5) days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of (i) any event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) any change in the information provided in the Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in such certification;

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(m)  [Reserved];

(n) Notice of Casualty Events. Prompt written notice, and in any event within three (3) Business Days, of the occurrence of any Casualty Event or the commencement of any action or proceeding that could reasonably be expected to result in a Casualty Event, in each case with respect to Property of any Loan Party which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(o) Environmental Matters. Prompt written notice, and in any event within three (3) Business Days, of any action, investigation or inquiry by any Governmental Authority threatened in writing or any demand or lawsuit threatened in writing by any Person against Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries or their Properties, in each case, in connection with any Environmental Laws if Borrower could reasonably anticipate that such action will result in liability (whether individually or in the aggregate) in excess of $2,000,000, not fully covered by insurance, subject to normal deductibles, or otherwise result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(p) Notice of Certain Changes. Promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days of the effectiveness thereof, notice of any material change in the nature business conducted by any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(q) Proxy Statements etc. As soon as available, one (1) copy of each financial statement, report, notice or proxy statement sent by Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to its stockholders generally and one (1) copy of each regular, periodic or special report, registration statement, or prospectus filed by Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or the SEC;

(r) SEC Investigations. Promptly after receipt thereof by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible investigation or other inquiry by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

(s) Mandatory Prepayment Events. Promptly, and in any event within fifteen (15) Business Days after the occurrence of such event, a report describing in reasonable detail the (A) occurrence of any disposition of Property or assets for which Borrower is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.8(d)(i) and, if applicable, whether the Borrower intends to exercise the reinvestment right set forth therein, (B) occurrence of the issuance by any Loan Party of any of its stock or other Equity Interests for which Borrower is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.8(d)(ii), (C) occurrence of the incurrence or issuance by any Loan Party of any Debt for which Borrower is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.8(d)(iii), (D) receipt of any Extraordinary Receipt for which Borrower is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.8(d)(iv) and, if applicable, whether the Borrower intends to exercise the reinvestment right set forth therein, in each case together with the amount of the corresponding mandatory prepayment required to be made pursuant to Section 2.8(d)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable;

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(t) Certificate Regarding Free Cash Flow. Not less than two (2) Business Days (or such shorter time as Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion) prior to the making of any Restricted Payment made pursuant to Section 7.4(e), a Free Cash Flow Usage Certificate prepared in connection therewith; and

(u) General Information. Promptly, such other information concerning any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries as Administrative Agent, or any Lender through Administrative Agent, may from time to time request, including, without limitation, any certification or other evidence Administrative Agent requests in order for it to (i) comply with any applicable federal or state Laws or regulations (including, but not limited to, information about the ownership and management of Borrower or any other Loan Party), (ii) confirm compliance by Borrower or any other Loan Party with all Anti-Terrorism Laws, and (iii) confirm that neither Borrower nor any other Loan Party (nor any Person owning any interest of any nature whatsoever in Borrower or any other Loan Party) is a Sanctioned Person.

All representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents with respect to any financial information concerning any Loan Party shall apply to all financial information delivered to Administrative Agent by such Loan Party or any Person purporting to be a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party or other representative of such Loan Party regardless of the method of such transmission to Administrative Agent or whether or not signed by such Loan Party or such Responsible Officer or other representative, as applicable.

Section 6.2  Maintenance of Existence; Conduct of Business. Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, preserve and maintain its existence and all of its leases, privileges, licenses, permits, franchises, qualifications, and rights that are necessary or desirable in the ordinary conduct of its business, except to the extent a failure to so preserve and maintain could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, conduct its business in an orderly and efficient manner in accordance with good business practices.

Section 6.3  Maintenance of Properties. Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, maintain, keep, and preserve all of its Properties (tangible and intangible) necessary or useful in the proper conduct of its business in good working order and condition, except to the extent a failure to so preserve and maintain could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.4  Taxes and Claims. Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay or discharge at or before maturity or before becoming delinquent (a) all Taxes, levies, assessments, and governmental charges imposed on it or its income or profits or any of its Property, and (b) all lawful claims for labor, material, and supplies, which, if unpaid, might become a Lien upon any of its Property; provided, however, that neither any Loan Party nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to pay or discharge any Tax, levy, assessment, governmental charge or claim which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued, and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been established, or to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or result in a Lien upon any Property of a Loan Party in violation of Section 7.2.

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Section 6.5  Insurance. Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies (i) for workers’ compensation and in respect of general casualty and third party liability, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of any Loan Party and (ii) all other customarily insured risks, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of any Loan Party (after giving effect to any self-insurance reasonable and customary for similarly situated Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses as the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries under this clause (ii) (but, in any event, excluding general casualty or general liability insurance)), and covering such risks as is customarily maintained in conformity with prudent industry practice by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar Properties in the same general areas in which the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries operate. Each insurance policy covering Collateral shall name Administrative Agent as lender’s loss payable and each insurance policy covering liabilities shall name Administrative Agent as additional insured, and the Loan Parties will use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause such insurance policy to provide that such policy will not be cancelled without thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to Administrative Agent.

Section 6.6 Inspection Rights; Lender Meetings.

(a) At any reasonable time and from time to time, upon reasonable notice of not less than three Business Days (or such shorter period, if any, as the relevant Loan Party and the Administrative Agent may mutually agree), each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, permit representatives and independent contractors of Administrative Agent (a) to examine, inspect, review, evaluate and make physical verifications and appraisals of the inventory and other Collateral in any manner and through any medium that Administrative Agent considers advisable, (b) to visit and inspect its Properties, (c) to examine its corporate, financial and operating books and records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom and (d) to discuss its affairs, business, operations, financial condition and accounts with its directors, officers, employees, and independent certified public accountants, all at the sole cost and expense of Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably requested; provided that, other than with respect to such visits and inspections following the occurrence of an Event of Default that is continuing, Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than two (2) times during any calendar year; provided, further, that only when an Event of Default exists Administrative Agent (or any of its representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing under this Section at the sole cost and expense of Borrower and at any time during normal business hours and without advance notice.

(b) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, participate in a meeting of the Administrative Agent and Lenders not more frequently than once during each fiscal year to be held at Borrower’s corporate offices (or at such other location as may be agreed to by Borrower and Administrative Agent or, if agreed to by Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, via a conference call or other teleconference) at such time as may be agreed to by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the Administrative Agent.

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Section 6.7  Keeping Books and Records. Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, maintain proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities to the extent necessary to prepare the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in conformity with GAAP.

Section 6.8  Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) comply in all respects with all Anti-Terrorism Laws, Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions and (b) comply in all material respects with all other applicable Laws (including, without limitation, all Environmental Laws) and decrees of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator.

Section 6.9  Compliance with Agreements. Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, comply in all material respects with (a) all Material Agreements and (b) all other agreements, contracts, and instruments binding on it or affecting its Properties or business.

Section 6.10  Further Assurances. Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries and each other Loan Party to, execute and deliver such further agreements and instruments and take such further action as may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent or any Lender to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to create, preserve, and perfect the Liens of Administrative Agent in the Collateral.

Section 6.11  ERISA. Each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all minimum funding requirements, and all other material requirements, of ERISA and the Code, if applicable, so as not to give rise to any liability in excess of $900,000 (individually or in the aggregate) thereunder.

Section 6.12 Account Control Agreements.

(a) Not later than sixty (60) days after the Closing Date (or such later date as agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) and at all times thereafter, each Loan Party shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, (i) use the financial institution serving as Administrative Agent as its principal depository bank, including for the maintenance of business, cash management, operating and administrative Deposit Accounts, (ii) maintain all of its Deposit Accounts (other than Excluded Accounts) with financial institutions that are Lenders or serving as the Administrative Agent and (iii) cause all Commodity Accounts, Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts held by the Loan Parties as of the Closing Date to be subject to an Account Control Agreement in favor of Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, which provides that Administrative Agent shall have springing “control” (within the meaning of Section 8.106 or Section 9.104 of the UCC, as applicable) of such account.

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acquires after the Closing Date, within thirty (30) days of the opening or acquisition of such Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account, enter into an Account Control Agreement that is effective for the Administrative Agent to obtain springing “control” (within the meaning of Chapter 8 or Chapter 9 of the UCC, as applicable) and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and pursuant to which the depository bank that maintains such Deposit Account, securities intermediary that maintains such Securities Account, or commodities intermediary that maintains such Commodity Account, as applicable, agrees to comply at any relevant time with instructions from the Administrative Agent to such depository bank, securities intermediary or commodities intermediary directing the disposition of funds from time to time credited to such Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account, without further consent of such Loan Party.

(c) At any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the request of the Required Lenders, the Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, cause all payments constituting proceeds of accounts or other Collateral to be directed into lockbox accounts under agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Section 6.13 Additional Guarantors; Collateral Matters.

(a) Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent promptly (but in any event within ten (10) Business Days following (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in writing)) the time that any Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of a Loan Party (whether by formation, acquisition, merger or otherwise but, in any event, excluding any Immaterial Subsidiary) or that any Immaterial Subsidiary ceases to be an Immaterial Subsidiary, and promptly thereafter (and in any event within fifteen (15) Business Days, or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in writing) (a) execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered to Administrative Agent all Security Documents, stock certificates, stock powers and other agreements and instruments as may be requested by Administrative Agent to ensure that Administrative Agent has a perfected Lien on all Equity Interests held by any Loan Party in such Subsidiary, and (b) cause such Subsidiary to (i) become a Guarantor by executing and delivering to Administrative Agent a Guaranty or a Guarantor Joinder Agreement, (ii) execute and deliver all Security Documents requested by Administrative Agent pledging to Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties all of its Property constituting Collateral (subject to such exceptions as Administrative Agent may permit in its sole discretion) and take all actions required by Administrative Agent to grant to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties a perfected first priority security interest in such Property, subject to Permitted Liens, including the execution and delivery of Account Control Agreements to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.12 and the filing of UCC financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be requested by Administrative Agent, (iii) within sixty (60) days of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or ceasing to constitute an Immaterial Subsidiary (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in writing), if requested by Administrative Agent with respect to real Property owned in fee simple by such Subsidiary: (A) execute, acknowledge and deliver to Administrative Agent a Mortgage and (B) such Owned Real Estate Support Documents, if any, with respect to such real Property requested by the Administrative Agent; provided that no Mortgages shall encumber any Excluded Assets; and (iv) deliver to Administrative Agent such other documents and instruments as Administrative Agent may reasonably require, including appropriate favorable opinions of counsel to such Person in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (a) in no event shall any Loan Party be required to ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇ on or take any perfection action with respect to any Excluded Assets, and the “Collateral” shall be deemed to exclude Excluded Assets for all purposes, (b) unless an Event of Default has occurred that is continuing, no Loan Party shall be required to take any perfection action (other than the delivery of “all asset” UCC financing statements) with respect to any Limited Perfection Collateral and (c) the representations, warranties and covenants made by any Loan Party in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document with respect to the creation, perfection or priority (as applicable) of the security interest and Lien granted under the Loan Documents shall be deemed to not apply to Excluded Assets, and shall be qualified with respect to perfection by this Section 6.13(b) with respect to Limited Perfection Collateral. For avoidance of doubt, the characterization of any asset as an Excluded Asset, and the limitations set forth herein and in the Security Documents with respect to Excluded Assets, are not intended to, nor shall they be construed as, negating any right or remedy that the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party may have with respect thereto that arises outside of the Loan Documents, whether such right or remedy arises under applicable Law, separate written agreement with any Loan Party relating to such asset (e.g., deposit account agreements) or otherwise.

Section 6.14  Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Laws. The Loan Parties will maintain in effect policies and procedures as the Loan Parties reasonably deem appropriate in light of their business and international activities (if any) designed to promote compliance by the Loan Parties, their Subsidiaries, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents with applicable Sanctions and with the FCPA and any other applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.

Section 6.15 Post-Closing Covenants.

(a) Account Control Agreements. Not later than sixty (60) days following the date of this Agreement, Borrower shall cause to be executed and delivered to Administrative Agent Account Control Agreements to the extent required by Section 6.12(a).

(b) Insurance Certificates. Not later than sixty (60) days following the date of this Agreement, Borrower shall cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent, copies of insurance certificates describing all insurance policies required by Section 6.5, together with evidence of endorsements providing that Administrative Agent is lender’s loss payable with respect to each insurance policy covering Collateral and additional insured with respect to each insurance policy covering liabilities.

(c) Mortgage. Not later than sixty (60) days following the date of this Agreement, Borrower shall cause to be executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent, Mortgages in regard to fee simple real Property owned by the Loan Parties and located in Eddy County, New Mexico.

(d) Legal Opinions. Not later than sixty (60) days following the date of this Agreement, Borrower shall cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent, a favorable opinion

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of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, local counsel to the Borrower, addressed to Administrative Agent, the Lenders and L/C Issuer, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent, with respect to as to such matters as Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

Section 6.16  Real Property. In the event that any Loan Party acquires any Material Real Estate (other than any Excluded Assets), such Loan Party shall promptly thereafter (and in any event within sixty (60) days following such acquisition (or such longer period acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion)) execute, acknowledge and deliver to Administrative Agent a Mortgage and deliver such Owned Real Estate Support Documents as Administrative Agent may request with respect to such Material Real Estate.

Section 6.17 Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

(a) Unless designated in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower in accordance with clause (b) below, any Person that becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the date hereof (whether by formation, acquisition or merger) shall be classified as a Restricted Subsidiary. On the date hereof, all Subsidiaries of the Borrower are Restricted Subsidiaries.

(b) The Borrower may designate by prior written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent, any Restricted Subsidiary (including a newly formed or newly acquired Subsidiary) as an Unrestricted Subsidiary provided that (i) both before, and immediately after, giving effect to such designation, (A) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result from such designation, (B) the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with the covenants set forth in Article 8 and (C) the representations and warranties of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries contained in this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of such date as if made on and as of the date of such designation (or, if stated to have been made expressly as of an earlier date, were true and correct in all material respects (except that any representation that is qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such date); (ii) such Subsidiary is not a “restricted subsidiary” for purposes of any indenture or other agreement governing Debt of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; (iii) such designation shall be deemed to be an investment in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Borrower’s direct and indirect ownership interest in such Subsidiary and such designation shall be permitted only to the extent such Investment is permitted under Section 7.5 on the date of such designation; (iv) after giving effect to such designation, such Subsidiary is in compliance with the requirements of this Section 6.17 and (v) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions and matters set forth in clauses (i)-(iv) above. Except as provided in this Section 6.17, no Subsidiary may be designated (and no Restricted Subsidiary may be redesignated) as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

(c) The Borrower may designate by prior written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) both before, and immediately after, giving effect to such designation, (A) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result from such designation, (B) the Borrower shall be in compliance,

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on a pro forma basis, with the covenants set forth in Article 8 and (C) the representations and warranties of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries contained in this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that any representation and warranty that is qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of such date as if made on and as of the date of such designation (or, if stated to have been made expressly as of an earlier date, were true and correct in all material respects (except that any representation that is qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such date); (ii) the designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any investment, Debt or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time, and the Borrower shall be in compliance with Article 7 after giving effect to such designation; (iii) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower and such Subsidiary shall be in compliance with the requirements of Section 6.13 and this Section 6.17 and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions and matters set forth in clauses (i)-(iii) above.

(d) The Borrower will cause the management, business and affairs of each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Unrestricted Subsidiaries, on the other hand, to be conducted in such a manner (including by keeping separate books of account and furnishing separate financial statements of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries to creditors and potential creditors thereof) so that each Unrestricted Subsidiary will be treated as a corporate entity separate and distinct from the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary.

(e) Except to the extent otherwise permitted by this Agreement, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, incur, assume or suffer to exist any guarantee by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary of, or be or become liable for any Debt of any Unrestricted Subsidiary.

(f) The Borrower will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to hold any Equity Interests or any Debt of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

(g) No Unrestricted Subsidiary shall have any Debt other than (i) Non-Recourse Debt that is not limited in amount but for which the only obligors in respect thereof are Unrestricted Subsidiaries that were formed and are consistently operated as bankruptcy-remote entities, and (ii) other Non-Recourse Debt not to exceed, in the aggregate for all Unrestricted Subsidiaries at any one time, $5,000,000.

(h) If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the requirements for an Unrestricted Subsidiary set forth in Section 6.17(d), (e), (f) or (g), it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement (and, for the avoidance of doubt, any investment, Debt and Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time shall be deemed to be incurred by such Subsidiary as of such time and, if such investments, Debt and Liens are not permitted to be incurred as of such time under Article 7, an Event of Default shall occur).

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ARTICLE 7.

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Each Loan Party covenants and agrees that until the Obligations have been Paid in Full and no Lender has any Commitment hereunder:

Section 7.1 Debt. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, incur, create, assume, or permit to exist any Debt, except:

(a)  the Obligations (other than Hedge Obligations);

(b)  existing Debt described on Schedule 7.1;

(c) (i) Debt of any Loan Party incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Debt assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof (provided that such Debt is incurred prior to or within 270 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvements), and extensions, renewals or replacements of any such Debt that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (immediately prior to giving effect to such extension, renewal or replacement) or shorten the maturity or the weighted average life thereof, (ii) Purchase Money Debt, (iii) Finance Lease Obligations and (iv) any Permitted Refinancing of any of the foregoing; provided that the aggregate principal amount of any Debt incurred pursuant to this clause (c) does not exceed the greater of $5,000,000 and 2.50% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at any time outstanding;

(d) trade or accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business and not more than 90 days past due, other than Debt for borrowed money;

(e) Hedge Obligations existing or arising under Hedging Agreements permitted by Section 7.17;

(f) Debt associated with performance bonds, warranty bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds, reclamation bonds, labor bonds and completion or performance guarantees and similar obligations, in each case required by Governmental Authorities or otherwise provided in the ordinary course of business, and not for borrowed money, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;

(g)  unsecured intercompany Debt owed by any Loan Party to another Loan Party;

(h)  Debt subordinated to the Obligations, provided that such subordination terms shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion;

(i) Guarantees by any Loan Party of Debt of any other Loan Party not otherwise prohibited pursuant to this Section 7.1;

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(j) Guarantees by any Loan Party of Debt of any Subsidiary that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or any Joint Venture, to the extent the aggregate potential amount of obligation or liability under such Guarantees, when added to the amount of any other investments in Restricted Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures under Section 7.5(e) below, does not exceed the maximum amount of permitted investments under such Section 7.5(e);

(k) endorsements of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business;

(l) Debt owed to (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments for the benefit of) any Person providing workers’ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits to any Loan Party, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such Person; provided that upon the incurrence of Debt with respect to reimbursement obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, such obligations are reimbursed not later than 60 days following such incurrence;

(m) Debt owed to any Person providing property, casualty or liability insurance to any Loan Party pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such Person in respect of the same, in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practice;

(n) Debt arising from agreements of any Loan Party providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn outs or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business or assets permitted hereunder;

(o) Debt consisting of insurance premium financing arrangements for insurance policies required hereunder or otherwise maintained by any Loan Party in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount of such insurance premiums;

(p) Debt (other than Debt for borrowed money) (i) in respect of guarantees of obligations to the Loan Parties’ suppliers, customers and licensees in the ordinary course of business and (ii) consisting of obligations owing by any Loan Party under any customer or supplier incentive, supply, license or similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(q) cash management obligations and other Debt in respect of netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements, overdraft protections and similar arrangements in each case in connection with deposit accounts; and

(r) other Debt not to exceed the greater of $5,000,000 and 2.50% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets in the aggregate at any time outstanding; provided that such Debt is (i) unsecured or (ii) secured only by Liens permitted under Section 7.2(t).

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Section 7.2  Limitation on Liens. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, incur, create, assume, or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its Property, assets, or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

(a) Liens in favor of Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties;

(b)  existing Liens disclosed on Schedule 7.2;

(c) encumbrances consisting of easements, Rights of Way, zoning restrictions, or other similar encumbrances or restrictions on the use of real Property that do not (individually or in the aggregate) materially detract from the value of the assets encumbered thereby or materially impair the ability of any Loan Party or its Restricted Subsidiaries to use or operate such assets in their respective businesses, and none of which is violated in any material respect by existing or proposed structures or land use or operation;

(d) Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers, or other similar statutory Liens securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been established and for which either (i) such contest operates to suspend the enforcement of any foreclosure or levy on any Property of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) no action to enforce any of such Liens has been commenced;

(e) Liens resulting from good faith deposits to secure payments of workmen’s compensation or other social security programs (other than Liens imposed by ERISA) or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, contracts (other than for payment of Debt), or leases made in the ordinary course of business;

(f) Liens securing judgments or orders for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default or securing appeal or other surety bonds related to such judgments;

(g) leases, licenses, subleases, or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not (A) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole or (B) secure any Debt for borrowed money;

(h) Liens in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law or under customary general terms and conditions encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set-off) and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry or arising pursuant to such banking institution’s general terms and conditions;

(i) any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor, or sublicensor under leases, subleases, licenses, or sublicenses entered into by any Loan Party in the ordinary course of business, and any precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements filed in respect of such interest or title in the affected asset(s);

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(j) Liens solely on any ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ money deposits made by any Loan Party in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement;

(k) zoning, building, entitlement, and other land use regulations by Governmental Authorities with which the normal operation of the business materially complies, and any non-contractual zoning, order, decree, restriction, condition, permit, or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any real property that do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of Borrower and its Subsidiaries nor materially adverse impact the value or use of real Property pledged as Collateral, taken as a whole;

(l) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto; provided that, such Liens are subject to any loss payee interests in favor of the Administrative Agent;

(m) Liens on specific Property to secure Purchase Money Debt used to acquire such Property and Liens securing Finance Lease Obligations with respect to specific leased Property, in each case to the extent permitted in Section 7.1(c);

(n) extensions, renewals, or replacements of any Lien referred to in clauses (b) through (k) of this Section, provided that the principal amount of the Debt secured thereby is not increased and that any such extension, renewal or replacement is limited to the assets originally encumbered thereby;

(o) Liens on the assets or Equity Interests of any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture;

(p) Liens arising after the Closing Date (x) existing on any asset of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower after the Closing Date at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, (y) existing on any asset of any Person at the time such Person is merged with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a transaction otherwise permitted by this Agreement, or (z) existing on any asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that (i) any such Lien was not created in the contemplation of any of the foregoing and (ii) any such Lien secures only those obligations which it secures on the date that such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or the date of such merger or the date of such acquisition;

(q) deposits of cash with the owner or lessor of premises leased and operated by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to secure the performance of the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s obligations under the terms of the lease for such premises;

(r) Liens for Taxes, assessments, or other governmental charges which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been established and for which such contest operates to suspend the enforcement of any foreclosure or levy on any Property of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

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(s) pledges, deposits or Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, governmental contracts, and leases (in each case other than Debt for borrowed money), statutory or regulatory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds, and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; and

(t) other Liens on Property that is not Collateral securing Debt or other obligations not to exceed the greater of $5,000,000 and 2.50% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets in the aggregate at any time outstanding;

provided, that no intention to subordinate the Liens granted to secure the Obligations is hereby implied or expressed or is to be inferred by the permitted existence of any of the foregoing Permitted Liens.

Section 7.3  Mergers, Etc. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, become a party to a merger or consolidation, or purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any Person or any shares or other evidence of beneficial ownership of any Person, or wind-up, dissolve, divide or liquidate, except that:

(a) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with Borrower so long as Borrower is the surviving entity;

(b) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with another Restricted Subsidiary so long as if a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor is involved in such merger or consolidation, such Guarantor is the surviving entity;

(c) any Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or to another Restricted Subsidiary that is both a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor in such transaction is a Loan Party, then the transferee must be a Loan Party; and

(d) any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge with or into the Person such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary was formed to acquire in connection with any acquisition permitted hereunder (including any Permitted Acquisition permitted pursuant to Section 7.5(e)); provided that in the case of any merger involving a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, (i) a Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving entity or (ii) simultaneously with such transaction, the continuing or surviving entity shall become a Guarantor and the Loan Parties shall comply with Section 6.13 in connection therewith.

Section 7.4  Restricted Payments. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:

(a) Borrower may make Restricted Payments with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional shares of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests);

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(b) Restricted Subsidiaries may declare and pay dividends and other Restricted Payments to Borrower and any other Restricted Subsidiary of Borrower that is a Loan Party;

(c) so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, Borrower may make Permitted Tax Distributions;

(d) so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, DBR REIT may make cash distributions not otherwise permitted under this Section 7.4 in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000 per calendar year;

(e) if no Qualified IPO is consummated prior to the date that is one (1) year following the Closing Date, then commencing on such one-year anniversary and continuing until the closing of a Qualified IPO, Borrower may, in accordance with its Constituent Documents, make Restricted Payments in cash, so long as at the time of and immediately after giving effect to any such Restricted Payment, (i) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, (ii) the Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements are available (in each case calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to (A) such Restricted Payment and any Borrowings made in connection therewith, and (B) Material Acquisitions consummated since the end of such Test Period, but in this clause (B), only to the extent Administrative Agent has received pro forma financial statements reasonably acceptable to it demonstrating the impact of any such Material Acquisitions) is less than 2.50 to 1.00, (iii) on a pro forma basis after giving effect to any such payment, Liquidity shall be at least $25,000,000, (iv) after giving pro forma effect to such payment, the Distributable Free Cash Flow Amount shall be greater than or equal to $0, and (v) the Borrower shall have delivered a Free Cash Flow Usage Certificate executed by a Responsible Officer to the Administrative Agent not less than two (2) Business Days (or such shorter time as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion) prior to the making of such Restricted Payment;

(f) from and after the closing of a Qualified IPO, Borrower may, in accordance with its Constituent Documents, make Restricted Payments in cash, so long as at the time of and immediately after giving effect to any such Restricted Payment, (i) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, (ii) the Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements are available (in each case calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to (A) such Restricted Payment and any Borrowings made in connection therewith, and (B) Material Acquisitions consummated since the end of such Test Period, but in this clause (B), only to the extent Administrative Agent has received pro forma financial statements reasonably acceptable to it demonstrating the impact of any such Material Acquisitions) is less than 3.25 to 1.00, (iii) on a pro forma basis after giving effect to any such payment, Liquidity shall be at least $10,000,000;

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(g) Restricted Payments made with the proceeds of a cash common equity contribution to the Borrower or the issuance by the Borrower of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) after the prior satisfaction of any mandatory prepayments required to be made with such proceeds under Section 2.8(d)(ii), provided that (i) such newly issued Equity Interests are pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, (ii) such Restricted Payments are made within 30 days of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s receipt of the proceeds from such contribution or issuance of Equity Interests and (iii) no proceeds of Equity Interests constituting Cure Amounts shall be permitted to be utilized for any such Restricted Payments; and

(h) on (or within one Business Day of) the Closing Date, Borrower may, in accordance with its Constituent Documents, make a one-time cash distribution to the holders of its Equity Interests in an amount not to exceed (i) $125,000,000 minus (ii) the total amount necessary to fully extinguish all Debt under the Existing Credit Agreement (net of the cash balance in the Funds Held Account (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement)) and obtain full releases of Liens in respect thereof.

By its making of any payment in reliance on clauses (c) through (h) preceding, the relevant Loan Party shall be deemed to have represented to Administrative Agent and the Lenders that all conditions set forth above with respect to such payment have been satisfied.

Section 7.5  Loans and Investments. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make, hold or maintain, any advance, loan, extension of credit, or capital contribution to or investment in, Guarantee any obligations of, or purchase any stock, bonds, notes, debentures, or other securities of, any Person, or consummate any Acquisition (each, an “Investment”), except:

(a) existing Investments described on Schedule 7.5 (including investments constituting the ownership in Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date);

(b)  Permitted Investments;

(c) Investments between or among the Loan Parties; provided that in the case of non-cash Investments, to the extent any related change in ownership would impact the continuous perfection of the Administrative Agent’s lien or security interest thereon, the relevant Loan Parties shall have provided prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and taken such actions as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to ensure there is no loss of lien or security interest coverage nor priority thereof as a result of such investments;

(d) accounts receivable and extensions of trade credit arising in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice not more than 90 days past due, and any Equity Interests received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;

(e) Investments in Immaterial Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures; provided that (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred that is continuing or

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would immediately result therefrom and (ii) the aggregate amount of Investments pursuant to this clause (e) shall not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding (net of any return to a Loan Party in respect of any such Investments to the extent actually received in cash and consisting of profits, dividends, distributions or return on principal and measured at the time made without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, further, that any Investment in an Immaterial Subsidiary, Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture made during the term of this Agreement pursuant to this clause (e) (including in connection with the conversion of a Restricted Subsidiary to an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.17) shall be deemed to be outstanding at any time of determination under this clause (e) notwithstanding a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or a portion of the Equity Interests or property of such Immaterial Subsidiary, Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture except to the extent, and solely to the extent, (x) such sale, transfer or other disposition is made for fair market value and (y) the proceeds of such sale, transfer or other disposition are received by the Borrower or another Loan Party;

(f) advances to employees for the payment of expenses in the ordinary course of business;

(g)  Investments consisting of Hedge Agreements permitted under Section 7.16;

(h)  Investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions;

(i) to the extent constituting Investments not otherwise permitted under this Section 7.5, (i) the purchase or acquisition by Loan Parties of direct ownership interests in Rights of Way, equipment and other assets or property (but for the avoidance of doubt, not Equity Interests) in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) mutual interest agreements or other similar arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(j) Investments arising out of the receipt by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of noncash consideration for the sale of assets permitted under Section 7.8;

(k) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business;

(l) Investments (other than Acquisitions) in Restricted Subsidiaries that are, or substantially contemporaneously with the making of such Investment will become, Guarantors;

(m) Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower acquired after the Closing Date (to the extent such acquisition was permitted) or of a corporation merged or amalgamated or consolidated into the Borrower or merged or amalgamated into or consolidated with a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower after the Closing Date (to the extent such merger, amalgamation or consolidation was permitted) to the extent that such investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;

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(n) Investments (other than loans made in cash) made in the ordinary course of business (i) constituting deposits, prepayments or other credits or credit support to third-party customers, vendors, suppliers or other providers of goods or services or (ii) in the form of advances or other credit support made to third-party customers, distributors, vendors, suppliers, licensors, licensees or other providers of goods or services, in each case connection with such third parties’ acquisition or provision of such goods or services from or to the Loan Parties;

(o)  Guarantees permitted by Section 7.1;

(p)  Investments that are made with Excluded Contribution Assets within thirty (30) days after the date such assets were designated as such; and

(q)  other Investments which in the aggregate do not exceed the greater of $5,000,000 and 2.50% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at any time outstanding.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Investment (other than an Investment pursuant to clauses (e) or (o) above) may be made in an Unrestricted Subsidiary, an Immaterial Subsidiary or a Joint Venture.

Section 7.6  Limitation on Issuance of Equity. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, issue, sell, assign, or otherwise Dispose of (a) (i) any Equity Interests in the Borrower or DBRI, (ii) any securities exchangeable for or convertible into or carrying any rights to acquire any Equity Interests in the Borrower or DBRI, or (iii) any option, warrant, or other right to acquire any Equity Interests in the Borrower or DBRI, to the extent that any such action under this clause (a) would (A) cause or result in a Change in Control or (B) reduce the relative economic interest or voting power with respect to an entity from that pledged as Collateral to the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date (or if later, the first date on which the relevant Equity Interests are pledged to the Administrative Agent), or (b) any Disqualified Equity Interests; provided that, substantially contemporaneously with any permitted issuance or Disposition of Equity Interests by any Loan Party, the Borrower shall satisfy any mandatory prepayment obligation resulting therefrom in accordance with Section 2.8(d)(i) or (ii), as applicable.

Section 7.7  Transactions With Affiliates. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into any transaction, including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, or exchange of Property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with any Affiliate of any Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary (including, for avoidance of doubt, any Unrestricted Subsidiary), except:

(a) transactions entered into in the ordinary course of and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of such Loan Party’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s business, pursuant to a transaction which is otherwise permitted under this Agreement, and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction (or, if there is no

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comparable arm’s length transaction, then on terms that are reasonably determined by the board of directors (or other governing body) of such Loan Party to be fair and reasonable) with a Person not an Affiliate of a Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary;

(b)  transactions solely among Loan Parties;

(c) investments consisting of capital contributions to Immaterial Subsidiaries, Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures to the extent permitted by Section 7.5;

(d)  transactions in accordance with the terms of the agreements described on Schedule 5.28, as they may be amended in accordance with Section 7.15;

(e)  the issuance or incurrence of intercompany Debt permitted under Section 7.1(g);

(f)  Restricted Payments permitted by Section 7.4;

(g) transactions reasonably attributable or related to the ownership or operations of the Loan Parties, including its general corporate operating and overhead costs and expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and administrative or operational services;

(h)  investments permitted under Sections 7.5(e), (l) and (o); and

(i) standard and customary indemnities provided to or on behalf of, future, current or former directors, officers, employees, consultants, managers or members of the Borrower or, solely to the extent relating to the business or operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective assets, of any direct or indirect parent entity of the Borrower.

Section 7.8 Disposition of Assets. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly make any Disposition, except:

(a)  Dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

(b) Dispositions, for fair value, of worn-out or obsolete equipment or other assets not necessary or otherwise useful to the conduct of the Loan Parties’ business;

(c) Dispositions from any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to Borrower or any other Loan Party;

(d) Dispositions of Permitted Investments, cash and Cash Equivalents in connection with any transaction not prohibited under this Agreement;

(e) the write-off, discount, sale or other Disposition of defaulted or past-due receivables and similar obligations in the ordinary course of business and not undertaken as part of an accounts receivable financing transaction;

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(f) non-exclusive licenses and sublicenses of intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of or materially detracting from the value of the business of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries;

(g) the abandonment or Disposition of intellectual property rights that are no longer used or useful in the business of the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries;

(h) to the extent constituting Dispositions, Permitted Liens permitted under Section 7.2, Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.4 or investments permitted under Section 7.5;

(i)  the disposition, termination or unwinding of any Hedge Agreement;

(j) (i) termination of leases in the ordinary course of business and (ii) the expiration of any option agreement in respect of real or personal property;

(k) Dispositions of (i) DBR Solar and/or Pecos Renewables solely to the extent that Investments made into such entities following the Closing Date do not exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate, and (ii) Unrestricted Subsidiaries, Immaterial Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures; and

(l)  Dispositions not otherwise permitted under this Section 7.8; provided that:

(i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, both before and after giving effect thereto;

(ii) 100% of the consideration received in respect to any such Disposition shall be cash; provided that any Debt of a Loan Party that is assumed, incurred or guaranteed by the purchaser in connection with assets to be Disposed and as to which the relevant Loan Party shall be wholly released from or indemnified with respect to any remaining obligation shall be considered cash;

(iii) the consideration received shall be equal to or greater than the fair market value thereof (as reasonably determined by a Responsible Officer of Borrower and if requested by Administrative Agent, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Borrower certifying to that effect); and

(iv) the aggregate fair market value (as reasonably determined by Borrower in good faith) of all Property Disposed of pursuant to this clause (j) in any twelve-month period shall not exceed the greater of $5,000,000 and 10% of EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period;

provided that in the case of any Disposition permitted under clause (i) or (l) of this Section 7.8, Borrower shall make the mandatory prepayment of Term Loans to the extent required pursuant to Section 2.8(d).

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Section 7.9  Sale and Leaseback. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into any arrangement with any Person pursuant to which it leases from such Person real or personal Property that has been or is to be sold or transferred, directly or indirectly, by it to such Person.

Section 7.10  Nature of Business. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than land and resource management or businesses reasonably related thereto. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any material change in its credit collection policies if such change would materially impair the collectability of any Account, nor will it rescind, cancel or modify any Account except in the ordinary course of business.

Section 7.11  Environmental Protection. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly (a) use (or permit any tenant to use) any of their respective Properties or assets for the handling, processing, storage, transportation, or disposal of any Hazardous Material in violation of, or in a manner or to a location that could give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Laws, (b) generate any Hazardous Material in violation of any applicable Environmental Laws, (c) conduct any activity that is likely to cause a Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material in violation of any applicable Environmental Laws, or (d) otherwise conduct any activity or use any of their respective Properties or assets in any manner that is likely to violate any Environmental Law or create any Environmental Liabilities for which any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries would be responsible, in each case, to the extent any of the foregoing could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 7.12  Accounting. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, change its fiscal year or make any change (a) in accounting treatment or reporting practices, except as required by GAAP and disclosed to Administrative Agent and Lenders, or (b) in Tax reporting treatment, except as required by Law and disclosed to Administrative Agent and Lenders.

Section 7.13  Burdensome Agreements. Each Loan Party shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any other Loan Party to, enter into or permit to exist any arrangement or agreement, other than pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, which (a) directly or indirectly prohibits Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any other Loan Party from creating or incurring a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties in respect of the Obligations on any of its Property, revenues, or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, (b) directly or indirectly prohibits any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any other Loan Party to make any payments, directly or indirectly, to any other Loan Party by way of dividends, distributions, advances, repayments of loans, repayments of expenses, accruals, or otherwise or (c) in any way would be contravened by such Person’s performance of its obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) restrictions or conditions imposed by non-variable provision of applicable Law or by this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Debt permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions and conditions apply only to the property or assets securing or financed by such Debt, and such assets are not Collateral, (iii) customary provisions in leases or other written agreements entered into the ordinary course of business or in connection with investments permitted under Section 7.5(e) or (m) restricting the

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assignment, subletting or other Disposition thereof (so long as the provisions are consistent with past practice, not agreed to by a Loan Party for the purposes of excluding such written agreement from the Liens or security interests granted under any Security Document, and do not prevent the pledge of any payment rights of the relevant Loan Party to the Administrative Agent), and (iv) restrictions or conditions that arise in connection with cash deposits permitted under Sections 7.1 and 7.2 and limited to such cash deposit.

Section 7.14 Subsidiaries. Neither Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall, directly or indirectly, form or acquire any Subsidiary unless (a) such Subsidiary is a Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary and (b) Borrower or such other Loan Party complies with the requirements of Section 6.13 with respect to such Subsidiary and its Equity Interests.

Section 7.15 Amendments of Certain Documents. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify any of the terms or provisions of, or waive any of its rights under, (a) their respective Constituent Documents, or (b) any Material Agreement, in each case, in a manner materially adverse to the interest of the Lenders, without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent.

Section 7.16 Hedge Agreements. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any Hedge Agreement, except (a) Hedge Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks (including any commodity price risk) to which such Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof has actual exposure in the conduct of its business and not for speculative purposes, and (b) other Hedge Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any Debt of such Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries limited to the principal amount of such Debt.

Section 7.17 Anti-Corruption Laws; Sanctions; Anti-Terrorism Laws. No Loan Party will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loans or Letters of Credit, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, (a) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of the FCPA or any other applicable Anti-Corruption Law, or (b) (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions, or (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the Loans or Letters of Credit, whether as Administrative Agent, Arranger, Lender, underwriter, advisor, investor, or otherwise).

Section 7.18 Prepayment of Debt. During the continuation of an Event of Default, no Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any optional or voluntary payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of any Debt for borrowed money, except the Obligations under the Loan Documents, provided that any optional or voluntary payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of any subordinated Debt permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.1(h) shall be permitted to made if and to the extent expressly provided in the related subordination agreement between the Administrative Agent and the subordinated creditor(s).

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ARTICLE 8.

FINANCIAL COVENANTS

Borrower covenants and agrees that until the Obligations have been Paid in Full and no Lender has any Commitment hereunder:

Section 8.1 Leverage Ratio. Borrower shall not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of Borrower commencing with the quarter ending June 30, 2023 to be greater than (i) 3.50 to 1.00, for any Test Period ending prior to the consummation of a Qualified IPO, or (ii) 4.00 to 1.00, for any Test Period ending on or after the date a Qualified IPO is consummated; provided, that if Borrower consummates one or more Qualified Acquisitions, then the applicable maximum permitted ratio for the fiscal quarter in which such Qualified Acquisition closes and the immediately following two fiscal quarters shall be increased by 0.50 (but in no event in excess of 0.50 in total, regardless of the total number of Permitted Acquisitions consummated during any relevant period) (any such increase for a two-quarter period being a “Leverage Step-Up”), subject to the limitations that (a) the Borrower shall not be permitted to utilize the Leverage Step-Up mechanism in two consecutive quarters (such second quarter, the “Back to Back Quarter”) unless the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the base level Leverage Ratio (i.e., calculated without any Leverage Step-Up) prior to the commencement date of such Back to Back Quarter (and after giving effect to the consummation of the Qualified Acquisition), and (b) no more than three (3) Leverage Step-Ups shall be permitted in total over the term of this Agreement.

Section 8.2 Interest Coverage Ratio. As of the last day of any fiscal quarter of Borrower ending on or after the date a Qualified IPO is consummated, Borrower shall not permit the ratio of (a) EBITDA for the Test Period ending on such last day, to (b) Cash Interest Expense for the same Test Period, in each case for Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, to be less than 2.75 to 1.00. For avoidance of doubt, no Interest Coverage Ratio test shall apply prior to the consummation of a Qualified IPO.

Section 8.3 Debt Service Coverage Ratio. As of the last day of any fiscal quarter of Borrower commencing with the quarter ending June 30, 2023, but prior to the date (if any) on which a Qualified IPO is consummated, Borrower shall not permit the ratio of (a) EBITDA for the Test Period ending on such last day, to (b) Debt Service for the same Test Period, in each case for Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, to be less than 1.25 to 1.00. For avoidance of doubt, no Debt Service Coverage Ratio test shall apply following the consummation of a Qualified IPO.

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ARTICLE 9.

DEFAULT

Section 9.1 Events of Default. Each of the following shall be deemed an “Event of Default”:

(a) Borrower shall fail to pay the Obligations under the Loan Documents or any part thereof shall not be paid when due or declared due and, other than with respect to payments of principal, such failure shall continue unremedied for three (3) days after such payment became due;

(b) Any Loan Party shall breach any provision of Sections 6.1(g), 6.2 (solely with respect to the Loan Parties’ legal existence), 6.6(a), 6.13, 6.15 or Article 7 or Article 8 of this Agreement;

(c) Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party in any Loan Document or in any certificate, report, notice, or financial statement furnished at any time in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be false, misleading, or erroneous in any material respect (without duplication of any materiality qualifier contained therein) when made or deemed to have been made;

(d) Any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Loan Party shall fail to perform, observe, or comply with any covenant, agreement, or term contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as covered by Sections 9.1(a) and (b)), and such failure continues for more than thirty (30) days following the earlier of (x) notice of such failure from Administrative Agent to Borrower and (y) the date a Responsible Officer of Borrower first knows of such failure;

(e) Any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Loan Party shall commence a voluntary proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization, or other relief with respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian, or other similar official of it or a substantial part of its Property or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or shall generally fail to pay its debts as they become due or shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the foregoing;

(f) An involuntary proceeding shall be commenced against any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Loan Party seeking liquidation, reorganization, or other relief with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian, or other similar official for it or a substantial part of its Property, and such involuntary proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days;

(g) Any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Loan Party shall fail to pay when due any principal of or interest on any Material Debt (other than the Obligations under the Loan Documents), or the maturity of any such Material Debt shall have been accelerated, or any such Material Debt shall have been required to be prepaid, repurchased, defeased or redeemed prior to the stated maturity thereof or any cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded, or any event shall have occurred that permits (or, with the giving

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of notice or lapse of time or both, after any applicable cure periods, would permit) any holder or holders of such Material Debt or any Person acting on behalf of such holder or holders to accelerate the maturity thereof or require any such prepayment, repurchase, defeasance or redemption or any cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded;

(h) There shall occur an Early Termination Date (as defined in a Hedge Agreement) under any Hedge Agreement to which any Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary of a Loan Party is a party resulting from (1) any event of default under such Hedge Agreement to which any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Loan Party is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Hedge Agreement), or (2) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Hedge Agreement as to which any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Loan Party is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Hedge Termination Value, if any, owed by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Loan Party as a result thereof exceeds $2,500,000;

(i) This Agreement or any other Loan Document shall cease to be in full force and effect or shall be declared null and void or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested or challenged by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Loan Party or any of their respective equity holders, or Borrower or any other Loan Party shall deny that it has any further liability or obligation under any of the Loan Documents, or any Lien created by the Loan Documents shall for any reason cease to be a valid, first priority perfected Lien (subject to Permitted Liens that have priority over the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent under applicable Law or that are expressly permitted to have priority over such Liens pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents) upon any of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby;

(j) Any of the following events shall occur or exist with respect to any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate: (i) any ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or (ii) any Prohibited Transaction involving any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; and in each case above, such event or condition, together with all other events or conditions, if any, have subjected or could in the reasonable opinion of Administrative Agent subject any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate to any Tax, penalty, or other liability to a Plan, a Multiemployer Plan, the PBGC, the IRS, the U. S. Department of Labor, or otherwise (or any combination thereof) which individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(k) A Change in Control shall occur;

(l) Any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Loan Party, or any material portion of their Properties, revenues, or assets, shall become subject to an order of forfeiture, seizure, or divestiture (whether under RICO or otherwise) and the same shall not have been discharged within thirty (30) days from the date of entry thereof;

(m) Any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Loan Party shall fail to discharge within a period of sixty (60) days after the commencement thereof any attachment, sequestration, or similar proceeding or proceedings involving an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000,000 against any of its assets or Properties; or

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(n) A final judgment or judgments for the payment of money in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate shall be rendered by a court or courts against any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Loan Party and the same shall not be discharged (or provision shall not be made for such discharge), or a stay of execution thereof shall not be procured, within thirty (30) days from the date of entry thereof and such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary of such Loan Party shall not, within such period of thirty (30) days, or such longer period during which execution of the same shall have been stayed, appeal therefrom and cause the execution thereof to be stayed during such appeal.

Section 9.2 Remedies Upon Default. If any Event of Default shall occur and is continuing, then Administrative Agent may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, or shall, at the direction of the Required Lenders, without notice do any or all of the following: (a) terminate the Commitments of the Lenders (except for funding obligations of outstanding Letters of Credit), (b) terminate the obligations of L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions, (c) require that Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount with respect thereto), and/or (d) declare the Obligations (other than the Obligations arising out of Bank Product Agreements) or any part thereof to be immediately due and payable, and the same shall thereupon become immediately due and payable, without notice, demand, presentment, notice of dishonor, notice of acceleration, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of intent to demand, protest, or other formalities of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower and each other Loan Party; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 9.1(e) or (f), the Commitments of the Lenders shall automatically terminate (except for funding obligations of outstanding Letters of Credit), the obligations of L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the obligation of Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, and the Obligations (other than the Obligations arising out of Bank Product Agreements) shall become immediately due and payable, in each case without notice, demand, presentment, notice of dishonor, notice of acceleration, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of intent to demand, protest, or other formalities of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower and each other Loan Party. In addition to the foregoing, if any Event of Default shall occur and is continuing, Administrative Agent may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, or shall, at the direction of the Required Lenders, exercise all rights and remedies available to it, Lenders and L/C Issuer in law or in equity, under the Loan Documents, or otherwise.

Section 9.3 Application of Funds. After, or in connection with, the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 9.2 (or if an Event of Default exists and the written notice thereof, if any, to Borrower from Administrative Agent expressly provides that this Section 9.3 shall thereafter apply to any amounts received on account of the Obligations or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by Administrative Agent in the following order:

First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to Administrative Agent) payable to Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;

Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest, and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to Lenders and

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L/C Issuer (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and L/C Issuer) arising under the Loan Documents, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans, L/C Borrowings and other Obligations arising under the Loan Documents, ratably among Lenders and L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;

Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings and constituting unpaid Bank Product Obligations, ratably among Lenders and Bank Product Providers in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;

Fifth, to Administrative Agent for the account of L/C Issuer, to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit to the extent not otherwise Cash Collateralized by Borrower pursuant to Sections 2.2 and 2.6;

Sixth, to payment of that remaining portion of the Obligations, ratably among the Lenders and Bank Product Providers in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Sixth held by them; and

Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, no amount received from any Loan Party shall be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligation of such Loan Party, but appropriate adjustments shall be made with respect to payments from other Loan Parties to preserve allocation to Obligations otherwise set forth in this Section.

Further notwithstanding, Bank Product Obligations shall be excluded from the application described above if Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with supporting documentation as Administrative Agent may request from the applicable Bank Product Provider, provided that no such notice shall be required for any Bank Product Agreement for which Administrative Agent or any Affiliate of Administrative Agent is the applicable Bank Product Provider. Each Bank Product Provider that is not a party to this Agreement that has given notice contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of Article 10 hereof for itself and its Affiliates as if a “Lender” party hereto.

Section 9.4 Right to Cure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Sections 9.1 or 9.2, in the event that Borrower fails to comply with the requirements of the Financial Covenants as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of Borrower, at any time after the beginning of such fiscal quarter until the expiration of the 10th Business Day following the date on which the financial statements with respect to such fiscal quarter are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(b) (“Cure Period”), Borrower or any other Person that is a direct or indirect parent of Borrower shall have the right to issue common Equity Interests for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to the capital of Borrower as cash common Equity Interests

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(collectively, the “Cure Right”), and upon the receipt by Borrower of the Net Cash Proceeds of such issuance that are not otherwise applied (the “Cure Amount”), pursuant to the exercise by Borrower of such Cure Right such Financial Covenants shall be recalculated giving effect to the following pro forma adjustment:

(a) EBITDA (after giving effect to any annualization thereof) shall be increased with respect to such applicable fiscal quarter and any Test Period that contains such fiscal quarter, solely for the purpose of measuring the Financial Covenants and not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount;

(b) if, after giving effect to the foregoing pro forma adjustment, Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the Financial Covenants, Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Covenants as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of the Financial Covenants that had occurred shall be deemed cured for the purposes of this Agreement;

(c) notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) in each four (4) consecutive fiscal quarter period of Borrower there shall be at least two (2) fiscal quarters in which the Cure Right is not exercised, (ii) the Cure Right may not be exercised in consecutive fiscal quarters, (iii) during the term of this Agreement, the Cure Right shall not be exercised more than four (4) times, (iv) the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount required for purposes of complying with the Financial Covenants, and any amounts in excess thereof shall not be deemed to be a Cure Amount (except that not more than one (1) time during the term of this Agreement, the Cure Amount may be made in an amount up to 120% of the amount required for purposes of complying with the Financial Covenants), (v) there shall be no pro forma reduction in Debt with the proceeds of any Cure Amount and (vi) if increasing EBITDA, the Cure Amount shall be included in the calculation only after calculating EBITDA on an annualized basis without giving effect to such increase (i.e., the Cure Amount shall not be annualized). Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the Cure Amount received pursuant to any exercise of the Cure Right shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the satisfaction of any Default or Event of Default condition, any financial ratio-based conditions or tests, pricing or any available basket under Article 7 of this Agreement; and

(d) to the extent that the proceeds of the Cure Amount are used to repay Debt, such Debt shall not be deemed to have been repaid for purposes of calculating any Financial Covenant for the Test Period ending on (and including) the last day of the fiscal reporting period for which Borrower is requesting to cure a Financial Covenant Event of Default.

Unless (A) the Borrower or any other Loan Party has stated in writing that it does not intend to exercise the Cure Right or (B) the Event of Default is precluded from being cured pursuant to this Section 9.4 because of clause (c) above, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall exercise any remedy under the Loan Documents (including application of the Default Interest Rate) on the basis of an Event of Default caused solely by the failure of the Loan Parties to comply with Article 8 until the end of the Cure Period. During any Cure Period (unless and until the Event of Default is cured pursuant to this Section 9.4), the Borrower shall not request, and the Lenders

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shall not be required to make and the L/C Issuer shall not be required to issue, renew or extend, as applicable, (i) any Loans or any Letters of Credit or (ii) any conversions from Base Rate Loans into Term SOFR Loans or continuations of Term SOFR Loans (which shall automatically convert into Base Rate Loans at the end of the applicable Interest Period).

Section 9.5 Performance by Administrative Agent. If any Loan Party shall fail to perform any covenant or agreement contained in any of the Loan Documents, then Administrative Agent may (but shall have no obligation to) perform or attempt to perform such covenant or agreement on behalf of such Loan Party. In such event, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall, at the request of Administrative Agent, promptly pay to Administrative Agent any amount expended by Administrative Agent in connection with such performance or attempted performance, together with interest thereon at the Default Interest Rate from and including the date of such expenditure to but excluding the date such expenditure is paid in full. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is expressly agreed that Administrative Agent shall not have any liability or responsibility for the performance of any covenant, agreement, or other obligation of Borrower or any other Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

ARTICLE 10.

AGENCY

Section 10.1 Appointment and Authority.

(a) Each Lender (in its capacity as a Lender and in its capacity as a Bank Product Provider or a potential Bank Product Provider), including each person that becomes a Lender hereunder after the Closing Date, and L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints Texas Capital Bank to act on its behalf as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and irrevocably authorizes Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article 10 are solely for the benefit of Administrative Agent, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, and L/C Issuer, and neither Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.

(b) Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including, for itself and its Affiliates, in their capacities as potential Bank Product Providers) and L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and L/C Issuer for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, Administrative Agent,

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as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.5 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article 10 and Article 11 (including Section 11.1(b), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.

(c) Each Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and of the guarantees of the Obligations provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed to the provisions of this Article 10.

Section 10.2 Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not Administrative Agent, and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for, and generally engage in any kind of business with, Borrower or any other Loan Party or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to Lenders or to provide notice to or obtain the consent of the Lenders with respect thereto.

Section 10.3 Exculpatory Provisions.

(a) Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Administrative Agent:

(i) shall not be subject to any agency, trust, fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;

(ii) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents) or is required to exercise as directed in writing by any other party to any intercreditor agreement, as applicable; provided that Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or upon the advice of its counsel, may expose Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of Property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law;

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(iii) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Borrower or any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity;

(iv) shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document unless it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by Lenders pro rata against any and all liability, cost and expense that it may incur by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action; and

(v) does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of “Term SOFR”, “Adjusted Term SOFR” or with respect to any Benchmark Replacement or other rate (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the selection of such rate and any related spread or other adjustment) that is an alternative or replacement for or successor to any such rate.

(b) Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of Lenders as shall be necessary, or as Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 9.2 and 10.9), or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment. SUCH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE LIABILITY ARISES FROM THE SOLE, CONCURRENT, CONTRIBUTORY OR COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to Administrative Agent in writing by Borrower or any other Loan Party, a Lender, or L/C Issuer.

(c) Neither Administrative Agent nor any Related Party thereof shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article 4 or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to Administrative Agent.

Section 10.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent. Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have

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been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person, including any certificate delivered by a Loan Party pursuant to Section 10.9(a). Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Credit Extension, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or L/C Issuer, Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or L/C Issuer unless Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Credit Extension. Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Borrower or any other Loan Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

Section 10.5 Delegation of Duties. Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub agents appointed by Administrative Agent. Administrative Agent and any such sub agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article 10 shall apply to any such sub agent and to the Related Parties of Administrative Agent and any such sub agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the Facilities as well as activities as Administrative Agent. Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub agents.

Section 10.6 Resignation of Administrative Agent.

(a) Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, L/C Issuer and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of Lenders and L/C Issuer, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that in no event shall any successor Administrative Agent be a Defaulting Lender. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date. After the Resignation Effective Date, the provisions of this Article 10 relating to or indemnifying or releasing Administrative Agent shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

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under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any Collateral held by Administrative Agent on behalf of Secured Parties under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such Collateral until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (ii) except for any indemnity, fee or expense payments owed to the retiring Administrative Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring Administrative Agent), and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article 10, Section 11.1, and Section 11.2 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.

(c) Any resignation by Texas Capital Bank as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 10.6 shall also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer unless the notice thereof otherwise provides. If Texas Capital Bank resigns as an L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto, including the right to require Revolving Credit Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.2(c). Upon the appointment by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ of a successor L/C Issuer hereunder (which successor shall in all cases be a Lender other than a Defaulting Lender), (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer, (ii) the retiring L/C Issuer shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (iii) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Texas Capital Bank to effectively assume the obligations of Texas Capital Bank with respect to such Letters of Credit.

Section 10.7 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender and L/C Issuer expressly acknowledges that neither Administrative Agent nor L/C Issuer, the Arranger, any other Lender nor any Related Party thereto has made any representation or warranty to such Person and that no act by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, the Arranger or any other Lender hereafter taken, including any consent to, and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of Borrower or any other Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, the Arranger or any Lender to any other Lender as to any matter, including whether the Administrative Agent or

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the Arranger have disclosed material information in their (or their Related Parties’) possession. Each Lender and L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, the Arranger or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis of, appraisal of, and investigation into, the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and all applicable bank or other regulatory laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to the Borrower hereunder. Each Lender and L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, the Arranger or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to L/C Issuer or the Lenders by Administrative Agent hereunder, Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide L/C Issuer or any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, Property, condition (financial or otherwise), or creditworthiness of Borrower or any other Loan Party or the value of the Collateral or other Properties of Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other Person which may come into the possession of Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties. Each Lender and L/C Issuer represents and warrants that (i) the Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility and certain other facilities set forth herein and (ii) it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans, issuing or participating in letters of credit or providing other similar facilities in the ordinary course and is entering into this Agreement as a Lender or L/C Issuer for the purpose of making, acquiring or holding commercial loans, issuing or participating in letters of credit and providing other facilities set forth herein as may be applicable to such Lender or L/C Issuer, and not for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial instrument, and each Lender and L/C Issuer agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing. Each Lender and L/C Issuer represents and warrants that it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to make, acquire or hold commercial loans, issue or participate in letters of credit and to provide other facilities set forth herein, as may be applicable to such Lender or L/C Issuer, and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to make, acquire or hold such commercial loans, issue or participate in letters of credit or to provide such other facilities, is experienced in making, acquiring or holding such commercial loans, issue or participate in letters of credit or providing such other facilities.

Section 10.8 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and

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irrespective of whether Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on Borrower or any other Loan Party) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations under the Loan Documents that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of Lenders, L/C Issuer, and Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, L/C Issuer, and Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due Lenders, L/C Issuer, and Administrative Agent under Section 11.1 or Section 11.2) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(b) to collect and receive any monies or other Property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and L/C Issuer to make such payments to Administrative Agent and, in the event that Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to Lenders and L/C Issuer, as applicable, to pay to Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due Administrative Agent under Section 11.1 or Section 11.2.

Section 10.9 Collateral and Guaranty Matters.

(a) The Secured Parties irrevocably authorize Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion:

(i) to release any Lien on any Property granted to or held by Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (A) upon Payment in Full, (B) that is Disposed of or to be Disposed of as part of or in connection with any Disposition permitted under the Loan Documents, or (C) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as applicable, under Section 11.10;

(ii) to subordinate any Lien on any Property granted to or held by Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such Property that is permitted by Section 7.2 or if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders in connection with a debtor-in-possession financing provided to Borrower or any Loan Party;

(iii) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents; and

(iv) to take any other action with respect to the Collateral that is permitted or required under any intercreditor agreement.

Upon request by Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of Property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under

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the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 10.9. Upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 10.9(a)(i)(A), (B) or (C) or Section 10.9(a)(iii), at Borrower’s sole cost and expense, Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to Borrower such documentation as Borrower may reasonably request in writing to release the applicable Collateral from the Liens created by the Loan Documents and/or release the applicable Guarantor from its obligations under its Guaranty, as the case may be. In connection with any such request by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Administrative Agent may request, and if requested by Administrative Agent, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall deliver a written certificate of a Responsible Officer of Borrower certifying that the applicable transaction is permitted under the Loan Documents (and Administrative Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate without further inquiry and shall have no liability to any Secured Party for any inaccuracy or misrepresentation contained therein).

(b) Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

Section 10.10 Bank Product Agreements. No Bank Product Provider who obtains the benefits of Section 9.3, any Guaranty or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any Guaranty or any Security Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) (or to notice of or to consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of the provisions hereof or of the Guaranty or any Security Document) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 10 to the contrary, Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Bank Product Obligations unless Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Bank Product Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Bank Product Provider. Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Bank Product Obligations arising under Bank Product Agreements upon termination of all Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations under the Loan Documents (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer shall have been made).

Section 10.11 Certain ERISA Matters.

(a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, Administrative Agent and the Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

(i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement,

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(ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,

(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of subsections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or

(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

(b) In addition, unless sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or such Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that none of the Administrative Agent, the Arranger or any other arranger of this Agreement or any amendment thereto, or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the Collateral or the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).

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(c) The Administrative Agent and the Arranger hereby informs the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide investment advice or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments, this Agreement and any other Loan Documents, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.

Section 10.12 Credit Bidding. The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations (including by accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Loan Party is subject, or (b) at any other sale, foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any applicable Law. In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Obligations owed to the Secured Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid by Administrative Agent at the direction of the Required Lenders on a ratable basis (with Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis that shall vest upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) for the asset or assets so purchased (or for the Equity Interests or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are issued in connection with such purchase). In connection with any such bid (i) Administrative Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles and to assign any successful credit bid to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, (ii) Administrative Agent shall be authorized to adopt documents providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles (provided that any actions by Administrative Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, including any disposition of the assets or Equity Interests thereof, shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by the vote of the Required Lenders or their permitted assignees under the terms of this Agreement irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in Section 11.10 of this Agreement), (iii) Administrative Agent shall be authorized to assign the relevant Obligations of the Secured Parties to be credit bid to any such acquisition vehicle on a pro rata basis, as a result of which each of the Secured Parties shall be deemed to have received a pro rata portion of any Equity Interests and/or debt instruments issued by such acquisition vehicle, all without the need for any Secured Party or acquisition vehicle to take any further action, and (iv) to the extent that Obligations that are

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assigned to an acquisition vehicle are not used to acquire Collateral for any reason (as a result of another bid being higher or better, because the amount of Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of Obligations credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Secured Parties pro rata with their original interest in such Obligations and the Equity Interests and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of such Obligations that had been assigned to the acquisition vehicle shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Secured Party or any acquisition vehicle to take any further action.

Section 10.13 No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Arranger or the syndication agents, documentation agents, co-agents, bookrunners or title agents listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as Administrative Agent, a Lender or a L/C Issuer hereunder.

Section 10.14 Flood Laws. Each Lender and each participant is responsible for assuring its own compliance with any applicable Flood Insurance Regulations and Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility therefor.

Section 10.15 Erroneous Payments.

(a) If the Administrative Agent notifies a Lender, L/C Issuer or Secured Party, or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Lender, L/C Issuer or Secured Party (any such Lender, L/C Issuer, Secured Party or other recipient, a “Payment Recipient”) that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion (whether or not after receipt of any notice under immediately succeeding clause (b)) that any funds received by such Payment Recipient from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to such Lender, L/C Issuer, Secured Party or other Payment Recipient on its behalf) (any such funds, whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise, individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”) and demands the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof) (provided, that, without limiting any other rights or remedies (whether at law or in equity), the Administrative Agent may not make any such demand under this clause (a) with respect to an Erroneous Payment unless such demand is made within ten (10) Business Days of the date of receipt of such Erroneous Payment by the applicable Payment Recipient), such Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Administrative Agent and shall be segregated by the Payment Recipient and held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, and such Lender, L/C Issuer or Secured Party shall (or, with respect to any Payment Recipient who received such funds on its behalf, shall cause such Payment Recipient to) promptly, but in no event later than two Business Days thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made, in same day funds (in the currency so received), together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in same day funds at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the

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Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Payment Recipient under this clause (a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(b) Without limiting immediately preceding clause (a), each Lender, L/C Issuer or Secured Party, or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Lender, L/C Issuer or Secured Party, hereby further agrees that if it receives a payment, prepayment or repayment (whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise) from the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates), or (z) that such Lender, L/C Issuer or Secured Party, or other such recipient, otherwise becomes aware was transmitted, or received, in error or by mistake (in whole or in part) in each case.

(i) (A) in the case of immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y), an error shall be presumed to have been made (absent written confirmation from the Administrative Agent to the contrary) or (B) an error has been made (in the case of immediately preceding clause (z)), in each case, with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment; and

(ii) such Lender, L/C Issuer or Secured Party shall (and shall cause any other recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf to) promptly (and, in all events, within one Business Day of its knowledge of such error) notify the Administrative Agent of its receipt of such payment, prepayment or repayment, the details thereof (in reasonable detail) and that it is so notifying the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 10.15(b).

(c) Each Lender, L/C Issuer or Secured Party hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender, L/C Issuer or Secured Party under any Loan Document, or otherwise payable or distributable by the Administrative Agent to such Lender, L/C Issuer or Secured Party from any source, against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under immediately preceding clause (a) or under the indemnification provisions of this Agreement.

(d) In the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered by the Administrative Agent for any reason, after demand therefor by the Administrative Agent in accordance with immediately preceding clause (a), from any Lender or L/C Issuer that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) (and/or from any Payment Recipient who received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) on its respective behalf) (such unrecovered amount, an “Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency”), upon the Administrative Agent’s notice to such Lender or L/C Issuer at any time, (i) such Lender or L/C Issuer shall be deemed to have assigned its Loans (but not its Commitments) of the relevant class with respect to which such Erroneous Payment was made (the “Erroneous Payment Impacted Class”) in an amount equal to the Erroneous Payment Return

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Deficiency (or such lesser amount as the Administrative Agent may specify) (such assignment of the Loans (but not Commitments) of the Erroneous Payment Impacted Class, the “Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment”) at par plus any accrued and unpaid interest (with the assignment fee to be waived by the Administrative Agent in such instance), and is hereby (together with the Borrower) deemed to execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, and such Lender or L/C Issuer shall deliver any Notes evidencing such Loans to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, (ii) the Administrative Agent as the assignee Lender shall be deemed to acquire the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, (iii) upon such deemed acquisition, the Administrative Agent as the assignee Lender shall become a Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, hereunder with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment and the assigning Lender or assigning L/C Issuer shall cease to be a Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, hereunder with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, its obligations under the indemnification provisions of this Agreement and its applicable Commitments which shall survive as to such assigning Lender or assigning L/C Issuer and (iv) the Administrative Agent may reflect in the Register its ownership interest in the Loans subject to the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment. The Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, sell any Loans acquired pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment and upon receipt of the proceeds of such sale, the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency owing by the applicable Lender or L/C Issuer shall be reduced by the net proceeds of the sale of such Loan (or portion thereof), and the Administrative Agent shall retain all other rights, remedies and claims against such Lender or L/C Issuer (and/or against any recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf). For the avoidance of doubt, no Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment will reduce the Commitments of any Lender or L/C Issuer and such Commitments shall remain available in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In addition, each party hereto agrees that, except to the extent that the Administrative Agent has sold a Loan (or portion thereof) acquired pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent may be equitably subrogated, the Administrative Agent shall be contractually subrogated to all the rights and interests of the applicable Lender, L/C Issuer or Secured Party under the Loan Documents with respect to each Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency (the “Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights”).

(e) The parties hereto agree that an Erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, except, in each case, to the extent such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower or any other Loan Party for the purpose of making such Erroneous Payment.

(f) To the extent permitted by applicable Law, no Payment Recipient shall assert any right or claim to an Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives, and is deemed to waive, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payment received, including without limitation waiver of any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine.

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(g) Each party’s obligations, agreements and waivers under this Section 10.15 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender or L/C Issuer, the termination of the Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Loan Document.

ARTICLE 11.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.1 Expenses.

(a) Borrower and each of the other Loan Parties hereby, jointly and severally, agrees to pay on demand: (i) all reasonable and documented (in summary form) costs and expenses of Administrative Agent, the Arranger, L/C Issuer, and their Related Parties in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any and all amendments, modifications, renewals, extensions, supplements, waivers, consents and ratifications thereof and thereto, including, without limitation, the reasonable and documented (in summary form) fees and expenses of one primary outside legal counsel (except in the case of matters affecting any mortgagee title insurance policy taken hereunder and associated title review needs, one additional counsel), one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction not covered by the primary outside legal counsel, as necessary, and solely in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest, and one additional counsel to each group of similarly affected parties, taken as a whole, advisors, consultants, and auditors for Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, and their Related Parties; (ii) all costs and expenses of Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, and each Lender in connection with any Default and the enforcement of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, court costs and the fees and expenses of one primary outside legal counsel, one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction not covered by the primary outside legal counsel, as necessary, and solely in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest, and one additional counsel to each group of similarly affected parties, taken as a whole, advisors, consultants, experts and auditors for Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, and each Lender; (iii) all reasonable and documented (in summary form) costs and expenses incurred by L/C Issuer in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder; (iv) all transfer, stamp, documentary, or other similar Taxes, assessments, or charges levied by any Governmental Authority in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; (v) all costs, expenses, assessments, and other charges incurred in connection with any filing, registration, recording, or perfection of any Lien contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (vi) all other costs and expenses incurred by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, and any Lender in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any workout or restructuring (including the negotiations thereof), any litigation, dispute, suit, proceeding or action, the enforcement of its rights and remedies, and the protection of its interests in bankruptcy, insolvency or other legal proceedings, including, without limitation, all costs, expenses, and other charges incurred in connection with evaluating, observing, collecting, examining, auditing, appraising,

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selling, liquidating, or otherwise disposing of the Collateral or other assets of the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall be responsible for all expenses described in this clause (a) whether or not any Credit Extension is ever made. Any amount to be paid under this Section 11.1 shall be a demand obligation owing by the Loan Parties and if not paid within ten (10) days of demand shall bear interest, to the extent not prohibited by and not in violation of applicable Law, from the date of expenditure until paid at a rate per annum equal to the Default Interest Rate. The obligations of the Loan Parties under this Section 11.1 shall survive payment of the Notes and other obligations hereunder and the assignment of any right hereunder.

(b) To the extent that Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under Section 11.1(a) or Section 11.2 to be paid by it to Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party of Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer (or any sub-agent thereof), each Lender severally agrees to pay to Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer (or any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on each Lender’s pro rata share of the Total Credit Exposure at such time) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender); provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer (or any such sub-agent) or against any Related Party of Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer (or any sub-agent thereof) acting for Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer (or any such sub- agent) in connection with such capacity. EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SUCH PAYMENTS MAY BE IN RESPECT OF LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES OR RELATED EXPENSES ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE SOLE, CONTRIBUTORY, COMPARATIVE, CONCURRENT OR ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE OF THE PERSON (OR THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PERSON) TO WHOM SUCH PAYMENTS ARE TO BE MADE.

Section 11.2 INDEMNIFICATION. BORROWER AND THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES SHALL, JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY, INDEMNIFY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, L/C ISSUER, THE ARRANGER, EACH LENDER AND EACH RELATED PARTY OF EACH OF THE FOREGOING (EACH, AN “INDEMNITEE”) FROM, AND HOLD EACH OF THEM HARMLESS AGAINST, ANY AND ALL LOSSES, LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, JUDGMENTS, REASONABLE AND DOCUMENTED (IN SUMMARY FORM) DISBURSEMENTS, COSTS, AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING THE REASONABLE AND DOCUMENTED (IN SUMMARY FORM) FEES, CHARGES AND DISBURSEMENTS OF ONE PRIMARY OUTSIDE COUNSEL, ONE LOCAL COUNSEL IN EACH APPLICABLE JURISDICTION NOT COVERED BY THE PRIMARY OUTSIDE COUNSEL, AS NECESSARY, AND SOLELY IN THE CASE OF AN ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AND ONE ADDITIONAL COUNSEL TO EACH GROUP OF SIMILARLY AFFECTED PARTIES, TAKEN AS A WHOLE) TO WHICH ANY OF THEM MAY BECOME SUBJECT WHICH DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISE FROM OR RELATE TO (A) THE NEGOTIATION, EXECUTION, DELIVERY, PERFORMANCE, ADMINISTRATION, OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, (B) ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THE LOAN DOCUMENTS,

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(C) ANY BREACH BY ANY LOAN PARTY OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, COVENANT, OR OTHER AGREEMENT CONTAINED IN ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, (D) THE PRESENCE, RELEASE, THREATENED RELEASE, DISPOSAL, REMOVAL, OR CLEANUP OF ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIAL LOCATED ON, ABOUT, WITHIN, OR AFFECTING ANY OF THE PROPERTIES OR ASSETS OF ANY LOAN PARTY OR ANY OF THEIR SUBSIDIARIES, (E) ANY LOAN OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR USE OR PROPOSED USE OF THE PROCEEDS THEREFROM (INCLUDING ANY REFUSAL BY L/C ISSUER TO HONOR A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER A LETTER OF CREDIT IF THE DOCUMENTS PRESENTED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH DEMAND DO NOT STRICTLY COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF SUCH LETTER OF CREDIT) OR (F) ANY INVESTIGATION, LITIGATION, OR OTHER PROCEEDING, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY THREATENED OR PROSPECTIVE INVESTIGATION, LITIGATION, OR OTHER PROCEEDING, RELATING TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING, WHETHER BROUGHT BY A THIRD PARTY OR BY BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR OF ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, IT IS THE EXPRESS INTENTION OF THE PARTIES HERETO THAT EACH INDEMNITEE SHALL BE INDEMNIFIED FROM AND HELD HARMLESS AGAINST ANY AND ALL LOSSES, LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, JUDGMENTS, REASONABLE AND DOCUMENTED DISBURSEMENTS, COSTS, AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING THE REASONABLE AND DOCUMENTED (IN SUMMARY FORM) FEES, CHARGES AND DISBURSEMENTS OF ONE PRIMARY OUTSIDE COUNSEL, ONE LOCAL COUNSEL IN EACH APPLICABLE JURISDICTION NOT COVERED BY THE PRIMARY OUTSIDE COUNSEL, AS NECESSARY, AND SOLELY IN THE CASE OF AN ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AND ONE ADDITIONAL COUNSEL TO EACH GROUP OF SIMILARLY AFFECTED PARTIES, TAKEN AS A WHOLE) ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE SOLE, CONTRIBUTORY, COMPARATIVE, CONCURRENT OR ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE OF SUCH INDEMNITEE (OR THE REPRESENTATIVES OF SUCH PERSON); provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent such losses, liabilities, claims, damages, penalties, judgments, disbursements, costs and expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim not involving an act or omission of any Loan Party and that is brought by an Indemnitee against another Indemnitee (other than against the Arranger, the L/C Issuer or Administrative Agent in their capacities as such). Any amount to be paid under this Section 11.2 shall be a demand obligation owing by Borrower and the other Loan Parties and if not paid within ten (10) days of demand shall bear interest, to the extent not prohibited by and not in violation of applicable Law, from the date of expenditure until paid at a rate per annum equal to the Default Interest Rate. The obligations of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the other Loan Parties under this Section 11.2 shall survive payment of the Notes and other obligations hereunder and the assignment of any right hereunder. This Section 11.2 shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.

Section 11.3 Limitation of Liability. None of Administrative Agent, the Arranger, L/C Issuer, or any Lender, or any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability with respect to, and each Loan Party hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue any of them upon, any claim for

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any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) suffered or incurred by any Loan Party in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. Each Loan Party hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue Administrative Agent, the Arranger, L/C Issuer, or any Lender, or any of their Related Parties, for punitive damages in respect of any claim in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

Section 11.4 No Duty. All attorneys, accountants, appraisers, and other professional Persons and consultants retained by the Arranger, Administrative Agent, any Lender, or L/C Issuer shall have the right to act exclusively in the interest of the Arranger, Administrative Agent, such Lender, or L/C Issuer and shall have no duty of disclosure, duty of loyalty, duty of care, or other duty or obligation of any type or nature whatsoever to any Loan Party or any Loan Party’s equity holders, Affiliates, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, or any other Person.

Section 11.5 Lenders Not Fiduciary. The relationship between Borrower and each other Loan Party on the one hand, and Administrative Agent, Arranger, each Lender, and L/C Issuer, on the other hand, is solely that of debtor and creditor, and none of Administrative Agent, Arranger, any Lender, or L/C Issuer has any fiduciary or other special relationship with Borrower or any other Loan Party, and no term or condition of any of the Loan Documents shall be construed so as to deem the relationship between Borrower and each other Loan Party on the one hand, and Administrative Agent, Arranger, each Lender, and L/C Issuer, on the other hand, to be other than that of debtor and creditor. The Borrower and each other Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that (a) (i) no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries and any Arranger, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender is intended to be or has been created in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents, irrespective of whether the Arranger, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender has advised or is advising any Loan Party or any Subsidiary on other matters, (ii) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Arranger, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Loan Parties and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Arranger, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, on the other hand, (iii) the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent that it has deemed appropriate and (iv) the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; and (b) (i) the Arranger, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders each is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or any other Person; (ii) none of the Arranger, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Lenders has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Arranger, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders and their respective branches and Affiliates may be engaged, for their own accounts or the accounts of customers, in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and none of the Arranger, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Lenders has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or its Affiliates.

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To the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against any of the Arranger, Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, and the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

Section 11.6 Equitable Relief. Each Loan Party recognizes that in the event Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to pay, perform, observe, or discharge any or all of the Obligations, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to Administrative Agent, Lenders, or L/C Issuer. Each Loan Party therefore agrees that Administrative Agent, any Lender, or L/C Issuer, if Administrative Agent, such Lender, or L/C Issuer so requests, shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages.

Section 11.7 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure on the part of Administrative Agent, any Lender, or L/C Issuer to exercise and no delay in exercising, and no course of dealing with respect to, any right, remedy, power, or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power, or privilege under this Agreement preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power, or privilege. The rights and remedies provided for in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided by Law.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 9.2 for the benefit of all the Secured Parties and each Lender hereby agrees, on behalf of itself and each of its Affiliates that is a Secured Party, that, except with the written consent of Administrative Agent, it will not take any enforcement action or exercise any right that it might otherwise have under applicable Law to credit bid at foreclosure sales, UCC sales or other similar dispositions of Collateral; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 11.25 (subject to the terms of Section 11.23), or (c) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.2 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b) and (c) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 11.23, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.

Section 11.8 Successors and Assigns.

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successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights, duties, or obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent and each Lender, and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.8(d)(vi) or Section 11.8(b), (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.8(d), or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 11.8(e) (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in Section 11.8(d) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of Administrative Agent and Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) Assignments by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment(s) and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i) Minimum Amounts. (A) In the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Commitment(s) and/or the Loans at the time owing to it or contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds (determined after giving effect to such assignments) that equal at least the amount specified in Section 11.8(b)(i)(B) in the aggregate or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and (B) in any case not described in Section 11.8(b)(i)(A), the aggregate amount of the Commitment(s) (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding hereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the Outstanding Amount of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $5,000,000, in the case of any assignment Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Revolving Credit Loans, or $5,000,000, in the case of any assignment in respect of Term Loans, unless each of Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

(ii) Proportionate Amounts; Pro Rata Assignments. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning ▇▇▇▇▇▇’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loan or the Commitment(s) assigned; except that this clause (ii) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate Facilities on a non-pro rata basis.

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(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by Section 11.8(b)(i)(B) and, in addition: (A) the consent of Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) shall be required unless (x) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment, or (y) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided that Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received notice thereof; (B) the consent of Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of (1) any Revolving Credit Commitment or Revolving Credit Loans if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender, or (2) any Term Loan to a Person who is not a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; and (C) the consent of L/C Issuer shall be required for any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility.

(iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided that Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment; and provided further that Borrower shall not be obligated to pay for such processing and recording fee except in the case of any assignment made pursuant to Section 3.6(b). The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

(v) No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made to (A) the Sponsor, any Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates or Subsidiaries or (B) any Defaulting Lender or any of its Affiliates, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B).

(vi) No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a natural Person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural Person).

(vii) Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to such assignment shall make such additional payments to Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of Borrower and Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by such Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to: (A) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such